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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-01-27
HOW SHALL WE COMMEMORATE
THEIR vICTORY9
(By Windsor 7. White)

= Traversing the Campaign di Roma,
Italy, is the worlds most historic
highway. Time and foe have all but
blotted out the condition, has with
stood the ravages Of % centuries. 1t
stands today a monument to Roman
road-building skill and an endorse
ment of the part played by good roads
in enabling the Roman Empire for so
long time to scubdue every would
be conquerer.
France is triumphant today because
she has long recognized the military
value of good roads. In winning the
war, summed up by the highways Of
France were Of vital importance. Yer
dun was saved, the great Somme de-
tense made possible, the Chateau
Thierry victory achieved through the
ability of French roads to carry stead
lastly the mighty engineers of Mars.
And France plans to further her ex-
cellent system of highways by build
ing Sacred Way from Alsace to the
North Sea, as a fitting monument to
her valiant troops.
We Of America are discussing suit
able memorials to our fallen and re-
turning troops. Shall such memorials
be cold, useless and often unseeming
shafts Of stone; or useful, educatint
and health-giving highways = VIC
TORY HIGHWAYS?
More monuments, perhaps, have
been erected to the honor Of the i'm
mortal Lincoln than to any man. Yet
are any of these as beneficial from
any standpoint as the great Lincoln
highway which bands the continent?
Investigators tell us that the econo-
mic and moral fibre Of any community
Is determined by the condition Of Its
highways. Not by its schools, nor its
church spires, nor its banks, nor its
factory chimneys,Cbut by Its roads.
Give a community the right kind Of
roads and these other indications of
advancement are sure to follow.
What more fitting monument, then,
can we build in honor Of our heroes
than memorial roads? How can any
state, county, or community better
-stabilize the achievements of its val
liant sons than in a permanent road
dedicated to them? And all of these
to be planned and built so as to form
a great system of Victory Highways
Victory Highways, that the lasting de-
Tense Of America shall be made GER
tain. Victor Highways, on which
schools will be erected to teach our
children the arts Of peace. Victory
Highways, over which food will move
from farm to city and manufactured
products back to the land.
We may study to obtain the mos
magnificent effects in stone ant
bronze and marble; we may plan 4
erect shafts TO the very clouds; w
pay hope TO dwarf anything that hal
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-01-27

ever was In my life. and can recommend!
Il to any woman who suffers asI did"
Mrs. ELIZABETH MAY. RID. No. !,
Columbia, Pa.
The reason Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound is so successful In over
coming woman's Ills Is because It con-
tains the tonic, strengthening properties
of good old fashioned roots and herbs,
which act on the femnle organism.
Women from al parts Of the country
are continually testifyingt oits strength
ening, curative influence, and the letters
which we are constantly publishing from
women in every section Of this country
prove beyond question the merit OF this
famous root and herb medicine.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-01-27
TH0S. |. EVAN & CO.
REAL ESTATE
AND
LOAN AGENT
Farmers & Traders Bank Building
MaysviIle. Ky.

growing along them-trees that need
to be removed? How far out into the
field do the trees along your fence
rows virtually kill the soil? No doubt
much Of your winter wood could be
gathered from your fence rows. Why
not clear them out, improve your
fields and get your winter wood all
at the same time? Yes, 1t takes work,
but you are paid for 1t in the wood
you get and the improvement you
make. You can grow trees on your
fence rows, but not timber. Don't
try 1t. Grow your timber in your
woods, and save it when you can by
cutting your fire wood from trees that
are otherwise useless or harmful in
your fence rows.
Fourth, why is 1t desirable to let
the stumps stay in your newground
until sometimes the land Is actually
worn out? This is what happens
sometimes; the land is about gone"
before the stumps. After a reason
able time they can be pulled out and
used for fuel also. Perhaps they may
be profitably blasted out, and this
would help split them. But even II
you do not wish to use the stumps for
fuel wood, what a loss 1t is for you
to plaw around them year in and year
out. They take up valuable space.
good areas that would produce en-
ough I'd pay for the time you would
consume In removing the stumps.-
Southern Agriculturist.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-01-27
New Toll Rates
Effective
January 2lst, 1919

