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The Washington times., 1918-10-20
TANY feminine glances of
m frank admiration followed
4VA the tall. 1.-the. souare-sbouId-

TANY feminine glances of
W frank admiration followed
@V@ the tall, 1.-the. square-should-
cred form of Grigsby Travis as he
swung through the aisles of the
west-bound express.
Grigsby Travis was in a marked
ly apparent bad humor-cursing
the luck that was driving him west
ward, when he wanted to spend
this weekend furlough at the
beach in the hope of again meeting
The girl he had seen there but for
4 brief instant the previous Mon
day, and with whom he had fallen
overwhelmingly in love.
He had spent last weekend at
the beach, had oversight on Mon
day morning, and in dashing along
the station platform to catch the
train - then about to leave - had
made a quick detour in order to
avoid colliding with a group Of
kiddies, when suddenly, so sud-
denly that he couldn't figure out
exactly how it happened - he
bumped into a young girl.
The velocity of the jolt sent her
spinning around like a top, and
Grigsby fearing that she was about
to fall, grabbed her with his free
arm, and virtually hugged her.
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Copyright, 1918. by Star Company.
The Washington times., 1918-10-20
Conspicuous
nose pores
H0W bfpdlloe them

Compexious otherwise hawless are often
ruined by conspicuous nose pores.
In such cases the small muscular fbres of
the nose have become weakened and do not
keep the pores closed as they should be. In
stead, these pores collect dirt clog up and be-
come enlarged
To reduce enlarged nose pores wiring d
cloth from very not water. lather it with
Woodbury. 5 Facial Soap, then hold it TO your
face When heat has expanded the pores, rub
in very gently fresh lather of WoOdburys
Repeat this hot water and lather application
several times, stopping at Oncc if your nose
fcCis scnSitiCc. Then finish by rubbing the
nose for thirty seconds with a lump Of ice.
Notice the improvement the very first
treatment makes-a promise of what its
steady use will do.
DO not expect TO change in week. however
a condition resulting from years of neglect
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and Grigsby were chatting and
laughing like two happy loving
children.
At the dance that night Billy
drew Grigsby aside TO tell him that
the date was set, and noted the
new light in Grigsby's eyes.
Say, old man." he gibed, has
the dart struck your"
"Yes-with a double strike, Bill,
confessed Grigsby. 'Tf I have my
way the coming weddingn be a
double one.
And Billy" said Grigsby. grave
ly, placing his hand affectionately
upon his chum's shoulder, you're
quite right about the erect OF
Cupid's dart-quite right"
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But use this treatment perSistsRtly. II will
gradually reduce the enlarged pores until
they are incOnspicuOus
Start to make your skin IOUelieT-t0Hight
Get your first cake Of Woodbury's to-day.
Begin now to overcome whatever condition is keep
ing your skin from being as lovely as 1t ShoEId be
Blackheads conspicuous nose pores, oily skin
and shiny nose blemishes a sluggish SallOw skin
treatments for these and others Of the cOmmOneF
skin troubles given In a booklet "A Skin You
Love to Touch" which comes wrapped around the
soap.
You will find a 25c cake sufficient for month
or six weeks OF any Woodbury. treatment and for
general cleansing use during this time
Get a cake to-day II is on sale al all drug
stores and toilet goods counters throughout the
United States and Canada. The Andrew Jergens
Company, Cincinnati New York, and Perth On
tario.
The Washington times., 1918-10-20
By Rene Anquetil

