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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-10-07
NOTICE
To taxpayers
The tax list is now in my hands
for collection.
Don't put off paying your taxes
until the last minute. Take no chance
Of having the penalty added.
G.. Nj. DEVORE
,eriff Mason County.

than 30 days after the Congress met,
an dafter a long delay in the Senate, it
became a law in February last. These
and other bills, charging the facili-
ties of the land banks, and otherwise
aiding and assisting agriculture, have
received the prompt attention and con-
sideration of the Congress, and the
House committee on Banking and Cur
rency is now considering a measure
intended to supply new and enlarged
agricultural credits"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-10-07

Kew York. - Chinatown, that one
time place of mystery and irregularity,
MAS reformed to u degree that sight
sAeers really find gricvous. For several
~, It has been increasingly diihcult
sfo6 he guides to get much thrill for
tourists out of the trips there; but the
quarter, itself. co-operated with them
TO the extent OF letting itself APPEAR
much wickeder than II was. II hard
working Chinese smoking an after
dinner pipe OF tobacco in his own
home could be made out to BIO q knife
man passing into beds OF poesy by the
pc-ium route, II was quite all right with
e harmless Chinese. 1t brought Wis
rs to the quarter and the visitors
pent money. SO let It go! But the
mofal was has risen higher. Now the
denlsons OF Chinatown are not content
with being respectable, they insist
upon appearing so And they have Is
ped n protest against allowing the
tight seeing buses to invade thei'
streets at all It's going TO take
great deal OF enjoyment away from
the tourists who love to revel vicar
iously in our city's wickedness.
Ny
IL Won stroll I'D Fifth avenue thes
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-10-07

any one who Is younger and as ! am
farmers wife have plenty to do for
cultivate my own garden, raise many
chickens and do my own housework.
You may publish this letter as ! am
ready TO do anything to help other
women as have been so well and happy
since my troubles are past. Mrs. EFT.
GALLOWAY, Carter's Creek, Tenn.
Most women find plenty to do. II
they are upset with some female ailment
and troubled with such symptoms as
Mrs. Galloway had, the smallest duty
seems a mountain.
II you find It hard TO keep up. II you
are nervous and irritable, without ambi-
ton and out Of sorts generally, give the
Vegetable Compound a fair trial. We
believe It will help you greatly, for It
has helped otherA.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-10-07
FERTILIZER USE IN 0N.THIRD
OF KENTUCKY FARMS

Lexington, KY. - Commercial fer
tilizers are being used on about one
third of the farms in Kentucky, ac-
cording to R. E. Stephenson, soils and
cropsspecialistof the College Of Agri-
culture. From two to four million dol
lars worth is applied annually, about
one-half this amount being used in 20
counties in the central-western part
of the state where soils in general
need PHOSPHORUS before they can pro-
duce the largest crop yields.
Probably the most economical fer
tilizer for Kentucky farmers to use on
unlimed soils is a combination of rock
phosphate and manure. When these
two are properly used and legumes
grown, it is not necessary for the
farmer to purchase either nitrogen or
potash for the ordinary farm crops.
Acid phosphate used in connection
with limestone is the best treatment
and is being used in larger quantities
each year. This is due to the fact that
most soils in the state are acid and
cannot give the best results until they
are lined. Acid phosphate usually
gives better results than rock phos
phate on lined soils.
Many farmers are using acid phos
: phate for the benefit Of all their soil
| and adding limestone to get stand o
4 some legume crop which in turn 1
: depended upon to take nitrogen iron
e the air and add 1t to the depleted soils
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-10-07
NeWY6rk
By LucyJea7u1eR Price
Letter

DAYS, or view It from a bus top, you
wonder, as l do, II the folks In those
great marble palaces are ever home
This Is the time OF year when most
people are through with their sum
mer's junketing, but still those doors
and windows facing Central Park are
boarded up, everyone Of them You'd
say that their inhabitants never are at
home, for you'll find It true, whatever
the season, that a goodly shore OF the
marble fronts are shut as tight as pos
sible. Where are the Fifth avenue peo-
ple? The whirling life depicted In
Edith Whartons "Glimpses OF the
Moon" must be the answer to the ques-
ton. He rexposition of the habits OF
the idle rich" is pretty frank. but 1t
does explain no wthe Fifth avenue set
in the frantic searchings for pleasure
are shown as finding It pretty much
everywhere except at their Social Reg
lister addresses. 1t comes with rather
a shock, though to learn in "Glimpses'
Just what are the things the smart sci
gads about the world doing.
Ny
Those among US who always believ'
We could write a great book or achieve
n masterpiece In some other art 4
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-10-07
REVIEWS
FARM LEGISLATION
OF LATE CONGRESS
Republican Floor Leader Gives a Re-
view of What Has Been Accom-.
plished for Agriculture In
Congress,

