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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-12-06
SAILOR HIDES IN FEAR

Washington.-Becau of the sad
plight of sailor who crawled under
a bungalow and existed there for sixty
days without food for fear of being
punished by the Navy authorities for a
slight offense, the attention Of Con-
gress has again been called to the
system of exorbitant discipline as up
held by Secretary Baker in the army
as well as in the navy.
Harry Joseph Harley had enlisted
from Philadelphia last May as third
class fireman. He had served in the
army in France during the war and
had seen cases of his comrades given
long prison sentences for absences
without leave. This had preyed upon
his mind to such an extent that when
stationed at Hampton Roads and not
returning to his unit In time for the
days report, he hid under bungalow
rather than face long Imprisonment
When he crawled there he weighed
161 pounds. When he was found after
two months of starvation he was in
extremis and weighed 81 pounds. Chill
dren at play heard groans and notified
the authorities. Harley is expected
to recover, but is still classed as q
deserter and probably will be tried
for the offense.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-12-06
TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES

1421-Henry VI. of England, the last
monarch of the Lancastrian dy-
nasty, born at Windsor. Killed
in the Tower May 81, 1471.
1608-Gen. George Monk, who restor-
ed the Stuart dynasty in Eng
land, born. Died in London
Jan. 8. 1870.
176S-First court held in Illinois
opened at Fort Chartres.
1823-Prof. Max Muller, one of the
greatest scholars of the nine.
teenth century, born in Dessau
Germany Died at Oxford, Eng.
Oct %, 1900.
1888-Irish Land Purchase Bill pass
ed by the British parliament.
1914-French captured Vermeles
north of Arras.
1915-Bulgarians made violent assault
on Allies in Serbia.
1916-David Lloyd George was asked
by the King to form ministr!
for Great Britain.
1917-An armistice between German.
and the Russians was an
nounced.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-12-06
Why Mr.. Joe Armstrong, Celebrated
Dog Trainer, Uses Rat.Snap.

Noticed rats around my kennels
having hundreds of prize dogs, could
MT take chances. Tried RAT-SNAP /;
In three weeks every rat disappeared
Noticed that the dogs never went near
RAT-sNAP. tell my friends about
RAT-SNAP." Use this sure rodent
it's safe. Comes in cake form. Three
sizes, CSC, SOC s1.O0. Sold and guar
anteed by ]. Jas. Wood & Son, M, C
Russell CO. and Mike Brown.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-12-06

be President, four iVce Presidents,
a Recording Secretary, Correspond
ing Secretary, Treasurer and an Au-
ditOr
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-12-06

Four prominent English magazines
were edited by women.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-12-06
How Big New York Grocery Firm
Keeps Down Rats.

vroome & Co., Butter & Cheese Mer-
chants, New York City, says: 1--WE
keep RAT-SNAP in our cellar all the
time. It keeps down rats. We buy
it by the gross, would not be without
it." Farmers use RAT-SNAP because
rats pass up all food for RAT-SNAP
Three sizes, Csc, soc. s1.O0. Sold and
guaranteed by ]. Jas. Wood G. Son, M
C. Russell Co. and Mike Brown.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-12-06
ONE YEAR AGO TO.
DAY IN THE WAR

Reports of serious disorders in Ber-
lin caused by the Bolsheviki.
United States troops entered Mains,
one of the principal German fortresses
on the Rhine.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-12-06

The general officers of the Club shall
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-12-06

Harriet Hosmer was practising
sculpture in Paris.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-12-06

Persian ladies' when they make So
cial calls pelt each other playfully
with roses.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-21
TIE PROBLEM OF THE
SMtGGLED JEWELS