There's Margaret now, Grigs,
and her sister," pointing to a ma
chine in which a tall, slight girl
stood waving to him, and behind
the wheel, blushing furiously, was
the little girl of Grigsby's own
heart.
my new sister, Miss Doris Dun
can" Billy said, when introductions
we're in order.
Jump in Grigs, we'll run you
up" continued Billy. Shall | take
the wheel, Doris?"
mo. You and Margaret may ride
in the tonneau," answered Doris.
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"Unless." glsncing shyly at Grigs-
by, your friend is afraid to trust
my driving"
Not l." laughed Grigsby. leaping
into the seat beside her, "and fate
can never harm me-" he added.
I've an amulet pressed close to my
heart"
"0-oh," gurgled Doris. blushing
rosily, and Grigsby knew that she
understood.
They all got out at the home Of
GFigsby's sister, "for just a porch
call" Miss Duncan said. But long
before they reached there Doris
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ANY have wondered how It is pos
MI sible for artilleryists to aim their
4N4 guns at unseen targets miles upon
miles away and actually register hits. Par
ticularly is this puzzling in the case OF sea
fights, where the target is far below the
horizon. and it is this difficulty that for
long time made experts doubtful of the
existence of the great gun which bonn
barded Paris from a distance Of seventy
miles away.
In the forthcoming issue of Hearst's
Magazine for November DR.. Henry Smith
Williams, the distinguished American ply
sician and scientist, explains in that pub
Hcation's interesting department Science
of the Month" just how this is done.
After discussing the general difficulties
in the accurate aiming of cannon DR.. Will
Jams says:
can interesting question arises as to
what degree of accuracy may be expected
of the marksman when attempting to hit
an object at five thousand yards, or, ap-
proximately, three miles-a very ordinary
range when cannon are in question.
"An inkling of the difficulties involved
will be gained If we reflect that at one
thousand yards a line of men becomes a
mere band of color, heads and legs being
indistinguishable. At twelve hundred yards
horsemen and fOotmen can be distin-
guished; but at two thousand yards the
average eye sees a horse and a man as
only an infnitesimal dot.
"Suppose a sharpshooter with a rife
should attempt to 'snipe a man standing
perfectly still in the open one mile away.
Suppose that he draws a perfect bead,
but at the moment of shooting an infnites-
imal tremor-a pulse-beat, if you will
causes the barrel to waver by so small an
lmount that the sight moves only one-two-
Iundredth Of an inch from its original
position. That ininitesimal variation will
o change the course of the bullet that the
nan aimed at will be perfectly safe. If
he DETECTION of the gun-barrel amounted
one-tenth of an inch, the ball would fly
O wide of the mark that no one would be
INJURED, though a company of fifteen men
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proximately the distance and direction Of
his target; together with the cooperation
Of an airman In q balloon or an alrplane
who will watch the fall Of his trial shots,
and will send him wireless messages tell
ing him BY how far and in Whatdirection
be Is missing the mark.
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fairly accurate estimate Of the distance Of
a cannon may thus be made with the aid
Of so familiar an implement as the split
second watch.
The eliminating feat in marksmanship
in land warfare comes when the gunner II
called upon to hit some object that he can
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not see at all-not necessarily because 1t
is camouhaged. but because 1t lies entirely
beyond his horizon. He is directed. for ex-
ample. to put out Of commission some great
cannon that Is being fred from q wood
land over yonder hills, five miles or so
back Of the enemy's lines
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such a suggestion calls to
mind the proVerbial search for
the needle in the haystack;
yet, under proper conditions,
the gunner may go about this
seemingly hopeless task with
confidence, and with q fair
chance of bringing Il to a
successful issue.
THE favorable conditions
in question include the pos
session Of q map that will en-.
able the gunner to locate ap-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16
Camp Meade Cures.

Lieut.. TON" Cunningham of South
Philadelphia, a member OF the quar-
termastcr's department was chatting
about the negro selected men, relates
the Philadelphia Ledger.
"Boy, oh, boy" he saia. ''They
hand You n laugh in every line. /
was card-indexing one Of those birds
from Tennessee the other day and /
asked him number of questions In a
perfunctOry way. ELEMENTARY educa-
tlonF asked 'Yassah.' High
SCHOOL, 'Yessah' 'CollegeY Yes
sah.' Then / said to him. Where did
you go to schoolT 'Nowhar' he re-
Piled. as quick as that.
"But that's not all," continued
Lieutenant "Tom." 81 showed foun-
tain pen M this darky to sign his name.
He just rolled his eyes for fox sec
onds. and IN IA mournful voice said:
Ma GaWd man, does we get jabbed
every time we move around here7
This darn place am Just one jab after
another
81 didn't know what he meant until
| found out from him that he had Just
got his third shot Of vaccine Ia the
arm lie had never seen fountain
pen, guess. for he thought 1t was an
other new-fangled affair to stab him
with"
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CHAPTER XII.
A Lion and a Lamb.

