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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-21
WHAT5S THE REASONf
Many Maysyille People In Poor Health
without Knowing the Cause.

There are scores OF people who
drag out q miserable existence with
out realizing the cause of their suffer-
ing. Day after day they are racked
with backache and headache; suffer
from enrvousness, dizziness, weak
ness, languor and depression. Per-
haps the kidneys have fallen behind
in their work of altering the blood and
that may be the root of the trouble
Look to your kidneys, assist them in
their work-give' them the help they
need. You can use no more highly
recommended remedy than Doan's
Kidney Pills-endorsed by people all
over the country and by your neigh
bors in Maysville.
Mrs. W. A. Schatzmann, COS
East Second Street, says From
the benefit have received from Doan's
Kidney Pills, which l buy at Chans-
lor's Drug Store, have every reason
to recommend them. Whenever my
kidneys have been irregular In action
or l have suffered from weakness and
lameness In the small of my back, /
have used Doan'a Kidney Pills. They
have always proven sufficient to quick
ly cure and attack"
Mrs. Schatzmann is only one of
many Maysville people who have
gratefully endorsed Doan's Kidney
Pills. II your back aches-if your
kidneys bother you. don't simply ask
for q kidney remedy-ask distinctly
for DoAN's KIDNEY PILLS. the
same that Mrs. Schatzmann uses-the
remedy backed by home testimony.
60c all stores Foster-Milburn Co..
Props. Buffalo. N. Y. when Your
back IL IAme-Ramsmbe the Name"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-21
MRS. EMMA BRITT
Tells How YinOl Creates Strength for
Tired, Nervous HOusekeepers

Texarkana, Texas-"I keep house
and was weak, rundown and ner-
vous, back ached a good deal of the
time, so it was hard to take care of
my chickens and do my work-vinol
has restored my strength, and my
nervousness has gone, so l can do my
work as well as ever."-Mrs. Emma
Britt.
There is no secret about Vinol-It
owes its success in such cases, to
beef and cod liver peptones, iron
and manganese peptonates and gly-
cerophosphates, the oldest and most
famous body building and strength
creating tonics. We recommend Vinol.
john C. PecOr Drug Co., MaysviIIe,
Ky, and at the best drug stores in
every town and city In the country.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-21

Administrators
Sale

As Administrator of the estate Of
the late David Douglas, will offer for
sale at public auction on the premises
one and One-half miles South OF Sar.
dis on the Blue Licks turnpike on
AUGUST 80, 1918.
At 10 O'clock A. NJ.
The farm Of 12Ok acres upon which is
located good two story eight room
residence, two good stock barns and
other improvements.
This farm Is well watered, well
fenced and in high state of cultiva-
ton.
At the same time and place large
amount Of personal property includ-
ing horses, stock and household and
kitchen furniture will also be sold TO
the highest and best bidder.
GEORGE DOUGLAS,
Admir-. of David Douglas, Deceased.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-21
ENDURANCE TEST
FOR ARMY HORSES
NOW PROPOSED
Plan to Determine Breed Of Horses
Best Suited For Mounted Service
Of the Army - Kentucky
Steed to be in Test.

If plans of the Army Horse Asso-
citation, as outlined in a communica-
ton to the Lexington Board of Com
MERGE, are carried out, Lexington will
be selected as the starting point for
longdstance endurance contest for
horses, with the view of determining
what breed is best suited for the
mounted service of the United States.
H. K Bush Brown, secretary of the
Washington, has taken the PROPOSE,
ton up with Secretary Dunn, of the
Board of Commerce, and with DR.. ].
]. Hooper, head of the Department of
Animal Industry of the University of
Kentucky, with the view of enlisting
the cooperation of horsemen of the
Bluegrass and others in the test, and
it is expected that the Board of Com
MERGE will take action on the matter
within the next few days.
Secretary Brown has divided the
United States into zones. Lexington
is in Zone 5. He stresses the fact
that the Bluegrass is known as the
horse center of the world and that
Kentucky breeders, owners and lovers
of the horse should be deeply inter-
ested in the movement to produce a
superior type of army horse and ldnd
their hearty cooperation to the move
ment.
He suggests the organization of an
administrative committee to have SUI
pervision of the test, which would be
from Lexington to some army post in
Indiana. In this contest it is ex-
pecter that each breed of horses
would be represented-sadd horses,
thoroughbreds, trotters and any 9TH
err breeds produced in the zone.
An effort may be made by those in
toresting to make Maysville a station
on one branch of the drive for this
zone of Kentucky.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-21