Order No. 2495 of the Telephone
and Telegrpha Administration issued
by the Post Master General at Wash
ington December 18th, new toll rate
is ordered effective January 81, 1919.
According to our Interpretation of
this order the toll rate will be CLASH
fed as follows:
The day rate applies between the
hour Of 4:30 a. m. and $3.50 D. m.
Evening rate between $3.50 D. m. and
IL midnight for Standardization
messages only, and shall be approx
mately 80 per cent. less than the day
rate, but no night rates less than rs
cents.
The night rate bewteen IL midnight
and 1880 a. m. shall be approximately
rs per cent. less than the day rate,
but no night rate less TINA rs cents.
Person-to-person messages shall be
approximately rs per cent. higher
than station-to-station calls.
Calls which Require service Of a
messenger shall take the appointment
rate, plus cost of messenger fee.
A report charge Of approximately
rs per cent. of the Standardization
rate will be made on all person-to-
person calls, when person desired Is
not In or will not talk or If calling
party is out when connection is COM
pleted within one hour after filing
time.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-01-27

1t was by representatives from every
state in the Union, is looked upon as
the turning point in highway con-
structioh, equipment and operation,
from wasteful to dividend earning
basis.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-01-27

Belgium's king has awarded deco
rations to Col. Ernest p. Bicknell. for
mer Red Cross commissioner TO Bel
GUM. and Major John Van schaik. the
present commissioner.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-01-27
mrs. NAY
could NOT
'''- WORK
Made Well and Strong by
Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg. !.
etable Compound.
Columbia, Pa.-"I was very weak
and run down and had dragging down

pains ana palns ~
my back ! could
not get around to do
my work and had to
sit /, down and rest
often during theday.
i NV Lydia E. Pink
hams Y egetable
.Compound adver-
tised in the papera
and read the test.
monials, sol thought
/ would try It Now
I nm than ]
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-01-27

been done in colossal architecture
But nowhere can we find better way
to appropriate the memorial offerings
of grateful nation than in the con-
struction of permanent roads which in
their completion will form a great
system of Victor Highways.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-10

as we so otter are, for helping US to
get at the real reason that underlies
so many Of these doings. I can think
Of only one case that I ever per-
sonally witnessed that reminds me Of
theater in London. A poor sailor was
eating his dinner in a restaurant and
when he started to go out there was
an alteration with the proprietor
about the payment Of the check, and
from words they came to blows, and
then the walters and the whole es-
Establishment fell on him and beat him
black and blue and threw him out
onto the sidewalk, and when kind
passerby picked him up and inquired
as to the cause, the poor man an
a-three-farthings-s short"
When Wang Foo bade the surgeon
good-by, he started away in his jim
rikisha toward the English consular
gardens and in less than a quarter Of
an hour alighted there and, paying
off the coolie. crossed the park by one
of the paths open to the public and,
emerging into the native alley at the
other end, soon found his way to the
home of the basket maker from Hong
kong. which home supplied for him
the place Of a native hotel.
After the evening rice and the pipe
Of peace he started out again-ap-
parently for an innocent stroll by the
rivers bank-and ere long reached
the consular gardens. Here he
paused moment and, looking in both
directions to be sure he was not being
observed, he quickly removed his
jacket of yellow and his gown of blue
and, turning them inside out, changed
their whole color and appearance and
re-dressed himself in brown and pur-
pie. The blue knob on his hat was
drawn out on its wire and a red one
quickly slipped into it's place, a long
mustache and goatee fastened to his
upper lip and chin and he re-entered
up-river cities. Even the surgeons
house boy, who took such an interest
in his afternoon visit, would have
been utterly unable to recognize him
in the evening. ct was this self-same
house boy. by the way, that tol0
Wang Foo all about the patient in
the hospital. at whose bedside the
consul and the surgeon were talking,
and thus enabled him to form judg-
ment in the case before his host even
introduced the subject). He sauntered
along over the Hong Kew bridge and
down by the old American consulate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-10

