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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06

Blanche Sweet In
The Unpardonable Sir
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06

Alice Brady In
His Bridal Night
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06

Xvonne DelYa in
The Thirteenth Chair
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-08

Herald Want ADS Bring Results.
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-08
SOUTH ST. PAUL.
SOUTH ST. PAUL LIVE STOCK

South st. Paul. Minn., Dec. S.-Hog
receipts 1850: 2ec lower: range
$3.50 s12.ao; bulk s1e.75@$1o.s5;
pigs 3a@ 1925.
Cattle receipt. 10000: steady to
strong; fat steers se@$17.50; cows
and heifers s6@s11: calves steady.
$3.50 q s1s.e5: stockers and feeders
slow and lower, $5@s12.
Sheep receipts 34oo; steady, lambs
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-08
NEW YORK.
STOCKS.

New York. Dec. S.--Food shares
dominated the stock list for a time
this morning. sugars extending last
weeks gains by one to five points.
Oils. motors and shippings also reg
istered further improvement with
steels. textiles, tobaccos and miscel-
!sneous specialties. including Associ-
ated Dry Goods and Remington Type
writer. Equipments were in demand
later, American Car rising five points
with concurrent gains Of one to two
for American Locomotive, Baldwin
Locomotive, New York Air Brake and
Pullman. Rails once displayed re-
dictionary tendencies. Standard shares.
including transcontinentals, losing one
to two points. Further weakness of
foreign exchange was ignored in a
continued ease Of money. Call loans
opened at six per cent.
Changes in the coal situation and
Mexican affairs contributed largely
to the active and strong opening of
today's stock market. Oils. motors.
shippings and sugars added one to
FIVE points to last weeks final quota
tions and several of the steels and
equipments We're higher though MAX
ing less extensive gains. Changes
dealings Advances became more
general within the first half hour
Heaviness of motor shares at mid
day was balanced by demand for
motor specialties. notably the rubber
group. Steels also reacted but Indus
trial Alcohol advanced four points on
news that the supreme court had
rendered no decision in the prohibi-
tion case,
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-08
WANTED 70 RENT.

WANTED TO RENT 5IMMEDIATELY,
large furnished or ,unfurnished
house. Phone 1856 or call 401 No. 4th
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-08

X LAND WITH BUILDING CLOSE TO
school Have full equipment. Mime
sotas preferred. sAddress 3sb. Herald.
WANTED TO RENT-HoTELapR RES
tAMrant in country town Of 1000 or
Z over. Address $50, Hera,d.
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-08
CHICAGO.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago, Dec. S.-Moderately high
or prices for corn resulted today
from prospective settlement of the
coal strike. Industries which, owing
to the strike have been out Of the
market were expected TO enter soon
again as purchasers. A forecast OF
snow tended also to strengthen
values. Opening quotations, which
ranged from is to rs cents higher.
with January s1.3G Ia and May
$1.S4 to $1.34 Ia. were followed by q
slight reaction and then by upturns
higher than before.
Oats rose with corn. After opening
1-s to SIS up. including May at
70 T-8 to 50 cents, the market con-
tinued to ascend.
Big receitps OF hogs had de-
pressing effect on provisions. Be
sides estimates were current that ar
rivals tomorrow would also be liberal.
In the later dealings unusual weak
ness OF the hog market pulled down
the price OF corn. The close was
heavy, / 1Sc net lower to 1-sc ad-
vance, with January 31.G5 to s1.36
lis and May s1.3c 7-8 to S1.33.
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-08

