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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-26
THAT Old KINfONn

l remember it was tattered and torn
Mute evidence that it had been
worn.
II was ragged and faded and old
Yellow and green mingled with
gold.
II was lengthy and loose and wide
Twas bought when she was a bride
II always swept up every floor
This kimono my wife always wore
o
Henry Ford is willing TO appear
Ia the suit filed against him by the
Navy league. Henry says the league
is out for advertising. We print
the only Latin we know: Et Tu
Fordis.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-26

When a German-American drops into health resort
for few days fishing can one the procedure from
a strictly neutral angle?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-26

Lord Beresford retraCted all he said about the
English aerial service There must have been back
i1g OF his lordship's compressed air.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-26

We are threatened with visit from ESTRADA can
rera president OF Guatemala There is red hot reVo-
union behind Mr. Cabrera and his stay in our midst VIII
depend upon the amount Of GaVtemala swag he gets
away with.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-26

There is nothing pro-German in the movement now
in progress in many Indiana cities TO clean up the
allies
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-26

Perhaps the same thought struck
you, but they always get clear wa
ter when they stage a diving act in
the vaudeville.
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White is TO be the fashionable
color for clothes this summer. SO
veil have plenty OF white and tan
combinations
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-26
ROOMY ROOMS

FOR RENT-Rooms on s. Fifth ST..
with good cement cistern and a
good large garden. Call at AIS s.
Fifth St. west of Glover Leaf depot
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-26

Some OF those military officers get intoxicated over
the announcement OF tight censorship
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-26

THE NEWS-TIMES PRINTING COMPANY
ONCE: 30 W. colfax Av
Home Phone Bell Phone 200
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-26

oPy Zc SUNDAY Sc Morning o. Evening Edition
aSiy including Sunday by mall 800 per year In advance
ey carrier n south Bend and MIshawaka 500 per
year In advance or 12c by the week.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-26

We suppose they retreated through
a mountain pass
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-06-08
LET IN THE LIGHT.
Faded Carpets Are Not as Pitiful 40
Faded Cheeks.

Fresh air enthusiasts are familiar
enough to most of us, but we hear
less of enthusiasm for light. Darkened
parors, darkeued bedrooms. darkened
sickroOms are too common.
Sir B. w. Richardson, the eminent
London scientist and physician, de-
clared that when the professors of
healing enter a sickroom their first
words in most cases ought to be Goe-
the's dying exclamation, "More light,
more light"
The light Of the sun is Gods own
microbe killer, germicide, disinfectant,
prophylactic, sickness healer. There
Is no physician, no chemical antidote.
no compounded prescription to be COM
pared with sunlight. Without it ma,
ture could not perform her functions.
Man, beast, bird, insect would fall vic
Tins to the deadly gases that would
prevail. The horrid mists and deadly
gases are dispersed and decomposed
by the action of light.
Let it in, everywhere! Let the light
in more and more abundantly. Faded
carpets are not as pitiful as faded
cheeks. Spoiled cushions are trivial
compared with spoiled health. Dark,
ened rooms are too suggestive Of dark
ened lives.-Christian Herald.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-06-08
Why Not Be Friendly7

Less than a third of the people in
the average American neighborhood
are natives. In thousands of cases
practically all the population was born
elsewhere. SO why stand off when
some one moves in from another sec.
ton? Why be niggardly with neighbor
liness? OF course one may make an
occasional mistake, but for every I'M
desirable acquaintance we find several
good people worth knowing. You,
your neighbor and the newcomer are
problems Of your community, and as
each of you may be the other two the
problem ought to be simple.
If you are an older resident greet
the newcomer. There is q double
blessing in welcome. In giving you
get.
If you are the newcomer-well, your
duty was never better stated than in
these words Of Ruskin:
1T is good and safe rule to So
joun in any place as If you meant to
spend your life there, never emitting
an opportunity Of doing a kindness or
speaking true word or making a
friend"
The way to fill the lonesome hours Is
to be friendly.-Country Gentleman.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-06-08
DELUDES ITS ENEMIES.
Cunning Of the Castor Oil Plant In
PROTECTING It's Seeds.

