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The Washington herald., 1918-02-21
THE TERRORS OF WAR

Pluck and stamina, vim and vigor,
bravery and efficiency are all de-
pendent on good health. Whether
victory results from the cannon's
mouth depends on the men behind
the guns. 1t only takes a knock
down blow to finish a man with
shaky nerves, with headache or
backache. bilious-with kidneys or
liver impaired.
1t was not until the discovery by
Sir Arthur Gerod. in 184S, that the
blood of. gouty patients contained
uric acid in an excessively large
amount, that much attention was
paid to this subject. Later scientific
men learned that in gout, also
rheumatism, the kidneys do not
work properly to throw off the uric
acid poison; consequently uric acid
crystals are deposited in and about
the joints, in the muscles, where
an inflammation is set up in the
nearby tissues.
Hague has said, that "gout is
rheumatism and rheumatism is
gout." If uric acid is formed in ex-
cess within the body II is passed on
to the kidneys. which act as a filter
to pass of this poison. II the ex-
cess is not excreted by the kidneys,
1t is distributed through the tis-
sues The choice sites for such
storage are in the joints, MUSCLE
sheaths. where the circulation IL
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21
PURELY PERSONAL.

Ellis G. Myers, of the Government
Printing Office, who has been ill, ex-
poets to resume his duties at his office
in a couple of days.
Friends of Harry Gusack, popular
local newspaper man, will be glad to
hear he has arrived safely in France.
Mr.. Gusack is enlisted as a field clerk.
Miss Effie E. Ashman has accepted
position as stenographer and type
writer in the Ordnance Department.
Meyer Davis has returned from a
business trip to Philadelphia.
Donald NJ. Marvin has received an
appointment as statistician in the Ord
nance Office of the War Department.
Clyde C. Brady has recently returned
from a business trip to Trenton, New
Jersey.
Maurice r. Blackman has accepted
a clerical position in the War Depart
ment.
Miss Ada Harling will visit relatives
in Winchester, Virginia, within the
next week.
James Smithson, who has been In
Washington en- business several days,
has returned to Pittsburgh.
Roy l. Noonan, of Montgomery,
Ala, has been added to the corps OF
government workers in Washington.
Edwin Atkinson has been appointed
to the Metropolitan Police Force as a
traffic policeman.
Edward F. Colladay, of this city, has
returned after a visit to st. Lonis Mo.
Floyd Kidwell, of Hunters, Virginia.
has enlisted in the army and left for
camp.
Miss Alice Hughes, Of New York, is
on visit to Washington for some
time.
James F. Melody will leave today for
Fort Worth. Texas, where he has en-
listed in the Aviation Corps.
Miss Kathleen Lester has returned
from a short visit at Upperville, Pa.
Mrs. Thomas F. Logan is making a
short visit to New York.
Mrs. James Winston has returned
to her home in New York after making
a short visit here.
Mrs. Charles Warren is spending a
few days in Montclair, N. J.
Arthur Graham Glasgow is spending
few days in New York.
]. H. Fahy is preparing for q trip
to California.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21
ORGANIZE new
OPTICAL UNIT
FOR THEFRONT
E. W. Stork Conceived Plan.
Capt. F. H. Edmonds :.
In Charge