own proverb, when I'm in Rome 1 do
as the Romans do, SO when am in an
American lady's home, take. my tea
as the Americans do. /. e.. with milk
and sugar and not even with q Rus
sian lemon"
Most complimentary and diplo-
matte. Now"-holding up the sugar
tongs in the air, shall 1t be one lump
or two?" 81.
well, modesty would dictate one
but strict regard for truth impels
me to say two"
1.-TWO it shall be, then, and one little
extra one on the saucer in case you
find it isn't quite sweet enough for
your taste"
by the way, Mr.. Wang" began the
surgeon, 1--WE have an interesting case
in the hospital just now which the
consul and l think you can throw
little light upon. 1t is nothing less
than patient who was actually
beaten into a condition of insensi-
bility by his family and his neighbors
because he is said to have offered his
instead of one that was boiling hot.
At least, that is the testimony that is
given to me by the police and by the
hospital staff. Now, know how par
ticular the Chinese are about all their
table etiquette and 1 appreciate their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-10

yin kwei,' /. e., He has insulted
heaven above and earth below and the
spirits in the realm of shades :" :
Good gracious. What an arraign-
ment" exclaimed the consul. why,
how could he possibly have been
guilty of all this? How, by any hui
man possibility could a cup of cold
tea be an insult to heaven and earth
and everything under the earth?"
ut is just this way" continued the
Chinese scholar. Tea is one of the
best gifts of heaven to man. There is
just one proper way of preparing and
serving it and every Chinese child is
trained in it from infancy. To offer
to any visitor bowl of heavens gift
prepared in any but heavens own way
is simply a reflection on the gods
above. Then. again, to violate the
laws of hospitality by Offering cool
tea to guest is to cast serious re-
Election upon the gods of the porches
and the doorways, under whose pro-
lection h, has crossed the threshold
so, you see, the gods below are at
fected as well as those above"
But the spirits in the realm of the
shades. how about them?"
THAT is the elimination of it all.
That is the browning insult to his an
cestors and to Confucius and the
blessed sages who taught us the doc
tr1ne of filial piety, for the guest in
question was the mans own grand
father-his Oldest living ancestor and
the very last person on this earth to
whom he should have dared to offer a
bowl of lukewarm tea. Now, taking
all these things together, I think you
can readily understand how the COM
bination was enough to excite the
out OF doors, and the cries Of Poo
Hiao! Poo Hiao!' 'Unfilial!' 'Unfilial'
will always turn the passersby against
the victim and they will be glad and
ready to add their little quota to his
punishment without inQuiring into
the merits of the case"
And what chance is there Of get
ting the family punished for half kill
ing this poor wretch?"
VERY little, l fear, from a Chinese
standpoint. for. however strong the
foreign assessor in the mixed court
might be for a penalty, the native
magistrate would regard it as q case
of culpable carelessness or of brutal
disrespect to an ancestor-and in
either case he deserved what he got. -
We'll Mr.. Wang, said the consul
as he rose and extended his hand, we
arA certainly indebted to you again,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-10
@&2M ysterious 9Days Of Wanq 3oo?kk:$$:ks2?

upon the condition of the food and
drink of which the host and the guest
partake. The universal token of hos
pitality in China is the bowl of fresh
made tea. 1t is everywhere placed
before the guest, be he prince or beg
gar and be the place a palace or q
howell. To omit it, or to serve it in
any other condition than boiling hot,
is more than breach of politeness;
it is an insult which gives the deep
est offense. What is a serious matter
between friend and friend becomes in
finitely more so when it is case of
an inferior to a superior, as Of a pupil
to a teacher, but it reaches the ex-
IRENE in the case Of a child to a
grandparent. From what have
learned Of this man in the hospital
they would probably say Of him,
.Kwai ten shang, kwai ii hia, kwai ,
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preference for the scalding hot bever-
age. but this is the first time'I have
ever known it to go so far as to cause
actual physical injury. Don't you
suppose that there is something else
behind it all? Don't you suppose they
have some other reason for attacking
and beating this man and that the
story of the Offering of the lukewarm
tea to the grandfather is only a blind?
You are a person Of very wide expert
ence in these matters. Now, just give
us your judgment in the case. AS a
matter Of fact, have you ever per-
sonally known anything as bad as
this to happen"
ooh. yes. the cases occur all the
time, but they do not, as a rule, end
quite so seriously. The Chinese are
great admirers of-and practicers Of
the doctrine of Blessed are the Peace
makers and they usually separate the
contestants in quarrel before they
come to actual blows"
But just what constitutes the seri-
BUSINESS of the offense in the matter
Of the hot and cold tea, Mr.. Wang?"
asked DIR. Cortelyou. II know how
careful the Chinese are about civili-
ties and courtesies, but why should a
mere breach of etiquette or matter
of carelessness in so small a thing as
a table beverage be regarded almost
as q crime?"
IF Mrs. Evanstone will permit us to
light our cheroots," addressing his
hostess, who waved her fan in assent,
Il think 1 can make that clear to
you"
"Oh, 1 don't mind the odor of tobac-
CO at all-in fact, 1 rather enjoy it,"
she replied. please go right on and
IL there is no objection, 1 should like
to stay and listen. too, for I've be-
come quite interested in the case of
this poor man myself"
WELL" began the man of mystery,
my people are Asiatics and you know
that all over this great continent the
laws of hospitality are much stricter
in every way than they are in the
regard them constitutes most serious
offense. You have heard of the Arab
and his tent and how his deadliest
enemy is perfectly secure If once he can
get inside and break bread and salt
well, very much the same idea per-
vades all the far-eastern world. IL
the rites and ceremonies are OBJ
served'-as the Chinese quote-'then
all is harmonious: IL they are disre-
garded, then all Is discord.' Eternal
friepeshp or eternal hatred may hang
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-10
The Abbot's
!. Beads