Mamie Clcff'S Letter Starts Something
WHEN THE Problem Of the
w Struggled Jewels was first intro
rlurrd. Bruno Duke little suspected the
thrilling adventure he was entering
upon.
Mamie Cleft. the red headed girl.
whom Duke first rescued from IL
drunken father and then encouraged
and helped until she had become n
crew manager for a soap concern, really
introduced the problem.
In spite of Mamic'S mother wit and
natural shrrwdncSS. she never made
hcadway in education and was almost
the same sIangy. fiery. young woman
who so dramatically entered into
Dukes life two years previously.
At Irregular periods she wrote of hor
progress to Duke. and at lcngthicr
periods still she called on him. Sh"
worshipcd him with a blind alteration
that mace her awkward and silent
when near him.
Mamie knew from happy experience
the big heart that went with that
countCnanrc which is so cold and
austcrc in rcpose, for, She had seen the
CLEAN Of humor Cpmfto his eyes when
talking with friends. and the smile Of
comradcship which he always gave to
every youngStpr he met.
Well. it was one Of Mamie'S infrc -
uucnt letters which first started tn"
remarkable series of events | am about
to relate.
Duke had had a particularly heavy
mail that morning and several problems
of complicated natures had been sub
mittrd. so that we We're both Conccn-
trnting intensely on our work.
Finally he opened Mamic'S letter and
read it. As he did so he first chucklcd
and then looked grave as he passed the
letter to me saying:
Then ! read the following;
Mister Duke.
Dear Sir-I getta commish now on
orl the sopc my gurls sell. The big
she boss. Miss AltcrburN,' she sez.
"NIiss Cleft mdhin me, ''you're
doip' orhite an | see bi thcr books
YOU getting tweny six bucks per now
| on a average.
not no watta average is SO jest
sew TO hur how | new orl about it.
1 orI | no is | get mi twrny bucks
| loOSS) eech Saterdy an every munth
they slip me wadda doe about
onuther seventeen 1I$Sl.
pull arf stunt larst week. !
( coll at n home an who was there ut
| tbc door butta woman from the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-21

Pigeon, King Bird. Blue Heron, Gen
cral Swallow and lots of others. And
here, too. were Billy Belgium, Balky
Sam, Billy Goat, Johnny Bull and
Lonesome Bear.
Hail hail. Princess Peggy
screamed tho. birds. and then all of a
sudden, as if~thcy had said something
they hadn't meant to say. they abruptly
changed their cry: ,"No. no, not Priu-
cess Peggy. but Miss Peggy, hello
hello. Miss Peggy
Peggy was puzzled. Why after greet
ing her as Princess Peggy had they
changed to Miss Peggy? 1t was
more than year since the birds had
chosen her as ruler of Birdland and all
during that time they had lovingly
called her Princess"
What is the matter? Am no
longer your princcss:' she asked.
"No. no! screamed the birds.
"IIaven't you heard the news? Prin
ccsscs have gone out Of style. Ask
our war her6cS-they' tell you.' And
the birds turned eagerly toward Carrie
and Homer Pigeon. Balky Sam, Billy
Goat and Johnny Bull. who evidently
had been telling yarns about their ad-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-21
THE PARABLE OF THE LIVING

even Liszt and Mozart and Mendelssohn.
And thou didst applaud them but little.
And ! said. If the Great Composers
were living in this town and walked
the floor nights with the baby, then
would ! applaud them more.
And I said. also am in daily com
petition with the Mighty Dead. For
men say. Why should we pay Dollar
and the Fourth Part of Dollar for
the Parallels of Safed the Sage when
we can buy Shakespeare and Bacon for
a half dollar each? And Shakespeare
and Bacon can now live on smaller
royalties than /. and their wives need
not new Easter BonnetS. Even so hath
this man been all his life in competition
with List and Mendelssohn and Mo-
zart. And he liveth in my town and
hath Il name that lis spelled like unto
the way that it is pronounced.
And the Intcrmission ended, and we
heard Il Symphonic Poem by List. And
him I applauded some and sufficient,
but List had been dead some time,
and there was another man who came
back one time more because I and Ke-
turah kept clapping. g.-From PARALLELS of
Safed and Sage in the Congregationalist
and Advance.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-21
Keeping Up Appearances

