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Hie Vera Newest Kind! of D ivorce Couple Are to Live in One House, But Never Meet-Strange Situation Cre ated by the Decision of a Chicago Judge-Mr. and Mrs. Aarup Or dered to Live Peculiar Life. I1ICAGO. In making an announcement as abovo from tlio bench, fow dnys ngo, Judgo Ifunorc cstub llslicd n unique proeodont for tho disposal of dlvorco CUHCH. Mr. and Mrs. Anrnp, llko ninny other mlsmntod couplOB, woro nnxlouu to bo freed from tho mntrlmonlnl bonds which hold thorn ono to tho other. Mrs. Aarup wanted tho three children Anna, William nnd Edwnrd and tho bomo they have lived In for many yearn at No. 1709 Elizabeth street, Chi cngo. Tho Iioubo, together with tho land on which it BtnudB, 1b the Joint proporty of Mr. and Mrs. Annip. Mr. Aarup, on tho other hand, Ib willing to waive whatever rlglttB ho may have to tho pohhobbIod of their three chlldron. Thoy can bo with tholr mothor provided that tho divorce Ih granted. ' All that ho asked for and thin Ih whore tho problem nroao which Judgo Ilonoro Ihih Ingeniously Bolved was tho Iioiiho at No. 7009 Kllzaboth street. Tlio huubaud had Bovcrnl good reasons for wnntlng to rolnln possession of the hoiiHC. In tho llrnt pfaco, It bo longs to him just as much ns it doeB to hlfl wife In tho second and moat Important pluco, It Ib hla placo of to bo out when IiIh iooiiib woro being cleaned nnd tho bod mndo. Jimt bo long uh Mr. and Mra. Aarup remained himbaud nnd wlfo this ar rangement Hcoinod to furnish a satis factory way in which they could con tinue to occupy ono house between them, IJut tho court's announcement that a decrco of abBoluto divorce would bo granted rendered ouch an ar rangement no longc possible. Both husband nnd wlfo iccognlzo this; hence the deslro of ench that tho oth or vacate. Matters Htood thus when Judgo Ilonoro was called upon to mako n de cision for thorn. Aftor Intimating that ho would Kratit an absolute di vorce ho ordered tho husbund nnd wlfo who Insisted on living In ono houso to continue to do so. Hut tho Imnglnury dead line drawn by Mrs. Aarup Ib to bo replaced by solid par tltlonH and Mra. Aarup and her three children aro to dwoll on ono Bldo of tho partition nnd Mr. Aarup on tho othor. Divided Up the House. Judge Ilonoro said It seemed to him, Blnco there wnB no othor way out. of tho difficulty, that Bomo arrnngoment could bo mado whereby tho husband might continue to occupy hla offico nnd tho bedroom abovo it, thoroby re- MM DlHVHiBH rooms, one of which Ih his business of fice, and in the other he Bleeps. Ob viously ho cannot bo expected to do hla own housekeeping under rucIi cir cumstances. Meals from Dumbwaiter. Realizing all of that nnd also tho fact that tho divorced husband nnd wife arc Joint owuora of tho house In which they arc to continue to reside, and tho ono additional fact that both aro equally entitled to aharo In tho ubo of tho kitchen slovo nnd the laun dry, Judgo Ilonoro hns arranged for tho construction of n dumbwaiter lend ing from tho kltchon to Mr. Aarup'a office. Tho dumbwnltor Is to Borvo for tho convcntcnco of Mr. Anrup'B meals, which his wlfo la to cook for him. In return for this service tho husband Is to contribute to tho support of hla wlfo nnd children. Thero la a sopa into entrance to tho Iioubo from Mr. Anrup'B offlco, nnd this ho Is directed to mako ubo of, giving hla wlfo and children the oxcluslvo right to uao tho front entrance. Tho Bult of Anrup vb. Aarup baa boon In tho courts Blnco 1907. A set tlement would probably have boon reached many months ngo but for tho peculiarly complex conditions under which tho dlvorco was demanded. FIND HOUSE WITH TUNNELS. Contrivance for Transferring Laundry, etc., In the Aarup House. business. Ho has IiIb olllco thero, and his LiistnOBS la Bitch thnt If ho woro compolled to movo to another neigh borhood it would moan considerable loss of buhlnosa nnd n henvy financial loss as woll. Recalls Judgment of Solomon. Tho famotiK case of lllbllcal dayH In which King Solomon rondorcd hla de cision nwnrfllng tho baby to tho right ful claimant, Its own mothor, pre sented no moro puzzling problem than that confronting Judgo Ilonoro. If ho woro to grant Mra, Aarup an nbsoluto dlvorco and nward her tho custody of hor three chlldron nnd tho right to rotnln possession of tholr homo, It waa poBslhlo that a great Injustlco would bo dono to tho husband. On tho other hand, If Mr. Anrup wero given tho right to occupy tho