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The Washington herald., 1917-04-18

me signing OF the measure viii i'm
mediately place into operation all the
machinery Of the government for the
floating Of the tremendous Wartime
securities. The fro allotment Of the
bonds, probably totsIing nearly enc
billion collars, is expected 10 be plac-
ed on the market within two weeks.
The debate over the bond issue COW
sred period Of nearly seven hours.
In the course OF IL several amendments
were offered, some OF them FROM nan
bers OF the Senate who souEht 70
modify its terms. while others were
merely committee amendments cor
recting or changing its phrsseoloEy- in
minor particulars
An amendment by Senator weekE, Of
Massachusetts. providing that the
bonds when issued should be in de-
nominations OF $50 and muItiples
thereof was defeated BY a tie vote OF
90 TO 90.
Another smendmen: offered BY In.
same Senator and providing that the
funds obtained through the sale OF the
bonds should be deposited thereafter
ia such banks or trutt companies as
the Secretary OF the Treasury might
designate was carried without a record
vote
Senator Thomas. or Colorado. offered
an amendment making the bonds and
NSE AlhSdAce OF lnueDleQneEH prONloed
for In the bill privileged 10 be used as
the basis for bank note circulation. Il
was defeated
Amendment Defeated.
Senator Borsh, Of. Idaho, told tn.
Senate that he wsS opposed 70 the
$4,000 OOO.oOO loan 10 the entente al
lies. He urged that the United States
should not permit itself TO figure in
the congress OF nations as a sort OF
professional money lender. he thought
that the principle was bad. BE said
that he would vote for the bill be-
cause he could not vote against this
particular feature. but that IL oppor-
tunity were afforded for a separate
vote on the proposition. he would vote
no on the loan TO the entente
Senator CUmmins said that he also was
opposed TO lending money 10 foreign gov
CONTINUED on PACE TWO
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The Taetfu, Writer.

When writing to those away from
home or distant relatives or friends
see to 1t that your letter fairly sparkles
with cheer and good news. Bring a
smile to the readers lips and make
him or her long to be with you to
share the happy joys you tell about.
These are the kind of letters thar
go straight to the hearts of those who
receive them. The vast majority of
us have full measure of cares and re-
sponsibillties to contend with, but
every one of US can often think a hap
by thought or speak good word and
we should in all fairness pass 1t on
Exchange.
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CHAPTER IV.-Contlnued.