70 MerieIn, in her new home, the
days passed quickly. At first she
was all anxiety TO be off into the jun
gle searching iOr her KOrak.
Bwana, as she insisted upon call
ing her benefactor. dissuaded her from
making the attempt at once by dis
patching a head man with a party of
blacks TO Kovudoo's village with in
structiOns 10 learn from the old saw
age how he came into possession of
the white girl and as much of her
antecedents as might be culled from
the black chieftain Bwaua particular
Iy charged his head man with the duty
of questioning kovudoO relative to the
strange character whom the girl called
Korak and Of searching for the ape
man if he found the slightest evidence
upon which to ground a belief in the
existence of such an individual.
The white mans wife. whom Meri-
en- had christened My Dear" from
having first heard her thus addressed
by Bwana. took not only deep inter
est In the little jungle waif because Of
her foFIorn and friendless state, but
grew 10 love her IS well for her sunny
disposition and natural charm Of tenn
permanent. And Merlem, similarly i'm
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Famous Policemen Of lac East.

Two OF our most famous gunboats
won their laurels in the East The old
slde-wheeler Monocacy. says a writer
In ST. Nicholas. which has handed
down her Indian name to her Yang
tse successor. was for years one of the
most familiar sights In Chinese waters.
She burned wood. and was unwieldly
as berry boat. but did yeoman service
even as late as the Boxer troubles In
1900. The Petrol. one of Admiral
Dewcy's famous squadron at the battle
Of Manila bay, is now used as station
ship In Cuban waters The Callao.
Don Juan de Austria. Elcano. Isle de
Luzon, Pnmpanga. Qulros Sandoval.
Samar and the Villalobos once few the
flag OF Spain. for they were captured
from the Spaniards at Santiago or Ma
Mia bay. The Villalobos proved too
much of a name for Yankee tars. so
they have rechristened her the Village
Hobo.
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cOurted death in a hundred ways and
a hundred forms. His mind was ever
occupied with "reminiscences of Meri
EN- and the happy years that they had
spent together.
lie realized now to the full what she
had meant to him. The sweet face,
The tanned, supple little body. the
bright smile that always had welcomed
his return from the hunt, haunted him
continually.
Inaction soon threatened him with
madness. He must be on the go. He
must fill his days with labor and ex-
citement that he might forget-that
night might find him so exhausted that
he should sleep in blessed unconscious
ness of his misery until IA new day had
come.
Had he guessed that by any posi-
billty Meriem might still live he would
at least have had hope. His days
could have been devoted to searching
for her, but he believed implicitly that
she was dead.
For a long year he led his solitary,
roaming life. Occasionally he fell in
with Akut and his tribe. hunting with
them for a day or two. or he might
travel to the hill country. where the
balloons had come TO accept him as a
matter of course. But most of all was
he with Tantor, the elephant-that
great gray battleship of the jungle.
the superdreadnaught of his savage
world.
The peaceful quiet of the monster
bulls, the watchful solicltude of the
mother cows. the awkward playfulness
of the calves. rested. interested and
amused Korak. The life of the huge
beast took his mind temporarily from
his own grief. He came to love them
as he loved not even the great apes.
and there was one gigantic tusker in
particular of which he was very fond
the lord of the herd, a savage beast
that was wont to charge Il stranger
upon the slightest provocatiOn or upon
no provocatiOn whatsoever.
And to Korak this mountain of de-
struction was as docile and affection
ate as lapdog.
He came when KOrak called. re
wound his trunk about the ape mans
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16
CHECKING LEAKS TO GERMANY
Every Vessel Leaving New York Has.
Dor 20 Be Fully Seaehed by
U. S. officers.

New York. Jan. 10.-Drastic meas
ures 10 stop secret Information reach
ing enemy nations were adopted by
Byron b. Newton. collector of the port
of New York, who announced that
every vessel leaving or entering the
harbor will be thoroughly overhauled
by specially selected squads of men. II
necessary, it was stated. passengers
and crew will be searched. Even
steamships destined for ports of the
entente allies will be scrutinlzed. II
was said, to avoid possibility of round
about communication with the enemy.
Washington, Jan. lot Is reported
that ammunition for the German army
is being manufactured in America.
possibly under supervision of German
reserve officers, and is being secretly
exported 10 Copenhagen
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The Honorable Mr.. 5aynes
meets Meriem and falls In love
with her. She Is threatened with
an old danger in a new guise.
GRO BE CONTINUED
HOW MATCH FIGURES IN WAR
Scarcity of birthstone Headed Sticks
Results In Special Controller Be-
ing Named in England.