Originated by one Washington
man, e. w. Stork, and headed by an
other, Capt. F. H. Edmonds. an "op-
teal unit" is now in process of forma-
tion and will shortly go to France.
Fifty men with complete equipment
will comprise the first unit. Later
this force viii be increased and ad-
ditional units sent over. The entire
needs Of the American forces will be
taken care of by these units.
Workshops will be set up in auto
mobiles that will go from place to
place on the front, working from a
base at which eighteen or twenty
men will be stationed. These will be
able to turn out about two hundred
pairs of glasses daily.
Capt Edmonds refused to discuss
the new corps yesterday, but admitted
such a corps was under formation.
An announcement made at his Office
said:
Under the authority Of the Sur
geon Generals Office an optical unit
will shortly go overseas.
This unit will take care of all the
needs of the officers and men of the
American expeditionary forces in re-
gard to their spectacles and eye
glasses.
Complete equipment and a corps of
fifty highly trained men will comprise
the first unit. This may be enlarged
and expanded.
Somewhere in France a base unit
will be established utilizing the serv-
ices of IS or 20 men. The remainder
will be distributed among eight mobile
units. These mobile units will be at
tached to hospitals along the various
fronts.
Communication will be established
with the base unit by means Of field
mail and motorcycle service.
THE base shop will be able to pro-
duce about 300 pairs Of glasses a day."
E. w. Stork, who will be in charge
OF the business of Capt. Edmonds dur
ing his absence. conceived the idea
and worked out the plan for the corps.
1t is probable that Capt. Edmonds
will be kept at the head of the addi-
tional units sent to the front.
Equipment has been ordered from
the factories and is being gathered to-
gether at the port of embarkation.
Most of the men who will comprise
the corps are opticians called In the
first draft, and are stationed at Fort
Sill, Okla
Henceforth, It is announced, there
will be very few exemptions or dis
charges on account of defective eye
sight. Glasses will be made to correct
the trouble.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21
WAR COUNCIL
TO HELP NAVY,
SAYS DANIELS
Coordination on Land and
Sea Should Be Made
Easier.

While not directly controlled by
the supreme allied war council. the
naval forces of the allied nations
are operating under a policy which
is in thorough accord with the cen
tral authority supervising land ac-
tivities. This was made clear by
Secretary Daniels last night.
Naval operations are directed by
the Inter-Allied Naval Council, said
the Secretary. The naval council
works in coordination with the
war council.
The Versailles decision to set up
central authority to coordinate
the strategy of the allies, as out
lined in the House of Commons by
Premier Lloyd George, according to
the understanding here, makes it
much more simple than in the past
for the allied naval forces to lend
their full strength to the vigorous
prosecution of the general allied
war aims. The naval forces, with
no body to exercise supreme direc-
tion of war policies, were likely to
work at cross purposes.
Now, with a single central organ
iZation directing land activities, the
Inter-Allied Naval Council will find
its task simplified greatly. ,. AS a
result Of this newly-developed con-
dition. some naval men foresee the
possibility of a great combined al
lied land and sea drive against
enemy strongholds.
Secretary Daniels declined to say
whether there was contemplated a
general attack on the German naval
base behind Helgoland. Neither
would he say whether any serious
attempt would be made to reach the
enemy feet by air attacks.
Equal reticence was shown when
the question was asked IL any
feeling out" air attacks on the
Kiel Canal had been made. Reports
have been in circulation for some
time that sporadic bombing raids
against the German high seas feet
base have been made with success.
The allied navies are ready for
any emergency. If the enemy feet
should attempt to come out from
its hiding place. a force adequate
to offer successful resistance would
be found with guns loaded and the
command to fire on the officers
lips.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21
RUN
AS GARRISON
FIRES PISTOL
Deputy Sheriff Of Hyatts-
vile Prevents Robbery
of Postohce.

Engaging in a pistol duel from
his bedroom window early yester-
day morning. Deputy Sheriff Thomas
Garrison succeeded in driving Off
three yeggmen who had dynamited
the safe in the postoffice. at Hyatts-
VILE.
Entrance was gained to the post
office by forcing the rear door.
Deputy Sheriff Garrison's home is
only a short distance from the
postofrice. He was awakened by a
muffled explosion and. seeing a dim
light in the rear of the postoffice,
opened fire into the rear door.
1t is thought by Sheriff Garrison
that one of the yeggmen was
wounded. Groans were heard when
the three men were seen to enter a
waiting automobile. The automo-
bile drove away in the direction of
Baltimore.
The safe contained about $500
worth of postage and war savings
stamps, all of which were untouch-
ed by the yeggmen in their haste
to escape.
A number of coats, blankets and
tools used to deaden the sound of
the explosion was found in the
building after the yeggmen had
made their escape. The safe was
badly damaged.
Miss Mary w. Tise is postmistress.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21