surely proved to be. feel better and
stronger in every way since taking it,
and the annoying symptoms have disap-
peared. - Mrs. M. Golden, 925 Ma
poleon St., Fremont, Ohio.
Such annoying symptoms as heat
flashes, nervousness, backache, head
ache, irritability and "the blues, may
be speedily overcome and the system
restored to normal conditions by this
famous root and herb remedy Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
If any complications preser. them
selves write the Pinkham Medicine Co.,
Lynn, Mass, for suggestions how tn
overcome them. The result of forty
years experience is ct your service and
your Letter hold in eH,i.+ cors l,nce.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-21
ALLEGED DESERTER is FATALLY
WOUNDED

Mt. Sterling, Ky.-A man named
Pitts, charged with being deserter
from Camp Zachary Taylor, was shot
and fatally wounded by Deputy Sher-
if Brock Lewis in Menifee county
Saturday afternoon. Lewis says that
when he attempted to arrest Pitts,
the soldier pointed rifle at him and
attempted to fire. Lewis drew his re-
volver and fired. II is believed that
Pitts will die Lewis surrendered
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-21
SOMETHING OF
WHAT'S GOING
ON IN FRANCE
Lud Mills Writes Interesting Letter
From the Front to Local People.

Messrs. J. G. Cablish and Fred Cab
fish have Just received the following
interesting letter from Corp. Lud A.
Mills, former Maysville man. one of
the first to arrive in France:
Somewhere in France.
Thursday, July %, 1918.
Merrs, j. c. Cablish, Jr., and Fred.
Dear friends:
True enough l receive your letters
and papers and appreciate them but
it is now at present hard to to find
a chance to answer. l would love to
write you all often but l am quite
sure you read the papers and by do
ing so you know exactly why I have
not more time to devote to letter
writing. 1t is a beautiful evening here
where / am and the night is drawing
near and brings forth plenty of ex-
citement and many thrilling exper-
fences. Here of late have had many
thrilling adventures and quite often
have been where chances were slim.
But am still with them yet and sim
cerely hope to remain so. George is
over here somewhere and as l am
on the go continuously and all over
this country feel confident will see
him
oil old 90 oil Il, NID
time is coming and feel confident
will see you all soon.
Jake I often wonder how you and
Fred would love to live under ground
and run your store, we'll that is
my way of sleeping now. Just for
sleeping because through the day
am on the go and some times all night
l have not missed many things but
assure you these are the worst yet.
use to see them in western pictures
but here it is far worse. I often think
of the stories by grandfather use to
sure and l sincerely hope good luck
remains with me so | can tell him
my end of it.
Well our weather is good as could
be expected for France and our eats
good in spite of all. l am not as heavy
as | use to be because losing sleep
and working day in and day out
would naturally lose, but all is in the
game so what's the diff.
When l return I assure you I will
fatten up again. Well Jake l would
appreciate your tobacco and such as
thank Mr.. Barbour Russell for his Of
fering the same. Jake | have not
time to write you and Fred and all a
separate letter and I am quite sure
one will do because where / stand
expect to stop at most any minute.
| sincerely hope all well and that bust
ness is good. Tell all of my friends
around the store hello. have seen
two boys, Preston Parker and John
Calhoun and expect to see many more.
How is Charles, Homer, Ellsworth
and all getting along. Tell them
often think of them when we are pass
ing through town where the young
sters are very bad. y
Jake enclosed you will find piece
off the wing of German plane which
was brought down Just few yards
from where l was at at the time.
l have seen many of the air battles
they are very interesting to watch
You will notice how the canvas is
camoufiaged. Well dear friends | sin
cerely hope my letter finds you and
all o. X. l will ask you again to
remember me to all as it is nearly
dark.
l will bonvivee for this time answer
soon.
CORP. LUDWIG A. MILLS.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-21
RAILROAD TINE TABLE
|s||E'a|I Y ''3|I|'

