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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-11-20
RAMR0Ab TIAFB PARLH

: Tim. ttsbls' effective Sunday Feb
rusry 10th.
No. II leaves Maysvills b:35 q. m.
daily except Sunday.
No. leaves Maysvills $40 p. m.
Except Sunday.
No. 200 leaves Maysville 4:10 p. m.
Sunday only.
No. 10 arrives In Maysville s:45 a.
~, daily except Sunday.
No. alo arrives in Maysville 2:s5 ..
n, Sunday only.
No. 1e arrives In MaysvHle $3.50 p.
n, daily except Sunday.
H. 8. ELLIS, Agent.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-11-20
MAYSvILLE MARKET

The United States Government has
issued q request that young turkeys
be held on farms until following
weights are reached. Hens 8 pounds
and over, young toms IL pounds and
over.
The e. L. Manchester Produce Co.,
Inc, U. s. Food Administration.
License No a-nQ4R7
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-11-20

The average price of farm horse
in the United States, all ages included,
declined from $145 in 1910 to $131
in 1915
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-11-20

again for a similar celebration unless
1t shall be for the close of Satan's rule
over the world!
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-11-20
BEWARE OF SPANISH INFLUENZA

1t Is caught BY breathing a germ In
to the nose or mouth. SteriRol kills
germs and prevents disease. Sold by
MRS GEO. sH1PLEY,.
sos East Second Street.
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Do You Have These Things When You
Want Them?

Ice cream? Iced tea? Iced butter
milk? Iced watermelon? Cantaloupe?
Lemonade? Ice for use in sickness?
Your~own fault if you don't, if you
have pond or stream within a few
miles.
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Correspondents tDut please DiUe facts as briefly
possible. Waen anything Of great Importance
Use the Telegraph or Le Telephone at our erpense.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-07
A Foolish Tempest.

The New York World has been wasting COL
umns in demonstrating that the Constitution
makes the President Commander-in-chief of the
army and navy of the United States-as if it had
made an original discovery.
1t proceeds from this bit OF constructive think
ing assert that the Senate cabinet measure
would be illegalty since it would divest the
President of powers which the fundamental law of
the land gives him
Can it be possible that the World believes that
anybody wants to cram an unconstitutional act
down the throat of Congress- or is it merely using
its position and its influence to discredt meas
ure which deserves from intolerant contemp-
tuous opponents more serious consideration than
they have chosen to give it? Is it merely saying
"a solemn thing in such ndisputabe way" TO
cover with ridicule very serious question now
before the Senateo
In much the same manner find the once re-
doubtable John Sharp Williams upbraidng Sena-
Hitchcock for venturing the statement that the
President does not know the full truth about the
The Washington herald., 1918-02-07
Our First Real Disaster.

The sinking of the Cunarder Tqscania, with a
loss of American troops running into the
thousands, will mantle America in black today
The deadly sting of the submarine at last has
reached US. Only yesterday we had plumed our
selves on having extracted its fang. We will have
to revise our confidence downward-remembering
always that the U-boat strikes when it is least
expected that it writes a new red tale of murder
on the broad bosom of the Atlantic chiefly when
its prospective victims have been lued into false
sense OF security
A poignant cry of protest will ring through the
land today that such tragedy could have occurred
The details will be studied line by line. Let the
blame fall where it may, the truth must be told
the War Department must not withhold any OF it
from the public.
1t is the least We can ask for our honored dead
that the truth be told.
A new Deaths Head grins at US from Berlin.
- Let US vow to repay this foul deed life by life,
in overfIowng measure. Over the Irish coast
also brood the souls of those Americans who were
sacrificed on the Lusitania.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-07
The Death Test.