sis.4c; common as.75a sl1.a5; light
weight, good and choice. &13.7b@
$2o.75: common and medium $50
$l8.75; butcher cattle, llleiferz. $40
@$15; cows ,25ms1S.75;. Gamers
and cutters. $3.50 1926; veal calves
1850 $3.50: feeder steers SIG
western range steers S7.504 SIS; COWS
and heifers &6.50@ $12. .5O.,-
Sheep receipts $4,000; strong; lambs
$14.25 q $1e.2s: culls and common $40
9$l4; ewes, medium. good and choice
s7.15 q sS.40: culls and common - @
s1.25; breeding 81 s1l.25. j.,
Hog receipts. $1,000: slow: mostly
@1s:15: top,1 sls.5o: heav;, s12.s5@
1916: medium, $4,000 1925: light,
s12.s6@ 1919; light-light. sl2.5o@
1890; heavy packing sows, smooth.
s12.25@ 1875; packing sOws. rough,
$l1.75@ 1925; pigs, $l2.oo@12.75.
Chicago: Dec. s.-Potatoes, firm;
and ars1S BULK. " whites ss.ooas.2o; West
ern Rurals $3.15; Russets $3.50
S.35.
! PRODUCE.
Chicago. Dec. S.-Butter higher:
receipts, 5.575 tubs; creamery extras,
Il 1902: firsts, 6o@ IS; seconds, 5s
q So; standards. GA.
Cheese unchanged.
Eggs firm: receipts. SOS cases: arsts,
so; ordinary irsts, 70@72; at mark,
cases included, Te@79.
Poultry alive. higher; springs, %;
fowls, 1s@ 25; turkeys, 90.
CASH SALES. %.
Chicago, Dec. S.-Corn: No. 9 mixed
old sl.4l; No. : yo!low old $3.50
1.60.
Oats, No. 2 whit. 81 s-4@se 3-4;
No. 3 white 1882 IA.
Rye, No, .. not quoted; No. !, :Yc.
6S1.e2 1-2.
Barley. $3.50 $1.6o.
Timothy $S.501 S11.50.
Clover 33o@S4s.
Pork nominal.
lard $22.e0
Ribs $,a@$c0. @
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-08
LIBERTY RaHns

New. York, Dec. S.-Prices at 1854
a. m. today were: 8 1-2s, .sa9.3O;
first 1-4's, $e4.3o: second 4 las.
$92.26; third Las, $94.40: fourth
Las, 1925; Victory 3-4's, $99.18;
Victory 3-4's, $99.16.
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-08
PRODUCE.

Eew York. Dec. s.---Butter firm: 81
SOL: creamery higher than extras.
- 1e1 IS: creamery cxtrasf % score,
"a: fjrsts. S2@72. i'f -
Eggs steady: 1926; fresh gathered
extras. 1904; extra hrsts, SO a 91;
firsts. 86@se.-
Cheese steady: 500; state whole
milk fats, current make specials.
So 80 SO; ditto: average run, 81 ga
32 state whole milk twins. current
make specials, 81 l2@3e; ditto,
average run, 81.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-09
Mendino a saoolnq Door.

1t rufIled the tidy nature of the
handy man to have to pull and jerk
at his door to open it. and then to
have to coax and push to shut it. A
door should fit in its frame, like n
stopper in bottle, he thought. A
cursory examination disclosed that II
struck at the bottom. OF course. If the
swelling had been at the top. 1t would
have been so easy just to plane of
the surplus. But, at the bottom. He
tried tightening the screws in the
upper hinge, which We're quite loose
but found the wood so soft that even
longer screws would not hold. There
seemed to be nothing to do but re-
move the upper hinge, dig out the
soft wood and insert in its place q
piece of new wood. which held the
hinge screws hrmly and prevented
the door from sagging.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-09
CHURCHES NOT HARD TO FILL
Religious Edlness In England Whero
the Congregations Are Of Neess.
city Rather Small.

There are many churches that AT.
tract attention by their size and grand.
eur. There are few that are remark
able by reason Of their smallness and
simplicity. One Of these is at Lulling.
ton, Sussex England.
It is a primitive and quaint stone
building with roof of red tiles and a
tiny weatherboarded turret at its west
end. This miniature church is only 10
feet square.
It's pulpit is q. pew with paneled
sides and door and the furniture is of
the plainest. Five narrow, diamond
paned windows give light to the inte-
rior. When the church is full 80 per-
sons are gathered together.
Only little larger is the meeting
house at Crawshawbooth, q village
near Burnley. It is known as the
Friends meeting house and is covered
with Ivy and surrounded by a we'll
cared-for burial ground. Inside may
be seen half dozen oak benches that
could. II necessary, accommodate go
persons. The attendance is rarely more
than six.
Somewhat smaller than this chapel
is one that has been called the shrine
Of Quakerism. It is in the hamlet Of
Jordans, in Buckinghamshire. Thither
In June Of each year come Quakers
from all parts. for here lie the remains
Of William Penn. If this were not
enough to make the place interesting.
1t has the further attraction Of be-
ing the neighborhood in which Milton
lived after writing paradise Lost"
cottage in the vicinity affording him
resting place.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-09
sarnum Generous Manager.

According to the original contract
which Barnum made with Jenny Lind
she contracting to sing $50 concerts
In the United States and Havana fof
$1,000 a concert. the contract provid.
ing, however, that II Barnum made a
clear profit of f15,000 sterling from the
first rs concerts, Miss Lind should, for
the remaining 20 concerts, receive, in
addition Of $1,000 concert, one-fifth
Of the profits; but that, on the other
hand. II the first 80 concerts fell short
Of Barhum's expectations. she could
have half Of the gross receipts from
the remaining 100 concerts. Before
the concerts began, however, that con.
tract was, at Barnum's instance, re.
scinded and new contract made
which resulted in Miss Lind's receiv.
Ing In profits from the concerts which
she gave under it almost twice as
much MS she would have received un.
der the original contract.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-09
FOOD FOR ALL THE WoRLD
No Fear Of Starvation While the ea-
mana Grows With lts Present
Wonderful Prodiqaiity.

