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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-08
Doctors Stand Amazed at PoWer
of Bon Optic to Make Weak Eyes
Strong---According to DR.. LeuDiS
Guaranteed to Strengthen Eyesight 500
In One Weeks Time in Many Instances

reasonable time and multitudes more
will be able 20 strengthen their eyes
so as 10 be spared the trouble and Ell
pense Of ever getting glasses. Eve
troubles Of many descriptions may be
wonderfully benefited by the use of this
prescription. Go 20 any active drug
store and get a bottle Of Bon-Opto tab
let's. Drop one BOn-Opto tablet in n
fourth Of a glass of water and let il
dissolve With this liquid battle the
eyes two TO four times daily. You
should notice your eyes clear up per
ceptibly right from the start and IN
fiammation and redness will quickly dis
appear. III your eyes bother you even
a little il Is your duty 20 take steps "a
save them now before il is too late
Many hOpelessly blind might have saved
their sight if they had cared for their
eyes in time.
Note: Another prominent Physician. 10 whom
the above article was submitted. said: Yes
the Bon Optic prescription Is truly n wonderful
eye remedy. It's constituent ingredients are we'll
known TO eminent eye specialists and widely
prescribed by them. | have used N very sue-
cessfully in my own practice on patients whose
eyes were strained through overwork or misft
glasses. can highly recommend Il in case az
weak. wateTy, aching. smarting. itching. bum
ing eyes. red lids. blurred vision or for eyes in
famed from exposure 70 smoke. sun. dust or
wind. IL is one Of the very few preparation
feel should be kept on hand for regular use an
almost every family" BOnOpto. referred a.
above. is not a patent medicine or a secret
remedy. IL Is an ethical preparation. the for
mula being printed on the package. The man
ufacturcrs guarantee II 10 strengthen eyesiFht
80 per cent IN one week time in many instances
or refund the money. II can be obtained from,
any good druggist and is sold i'm this city b.,
Wettick's Cut Rate Store and other drug
gists.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-08
INDIANA GETTING
READY FOR FIGHT
Politics Cast Aside Over State
in Preparation for War
With Germany.
Nevs-TImes - -:

-NeHt- INES NNfflal E@FNlfes
INDIANAPOLIS April T. Indi-
ana has forgotten politics in its
grim preparation for war. Men OF
all parties are joining hands here
for the struggle that is TO come. In
the shadow OF the monument CT her
great war goyeraor-Morton.- lin
the approach 20 the Indiana state
house. the HOOsier state late this
week stepped into the front rank N
the states Of the Union with a gil
gantic voluntary meeting OF leaders
in agriculture development, dairy
business. grain business, fertilizer
business. banking business. fruit
growing. stock raising and other
food - and maintenance-pr producing
industries. al which plans were laid
for the quick mobilization OF Indi-
ana's resources for the coming war.
Democrats and republicans linked
hands beneath the flaming crimson
OF the flag that now hangs down
from the glassed-in roof Of the
statehouse and pledged themselves
10 lend their aid wherever possible
10 the making OF the best fsnt that
Is in them for the nations honor.
Indiana Ready.
Almost directly under this flag
the headquarters OF the Indiana ma
tional guard had IT'S preparations
practically completed for swift mob
ilization and recruiting 20 hll the
ranks OF the companies in each unit
was progressing satisfactorily
throughout the state. Already
Washington knows that Indiana has
responded 20 the call for troops in "a
way that outstrips many states. II
always has been so when the federal
government has called for soldiers.
And. as II I'm response to this record,
Washington already has announced
that indianapolis viii be perhaps
the foremost military center Of the
country during the coming conflict,
in mobilization and training way.
The donation OF the famous Indian
apolis Motor speedway grounds and
buildings for government service,
by its owners, will assist materially
in plans the government is known
20 have. IL is probable that the
greatest aerOnautical training sta
ton in the country will be estab-
lished on these expansive grounds,
so Washington dispatches say. Fort
Benjamin Harrison. well-placed for
the Capitalization OF army units will
figure much in the dispatches of war
import from now on.
Thus is it practically certain that
Indiana politics. for the time being.
at least, must take a back seat.
while the state prepares to do it's bit
for the nation. Already all COM
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-08

Sunday school will be at 10 a. m. A
special service of the AIishawaka
and River Park Young Peoples So
ciety will be held at o'clock at the
Mishawaka church. Rev. Webster
OF South Bend will give an address.
Prayer meeting Tuesday evening.
Class meeting Thursday evening,
Rev. A. G. Wolford class leader.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-08
DUTCH ISLAND

Miss Eleanor Schroeder and Miss
Mildred Heminger were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Schroeder and
family. south of Mlshawaka, Satur-
day and sunday.
Mrs. William Bonney. who is i'll n
81. Joseph hospital, is very much
improved.
Howard Reese of Chicago is a
guest of his grandmother. Mrs.
Sarah Berk heiser.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-08
BSRRIEN SPRINGS, MICH.