Dressing them up to look like foul
tasting bugs, this plant protects her
children from hungry birds. If it were
not for their DISCUSSES the children
might be eaten and never have a
chance to grow and become big plants.
The wise mother plant realizes this.
hence the masquerade. It's the castor
oil plant.
To the average person anything re-
hating to castor oil is not regarded as
much Of a delicacy. Birds, however,
think otherwise. The seeds Of the plant
are like candy to them.
So the mother plant schemes to pro-
tect them. When she sends them out
into the world she clothes them in
variegated and fantastic dress until
the seeds resemble coccinella beetles.
Now, if there is anything birds dis
like more than anything else it is a
coccinella beetle. AS result they
make a wry face when they see the
castor oil beans and pass them by.
These seeds are oval and about a
half inch long. They grow in spiny
capsules, three seeds in each capsule.
To show that the castor oil plant is
no newcomer on the earth, archaeolo-
g1sts write Of finding seeds in tombs
Of ancient Egyptians. - Philadelphia
North American.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-06-08
Artificial Ears,

Artificial ears are so skillfully made
that they may with difficulty be dis
tinguished from natural ones. so it is
claimed.
When the person who has lost an
ear applies to the manufacturer for
substitute there is made a mold Of the
remaining ear. If there be left any
part Of the other mold Of that part
also must be taken to assist in the TT
ting of the artificial Manufacturers
assert that no two ears are alike and
that it takes skillful workman to
prepare an ear from the mold or molds.
When finished the new ear is pasted
on the stump or simply set in the posi-
ton Of the lost ear It Is really only
the first artificial ear that is eXpen-
sive, the chief cost pertaining to the
making Of the mold Vulcanized rub
Der, which can be bent and twisted,
has been found to constitute the best
material for the making Of artificial
earS.-Detroit Free Press.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-06-08
A Question of Size.

If old Cargo Jones was the most in
quisitive man in the village, Tom Nor
ton was certainly the surlieSt.
One afternoon, as Cargo perambulat-
cd slowly along the one narrow street,
he paused at Toms garden fence and
gaZed inquiringly over at Tom, who
was busily mailing a very large box to-
gether.
afternoon Tom said the old chap
genially. "Whatever be zee putin that
great box together for?''
Tom paused in his hammering long
enough to retOrt CURLY:
ITO hold all your questions. if so be
as it's big enough
Cargo eyed him in panied silence for
few moments. Then he took an
empty matchbox from his pocket and
threw it over to Sandy.
Then thatll do for yer civil answers
If SO be as it's small enough" he re-
torted quietly.-London Express.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-06-08
Double Eyed Fish,

There is fish equipped with bifocal
eyes, one-half of the lens for seeing
above the surface of the water and the
other for submarine use. This char
acteristic also gives the fish its popu-
lar name-double eyes.
The fish inhabits the shores of South
America. Sometimes they swim with
the eyes half out of water. Examina-
ton shows that each lens is divided
into two parts by dark band. The
half above the band is out of water
and the other half below the surface.
Naturalists tell us that the fish's eyes
became double from it's practice in
swimming with them half submerged.
Nature made the part Of the eye above
water adapted for seeing in the air.
while the other part remained adapted
for vision under water.
The double eyes grow to about a
foot in length and in Brazil are caught
for food.-Philadelp North Ameri-
can.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-06-08
FIRE BAGS AT SEA.
The Kind They Used In the Day Of the
Old finder Box.

