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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-02-14
The Three Woes.

II. Real VS.. Sham Lives wv. AS
54). The lawyers were the theologians,
the expounders of the Mosaic law. Ev-
identity the words of Jesus produced
great conviction. The word "reproach-
est" ". 45) means ito entreat spite
fully" and the probabilities are that
ne spoke to Jesus as if to rebuke him.
Jesus at once pronounces three woes
upon him and his class, % A woe
because they laid burdens upon others
which they themselves would not even
touch with one of their fingers Matt.
23:4). That is, they added to the law
minute and troublesome details,
which they declared to be more i'm
portant than the law itself. CD
". AID A woe" is pronounced upon
them for honoring the dead prophets
and at the same time rejecting and
prosecuting those that were living.
To honor dead teachers, to praise the
prophets of the past, those whom we
cannot endure while living, is form
Of hypocrisy which costs but little. IL
implies that had they lived in the days
of their fathers their conduct would
have been Indifferent, yet they are with
the living prophets, following the ex-
ample of their fathers. God foresaw
this ". 40 and the faithful minister
of his word must expect like treat
ment (Mk. 1929, 800. (3) ". 12) The
third woe" was pronounced against
these religious teachers because, pos
sessing the key to knowledge, they
neither entered themselves nor would
they allow others to enter; we enter
not in yourselves, neither suffer ye
them that are entering in to enter"
Matt. 23:13, Am. Rv). These law'
yers, theologians, were professedly in
terpreters of the law, that law which
was the foundation and bulwark of the
Jewish nation. In fact, however, they
had so obscured and explained that
law as to leave men in darkness.
Supposed TO lead men into truth, they
were shutting them out of the truth.
What a terrible indictment of many
of this present age who profess to
teach the Word.
We quote from the letter of Wis
consin business man: THE average
man is interested in the teachings OF
the Bible II the Bible cannot stand
upon its own feet, it is foolish to boil
ster II up by any personal ideas. We
make too many apologies for Scrip
lures and do not stand squarely by
what It teaches" Not few who oc-
cupy the position of teachers obscure
the truth of God and they shut men
out of real knowledge of him. Jesus
thus replies to both Pharisees and the
lawyer. that character is not gar
nent to wear, but II is the inward fur
nishing OF the heart.
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prince is better than Francois-not
one"
"Or half so good" Pietro put In with
his slow tones.
you are likely right" the stranger
agreed laconically.
And then without questions asked,
in rapid eager sentences, the three
had told him how it was; how Fran
co.'s, refusing to leave the cottage, was
yet the son of the castle. With that
they we're talking about the village Of
Vicques, and its antiquity, and then
of the old chateau; and one told the
legend of the treasure and of the
guardian dog.
Just over the wall there is the
opening where he appeared to old
Pierre Tremblay," Francois pointed
out.
Il think | should like to climb the
wall, the stranger said.
And he did The others watching
anxiously, he crawled out on the un.
certain pile ten feet In air. A big
stone crashed behind him; he crayled
on. Then there was hoaTse rumble
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-02-14