Seward Vanderhoof. a former res
ident of this village, died at his home
in Owosso, Mich. He was injured a
week ago by a fall from a load OF
lumber. He leaves a wife and one
son. Eedward anderhOof, of Water
Vliet
The June band was entertained
Wednesday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. NJ. W. Alger
Mrs. Louis Samson has returned
to her home in Homer, this state
after a weeks visit with home peo-
pie.
Miss Allie Bradley of South Bend
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-08
INDIANS WILL ENLIST
Thousand COmanrhes Offer Their
Services To President.
q lHzERhlA1on8L,
international News Service

lnternational News service:
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, April
7.-One thousand COmanche Indians
of Oklahoma have offered their SER
vices to Pres't Wilson for the war
with Germany. If they are accept
ed they will equip themselves, ac-
cording TO word received from the
reservation near Lawton.
Several hundred now are camping
at Fort Sill waiting to be taken to
the colors.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-08
LEARN L. s. SONG

international News Service:
PARIS, April 7.-Parisians have
begun 10 familiariZe themselves with
The Star SpaEgled Banner" which
up 10 date. has been one of the least
known national anthems.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-06
Crow Is omnlxerou.,

In order to get u living in New
England during the winter the crow
has developed catholic appetite, and
persons who have made study of the
bird and its bill of fare say that the
crow is. Omniverous in the broadest
sense of the word. In pinch he will
eat anything. The principal items on
his bill Of fare are beetles, spiders
weevils. grasshoppers, moths, butter.
flies. caterpillars, bees, ants, wasps
flies. crabs, shrimps, snails, fish, toads
frogs. young chickens, wild birds and
their eggs, carrion and all sorts of
plants and grains, both wild and cult
waited. Corn constitutes a large pro-
portion of the grain eaten, and this
Is one of the principal grievances of
the farmer against the crow. A bird
with such catholic taste in food is
obviously we'll prepared to meet hard
times and the high cost of living. The
crow will kill and eat small snakes.
He will eat small mammals I'M TO the
size of a cottontail rabbit.-Hartford
Courant.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-06
Substitute for Copper.

The use of soft steel and iron MS
a partial substitute for copper in the
manufacture of decorative metals is
being experimental with in the depart
ment of manual arts at the University
of Wisconsin.
For years it has been traditional for
decorative metal products to he made
wholly or in large part of copper. brass
or some other alloy of copper. The
price Of copper is now so high, more
than so cents a pound. that substi-
-tute is needed in decorative metal.
The kind of steel and iron required
In this kind of work costs Mt present
IA cents a pound. In many respects
this steel is as good, If not better, than
copper. It works easily, wears as
we'll. is not discolored or oxidized as
quickly, and for many uses is even
stronger than copper. It lacks the
red-gold luster. but can be given a
silver-hued burnish. or can be decorat-
ed with paints.-University of Wiscon.
sin Bulletin.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-06
Insurance Policy and Marriage


1.-THE important thing is that the in.
surance polfcy-big or should
come into every home with the mar.
rfage license. It should precede the
savings bank account, the home, yes,
even new clothes, or butter on the
table. No man has right to take a
girl out of her fathers home without
protecting her from starvation in case
Of the accident of death.
"There comes the unhappy word
again-death. Yet the shadow of II
need not rest heavily upon us. The un.
fortunate thing about will is that It
is associated in the average mans
life only with death. It should be
associated with life. The time for man
to make will is today, while he can
do it with smile on his lips, and the
jests and good wishes of his witnesses
ringing cheerily in his ears. Such q
man cannot cheat death Of it's ulti.
mate victory; but he robs It of its
sting, for he has made death powerless
to bring poverty and distress to those
who are left behind" Home
Companion.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-06
Communal Kitchens.