Concerning the value of banana flour
there is no possible question. Henry
M. Stanley, while he was in Darkest
Africa, tested that matter thoroughly.
For something like two years it was
one of the staple foods on which he
lived, and his testimony regarding 1t
Is both clear and convincing, though
the -four he had was made in the most
primitive fashion. by the natives
among whom he was living. and was
not comparable, save in the single
particular of cost, with the flour that
has been produced and is being pro-
duced today in New York city.
The worlds available supply of ba-
nanas is practically inexhaustible.
Growing wild as the banana does with
all the excessive prodigality of trop-
ical vegetation, in localities far out
side the ken of civilization. there is
no way of estimating the possible ex-
tent of the annual crop. but it may be
said that enough bananas to feed the
world grow somewhere each year.
Moreover. modern science has dis
covered the methods by which this
banana flour can be made of the par
tally ripe fruit In such fashion that
1t will keep almost indefinitely almost
anywhere.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-09
Breaking Class Barriers.

II classes already mingle more free
ly than they could do forty years ago.
II is largely because the elements of
education are common to all. and the
door has thus been opened to the able
and ambitious to educate themselves.
But II the normal course were much Of
muchness for all classes TIL the end
OF adolescence there would be an edu-
Gated community wherein certain gen.
eral standards wonld be as common
possession as reading and writing are
ut the present time. and In such com
munity class distinction could only
take secondary place. General
education is. In fact. the most per-
vasive and the best of democratic
agencies. because It levels all up and
pulls nothing down. That IL its con-
tribution to social democracy.-Nan-
chester Guardian.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-09
Waterfowl Pond.

Many city or village boy scout who
makes an occasional trip into the coun-
try and has an enjoyable experience
at some pond side, regrets that he lives
SO far from that pond. 1t may not
have occurred to him that he can make
a miniature pond in his back yard in
the city, says Edward #. Bigelow, in
Boys Life.
Sometime ago was talking with the
owner Of an estate on which was a
lake exclusively for his graceful but
expensive waterfowls. In the course
Of our conversation he said: "Many
persons come here processing admira-
ton for my lake or waterfowl. They
tell me that they love such things, but
they are not sincere. What they are
admiring is the wealth that enables
me to have this extensive equipment.
But l began in a small way, and any,
one who really loves waterfowl and
has little back yard can have at least
mother duck and brood of duck
lings."
He summed up his philosophic ad-
vice with this remark: "If you cam
not get lake with waterfowl, get o
tub and goose"
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-09
Goat Got Even.

One really unusual incident oc.
Cured during a recent military cere.
mony in France. and that revolved
about the goat mascot of one of the
divisions in the parade. The goat had
followed in with his men as befitted
proper mascot. but once in the
square he was rudely relegated to
the rear ranks. 1t Glanced that a
number of red-hatted staff officers took
up their position in front of the goat
and stood during the inspection ut at
tention with huge bouquets out back
from under their arms. When the in.
spection was over the officers stood at
ease again and looked to their bou.
.quets. They were holding only stems.
The mascot had taken sweet revenge
and square meal for the insult TO
mis- dignity.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-09
FIRST USE OF GAS IN WAR
In Crude Form That Weapon Was
Employed Centuries Before the
Coming Of Christ.

The earliest use Of deleterious gases
In siege warfare Is recorded In the his
tory Of the Peloponneslan wars from
431 4O4 B. G. During this struggle
between the Athenians and Spartans
and their respective. allies the cities Of
Palatea and Delium were besieged.
Wood saturated with pitch and sui
phur was set on fire ind burned under
the walls Of these cities In order to
generate choking and poisonous fumes,
which would stupefy the defenders
and make the task Of attacking forces
less difficult. Another form of the
same method Of attack used about this
date was to fill caldron with molten
pitch, sulphur and burning charcoal,
and to blow the fumes with the aid Of
a primitive form of bellows and air
blast over the defenders lines.
Greek-flre, about which much was
heard in the wars Of the middle ages,
was liquid. the composition Of which
is now unknown, that was spurted
through the air, chiefly in sea fights,
in order to set fire to the ships of the
enemy, and 1t was used blythe Byzan-
tine Greeks at the sieges OF sOonstan-
tinople in the years 1851 and 1412.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-09
Onion Taken on Pedestal.