they go dellciously7" she threw at
him. And then, I'VE will go around
by the Delesmontes Road; it Is only
three miles farther, and II is early
in the afternoon; there is nothing to
| do"
Francois spoke slowly. 81 am afraid
Il must not, Alike. am going to
the farm tonight"
ITO the farm!" Alike looked at
him in surprise. But you we're not
to go over till tomorrow. My father
and / will ride over with you. Have
you forgotten"
NO" said Francois, II have not for
gotten-no. indeed But | am going
away tomorrow, Alike"
Going away?" Alike turned sharp.
ly, and her deep blue glance searched
his eyes. What do you mean, Fran.
cois?" And then, imperiously: Don't
tease me- Francois! ] don't like II"
Francois steadied. hardened his face
very carefully, and answered: Il am
not teasing you, Alike. | did not tell
you before because" he stopped, for
his voice was going wrong-"because
| thought we would have our ride just
as usual today / only knew about 1t
myself this morning. / am going to
Pietro.'
"Golng-to Petrol" Alike was gasp
ing painfully "Francois-it is joke
tell me it is a poor joke, Quick!"
she ordered. 81 won't have you play
with me. torture mel"
at is not a joke" The boys eyes
were held by a superhuman effort on
the buckle Of the brldle-rein lying on
his knee There was letter from
Pietro this morning. The seigneur
wishes me to go wish to go. l go
tomorrow"
Going tomorrow" The girls voice
was a wall. "You-taken away from
mel" Then in a flash: Il hate Pietro!
He is cruel-he thinks only of him
self. He wants you-but / want you
too. How can | live without you
Francois?" Then softly, hurriedly.
while the world reeled about the boy.
sitting statue-like in his saddle: 1T
is Just as | said. You are as much
a part of my life as the air breathe
and you and my father and Pietro say
quite calmly, The air is to be taken
away--you must do without it.
can not. | will choke!" She pulled AZ
her collar suddenly, as if the choking
were a physical present fact.
No slightest motion, no shade o.
infection missed Francois; still he
sat motionless, his eyes on the little
brass buckle, his lips set in a line,
without word, without a look toward
her. And suddenly Alike, with another
quick blue glance from under her long
lashes-AlXe. hurt, reckless, desper
ate. had struck her horse a sharp blow
and she was in the road before him
galloping away.
He let her go. He sat quiet n long
time. AS she turned in, still gallop
ing, at the high stone gateway of the
chateau his eyes came back again to
the little shining buckle. 1t seemed
the only thing tangible in a dream
universe of rapture and agony. Over
and over he heard the words she hnd
said-words which must mean--what?
Had they meant it? Had he possibly
been mistaken? No-the utter happi.
ness which came with the memory Of
the soft hurried voice must mean the
truth-she cared for him, and then
over and over and over he said. half
aloud, through his set teeth:
81 said that | would give my happi-
ness for my seigneur's; | said that
| would be a friend to Pietro; will"
(TO BE CONTINUED)
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-02-14

quilts instead Of pens, as a common
pen will not enter the holes bored for
dipping, 1t is square, with a quill
hole at each corner and a large one
in the center for receiving the ink
The well is of stone, queer compo
sition which on first sight resembles
flint or marble, but on closer examina-
ton it is found that it may be cut
with knife much the same as soap
stone.
1t is highly polished, nicely carved
and is about three inches square and
an inch and half deep.-New York
World
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INTERNATIONAL
SUNMSOIOOL
LESSON
LESSON FOR FEBRUARY is.
cHRlsT's HATRED OF sHAMs.
CBy +. o. SELLERS. Director of Evening
Department, the Moody Bible Institute.
ChiCago.)

LESSON TEXT--Iuke 11:37-54.
. GOLDEN TIGXT-"Be not deceived. God
ls not Knocked Gal 6.7
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-02-14
Home, Sweet Home.

A well known player was talking
about a brilliant but unsuccessful dis.
ciple of Blackstone.
His habits are to blame for his fail
ure," said he. "One of his remarks
illustrates his habits well He said
to me in the Union club:
There's no place like home-espe-
cially at 2 or 3 a. m, when you've ex.
hausted the pleasures of all the other
places, and you're tired, and every
thing shut up anyway"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-02-14
CHAPTER XII.
With All NV Soul

The general swung around to the
lad. Francois, this letter is about
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-28

"toffs," or noble sports, to hang UP q
good purse for the local yokels to
fight for, and it was this purse that
attracted Jem to Bath.
Jew, who called himself "Sawney
wilson," and who said he was a farm
laborer, looked the part, and he had
no trouble in getting a match with
Joe Rickens, the Somerset champion.
Joe was q own lad. He poked fun at
the "rube' and threatened to eat him
alive.
The bogus countryman, after a few
awkward moves, soon tore loose, and
the crowd realized that they had been
stung and that "Sawney" was not as
green as he looked. Jem's friends had
put Up a lot Of money on him at good
odds, and this enraged the specta-
tors.
Ward had no sooner knocked out
his opponent than the cry OF Lynch
hint" went up, and Jem had to run
for his life. Ward and his friends
were glad to escape from the mob
with their lives and didn't wait to col
icct the purse or their winnings.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-28
JIM WARD WAS
r "RINGER''
After Victory He Didn't Want to Col
Iect, but Hurried
Away,