Iioubo, It would Blmply moan that Mrs. Anrup and hor children would hnvo to bo turned out of a homo which right fully bolonged to thorn. Nolthor hus band nor wlfu was willing to concodo tho Iioubo to tho othor. It wuh plainly up to Judgo Ilonoro to decldo. lloforo presenting his solution of tho problom tho Judgo gathered somo do tails of tho home llfo of tho Anrupa from the time that tho paths of bus band and 'wlfo began to diverge, Ho learned that when thoy ronched tho parting of the ways and Mr, Aarup and his wlfo hegnn to avoid ouch oth er Mra. Anrup gathered hor throo chll dron around her ahd drew an Imagln ury dond lino noroBs tho house. Uy tnclt agrooniont husband nnd wlfo re npoctod tho dead lino aa far na possi ble In a nno-fnmlly house. Mr. Anrup'B olllco Is on tho first Iloor, rear, njid tho room abovo Is hla bedroom. Part of tho front of the houso la routed out as a separate npartmont and Ib occupied by nnothor family. Mrs. Aarup and her chlldron occupied two of tho upstairs rooms, the drnwing-room and dining-room, on tho ground lloor, and tho ontlro bnBO incut, where thero nro two largo kltoh oiib and a laundry. Housekeeping Arrangements, Tho husbnnd's meals woro super vised by IiIb wlfo nnd Borvod to him In hla own olllco. If ho wanted nny particular dish propnrod for IiIb din ner a note to IiIb wlfo produced tho desired ohango in ho bill of faro. Ho sent hor money to meet tho household expeiiaUB und ho mndo it eohvonlont Htrlctlng himself to tho only two rooms In tho Iioubo which ho renlly needs for his own uao. As for Mrs. Anrup and tho children, thoy could oc cupy tho othor two bedrooms, as for merly, tho kitchen, drawing-room and dining-room, and rout tho othor upart- nu'iitH In the front of tho house. Thoro wiib only ono obstuclo to tho HUccosBful carrying out of this sug gestion, nod tho attorneys Interested In tho caso called It to tho attention of tho court. With his two rooms par tltloned off from the othor part of tho houso, Mr. Aarup would probably suffer somo Inconvenience climbing up and down a ladder and In and out of his bedroom window evory tlmo ho wanted to go upstnlrs. Thero would ho no other way for him to reach hla bedroom after It waa partitioned off from tho remnlndor of tho houso. Has Private Staircase. Judgo Ilonoro lias dlaposed of tills llttlo problem by suggesting tho eon structlon of a private Btalrcaao load lug from Mr. Anrup'B offico to tho bedroom overhead. The Judge 1ms oVon constituted himself archltoct for tho reconstruction of the houso thnt la to bo divided ngaliiBt Itself, nnd ho hns drawn up plans for tho construe t Ion of tho partitions which, whon competed, will onnbla Mr. nnd Mra Aarup each to live In Ills or her own sldo of tho house without nny fear of over meeting the othor face to face At present thoy haVo no doalro to moot each othor, and. Mr. Anrup has formed tho habit of muklng n nolso whenovor ho Is about to walk through tho front hall toward tho front door or to tho staircase If Mrs. Aarup Ib In tho hnll or on tho Btnlrcaso whon alio hoars hor husband's signal nnnoimcbig his nppronch alio withdraws until nil dan ger of having to face him hnB passed. "I should think," snlil the court "thnt a stairway may bo Jmllt from that ono bedroom. This will obviate tho defendant's having to go through that part of tho houso occupied by tho roHt or tho family. An arrangement may bo made whoroby thoy may hnvo separato ontrnncos. Thoro might bo a Bopnrnto Btnlrway." There was, howovor, another foa lure of this enmplox problem which tho court wus called upon to dlspoBo of in somo way, Nolthor Mr. Aarup nor hla wlfo una any doalro to romnrry Ho Is limited In IiIb own homo to two was throo tlmca tho vnluo of duty re lating to tho goods. How she ulti mately disembarked and satisfied tho revenue challenge she scarcely knows, but when she readod her hotel and divested horaolf of hor spoils she was In a Btuto bordering on collapse. Only onco wns tho Btory unfolded aa stir ring drama. Thnt was transformed Into roaring comody when a member of hor first nudlcnco tendered tho In formation that Great Britain line levied no duty on lncc for about half u century. DOING THEIR FULL DUTY. Discoveries Made in Razing an Old Time Cleveland Mansion. Queer old secret tunnels, built GO or 70 years ngo and lending from ono of Clevoland'B oldest residences to ar tlflclal caves In tho hlllsldo abovo tho Cuyahoga rlvor, havo boon discovered In tho demolition ot tho old W. J