weakest, and where also the al
kalinity of the blood is lowest. Con-
seQuently we must do everything to
throw off this uric acid poison, and
simple methods are best. Flush the
kidneys by drinking to s glasses
Of water between meals. A pint of
hot water a half hour before meals.
Take Anuric double strength)
three times a day for awhile, In
vigorate and assist the kidneys to
flush out the uric acid .poisons.
During cold or rainy weather the
circulation is apt to be sluggish and
the blood stream retarded. II uric
acid is present 1t is apt to clog the
capillaries. This accounts for many
acute conditions, such as headache.
neuralgia. gastric disturbances and
dull mind. As the condition pro-
crosses, we often have lumbago, dis
ease of the heart and arteries,
breaking down of the kidneys,
rheumatism and. gouty symptoms.
Eat less. meat, drink more water
and take An-u-ric double strength)
after meals and at bedtime for sew
eral weeks at a time. and you will
be free from uric acid and diseases
that follow.
Anuric is a recent scientific dis
covery by DR.. Pierce, Chief Of STAFF
at the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical
Inst. in Buffalo. N. Y. Send 10c to
him for a. trial package -of Anuric.
Large package. 60c.--Adv.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21
"Beieue IN the Lord Jesus Christ as
Saviour and You Shall Be SaUed"

preacher, not the evangelist. not the
presiding elder"
Come unto Mech, not to the
President, not to the pope.
Come unto Me- said Jesus, Il
will give you rest!'
Intimate Relationship.
So. 1t is a personal. intimate re-
lationship with God through faith
In Jesus Christ If we are going to
be saved. Now, here you are over
here in the DEVILS kingdom. You
want to get out. How are you go
ing to do It? There is the Lord over
there and here you Nare-how are
you going to get out Of there? The
Bible says, IF Thou wilt confess
with thy mouth the Lord Jesus
Christ"-that's one step-"and be-
lieve in thy heart that God raised
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21

him from the dead"-oh, there are
multitudes of men, my friends,
standing straddle OF the proposition.
But they won't take that last step
IT thou wilt believe in thy heart
Jesus Christ"-multitudes of them
believe but that's as far as they will
go so one foot is the devils and
the other Is the Lords.
am standing here tonight, ]
am a mediator. am mediating be-
tween God and his message and this
vast audience OF men and women.
am a mediator. one that goes be-
tween. I am standing here be-
tween the offended. God. and the
offender, mankind.
What must do to be saved %
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
as your Saviour and you shall be
saved"
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21
A Free Trial of Pyramid Pile Treat
ment Will Answer the Question
Emphatically,

the cases Of many who did try this
remarkable Pyramid Pile Treatment
and who have since written us let
ters bubbling over with Joy and
thankfulness.
Test 1T at our expense by mailing
the below coupon. or get o oOc box from
your druggist now. Take no substitute.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21

further supply s not syaiIsbIe. Rus
sia's cotton crop during the cotnin
year WIN be very small becaua
the disorganizafion Of The countr.
the lack OF seed. machinery an
money. and the doubtful situation n
gsrding state land rights.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21

Billy Tells Tabernacle Audience Old-Time
Christianity, Which Accepts God as True
Redeemer, Is the Shortest and Only Way
to Salvation, Even in These Modern Days
of New Ideas.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21
RUSSIA NEEDS COTTON.

Petrograd. Feb. z-Reports re-
ceived here from Moscow cotton
factories Indicate that such OF them
as are still running win exhaust
their cotton supplies by Easter. A
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21

c. W. and John Abel. of Harpers
Ferry, w. Va, were recent guests OF
relatives in this city.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-26
MEAN TO STAMP OUT 0BEAH
Authorities Will Put Stop to Practice
Too Long Prevalent in the
Virgin Islands.