The German strikers not ready for finish
hight with the mitarists now. If they were a
Teutonic revolution would be an accomplished
fact instead of topic for the futurists. The death
test will not be met by them until the wild red
crop that war has sown is ripe for the harvest
1t is quite in the order of things that the
German Emperor a victory-an empty vic
tory-yesterday. He still holds his army in the
hollow of his hand. The Russian revolution never
would have been had the Cars army been will
ing to shoot down the rioters in Petrograd. When
they refused to murder their brothers and fellows
the house of Romanof buckled and snapped and
broke. The German revolution of the future it
seems, must follow similar lines. Points of con-
tact in communion and sympathy and mutual
wrongs must be found between the millions in
the trenches and the millions in civil life-and
they will be found, in the stress and tribulation
OF continued war, despite the cunning the Junkers
show in keeping them apart, despite all that false
hood and suppression possibly do.
The color and texture of the public mind in
the central empires must be stained indelibly by
the Berlin industrial crisis. Somehow mere mill
tary glory longer affords stimulus for the flag
ging German spirit; the mood OF blind blatant
confidence has been followed by of cyncism;
the point of saturation for the conventional harp
ing German peace" by the pam Germans
was reached long ago. But the fermentation OF
discomfort and OF unorganized, undirected revolu
tionary impulse must go on for a considerable
period before it reaches consciousness OF its power
and confidence for direct expression.
If the strikers could be made martyrs now-if
the Kaiser would only stand them up against
white wall at sunrise and shoot them down-what
a mighty stimulus that would give the cause
of Germany against her masters! That would
focalize the ISSUE draw in bold outline the rift
between the Emperor and his people. Martyrdom
is the best propaganda in the world. 1t is ir-
resstible. When the German Emperor begins to
shoot down German workers, Potsdam will never
seem the same to him again. He will know
that his grip on his people is gone. The whole
underpinning of the throne will be shaky. The
allies could ask for no greater fortune today than
to have the Kaiser shoot down those industrial
mutineers who are causing him such embarrass
ment. 1t would be worth many and many
army corps to them.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-07

state of American war preparations. He asks,
triumphantly, whether the Senator has any occult
power of divining what is within the Presidents
mind and what isn't, and follows by asking why.
if the President can make one bad appointment IN
war administration, he can't make three-why the
war .abinet the bill authorizes him to appoint
would not be composed of men unequal TO their
task as any that had gone before
Piffle, John Sharp. This is neither the style
nor the mood in which-to discuss momentous
topic dealing vitality not only with the interests
of the American people, but of civilization itself
II is not necessary to champion the measure to
ask that it be treated in somewhat different
ner than this. Mental agility and sharpness of
tongue are exactly the ideal qualities for hand
ling the administrators side of the case before the
Senate.
No doubts that the cabinet measure
will Se killed. For better or for worse, the admin
istration will continue its present policy. Indeed,
by deft reorganization, it is going almost far as
But the President remains in the position of hav-
ing burden unequalled in the world today, a
burden worthy of the real Nietzschean superman.
He is called upon to pass subjects ranging from
the price of coal charged the luckless inhabitants
of Washington to the latest Recommendation from
Gen. Pershing; from the intricate problems facing
the Fuel Administrator, the latest revision Of
the trading with the enemy" blacklist, to the
shortage of spruce required for airpane construc-
tion. Nothing like such concentration of power
is found anywhere else in the world
The Washington herald., 1918-02-07
Would Be a Hero.

Reference at a dinner made to the beauty
of being heroic, when a little incident along that
line was contributed by Senator Henry L. Myers,
of Montana.
One afternoon Percital Claude rambling by
dering what he could do to make her think he was
the greatest ever, when happy thought struck
him
Il say, Miss Angelina" he eagerly remarked,
Couldn't you manage to fall into the wiver that
/ could wescue you?"
"Why l might" was the smiling rejoinder of
the fair Angelina, "but thought 1 understood you
to say that you cannot swim"
81 cawn't Miss Angelina, not single stwoke, I"
the startling rejoinder of Percval Claude, "but
l always cahwy a police whistle, don't you know"
Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-07
Ii Is a Big Victory.

1t was American mechanics against German, and
America 1t the spirit OF construction
against tha spirit OF destruction, and constructive
ness won. 1t was conflict between American and
Teuton brans, and the American won. 1t a
victory not less than that by force OF arms in
a great battle.
When Uncle Sam seized the great fleet OF Ger
man vessels found in his harbors he discovered
that their German crews had mutiated or destroyed
the machinery. The Germans laughed and said it
would be years before the intricate engines and
other parts would perform their functions But
American engineers and mechanics went to work.
They invented new methods of welding by which
the damaged engines and other heavy parts could
be repaired they lay in the ships. Tests show
that these repaired parts stronger than origi-
naly, and that the ships making better time
than ever before, and every OF these ships is
now carrying American fighters to France by the
thousands.
We are the greatest people earth, at any
thing. And we know it.
While the medals and honors being passed
out, we should overlook the brainy Americans
who have put 100000 tons of German shipping to
fighting Germany in spite OF Germany's dirtest
The Washington herald., 1918-02-07