Gordon homestead. Tho tunnels havo existed for decades unknown to peo plo who hnvo lived In tho neighbor- hold for HO or 00 years. Romance and mystery surround tholr enrly creation and ubo and many qunlnt tradition aro connected wiiu mom. wnon workmen began tearing tho houso down many unexpected queer things wero discovered. It was found that tho house was divided Into throo sop arnto compnrtmenta and that It wua Impossible to get from ono section to tho other, without going outdoors or through ono of the tunnels to tho big stono bam In tho roar, whoro pas sageways led to tho other divisions of tho old house. Secret stairways and hidden closets abounded through out tho building nnd wero located on every floor, secret cabinets being found oven In tho gnrret near chlin- noys. Tho old house was built nearly 70 yearB ago by W. .1. Gordon, a whole sale liquor doaler for many yenrB and tho man whd Inter gavo Gordon Park to tho city. Tho ground wnB terraced down from tho hlllsldo to tho shoro bolow, ami on this hlllsldo tho tun- nols omorged Into outor light through a big nrtlltclal cave, mndo with plecoB ot rook fitted and Hllghtly arched to form n supporting roof. Statistics Prove That Americans Havo Not Shirked Altar. In thoso 20th century days, bays n writer In Success Mngazlno, when oven tho very young tell you that mar rlago Is n failure, and that it Ib better for tho bachelor maid to bear tho Ills she has than fly to others thnt she knows not of, it is reassuring to rend a statistical report on mnrrlago and dlvorco Just Issued by tho census de partment. It seems that Undo Sam becamo Interested in this mnrrlago question, and sent his patient census enumerators to all tho tylng-up plnces hi tho country to (lnd out what thoy could. Tho results nro astounding During tho last 20 years almost 2C, 000,000 brldcgrooinB nnd brides walked up to tho atlar 13,000,000 handsome Hwalns with 13,000,000 blushing brides on their nrms. The American is a marrying man, much moro than Is the Englishman, tho Frenchman, tho German, tho Russian, tho Austrian, tho Italian, tho Span lard, tho Swede, or, In fact, than any European except tho Hungarian. And tho habit Is growing on tho American, so much bo that every slnglo man and muld In tho country has n better chanco of marrying than had his father or her mother. AN OLD-FASHIONED TONIC. But One of the Best for Those That Are "Run Down." DECEIT THAT DIDN'T PAY. Extreme Discomfort and Pain was En- dured for Nothing. Customs officials at an East Coast port aro discussing with much amuse Tho person who Is run down or Inn gold or who Is annoyed by a cold thnt clings despite nil remedies, should try nn old-tlmo euro much prized by our grandparents boncaot tea. This tea Is easily made and its tonic effect Is romurkablo on mnny persons Ono young woman whose friends thought her mnrked for tuberculoals was cured ot a long-standing cold In a fow weeks by no other medicine thnn a half-glnsB of boneset throo times a day. Tho herb can now bo bought In compressed pneknges and half a cake covered with a pint of boiling water will mnko tea quite strong enough Put tho boneset into tho water as it Just comes to a boll on tho stove, ro move at onco and let It stand until cold boforo drinking. Tlio tea can either ho strained entirely when cold or each glass can bo poured off tho grounds through a coffeo strainer. A porcolaln lined saucepan hi the most convenient vessel for mnklng this tea. Some persons prefer pour ing tho boiling water over the bone sot, but tho water cools too much In Hi" Dematerialization By C. MASON (Copyrleht, by Shortitory Pub. Co.) fair young thing, with tender bluo eyes, entered Woodworth's office and calmly seated herself. A glanco ut her portfolio impelled hi m to seek refuge In the cool brick vault of hla neighbor across tho passage, Ilnrker, who called himself a bankor, hut tho lady barred the wny. "No," ho said, desperately, without waiting to be Interrogated, "I don't want io subscribe for a 'History of tho War,' nor- 'I.Ives of tho Candidates,' nor 'Picturesque Anything." "Hut, honored sir," replied the mild, simple nnd rnthor slmporlug young person, "I do not ask you to subscrlbo for anything, unless, Indeed, you would honor mo by tnklng a ticket " "Ticket nothing!" again Interrupted Woodworth. "I've no lolsuro for amusements. My tlmo Ib nil taken up with my profession and science." "Ah, that Is what drew mo hither!" beamed tho beautiful girl. "I perceived