No commodity has had more adven-
lures than the match. The announce
ment of the appointment of a special
controller all TO itself is fitting eli
max to a checkered history, says the
Manchester Guardian. In the memory
of our grandparents the cumbrous
"Prometheans" that sought to displace
flint and steel were a high-priced lux
ury mposSible to the poor.
In T. r lory of our fathers Henry
George, 70. one, condemned the match
as one of the articles that were "too
cheap" He had in mind, of course
the sweating and the poisoning of
workers that for too long went TO the
making of cheap matches.
Yet the popular insistence on cheap
matches turned out of office British
chancellor of the exchequer and coined
an immortal epigram; and the superb
GRITTY Of the matches that can normal
ly be bought in this country over the
flimsy. lifeless, expensive sorts sold
across the channel under government
control has given the free-trader one
of his most homely and incontestable
arguments. The British match must
now suffer control.
Such matches as there are will be
fairly appOrtioned at fixed prices. We
do not doubt that there will be enough
to go round. for, faced with famine
In some districts and with loose
matches at 30 for n penny in others,
people have already begun to make
that economy in consumption which.
with no greater sacrifice than little
care. might easily save a half Of the
matches burned.
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body and lifted him to his broad neck
in response to gesture, and there
would Korak lie at full length, kick
ing his toes affectionately into the
thick hide and brushing the flies from
about the tender ears of his colossal
chum with a leafy branch torn by
TantOr from nearby tree.
And all the while Meriem was scarce
hundred miles awayi
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16
The White Sea.

The White sea in northwestern Rus
STA is a branch of the Arctic ocean
extending into the provinces of Arch
angel. The sea is about 100 miles
wide between the Kaninskaia and
Kola penlnsulas. but it narrows to less
than 80 farther south. widens again
and forms three gulfs-the Kandalak
gulf. that of ArchangeI. into which the
River Dwina falls, aud that into which
the River omega falls. The sea-route
into the White sea was discovered in
1853 by Richard Chancellor, a daring
English sailor. who was brought Up ia
the household Of the father 0f the ia
nous Sir Philip Sidney.
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The Son Of arzan
BY EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
cyynnty nunAx

pressed by like attributes in the gentle,
cultured woman. reciprOcated the 9TH
er'S regard and affection.
And so the days flew by while Me-
riem waited the return of the head
man and his party from the country
of kovudOO. They were short days, for
into them We're crowded many hours
of insidious instruction of the inlet
tered child by the lonely woman.
She commenced at once TO teach the
girl English without forcing 1t upon
her as a task She varied the instruc-
ton with lessons in sewing and de-
pertinent. nor once did she let Meriem
guess that it was not all play. Nor
was this difficult. since the girl was
avid to learn.
Then there We're pretty dresses 10 be
made to take the place of the single
leopard skin. and In this she found the
child rs responsive and enthusiastic as
any civilized miss of her acquaintance.
A month passed before the head man
returned. a month that had transform
ed the savage, little half-naked Man
gam into daintily frocked girl of AT
least outward civilization. Meriem had
progressed rapidly with the intricacies
of the English language, for Bwana
and My Dear persistently refused 10
speak Arabic from the time they had
decided that Meriem must learn Eng
llslI, which had been day OF two after
her Introduction into their home.
But docile as Meriem was in these
matters, there was one thing that she
insisted on during her entire stay with
the kind white folk, and that was her
personal freedom to make excursions
into the jungle, attired very much as
she had been when with Korak. when
ever she chose. Bwana and My Dear
got used in time to finding her room
empty and to have her turn up hours
later flushed and radiant, after a wild
romp through the trees and jungle.
Thus II was that despite the civiliz-
ed boots she wore and the combining
feminine garb. the soles of her hard
little feet and the palms Of her capa-
BILE hands remained exceedingly serv-
iceable. nor did her grace and agility
suffer.
The report of the head man plunged
Merlem into a period of dependency.
for he had found the village of Kovu-
doc deserted. nor. search as ne would
could he discover a single native any
where in the vicinity. For some time
he had camped near the village, spend
ing the days in a systematic search Of
the environs for traces of Meriem's
Korak. But in this quest, too, he had
failed. He had seen neither apes nor
ape man.
Meriem at first insisted upon setting
forth herself in search of Korak. but
Bwana prevailed upon her to wait. lie
would go. he assured her. as soon as
he could find the time, and at last Me
riem consented to abide by his wishes.
But 1t was months before she ceased
to mourn almost hourly for her Korak.
It was about this time that runner
brought a letter that, when she learn
ed the contents. filled Meriem with
excitement. Visitors were coming A
number of English ladies and gentle
men had accepted My Bears invita-
ton TO spend month of hunting and
exploring with them
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16
YANKEES SINK DIVER
STORY OF DESTRUCTION OF U.
Boat BY AMERICAN GUN
NERS Is TOLD.
U. S. SHIP SAVED BALF0UR
Submarine Which Attempted to De-
stroy Liner Baltic, Which Carried
British Foreign Secretary, Is
Sent to Bottom of Channel.

