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The Keota news., 1914-08-14
cartyIe's Caust,c Tongue.

cariyIe's Caustsc Tongue.
A delightful Carlyle story Is told In
connection with the painting of the
portrait of Carlyle by Sir John Millais
which was slashed by militant suf-
fragette in the National Portrait gal
lery. London.
The portrait was painted in 1877 at
the home Of Millais. Carlyle and his
niece, who accompanied him. were
both impressed with the magnificence
of the furnishings and the objects OF
art with which it was filled.
And does all this-er-come from q
paint pot?" queried the niece. The
artist replied in the affirmative. Then
this characteristic comment came
from Carlyle:
"Ah, well. it shows what number
of fools there are in the world"
Only three sittings were given and
the picture is classed as unfinished.
Maybe that remark is the reason why
It was never completed.
The Keota news., 1914-08-14
in the interest Of western irrisatio,

in the interest Of western irrigation
settlers.
President Wilson directed that all Of
hcers OF the army and navy. whether
active or retired. refrain from discuss
ing publicly either tho military or po
litical situation In Europe.
China is cut off Geographically from
Europe except Russia. beyond which
country no messages can be for
warded. according to information re
ceived At the legation.
Federal investigation Of a so-called
cantaloupe trust at Chicago resulted in
the indictment Of twenty-eight mer
and seven corporations for alleged vio
lations OF the Sherman antitrust law
Charge d'affaires Haniel Won Hahn
hansen returned from Newport to as
sumo personal direction of the Ger
man embassy in the absence In
Europe Of the German ambassador
Count Won Bernstorff.
Without any formality except that
OF the church and with all the sim
plicity which she desired. the funeral
of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. wife of the
Of the White House Monday.
The wrecking of the neutral Norwe
gian steamer Tysla by mine outside
the Dutch island of Wieringen served
to turn discussion In naval circles to
the provisions in the Hague conven.
ton governing the laying of both
anchored and unanchored mines.
Nelson O'Shaughnessy. former
charge of the American embassy In
Mexico City. was summoned from his
vacation to the State Department. 1t
was stated that O'Shaughnessy would
assist In the department during the
European war crisis. or until leaves OF
absences of a number Of regular Off.
cials have expired. 1t is probable that
other officials ON leave will be sum.
moned.
The constitutionalist headquarters
at Washington announced that Gen.
eral Villa had started south with his
division to participate in the entry Of
constitutionalist forces into Mexico
City. 1t was said that the combined
armies of Obregon. Villa, Gonzales
Natera, Aguillar and Zapata. over
which General Carranza is about to
assume command will number more
than 10000 men.
Only two messages acknowledging
receipt Of the tender of good offices
of the American government have
come from Europe.
The Keota news., 1914-08-14
He Was Celebrating.

"You ought to be ashamed of your
SELF" observed the Sunday school
teacher, severely, to the small girl
who had but too obviously omitted to
wash her face that morning. Look
at your little brother; see how nice
and clean he is.'
The small girl smiled. "Well." she
replied, Its is birfday."
Most married women are trifle en-
vious Of q rich widow.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-04-18
STILL FIND WITCHES

20 have the ability to exercise this
baleful power. A hex" doctor visited
him, and when he thought he had dis
covered a faith in their mysteries the
stranger withdrew and later sum
moned him TO his house, where he was
informed that he had discovered that
an old witch had made a wax image
OF the stranger and stuck pins in Ger.
tain parts OF 1t. Hence the pains.
Could he be cured? asked the pa
tent The hex" doctor assured him
that his powers were superior to those
of the witch and he undertook to
prove 1t. Getting a wax image, he
placed 1t in front of the fireplace.
showed a brass bullet into an old
muzzle-loading pistol and extlnguished
all the lights but that made by the
fire.
The doctor knelt on the floor and
the patient was told to hold his hands
upon the seat of his pains. The bullet
was then fired into the abdomen OF
the wax figure, while lamentations
we're said, and the man was assured
that he was cured. With all truthful
ness ne could say that he had no more
pain and for himself had proved the
existence of witchcraft In Pennsylva.
mia in the twentieth century.
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WINTER CHURNING

