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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-12
STEADY ADVANCE
IN SCHOOLS FOR !
BELGIAN EXILES
Refugee Children in Holland Are Not
Neglected.

Brussells-The Centrals Commits
sic voor het Onderwijs tan debit
gewekenen has Just published its an
nual report for 1917, from which the
following is taken;
The number enrolled in Belgian
! educational institutions in Holland at
the beginning of the year 1918 was
about 1880 pupils; in 1916 1t was
only 1856 pupils; in 1917 1t was 49,
416.
The number of professors and in
structors has risen to $50.
College education is represented by
six schools-at Amersfoort, Amster-
dam. Flessingue, The Hague, Loop
on-Zand, and Tilburg; and by a Ca
tholic college at Bois-le-Duc. These
establishment of 603 students. There
are eighty-fve professors all told. A
college section has been introduced
into the high school at Rotterdam.
The colleges at Amersfoort, Fle5s-
ingue, and The Hague have more than
100 pupils.
Several high schools, with forty
six heads of departments, have also
been established. Mixed high schools
exist in Rotterdam, Gouda, The Ha-
que, Harderwyk, Middlesbourg, and
Maestricht. There is a girls high
school at Amersfoort. Furthermore
in many localities primary education
has been organized.
Seventy-nine primary schools, with
a teaching staff of 401 members, are
attended by 1850 pupils, divided in
to 495 classes; 3,1SS of these pupils
are Walloons.
Since the organization of the
French Charity for Children in Hol-
land, thirty-one French schools have
been organized, with teaching staff
of seventy instructors, men and wo-
men; $50 children, divided into sixty
seven classes, attend these various
establishments.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-12
SON HAS HIS FATHER ARRESTED
AS AN ENEMY

South Bend, Ind.-Henry Boetcher.
aged SO. was arrested at his home
charged with being an enemy alien.
The affidavit was sworn to by his son,
Arthur w. Boetcher, who said his
father had made many reasonable
utterances. "The only reason we are
at war is because the president and
Morgan and some of the other fellows
loaned so much money to the allies
that they were afraid they would lose
too much II the allies were whipped"
is one of the statements alleged in the
affidavit.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-12
doses of Black.Draught."

- 1870
Seventy years of successful uss has
made Thedford's BIack-Draught a
standard, household remedy. Every
member. of every family, at times.
need the help that Black Draught can
give In cleansing the system and re-.
iieving the troubles that come from
constipation, indigestion. lazy liver.
otc. You cannot keep we'll unless your
stomach, liver and bowels are In good
working order. Keep them that way.
Try Black'praught. It acts promptly.
gently and in a natural way. II you
feel sluggish. take a dose tonight.
You will feel fresh tomorrow. Price
csc. packags--ons cent q dose
All druggists. J. 90
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-12
THEY ALSO SERVE

Washington. September IL - The
Republican Publicity Association,
through its President, Hon. Jonathan
Bourne, Jr., today gave out the fol-
lowing statement from it'll Washing
ton Headquarters:
There would have been neither
good craftsmanship nor sound mill
tary wisdom in the suggestion that
members of the United States Sem
ate and House of Representatives
should be included in the draft, or If
exempted, should waive the exemp-
ton and go into the ranks. Men who
are now in Congress or who may here
after be elected, are chosen for that
service because they are deemed par
ticularly fitted to represent their con-
stituents in the halls of national leg
islation. Men who have already
served one or more terms have gained
an experience of value to the nation
and to their constituents. A vacancy
in the House necessitates a special
election, setting the elective machin-
cry of a district in motion and en-
failing expense in holding the cleo
ton. A special election takes 3d.
900 to $4,000 voters away from their
tasks for half a day, and iverts the
attention of voters from their usual
work to the extent that they pay at
tention to the campaign. 1t would be
poor business sense to take any cleo
tive Federal or State officer from his
position to place him in the army.
Not only would there be the loss of
service OF an experienced man, in the
Office to which elected but the trou-
BILE and expense of choosing success
sor could not possibly be justified by
the addition of a few individuals to
the army. Congress wisely left the
law unchanged, and those members
of the House or Senate who are
tempted to leave their posts of pres
ent duty and go into the ranks, should
give the welfare of the nation prior
ity over their own personal inclina-
tions."
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-12
LIVER DIDN'T ACT
DIGESTION WAS BAD
Says IS year Old Kentucky Lady, Who Tells How She Was Relieves
After Few Doses Of BIackDrauSh.