Another old-fashioned medical su-
perstition has been exploded. The
odorous onion can never again be
used as therapeutic agent in tu-
berculosis. Old timers who have
sworn by the virtues of this tear
producing product have humbugged
themselves, for the onion has been
investigated, classified, analysed
and everything else has been done
to 1t that the learned men of sci
ence could think of, and in the end
1t was found to be only an onion
pleasing to the palates of some,
however displeaslng to the noses OF
their friends, but absolutely and
unqualliedly without any medicinal
qualities or proprietles that make
II an aid In the treatment Of tuber-
culosls. The white plague victims
may as well use boiled potato peel
ings or beet tops for all the good
1t will do them.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-09
INSECT POWDER GROWN HERE
Americans Lost No Time In Devel.
opIng Industry Once the Secret
Was Discovered.

In our grandfathers' day the so
called Persian insect powder (com-
monty sold nowadays under the name
of ''pyrethrum") cost $16 pound.
Pretty dear for bug-killer.
The stuff was a mystery. Beyond
the fact that 1t was of vegetable ma
ture, nobody knew what it was.
As a matter Of fact, 1t came from
Transcaucasia, where its production
was very important industry. For
centuries 1t had been widely used in
Asiatic countries, and the source of
the material was d secret carefully
kept.
Eventually the secret was revealed
by an Armenian merchant, who, trav.
cling through Transcaucasia, discov-
cred that the insect powder was SIM
ply the ground-up fiower-heads of a
plant nearly related to our own field
daisy.
Later on, attempts were made to in
troduce the plant in the United States,
but the seeds refused to sprout. This
(as finally ascertainedD was due to the
circumstance that the persons from
whom they were bought had baked
them.
At the present time we grow all our
own insect powder in California.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-09
vnexpeetsd Destinations

People who dig holes in dykes must
not complain II they are swept away
In the floods they loose. For they gen.
orally are.
When Talleyrand was asked what
he did during the reign Of terror in
the French revolution. he replied: ~
lived" That, for one OF the original
leaders Of the revolution. was no slight
achievement. And the French revolu.
tion itself, beginning as an earthquake
Of radicalism and ending with an em.
peror and imperialistic conquests, re.
mains classic instance Of an historic
landslide terminating not at all where
its propellers intended
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-09
oREARY ROUND OF MoMoToNY.
Sample o. Terrible Price rhat Is Some
tlmss Demanded by The Moioch
Of Modern Industry.

His face always wore the same ex-
pression-the look Of the stoker who
comes to the deck for breath Of fresh
air. His business was. once every
second. to give a certain machine a
twist in order that piece of wire might
bend into a circle. He had done this
sort of thing SO long that two fingers
had acquired a peculiar hardened
curvature. One shoulder was lower
than the other. He knew no other busi-
ness.
1t seems that the man had had an
unusual boyhood. While others were
at their sport, his hours were spent In
passionate reverie. The literature of
romaAtlc chivnlry. the story of fol-
lowers of the Cross. the fine heroism of
soul-starving deeds for others claimed
him and made him tremulous with as
piration. He knew Of nothing larger.
-lore captivating for him than life
eked out In some remote field of self
sacrifice for the redemption Of the hui
man race. And to this he pledged him
self. But then his father died. Ruin
was the specter ut the funeral feast.
AN unnamed Nemesis pursued him, try
as he might to keep faith with himself
and the call Of mortal hunger. Self
sacrifice.
Yes, the screw-eye is very useful
article.-Boston Transcript.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-09
EVIDENCE OF LITTLE WORTH
iIleoIbiIity Of sbakespeare's Signature
Does Not Prove He Did Not
Write the Immortal Plays.

Some years ago, when the Shakes.
peare controversy was at its height,
one of the contentious Of the party
who declared that the bard not only
had not written the immortal plays
but could not even write his own
name, gave as evidence the existing
signatures that are Of undoubted au.
thenticity.
On the same grounds it might be
argued that Richard III was unable
to write, If one decided the matter
from the signature to a treaty OF
peace with Francis, Duke of Brittany,
which is reproduced in London deal.
er's catalogue just received.
1t is mystery how the cataloguei
managed to make 'Richard Rex" out
of the shaky scribble which is there
reproduced. 1t would be quite as like.
ly to stand for Will Shakespeare, were
1t not that the smaller word stands
second and the longer one first.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-09
Maxlms for Marksmen.