az y ELL, and what's the1nat-
NV ter with this old chap?"
" asked DR.. Cortelyou, the
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-05-01
LITTLE STORIES OF THE. WEEK

row for his home in Spokane. Mr..
Emigh reports the sale this week of
42As acres near Finley owned by c. E.
Bisbee to ]. ID. Gulick, of Spokane. The
tract is unimproved. The purchase
price was $3.50 an acre.
Mrs. R. T.'Pritchard and Miss Mari
an Murgan entertained at the H. w.
Nelson home at a delightful bridge
lunch.e 4 Saturday in honor of Mrs.
E. e.. Trip, who is to leave Kenne-
wicl; at tine ciose Of the present school
ter m a prfasion of lilacs We're used
artisticaliy m the house and table de-
corations. Mrs. g'ripp was presened
with handsome guest prize.
Moving days are here and the pro-
cession has started. Mr.. and Mrs. A.
X. Gardner moved the first of the
week from the Kitten house on Ken
newick avenue to the Williams cot
tage on Third street, recently vacated
by Mr.. and Mrs. E. c, Trip. The next
move will be Mr.. and Mrs. Everett
Sherk, who will occupy the Kitten
house. As soon as the Sherks move
DR.. and Mrs. c. Brunn viii occupy the
o. L. Hanson bungalow which they
recently purchased and the Thompson
house on Second street will be occu-
pied by Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Siegfried.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-05-01

Mrs. Lewis Bliss entertained at a
pleasant afternoon function at her
home on west Second street Tuesday
afternoon. Bridge was played, card
honors going to Mrs. F. R. White and
Mrs R. O.. Macmahon.
Thresher's Garage reports the sale
of three Briscoes this week, to C. L.
Holcomb, A. H. Hoppe and the third
was sent to Walla Walla county. Mr..
Thresher also reports the sale of a
secondhand Dodge and Ford.
Word has been received from "Bud''
Lynch that he received his discharge
at Camp Lewis and he is now visiting
his parents at Tacoma. His friends
will probably see HIM in Kennewick
some time this week if his plans pan
out as he expects them to.
Local employees of the Standard Oil
company were banqueted at Hotel Ken
newick Saturday evening by Harry
Whelan, travelling auditor. The af-
fair was complimentary to L. w. Muir
ray, retiring manager and his sue
cessor, S. c. Coull. Others present
were L. w. Loomis, A. II. Wheaton
and Noel Mackerness.
Frank Emigh, who has been looking
after property interests in the city and
valley for several weeks, leaves tomor-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-05-01

WYE want fill this page with good newsy items every
w week. You can help rs. When you know item Of
local interest tell us about personally by phone
we II appreciate it. The phone number is One Doube-One
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
Faith Not Easy
To Shake

