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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-04-06

% Today is the last day of discount Of
April LIST gas bills.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-04-06
VT. STERLING FAIR WANTS
orr Rows, pAHnS

Colonel }. Barbour Russell has re-
ceived request from the Secretary OF
montgomery County Fair at Mt. Ster.
ling for price for both the Cardinal
and the Horseshoe band to make
music at this years fair.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-04-06

Captain c. NJ. Phister is shaking
hands with his many friends here.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-04-06

8uy In Maysvilla I. Day.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-04-06

FOR SALE - Five room house. lots
OF ground, city water. some fruit
Just outside OF city in west end.
Cheap for quick sale. Electric lights
II wanted. w. l. LYONS. 3A5t
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seers Game Old.

Modern faddists who claim to have invented the new wrinkles in mys- ticism might bear in mind that In the second and third centuries there were many would-be sensatiOnalists who maintained regular schools in which they taught tricks of the trade.
 History recalls the names of Clem- ems, Pantaenus and Origen as the leading mystic schOolmasters of those days. Alexandria was their head. quarters, and we are told that the more matter-of-fact philosopher, who also ran private colleges and class rooms, occasionally branded the three gentlemen referred to as quacks.
 In the Middle ages Germany came to the fore as hotbed of mystic teach ing. Eckhart, 1251 to 1929, and John TauIer of Strassburg, 1290-1361, were the foremost opponents of mystic thought.
 Henry Souso of London and Birming- ham, 1900 to 1865, absorbed enough of these German teachings to spread them in revised form throughout Eng. land.
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SPANISH 1y SAN4oA f4N555H DOUBLOONS :..:.z

once lived here, and that the place must have yielded such a profit that he was only surprised to find it de- serted now. Behind this cool, em- phatic speech I sensed an ironic zest in the destruction of my pirate.
 After their thrilling experience of being ferried from the Rufus Smith to the island, my aunt and Miss Browne had been easily persuaded to dispose themselves for nap5.
 The boats of the Rufus Smith had departed from the island, and our re- latiois with humanity were severed The thought of our isolation awed and fascinated me as I sat meditatively upon keg of nails watching the mir acle of the troplc dawn. The men were hard at work with bales and boxes, except Mir. Tubbs, who gave advice. It must have been valuable advice, for he assured everybody that a word from his lips had invariably been enough to make Wall Street sit up and take notice. But it Is a far cry from Wall Street to Leeward island. MT. Tubbs, ignored, sought
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A SWEET LITTLE
 BABY BOY
Makes a Bright Spot in Every Home. A Comfort in
 Years to Come

Park Rapids, Minnesota have taken your medicine - Lydia E. Pink
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went in much for family tOmbs," re- marked the beautiful youth interested ly.
 "No, we do our best to keep out of them," I assured him, and he walked of medltatively revolving this.
 If the beautiful youth had been beautiful on shipbOafd, in the inform al costume he affected on the island he was more splendid . still. His white cotton shirt and trousers showed him 1.-the and lean and muscu- lar. His barred arms and chest were like cream solidified into flesh. With his striped silk sash of red and blue about his waist, and his crown of am- brosial chestnut curls-a development due to the absence of, a barber-the Honorable Cuthbert would certainly have been hailed by the natives, if there had been any, as the islands god.
 Camp was made in the early hours of the day. Then came luncheon, prepared with skill by Cookie, and eaten from a table of packing cases laid in the shade. Afterward every one, hot and weary, retired for a si- esta. Always around the island blew the faint cooling breath of the sea. No marsh or stagnant water bred in- sect pests or fever. Every day while we were there the men worked hard, and grew lean and sun-browned, and thrived on 1t. Every afternoon with unfalling regularity a light shower fell, but in twenty minutes it was over and the sun shOne again, greed fly Tapping up the moisture that gilt tered on the leaves.
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"No, We Do Our Best to Keep Out
 of Them"