are doing everything they can TO re-
tard the efficient operation of their
property by the government. While
the case may be somewhat over
drawn there are unquestionably a
number of the railroad heads who
would be glad to see a mammoth
| fall-down of Secretary McAdoo and
his associates. The fact is the
weather is the worst enemy the
government has had thus far. II
| mild weather joins the operating
side of the government it will be
more welcomed than any other fac
! tor. Until that time comes, how
ever. enemies of governmental leg
1 islation should not endeaVor TO
point TO the step as a failure and
friends should not insist that the
railroad men are throwing barriers
! in the way of satisfactory operation.
Let good weather tell the story.
Down in Mississippi they are
urging the abolishment of the State
| legislature and the government of
the State by the commission form.
| The idea is not a new one at all.
! The commission has long been one
of the pet ideas Of former Governor
Hodges of KANSAS and of other
! Western executives who have sue
ceeded in having IL tried out in all
of the governmental forms below
the State. The commission form of
government for cities has been of
vast aid to the people IN getting
some fiscal reforms. but a general
sum-up of its efficacy otherwise
leaves the investigators skeptical
as to whether it really is an i'm
| provement on the form which Is
supplanted. If Mississippi tries the
experiment we imagine it will oe
watched with much interest by q
number of States.
There is one thing that may lie
put down here and now-labor will
not content itself with patriotic
work when tales are constantly
coming to it of enormous sums OF
money made by some of those who
are getting government contracts
and who are profiting, in other
ways, at government expense. Tn
! til those tales can be wiped out by
the exhibit of a clean slate, there
can be no hope of getting labor en-
listed in the way 1t is necessary FOR
it TO be enlisted IL we are to win.
Labor is unquestionably willing to
do its share but it does not want to
see excessive salaries and other
doubtful financial arrangements en-
tered into for the benefit of a few
men. Destroy the profiteers and
labor will be waiting and ready 10
do its full share in the battle for
democracy. Congress is just now
beginning to realize the attitude OF
labor, and steps to clear the way SO
labor may come to our aid win an
vigor are being taken.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-07
The Yell of the Dollar.

The English, whom the great Napoleon scOrned
as "a nation of traders" thus showing his lack of
appreciation, continue to warmly discuss trade
boycott of the central powers after the war, and,
il they reach this decision, there will undoubtedly
be strong pressure to make the United States a
party to it. Indeed, such boycott could not long
continue without the American nations partici-
pants. Too big market would be left open to the
boycotted, to say nothing of merit and prices Of
goods interfering with successful boycott in all
cases.
But it IS not remarkable that the British trades
men are stirred up II the truth were made known,
it would doubtless appear that the trades people
OF the central powers. without foreign trade for
over three years, doing some mighty hard
thinking and perhaps, contributing great deal to
the unrest manifested in those countries.
While President Wilson's utterances have all
been for trade freedom and equality, the statistics
OF our prewar trade with Germany and her allies
are interesting. For the year previous to the war
these statistics show:
Imports. Exports.
Austra-Hungary ........... $IoI92,4I4 $23,3eo,6o6
Bulgaria. ia................... 44o,537 Io3,74o
Germany y................. I88063,o7I 33I,684,2I2 IL
Turkey o9I7,Soo 2,2I7,o73
While the total balance OF trade was against
US the smaller countries Bulgaria and Turkey, did
have balances in their favor. But balances don't
tell the whole story. The total OF business with
these countries were $575,830642, and it was a
poor trade year throughout the world.
H. as a great many theorists, especially Ger
mans claim it is trade war. isn't it logical to be-
leve that much OF the squealing and dissatisfaction
reported by the cables is the manifestation of the
traders The almighty dollar, bless its sensitive
heart! Is being biffed and buffed to the limit.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-07
Our Sweetheart.