It is expected that, with the assent
Of the food controller of Great Brit
ain, an experiment in the use of COM
munal Kitchens will be in vogue very
soon. The need for these aids to the
feeding Of the people is threefold {;
the large number of families who are
unable, through ill;healtA Or other
causes, to participate In the economic
advantages of the war; the difficulty
of obtaining, suitable and nourishing
food for children; and the necessity
of having an organization like this in
direct touch with the central headquar-
ters. The food once cooked Mt the
central Kitchen would be sent out in
large tin-lined boxes or double cans
to the various depots for sale, and in
these big. closed receptacles 1t would
keep hot Il long time. At the depots it
might be we'll to supply hot plates for
the food to stand on so that when
bought 1t would need little reheating
before it was served. says London
correspondent. The demand for a va
riety Of diets can all be met, and
plans have already been thought out
for dealing with thousand-and-0ne
interesting questions that arise.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-06
HEDGES W. Fences.

In many parts Of the country hedges
are taking the place of fences, and the
change is certainly a desirable one
from the standpoint of beauty. They
require little, If any, more care than
a fence. and are equally as serviceable.
OF course, we don't mean that hedges
are more desirable for fields than
fences, but as surrounding for the
house and yard they are preferable.
There are two general kinds of hardy
hedges, the deciduous and evergreen,
but the former is more common in this
country and seems to meet with the
most favor. In planting deciduous
shrubs, a trench feet wide and 6
inches deep should be dug the length
Of the row. A drainage should then
be provided Of broken stone and the
bed filed with the best soil it is posi-.
BILE to obtain. In planting, care should
be taken to follow the direction given
by the nurseryman, so that when the
shrubs mature they will be close
enough together-Exchange.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-06
His WAY Of Application.

The colored laborers who Nwere
patching the street for the street car
company, were discussing the fate Of
one Henry they had known.
Eyes, SIR" said one, "Henry was
found with two bottles of whisky on
him last Sunday, and was taken to
court"
The crowd stopped work to listen to
the tale. The foreman was not in
sight.
"Well, when he was taken up in
court" the speaker continued, "Judge
Deery fined him $40 and sent him of
to the workhOuse."
All the men glanced hastily around.
"And Henry was there only two
days and someone lit is always some.
one') up and made him a guard. Now
Henry is working as guard over the
other prisoners and is getting good
pay besides"
But" mourned the youngest one Of
the crew., ''if I had done that they
would have kept me there all year."
TITS all in the way you apply for
the job" said the narrator Of the
story.-Indianapolis News.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-06
Had Their Tickets.

Mary Ellen, the colored maid, had
been carefully instructed by her new
mistress in a number of things con-
cerning which she appeared to be pro-
foundly unenlightened. Particular
stress had been laid upon the proper
manner Of receiving visitors and Of
informing the mistress Of their pres-
ence in the house.
Perhaps altogether to much had
been said about it or perhaps Mary
Ellen had stage fright at the cyucial
moment, for when the first callers
came after Mary Ellen's advent into
the family she "ushered" them only
as far as lust inside the hall door.
Taking the cards they gave her, and
leaving the visitors standing there, she
went to the foot of the staircase and
shouted:
"A1is' Gallatin! Oh, Mis- GaAatin
Der's two ladies down here dat's come
to see you and dey's fotch dere tick
cts"
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-06
Simple instructions.

Reginald bought an evening tie. and.
wishing to be immaculate, asked the
shop assistant to tell him the correct
way to tie bow.
swell. SIR" said the obliging assist
ant, "you hold the tie in your left hand
and your collar in the other. Slip your
neck in the collar and cross the left.
hand end of the tie over the right with
the left hand. steadying the right end
with the other hand. Then drop both
ends. catching the left with the right
and the other with the other. Reverse
hands and pick up the loose end with
the nearest hand. Pull this end through
the loop with your unengaged hand
and squeeze. You will find the how
tied. and all you have to do is to dis.
entangle your hands. -Rehoboth Sun.
day Herald.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-06
Meaning Of "Amerre,,n

What does the word america"
mean? Few know. It is derived from
the word Amabric, a proper name
which represented the old Germanic
ideal Of heroism and leadership. Then
the Norman French softened it to
Amaury. Then in Italy they changed
1t to Amelrigo. But the juxtaposition
of the 81" and the "r' bothered the
Italians, and it became Amerrigo, and
finally with one ''r." Thus it became
the name of Amerigo vespucci, Flor
entine merchant and explorer. And It
is in honor of his voyages Of explora-
tion to the new world that German
geOgrapher, Martin Waldseemuller hy
name, gave the name America to the
.continent.-Ladies' Home Journal.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-06
All In the Family.