There have been many ringers" in
the history Of sport. and this form OF
deception is by no means extinct. The
methods have changed little since
Jem Ward started the game Of guile
away back in 1923. On July 1. 1923,
Jem, who later became champion of
England, set the stage for what was
probably the first feat of the kind. He
found it impossible to get a fight in
London, and, as he was short of
money, he cooked up a little scheme.
Jem was an artist and something of
an actor, and the plan he decided on
was artistic. With a couple of COM
panions he tramped to Bath, where
the races were to begin on July 1. On
the way they logged themselves out
in the regalia OF simple rubes, and it
in this disguise that Jem reached
Bath, then EngIand's center Of fash
ionable iniquity. on the first day of
the race meet. It was the custom our
ing the race meet at Bath for the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-28

the next day a friend Of his came up
to see me and reported that the mer.
chant upon opening the trunk had
found therein q woman's dress. Pin
ned in one sleeve of the garment was
q gold bracelet containing a diamond
which the buyer Immediately sold for
$3.50.
"Of course hotel people have been
sued after sales more than once. I'm
der the law rs It Is at present, II
baggage has not been redeemed by
the payment OF a hotel bill six months
after 1t is due, the hotel has the right
to sell. But I can recall a case that
happened several years ago., when an
old chest came to us, and was sold at
auction. Hardly had 1t gone, when
two Irish women rushed in and show
ed q receipt for $37 which they had
Just paid the management Of the old
Hotel Rossmore, from which the chest
was sent to US. The chest was proved
to have contained several hundred
dollars worth OF old Irish lace. and
a mistake had been made. It cost
the management of the hotel $500.
IA man paid SIT for a trunk that
looked as II It might really contain
something valuable. and found when
he opened it that 1t contained moth.
ing but coal.
Occasionally the sale Of a trunk
reveals that the man who skipped the
hotel was q thief by trade.
II remember another trunk which
a downtown merchant bid in at 81,
and then asserted he had bid only
$3.50. An 1rishman Immediately bid
81, and I knocked It down to him. He
came up to me the next day.
81 thought when I opened the
trunk and found in the tray a couple
of, tennis rackets. a pair Of boxing
gloves, and two sweaters. that had
bought the baggage OF some college
boy he said, but when ! took out the
tray and found foul bolts Of new silk
five sofa pillows, and six Turkish
rugs I knew I had not
las I always investigate a case like
that, I called up the manager of the
Holland house, from which the trunk
had come. After an Investigation he
told me that the trunk had been LEFT
there two years before by a dapper
looking man. who had ordered the
trunk sent to the storeroom immedi
ately upon arrival. After two days hi
had disappeared. Perhaps somebody
had caught him."
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Keokuk and the Auto
First Car Proved Sensation, Now One. in Every
Thirty-five is an Owner.

near Bentley had q large force Of
men prepared to go t work in the
field at 700 o'clock in the morning.
He found himself without binder Irvine
and the need for it was urgent. With
out a car he would have had to lay of
his men or keep them idle for at least
a day. With a car he vas able to
leave Bentley at 400 O'Clock in the
morning and come to keokuk to make
his purchase, returning to the farm in
time to start the men as per schedule.
Many Trails Marked.
In order to aid the auto driver in
his cross-country runs and on long
trips on q Sunday, many trails have
been marked which are easy guides.
Three OF them pas through Keokuk.
The Triple Star is a local route run
ming to Pennington and Milton in
Iowa, and to Memphis and Kirksville
in Missouri. The Waubonsie is a trail
from Indianapolis to Denver. The
route marked out last year is known
as the Red Ball, running from st.
Louis to st. Paul. 1t is so named be-
cause OF the peculiar marking. A red
ball Is painted in the center OF a
white square.
Despite the speed at which cars
run there have been few accidents to
Keokuk owners. Not a single one of
.cny consequence is recalled although
there have been a few very narrow
escapes.
The other day a local owner was
pointing out the fact that an old
practice Of the cowboy is being fol-
lowed by auto tourists as a means of
carrying water. The cowboy In max
ing a trip across the plains or to a
ranch fifty or more miles away, always
carried with him a anvass bag filed
With water. The water was cooled by
surface evaporation. Today many
tourists going through Keokuk have
these large nva bags suspended on
enc side Of their car. The water is
always COO! euo1gh t. drink and the
method OF carrying 1t Is very conven-
lent.
While ordinarily the automobile is
hard on roads, the farmers near Keo-
kuk are beginning to take much bet
ter are OF the roads. A Keokuk own
er stated that many of the prosperous
farmers are oiling the roads while
not a few are dragging them. Oiling
helps q great deal. It keeps down the
dust and goes a long way in prevent
ing washes in the roads.
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HOTELS SELL
MUCH BAGGAGE
Trunks and Bags Loft Unopened 80
to the Highest Bidder at
Semi.Annual
Sale.
GAMBLE FOR THE BUYER
often They Get Unlooked-for Watt
abIes and Other Times They
Got But Worry
Little.
so.m,bodv Is going to have . lot Of