Lenping to his feet, he hurled his
shoulder against the door. Herr Shopt
was heavy man. The frail door col
lapsed beneath his weight, and Herr
Skopf stumbled precipitately into the
room.
Before him lay the greatest mystery
of his life. Upon the floor at his feet
was the dead body of strange man.
The neck was broken and the jugular
severed as by the fangs of wild
beast. The old lady and her grand
son were gone. The window was open.
They must have disappeared through
the window for the door had been
locked from the inside.
But how could the boy have carried
his invalid grandmother from sec
ond story window to the ground2 1t
was preposterous. Again Herr Skopf
searched the small room. He noticed
that the bed was pulled well away
from the wall. Why? He looked be-
meath ii again for the third or fourth
time. The two were gone, and yet his
judgment told him that the old lady
could not have gone without porters
to carry her down as they had carried
her up the previous day.
Further search but deepened the
mystery. All the clothing of the two
was still in the room. If they had gone
they they must have gone naked or in
their night clothes.
No boat had left the harbor in the
meantime. There was net a railroad
within hundreds of miles. There was
no other white settlement that the two
could reach under several days of ar
duous marching, accompanied by u
well equipped safari. They had SIM
ply vanished into thin air, for the ma
tive he had sent to inspect the ground
beneath the open window had just re-
turned to report that there was no
sign Of footstep there, and what sort
of creatures were they who could have
dropped that distance to the soft turf
without leaving spoor?
Herr Skopf shuddered. Yes, it was
n great mystery. There was some
thing uncanny about the whole thing.
lie hated to think about it, and he
dreaded the coming of night.
1t was great mystery to Herr
Skopf and doubtless still is.
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plored tributary of a large river that
emptles into the Atlantic not SO far
from the equator, lay small heavily
palisaded village. Twenty palm
matched, beehive huts sheltered its
Diack population, while half n dozen
goatskin tents in the center of the
clearing housed the score of Arabs
who found shelter here, while by trad
Ing and raiding they collected the car.
goes which their ships of the desert
bore northward twice each year to the
market ut Timbuktu.
Playing before one of the Arab tents
was n little girl of ten, a black haired,
black eyed little girl, who with her
nut brown skin and graceful carriage
looked every inch daughter of the
desert. Her little fingers were busily
engaged In fashlonlng u skirt of grass
es for much disheveled doll which n
kindly disposed slave had made for
her year or two before.
The head Of the Go,l was rudely
Clipped from ivory, while the body
was rat skin stuffed with grass. The
arms and legs were bits of wood, per-
forated at one end and sewn to the
rat skin torso.
The doll was quite hideous and alto
gether disreputable and soiled, but
Meriem thought 1t the most beautiful
and adorable thing in the whole world,
which ls not so strange in view of the
fact that it was the only object within
that world upon which she could be-
stow her condolences and her love.
Every one else with whom Merlem
came in contact was, almost without
exception, either Indifferent to her or
cruel. There was the old black hag
who looked after her, for example,
Nahum, toothless, filthy and i'll tenn
pered.
She lost no opportunity to cuff the
little girl or even lnfllct minor tortures
upon her. And there was the sheik,
her father. She feared him more than
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lection of gentle mother. But Me-
riem was not sure but that even this
was dream picture induced by her
own desire for the caresses she never
received.
Suddenly there arose sounds Of al
tercation beyond the village gates.
Meriem listened. With the curiosity of
childhood she would have liked to run
down there and learn what 1t was that
caused the men to talk so loudly. 9th
ers of the villagers were already troop
ing in the direction of the noise.
But Merlem did not dare. The sheik
would be there, doubtless, and if he
saw her it would be but another op-
portunity to abuse her, SO Meriem lay
still and listened.
Presently she heard the crowd NOV
ing up the street toward the shelk's
tent. Cautiously she stuck her head
around the edge of the tent. She could
not resist the temptation, for the same
ness of the village life was monotonous
and she craved diversion.
What she saw was two strangers
white men. They were alone, but as
they approached she learned from the
talk of the natives that surrounded
them that they possessed a consider
able following that was camped out
side the village.
They were coming to palaver with
the sheik.
The old Arab met them at the en-
trance to his tent. His eyes narrowed
wickedly when they had appraised the
newcomers. They stopped before him,
exchanging greetings. They had come
to trade for ivory, they said.
The sheik grunted. He had no ivory.
Merlem gasped. She knew that In a
nearby hut the great tusks were piled
almost to the roof. She poked her head
farther forward TO get better view of
the strangers. How white their skins
How yellow their great boards!
Suddenly one of them turned mis-
eyes iu her direction. She tried to
dodge back out of sight, for she feared
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all men, but he saw her. Meriem saw
the look Of almost shocked surprise
that crossed his face. The sheik saw
1t too and guessed the cause of it.
81 have no Ivory" he repeated. II
do not wish to trade. Go away. Go
nowW
He stepped from his tent and almost
pushed the strangers about In the
direction of the gates. They demurred,
and then the sheik threatened. 1t
would have been suicide to have dis
obeyed, so the two men turned and
left the village, making their way i'm
mediately to their own camp.
The sheik returned to his tent, but
he did not enter 1t. Instead he walked
to the side where little Meriem lay
close to the goatskln wall, very fright
ened. The sheik stopped and clutched
her by the arm. viciously he jerked
her to her feet, dragged her to the en-
trance of the tent and showed her with
In. Following her, he seized her again,
beating her ruthlessly.
Stay within |" he growled. "Never
let the strangers see your face. Next
time you show yourself to strangers
shall. kill you'll"
In the camp Of the strangers one
was speaking rapidly to the other.
"There is no doubt of 1t, Malbihn," )"
he was saying, mot the slightest, but
why the old scoundrel hasn't claimed
the reward long since Is what puzzles
me-"
"There are some things dearer to an
Arab, Jensen, than money" returned
the first speaker. Revenge is one of
them"
Anyhow, it will not harm to try the
power Of gold" replied Jensen.
Malbihn shrugged.
"Not on the sheik," he said. 1--WE
might try 1t on one of his people, but
the sheik Will not part with his re-
venge for gold. To Offer 1t to him
would only confirm his suspicious that
we must have awakened when we
were talking to him before his tent.
If We got away with our lives then
we should be fortunate"
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this score was due mainly to the effect
which the death of Conlon had had
upon his own plans.
Now he could not return directly to
his parents, rs he had planned. Fear
Of the primitive borderlnnd law, of
which he had read highly colored, Inn
nginary tales, had thrust him into the
jungle-a fugitive. He dared not re.
turn to the coast at this point, not
that he was so greatly Influenced
through personal fenr as from desire
to shield his father and mother from
further sorrow and from the shame of
having their honored name dragged
through the sordld degradation Of a
murder trial.
With returning day the boys spirits
rose. With the rising sun came new
hope within his breast. He would re-
turn to civilization by another way.
None would guess that he had been
connected with the killing Of the stran-
ger in the little out of the way trading
post upon remote shore.
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Was Equal to the Emeraenoy.