Washington. Especial Correspond
ence) - Legislation of special inter-
est and benefit to agriculture, enacted
by the recently adjourned Congress, is
thus summarized by Congressman F.
w. Mondell, Of Wyoming, Republican
floor leader:
within two days after the congress |
met, the House of Representatives re-
ported an emergency agricultural tar
if bill. Within two more days it had |
passed the House, and in little more
than month 1t was law. 1t checked
the downward trend of prices, and
gradually as the surplus of imported
stocks was exhausted, there came the
upward trend. Wool soon reached a
fairly remunerativel evel and, with the
return of normal and favorable condi-
tons, bound to follow the settlement
Of the coal and rail strikes, there is
every prospect Of satisfactory prices
for all agricultural products.
1.-THE passage Of the emergency tariff
bill only partly met the needs of the
agricultural and livestock industries
The staggering blows these industries
lhad received demanded heroic and un-
usual remedies. Credit and an album
dance OF 1t was essential
"It was not an easy problem from a
national standpoint The first sugges-
lions were neither adequte nor prac-
teal, but the administration and the
congress worked out the problem
:. through the revival, the extension, and
r the enlargement Of the powers of the
War Finance Corporation and the es
Establishment of credit Of billion dol
lars in this institution. Four hundred
= millions have been advanced-approx
4 imately three hundred millions to tn
farmers and stockmen Of the West
. more than min millians to the stock
= men and farmers Of this state.
"It is no exaggeration to say tina
\ these two measures - the emergenc
= tariff and the war finance loans HAY
been the salvation, the saving, OF tn
y livestock industry Of the West, and
J saving that industry the Nation he
q performed a great service not only &c
\ those directly interested but for thos
D indirectly interested in the mainteI
J ance of an adequate meat supply Il
4 the nation.
khA OF
y been inclined to think that this Col
gress was organized mainly to loo
n after the interests OF the farmer al
= the stockmen Of the country, and tn
u view has a considerable basis In Il
y long list OF the legislation OF the Co
n gress helpful to those industries al
\ interests. 1t includes such importa
legislation as the packer bill. viii
y was reported in the House OF RepI
ID sentatives within a mont halter I
\ Congress- assembled, was pass
promptly and after some delay In
= Senate became a law on August
1921; the bill prohibiting gambling
- grain futures, which passed the Hou
= within a month after the Congr'
convened. and became law only
= be held unconstitutional by the
e preme SQUIRT A new measure. belie'
- to be constitutional, was promp
passed and Is now q law.
Y "The cooperative marketing act
T. reported 10 tho House OF Represen
- iIuna and nAaAAd that hodY In ID
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-10-07

If you stroll up Fifth avenue these
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-10-07

Those among US who always believe
We could write a great book or achieve
a masterpiece in some other art II
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-10-07

half Of my time IN
bed, being afflicted
with a trouble which
women of a certain
age are apt to have.
] took Lydia E.
Pinkham'sV Vegetable
Compound Tablets
and used Lydia E.
Pinkham's Sanative
Wash. / am a well
woman now and have
been for two years.
LII can work as well as
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-10-07

The city of Winnipeg has decided
that married women shall no longer
be employed in municipal positions,
except In exceptional cases.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-10-07
Spent half her
Time IN BED
Farmers Wife Tells How Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Made Her a Well Woman