The American officials of the Virgin
islands have taken steps to deal with
the novel but serious crime of obeah,
which has long been practiced in the
islands. Matilda Francois has been
arrested and incarcerated as an obeah
woman, and announcement has been
made that prompt action will be taken
by the Americans to show that this
wicked and shameful practice must
cease.
The obeah is a sort of first cousin
of the voodoo of darkest Africa, which
is said to be still practiced in the in
terror of Hayti, and which has not
been entirely stamped out in other
islands of the West Indies group. The
obeah man or woman sets up as q sort
of witch doctor processing to cure all
ills by use of charms, to be skilled in
the preparation of love philters, and
of connections that are believed to be
certain to bring harm to the enemy of
the victim who pays.
Superstition still has such strong
hold on the minds of those who be-
lieve in obeah that they pay their good
money and protect them in court until
obeah cases at times have become the
bane of officials. Often convictions
/ are only brought about through deep
laid plots and Skillful work on the
part of the police.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-26

right, but it seemed a never-ending
time"
What made me so long?" he
echoed, bending his rough cheek down
against the warm smoothness of hers.
Lord, / didn't know you wanted me.
l amt no t~elepathist, hon. You never
peeped one little word since 1 left.
How long you been here?"
"Since last September She smiled
up at him. Didn't C%ourvoiseur's man
deliver a message from me to the
mine? Didn't you come in answer to
my note?"
Great Caesars ghost-since Sep
tember-alone! You poor little girl !"
he murmured. "No, if you sent word
to me. through C~ourvoiseur I never got
it. Maybe something happened to his
man. l left the Klappan with the first
snow. Went poking aimlessly over
around the F1nlay river with a couple
of trappers. Couldn't settle down.
Never heard a word from you. I'd
given o up. 1 just. blew in this way
by sheer accident. Girl, girl, you don't
know how good it is to see you again,
TO have this warm body of yours cud-
died up to me again. And you came
right here and planted yourself to wait
till 1 turned up?'
"Sure!" She laughed happily. "But
l sent you word, even If you never got
it. Oh, well, it doesn't matter. Moth.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-26
The Sixth Sense.

Human beings have a real sixth
sense, says Science, in the shape of
a sense of equilibrium. This sense is
coming in for much intensive study to-
day, because it is probably the most
important qualification for the success
full aviator. 1t has been found to re-
side in three tiny canals in the inner
ear. These three canals are located
in the bone of the. skull and are filed
with q liquid in which nerve filaments
from the auditory nerve terminate.
In some way not yet clearly under
stood, through these canals and nerves
the individual can tell, without being
able to see or feel, just how nearly up
right his position is. The sense is much
more keenly developed in some people
than In others.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-26
Be ~Uncommoniy Good.

Here is a sentence of Coventry Pat
more's, one of the many jOttings which
were found in manuscript after his
death: ''If you wish to be good, the
easiest, indeed the only way, is to be
heroically So" That is profoundly
true. We are not going to be common
" good until we are uncommonly de-
voted to goodness. That is to say, the
easiest way to Gods will on the ordi-
nary road is to bring to each task and
duty a life of uttermost conservation.
It is only the really full life that will
make little things live. If there is to
be the heroic flavor in our ordinary
fellowships it must be born out of Il
supremacy surrendered life to the fell
lowship of God in Christ our Lord. We
are too prone to try to be good on Il
perilously low pressure, and we cannot
get along. There is no strength in our
goodness. We are not impressive. 1t
makes no mark. 1t cannot burn a trail !
There is not heat enough. If we had
more heat, if we were baptized with
the Holy Ghost and with fire, the orGi-
nary things of the ordinary day would
pulse with the power of holy consecra-
TOM. H. Jowett, D. D.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-26
FRIENDS ONE COULD SPARE
Most of Us Have at Some Time Suffer
ed at the Hands cs Jnthinking
Persons.

The fellow who buttonholes you, or
picks hairs off your coat, and maybe
winks a roguish sort Of wink, isn't in
it with the shoulder hitter and crazy
bone crusher. He doesn't appear to
be afraid of your breaking away, but
wants to be confidential and intimate.
Then there is the fellow who per-
lists in trying to keep in front of you.
He necessarily crowds you to the edge
Of the sidewalk OF to the wall.
His understudy is the chap who tries
to keep step with you without being
able to get your step. Taking about
three steps to your two he is forever
losing the step and forever trying to
catch it. When you try to accOmmo-
date your step to his you are apt to
find him trying to accommodate his
step to yours, SO that you only muss
up a bad mess.
Don't kill 'em. Heaven is just and
they get what's coming to them; may
be not as hot as you would serve it.
but they'll get it all right.
There are those who persist in talk
ing when we don't want to talk, o to
be talked to. And there are others,
notably those who persist in talking
when we want to talk ourselves. 1t Is
difficult to say which of these is the
worse bore.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-26
Sunlight DISTRESSING.