1t was In Sunday school, on the
East side of New York that new In.
depreciation of Moses flight from
Egypt into the Promised Land was
given. The exponent of the old, old
story had told of Moses leadership and
of the attempt Of the Egyptians to
wrest back their slaves from the fast.
moving Moses. "But wasn't 1t wrong
for him to take away the Israelltes
from the Egyptians" asked ore little
fellow, "when they wuz under contract
to work for them?" The speaker saw
he must temporize. This was com.
munity where unions thrived, and the
sacredness of ones bond mustn't he
attacked. "Oh. that was all right" he
explained. 'Moses gave them check
on the bank Of the Red sea-"
The Jasper news., 1917-12-06
(To BE CoNTINUED.)
HEALTH FOUND IN GARDEN
Precipitation That Results Carries
Away Noxlous Elements. and
Strength and Vieor Are Certain.

To the man who woos her earnestly
nature offers store Of unexpected
gifts. Our thousands of amateur gar
deners who have put in the leisure
hours in their little garden patches
have begun to realize that one of the
biggest rewards of their labors may
not be the actual produce they will
obtain, valuable as that may be, but
In the less tangible results on their
own bodily and spiritual welfare.
There is health in the soil of Mother
Earth. The perspiration that results
from your labors is carrying away noS-
ious elements from your blood.
Strength and vigor come from contact
with the soil. In this kinship to the
earth is found one reason that nearly
all of our greatest men have been
country-bred boys. 1t Is why farmer
Fboys Of today are stronger and more
able than youths reared In cities. Do
not be afraid IL your hand acquires a
few callouses or brownish tint. A
well-tanned hand is more fitting SUBJ
ject for pride than soft, white, use
less hand. You may meet with some
failures from not knowing the how and
why of things, but there is a JOY which
cannot fail.
The miracle Of planting seed and
seeing the growth, though a common
thing, contains joy and food for the
heart. Gardening not only brings nour-
lshment for the body and food for the
mind. but 1t expands the soul.--Mll-
waukee Journal.
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CHAPTER v.
The Sheik's Daughter.

Two Swedes Carl Jensen and Sven
Malbihn, after conducting several mys-
terious expeditions far to the south of
the Sahara, turned their attention to
the more profitable business of ivory
pOaching.
In great district they were already
known for their relentless cruelty and
their greed for ivory. The natives
feared and hated them. The European
governments in whose possessions they
worked had long sought them; but,
working their way slowly out of the
north, they had learned many things
in the no mans land south of the Sa-
harn, which gave them immunity from
capture through easy avenues of es-
pursued them.
Their raids were sudden and swift.
They seized ivory and retreated into
the tracliess wastes of the north be-
fore the guardians of the territory
they raped could be made aware of
their presence. Relentlessly they
slaughtered elephants themselves as
well as stealing ivory frem the ma
tives. Their following consisted of q
hundred renegade Arabs and negro
slaves, fierce band of cutthroats.
Remember them, Carl Jensen and
Sven Malbihn, yellow bearded Swedish
giants, for you shall meet them later
In the heart of the jungle, hidden
away upon the banks Of q small unex-
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CHAPTER vi.

