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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-03-19
JOB.SEEKERS HINDER
FALL IN NEW TASK
Secretary Of Interior Beseiged BY
Patronage Hunters, But Expects
Soon To Outline Policy.

Washington. - Secretary of the In
terror Fall, although his Office has
been beseiged by patronage seekers
since March 4, has found time to go
over some of the matters that must be
given his consideration soon, and has
announced he will be ready in few
days to outline some of the policies
the department hopes to carry out.
The mineral-leasing' act passed last
year has increased the work of the
department, especially that of the
General Land Office and the Reclama-
ton Service, and, incidentally that has
resulted in bolstering up the yearly
income of the department, which was
running low as the result of the re-
duced number of sales Of public lands.
1t is estimated that the department
will receive some 100000 from back
royalties on mineral leases granted
lesses, who quit claims against the
government for leases with clear IT,
ties. Besides the back royalties, there
will be an increasing sum each year
received from oil, gas, coal and phos-
photo leases. A big percentage OF this
money will 60 to the reclamation
Service, to be used in further pro-
jects.
The General Land Office is flooded
with some 1000 applications for min
in gclaims under the mineral leasing
act. Many of these claims are expect
ed to prove paying proposition it was
said.
Money spent in recent years by the
Reclamation Service is beginning to
come back in payments for land taken
up in irrigated sections, it was stated,
an dthese funds are expected to en-
able the service to broaden its activi-
ties.
The government owns 4o,O00,Oea
acres Of coal lands which are being
filed upon under the leasing act, and
the problem of railroad construction
to serve new mines probably soon will
require consideration by Secretary
Fall.
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government is one about which we
heard much during the campaign of
last summer 1t is mentioned fire.
quently now when reference is made
to Mr.. Harding and his policies. But
the country has suffered so much and
so long under an administration that
has patterned its actions after the
monarchies of the Old World that we
can scarcely say too much about the
return to popular government that has
come at last.
Il saw and heard many things while
was in Washington that may be of
more interest to you than what have
been telling you about. Perhaps you
will hear of them some other day.
wanted to tell you first of the great
change that has taken place in our
national affairs, so that as you grow
up, you can remember this time as one
fthe great turning points in our his
tory. Without the sort of government
provided in the Constitution, the
United States could not long endure.
For eight long years the country has
seen a steady departure from those
principles our forefathers declared
were essential to our welfare as a ma
ton. But the turning point has come
at last and the country is rapidly re-
trieving the loss to its prestige and
prosperity that it has suffered.
"The energy with which President
Harding has put into practice the
theories upon which he won his cleo
ton is little short of marvellous. With
such a beginning the success Of his
administration is assured, and we
may look for successive reports from
Washington telling of further accom-
plishments for the good Of the people.
III Is subject that should receive not
only the closest attention of every
one of us grown men, but your teach
ers in the schools would do we'll to
impress upon the children the impor-
lance of a return to the sort of gov
eminent under which we lived up I'M
til eight years ago, and as each act of
the Harding administration marks q
nearer approach to that end call it to
the attention Of the class.
"Now, children, it is time for bed.
Before you so to sleep just think over
what have told you. Some other time
| will tell you story to make you
laugh, but tonight wanted not only
to tell of what had seen in Wash
ington but to dra wa lesson from II
that you could remember with profit.
Goodnight
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-03-19
CHAINED TOGETHER,
FOUND IN GEORGIA RIVER.

Covington, Ca, March IS. - County
authorities are investigating the find
ing of three bodies of negroes in the
Yellow River. Two, chained together,
were found Sunday and the third,
chained to a sack full of rocks, yes
tarday. None of the bodies has been
identified, nor have there been any
report of racial trouble or tragedies
in this section which would account
for the deaths.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-03-19
DAILY BECOMES A WEEKLY,