Kansas City. Mo-. Jan 10.-The story
of an attempt by German submarine
to sink the ship ON which Arthur J..
Balfour, British secretary for foreign
aHalrs, made the return trip to Eng
land after his recent visit TO the United
States. and of the destruction of the
submarine by an American war vessel.
is told in letter TO Ii. T. Wright. a
broker here
In making the announcement of the
receipt of the letter. Mr.. Wright said IL
was from "an American business man.
now permanently located in Canada"
who was passenger on the ship with
MIR. Balfour.
The letter says that the steamship
was the Baltic and that it left New
York August ~. After three days zig
gag course 1t reached Halifax and re
manned there IL days. On September
4 II was Joined by Ia conveys from
New York and 80 destroyers," and the
trip was begun. Out at sea, the letter
says, eight British men-of-war Joined
them.
AT seven O'Clock September IA,
the letter goes on, ''as we were enter
Ing the English channel our captain
got rocket from British trawler
that was anchored for the night, which
notified him that there was subma-
rine back of him. on receipt of which
Information he turned his ship at right
angles and the shot intended for Us
passed us.
THE American war vessel that was
on our left enveloped itself in dense
black smoke and, turning like u top.
was on top of the submarine before II
could adjust itself TO submerge and
blew Il IN"
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medicine for woman's ailments I ever
saw. Mrs. SARA SHAW, r. No. l.
Portsmouth, Ohio.
Mrs. Shaw proved the merit of this
medicine and wrote this letter in order
that other suffering women may find
relief as she did.
Women who are suffering as she was
should not drag along from day to day
without giving this famous root and
herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound, a trial. For special
advice in regard to such ailments write
TO Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn,
Mass. The result of its forty years
experience is al your service.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16
DEFEAT GERMANS AT VERDUN
French Drivs Teutons Bsek--Foe suf-
fers Heavy Losses--six Airplsnes
Are Shot Down.

Paris. Jan. 10.-GermHn troops
which attempted TO advance on the
Verdun front on Tuesday after a bonn
bardment were driven back by the
French fire. IT is announced officially
The enemy suffered heavy losses.
Heavy artillery lighting continues
on the Champagne front.
The French. without losses" says
the report. made a successful incur
sion into the German lines west of
ROurenilles"
French nlrmen on Saturday night
bomharded German strategic points.
aud on Sunday brought down or Sc
vere1y damaged six of the enemy's air
planes.
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K0RAK PERSUADES HIS BABooN FRIENDS TO HELP HIM
HUNT MERIEM-THEY RAID BLACK VILLAGE
BUT GET NO TRACE OF HER

Synopss-A expedition
Alexis Pauvitch He brings aboard
original Tarzan inherited of wild life and steals
drawing hall. The makes
him refuses his
joyu recognized by the had
his tribe Akut
him Jack and Akut become friends Pauvtc
kill Jack.
Arabian girl takes her the He
The her from Kovudoo
kills fighting the girl Bwana
to the rescue and takes her TO his wife
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16

Aunt Elizabeth and her nephew
Harold. were looking ut comic pic
ture the characters represented by
insects aud animals. They were point
ing out each kind, but the dragon fy
hadn't yet been located. Soon Harold
spoke up. Il think this is the one,
Aunt Elizabeth lie looks as II he
we're draggin' suinpin'."
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silk as a Protection.

II is said to have been discovered
that If silk is worn next to the skin
there is much less danger from blood
poisoning II the silk fabric is driven
into the wound, than In the case OF
cotton or wool. This has resulted in a
special silk prepared by secret process
that is being used by the war depart
ment
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16

so weak at uIueS l.
could hardly get
around to do my
work, and as I had
four in my family
and three boarders
it made it very hard
for me. Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound
was recommended
to me. / toog it
and it has restored
my health. It 10
rartain1y fha h,ae