Meadorsville. Ry.-Mrs. Cynthia
Higginbotham. Of this town. says: sAt
my age. which Is 65. the liver does
not act 30 well a. when young. A few
years ago. my stomach was all out Of
fix. was constipated. my liver
didn't act. Ny digestion was bad. and
It took 10 little to upset me. Ny APP
petite was gone. was very weak. :.
I decided would give Black
Draught thorough trial as knew It
was highly recommended for this
trouble. ! began taking It. ! felt
bOtter after a,fsw doses. My appetite
improved and became stronger. Ny
bowels acted naturally And the least
trouble was soon Tightsd with q few
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-12
FIRST CLASS FIRE EQUIPMENT

With the completion of Uncle
Bob, which has been given a very
thorough overhauling and will be
brought out of shop where it has been
for several weeks, the Maysville Fire
Department will have a very complete
equipment. The Uncle Bob will be
one of the best equipped fire fighting
machines in the state.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-12
HOW A YOUNG
GIRL SUFFERED
And Was Restored to Health By
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
CompOund-Told By
Her Mother.

Brooklyn, N. Y.-"I cannot praise
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-12
MORE AMTI.KOG CHOLERA
SERUM NOW Being USED
Department of Agriculture Warns
Against Proprietary NOstrums
Said to BE Useless and
Harmful.

Washington, d C., September 12-
More antihog-cholera serum was
manufactured last year than in any
previous years, despite a decrease in
the amount of hog cholera, according
to reports to the United States De-
partment of Agriculture The in
creased demand for anti-hog cholera
serum is ascribed to, the greater val
lie OF hogs, with the consequent great
er loss when one dies, and to the fact
that hog raisers are becoming more
appreciative of the value of using SER
UNI manufactured under Federal SUI
pervision.
Department of Agriculture officials
warn hog raisers against the indis-
criminate use of medicines or pro-
prietary preparations other than SER
ums, as experiences has shown that
nothing except serumq, properly pre-
pared and administered, is effective
Medicines other than serums, accord
ing to department officials, are worse
than useless, because they not only
fail to cure or prevent disease, but al
low the loss of the animals they are
advertised to save, thus taking money
from the farmer and meat from the
Nations supply.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-12
HOW ONE FAMILY WAS FOUND

The arresting signal of a Columbus
traffic officer stopped Miss Mary Bush
member of the Columbus chapter Nc
tor Corps. Miss Bush and another
young woman were hurryinS in 4
chapter automobile on some Rel
Cross errand.
AS the car was brought to a step
before the traffic cop" visions of ar
rest and fine for violation of some IN
known traffic rule rose in the mir Is
of Miss Bush and her companion.
you Red Cross women look after
soldiers families, don't you?" qu1s-
toned the officer.
Certainly, the Red Cross looks af-
ter the families of soldiers and of sail
ors, too" replied Miss Bush, who
seemed relieved at the nature of the
question.
There's a Home Service section for
that very thing, and, as it happens"
she continued, zone of the workers in
that section is right here in the car
with me-. Can we be of service?"
Then followed the tale of distress
in the home of a soldier whose family
lived in a nearby street.
Couldn't you get in the car with us
and direct us to that boys family
right away?"
Miss Bush asked the question and
proceeded to make room" for the Of
ficer as she heard his reply.
Even the traffic cops seem to
know about the work we are doing for
the relief of soldiers families" said
the Red Cross Home Service worker.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Eitel, Miss Amy
Kahn and Mamie Archdeacon motored
to Louisville to attend the State Fair
and visit Camp Taylor. They will be
away about ten days.
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The Farmers Nursery Co,

Established 1864. Incorporated 1890.
Capital 100000. 1900 acres in cultiva-
ton. We grow everything IN the nur-
sery line. Write for catalog and
prices on high grade pedigreed MUIR
sery Stock, true to name a specially.
Walton, Boone County, XIV.
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pound enough Tor what
it has done for m y
daughter. She W a 8
Is years of age, very
sickly and pale and she
had to stay home from
schoolmosto of the time.
She suffered agonies
from backache and
dizziness and was with
outappetite. For three
months she was under
the doctors care and
got no better, always
complaining about her
back and side aching SO
l didn't know what to
do. Ireadin the papers
about your wonderful
medicine SO 1 made up
my mind to tryit- She
has fakap fuo hoffiaa
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-12

of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and doesn't complain any more
with her back and side aching. She has
gained in weight and feels much better.
recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound to all mothers and
daughters. Mrs. NJ. FNoRE, SIG
Marcy Ave, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For special advice in regard to such
ailments write to Lydia e. Pinkham
Medicine Co. Lynn. Mass.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-12