refuge with me at last, and pointed out the beauties of Aroarer as she rose from the embrace of Neptune.
 "Aroarer BorealIs to be accurate" he explained, "but they didn't use parties surnames much :n classic times"
 The glad cry of breakfast put an end to Mir. Tubbs' exposition of my tholOgy.
 So does dull reality clog the feet of dreams that 1t proved impossible to begin the day by digging up the treas ure. Camp had to be arranged, for folk must eat and sleep even with the wealth of the Indies to be had for the turning of sod. The cabin was reroofed and set apart as the bow CT of Aunt Jane and Miss Browne. declined to make third in this sane tuary. You could tell by looking at her that Violet was the sort of per son who would inevitably sleep out loud.
 "Hang me up in tree or any, where" insisted, and 1t ended by my having a tarpaulin shelter rigged up in a group of cocoa-palms.
 Among our earliest discoveries on the island was one regrettable from the point of view of romance, though rich in practical advantages; the woods were the abode of numerous wild pigs. You should have seen how clean, how seemly. how self-respecting were our Leeward island pigs to real ize how profoundly the pig of Chris tian lands Is a debased and slandered animal. These Cuadrupeds would have strengthened Jean Jacques be- lief in the primitive virtue of man be- fore civilization debauched him.
 Aunt Jane had been dreadfuIly alarmed by the pigs, and wanted to keep me immured in the cabin O nights so that l should not be eaten. But nothing less than Bengal tiger would have driven me to such extFem- ity.
 Though if a pig should eat me-" suggested, you might mark him to avoid becoming a cannibal at sec ond hand. I should hate to think of 9ou, Aunt Jane, as the family tomb 70
 virginia, you are most unfeellng," said Aunt Jane, getting pink about the eyelids.
 "Ah, I didn't know you Americans
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CHEAPER Iv-cOutinued.)

@I was." I announced. moved to de- dance by the neighborhood of Mir. Shaw Before we started I was so afraid that if you had listened you might have heard my teeth chattering. But I had at least the comforting thought that if I did go to my end 1t would not be simply dn pursuit of sor- did gain!"
 "And indeed that was almost a waste of noble sentiment under the circumstances" answered the dOur Scot. with the feetlng shadow of an enraging smile. >f
 1 promised myself, as I went with Mr. Vane toward the fire, that some day I would find the weapon that would penetrate the Scotchman's arm brand would use 1t mercilessly.
 Cookie received US with unctuous warmth.
 'WeH, now, 'clar to goodness if 1t aint the He ladyI How come you git ashore. all dry Iak you Is? Yes, sah, Cookie'll git yOu-all some'n hot imnejusIy." He waited me with state iy gestures to a seat on an overturned iron kettle. and served my coffee with an air appropriate to mahogany and plate. It was something to see him walt on Cuthbert Yane. As Cookie told me later, in the course of our rapidly developing friendship, "dat young gemmun am sure one ob de quality" To indicate the certainty of Cookies instinct, Miss Higglesby. Browne was never more to him than dat pussOn."
 On the beach Mfr. Shaw. Captain Magnus and the sailors were toiling. unloading and pIllng up stores. Rath- CT Iaggingly. Apollo joined them. was glad. for heavy fatigue was stealing over me. Cookie, taking note
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suffer before their babies are born. - Mrs. WM. JOHNSON, Box 156, Park Rapids, Minn.
 To marry and arrive at middle age without children is a great disappoint- ment to many women. Think of the joy and comfort other women have in their children as they grow older.
 Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound has helped to bring great happi- ness to many families by restoring wo. men to health. Often the childless home is due to a run down condition of the wife, which may be helped by Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It brought health and happiness into the home of Mrs. Johnson. Why not to yours7
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together in the stern. Then the foam ing fringe of wavelets caught the boat, hurled 1t forward, seemed all but to engulf 1t. Out leaped the sail- Ors. Out leaped Mir. Tubbs, and dis appeared at once beneath the waves. Shrill and prolonged rose the shrieks of my aunt and Miss Higglesby- Browne. Valiantly Mir. Shaw and Cuthbert Vane had rushed into the deep. Each now appeared staggering up the steep, fOam-swept strand un- der a struggling burden. Even after they were safely deposited on the sand, Miss Browne and my aunt con- tinued to shriek.
 Save, save MT. Tubbsl" fmplored Aunt Jane.
 But MT. Tubbs. overlooked by all but this thoughtful friend, had canni- ly saved himself. He advanced upon us dripping.
 "A close calli" he sang out cheer fully. Thought one time old Nep had got strangle-hOld all right. Thinks 1, guess thereIl be something doing when Wall Street gets this news-that old Fl. H. Is food for the finny denl- zens of the deepI"
 Tt would have been most-most shocking" quavered poor Aunt Jane with feeling. She was piteously striv- ing to extriCate herself from the folds of the green veil.
 I came to her assistance. The poor plump little woman vas trembling from head to foot,
 'It was a most-unusual experi- ence,", she told me as I unwound her.. Probably extremely-unifying to the s6nl-forces and all that, as Miss Browne says. but for the moment unsettling Is my helmet on straight, dear? I think 1t is a little severe for my type of face. don't you? !. There was sweet little hat in Fifth ave nue shop-simple and yet so chic. I thought 1t just the thing, but Miss Browne said no, helmets were always wOrn-COffee? Oh, my dear child, how thankful I shall bel'
 And Aunt Jane clung to me as of yore as I led her up the beach.
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CHAPTER V.
The captaIn's Legacy.