S.-My wife has black hair and brown eyes.)
The angels took the golden moon
To make a strand of hair;
They took the pink of rosebuds
To make cheek so fair
Two stars that glowed in heaven
They used for r1aiden's eyes
And colored them with azure blue
To hide the love that lies.
The warmth of summer sunshine
They put into her smile;
The beauty of the springtime
They gave to her for style
And when they had her finished
They said she was divine"
And then called her Sweetheart"
For she's mine. all mine.
=M. ". Xaughau,
The Washington herald., 1918-02-07
/ Army and Nay NyysssN NeyysssN,:
Best Service Column in The Civ

possible: rest a.second: then, with
weight OF body borne on toes, lower
slowly down TO the floor. Repeat
several times.
when in the house in stocking
feet. walk on toes. heels not touch
ing the floor and toes turned a.
When sitting. cross the legs. the
foot always resting on the outer
edge.
The wearing OF broad-toe shoes.
with the metal arch supporter"
absolutely abandoned. is advocated.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-07

An apple tree in the yard of Joseph
Zavis. Of Kent County. Delaware,
blossoms every year with pink roses,
The tree was planted years ago by
Julian Emerson. who grated a rose
bush on the tree. Last year it bore
hundreds of roses, but it will never
bear fruit
The Washington herald., 1918-02-07
A LINE O. CHEER
EACH DAY o. THE YEAR.
BY John Kendrick Bangs.

SINGERS.
Sing Of gloom II so you must;
Dwell on sorrow. ashes. dust
I'll not join the chorus dark.
But will rather choose the lark
AS the model for my song.
Rising with a measure strong
When the black OF night 10 done
Joyously to greet the sun.
Copyright, lslsl
The Washington herald., 1918-02-07

Just at the time when were about to re-
sumo our normal living again, along comes that
fellow Garfield with another shutdown order.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-07

A man in Nevada escaped from insane
asylum and shot his wife and the jury adjudgcd
him sane. Alienists take note.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-07

A restaurant .advertises in Capital Traction
car: "A breakfast in place makes you feel
glad that you alive these fall mornings" Evil
IDENTIFY the "ad" writer slipped"
The Washington herald., 1918-02-07

Heard on Fourteenth street car. Motorman:
Move back there" Conductor: Move forward,
please; plenty OF room at the front" What's the
use?
The Washington herald., 1918-02-07

We wager that the divorce proceedings started
against famous movie star will make him a more
popular idol than
The Washington herald., 1918-02-07

Oxen bought at a recent sale in
Switzerland ranged from $40 to $3.50
the pair: cows sold for SEQ TO s2C
each.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-07

Well Mr.. Paxton we are still waiting for you
to clean the streets
The Washington herald., 1918-02-07

Resignation OF Brig. Gen. Frederick
w. stiliweii. national army, has been
accepted by the President effective
January ., Brig. Gen. Albert J. Lo-
gan. national army, has been honor
ably discharged from the military
service of the country because Of
disabilities. Both officers were Penn
sylvanians.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-07

The famous Seventh Cavalry. which
fought under Custer and was cut 20
pieces, is again. after many months
assembled as a single unit. The last
squadron Of the regiment reported at
Fl Paso. Tex. a few days ago. Col.
:. r. II. Tompkins is in command
OF the regiment. which has been
made part of the new Fifteenth Ii
vision Of Cavalry recently organizea
under command of Mai. Gen. G. W.
Read.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-07

Maj. Frederick Mears. u. S. A.. who
has had charge of the construction
OF the government railways in Alaska.
has been relieved from that duty at
his own request and assigned to field
service as a Colonel of Engineers
When Maj. Gen. GoethaIs declined
TO undertake the Alaskan railway con-
struction job for the government he
recommended Mai. Mears TO Secre-
tary Of the Interior lane as the
man best fitted to direct the vast
engineering scheme. Mai Mears was
then a lieutenant OF cavalry. He was
one of Gen. Goethols' chief assistants
during the construction OF the PAN
anna Canal. The railway part OF the
Canal problem vas intrusted 20 his
charge. He will sail shortly for
France. the regiment which he will
command being one of the railroad
units destined for service under Gen.
Pershing
The Washington herald., 1918-02-07

The belief Is entertained among
some of the long time foes OF the
railroads that the higher officials
The Washington herald., 1918-02-07

Tho playwright who can think OF a
snappy title for his show can coll
lect royalties. IL seems. This season
the title more than the play is the
thing The successful shows ON
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-07-10
DISEASE SPREAD BY ANIMALS
scientists and Physlcians Have Pre-.
pared q Strong Indictment
Against the Beasts.

