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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-08

der with him through their time
outls-tiug corridors while he old
the story OF the crowded master
pieces or tile artist of evolution.
But what j had iu mind when I
began this writing was q partcu-
lar kind Of fossil which my friend
called TO ray attention during those
walks. and which has, ! think. a
special interest for the world at the
present time. II was a ~curiously
shaped petrifaction called los seolo-
gists |cOprOlite. Before telling
those who do NOT aready know
what O @coproIite Is. let me tell the
story Of che usefulness Of THESE PEE
cuIiar fossils for mankind
To England there are certain
lands. celebrated for thei1 abund-
ant crops Of hops and o. wheat.
which are uuderiaid 0y 'cOprolite
beds IT IS the rich store of cal
ciJm phosphate contained fin these
fossils that maintains the eScep-
ti0nal fertility of the soil above
them. IN several parts of England.
and particularly JIM SUFFOLK. Norfolk.
Essex and Camuridgeshire. the
coprOIite beds are worked for sup
plies OF phosphate manure, which
serves tine same purpose Of the
euano Of Peru.
The %cOprOlites are ground up iu
specially constructed mills and then
the powder is prepared for use on
the soil 1y treatment with sulphuric
acid. Nobody knew what made cer-
tain narrow belts of English land So
wonderfully fertile until a curious
minded farmer brought some curl
ou- Ioohing stone that be had
picked no iu his fields to- q ceolo-
si-t and the seologi-t, reroguIzins
that The stone were coprolites. and
discovering Joy analysis that they
were u-ucOmlaonlv rich iu calcium
phosphate. told the farmer: You
have COT something better than q
gold mime under your property.
By this the reader will have
guessed ID ~coprolites are. They
consist of fOssiliZed manure mill
lions Of years old. I'm them are
sometimes found pieces of the
bones. scales and teeth OF fishes
that were deyoured by the sigantic
@saurians of the early seas. who left
the material from which tine copro-
lite beds of England We're formed.
as sea birds of our own age of the
world have left the material for the
guano beds hat have enriched
Peru with money and the wheat
lands of tine earth with phosphate.
Nobody knows no aucieni geolog-
iclI record even hints. why or how
the ~coprolite beds We're heaped ON
what were then the shores of q sea
in Eneland. any more than we to-
day can explain why Peru should
have been favored above all the rest
of the world with the presence of
guauo-making birds. But it is pos
-ibIe that somewhere else ira the
world there may hc %coprolite beds
as vet undiscovered. and IL so the
geologist who finds them may be
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-08

BN hauge AFthuf.
j. sou can imasine an oio
captain AeaI'"5 q S"Oo o'V+e oa'0
man explaining 20 a party OF stone
masons and mliliners' the names
and uses or an ropes anu spdIs OF
a fuH rggeo snip you VIII uhoer-
staho soine1hHhs Oh tie i7Si'eS %
my 'taeI4E coHlp@h-ou on one "a
those seeing Ne" loih to-i"As
cars the othef da5-
had with some olmeJlN per
suaoeo MN % uaNe t"e "l "H4o
was trom the helghoorhood o.
Illne@ SQUARE oo"h 10 -He D".-ei
and mp through the cfoWced EasL
side,
WHATS Hl" 70 see '9Ne1
Feihaps holA-hs' Itpltsu' ou~
there may Zee something ne" 20
near
And there was toselhef Win sueh
neA4 aosence ol lac-s' me-. as
a native housh the '4sllNs TOUT
ISIS ought 20 near aDool' '"aI D
lfen'ied lest ne eHouiu ne over
come oy apopieNy-
the -ee1ulei yv"I" "'H us
d~greedpIe Aasdl FoIce- announced
through MeEaphohe llat we We're
now OF ana therefore nee" nave
no isel 'L 'rtnE l."''4e" OIL III -"e
crush 90 bi"@a"
ISL Z " '"t'l. "~l's'eIeu ~
s"e ii.l'' i'lel"1- S0""7
he lepiIeu.
on your iisHe S@.1 Ine ieI--I
et' V"' 'i "'' iolNS o-"eS-
tneaiets "he'e augustus Da-is
Hiaue MS talHe anu i'i'''4'
Ausos'us. snoileo nay coinpan-
loh' .ltE Neil3slh5 I1l"e l'I
lhe e~-it"ld'e' ha"aIe' VINO was
named dIlef = 's''He en-
DIfectI lh mont OF US. san" me
mesapn"he presently Is lhe "a
NOUS f'ii IRON ouliulne. "hlch
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-08
On a Sight Seeing Car With Native