1t may seem to you that these that
we have described are extraordinary
and untenable views, and that it ought
to be an easy thing to undeceive the
men who hold them, but if you have
ever tried to change the religious
views Of one of your own countrymen
so Is to make them coincide with
yours, you will know that the knowl
edge that comes through faith is not
an easy thing to shake.
If you want to appreciate such an at
titude Of mind as that of the Esouimaus
and cannot find an analogy among your
own neighbors, l would recommend
the reading of Mark Twain's "a Yankee
at the Court of King Arthur" 1t is
one of the remarkable things about
Mark Twain that he understood the
minds Of the intellectually primitive
as few others have done--even Of those
who have made study Of such things.
Mark Twain's Englishmen of King Ar
thurs time think such thoughts as !
have found the. Esquimaus thinking in
our own generation and justify them in
tho manner in which the Esquimaus
justify theirs.
II you were to try to displace from
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18

the truth Of his statements about the
number of the gods?"
There are among all Esquimau GER
tain persons whom we call "Shamans"
and they call "angatkut" These per-
sons hold communion with the spirits
and are familiar with the things Of the
other world; they are the formulators
of religious opinion. The days of
miracles are not yet past among any
primitive people, and new miracles
happen on the shores of the polar sea
daily, but more especially in the dark
Of winter
The miracles usually happen at the
behest of the shamans, and invariably
1t is the shaman who tells about them;
but while new revelations are fire.
quent, they are always revelations Of
the old sort. There is little originality
In the minds Of primitive people; their
daily experiences are uniform, and
their thoughts are uniform, too.
The most fundamental thing In
Esquimau religion is that all phe-
nomena are controlled by spirits, and
these spirits in turn are controlled by
formula, or charms, which are mainly
in the possession Of medicine men, al
though certain simple charms may be
owned and used by any one.
1t follows from this fundamental
conception that nothing like prayer or
worship is possible.
AS we have said, the religious think
ing of the Esquimau Is unclear. There
seems no agreement and, In fact, no
settled opinion on the subject Of
whether there are spirits Of the class
susceptible of becoming familiar spirits
which are not already in the service of
some shaman. The general feeling
seems to be that every one of these
spirits has its master. For that rea-
son, among the Mackenzie River peo-
pie at least, when young man wants
to become shaman he must In one
way or another secure a spirit from
some one who is already q shaman, or
else secure spirit that has been
freed by the death Of a shaman
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
By Vilhjalmur Stefansson

NE often hears the statement
q that there never have been dis
covered people so low that they
do not have some form of religion
This is stating true thing in such a
way that it implies an untruth. The
case is put rightly and the exact facts
are truly implied in saying that the
lower you go in the scale of cultural
development the more religion you find,
until, when you get to the people that
are really toward the bottom Of the
scale of social and intellectual evolu-
tion, religion begins to cover practi-
cally all the activities and phenomena
OF life. There is a religious signifi-
cance in every act and accident and a
religious formula for every eventual
ity in life.
The Esquimau are people whose in
telligence is keen with reference to the
facts of their immediate environment,
but that environment Is so monot-
onous, the range of possible expert
ences is so small, that, no matter
what the fibre Of their minds may be
at bottom, the exercise is wanting that
might lead to broad mental develop
ment.
There was time when I used to
think l knew what the word "savage"
meant. Since then I have associated
with people who dress in skins, who
live largely on raw meat, who had
never seen white men until thev saw
me, who were ss strange to our ideas
and ways as any people on this earth
can be to-day, and the net result is
that the word Savage" has quite lost
its meaning. Like the word "souaw,"
or "half-breed," the word Savage" is
reprehensible, because it carries a
stigma which the facts do not Justify.
should prefer to describe the peoples
ordinarily referred to as Savage" as
ch1ld-like," because the word is truth
'uily descriptive and not odious.
To begin with, the Esquimaus are
very unclear In their religious think
ing, fact which does not, however.
diHerentiate them abysmally from our
own race. skeDticism in religious mat
tiers is unknown. If they are ac-
qaainted with my private character
and find mo in the ordinary relations
Of life rcliablej II don't tell lies con-
cerning the number Or the fatnegs of
the caribou I have killed, nor about
tho distance at which shot them. nor
she difficulty had in stalking them.
they Will believe anything 7 say about
any subject.