Time table effective Sunday Feb
ruary 10th.
No. II leaves Maysvllle 5:35 q. m.
daily except Sunday.
No. 9 leaves Maysvills $40 D. m.
except Sunday.
No. 2Os leaves Maysville $40 D. m.
Sunday only.
No. 10 arrives in Maysville 9:45 a.
M, daily except Sunday.
No. 210 arrives in Maysville 1855 D.
M, Sunday only.
No. 16 arrives in Maysville $40 D.
M, daily except Sunday.
H. 8. ELLIS, Agent
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-21
LEWIS COUNTY TO UNFURL
LARGE SERVICE FLAG

One of the biggest features of the
Lewis county fair for this year will be
the unfurling of a large service flag
in honor of the men who have gone
over there. The flag contains over
five hundred stars and will be pre-
scented to the county in a patriotic
program.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-21
that CHANGE IN
WOMAN'S LIFE
Mrs. Golden Tells How 1t
May be Passed in Safety
and Comfort.
Fremont, OF was passing through
the critical period of life, being forty

Blk years OF age ana
had all the symp-
toms incidenttothat
change-heat flash
es, nervousness, and
was in a general run
down condition, so
it was hard for me
to do my work.
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vege table Com
pound was recon-
mended to me as the
best remedy for my
troubles. which II
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-21

A cablegram from the American
consul at Padang, Sumatra, received
April %, states that the government
has prohibited the expectation of Gin
chona bark, quinine, quinine salts, tin
tin ore and kanok
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-21

After a woman has been married
for a few years she realizes that it is
just as hard for her husband to be
goodnatured all the time as it is for
her to be good-looking every minute.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-21

ming halfback. This is a war of sur
prises. 1t would surprise the world,
but 1t would not especially surprise
those of us who know Italy at war, if
the great final victory came through
a collapse of the mongrel empire be-
fore the assault of triumphant Italy.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-21

One of the things we are not going
to try to do this year is run farm
by long distance and twilight. We
discovered last year that to be a sue
cessful farmer requires more than 40
minutes work Tuesday and Thursday
evenings.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-21
TELEPHNNE MOVES
AND CHANGES

In order that your telephone may be
moved as near the time yOu designate,
your order should be given to us at
least FIVE DAYS in advance. This
will enable us to plan the work offic.
ientIy
When the telephone is moved, with
In the building 1t was originally In
stalled, and does not require any out
side work, the charge will be $1.OO, all
other moves will cost $500 each.
Help yourself by helping us!
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-21
MaySville
Telephone Co.
lIncOrpOratedl
Z. I. BENDEL, B. Y. CHAMBERS,
Cashier Manager
Two Fleming County
Farms For Sale

Mr.. George w. FOxWOrthy has list.
ed with us two very desirable farms.
Farm No. THE home farm, where
Mr.. FOxwOrthy now resides s miles
East Of Flemingsburg, contains 1l6
acres, and has on 1t good residence,
large stock barn, tobacco barn, two
silOs and the usual OutbuildiRgs found
on a well-imprOved farm, also nm
abundance Of fruit of different var
ieties. About so acres of this farm ls
In and the land is all In high state Of
cultivation.
Farm No. 2-COntains 99k acres,
adjOlns the town OF Mt Carmel, has
on It a new tobacco barn; and this
farm is also In good state Of cpltlva-
ton. While there Is no house on this
land, there Is a nice home close TO the
farm that can be bought very reason.
able.
For particulars as TO price, etc, see
the undersigned or Mr.. FOxwOrthy.
TROS. |. EVAN & co
Maysville. KY.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-11-22
Cow Testing in Missouri.

Cow testing work in Missouri
showed favorable increase 10 1917
Twenty-six breeders from eleven
counties had cows on official test
Tests were made on Alb cows. as
compared with 1886 cows tested in
the previous year. Altogether 2,072
two.day tests we're conducted. and
AZ seven day tests were made
During the year one COW produced
33776 pounds of butter in seven
days
This is the first record TO equal or
exceed 80 pounds in seven DAYS
m lde in this state All the records
made during the year sno" a gcad-
ual tendency on the part of breeders
to increase their previous records
1t required the eq Ivalent OF all he
time of two men TO do the work re-
quired by the breeders.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-11-22
Fuel and Power.