Somebody Is going to have lot OF
fun buying pigs in pokes tooay'
while others are apt to be keenly ais
appointed, says the New York Times
This is the day set for the sale OF
hotel baggage that q been accumu
latfnx in trunk rooms for the last six
months or more. and for several days
vans have been carting away various
boxes and such things as pass noe
the head Of travellers luggage TO an
uptown auction room.
During the last few days the base
mants Of It least . dozen New York
hotels have been carefully gone over
and trunks and bags that had been IN
storage at least six months after their
owners had quit the hotel without the
Formally Of saying goodbye to the
cashier were hauled out and sent to
the place Of sale, until the result in
dScated that something Ike 900 per
sons had skipped their bills at the
dozen hotels interested during the
last six months. Under their names
on the ledgers are debts ranging
from $50 for a nights lodging to
several hundred dollars for suites
and weeks OF board or checks cashed
that came back marked mo funds
Some of the baggage in the auction
room e Of merely the unclaimed"
varety-owners really forget it-but
It makes . comparatively small item.
In the pile that was being sorted
out yesterday at the auction room
were handsome trunks, fine leather
suit cases, cases apparently containing
musical instruments. others that
might hold ~typewriters, a Persian
lamb coat and handsome o~vercoats,
together with rough wooden boxes
and shabby bags Of al, descriptions
and even a little tin box. It Is q con
dition OF sale that no intending pur.
chaser shall handle any Of the pack
ages before OF open any on the prem
Uses after buying. The whole sale 10
blind. Whoever pays the highest
price has his purchase taken away
and must gloat or mourn over It
somewhere else.
"The thing is absolutely a gamble
for the purchaser" said Floyd Grant,
the a~nctioneer. Zone is likely to get
something really worth while or to
have paid a dozen or mor times
what the article is worth. Verify, in
this you cannot trust to appearances.
We do not know what Is in anything.
AT the last sale there vas a little
box that presumably vas a Jewel case
whose owner had left 1t behind when
she left the hotel an unpaid bill of
$40. When the box wa put up a
laugh went round. The first bid was
81. The next was So. Mounting up
by half dollars, the bid was finally 81.
from a man named O'Neill. He sold
tho Jewels hat were actually in the
box for SITS.
I'm the same lot was a big ward
robe trunk that was Knocked down to
an cast side merchant for ST. Imme
diateiy he repented Of his bargain
and wanted to assure me that he had
bid only $3.50. I held him to hi
bid. The trunk seemed empty. But
Arizona republican., 1914-04-09
GenetuL Scott Is
 HOMOy Guest At
 El PaSo Canque1
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATcHl

FL PASO, April S.-A banquet with 500 present, was rendered here tonight by citizens of Fl Paso to General Hugh L. Scott. commander at Fort Bliss, who leaves on Saturday for Washington to assume his new duties as assistant chief of staff of the army.
 General Scott, one of the greatest authorities in the country on Indian tribes, has seen much active service. Zach L. Cobb, collector of customs, a close personal friend of the general, in a tribute to the soldier. referred to the stirring campaign which the then Ma jor Scott made against the Moros in 1904.
 As the story went on, every eye in the house was turned on the hands of the guest of the evening. who quickly slid them beneath the table.
 Early in that campaign. Cobb related two fingers of one hand and the fingers of the other were shot away by the tribesmen. Poison got into the wound and the majors hands swelled AL though suffering such agony that he could not touch his bridle the Ameri- can continued the campaign with a soldier leading his horse. He defeated the Moros. then with his horse still led returned to the hospital camp where he was given adequate attention.
Arizona republican., 1914-04-09
Thleves Syndicate SeemS UMeaythed
 By Portland Cops
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH

PORTLAND, Ore, April S.-With merchandise appraised at upwards of 5000 recovered, seven young women under arrest, another held as a ma terial witness, and several under sur veillance. the police and district at tOrney announced the investigation of an alleged thieves syndicate among women store clerks indicate still further ramifications and that further arrests are probable tomor- row
 Among the goods recovered from the prisoners apartments and iden- tified by persons connected with va riOus stores as stolen property are Women's apparel silverware, china and fancy goods of all kinds.
 The statements of fifteen women were taken by Deputy District Attor- ney Robinson Some of them, he de- clared, indicated cooperation among women employed in various stores in the exchange and disposal of goods. One jeweler said that $20O00 worth of jewels and silverware had disap- peared from his store.
Arizona republican., 1914-04-09
Tall Texan Relies on Un- written Law as Defense for Shooting Tap Booth Near Tempe in Early Morning Hours
FOLLOWED ENEMY
 THOUSAND MILES
Coolly Comes to Town and Voluntary Surrenders to Sheriff's Officers, Admit ting Killing, Saying De- ceased Wrecked Home