Perhaps there is somewhere a point
at which the recipient of an income
Is able to cease from worry over. the
cost of living and the manifold prob
lens of adjusting the outgo to the in
come, in way to break even at least,
even if there can be no provision for
surplus. There is a popular belief,
for instance. that Mr.. Rockefeller is
free from this worry, and undoubtedly.
there are Others, although the num-
Der who are not compelled to give some
need to their expenditures is consid-
erably smaller than is generally sup
posed.
Some of the millionaires. and even
the multimillionaires, do not entirely
escape these problems. When a mans
wife announces, and at least one such
instance is on record, that she needs
SIo,OOO year for dress and that it is
impossible for her to live in a manner
behttlng her station on a personal al
lowance of less than 1928 900, it is easy
to see how the husband may have a few
financial worries. With some of these
special object lessons we can understand
why it is that in some circles an in
come of S5O,0OO or so is regarded as a
synonym for wretched poverty.
The size of any income, of course, is
merely relative. 1t is big or little. not
only in comparison with other incomes.
buh in proportion to its possessor's
obligations, needs, desires, habits and
point of view. 1t seems safe to say that
in ninety nine cases out of a hundred
it seems disproportionately small.
whether it amounts to $500 or to
500, 900.
But the continuous financial burden
to the average man is imposed by his
own or his family's effort to "keep up
appearances" This is a fancied obli.
CATION from which comparatively few
persons are absolutely free. 1t nm.
doubtedIy presses with greatest force
upon those who have to support fam
flies upon what are popularity called
comfortable salaries" for they have
certain tastes that must be measurable
realized, and any social intercourse
whatever entails certain Requirement.
that cannot be ignored. They have
to live, and to some extent, at least
they have to keep up with Lizzie. 49,
f. II. Young in the Providence Jous-
nal.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-21

We went. I and Keturah. unto the
Great Hall where the symphony Or
chcstra of an hundred men who have
skill play ON Instruments of Musick.
And one said. This day there is to
be q First Performance of II New Over E
turc, and the Composer is n man OF
this City. Come and meet him.
So | went and he'd speech with him.
And he was NcrvouSly Awaiting his
own number. which was the Third. and
the first two were long and seemed to
him longer.
And he opened his heart and told me
many things.
And he said. have lived all my life
in hope of this day. In my boyhoOd |
loved Musick, and worked hard to
earn money that | might study it. Then
did | begin to teach Piano and Violin
and Voice. But now teach only llar-
mony. And all the years | have waited
for the time when Il piece of mine own
composing should be played by the
symphony Orchestra, and | would lead
it.
And he told me how long it took him
to compose the Overture. and how many
times he wrote it; and how he labored
nights for Four Months to copy the
scores for the Orchestra Parts.
And it came to pass that his piece
was rendered, and he conducted it.
And it required Twelve Minutes.
And for that he had worked Forty
years!
., hn In ri nI
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-21

h!"Hu being turuod away from Il
R"mau' tent. or driven from IL Romany
ruuo. She oprncd thr door aud stood
aside to admit the wayfarcr.
\ few moments Iatcr til" woman.
tidird and frcshrncd sat at the ample
breakfast which was characteristic of
Romaul h"ur-i life. The woman'S plate
wa., beautifully supplied by Flcda. and
her cup filled NOR" than once by
Madam" EWltr"l. whil" old Gabriel
lru>" huIkrI friendly over all. His
fac" uuW showed mono of the passion
and >trrmmcss which had been present
when he paSsrl the S"ntcnr" of the
l'atriu upon Irthro Fave: nothing of
lng"IhN'S house. The gracious. bounti-
tnI look of th" patriarch. Of the head
of III" elan. was upon him.
The husband Of one wife. tie father
of on" child. yet the Ky Of Ry, had still
tn" Wy"rlooking, protective senses of
one VIII" had the care of great numbers
Of people. His keen eyes forcsaw more
OF tn" story thr woman wa> to t"ll
presently than either of tn" women Of
his hou~"huld. II" had seen many such
Women aN tui> and had iuhcxibly judged
b"t~r'n them and those VINO had
Wrongrd them.
w here have YOU come fromt' he
asked, rs the meal drew to CLOSE.
From Wind River and under Elk
Mountain. the woman answered with
look Of rolicl Her face was Of those
WHO no longer can bear the souls ST.
cr"t>
here was silence while the break =
fast things were cleared away and thr
"lnd"" Nd> thrown wide to the fuIl
morning sun. 1t broke through the
branches of pine and cedar and iuui-
per; it made translucent the lraycs
of tn" naples it shimmpred on Flcda :
brown hair as she pulled Il rose from
tn" bush at the window and gave il tu
the fOrlOrn creature in the gray
'lnS"y woolScy' dress and the loose
blu" flannel jacket, whose skin was
coarscncd by outdoor life. but who had
something of real beauty in the intense
blue of her eyes. She had been very
comcly figure in her best days. for her
]
I firmly roundod. and her hands were
| finer than those Of most who live and
work much in the open air
"Nou said thor" was something yor
wished to tell me-" said Fleda nt last
The woman gaznd slowly round al
tn" throo. ms thou0h with puzzled an.
neal. There was the look of the Out
lander in her face; of one who hat
'mpn cxi'rd from familiar things an,
places. In manner she was like n child
Her glance wandered over the face,
Of the two women. then her eyes me-
those of the Ey. aud stayed there.
Il am oli and have seen many
SORROWS" said Gabriel Dru~c. divinin.
what was in her mind. Il will tr!
to understand.
II have known all the bitterness o
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-21