IT. r. Bryant, Superintendent Agricul-
tural Extension. Kentucky Expert
ment Station).
A few common difficulties that many
are perhaps experiencing in churning
at this season may make the following
suggestions of interest.
Under ordinary farm conditions the
cream is saved from several milkings
and this state OF affairs must be han
died very carefully, not to bring on
such difficulties as bad flavor in the
butter, difficult churning. etc. In the
first place 1t is essential that scrupu-
lous cleanliness of utensils, etc, be
had. 1t Is desirable that the bacterial
growth in the cream should not pro-
coed to any considerable extent until
the ripening process to which the &C
cumulated mass as whole should be
subjected. In the second place keep
the mass sweet until ripening time a
cool place should be provided. Where
Ice is not abundant this can best be
accomplished by putting the cream In
a tall narrow can and immersing In
cold water. The cream can be ripen-
ed by being kept at temperature OF
about IS degrees for 8 or 10 hours.
During this period the cream should
be stirred frequently.
Sometimes cream foams when we
feel that the butter should be coming.
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BEQUEATH A BILLION
Demise Of Vanderbilt and Others
Breaks the Record. %
Astor Estate Paid Largest Inherit
anee TAX since Enactment Of Law
With the Sum Of $3,t5o,ooo--
Many Rich Men Die.

New York.-With the death recently
OF George w. Vanderbilt, George West
inghouse and John l.. Cadwalader, Of
ficials in the state comptroller's Of
fee in this city began O tabulation OF
the wealth left by the large number
of prominent New York men who
have died since January l, 1913. 1t
is estimated that the total amount of
wealth passed on to the next genera
ton by the death of these men is
more than one billion dollars.
The state comptroller at Albany re-
ports that for the year ending last
September the total amount of rev.
enue collected by the state from the
inheritance tax was $12,724,236.S6.
The sum to be collected from estates
not yet appraised Is believed to be
much larger.
Never before In the history of this
country, It Is said, have so many men
of wealth and power died In such a
short period. Included In the list are
such names as J. Pierpont Morgan,
Anthony N. Brady, Benjamin Altman,
Charles e. Appleby, George A. Hearn,
Henry NJ. Flagler and Isaac v.
Brokaw.
The tax on the Brady estate, paid
recently In advance on appraisal to
get a discount on the regular per
centage, was $2,5S4,000 which was on
an estimated valuation Of $4,000, 600.
The Morgan estate has paid an adj
vance tax of S2,500,O00 on an estimated
total valuation of SIS, 100000, exclu-
sive of works Of art, which have been
valued at more than $5O,0O0,000.
George w. Vanderbilt is supposed to
have left $50,000,O00. Attorneys for
the estate are working on an estimate
of the fortune to be made to the state
comptroller
The largest inheritance tax paid
since the enactment of the law was
that of $3,150,000 on the $4,000, 900
estate of the late Col. John Jacob As
tor. Previous to that the estate of
John S. Kennedy, valued at $4,000
900. held the record.
BENJAMIN Altman. George A. Hearn.
Isaac v. Brokaw and Isidor Straus,
great merchants, are some of the men
whose estates are being adjusted by
the state comptroller. Mr.. Altman
left his art works, valued at 100000
900, to the Metropolitan museum. His
total estate is supposed to be worth
$3O,0O0,0o0.
Mr.. Hearn, another noted art col
lector left an estate Of $10,000,000,
besides a notable art collection. The
estate of Isaac v. Brokaw is estimated
at 100000. and a valuation of S4.-
427,60s was placed on the estate of
Isidor Straus. Henry Flagler left an
estate OF 100000.
Other large estates settled in 1913
are those of d. o. Mills, who left
about $4,000 900; Edwin Hawley, val.
ued at $9,74O,0OO, less debts of about
$4,000,00 and James R. Keene. .esti-
mated at S20,0OO,000.
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Woman Freed for SorCery Re-
Gently in Pennsylvania.
"Hex" Doctor Shoots Wax Image to
Relieve Pains Caused by Powers
OF the Evil Eye--Salt In a
Lawyers Bed.