Hearts of the World
three Griffith of a Nation
Will
day. September 16 thereafter
three
the of the British plot
in a little village.
The photopay eighteen
time Mr. Griffith his almost contin
ously working within of the
Misses Lillian and Dorothy Gh
Master Ben Alexander Interpreting
AS the rule with productions Hearts
of the World" will
to lend reality the unusual bril-
lancy will be performed symphony orchestra
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-13

felt the butt In the holster. l crawled
around in circles and at last found 1t,
then started on my way back to our
trenches, as thought.
Pretty soon reached barbed wire,
and was just going to give the pass
word when something told me not to.
put out my hand and touched one of
the barbed wire stakes. 1t was iron.
The British are of wood, while the
German are iron. Ny heart stopped
beating; by mistake had crawled
back to the German lines.
turned slowly about and my tunic
caught on the wire and made a loud
ripping noise.
A sharp challenge rang out.
sprang to my feet, ducking low, and
ran madly back toward our lines. The
Germans started firing. The bullets
were biting all around me, when bang
l ran smash into our wire, and sharp
challenge, "'Alt, who comes theref"
rang out. gasped out the password,
and, cropping my way through the lane
in the wire, tearing my hands and
uniform. l tumbled into our trench and
was safe, but l was a nervous wreck
for an hour, until a drink of rum
brought me round.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-13
+&%F%&%kkk&&&k@%&kkkkI
Tile Trap for Rabbits.

Set Il - by G-inch "tee" sewer tile
with The long end downward, and bury
| it so that the SiX-inch opening at the
side is below the surface of the ground
| Connect two lengths of siX-inCh sewer
pipe horizontally with the side open
ing. SecOnd-grade or even broken tile
will do. Cover the joints with soil 50
as to exclude light. Provide a tight
removable cover, such as an old har.
row disk, for the top of the large tile.
The projecting end of the small tile
is then surrounded with rocks, brush
or wood, so as to make the hole look
inviting to rabbits and encourage them
to frequent the den. Rabbits, of
course, are free to 20 in or out of
these denS, which should be constructed
in promising spots on the farm and in
the orchard. A trained dog will locate
inhabited dens. The outlet is closed
with disk of wood on a stake, or the
dog guards the opening. The cover is
lifted and the rabbits captured by
hand.
These traps are especially suitable
for open lands and prairies, where rab-
bits cannot find natural hiding places.
They are permanent and cost nothing
for repairs from year to year. If it
Is desired to poison rabbits, the bats
may be placed inside these traps, out
OF the way of domestic animals or
birds. This trap also furnishes an ex-
celent means of obtaining rabbits for
the table, or even for market.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-13
Fall Eeedinn for Sheen.

Stubble and stalk fields may we'll
form the principal means Of susie.
nance for the breeding flock in the fall
If they are used before the rains in.
jure their feeding value. Fence strips
ir plowed fields may also give good
grazing for few days. Glover and
grass pastures may well be left until
the stubble and stalk fields have been
used. For regions where the winters
are open, heavy stand of well-cured
bluegrass will help very much in
carrying the flock through the winter
in good condition. Green rye pastures
in the late fall give considerable sue
culence and furnish exercise for the
flock. In the South velvet beans will
be found Of great help in carrying the
flock into January.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-13
CHAPTER XVII.
Out In Front.