Carter 8 Creek, Tenn. Three years
ago / was almost an invalid. ! spent
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-10-07

only "our conditions and surroundings
were right and we had the time"
would do well to take note Of some OF
New York City's artists and their lives
A new genius is believed to have been
discovered in the painter of venetian
Scene" an oil on exhibition at the Ital- |
ian-American Art Association. He is |
f. zirilliAand he is a day laborer In
New York shipyard; while Albert Ed,
winner of the second award in the
department of sculpture the Beaux
Art Institute of Design, is still work
ing genailly and industriously In the
the kitchen OF a business mems
lunch" down on Chambers street. He
isn't even the chef; he's Just scullion.
Ny
The roundy go Of theatericals for me
is a season is immense, and l try to
keep to the cold critical viewpoint.
simply cannot resist certain person
alities of the theaters, however, try as
| will Ethel Barrymore is one Of them
yea, the leading. In her perform
ance of Rose Bernd" by Hauptmann,
translated by the erudite Ludwig Lew
isohn, she surpasses my prejudiced ex-
pectations. am no different from the
school girl who sits down and writes
l her about 1t. / want to- even think
will. How 1t is possible for this
superb example Of womanhood to di-
Il vest herself OF the raiment and beauty
l which is here by right and appear the
= drab uncouth worker of the field, and
at the same time retain the essential
Il exquisiteness OF herself and sex is
: phenomenal. Playing part fadmit-
VI tedly twenty-five to thirty years, with
the suggestion OF life and its beauties
u brought to her in one OF the very dis
NAL scenes, before your eyes, she
smiles herself into seventeen, hel
70 lovely body throbbing the expectanc!
'e of youth Her eyes, her voice, hel
II dimples - l shall never feel out o
: boarding school while she lives.
Ny
Maybe the long skirts have some
thing to do with 1t. Maybe it's the big
plumed hats But something has hap
pened to bring the old horse hanson
back into popularity. Drives throug
Central Park IN these old-time vehi
Giles arc more and more frequent thi
fall. and the interesting thing is ths
it is the :ouni people who make u
most of the patrons. The hanson CO.
for the benefit OF those who have TO-
gotten them in these motor days, Is II
tall carriage running on two whee
with the cabby sitting on top ar
causing two front doors to spring ops
at the pressing Of button.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-10-07

However, for truck crops and tobacco,
a heterogeneous fertilizer sometimes is
purchased and used in connection with
acid phosphate. Nitrate of soda and
sulphate Of ammonia are being used
principally for this. Acid phosphate
used with limestone is unsurpassed for
quick results on sour soils. Basic Stag
phosphate also is meeting with con-
siderable favor among farmers of the
state 1t is especially satisfactory for
securing a stand of grass when lime
stone cannot be used.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-04-22
NAPOLEON Relic Stolen.

The sofa on which Napoleon / rested
on the day before the Battle Of Jena
has been stolen from the Grunnen-
baum Inn by Germans. This Is not the
first time that relics OF the great cap
tain tempted the cupidity Of "collec-
tors" In 1864. the saber presented by
the city OF Paris to Napoleon on the
occasion OF the birth Of the king Of
Rome was stolen from the castle Of
Stolzenfelds. This saber had been
found It is said. by the Prussians in
the imperial coach after the Battle Of
Waterloo. The hilt and scabbard were
OF solid gold. encrusted with precious
stones At the same time the robbers
made away with Prince Murat's saber.
which was also very valuable. and
several other souvenirs, including
Blucher's sword.-From lie Petit
Parislen. TRANSLATED for the Kan
sas City Starr
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-04-22
AT REST ON BARREN ISLAND
Sleeps Was Discovered by the
Famous Captain Cook.

South Georgia island. where Sir
Ernest Shackleton will sleep on the
fringe Of the wild and frozen soil
tudes against which he opposed the
might of hero's will. is In about the
same latitude as Cape Horn. which lies
loo miles westward Of 1t.
When Captain Cook was making one
OF his historic voyages around the
world In the Eighteenth century he
happened on South Georgia island, II
is recorded At first he thought 1t
might be the "terro incognla Australis'
he was In search of. so he Went ashore
and as he recorded In his diary, took
possession Of the country" IN his maj
estys name under discharge OF
small arms
When the great circumnavigator ex-
amined his discovery little more
bunch of icy mountains. he concluded
that It was mot worth the discovery"
Nevertheless he called this land the
Isle of Georgia In honor OF his mai
esty." His majesty. by the way, was
none other than George Ill.
A hundred years later the seafar-
ing men of New England came to the
conclusion that South Georgia island
was not MS worthless as Captain Cook
had supposed. Ii was II great place
for fur seals. They slaughtered more
than 100000. virtually exterminating
them In that part of the Antarctic.
Then came harvest of elephant oil,
extracted from the blubber of the
sea elephant, the giant Of the seal
family.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-04-22