Although animals are not affected
ny the sickness and communicable dis
Eases of man, yet, for some unexplain-
Able reason, the scientists and physi-
clans declare that whole host Of
Ofttimes fatal ailments Of mankind are
traceable to the beasts, says Popular
Science Monthly.
The horse Is blamed for spreading
FLANDERS, rabies, lockjaw and other dis
eases Of five or more syllables. Dogs
and cats are branded as the circula-
tors Of rabies, parasitic worms of diff
,1erent kinds, fleas and ticks.
The COW Is the worst offender. The
list of diseases laid at her barn door
= headed with tuberculosis and grows
constantly more blood-curdling, until
We wonder why physicians and scien-
lists consent to the use of milk, butter
md cheese which still lead the dieti-
Hans list of nutritives.
Rats, squirrels and feas spread the
bubonic plague. We are prepared to
Relieve that lice and bedbugs, flies and
mosquitoes are the rapid transit lines
Tor yellow fever and malaria. We are
willing to forego the luscious oyster
al the year around, If need be, to
avoid typhoid fever.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-07-10
WAR AIDS GENERAL HEALTH
on the Streets Declared to Have
Had Good Effect.

An observing physician says that
the presence in New York's streets of
many soldiers and sailors has an indi-
rect effect on the health Of civilians.
He believes that most persons become
initiative when they see one Of Uncle
Sans men with head erect, shoulders
back and chest thrown out. The natur-
al result is deep breathing, and from
this comes improved digestion and cir
culation. thus causing better health.
The doctor called attention to the
fact that Poe in pointing out the psy-
Geological effect of one person on an
other in regard to acts and manner
isms said he could figure many
thoughts Of persons in the streets by
watching their actions. AS an illus
tratiOn, Poe told Of a man hurrying
along In a slOuchy manner until he ap-
preached a hunchback, when he i'm
mediately Strengthened. the similarity
Of carriage causing an unconscious
effort at the instant the hunchback's
misfortune was flashed to the brain
of the normal man.
Still another influence affecting the
general health of the public, due to the
war, is the increased number of patri-
otto men who have gone into training
after rejection by army or navy sur
geons due to minor physical disability.
Others, too, have undergone lesser sur
gical operations, long neglected. so
that they might pass.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-07-10

IRON Greece to Marsellles and had
wandered all the way up here, The
two Americans who were just released
after getting over the mumps were
the first Sammies had.
During the first two years 1 was
mere 1t was mighty exciting, particu-
larly at night, when the German air.
planes used to fly over and lombard
the town. Recently they have not
come very often"
Sister Is German Countess.
Mrs. Bradley Lee is a sister of the
beautiful Mary Lee, who married
Count Waldersee, former chief of the
German general staff. She was for
merly the intimate friend Of the
kaiserin, and is rumored to have
taught religion to the kaiser" several
years before the war.
Mrs. Bradley Lee often visited her
titled sister in Berlin or Altoona be-
fore the war, and had a large &C.
quaintance in the German "army set"
among which Countess Waldersee
moved.
The German army under Won Kluck
occupied Chantilly, after Creil and
Senlis, during the first weeks Of the
war, and a German general and his
staff stopped in Mrs. Bradley Lees
chateau. doing no damage there, al
though the Rothschild estates and the
property Of Duchess de Chartres, ad-
Joining were looted nv tho invadorS
This fact, together with the fact
that 1t was known that Mrs. Bradley
Zee had sister married to a German
field marshal, caused considerable Cos
sip. and there have been many un-
founded rumors current that the beau
tfful American woman who has op-
Grated the hospital at Creil for so long
had been arrested for giving intelli-
gence to the enemy.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-07-10
Facts About Prolific Fish,

me cod Is eStimated to yield 4,OOO,@
~ eggs each season. AS many as
@9at, nine. and even nine and u half
mHlion eggs have been found In tho
koe OF single cod. An eel was caught
g scotland some years ago which was
4 inches long and weighed about two
Ypnds. The Ovary was about Il
19shes long as 1t lay In the fish, but
Hlen opened out it was nearly 30
shes in length, and it was circulated
~ this contained upward of 10000
- eggs, rivaling. II not surprising,
sSne cod in this respect.