life. int"rpoScd the low. soft voice of
Madame Eultrrl.
All ears are the same here" Flcda
added. looking the woman in the eyes.
II will tell everything" was the
instant reply. Her fingers twurd and
untwin"d in her lap with IL nervousness
shown by neither face nor body. Her
face waS almost apath"tr in its dc
Npair. but her body chad an upright
courage.
Sh" sig"d heavily and began
My nam" is .Nrabrln Stone. was
married from my home over against
Wind River by the Jumping SandhillS.
"MN father was Il lumborman. II,
was always captain of the gang in
tn" woods. and captain of the river il
tn" summer. My mother was deaf and
dumb. 1t WAS very lonely at times
when my father was away. loved
Il hoy-a good boy, and he was killed
breaking horses. When | was twenty
ON" years old my mother died. It was
not good for m" to b" alone. my father
said. 50 he must either give up the
woods and the river. or he or | must
'''"I'H N''' saw ne ""nId not
'''''H' '"r ''N ,'"'"'' '"'' "aS one
man '@tI" ""' lo'H'''
The old man stirred in his seat. II
have seen such. he said i'll his deer
voice.
SO it was | said to myself | would
marry. sh" continued. though | had
loved the boy that 'dl"d under the hoofS
Of the black stallion Th"r" weren't
many girls at the Jumping SandhiIIS,
and so there w"r" men. now one. now
another. to say things to m" which
did not touch my heart: but did not
laugh. because | understood that they
were lonely. Yet ! liked one Of them
more than all tn" others.
so, for my fathers sake. | came
,o,,Id hear +, look NJ him, a,,,. .i',
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-21

ventures at the fighting front In Eu-
rope.
"liee -haw! 1t's-true," brayed Balky
Sam. The people in Europe haven't
any use for them any more. They are
eecting presidents instead"
oh. 4 d rather be president than
n princess said Peggy eagerly. Are
you going to elect me?'
"1lee- -haw, it isn't the style in Eu-
rope to elect princesses or kings or
queens as presidents" brayed Balky
Sam.
Hoo! Hoo. Princess Peggy has
been the wiscst ruler Birdland has ever
had" hooted Judge Owl.
"llee- -haw. but it ISN'T the style in
Europe to elect wise rulers" brayed
Balky Sam
Then you'd better elect me-" hooted
land"
mo. will. Hee -haw"' brayed
Balky Sam. e
"Cro ak Gro ak I'll be president, =
croaked General Croaker.
"l'll be prcsident! I'll be president! !!
vote for myself" Shrieked all the
DlTuS, anu LOT u moment IL looked as
though there were going to be big
row.
Peggy felt bit hurt at the sudden
way in which she had been overthrown
as Princess. but she knew that what
they said was true-princesses were
going ont of style. And she didn't want
to be out of style any more than they
did If the birds wanted a new ruler,
they should have one, and she sensibly
made up her mind to help them get one.
Hear ye Hear ye." she called out.
"Quit your sQuabbling. We will have
a contest to decide who shall be presi-
dent
"Finc.' shriekcd the birds. Wise
PrinccssAwe mean Miss Peggy. IIur-.
rah for Princess-we mean Miss
Peggy"
(Tomorror ,cW be told hor the
contest for The rule of Birdldnd is
drranged.)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-21
RirdIand Wants a President