When in my tender years 1 was taken to the matinee, usually the most thrilling feature of the spectacle to me was the scene depicted on the dEOp-curtain. Directly was seated lin the body-and had had my hat taken off and been told not to wrig- gle, I vaulted airily over the uncon- sciOus audience, over an orchestra en- gagged in tuning up, and was lost in the marvellous landscape of the drop curtain. The adventures which l had there put to shame any which the raising of the curtain permitted to De seen upon the stage.
 I had never hoped to recover in this prosaic world my long-lost paradise of the drop-curtain, but morning re- vealed it to me here on Leeward island. Here was the feathery foli- age, the gushing springs, the gor- geous flowers of that enchanted land. And here were the soft and intoxicat- ing perfumes that I had imagined In my curtain landscape.
 Leeward island measures roughly four miles across from east to west by three from north to south. The core of the island Is the peak, rising to a height of nearly three thousand feet. At its base on three sides Hes plateau, it's edges gnawed away by the sea to the underlying rocky skele- ton. On the southeastern quarter the peak drops by series of great preci- pices straight into the sea.
 All the plateau and much of the peak are clothed with woods, beau tiful bright green against the sap phire of sea and sky. High above all other growth wave the feathery tops of the cocoa-palms, which flourish here luxuriantly.
 The palms were nowhere more abundant than in the hollow by the cove where our camp was made, and their size and the regularity of their order spoke of cultivation. Guavas, oranges and lemons grew here, too, and many beautiful banana-palms.
 At the side of the clearing toward the stream stood hut, built of cocoa palm logs. Its roof of palm-thatch had been scattered by storms. Near CT the stream on a bench were an old decaying washtub and a board. A broken frying-pan and a rusty ax- head lay in the grass.
 In the hut itself were a rude bed stead, a small table and a cupboard made of boxes. was excited at first, and fancied we had come upon the dwelling of marooned pirate. With out taking the trouble to combat this opinion, Mir. Shaw explained to Cuth- bert Vane that a copra gatherer had
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"In the first place, I dOn't believe in your treasure.
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LoNELIEST SPOT IN ENGLAND
Residents of Essex Village Surely Are Cut Of From the Society of
 Their Fellows.