Angus MacBroth, the village inno-
cent, stood outside the farmyard rub
bing himself, while on the other side
Of the gate an infuriated bull paved
the ground savagely.
"Did the black bull get ye?" asked
the farmer anxiously, as he came run.
ming up.
"Did he?" snorted Angus. "D'ye no
see I'm rubbin' masel'. But ah'll get
even wi him, the brute!"
Ten minutes later he returned to
the farmhouse, his face spread in q
smile.
4. ave dune It," he told the farmer.
ave got even wi that black heart
over yonder."
"Whit wey?" asked the bulls owner.
"Weel, I jist went tae the wee broom
calf and fetched him q whack sick q
bonnie yin, tae, DER the lug. an says
! tae him: Moo. gang an tell yer
1eyther aboot that"
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-06
Women Melting Prejudice.

Fifty years ago trained nurses were
unknown in this country. In 1873 GER
tain ladies of New York decided to es-
tablish school of nursing at Bellevue
hospital. Mrs. Joseph Hobson, who
was one of the founders, says in her
book, "Recollections Of a Happy Life:"
"Strange to say, doctors were our
chief antagonists, the doctors Of the
Bellevue medical board. Not alf of
them, by any means, but enough to
hamper and hinder and add to our diff
lleultles." x. a. a'Es' IS ''"t~
The conservative doctors" were es-
pecially trying. 1--WE were ignorant
women interfering with what was
none of our business and
"they were utterly opposed to our in
reference" A year later the same
board passed resolution heartily in
dorsing the work.
In the same way many Englishmen
opposed Florence Nightingale; and at
the beginning Of the present war the
offers of service from woman doctors
were not accepted. Now women in
England are being urged to take med
ical training.
Before women take up any piece Of
work which up to that time has been
done, well or badly, by men, they are
required to eXpend u great part Of
their time. energy and money ON get
ting permission to try.-Woman's Jour-
nal, T.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-06
What the Draft Bill Means.

What the Draft Bill Means.
AS Americans we are proud Of the
subordination Of partisanship to ths
nations need.
AS Americans we rejoice in the side
stepping Of provincialism and local tra-
dition for what is our manifest destiny.
AS Americans we are grateful for
a leadership capable of uniting this
country as it never was united before.
AS Americans we feel the impulse
Of coming future which shall fit and
adorn the glorious past.
We feel it in the disappearance Of
sectionalism, and in the fading in
fluence of those tendencies which have
done 80 much to prevent us from ex.
erting unified strength.
We feel it in the spontaneous voice
Of a mighty people, crying for unani-
nifty and concord which rightfully be.
longs to 0them.-Exchange.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-06
STORY OF sEAeolNe STEER
dt Floated Around New York Harbor
for Many Hours and Caused Much
Excitement Before Rescued.

i Several lOngShOremen were biting
into thick sandwiches of garlic on the
water front when there came prOdi-
giOus humping on the plank under
meath. The floor of the pier gave forth
. hollow sound.
One of the longshorelnen the Brook
1yn Eagle testifies, swallowed his gar
lie the wrong way and let out Polish
exclamation. Then he bent over and
applied his eyes to crack in the
woodwork. At first he could not make
out anything in the murk, but Mt length
q pair of green eyes met his Mortified
gaze, 1t seemed, to his untutored mind,
conclusive evidence of a personal call
from the evil one, and when horns
raped the planking and a long tail
swished the water he went away from
there very quickly. With him went
the rest of the longshoremen.
Up winding Fulton street they sped
and around the crooked corner into
narrow Poplar street, where they very
nearly carried the door of the Poplar
street police station off it's hinges. They
arrived before the desk sergeant oil
abreast and told their story, us their
knees smote one against another and
their hands grOped feebly for the desk
rail. The desk lieutenant thought at
first it was case of greenhouse"
whisky, but he finally sent man down
to investigate. The patrolman found
that the apparition was only steer
which had been thrown into the river
and had swum up under the dock. He
did not know just what to do and his
police manual gave him no help. OBJ
viously he could not loosen the steers
collar and roll it over barrel. Nor
could he give it an antidote for poison.
At last he had a bright thought and
called up the dock department, the
steer being at dock and therefore,
per Sc fit subject for the dock de-
partment.
The dock department responded-or
opened nice round hole in one of the
city's docks, its work was done, and it
sent for the s. P. G. A. The S. P. G. A.
does oil hoisting Jobs appertaining to
steers, mustangs or other animal flOt-
sam lifted from the river.
Some brave man passed n rope
around the middle of Taurus and every
body gave "Yo, heaye ho" Up came
the steer and stood dripping on the
dock with the seaweed hanging from
his flanks.
This steer is supposed to have been
IN the river for 4S hours before it was
rescued.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-06
TAXATION FOR war
BURDEN MUST BE DISTRIBUTED
JUSTLY AND EQuITAaLY.
Corporations as Well as IndlviduaIs
Merit Consideration When the
Question Of Needed Revenue
10 Finally to Be Settled.