The world is thinking and talking
about coal. and in the RECONSTRUCT
ton plans with reference to power
that have been developed in Eng
land, give good deal of attention
to the need of electrical energy to
supplant steam in industry, and in
consequence cut down the consump-
ton of coal. The best mines in the
United States are agreed that the
transmission of power by electricity
from central generating plants will
solve not only the coal mining pro-
blems, but the excessive de-. and
for transportation will also be lessen
ed thereby. England is actually
perfecting plans which will super
cede the present inefficient system
of furnishing power through COM
prehensive system which will divide
the Kingdom into sixteen districts.
instead ofsi hundred, as at present;
and in each of the districts there
will be recognized authority to
deal with all the problems of genera
ton and distribution. A similar
process has been suggested by the
Smithsonian Institution. and it will
seek to create centers or sites in the
United States suitable for electric
generating purposes in order to
simplify distribution. The plan is
to develop electro-chemical pro-
Cesses in close proximity to power
plants. If the new plans carry
through 1t will not be many year s
before the greater part of the coal
utilized for power purposes will be
burned near where it is mined
When private ownership adjusts
itself to public control, as officially
urged in England, it will be entirely
possible to bring about an amalga,
nation of existing power companies,
The British report defines how com
pany and municipal plants can
operate on entirely independent
plans through the aid of federal
AGENCIES thar will be helpful TO both
! Of them.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-11-22
Civic SIaCkerS.

Much of our government ineffici-
ency is not due so much to false
notions among the voters, but mere
ly to inattention to the duties of
citizenship. We are all partners in
conducting our various public func-
tons No one can succeed in any
business unless he puts his mind on
it. The man who put money into
some enterprise and then gave no
thought to it, and only attended to
it a few times in a year, would soon
see his money disappear.
Yet we think we can run a gov
eminent successfully without any
thought or study or time. Two
thirds of the voters 90 to the polls
without giving any serious atten-
ton to the business of government.
Frequently they never heard of
many of the candidates.
The great mass of disinterested
voters are disoreanized, and have
no prearranged plan laid out by
which the candidates best calculat-
ed to secure efficiency can be sup
ported and elected. AS between a
we'll organized and drilled minority
and an incoherent. purposeless. and
badly led majority, the minority of
politicians generally win.
Politicians are no worse than the
rest of us. Many of them have
gone into public work with a sin
cere desire to give good govern
ment. But as a class, the men
who make politics their principal
business are not in it for theiI
health. Like most men they are
apt to consider their own interests
Grst The temptation is strong tC
condone inefficiency on the part of
their own followers and friends.
1t is then one of the foremost o.
our political follies, that we do moi
put some of the same time, energy
and thought into our public affairs
that we must put into any private
business in order to succeed. If w
would all read. think. and tall
about political men and measures
so that most people really knew
what was going on, we would fint
a vast improvement in the business
capacity of our government.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-11-22
Typewriter Signatures.

In these days of typewriter let
tiers and equally typewriter Official
documents the writing by hand is
becoming a lost art.
Average of time for reading let
tiers is two minutes for the body OF
the letter and anywhere from fifteen
minutes to two hours trying to
figure out who made the hieroely
phics that stand for a signature,
10 these days of economy it
seems wicked to vast so much
time Let the stenographer type
the signature in full at the end Of
the letter. leaving a space below in
which the author may satisfy his
taste for cubist or futurist art.
Every man, even a lawyer or q
soldier, has a right to sign his name
as he pleases. But the man who
writes signature which none car
'copy-Or read-should at least
furnish his friends with a key to the
code he uses.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-11-22
Wintering Idle Horses.