Old finder Box.
Every whaler and sealer that sailed
the seas in the days Of wooden ships
carried fire bag. This was tarpau-
lin bag about foot long and six inches
wide lined with waterproof material,
with interlinings of oilcloth and thick
flannel. Into this was placed the flint
and finder box for kindling fire, and
the bag was then securely fastened
with double flaps and tied to keep its
contents dry.
It was the special duty Of the second
mate to look after the fire bag and in
case Of shipwreck to attach it at once
to his person by means of stout straps
provided for the purpose. Thus if Off
GERS and crew were cast away on some
deserted shore in the desolate arctic
circle the means of obtaining fire to
warm themselves by and to heat food
and drink would not be wanting as
long as the precious fire bag was safe.
The steam whalers and sealers of the
present day still carry a fire bag stow
ed in the lifeboat with the bread and
water, but now it Is of rubber and con-
tains half dozen tin boxes Of matches.
New York Press.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-06-08
Lotteries In England.

Lotteries for the purpose Of raising
money for the state have never caught
on in England. But for definite ends
Of a semistate character, such as build
ing canals or founding a British muse
UNI. sanction has been readily granted
Our first recorded lottery is that Of
1899, when the prizes were pieces Of
plate. the chances 10000 for 10 shil-
lings each and the desirable object the
maintenance Of harbors. But, once
familiar grown. lotteries corrupted the
ancient virtues Of John Bull and by
the time Of Queen Anne the state STEP
ped in and suppressed every private
lottery as public nuisance. By an
act passed in 1923 sanction was given
to a particular lottery, and that was
the last. At the same time all sale Of
tickets for home or foreign lotteries
was forbidden.-London Times.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-06-08
Hin Gilded Promiaas.

"Why did you break off the match?
Didn't you love the girl?"
Eyes. 1 loved her, but saw that our
married life would not be happy. 1t
was better to part in time, was 1t not?"
81 suppose so. But how do you know
that your married life would not have
been happy"
"Well, l had promised her grand
piano and an automobile In fact, l
had made her more promises than I
could p."-Pittsburgh Post.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-06-08
Military SaIuta's Qrioin,

The military salute had curious
origin, if tradition is to be believed. It
Is said that it originated in the days Of
the tournament, at which a queen Of
beauty was chosen to preside. The
knights and their esquires and all who
took part in the tourney on presenting
themselves before the queen lifted each
one a hand level with the brows as
though daZzled by the light of her
presence. A nicely thought out COM
pliment this, and, though its signiti-
canoe is now forgotten, the natural
dignity Of the gesture has preserved it
as an everyday mark of recognition Of
q superior rank.-London Chronicle.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-06-08

One Sunday night the good parson Of
a certain church chose "Hades" for his
theme, and even as he eloquently dis
coursed an absent minded member Of
the congregation began to toy with
nickel plated match safe. Finally the
matches caught fire, and the same was
necessarily dropped to the floor and
covered with large foot.
1T is wonderful. Mary" whispered
IN elderly woman to a friend in the
seat ahead Of the match playing par
ishioner. 1T Is simply wonderful"
II suppose you mean the pastors re-
marks, Sarah" responded the other in
subdued voice.
YES" answered the first, gently
shifting the sulphur scented air. II
have heard Brother White preach
many sermon. but none so realistic
as his."-Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-06-08
Don't Talk Too Much.

Recently voluble salesman was try
ing to close 4 deal with good Gus
toner. The salesman was doing all
the talking, and the buyer was becom-
ing not little annoyed. Several times
the customer started to speak, but the
salesman would choke him of and
start on another line Of argument
Finally the manager saw what was up
and suggested to the seller that he al
low the buyer to say something. This
the buyer did and quickly. He said
that he had been trying for half an
hour to tell the salesman that he
would take the goods. - Farm Ma
chinerV.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-06-08
Field and Nye.

Eugene Field was a great lover Of
old books and quite collector Of them.
His means were not adequate to his
desires, however, and one Of the quaint
est proofs Of this was slip Of paper
found by purchaser Of an old volume
In Fields handwriting, verse parody
ing Shakespeare's epitaph:
Kind friend, for goodness sake forbear
To buy the book thou flnAest hero.
For when do obtain tho pelf
mean to buy tho book myself.
Another bit Of rime which Is thor
oughly American Is in the preface 70
ono Of Bill Nye's books. It runs:
Go. little booklet, 60,
Bearing an honored name,
TIL everywhere that you have weo1
They're glad that you have came.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-06-08
Both ProdiQals.