After tea Lieutenant Stores of our
section came into the dugout and in
formed me that was "for" reconnOi-
tering patrol and would carry six Mills
bombs.
At II 80 that night twelve men, our
lieutenant and myself went out in
front on patrol in No Mans Land.
We cruised around In the dark for
about two hours, just knocking about
looking for trouble, on the lookout for
Boche working parties to see what
they were doing.
Around two in the morning we were
carefully picking our way about thirty
yards In front of the German barbed
wire, when we walked into n BOche
covering party nearly thirty strong.
Then the music started, the fiddler rem
dered his bill, and we paid.
Fighting In the dark with bayonet
Ia not very pleasant. The Germans
hook 1t on the run, but our officer was
no novice at the game and didn't fol-
Tow them. He gave the order "down
on the ground, hug It close"
Just In time. too, because a volley
0klmmed over our heads. Then In low
tones We were told to separate and
crawl back to our trenches, each man
on his own,
W. 'or" zoe tina flashes Of thSaS
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-13
(TO BE CONTINUED
NO OUTWARD SIGN OF GRIEF
Dumb Agony of cossack Woman, TAX
ing Leave Of Mate, More impress
slVe Than Flow Of Tears.

1t was the square Of Yurievets Con
the Volga) that one Of those tragic
fragments which life casts up like
driftwood was flung at our feet. A
Cossack's leave-taking Of his mate
that was all, million times repeated
in million different izbas, in that one
summer. But it was more-symbol Of
woman's ancient and inarticulate grief.
These shawled and booted women Of
the North are too burdened with
earth's sorrow to weep; they are like
dumb cattle in their woe. The soldier
himself was openly wiping his eyes on
his coarse, dusty, brown sleeve, while
under both arms he clutched abSurdly
two enormous loaves of black bread.
A dingy little child in its mothers arms
fluttered uncomprehendlng hands in
the direction Of the steamer; but from
the Mongol-cheeked, gray-eyed woman
there was no sign.
She neither touched her man in fare
well, nor offered any of those small
caresses by which we seek to mitigate
our grief. The sullen silence of the
North had laid its finger upon her.
but her eyes followed her mate with
the wild, unreasonable grief of the
forest sprung. She stood still star
ing, unaware of the baby In her arms,
while the steamer moved slowly out
into the gray nists. Long after dusk
had closed down, l could see her face
stralning in the cleaning like mask
of despalr.-Olive Gilbreath in the
Yale Review.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-13
Plenty Of Muskrats.

A sufficient number of muskrats to
meet demands for their fur are trapped
from marshes and swamps that are,
for the most part, unprotected, mil
lions of skins being taken each year.
So long as the natural breeding places
remain undisturbed and reasonable
closed seasons are maintained there is
little likelihood of the numbers of the
animals being depleted, according to
biologists of the United States depart
ment Of agriculture. With adequate
protection in the breeding season and
with the present habitat available,
from 100000 to 12OOO,OOO pelts can
be taken in North America annually
without depletion of the supply.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-13

rifles in the darkness, but the bullets
were going over our heads.
We lost three men killed and one
wounded in the arm. If 1t hadn't been
for our officers quick thinking the
whole patrol would have probably
been wiped out
After about twenty minutes wait we
went out again and discovered that
the Germans had wiring party work.
ing on their barbed wire. We returned
to our trenches unobserved with the
information and our machine guns i'm
medlately got busy.
The next night four men were sent
out to go over and examine the Ger
man barbed wire and see If they had
cut lanes through it; If so, this pres
aged an early morning attack on our
trenches.
OF course had to be one of the four
selected for the job. 1t was just like
sending a fellow to the undertaker's
to order his own coffin.
At ten o'clock we started out, armed
with three bombs, a bayonet and re-
volver. After getting into No Mans
Land we separated. Crawling four or
five feet at a time ducking star shells.
with strays cracking overhead. ]
reached their wire. l secuted along
this inch by inch, scarcely breathing.
l could hear them talking In their
trench my heart WoS pnundinp against
my ribs. One false move or the least
noise from me meant discovery and
almost certain death.
After covering my sector 1 quietly
crawled back. l had gotten about half
way when I noticed that my revolver
was missing. 1t was pitch dark. l
turned about to see If l could find it;
it couldn't be far away, because about
three or four minutes previously had
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-13

that Il
die thirst before I'll do he
o it.
about o'clock
rumble heard Nearer dnearer It
ice
Up tchunkof ice
"Who is it forf' asked Jones, CLEAN of
"Wel I've $ boy
Man by the Of Jones. asked
at might have been Jones'" said
right
after al
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-13
CHAPTER xVI-contlnued.