The aurora Volksfreund," Ger
man-language daily published in Au
rora, ILL.,, TO rthe past 50 years, has
temporarily ceased publication, but i
is probable that 1t will soon start VI
again as a weekly. The difficulties en-
countered by German-language pa
pers during the war are cited as be.
ing responsible for its discontinuance
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used to hold 10000 to 10000 ballons
Of beer"

used to hold 10000 to 10000 ballons
Of beer"
BY being a sort Of second "Flying
Dutchman,' sailing back and forth
from port to port and never landing,
Jon Jacobson, may eventually become
an American citizen. 1t seems the
only way out Of his predicament Jon,
who is fifteen years old, was left in
Roumania with his sister several
years ago when his family came to
America. The sister was killed by the
Germans during the war, Jon says,
and he was sent out by one of the
relief commissions to France. where
he became a regiment mascot. When
the American troops came home from
France, he was left behind About
two months ago, he reached Gibraltor
as stowaway and interested the
American Consul to the extent of get
ting a passport for this country. He
lost it, and hid aboard a freighter, fin
ally reaching New York;. His de-
portation is ordered because he has no
passport. But he won't be allowed to
land, says Captain Nicholson, even
though he takes him back to the port
from where his confused journey was
started. The Captain suggests that if
the boy remains on board under the
American flag for the next five and a
half years, he will be entitled to enter
this country and become a citizen.
A much disappointed ticket specula-
tor thinks that the police are exceed
ingly unfair and quite outside their
rights In arresting him.. There is a
law prohibiting anyone from speculat-
ing on the sidewalk or shouting his
wares from a doorway. So this sales
man Of Reuben Miller's agency rugged
up a caAphone and protruded the
megaphone through the transom of
his window. Then he stood well back
from the door and talked into it.
81 didn't shout from the doorway"
he expostulates. "That was the mega
phone doing that. It's exactly what
President Harding used for his inaug-
uration speech. I don't know why it
isn't all right for me-"
LUCY JEANNE PRICE.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-03-19

"Caboria," the Roman spectacle by
Gabrielle dAnnunzio, which was
shown In 1918, sto be revived here on
the screen. The Italian soldier-rebel-
poet apparently sees no more geo
graphical worlds to conques and Is
ready to go back to his original work
in the fields Of art.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-03-19
LITHUANIAN MISSION LEAVES.

Reverend John Zilius and Major P,
Zadeika, members of the Lithuanian
Mission which came to America in
December, 1919, left the United States
February &c, to return to Lithuania.
Mr.. vileisis, chairman of the Mission,
will remain here for the time being.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-03-19

Three disastrous financial panics IL
this country were those Of 1887, 1879
and 1899
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NewiYorA
Letter. :
ALnydaauzsR Price

New YORK. - Going to court is
the occupation claimed by one New
Yorker in his income tax return. He
is the owner of q number Of apartment
houses and since the new rent laws
were upheld by the Supreme Court, a
good many of his colleagues have put
In considerable part OF their time in
the municipal courts defending rent
increases from the attacks of their
tenants. This particular landlord
claims that so busy have they kept
him that he has no time in which to
do anything else, and in answer to
Uncle Sans question asking for his
occupation, he stated only that; Go
ing to court"
The enthusiasm of amateur wireless
operators is being cashed in by the
New York; police in their new method
OF preventing the sale in nearby cities
Of stolen automobiles. Every night,
about midnight, the department wire
less operators In the tower at Police
Headquarters send out list and de-
scriptions of all autos stolen during
the day. Amateurs all over the East
pick UP the messages and in the morn
ing turn them over to their local po-
lice stations. Many cans have already
been recovered by this experiment.
For WHAT amateur would not be glad
to cut into his sleeping hours for the
exhileration of having hand in po-
lice work?
"Caboria," the Roman spectacle by
Gabrielle d'Annunzio, which was
shown In 1918, sto be revived here on
the screen. The Italian soldier-rebel-
poet apparently sees no more geo.
graphical worlds to conques and is
ready to go back to his original work
in the fields Of art
The dancing teachers who gathered
In recent convention In New York may
be mighty good dancing teachers, but
they're poor psychologists. One of
them thought he saw chance to pla-
cate and ointerest the foes Of dancing
in a religious denomination by paying
compliment. The convention well
coined his thought as great idea, and
accordingly one of the new and more
especially deoorous dances was named
the Wesleyan. Not only did the pla-
eating to take place, but the Confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal
church, meeting in New York City's
neighbor, Asbury Park, has just added
to the general objection to dancing, a
particular condemnation of "The Wes-
leyan" and an expression of resent
ment at the insult to the church which
they considered present In the naming
Of it.
Beer Vat Mushrooms" are the pro-
duct Of Manhattans very latest indus
try. A. G. Hupfel, Jr., of this city, sur
prised the Congressional committee
the other day by going down to appear
before then in a special plea for pro-
lection for this infant industry. Right
In the heart Of New York City,, he
testified, "is my mushroom plantation
in my old brewery. We have dis
charged no brewery employees. They
are all raising mushrooms in the old
rock cellars with their watts which
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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-07-23
FRESH FRUIT is EXCELLENT
IL Supplies Some Sugar and the I'M
portant Mineral Matters, Mild
Acids and Vitamines.