In addition to the wind there is an
other, popularity of the inland ice
which adds to the difficulties to be
encountered in the Arctic. That is the
extreme intensity of the sunlight,
which can be realized only by those
who have experienced it. During the
summer months the sun shines as
brightly there In clear weather as any
where further south, and this contin-
GUS brilliancy is intensified a hun
dredfold by the reflection from endless
fields of glistening, sparkling snow,
unrelieved by a single object. The
strongest eyes can stand such a blind
ing glare only a few hours without
protection. We always wore heavy
smoked glasses, and when in camp
found it impossible to sleep without
still further protecting the eyes by
tying a narrow band of fur about them
to exclude the light. Only when a
storm is brewing does this intense
light become subdued. At such times,
however, the sky and snow take on a
peculiar gray, Opaque light, which is
even more trying than the sunlight
Century Magazine.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-26

ing matters now. You're here, and
an awful p~ig-headed idiot. Do you
think you can take another chance
with me?"
"Say'-he held her off at arms
length admiringly-'do you want to
know how strong l am for taking a
chance with you? Well, l was on my
way out to flag the next train East,
just to see-just to see if you still cared
two pins; to see if you still thought
your game was better than mine"
'Well you don't have to take any
eastbound train to find that out" she
cried gaily. I'm here to tell you I
care a lot more than any number of
pins. Oh, I've learned a lot in the last
six months, Bill. / had to hurt my
self, and you, too. I had to get a jolt
to jar me out of my s~elf-centered little
orbit. l got it, and it did me good.
And it's funny. l came back here be-
cause l thought l ought to, because it
was our home, but rather dreading it.
And I've been quite contented and
happy-only hungry, oh, so dreadfully
hungry, for you"
Bill kissed her.
81 didn't make any mistake In you,
after all" he said. You're a real
partner. You're the right stuff. /
love you more than ever. If you made
a mistake you paid for it, like a dead
game sport. What's a few months?
We've all our life before us, and it's
plain sailing now we've got our bear
ings again."
"Amen!" she whispered. "I-but,
say, man of mine, you've been on the
trail, and 1 know what the trail is.
You must be hungry. I've got all
kinds Of goodies cooked in the kitchen.
Take off your clothes, and I'll get you
something to eat"
"P1l go you," he said. 81 am hungry.
Made a long mush to get here for the
night. 1 got six huskies running loose
outside, so if you hear 'em scuffiine
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-26
HAS BIBLE PRINTED IN 1920
and Wormeaten, Which Has Been
Carried Through Many Wars.

A Bible printed in 1920, the year the
Pilgrims landed in America, is in the
possession Of Mrs. May L. Abbott Of
st. Paul. 1t is worn and bent from
being carried for many years in a SOL
dier's knapsack, as well as yellowed
and wormeaten from the passage
through nearly three centuries. The
book was purchased by Mrs. Abbott's
husband, the late William L. Abbott.
printed at London by Bonham Nor
ton and John Bill, Prints to the
| Kings Most Excellent Majesty, Ammo
Domini 1920" is the announcement the
title page carries, and the excellent
workmanship Of the volume proves the
ability of its early producers.
The Bible, Mrs. Abbott says, could
tell interesting tales If it had the gift
of speech. 1t was carried through the
peninsular campaign in Spain, at the
battle of Waterloo, at the battle Of
New Orleans, and at earlier battles in
this country by Sergt. William Kay Of
Nottingham, England. Inserted in it's
pages are sheets bearing a recon
m%endation Of Sergeant Kay for a PEN
sion.
He gave it in 1870 to William
Holmes of st. Paul, who was it's own
er until its sale to Mr.. Abbott.