New York.-A woman tried for
witchcraft! We hold up our hands
and wonder at the bigotry of those
narrow-minded Puritans in Salem,
Mass. Such a situation seems so re-
mote from anything that would be
possible today! So we are in the
habit Of saying. but 1t is not an i'm
possibility.
Only a short time ago a woman was
tried for witchcraft in a court of law
in south Pennsylvania. That was not
the name used in the charge that was
brought against her, but that was the
accusation that was lodged in the
minds of every one who was interest
ed in the case, which was tried in a
region SO thoroughly saturated with
traditional superstition that not even
the present prosperity and general ed
ucation can destroy them. Technically
the woman was convicted of obtaining
money under false pretenses, but &C
tually she was convicted of being a
vowed"
In the home of a prominent lawyer
in Camden county there is a hole in
the post Of a mahogany bedetead filled
with salt which witnesses to his belief
in witchcraft. At one time he prose
cuted case against an old woman
who, when convicted and fined. left
the court muttering incantations and
vowing vengeance.
That night the lawyer was suddenly
attacked with violent pains in the
head. The curse had come upon him
and he feared the wretched old wom-
an, whom he believed to be respon-
sible for 1t. Only witchcraft can
drive out witchcraft. No doctor OF
medicine would do in such a case.
A day laborer who was born with
caul over mis- face was brought in
through the back door and taken to
the bedroom of the suffering lawyer
The electric lights had been extln-
guished and candle flickered at each
side of the bed. Looking at the pa
tient through the veil, which he AYERS
is the identical one that he was born
with, the hex" doctor muttered bis
peculiar ritual, tied a rattlesnake
around the sufferers neck and bored
the hole In the northeast leg OF the
bed, filling It with salt, over which
he had chanted incantations. This
done, he announced that the evil pow
ers had notified the witch, who lived
in hut at some distance, that she
could no longer hold dominion over
the body of her enemy, the lawyer.
The patient believed that his pains
ceased from that hour.
A prosperous merchant in Carlisle
permitted the body of his infant child
to be covered with a coating Of green
paint in obedience to the orders OF a
hex" doctor who had been called In
to ward off the evil spirits.
A stranger in Carlisle pretended
that he had suffered from pain in the
stomach which he believed to be due
to the evil eye of an old woman Of
the town who was generally believed
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When LoUe Is King

When April tDinds are blowing
And May Is just beyond,
When all the hills are gIowing
And Springs Hch robes are donred.
Why should one heart beat Sad}u
One soul be In dismay2
The storms that ragged so mddly
Haze wOrn themselves Gway.
Why should doubt come TO chill us
When bells of Easter ring
Win gLadnesS that should fill US
When Love is cropned as kinS'
The rain upon the shingles
Makes music that Is Sweet
find on the windoOs jingIeS
4 tune for dancing feet.
S E. NSER
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This is almost exasperating at times
The cause is probably one of the fol
lowing three: First, the cream may
be too thin. The suspended fat glob'
ules are too widely scattered to be
easily struck together and make to
stick. The cream should contain from
rs to 80 per cent of butter fat, which,
by the way, is much thicker than the
average farm cream. Second, the
cream may be too cold. In winter the
cream should ordinarily be about 60
to 62 degrees to get the best results,
Higher temperatures are liable to
make the butter too oily.
Buttermaking without a dairy Their
mometer Is the worst sort of guess
work. This simple instrument can be
had for 25 cents at almost any drug
store.
Third, butter fat is composed Of sew
eral different fats, varying in degrees
OF hardness. A liberal supply Of green
or succulent feed tends to increase the
proportion of softer fats. but when the
COW is given only dry feeds, the re-
verse is true. Succulent food may
best be provided in sllage, root crops
or winter pastures, such as rye, etc.
The right kind of cream, churned al
the right temperature, should yield
the butter In 30 to 40 minutes. Butter
churned in a shorter time is liable to
have been over warmed, too harshly
churned or by other means rendered
inferior. Cream should be churnsd
In hollow churn, /. e., devoid Of dash
ers, and should not be over half filled
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1t was heralded by the Angel Of the
Resurrection. The first flower of hu-
manity to pass into its perfected stage
OF glorious fruition, was the Man who
came back from the dead in the mys-
terry of "a Spiritual Body" on the first
Sunday that ever was.
Every garden is a sacramento place
now, since the Easter flowers first
vowed, near 1900 years ago. 1t is sign
Of the inward grace which moves amid
the dust of the ages, preserving the
germ lives Of all who have gone down
into the soil, resting until the Angel of
the great Resurrection sets to his lips
the golden trumpet, and sounds the
clarion call Of the Great springtime.
when the garden of Paradise shall
give back its souls, and the black earth
and the deep seas shall give up their
dead, and lives shall bloom again in
new beauty, and the unfading majesty
for which they were created at the
first
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II is to the beaten in life that Easter
especially appeals, There is hope still.
1t shouts! Even the dead live again.
HUGH more will you make way out Of
whatever Slough of Despond' you
have been wallowing in, or passing
through. Every green blade. forcing
its way past stones and rocks through
the hard clods into the sunlight, is a
sign that so long as there is life there
is hope abundant, that the old COM
forting statement yet holds true. BE.
cause live, We shalk live also"
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MAKING A BREEDING PEN.