Fruit is food. 1t supplies some sugar
and the important mineral matters
mild fruit acids, and vitamines. say
experts in the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture, office of home
economics. These food substances
help to keep the body in good health
and TO prevent constipation.
Use fresh fruit whenever possible
and can the surplus. Apples, pears,
plums, peaches, cherries, oranges.
grapefruit. grapes, bananas, avocados.
berries-the list is very long. Some
where in the United States some Of
them are always in season, and some
are i'm market everywhere much of
the time.
Use dried fruits, either home dried
or those on sale almost everywhere
Soak prunes. dried apples. dried april
cots in water overnight and cook them
long enough to make them tender.
Use dates, figs, or raisins. These
are very good added to breakfast CO.
real 10 minutes before taking 1t from
the stove.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-07-23
ALICIA.

HIS name is derived from the
same root as Alice. and repre-
rus an attempt at greater euphony
1he curious Fart of it is that the
-a'he, IN its original form, is really
~ That of a woman at all, bur of a
h 1t Is derived from the. Anglo
1Aon Adelgis of which the feminine
WIN was Adelgisa, but was not fire.
uqily given TO women. Instead il
sss sacred to the sons of the bouse
r'ncipally among the nobility. The
aae Itself means noble. in both it's
Seuiine and feminine forms.
'"e name is purely English. having
"e'er, slight Teutonic iavon An
suneht Is put forward by some ex-
Az ~ mat the name is derived from
rrankish Adalhert on Adeleben
lung daughter" Alix or Alisa in
vxuy was naturalized i'm England
"a AiiS Ia Belle married Henry L
ls.rs name originally masculine. ae-
.evrr 20 The best authorities. how
a. lepresents Adelgis and not Ade,.
~, ''asing the proper feminine form
/. e,ns some believe that Eliza, gen
nI,,Aue ileved to be derivatiye of
4 NM - = THIS missing form. For
l1r1.,.a AHA as the representative Of
>,s2ss :. the Liber vitas of Durham
~ u the changes in Adelgisa from ro,
B q - noble lady of that name, Who
s'i's upon the altar. By con-
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-07-23
VINEGAR USEFUL III
VEGETABLE CANNING
lime of Processing May Be
Somewhat Reduced.
Two Years of Experimental Work en-
Subject Made by Home Economics
kitchen-Much Corn Reported
Spoiled Last Year.