It is strange that the novice will nj.
most invariably try to hit the bulls
eye of II swinging target when 1t is at
the center or In the lowest position.
This Is decidedly the incorrect meth
cd. The expert knows that the time
to shoot Is at the end of the swing.
IN fact, anyone will arrive ultimately
ut the same conclusion, for little
thought will convince him that tar
get is the more easily hit when Mt n
standstill, or at the end of n vibra-
ton.
The moving target rs n rule has the
largest bulls eye, and Is often one Of
the easiest to strike, II you happen
to know how.
Simply aim at the point where the
center Of the target stops and wait till
1t returns. Then, bing!
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-09
Hoodoo Shin Redeems Herself.

The American transport Sierra.
which steamed into harbor recently
carrying more than 1,500 wounded
soldiers. is ship that "came back"
according to stories told by old-timers
who follow the sea. A dozen years
ago she rammed coral reef In the
south seas and was, apparently,
wrecked beyond hope Of salvage. If
the stories told about her are correct,
she has crashed into vessels anchored
In harbor, but she has sailed serenely
through the mined waters of the Eng
lish channel and evaded the German
submarines on the high seas as she
carried the troops to France. So she
has evened the score and lifted the
spell.
incidentally, despite her misfor-
tunes she is comfortable ship and
good sea boat. Once she was re-
sarded us unlucky and 1t was almost
impossible for her owners to get a
crew. When the war broke out the
Sierrn broke her spell of misfortune
and performed her share in driving
autocracy and militarism into exile
ANY sailor will tell you that ships
have a personality. The Sierra just
cascades personality and tempera.
ment. Having shown the world what
she could do in the line of tantrums,
she reformed. She has made money
for her owners. despite her accidents,
and has an excellent record In the
service of her country.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-09
OLD CUSTOMS IN UKRAINE.
Wedding Celebrations Of Country Pc
cuiIar; Horse Thieves summarily
Dealt With.

The Little Russian costume became
fashionable for women In the Ukraine
nfter the formation of the republic ;
red boots, short skirt. allowing the em-
broidery Of the chemise to be seen;
pretty apron; Jacket without sleeves,
Around the neck large beads Of mnny-
colored glass. always In great num-
bers. The married women wear on
ehelr heads kind of fchu arranged
as a diadem. the unmarried girls q
simple Ukralnian kerchief. the be-
trothed, flowers.
They have an amusing custom: af.
ter the marriage celebration the whole
procession goes to drive. adorned with
broad red ribbons: even the horses are
nbundantly provided with them. That
Is a. sign Of the brides virtue. If the
contrary Is the case. she has neither
ribbons nor music, not even a white
veil. because the pope refuses to bless
the marriage.
The Little Russians are very super
stitious. At midsummer they light a
large fire of ferns. The young people
jump over the fire. Those who succeed
in not touching 1t will marry within
the year. II anybody puts 1t out, 1t Is
n sign of death. Everybody tells for
tunes with cards. predicts what will
happen In the future. On the eve Of
Saint Andrew somebody places mys-
teriously under the bed pond and a
bridge "a saucer filled with water and
few pieces Of woody. Without know
ing it one sleeps ION the bridge" Then
one may be sure that the dream of the
night will come true. If one wanted to
act according to the rules one ought to
spend the night on bridge above a
real pond and look Mt the water; there
you would be able to read your whole
future life.
In the country some Of the old bar
barian customs are still in force; the
konokrades, or horse thieves. are con-
demned to be quartered. or to be at
tached by rope to horses tail and
dragged until death follows.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-09
His Utter selfishness.

'T adopted French war orphan the
other day" admitted J. Fuller Gloom.
"Observlng that nearly everyone else
asked for pretty little girls. l specified
that mine should be boy--the home
lier the better. the rattlest and rnnti-
est that could be found, and bowlegged
II possible. or one who had lost his
palate. or something Of the sort. My
idea was to get one that. having been
showed back and snubbed all his little
llfe. would appreciate the small bit !
was doing for him all out Of proper
iion TO what II really cost. and thus
get myself vnstly overpaId In graft.
tude. My motive was an entirely
selfish one. I assure you."-Kansas
City Star.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-09
Raven Not extlne. In England.

The assertion. made In some London
papers. that the raven Is practically
extinct In England, has been denied by
dweller on Exmoor. The raven. ac-
ccrdIng to this bird watcher is by no
means rare In Somerset, where he is
often seen and heard. The story. Of
his having dummy nest to mislend
marnudcrs is due to n misunderstood.
Ing Of the birds habit of sometimes
building new nest Instead of repair
ing the old one. Ravens have place
in many old legends In Europe, and
cannot be spared any more thnn cau
the stork Of Alsace and Lorraine.