Offering the unWritten law as his only reason for deliberately shooting to death Tap Booth, near Tempe yes terday morning, Dr. l.. E. Wiggins, age 37, physician of Joaquin. Texas. is Tn the county jail prepared to carry his case before jury in the nope of winning his freedom. Asked whether he believed hus- band had the right to take the life Of the man who had destroyed the sanctity of his home, Dr. Wiggins. tall man of good appearance, smiled through the bars of the county jail last night
 Well, l dunno" he replied. Guess the people hereabouts can infer that much"
 Dr. Wiggins declared that Booth broke up his home last October and then fled to Arizona.
 T had young wife and 4-year- old boy said the physician. T am separated from my wife now and the boy is with her. Practice? No haven't practised my profession since this trouble started"
 The killing of Tap Booth. foreman on a sugar beet ranch near Tempe occurred at 5:10 o'clock yesterday morning. Booth, lying in his tent, asleep, was shot five times. It is believed the first shot proved fatal. yet after the victim had dropped from the bed to the floor on the side | farthest from his slayer. Dr. Wig gins leaned over and fired three more bullets into the body. Employees of the camp aroused from their sleep by the sound of re- volver shots, hastened towards Booths tent. They found a calm and unruffled man standing about ten paces from the tent. He was re- loading his revolver
 "I got the man I wanted" said Dr. Wiggins The rest of you fellows needn't be afraid of anything" Dr. Wiggins went back to the horse and rig with which he had driven from Phoenix While officers were hasten ing to Tempe he drove back to the office of Sheriff Adams, laid his re- volver on the table and asked to be placed under arrest after telling what he had done
 Dr. Wiggins came to Phoenix about ten days ago. He rented rig Tues day evening and left for Tempe. He was seen about the city late in the evening. When he went to the camp in the morning. he inquired of
 Booths tent mate as to where his intended victim was sleeping. After entering the tent, he lit a match to make sure that he had found his
 man. Three times the physician call ed Booths name. but the man was fast asleep and did not answer. After calling the third time. Dr. Wiggins began to fire.
 Booth and Wiggins were born in Timpson. Texas. and were at one time friends. Booth was the son oi a former sheriff of Shelby County Texas.
 Wiggins has practiced medicine in ITexas five years He is a member lof the Odd Fellows. He graduated from the Memphis Hospital College in 1907.
 Immediately after the shooting, the body was removed to the Carr un- dertaking parlors where it was
 viewed by the coroner's jury at ter o'clock. The jury found that death
Arizona republican., 1914-04-09
NJ EFFORT T0 CURTA|L SOUTH AMERICAN BEEF
Unless Department of Jus tice Agents Receive New Evidence of Alleged Con- trOl There Will Be No Prosecutions
ASSOCIATED PRESS pIsPArcH1

WASHINGTON, April S.-Unless the department of justice agents re- ceive new evidence in connection with the alleged control by the so- called American beef trust of beef imported into the United States from the Argentine Republic, it is not probable the action will be taken under the Sherman antitrust act against the packers to curtail South America activities.
 Investigation of contracts Ameri- can packers have for refrigerating space in steamships plying between Argentine and the United States, it was said tonight however, failed to show anything unusual or in contra vention of the anti trust act So far as the department agents discovered American packers exercised only the ordinary business caution in making contracts for refrigerating space in steamships and have not laid them selves liable to prosecution. It was first idea of the department that the American companies had monopolized the steamship refrigerating space and that an antitrust suit could be hinged upon this.
 It seems unlikely that the depart ment would find any grounds for at tacking the packers on the score o1 their interest in Argentine beef, al though the investigation is not con- plete. Recent reports to the depart
 ment of justice showed that about nine million pounds of beef are i'm
 ported monthly from Argentine, 8
 small part of which is British-owned According to these reports, there are nine slaughtering and refrigerat' 1 ing establishments in Argentine O which the Chicago packers COntrO