he could give up ali for love. She had
never looked at marriage from the
mans point of view. Marriage to
Harold meant the dividing of salary
that was not more than adequate for
one. II meant the giving up of his
liberty. Instead of giving up IA posi-
tiun rs stenographer for the pleasant
duties of home life, as Rose would
do. 1t meant that he must work hard
err. must provide for her future; In
stead ~ wing only the responsibility
'-'itl-,g Il months room rent ahead.
that IL. ist spend so shrewdly that
they would save for the home they
would ultimately need.
And thought the choice lay with
me-" Stormed Rose, when she had
reached the haven of her room
Thought that would be very noble To
give UP the ideas of pretty frocks and
a ear Of my own TO marry clerk and
start out In thrceroom fiat. AS IL
Id think of marrying for money. L"
Weeping bitterly she flung herself up
on her bed. Il see now that all | want
is II tiny home and Harold"
Below in the parlnr suite her elderly
admirer waited patiently. Ii Rose, us
he expected. came running downstairs
again. he would take her out in his
handsome car and propose. He was
getting old and he needed fresh
young arm to lean upon. lie hated to
pay for service. As his wife she must
give it freely.
But while he dreamed half asleep,
Rose, stliled by the intense heat. crept
downstairs and went 10 the tiny park
opposite where she sat down On
bench and tried to cool her hot cheeks.
Rose the low voice sent magical
wave of joy into the girlish heart that
had SO foolishly risked its chance at
happiness, Il saw you come out.
was selfish enough to hesitate because
| know that | shall never be rich
man without some outside aid. but.
Rose, money cannot buy the most i'm
p0rtant thing in life. love you. dear,
and | believe that we can ind our
happiness between our own walls II
you will help me we can get tiny
cottage somewhere where we can
breathe. | earn only $50 week.
DO you think We can spread that over?
Can you cook and mend and do the
many things that poor mans wife
must do?"
And, Rose, grasping eagerly at the
Joys that she had SO nearly lost, felt
that the silver of romance was far
more desirable than the glittering gold
Of the world. Yes" she cried. ardent
ly; "of course | can. Harold. Why
didn't you settle IL all soonerT
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-04-22

Our good friend James Bowe was
telling me the other day the story or
the man who lived in rented house
to whom some one gave dog or
course the dog had to have kennel.
The man got some old packing boxes
and made II himself. He had never
built anything before, and making
this house for his dog gave him so
much pleasure that he bought small
piece OF land on the outskirts OF the
town, and with the help Of local
carpenter built house for himself
and family. 1t is likely that he would
be a renter today II some one hadn't
given him that dog. Most Of us are
like the Old-fashioned automobiles
without self.starters. Some one has
to crank us up before we'll run.-Tom
DrIer In Forbes' Magazine (N. ~
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-04-22
WORM GAVE ENGINEER IDEA
Driving Shield Used In Digging Tun-
nels Modelled on Tactics Employed
by Small 5orer.

The tunnel-digging driving shield
was invented by Il great engineer,
Marc Isambad Brunei. Il Frenchman.
The idea came TO him as he was watch
ing a sea worm boring hole for him
self in n pile on one of the English
docks. The mead OF this worm Is very
hard so that he can bite his way
through the hardest wood. In watch
ing the worm. ii. D.unci noiri ;'at
the worm not only kicked the accumu-
lated sawdust out behind him. but that
he also lined the surface of the hole he
was boring with hard shell coating
as he progressed. The operation OF
the driving shield as used today fol-
lows this plan exactly.
Another great help TO tunnel build
ing Is the use OF compressed air. The
air forces the water In the ground
away from the surface which Is being
worked. so that the diggers work In
dry soil. This invention Of Sir Thomas
Cochrane in 1890 fills the tunnel with
air under a pressure equal TO the press
ure Of the water. The compressed air
balances the pressure Of the water and
holds II back. and II the pressure or
the air is made slightly greater the
water Is driven back from the sur
face for short distance and the
ground Is quite dry.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-04-22
STRENGTH
VITALITY
HAPPINESS
A Message To People In Poor
Health Who Want To
BE Well