prepared by the United States Depart-
ment or Agricultural
a little vinegar added to beans,
corn, peas, asparagus, or spinach
when canned by the water-bath meth.
Oh Will add materially in the reduc.
tloh OF loss by spoilage. Moreover. the
tlme of processing these vegetable,
may be somewhat reduced when a
sufficient amount of acid is used. the
nome economies kitchen of the United
States Department of Agriculture re-
ports after two years of experimental
work on the subject.
In certain sections of the country
in 1919 and 1920 canned sweet corr
did not keep WELL whether processeC
continuously or intermittentIv. In the
Rome economics kitchen quart cans OF
corn processed for less than six hours
continuously spoiled, while Others
canned at the same time. with the
addition of four tablespoons of vinegar
TO one quart, did not spoil either wear
although given only two hours process
iilG. III only three tablespOOnfuls of
vinegar are used, process four hours;
two or three tablespoOnfuls of lemon
juice to quart have equally good re-
suits when prOcessed three hours
Corn should always be boiling hot
when packed into the jar.
With spinach and string beans the
addition of two tableSpoOnfuls of the
acid proved equally effective in reduc-
ing spoilage. Vinegar or lemon Juice
in the small amounts used modifies
to some degree the natural flavor of
the vegetable. but the acid taste Is
not Objectionable to most prrsons.
Moreover much of the acid taste can
be washed off before the vegetables
are served. Experiments with vinegar
and other acids in canning vegetables
will be continued in the kitchen next
year.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-07-23
Nl<3zASE li{II5[z'j ljl,Ii|,iYl

then they would scud away and LEI
him shine minute, only to scud i'm
front of him again.
At last the old man lost his patience
and sent message by star for the
old Sky Witch. Tel her to hurry.
he told the little messenger. for
have lost great deal If time now
Old Sky Witch came hurrying along
on her brOomstick, her long black cape
floating behind her like a big cloud.
well, here am" she said. "what
can I do for yOu?"
Hurry as fast as ever you can tn
the four corners of the Earth and tell
the winds to come here quickly; or
shall not be able to shine at all to-
night" said Mr.. Moon-man.
Old Sky Witch dfd not stop even to
ask what was the matter, but off she
flew and was soon out of sight, and all
the time the saucy little clouds kept
on bothering Mr. Moon-man.
He did not have to wait long. for as
soon as the winds got the message
from the Witch they blew quickly to
help Mr.. MoOn-man out of his trou-
BILE"
Away with you. you little tor
ments !" called the winds. as they blew
from north. south. east and west, and
scudding away as fast as they could
the saucy little clouds were soon in a
faroff part of the sky and old Moon
man sent his bright beams on the
earth without being disturbed.
'Thank YOU" said Mr. Moon-man:
'sOrry to call on you at this time in
the night, but those saucy clouds were
Fostering me beyond endurance"
"Oh, that's all right" answered the
winds; 1--WE are always glad to help a
friend and away they blew and left
the night all still. but the big Earth
was bright with the happy smile of
MIR. MoOn-man.
(Copyright.)
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Decisive in Refusal.

When you do not intend to pay bin
there is nothing like being decisive in
your refusal. The other day book
seller had an account rendered" re-
turned to him with the following re-
ply scrawled across the billhead:
"Dear Sir: 1 never ordered this beast.
ly book. If l did, you didn't send it.
If you sent 1t, l never got it. II got.
It, paid for it. II l didn't I won't
Now go and hang yourself, you fat
head. Yours very respectfully, John
Jones'"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-07-23
IN A STRANGE TOWN.

Il am not a virginian-but an Ameri-
can."-Patrick Henry.
TT is always bad idea to knock the
i other mans home town. Especially
poor policy is it when you are making
your living there. Yet there are al
ways young men-and women. too
who seem to take peculiar satisfaction
In passing uncOmplimentary comments
on the city or town of their adoption.
They don't seem TO remember that the
man or woman who is at home in that
town is in position of host and that
TO make scathing remarks about the
town is almost as rude as to make
scathing remarks about the house of
the man whose guest you are. Especial
ly Is this so when the town is small.
The stranger in town like New
York or Chicago really harms no one
but himself when he continues to pour
forth his disgruntlement over the city
of his temporary sojourn. No one
takes offense. At most they are bored
or amused. But when q stranger In
a small town assures the natives that
it is away behind the times. that the
buildings are atrocious. the streets the
worst paved in the country, the res
taurants and hotels the worst run, the
women the plainest and the movies
the Oldest he n giving real offense,
besides. Of course, making himself
very unpopular.
Ii really indicates nothing more than
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-07-23
The Right Thing
at the Right Time
By MARY MARSHALL DUFFEE