The corporations of the country and
their stockholders probably will pay
the bulk of the taxes necessary for
the conduct Of a successful war. Judge
Gary, chairman Of the United States
Steel corporation, recently told the
stockholders Of that concern that taxes
this year would run between $6O,OOO,.
600 and $65.OOOOOO. which would be
equivalent to more than $12 per share
OF common stock outstanding. It
would also be approximately three
times the tax paid by the corporation
IN 1915.
AS Judge Gary says, mo loyal citi.
zen can object to these taxes If they
are equitably distributed" The COR
porations, however, should not be re-
garded as insensate creatures, which
can be milked indefinitely. These cor
porations are merely associations of
individuals. A stockholder usually is
also a wage Garner. Incidentally the
mere fact that he has stock indicates
that he has been diligent and prOvi-
dent.
Corporations and individuals every
where are hot only willing, but a1x-
ious, to pay their share of the neces-
sary burden of war. No class, how
ever, should be taxed unjustly or in
equitably.
The corporations that will pay the
bulk of taxes have been requested, and
are showing disposition, to eliminate
all war profits in work done for the
government. This is the spirit Of CO.
operation that should be encouraged.
A feeling of good will should be estab-
lished, and it can be If the right prin-
Gples are written into the revenue
raising bill.-New York Evening Post.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-06
NOW BUILD SHIPS!
No Possible Excuse for Not Goinu
Ahead With vigor.
Ending Of the Denman. Goethals Con.
troversy Should Mark the BEGIN.
ming Of Action That Has Been
Too Long Delayed.

The president doubtless took the
practical road out of the difficulty
created by the shipbuilding misunder-
standing when he accepted regretfully
the resignation of General Goethals
and sought reluctantly the resignation
of Chairman Denman of the shipping
board.
The need is for ships, and to that
necessity all else had to be subordi-
mated. The president paid tribute to
the public spirit of both of the figures
IN the unfortunate controversy, but he
chose not to bequeath to the men who
must create the emergency fleet the
harassing remnant Of an unhappy en-
nifty. With the essential wisdom Of
his decision the nation will agree.
Upon Edward N. Hurley of Chicago,
VINO succeeds Chairman Denman, and
upon Washington L. Capps, chief con-
structOr of the navy, who follows Cen
eral Goethals, rests the urgent respon-
sibility Of immediate construction.
Chairman Hurley's usefulness was we'll
shown In his administration of the fed
eral trade commission. General Man.
ager Capps Is drafted as was General
Goethals himself when the Panama ca
nal project was in trouble. A federal
department has again been called on
to supply a technical man adequate to
q national emergency. May Construc-
tor Capps win triumphs no less notable
than those achieved by the executive
OF the intercOntinental canal.
Finally it is to be hoped that the
President will see. fit to grant the re-
quest made by General Goethals and
assign the master builder to duty in
France. There best of all the great
engineer can now serve the world. He
has earned the opportunity.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-06
Humanity. Lenothened Life.

Fifty years ago the average length
Of human life in the United States
was in the neighborhood of thirty
four years. Today the average Ameri-
can citizen lives to be forty-five years
Of age. And fifty years from now
the average human life will have
heightened to almost sixty years.
All Of this gain in heightened life
is due to the practice of disease pre-
vention. And II the world would put
into practice all that is known of dis
ease prevention today. the life of even
the present generation might be
heightened by dozen years or SO.