His first night In the jungle was one
which the son of Tarzan held longest
In his memory. No savage carnivora
menaced him. There was never a sign
of hideous barbarian, or II there were
the boys troubled mind took no cog
nizance of them.
His conscience was harassed by the
thought Of his mothers suffering.
Self blame plunged him into the depths
Of misery.
The killing Of the American caused
him little or no remorse. The fellow
had earned his fate. Jacks regret on
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L.undered sordIer,s Watch.

Being laundered didn't hurt watch
at San Antonio, Tex. The watch was
thoughtlessly left by the owner in the
pocket of his army shirt. In the pock-
ct 1t was carried to the laundry and
went through the big washing machine.
One Of the laundry employees felt 1t
In the pocket just In time to save 1t
from going through the wringer. The
watch was still marking time.
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Just the Same.

Alice May and her brother attended
birthday party Of a playmate. Ice
cream, cake and lemonade were served.
The boy asked for glass of water.
and Alice said: "Drink your lemon
ade" He responded that he did not
want lemonade, but water. His sister
replied: Drink it; It's Just like water"
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Old Stuff.

"What started this rowT inquired
the judge.
Fighting talk. He called me min.
ion."
"What had you called>hlmT"
~ varlet."
"You're both about eight hundred
years behind the times. That might
have been fighting talk during the
middle ages. 1t isn't now."
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THERE ENTERS THE STORY A PRETTY LITTLE ARABIAN
GIRL NAMED MERlEM, AND SOME VERY WICKED MEN

scientific expedition African
friendly London Greysoke
ape drawing card in music hail. The ape
The
appears oyfuly recognized by
of
murder thief kill Jack but is
killed by Akut
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she did Nahum. He often scolded her
for nothing, quite habitually terminal
Ing his Trades by cruelty beating her
until her little body was black and
blue.
Little Aleriem could scarce recall
any other existence than that of the
stern cruelty Of the sheik and Nahum.
Dimly in the back Of her childish
memory there lurked blurred recol-
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General Tendency.

"It costs Algernon three cents to
send you letter now"
YES" replied Miss Cayenne; "as
with most articles the price goes up,
but the quality does not improve"
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rIaers Abound II India.

Tigers abound In India to this day.
In some parts Of that land the natives,
especially the Hindoos, regard the tiger
with such superstitious awe that they
will not kill one. Some think It is ten
anted by a spirit which makes 1t I'M
mortal.
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Some Reason.

Probably Delilah's hair was getting
thin and she became enraged ut Sam
son becouse lie refused to name the
brand of hair tonic he used.
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A Good Preliminary.

"Goode tells me his daughter Is go
ing to marry title"
elias he had 1t examined?"
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Spain in 1915 produced PATS TASKS
of quicksilver.
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Take na GSrs sSSHd GS1S = SSpsRy 2Rs RE- Tablet.
Druggista refund money II II falls 20 cure. y W.
GROVES signature 10 on each box. Soc.
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Jack spends his first days In
the Jungle. Remorse for the
pain he has caused his parents
makes him miserable. New ex-
periences startle the youth.
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City Of Many Mills.
The English city of Sheffield has 400
steel manufacturing concerns
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New York reports se1 auto thefts In
six months.
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Important 10 Mothera

Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that 1t
The Washington herald., 1917-06-26
(From Todays ~ Y Times)
UNTIMELY ZEAL FOR PROHIBITION

The food administration bill has passed the House of Repre-
sentatves with amendment that finally accepted would the
country s55ooooooo yearly Apart from any other objection to the
attachment of ouand-ou prohibition bill designed
to the nations food supply time of great peril the pros
pectve loss to the of the entire derived annually
liquor open serious objection should keep the
provisions of the bill restricting the foodsus in the
ture of alcoholic liquors within reasonable bounds
In the House of Representatives 3o5 members after bitter
te have chosen to record favong absolute prohibition
the manufacture of Intoxicating liquors during the probable
that many of those who voted for the drastic liquor amendment
uday night did order to get the bill through time confident
that the Senate would reasonably modify it. Restriction of the of
foodsus in diseres may be necessary we'll for law to
recognize the essential fact that food supplies must protected
at whatever cost But to turn the food administration BILL last
moment of the House debate it. into strict prohibition measure
without counting the cost at all going too far utterly unrea-
sonae The pending bill already large enough without
the addition of another huge to make for the elimination of
S35ooooOOO present taxes The effect of the liquor amendment
change the character of the food BILL to make its provisions
practically subordinate to the prohibition of liquors.
All this distraction of legislative energy from the main business
of the hour this continuous attempt to make subsidiary question
principal seriously inteees with measures Senator Wads
the President power prohibit the of food materials in the manu-
facure of distilled liquors. beers and e That the proper method
The plain duty the Senate to eliminate the pobve amendment
and substitute for based intelligent consideration of the
situation
The Washington herald., 1917-06-26
(From the New York World.)
A PERHOUS POLICY