The most inaccessible spot in Eng lsnd, according to a correspondent in the Manchester Guardian, is Foulness, In Essex. AS the crow flies FOulness is barely forty miles from London a little island sundered from the Es- sex marshes by the wide estuary of the Crouch. It costs about a pound ($5) to get from Burnham-on-C Crouch the nearest railway station-tO Foul ness and back, for there Is no public service and a bargain for the trip has to be struck with a local bOatman. When the boat reaches the pebble shore you scramble as best you can over the sea wall, and so to the sur face of the island.
 Foulness is about 14 miles round, and possesses a church, an inn and three shops, but no policeman and no doctor. The only industry besides farming appears to be shooting wild duck and widgeOn, which abound here in company with many other birds of types rarely seen so far north. At low tide those of the islanders who pos sess no boat and no money to hire one can walk to the mainland by the Broonway, huge stretch of sand, with little birch sticks marking the track. This takes them across the Foulness and Maylin sands to Watering, and involves a tramp of from 10 to 2O miles, according to the point at which the island is left. Nothing can be seen of the outside world from Foulness, for on all sides it is shut in by the sea wall, and there Is no vestige of hill from which to obtain a view.
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of my sagging head, brought me some bOdy's dunnage bag for pillow. I felt him drawing a tarpaulin over me as sank into bottOmless depths of sleep.
 I opened my eyes to the dying stars. The moon had set. I heard men shouting. Here she cOmesW Stand by to lend a handI" In haste I scrambled up and tore for the beach. I must witness the landing of Aunt lane.
 Through the dawn-twilight that lay upon the cove the boat drew near that bore Mir. Tubbs and his fair charges. ? saw tAa three cork helmets grouped
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refuge with me at last, and pointed out the beauties of Aroarer as she rose from the embrace of Neptune.
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rhe Humankind Influence.

Mir. Multikids-"I tell you, old fel- low, 1t does a man like you good to get out among his married friends, surrounded by their children. Gives him kindlier thought and all that sort of thing, don't you think?" MT. Old batch-"Sure thingl These little dev. Ils make me think far more charitably of Herod."
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THE ISLAND.

SynopsIs-Jane Harding. respect able and conservative old maid fbut never, too old to think of mar Tlage with more money than brains, Is inveigled by a strong minded spinster. Miss Higglesby- Browne, into financing an eXpedl- ton to hunt for buried treasure on LeeWard island. Her niece, Vir- ginla Harding, undertaking to stop her, gets on the vessel and Is un- willingly carried along. By no means concealing her distaste for the expedition and her contempt for its members, Virginia makes the acquaintance of the Honorable CUthbert Vane. Talking with Dugald Shaw, leader of the expedi- ton, Virginia very frankly ex- presses her views. practically ac- cuslng Shaw and the other mem- bers of the party, Including a somewhat uncertain parsonage Captain Magnus, and @ shady "6nancler." Hamilton H. Tubbs, of being In a conspiracy to defraud Jane Harding. Landing on the island a matter of some difficult ty. Virginia being carried ashore In the arms of Cuthbert Vane.
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hams Vegetable Compound ! was a girl for pains and before and after my marriage. 1 now have a sweet little baby boy and will send you his picture if you wish to publish 1t. My sisters also take your medicine and find it a great help, and 1 recom-
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It's the Calm Ones Who Get Fat

"So you married that Miss Meek. 1 remember her well-a quiet, shrink. ing sort of girl" Nothing shrinking about her; she's twice the size she used to be."--Boston Transcript,
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Courage is responsible for fewer at- tempts at performing dangerous feats than lack of common sense.
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Trouble Brewino.

The Editor-What's wrong with our report? I wrote 1t myself and said that you, being considered the Attest member, were elected president of your club.
 Mrs. POnderous-The paper says "the fattest member"
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-10-27

The last quarterly conference for
the year was held in the Methodist
church Wednesday, with Rev. +. j.
Gates, presiding elder, presiding. 4
large congregation was present. Re
ports showed the church to be in a
fiourishing condition both financially
and spiritually.
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officials of the Golf Club and all
of those interested in the success of
the golf course and country club, ap-
prcciate highly the free services that
have been rendered by a number of
public spirited people to set the
course in shape for the coming Win
ter season. This work came when it
was most needed and when there is
little money to pay out for such nee
cSSary work.
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The postolfice department is en-
deavoring to induce the public to dis
continue the use of small holiday
greeting cards and small envelopes.
They are very difficult to handle, and
last year over / 100000 of such cards
were lost in the mails. The DEPART
ment suggests that cards and eAvel-
opes be not smaller than 234x4
inches, as that is the smallest size
that is practicable for safe mailing.
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Birthday Party