Quite a contrast to Wilson was an
other character in our brigade named
Scott; we called him "Old Scotty" on
account Of his age. He was flfty-seven,
although looking forty. "Old Scotty"
had been born in the Northwest and
had served In the Northwest Mounted
police. He was a typical cowpuncher
and Indian fighter and was a dead shot
with the rife, and took no pains to
disguise this fact from us. He used to
take care of his rifle as If 1t were a
baby. In his spare moments you could
always see him cleaning 1t or polish
ing the stock. Woe betide the man
who by mistake happened to get hold
of this rife; he soon found out his
error. Scott was as deaf as a mule,
and 1t was amusing at parade to watch
him In the manual of arms, slyly
glancing out of the corner of his eye
at the man next to him to see what
the order was. How he passed the
doctor was a mystery to us; he must
have bluffed his way through, because
he certainly was independent. Beside
him the Fourth of July looked like
Good Friday. He wore at the time a
large sombrero, had a Mexican stock
saddle over his shoulder, a larlat on
his arm, and a ''forty-dve" hanging
from his hip. Dumping this parapher-
MALTA on the floor he went up to the
recruiting officer and shouted: "Tm
from America west of the Rockies,
and want to join your id army.
I've got no use for a German and can
shoot some. At Scotland Yard they
turned me down; said was deaf and
so am. don't banker to ship in with
a ID mud-crunching outfit, but the
cavalryS full, so l guess this regi-
ment's better than none, so trot out
your papers and I'll sign 'em." He told
them he was forty and slipped by. l
was on recruiting service at the time
hs applied for enlistment.
1t was Old Scotty's great ambition
to be sniper or body snatcher," as
Mr.. Atkins calls it. The day that he
was detailed as brigade snlper he cele-
brated his appointment by blowing the
whole platoon to fags.
Being a Yank, Old Scotty took lik-
ing to me and used to spin some great
yarns about the plains, and the whole
platoon would drink these in and ask
for more. Ananias was a rookie COM
pared with him.
The ex-plalnsman and discipline
could not agree, but the officers all
liked him, even IL he was hard to man.
age, so when he was detailed as
sniper sigh of relief went up from
the officers mess.
Old Scotty had the freedom of the
brigade. He used to draw two or
three days rations and disappear with |
his glass, range finder and rifle, and we
would see or hear no more Of him |
until suddenly he would reappear |
with couple of notches added to |
those already on the butt of his rife. |
Every time he got German it meant |
another notch. He was proud of these
notches.
But after a few months Father
Rheumatism got him and he was sent
to Blighty; the air in the wake Of his
stretcher was blue with curses. Old
Scotty surely could swear; some Of his
Outbursts actually burned you.
No doubt, at this writing. he is
Somewhere in Blighty" pussy footing
it on a bridge or along the wall of
some munition plant with the &c. r."
or Home Defense corps.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-13
WILD RABBIT is
VALUABLE ASSET
Each Year Fully 200,000,000 Of
Little Animals Are Killed in
United States.
FUR IS IN STRONG DEMAND
Value of PeIts Will Be Further In
creased This Year on Account Of
Embargo Placed on Importa-
tcn of All Skins.

The game commission of Pennsyl-
vania estimated that in 1917, during
the open season of 40 days, fully $780,
900 rabbits were killed and utilized for
food in that state. Making due allow
ance for Overestimates in only one
state, it is safe to say that each year
fully 200,000,000 wild rabbits are killed
in the United States. Many of them
are jack rabbits, the ajOrity of which
have been utilized in the past. If
all the rabbits killed were consumed,
they would represent between 100000
and 100000 tons of valuable food, ac-
cording to specialists of the United
States department of agriculture.
The skins of these wild rabbits are
valuable asset, as they can be used
for hatters' fur and glue. The war
has caused great shortage of hatters'
fur from other countries. Last winter
the price of native rabbit skins rose
steadily from 20 or % cents to 20 and
even 80 cents pound at the close of
the season. 1t takes to dry skins
of the cOttontail rabbit to make
pound. This makes the present value
of the pelt Of the smaller rabbit 10 to
II cents and that of the jack rabbit
Is to 20 cents. These values will be
further increased because of the EN-
barge that has been placed on the i'm
pOrtatiOn of furs.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-13

whOOp talk with yo
How
the he
job like it,
Come with and baseball" We
Why didn't
II about nhandr
ovCals
been discovered might well
In this manner the Hog island baseball
great third
II Lolert