II the cocks and cockerels have, as
they should, been in run apart from
the hens and pullets during summer,
this is the time to make up your breed
ing pen. From the cocks. discard all
those that did not prove good breed
ers last season. both as to prolihcacy,
and in quality Of their get.
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covered. met the prison commissioner
at the entrance to the Duke street
prison and belabored him over the
head and shoulders with her whip.
DR.. Devon, who Is an advocate OF forci-
Bile feeding and is bitterly opposed to
what he considers the farcical release
OF suffragettes because they are suf-
fering from the effects of hunger
strikes" promptly knocked her down,
The woman was picked up BY police
man and placed under arrest but DR.
Devon refused to prosecute her and
she was released.
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BARRYMORE IN BEST ROLE
Mrs. Colt Delights to Play the Part Of
Mother With Her Children
About Her.

New York.-Mrs. Ethel Barrymore
Colt, known to theatergoers as Ethel
Barrymore, one of the popular ac-
tresses of the American stage, delights
to play the greatest role OF her career
in the seclusion of her home. where
she is surrounded by her three chill
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-04-18
DUKE SEEKS LADY MANNERS
Abruzzl's Affections Now Said to Have
Turned to the Young English
NobleWoman.

London.-Has Lady Diana Manners
succeeded Mrs. Billy" Hit in the AT.
fections of the duke of the Abruzzi?
That is the report which comes from
London. So the duke may not have
been so very hard hit by the refusal
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MILITANT is KNOCKED OUT
Prison Commissioners Of Scotland Pun.
Ishes Woman Who Attacks
Him.

Glasgow, Scotland.-Dr James De-
Won, prison commissioner for Scot
land. when attacked by an irate mill
taDt suffragette armed with dog
whip, tooR the law in his own hands
and knocked his assailant down with
well-aimed Iefthand blow. The
woman. whose identity was not dis
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-04-18

The South offers unusual advan
tages for the production OF poultry.
The poultry houses must be scene
of constant effort to prevent lice and
vermin.
The amount Of humus ~ the soil in
dicates in great measure IT. ricAnea
In nitrogen.
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To Pay Bio income Tax.

Chicago largest payment OF
income tax in Chicago was offered the
internal revenue officials when a man.
whose name the authorities withheld.
sent word that he would pay net tax
of 42,51668. the assessment on an an
nual income OF s750.00O.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-04-18
Man Was "stllI" Drunk.

Chicago.AWilliam Roberts was be
fore Judge Dolan, charged with dis
orderly conduct. The judge remem-
bered him, Drunk AGAIN." asked the
court. mo, yet" answered Roberts.
Ten dollars and COSTS" said the
Judge. Thanks" said Roberts.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-04-18
Easter in the Greek Church.

The Easter festival stands greatest
among the festivals Of the Greek
church. Our priest often asserted that
the picture of the Virgin looked very
sad on Good Friday and smiled or
Easter The Atlantic
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of the fair Miss Elkins to become his
morganatic wife. Lady Diana is the
third daughter of the duke of Rutland
and is twenty-five years old. She is
accounted beauty In England. Her
sister is the marchioness of Anglesey.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-04-18
NOTHING EQUALS ALFALFA.

There is no hay equal to alfalfs
for milk cows. Even the best clover
does not equal II. We say this after
having given both a trial for years.
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pullsd Hnnhand,a LiaIr.