by your sign, that you wero a lawyor, and I havo heard that you aro a mem ber a prominent one of tho Psychi cal Research society. In ono or both capacities 1 think you can do mo an inestimable service." Woodworth, touched at two vulner able points, unbent. "You Bee, kind sir," sho continued, "that I am n materialized spirit. My manager, Mr. Shocktort, who is stop ping at tho hotel hero la his card called mo forth from the spirit world by mistake for Marthn Washington, with whom I was contemporaneous." Woodworth had noticed tho antique stylo nnd courtly bcnrlng of his love ly visitor. "He delayed so long In endeavoring to correct his error." sho wont on, "that, Instead of remaining In tho misty, When I Died. The Danger of Meeting Face to Face. mont tho smuggling ndventuro of a Indy of American birth who now llvos In England, Possibly her ndven turo was prompted by BiicceBses In Blmllar cases whon passing tho New York customs. Tho lady whb return ing from ono of tho Swiss winter ro sorts, whoro sho had bought a parcol or vnlunblo laeo, so boforo leaving Franco alio swathod herself about tho waist with tho embroidery and out barkod In tho Btonmor feeling decided ly uncomfortable. Tho present popu lar stylo of droBH, however, does not readily loud Itself to thoso conditions of transport. Tho Initial discomfort had grown Into positive puln before tho vessel got under way. Tho lady found tho torture unondurable oxcopt whon maintaining an upright posture, It was tho roverso of comforting to overhear tho conversation of two fel low pnssongors, ono of whom wns af firming from experience that tho pon ulty In n detected caso of muuggltng tho process to got tho doslrod strength. Do not let tho ton boll, as, If It is too strong It will disorder tho stomach. Carried 108 Babies to the Font. At tho village of Lungdon, nenr Splls by, England, thero has pusscd away In tho person of Mrs. Ann Fletcher, widow, tho holder of a curious record. Sho was known among tho villagers as "Tho Century of Unbles." ThlB sobri quet was given her because sho had carried no fewer than 108 babies to ho baptized. Not ono of them waB her own. Biggest Parish the Most Sober. in tho biggest parish In England that of Whlttlesea thero was not a slnglo cnao of drunkenness last year. This Ib a record for tho parish, which comprises 20,000 acres. Tho popu lation Is 8,000, and thoro nro 58 li censed houses. Indistinct form In which spirits aro preferably presented, I became bb thoroughly substantial as whon I was boforo on earth, 130 years ago." "Upon my word, young lauy or, venerable dnmo " tho lawyor cor rcctcd with halting courtesy, "this Is a very extraordinary statement. Do you know that you render yourself liable to prosecution for obtaining monoy under fnlso pretenses when you at tempt to sell tickets on such n tnlo as that?" She smllod trustingly. "No, sir, I did not know that. Indeed, I nm only beginning to learn tho strango things of your wonderful contury but I llko fuom very much. Though my famlll nrlty with tho distaff and splndlo, tho needle nnd quill pen will no longer afford mo a livelihood, I havo an ar dent longing to learn tho sowing ma chine or the typewriter nnd become a Now Woman, 1 am most anxious to roaumo tho llfo permaturcly cut short In 17i0, In my eighteenth year, when I died from what was erroneously di agnosed as a quinsy. I havo reason to believe that, had I been properly treated for diphtheria with an anti toxin sorum, I Would hnvo lived to a good old nge." "What Is there to prevent you from doing so now?" asked Woodworth, touched and Interested linmeasurnbly by his singular cllont. "Bocauso my master for so I must call him Mr. Shockton, who brought mo from tho other world, is dotermlned to send me back. I fear thnt, from morcennry motives, ho meana t'o do nmteiiallzo mo at his very next spiinco." Woodworth hurrlodly thought of all hnown legnl procossos, hut nelthor haboas corpus, no oxent, nor any othor writ, with which he was familiar seetuod a remedy against tho peculiar form of extradition proposed by Shock ton. Putting on Ills hat, he exclaimed: , "You sit right thoro while 1 inter view this tyrant, Miss , bog your pardon?" "Amy Alright wns my iinmo boforo," she nnsw'orod, sweetly. , Finding tho spiritual manager In his Improvised offico at tho hotol, the law yer addressed him by iinmo, saying: "I warn you to desist from your perse cution of my client, Miss Amy Alright. Sho Is perfectly satisfied with 'this