w mus u ItSiutH
CPLASH. Splash! Splash! Doggy
owont dancing along the beach of the
pretty lake where her family had n
summer cottage. Splash! Splash and
she didn't care how the water flew
about. She didn't care because she
was wearing her little green bathing
suit and no harm would be done il she
got wet all over.
But dancing in the water. while
lots of fun. is tiring and Peggy was
glad to throw herself down on the shady
shore to rcst And there she was
blTkng and ,nodding when all of n
sudden her old friend. General Croak
or. the frog. landed kcrpunk beside her.
lie had been swimming and jumping
fast and was all out of breath
"Cro-ak! Gro ak :, Have YOU heard
the latest news from Birdland?" he
painted. Peggy hadn't heard and said
SO. "Thcn come with me Nquick
Cro-ak. Cro-ak :" gaspcd General
Croakcr and away he went hopping and
splashing along the shore.
Tell mo the news cried Peggy.
But all General Croakcr answered was
"cro-nk. Gro ak :" so Peggy ran
after him rs fast aS she could.
''trcc. Cree, Have You heard the
latest news from BrdIand?" shrickcd
Gcncehl Swallow. Swooping down from
high in the air. "No.' answered
Peggy. "Thcu follow me - shrickcd
General Swallow and away he sped to-
ward the woods.
"IIoo! hoo. too, too" came Judge
Owls voice from far away. sounding
like II distant locomotive. "Comc,
Princess Peggy. and hear the news -
Thus urged, Peggy ran and ran un-
til she found herself deep in the woods
and mt the edge of the council room of
Birdland. Hero were gathered dozens
Of her fcathcrcd friends. Judge Owl,
Rcddy Woodpcckcr. Kingtisher. Mr..
Robin. Blue Jay, Homer and Carrie
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-21

oSoklecn soap go an she Scz to the
woman mine aiu't no good mCcnin as
mi soap was punk 50 | ups an sen,
'oh iS'that 80 an who are YOU to no
wat sopc is? Look 'crc sez !
brtchcr mi sopc clencS twist as good
an quick as yourn an if tine lady
likes ter gimme an You sum close III
bctcha | Sho you watts wat in Sopc.
She's sport an goes me but lord
love yer she don't no how to wash and
| all dun and finish before she almost
started. OF corSc she bort mi sope
because | demonstrated mi sopes bet
tCrneSS.
Say Mister Duke call tomorrow
on Yer can |? | meta Il bit of gurl
who is now Soin' bccorSc she loan all
her money her father left her to
guy who say it all right but not yet
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-21

the gathering dusk and locked the old
door with feeling of proTietorship.
Hccause she had chosen the new home
against his judgment. Mother Abbott
slipped her white cotton clad fingers
through his arm as IA coucilatory meas
urc Old Nat smiled whimsicalIy to
,imself as he clasped them tightly
within his own and turned back to look
with happy eyes at his choice of a
home.
The next complete n0velette-COn-
quering Jonas.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-21

..LITIIAT is it," asked Flcda. opcnil
wv tho hnnr Of tho hnmSn

..[NTTAT IS It! asked FTodn. 0Nonin.
w tn" door Of the house.
Il want to speak to YOU about
VI si"u - replied the sad faced woman.
She made motion Of her head back
ward towards the wool "About
VI sicu' Marchand. "
Flrda's fac" hardened: she had had
more than enough Of M 'Sicu' Mar
chand. Sh" was bitterly aShamc@
that she had. even for moment
thought Of using diplomacy with him
But this womun's face was 50 forIorn
apart and lonely thar the old Spri
of the Open Road worked its will. IL
ar-otf days she had never seen II
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-21
THE WORLD FOR SALE
Copyright. 1918. bv, Harper & Bros)
THIS STARTS THE STORY

Fleda Druse. daaThter of Gabriel
Druse, of gypsy blood. shoots in a
canoe t,,c Carlton rapids on the Sag
alac river where it flows between the
towns of Alanitou and Lebanon in the
Canadian Northwest She is res
cued from the whirlpools below by
Max 1ngolby, II manager of great
interests, who has come to Lebanon
TO unite the two towns and make
them the center of commerce in the
western north. On the shorc she is
insulted by Felix Marrhand. "A power
full but disrCputablc character of
ManitOu. lngolby attacks Marchand.
who VOWS revenge. Flcda is claimed
by one JCthro Fave rs his wife.
under Il gypsy custom which united
them in marriage when. they were
children. Flcda rejects him and
jealous Quarrel CnSuCS between Fave
and lngolby. Marchand ,tirs up
feud between the two towns in order
to foil lngolby'S ambitions. His
projects are to be wrecked and he.
himself. thrown into rhc river. In.
COLBY. in disguise. minglcs one night
with his enemies in NIauitou. Fave
reveals his deception and Ingolby is
rendered blind by blow on the head.
F1eda comes to him.