PassaiC. N. J,-charged with pull.
ing out handful Of her husbands
hair. Mrs. Rose VIII was sentenced to
live apart from him for one month.
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Miracle of the
Easter Blooms
asaAAaAsSSsSsSsssss=sss7ssss=ssssasssssa

EgudKpyS1 VERY flower that blooms
kHc6 .S&AH is an Easter miracle.
Es% SXka There has been the
va S9SNN death of a parent plant
ikSTVSytsH to produce the seed or
AA''nnA''S bulb. The sepulcher has
had to hide the seemingly dead thing,
which yet contained hidden germ OF
life. A watering by the tears OF the
great Nature Mother, the beams of a
far away source OF heat were neces-
sary. Out Of the very Valley OF the
shadow OF death" that bravery OF
green and brilliancy has come. We
may not smell the mold above the
rose" but 1t has como forth from
the blackness of the dirt into it's fra
grant beauty.
The Easter time hales us back to
the days when the perfect Man, the
Flower of our race, was cut down
"by the hands of wicked men, and
crucified and slain"
1t would be an incomplete history,
judging by the analogy Of nature, If
It left him there. The life history of
your lily neither begins nor ends with
the fading of the bloom.
II was because this was the first
real exemplification Of the raising TO
"the life Of the world to come" that
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Calls for Extreme Penalty.

Among the ofienses for which capital
punishment can be ordered in English
law today is arson In a royal dockyard
or arsenal
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Daily Thought.

Let It be your method to contem-
plate spirits apart from the shell they
are shut up in.-Marcus Aurelius
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Even-handed Justice eommends the
poisoned chalicS 70 our own lips
Shakespeare.
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AFTER a pig weighs aeventy-nvs
pounds, he should gain over q pound
II hssh . day.
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INTERNATIONAL.
SUNDNYSGIOOL
LESSON
(By e. o. SELLERS Director OF Evening
Department. The Moody Bible Institute.
Chicngo.)
LESSON FOR APRIL 10.
COST OF DIsclPLEsHIP.

GOLDEN TEXT-"Whosoever would
save his life shall lose 1t; and whatsoever
shall lose his life for my sake shall find
It," Matt 1925.
While this discourse is recorded
only by st. Luke, still there are many
things mentioned here to which our
Lord made, reference on other occa-
slons. Last Sundays Easter lesson
made a break in the sequence of les
sons we have been following, and shall
follow for several succeeding Sundays.
Leaving the chief Pharisee's house
wherein he criticized both. host and
guests. great multitudes" followed
our Lord. Turning, he uttered some
Of the severest and yet the most won
derful words that ever fell from his
lips, as we shall see IL we follow all
Of this part of our lesson series.
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HomeIy Illustrations.

III. The Conclusion, w. 1885. We
have already indicated the conclusion
towards which Jesus was leading with
terrific logic, and by looking hack to
the first verse of the lesson we see
what 1t was he was seeking to Impress
upon the minds of the thoughtlesS
multitude. Again the Master uses
one OF those homely illustrations
gathered from the common expert
ences of life which he- employed so
frequently to ampliiy or to drive home
great truth There must be quality
as well as devotion to this disciple
ship. Salt preserves from corruption,
seasons insipidity, freshens and sweet
ems These qualities are referred to
abundantly by Scrlptural writer's. Salt
is highly priced In the East. The
natural man is presented also as be-
ing corrupt, Gen. GIL; 1921; Ps. 14:2,
8: Eph. 2:1-3. The remedy for this is
the active presence OF his disciples
among their fellows. The true dis
ciple is like salt with good SAVIOR.
On the other hand, salt that has lost
its SAVIOR is not even fit for dung
hill but Is thrown out and trodden un-
der foot of men. SO our Lord sets
aside that disciple of his who has lost
his usefulness. This expresses our
Lords contempt and scorn Of those
who lack, not merely a certain kind
OF character, but those whose profess
sion and appearance would indicate a
better expectation. Ears are made
that we may hear happy is that man
who has learned to listen to Jesus.
This lesson presents the severity
OF the claims of Jesus. Irresistibly he
drew the multitudes to himself Wit
ness the crowd following him as he
leaves the house OF the ruler. But he
paused and by his teaching sifted
them, and seemingly made II difficult
to follow him. Those who would fol
low must forsake all, and renounce all.
even the tenderest of human ties. yea,
even life itself must not be counted Of
value. There must be absolute un-
qualified loyalty To bear cross is
TO renounce ease and rights In the In
terest of others. The disciple must
empty himself and enter the life OF
Fellowship and suffering with his Mas.
ter IN his work OF redeeming men and
establishing the Kingdom,
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dren. Samuel Colt. the Oldest. is seat
ed by his mother. Baby Jack is seat
ed on the floor and the youngest mem.
Der OF the Colt family is nesting In
the arms OF its mother.