a persons own narrOwness to knock
another town in this way. If the mar
from large city goes to small one
he should take ii for granted that
things would be different. If a North.
erner goes South he should bear in
mind that Southern climates make
people more indoIent and he should re-
member that if he remains there long
enough he, too, will possess something
of that Incidence. And if South
erner goes North he should remember
that the natives of the northern cities
have really nothing to do with the raw
climate and that the very progressive
ness which has brought him North TO
do business rObs daily intercourse
of some of the charming courtesy
that makes Southern life so differ3nt.
The real man of the world soon for
gets any local prejudlces he may have.
or rather he is wise and well bred
enough to forget them. He realizes
that it is through no fault of the ma
tiveS of the town where he sOiOurns
that he has to remain among them and
that theoretically at least he is free
to leave the town If he does not like
1t. Just at present there are q good
many shifts in business and industry.
The end Of the war and rehabilitation
of the soldiers and the closing of
certain war industries and the be-
ginning of other peace Industries have
made it inevitable that good many
young men should find themselves in
a new environment. City men find
themselves in the country or village
and country and village men find
themselves for the first time in the big
cities; Fasteners find themselves in
the West, Westerners find themselves
East. NOrtherners awake to the fact
that great opportunities await in the
land of cotton and Southerners on dis
i'm the northern ports dis
cover that there are opportunities for
them there that they have not at
home. If you are one of these Young
men in a new environment show your
good sense and good breeding by not
the town of your soiourn.
Ing.
(Copyright.
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'0F INTEREST 70
THE HOUSEWIFE

Laundry bags of Turkish toweling
are excellent.
Bananas should be thoroughly ripe,
eaten slowly and well chewed.
No cake should be moved in the
oven until it has risen its full height
An old macintosh can be turned
into most useful apron for wash
ing. days.
\ steel needle is excellent for
loosening a cake from the center tube
of the cake pan.
The French, Belgian and Swiss ma
tives cook a mess of young lettuce
leaves just like spinach.
A delicious peach jam is made with
dried peaches and shredded almonds.
Flavor with little cinnamon.
Soap chips or soap powders should
be thoroughly dissolved in boiling wa
ter before being used. Sometimes
washing preparations eat the clothes
if allowed to rest in undissolved bits
on the material
Boil green peppers for fifteen or
twenty minutes before baking. They
will not be tough and will bake more
quickly.
CocOnut custard pie is excellent
favored with orange rind and served
with crushed and sweetened straw
berries.
As often as possible cook vegetables
with the skins On-they contain more
nourishment and the best flavor u
right under the akin
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-07-23

In griddle cakes ana mullins the saline
plan may be followed.
Bran Mullins.
/ cuptul Tour. ia blAspo fuI
1 teaSpooniui salt shortening, melted
l teaspoonful soda. 10 TO > cupruIs sorr
2 u pfuls clean milk.
orah' = Cupful seeded raj
= 10 = "a p I ul sins or L n oppe q
sWecteninG nuts.
SIT together the -four, salt, and soda
ana mix with this the BRAN Add to-
%'tii'r tie SWc,;eniu-, melted short
eh!ng, and part OF the milk: then mix
with The dry materials. Add the
raiSinS, busted with flour. and enough
more sour milk to form Il batter OF
Snch consistency that it will drop but
not pour from the spoon, but be aS wet
as possible Otherwise. Bake in creased
EIuiiih pans about half hour.
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the saucy little clouds TO shine upon
the earth below. but no sooner had he
done so than the little clouds danced
md frOlicked in front of him until he
swas quite hidden again.
Mr.. Moon-man is a very nice old fell
Dw, so he said very pleasantly: go
along with you and play i'm another
part of the sky. There is plenty of
room without getting right in front Of
ne so the EaTsh folk can't see my
light"
But the saucy little clouds were bent
On having fun. and fun they intended
TO have, and all at poor Mr.. Moon
mans discomfort.
He had just found nice big place
to shine through when all those saucy
little clouds Began to dance right in
'front.' of him again. First, they would
hide his bright face completely. and