At this time of the year practical
ly all the heavy work on most farms
has been finished, and during the
winter horses are more or less idle
Since idle horses give no return in
labor performed, the feeding should
be as economical as possible. and
proper care should be taken of the
animals in order that they may be
in the best possible condition for
work in the early spring.
Horses should not be confined to
the barn during the winter on a
liberal supply of grain. 1t is far
better to rough" them through the
cold months. They should be given
the run of the yard or lot during
the day. This should be provided
with a protected shed, one that is
thoroughly dry and well provided
with bedding. While nature does
her part and protects the horses
with a heavy coat of hair during
the cold months, the shed is neces
sary in order to afford the necessary
shelter and protection against rains
snow, and cold winds. Winter
winds come mostly from the north
and northwest. and the shed should
be so situated and constructed as to
give the proper protection fro this
quarter.
In the feeding of idle horses high
priced feed should be avoided ir
order to keep them in proper con
dition at the lowest cost. 1t has
been found that idle horses do very
well on a winter feed consisting Of
all the hay, oat straw, cornstalks
or sorehums they will consume. ST
that little grain is necessary Idle
ness also permits of NOR
thorough mastication of the feed
thus insurins proper digestion,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-11-22
Strange Is Right.

II is strange that a newspaper
man should be compelled to solicit
advertising or offer argument for its
use. remarks a man one know
what he is talking about. Funny.
isn't it that the man who thinks he
is a business man will get up in the
morning from an advertised mat
tress, shave with an advertised
razor, take off advertised pajamas
and put on advertised underwear
advertised hose aud shirt, tie, ad :
vertised suit, sit himself at the table
and eat advertised breakfood. drink
advertised coffee or substitute. put
on an advertised hat. light an ad :
vertised cigar 60 to his place of
business where he turns down the
advertising solicitor or saleman for
his home newspaper on the grounds
that advertising does not pay.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-11-22
Woman Farmer.

On Jackson County's Hereford
Boulevard" can be found a young
woman, who until a year ago was
in the Office of w. L. YoSt, live
stock commission man, who, too,
has a wonderful herd of white.faces.
The young woman, Miss Mary j.
SwitZer. ventured into Hereford
raising on a small scale less than a
year ago on a $50 acre farm cover
ed with brush, about sixteen miles
southeast of Kansas City. Today
the young woman has eleven Here
fords. Incidently, Miss Switzer sold
$4,000 worth of wheat from her
place this year. A modest 2 story
home. surrounded with flowers,
proves attractive to passersby.
When Miss Switzer entered into
her new work she built good sized
barn for the cattle. Since, she has
been forced to add a shed for her
increasing family of Herefords.
Miss Switzer had the nerve to
pay ST, 100 for her first COW. The
success of her first venture is
shown by her small but valuable
herd today
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-11-22
Reducing Fire Danger.

The fire hazard should be consid-
erred in the location and construc'
ton of all new. farm buildings.
Many groups of farm buildings are
80 located and constructed that any
fire which might break out in one
building would be almost sure to
destroy the " hole group. When a
new building is to be eected it is
worth while at least to consider
placing it where it will be reasona-
bly, safe from fire starting in any
other building and where it will
not be a menace to other build.
ings.
Concrete construction is being
used OH many farms, and it is
especially desirable for smoke
houses, incubator rooms, and any
other small buildings which are ex-
,ceplionally subject to loss by fire.
The first cost of we'll constructed
concrete building generally will be
Greater than of wood building OF
the same size, but the concrete will
Hast practically forever, and will
seldom need paint or repairs.
A fire in such a building can do
but slight damage to the building
itself, and there is very little like
lihood of its spreading to any Of
the adjoining buildings.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-11-22
Charity of Speech.

Charity of speech is as divine a
thing as charity ofacticn Tojudge
mans motives, believe things as
they seem to be until they are
proved otherwise, to temper judge
ment with mercy-Sureiy this is
quite as good to build up churches,
establish asylumS and found colleges.
Unkind words do as much harm
as unkind deeds, Many a heart
has been wounded beyond cure,
many a reputation has been stabbed
to death by few little words.
There is charity which consists in
Withholding words. IN abstaining
from speech if to speak is to con-
denim. Such charity hears the tale
of Islander, but does not repeat it;
listen in silence, but iorbear COM
ment; then locks the unpleasant
secret up in the very depth of the
heart, Silence can still rumor; it is
speech that keeps a story alive and
lends its vieor.