If you are in poor health merely
from a general rundown condition,
get some Guides Pepto- Mangan Of
your druggist and take it with your
meals for few weeks or until you
feel right again. Pepto-M angan is
wonderful tonic and blood-builder and
is very pleasant to take. 1t does not
act like miracle. Its effects are
gradual, but real and sure. II con-
tains iron in a form easily digested
and absorbed by the system. For
thirty years Guides PeptO- Mangan
has been used by physicians as a tonic
for rundown people. Don't continue
to be weak, nervous, and headachy--
take Guides Pepto- Mangan and re-
store your good health. Thousands
have been helped back to health by it,
you can be benefited if you will ac-
cept this truth and act now. Sold in
both liquid and tablet form. Adver-
tisement.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-04-22
HOUSEHOLD WORDS NOT OLD
In Everyday Use Today, but Really
Have Not Long Been lneorpo-
rated in the Language.

Mos: persons probably think that
language; but it isn't. 1t was first
used In 1875 In speech made In par
lament by Henry Dundas, who in
consequence became widely known as
starvation Dundas."
"Intenslfy" and outsider" are two
words less than hundred years old.
The English poet. Coleridge. DELHI
erately coined the former word because
there was no other in existence To ex-
press the particular shade of meaning
which he wished to convey and out
slider" came into being In 1874, during
the convention that nominated james
X. Polk for President. The delegates
were subjected to uncomfortable pres
sure bP the thrOng of spectators gath
cred without the hall. and some one
from the "outslders." The term was
taken up by the reporters and at once
became popular
Other words unknown until the mid
die of the Seventeenth century In
clude such now familiar ones as
sculptor" umbrella" opera" "sui-
eide" and peninsula" while Bentley
e. the Eighteenth century had actual
~ 10 defend himself for using such
strange terms as 'timid." "concede."
"repudiatec 'idIom' and 'vernacu-
lar" and George Campbell In 1776
hesltated to use such queer new words
as "originate," sentimental" and
"criminality."
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-04-22
The Silver of
Romance
BY LAURA MONTGOMERY
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

.. 1872. b. Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.
Rose had been turning the question
over In her mnd So intensely ,hat size
was not surprised when Harold turned
10 her and said:
Money makes all the trouble in life;
II il weren't for money and influence,
people could de- as their hearts die
tate"
Il was almost like answering her
unspoken thought. Rose loved the
slight, darl, young man sitting opposite
lpr. He was a clerk making Il mod
crate salary he was not man who
would ever do great things and he
wasn't especially handsome: just
normal. clean young fellow who would
make a good husband. Money is "a
terrible problem she answered earn
eStly.
Harold looked slightly surprised
He had not guessed that she would
take the situation that way. With
out influence it is almost impossible to
get ahead, at least for man in my
position: but there are So many things
to be considered the question Of 10y
atty To ones ideals" he broke or
flushing. and the girl turned the con
versation cleyerly to safer channels.
She. too. was undecided.
At the door that night Harold lin
gered The moonlight sent IL cool
Wilderness down upon the old.fashioncd
brOwnstone steps and turned Roses
dark hair silver You look wonderful
in that silver light. cried the guest.
but Rose only laughed and stepped
back. She knew that he loved her. but
her mind was on the heights She
longed for the things that could be
bought with gold The fairy moon
light was romantic. but the frall silver
OF romance would not pass muster in
daylight Only cleaning gold could
buy what she wanted.
Harold felt the change in her mental
attitude and involuntarlly stiffened.
After ALL man could offer no more
than his ali AT least that was the way
Rose read his changed face. II was ms
though chill wind had passed be-
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-04-22
The Cost OF "Eata."

The people Of the United States
spend more than s49,OO0.00O day for
food, or nearly billion and half
dollars u month. Nearly one-third Of
the money goes for bread. potatoes,
fruits. sugar and other grub" Of
vegetable nature. More than two
thirds is spent for meat. Ash, eggs,
butter. cheese and lard. The aver
age householder hands over TO the
butcher more than one-fifth OF his In
come. The people Of this country con
sumo In a year two and half billion
eggs and nearly ten and "A half billion
gallons Of milk. But a large part Of
the milk goes TO make 1,GOO,OOOOO
pounds OF butter 4O0,OO0.000 pounds
Of cheese and 2GO.OOOOO0 gallons Of
Ice am.-IndianapOlls Star.