The of the House passing the FoodControl Bill with
bonedy amendment oddng the brewing and dstng of alcoholic
beverages again upon Senate the responsibility of perfeg
crude and advsed legislation from the other end of the Capitol
The Bae amendment forced upon House almost evenly
divided The Even closer the DIVISION 124
upon the Lenroot proposal advance moderation by permit
ting the making of beer and light while banning spirits
That this vital to the instant need of democ
ray and sharp break from the precedent of easiegog times
demand the Nations best thought for Its sake makes the
tricky rider unfogvabe The method
always unfair But when extremist advocates mper the Republic
advance their hobby any any risk when they play
the hands of foodxoon and the German autoacy by eopar
dng imperative national pecauon they acting for the
American people but for Berlin and they condemnation
That the House passed the mshapen bill by almost unan
proves nothing that its members unwilling
appear finally the role of obsuconis Prohibition debaabe
policy ltmay But should stand fall merits
in fair and discussion and seek sanghod upon
which may defeat victory the world
Endangerng the country abroad further dubious domestic
policy by unfair trick only We look the
Senate to reverse this perlous policy.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-26
PATRIOTISM AND BEER

The deprivation of BEER writes the irrepressbe Horao Bot
oy plus the exploitation by the brewers who charging cham
payne prices for stuff dstinguhabe from swpes will
serious and calamitou trouble unless the Prime Minister has the
common sense and courage deaf bgo and conoed
the who works the right food drink good quail
ty and reasonable in price,"
Mr. Arthur Draper in the of inquiry the
OF the industrial Great Britain have found
evidence to Justify Mr. Botomles apprehension He tells
recent dispatch to The Tribune of he had with the
manager of great munitions plant the north n his opinion
says Mr. Draper the greatest of the beer short
age and restrictions and his judgment worth something for he
employer of $4,000 people Nor doubted gov
eminent conscious of the danger of precpang
question OF beer for only the other day admitted officially that
the reduction in the annual output decred last February, had
proved be too drastic Accordingly increase the barreage
has been authorized but with reduction the specific gravity Of
draft beers
is difficult persuade the British workingman that is
of the necessities of life Objection prohibition or to ny
radical aiming prohibition not confined to munion
workers. Quite recently strong protest against the campaign of the
eoaers made by Welsh collier churchwarden of Rhondda
letter THE Times of London I he wrote you cut down
supply of liquid vtay necessary you will coroary
lessen the supply Of coal available allied cause know the
fact and the armchair critics of the Principally please note
they doing their prevent the continuation of the present
inadequate supply
may be answered that proposed the
miners supply of liquid and that he finds plain unpaaabe
ginger beer or barley water with dash of lemon Juice might perhaps
his turn But the miner would not accept such np substitutes
adequate 1t his belief that beer indispensable beverage
and that on his webeng largely depends When he up
of the coier pint of beer what nothing else will do
Strange say medical back the in their belief
One whom "The Times describes "a we'll known doctor
with extensive practice in the mining on the un
questionable physiological virtues of beer and holds be he
best possible thing for workngmen drink Official of the York
shire Miners Association less certain value The great
majority of them want beer he says "and what more they will
have trouble will result Good beer good work. old saying
and know it is true"
Here and there found who hold modern views
coier doctor of Sheffield admitted that drink essential! but
would allow that or indeed anv other
drink containing alcohol He had fact persuaded men
pit to take nonacoholc drink the results obtained in
working he were better than when the beverage
tken But that not the opinion of the average MINER of the
worker the munon factory He can indeed see nothing
in the recent movement toward enforced abstinence
deprive him of physiological necessity and he prepared to fight
with might and main. 1t this traditional mind that the
government has found it impossible to contend with.