A young wife demonstrated with her
husband, dissipated spendthrift, on
his conduct. Love-" said he, II am
like the prodigal son. shall reform
by and BY"
II will be like the prodigal son, too"
she replied. "for l shall arise and go to
my father"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-06-08
TIRES OF A MOTORCAR.
Why They Are Found Heated After 4
Iona and Fast Run.

Why They Are Found Heated After 4
Long and Fast Run.
1t is we'll known that after long
and fast run the tires Of an automo-
bile are found to be very hot, and
many have supposed this is the result
Of the friction Of the tire on the road.
The Scientific American says that such
is not the case, at least as to the great
er portion of the heat.
1.-THE real cause of heating" says that
magazine. lis the internal friction Of
the tire itself, for as the tire is being
constantly detected by contact with
the road the various piles, or layers.
which compose the tire do not act uni
formly. and consequently there is more
or less motion between them that re-
suits in friction and heat. The great
er the change in shape in the tire as it
contacts with the road the greater will
be the friction.
"Of course the harder the tire is pump
ed the less will be the friction, but it
is evident that, while perfectly rigid
tire would generate but little heat, it
would fail in giving easy riding. SO
we must put up with some heating and
consequent wear of the tire. The sub
ject is one that is being successfully
studied by the tiremaker."
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-06-08
Souarino HOreoIf,

He-But I asked you, dearest, to
keep our engagement secret for the
present She-I couldn't help 1t. That
hateful Miss Oldun said the reason
wasn't married was because no fool
had proposed to me, so up and told
her you had.--Detroit Journal.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-06-08
Fair ENOUGH.

YES" we admitted. Its fine car,
and we'd be glad to own 1t. but we
can't afford to buy it, and there's no
use wasting your breath trying to per-
suade u.s.
LISTEN" pleaded the agent. This
car isn't going to cost you cent. All
you've got to do is to take out an ac-
cident policy in our favor and the car
is yours. Well even pay the premium
on the policy. Can anything be fairer
than that?'-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-06-08
Outraqeous.

II wouldn't mind paying tax on
my income If had one" said the poet,
"but do object to paying tax on
my hopes. That's what it amounts to
when pay postage on the manuscripts
I send out to editors."-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-06-08
An Artists fad,

A Partisan artist in lieu Of a picture
gallery has a collection Of great paint
ers' palettes, some 500 In number,
among them being Corot's, 1sabey's
and Theodore Rousseau's. On many
Of the palettes are sketches By tho
painters who used them.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-06-08
WILLING to Be tho Goat.

"'Why should the spirit Of mortal
be proud?" quoted the imprisoned
orator.
Then he paused a moment to let it
take effect.
WELL" spoke up half inebriated
man in the audience, "I'll be the goat.
Why should itT'-Chicago Tribune.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-06-08
Appendieularly Spsakins

"Why did you rush out Of the Doctors
Office this morning."
Gle said he wanted to see me apart,
and I wasn't taking chances. Farm
ing Business.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-06-08
Heredity.

Mother-Geraldine's teacher says she
is on the merit roll again. Grandmoth-
er-She's her fathers girl, bless her!
Hiram always did the most meretri.
ciOus work.-Judge.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-06-08
WycIine's Bible.

John Wycliffe, completed the transla-
ton Of the whole Bible for the first
time into the language Of the English
people, He was born near Richmond,
IN Yorkshire, about 1924.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-06-08
A Case of fifty.Eiftv

HALF the world doesn't know how
the other half lives.'
That's the half that minds its
own business probably. "-Philadelphi
Ledger.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-06-08
Defined.