mundane sphere,' as the reporters call It, and Intends to remain hero. 1 shall take stops to enjoin you from making her the subject of further ex periment." "Tnke a ticket," was Shockton's cordial response, thrusting out n card. "Ono dollar, please; 7:30 this evening. Wo nro going to dematcr nllzo the chit this vory night, nnd If It doesn't come off, call mo nil tho HnrB youMko. Next!" "Ono moment, Mr. Shockton," Bald Woodworth, severely. "I understand you to sny that you Intend to doma terlallzo, which I suppose means to disembody to cuuso to disappear " "Into thin air evaporate vamose I" answered the medium, in a business llko tone. "Cause to disappear a porson now living? That, my denr sir, Is murder!" "Wrong!" replied Shockton. "Who Is this girl? where does sho hall from? Sho hns been dead 130 years. Can't kill a person twice, you know. What good Is she, anyhow? She's way be hind tho tlniC3 can't oven sell a ticket to her own domntcrlallzatlon." "Then you nro determined to dema terlallzo tho lady again?" demanded Woodworth, somewhat demoralized. "Sure; come and soo for yourself. Take a ticket, and ono for your wife." "I shall certainly come with the police.. You insist on making this pre posterous experiment?" "Fact, nut tell you what I'll do. You may tako tho young woman lock her up do anything you llko with hor, and I'll bet you n cool hundred I'll dc materialize her all tho same." Woodworth clutched at this propo sition ho began to see a way out. Tho Psychlcnl llcsearch Boclety was hasti ly summoned In Bpcclul session, nnd Amy Alright wns Introduced to Presi dent Barker and tho momberB. Hor frankness nnd timidity convinced tho most skeptical amolig them thnt she, at least, was Innocent of collusion with tho medium. Sho nppenred terribly to droad tho threats of Shockton. "Oh, gentlemen," sho ploaded, "put ino under ground; put mo in somo strong plnco, whero It will bo impos sible to got at mo. I am so tlrod of bo Ing a spirit. Don't let mo bo domatorl allzed again!" Provided with a lunch from tho hotel, wrapped In napkins', she was smuggled Into narkor's- bank It was dignified by that namo In the vlllago and locked Into its roomy old brick vnult, and a committee signed an affi davit to that effect. Then nil tho Psychical peoplo at tended Shockton's Bonnce. It was very long nnd very mystorlous. For two hours tho nudloncc they could not bo culled spectators Bat In dark ness, listening to soft music and wait ing for Amy Alright to nppenr. At last thoro camo a gentlo tapping. "Ah, ha!" exclaimed Shockton, "sho comes! Who goes thoro?" "Tho spirit of Mistress Amy Alright, who died of the quinsy In 1770." "Are you In tho flesh, or in tho spirit?" "A spirit, nlns! Oh, woo Is mo!" "Thero you are, gentlemen!" snia Shockton, switching on the light. "Now produco your Amy, If you can." Tho nudlenco, led by tho Psychical Research committer, trooped back to Barker's bank. Hoavens! Tho man had won his hot Amy had domaterl allzed after all. So had tho contents of tho bank! Tho only mntorlal evidences remain ing of tho guileless girl nnd her work wero the crumbs of hvr luncheon, the napkins In which It had been wrapped, and a hotel tablo knlfo snapped short off which had served ub a screw driver. Tho big, old-stylo locks, with tholr scrows, lay on tho lloor. u mavaisuy:" groaned Barker, "what Idiots wo havo been!" Electricity on Shipboard. At a recent Bhipbulldlny exposition held In Germany tho greater part of tho exhibits rolatcd to tho use of olec triclty on shipboard, and a largo num ber of now and Interesting devices woro shown for tho Hrst time. Ono of tho features of tho olectrlcal building was n chandelier which Is thought to bo tho grentest thing of tho kind ever constructed. It comprised a largo octagonal arrnngoment of angle Iron with Bomo decorative material Inter' woven, and Trom It woro suspended 1C l aming aro lamps. Tho light from this great cluster was almost blinding. The Building of a Battleship. Tho greatest single piece of work which can bo given to n navy vard Is ho building of a battleship, 'it haa been lmne from ,uml expcrIonco thnt these ships cost from 25 to 60 per cent, more when built by the gov eminent than they do whon built by contract In private yards. That Is i r0 lULl0SH t0 th0 Hovernment of from $500,000 to RGOO.OOO on every ono It bullds.-Mcciuro's. Not So New. "A chap camo along yesterday tak ing orders for metal mothors" "What on enrtu are 'metal moth- "Incubators." X