Little Miss Maxine Chadwick lie,
brated her twelfth birthday, Wedn s
day evening. by entertaining six y
three of her young friends with many
merry games and feast at the homs
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. D. j
Meadows, on Sullivan street The
little hostess did the honors of the
occasion with marked grace and dig
nifty. She was the recipient of num-
erous pretty and useful presents.
The function was delightful one for
all the participants. The chief re-
freshments were cake and ice cream.
On taking leave, each guest thanked
Miss Maxine for the pleasure enjoyed
and expressed the sincere wish that
she might have many happy returns
of the day.
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MURDOCH

Lewis Addison and family are now
occupying their lately acquired home
in Murdock, and are very welcome
addition to our community.
Roy Thigpen, of Owens, passed the
weekend very pleasantly with his
sister, Miss Eleanor Thigpen, at the
residence of John L. Martin.
Mr. and Mrs. Budley Martin. of Ar
cadia, were in our midst the latter
part of last week. While here they
were guests of their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Martin.
w. A. Bell was in Murdock Satur-
day of last week. Mr.. Bell lives in
Mccall and told us while here he was
going to do his best TO be elected on
the school board.
The Reverend DR.. Swain, of Punta
Gorda, preached a most interesting
sermon at the Murdoch school house
Sunday, October 22nd, at O'Clock,
it being his regular appointment. He
also consented to sing for the Sunday
school and very appropriately and
sweetly sang Yield Not to Tempta-
ton"
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Martin went to
Arcadia Thursday, october 10Th, re-
turning the same day and bringing
home with them John Aurip, the lit
tie son of Mr. and Mrs. Budley Mar
tin.
The rains have Stacked up and Mil |
ton Roberts is again keeping the viii .
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LOCAL HAPPENINGS

MI and Mrs. Robert Carleton have
moved to Arcadia and are maxine
@ their home there
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& The rainy season resumed opera-
T. ations Yesterday evening, and today
, IS cloudy, dark and drizzly.
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II. B. Blazer is having a p inch
artesian well sunk in the rear of his
TWO big cottages on Cross street.
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Don't forget the Commercial Club
meeting Monday night-at 7:3O-in
the lower room of the Masonic hall
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Halloween entertainment a the
school house tonight-Friday-
the benefit Of the High School Athlet-
ic Association.
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Sanford Blazer of Nocatee, accom-
panied by his family, spent the week
end here visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. B. Blazer.
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1t is reported that a British snip
this week landed considerable num-
Der Of Russian Jews at BoCa Grando.
Report not verified.
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That cherry, regular and popular
winter resident, c. w Wade, arrived
from his Tennessee home last night
to spend another winter here.
\ demonstration of the superior
qualities of certain brand of coffee
attracted many customers to H. w.
Smiths city bakery and grocery,
Tuesday.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Whiddon and
their son, Jack Widdon, with his fam
lily, motored hither from Arcadia,
Monday, and were guests for the day
of the family of Hon. Joshua Mizell.
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Mr., and Mrs. r. A. Roddy of Dem
crest, Georgia, arrived last week to
spend the winter as guests of Mrs.
Roddy's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. D.
Hendrickson. Mr.. Roddy, however,
being a travelling man, will not be
here continuously.
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Col George N. Parker, Democratic
a regular winter visitor
and untiring booster for Punta Cor
da. writes that he and Mrs. Parker
will leave Robinson, Illinois, for Pun
ia Gorda Saturday, the 2Sth, and will
arrive here Monday.
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MI Stewart and his sister, Mrs.
Myers, both from Ohio,
contracted this week for the purchase
of the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
n. Smith in the neighborhood of the
Methodist church. The deal will be
finished as soon as the abstract has
been made out and found all right.
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It is reported that specimens of
wild pigeons recently added to the
collections of one of our museums
were secured only with much Difficult
ty, because of the fact that this
species of our native birds, which
within the past sixty years or so has
been one Of the most abundant, is
now so rare, not only in state ma
ture, but also in collections, that it
is practically unObtainable.
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\ film OF ice formed on an arm
of San Francisco Bay during a recent
cold snap. Irrigation bitches froze
over and snow nurrios occurred near
Los Angeles.