Knicker-What is will? Bocker-A
process giving what you can't use to
somebody whom somebody else doesn't
wish to have it.-New York Sun.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-06-08
Proving Him WRONG.

From your bumps l should say you
are a very quarrelsome fellow
"Well, you're liar! See? And IL
you say it again III smash your jaw"
Exchange.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-06-08
Quite tho Contrar

81 hear all the prisoners broke out
who were in Jail last week."
"What! A general Jail deliveryT'
"Oh, no; an epidemic Of measles!"-
Baltimore American.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-06-08

The smallest thing well done be-
comes artistic. Matthew'S.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-06-08

Life is lease imposed on the tenant
without previous communication Of the
conditions In the contract.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-06-08

The essence Of knowledge is, having
II, to apply it; not having it, to confess
Your ignorance. Confucius.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-06-08
Hanged the Clever Foraer.

OF curious petitions against the
death penalty being enforced one re-
calls the eighteenth century case Of
William Lyland, who was sentenced
for forging a bill for Fila on the
East India House. The forgery was
a work Of art. No less than thirty
signatures were initiated, and at the
trial not one of the victims could
swear that the signature was not his
own. However, with the help Of the
paper manufacturers Ryland's guilt
was brought home. Then came the
petition of his friends. So clever a
man ought never to be hanged, they
pleaded. His craftsmanship should
save him. 1t gained him a respite.
He was allowed to finish a fine en-
craving he had begun. but nothing
more. Though the engraver was IA
vorite Of George ILL.,, that king quite
failed to see how a forgery could be
excused on the ground that it was a
clever forgery.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-10-12
ESSANAY'S GREAT TRIO
AT THE EMPIRE TO-DAY

Francis X. Bushman. Ruth Stone
house and Bryant Washburn. the
great trio of the Essanay company.
are playing the feature attraction
at the Empire theater today The IT,
tie of this play is "A Man for A
That" Frank Willard (Franeis X
Bushman). wealthy clubman be.
comes disguised with society. He
chances to see newsboy sharing his
slender funds with beggar, and this
gives him an idea. Clothing himself
in shabby attire, he leaves note
for Grace Meredith telling her he
has gone out of the city, and then
seeks the newsboy. He says he Is
out of work and starving and the
boy takes him into his home where
he lives with his grown sister Ruth
Davis (Ruth Stonehouse). Willard
goes to work as a laborsr and con-
tinues to live with them. The girl
falls in love with him, and he re-
ciprocates the affection. One day the
boy comes home excitedly displaying
a paper with the photographs OF
Willard and Miss Meredith and the
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-10-12
BIG LIAGUERS ~
TRANSFORMING TOT z

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. i2.--SevegAl
big league baseball stars are in the
lineup OF the team which Joe Gard
ner, owner of the local Texas league
club. took with him today on barn
storming tour through West Texas.
New Mexico and Arizona.
The following players are making
the trip: Iris Speaker. Claude
Cooper. owen Wilson and Happy
Crouch. outfielders: Roger Hornsby,
Arch Tanner. Chick knapp. Tullos
Ems, AL Gardner and Snedecor, sin-
fielders: Frank Snyder and William
Alexander. eatchers: Cliff Hin. Com
pere. Sewell. Lewis and Conley
pitchers.
All the players are native Texans
with the exception of Crouch from
ohio. Ems from Missouri, Conley
from PENNSYLVANIA and Snedecor
from Alabama.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-10-12

the old-time recipe improved by the
addition of other ingredients. Thou
sands of folks recommend this
ready-to-use preparation, because it
darkens the hair beautifully, be-
sides no one can possibly tell, as ii
darkens SO naturally and evenly. You
moisteD sponge or soft brush with
it, drawing this through the hair,
taking one small strand at time.
BY morning the gray hair disap-
pears; after another application or
two, its natural color is restored and
it becomes thick, glossy and lus-
trous. and you appear years younger
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound is a delightful toilet requisite.
1t is not intended for the cure, miti-
cation or prevention of disease
(Adv.)