permitted as 20 pass the historic
Brevoort house which sheltered b
prince OF Wales and many other
distinguished visitors 10 Gotham.
Utterly regardless was he. as the
irate native informed me. Of the old
hotel (which he might have point
ed out when we regained Broad
way). on the stairway OF which
Jim Fisk. the notorious partner
OF jay Gould. was slain 10y a rival
Tor the affections of the beautiful
Josephine Mansfield. He might, also
/ was told, have called attention 20
a block now occupied by business
houses. which not a great many
years ago, sheltered wonderful
Niblo's garden. home OF the original
Black crook Surely. said my
elderly companion. "our fellow pas
sengers must have heard their
grandparents either rave over or de-
nounce the g~lorics OF the Black
Crook.
We had turned or nf Broadway
and We're proceeding south along
Lafayette 1t. "Ou the lett YOU Will
see New Yorbfs famous Irish club.
said the nasal voice; youder it
stands. He indicated New York
police headquarters. Don't KIN
him, 7 whispered 20 nay companion.
AT Canal 81. we were Informed
that it was formerly a waterway.
and that ii was here Robert + .ltou
experimental with his first steam
boat.
I'm not sure about that. said
the native, but ON general prin-
ciples I believe he's lying"
Passing the Tombs prison our at
tention was called 20 the iron bars
at the windows. and we were told
they were placed there 20 prevent
the guests from falling OUT Hes
young. ] whispered, land perhaps
ne really cannot help IT,"
Through Park Row we PASSED
with no word conceruins The great
newspapers that make II known
from one end Of the country 10 an
other, and The only objects TO
which attention was called between
there and the Battery we're st.
Paul's and Trinity churches and the
office Of John u. Rockefeller.
Castle Garden was described with
no reference % the fact that it was
there Jo1.nv Lind once sang. and
then the sightseeing car halted in
order that We might all pay a visi-
TO the aquarium.
Shall we go with the rest?" !
asked the native. NO use. he re-
piled. 81 am certain we would not
be able 10 see any stranger fish
than that and he indicated the
grinning youth with the mega
phone.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-08
How ancient Saunans Gave a
Lift to Agriculture
BY WOODS HUTCHINSON VI. d.

When I was a college student. ln
middle teens i used occa-
bnally 20 20 out on au au,umn
|turday with an older classmate
b. was specializing m geology.
e would wander ca whole day over
j. hiily. stoue-waIed farms and
trough the picturesque glens and
% gorges around Ithaca. at the
ad OF Cayuga lake. my compau-
carrying his g-eolosist's hammer
d q bag for specimens and ! fur
Ened with a volume OF Tcnnv-
sn's poems IL one pocket -aalanced
Prof. Danas Geological story
ieay Told" in the other.
we were also provided with
|cket lunches, and when we came
'on a %butter-nut or q h-i-kory-uut
IN tie edge OF some wood, very
/ ely with a ccld spring o. "a deep
nched rivuler close at hand. we
Euld sit down in the shade on O
sc moss covered rock or "a gray
nble-dowu stone fauoc-the high
VI aH haA aL#- AN."| |IAH|HE
] zee Of shlDmunk-and exchange
1mbs FOR nuts with our chatter
and not more than hslf-afraid
ighbors
The region .s q paradise for the
0l0gist. the r0cs strata being
cked with lac most .-uferestiue
sis of early ages. and often the
kue slabs iu "a fence are nothing
huddled clumps OF petriled
ms that were living bodies mill
rs OF years ago. ME learned
- mate read me many e. wonder
lecture out OF The stone pages
fitting them apar- with his HAM
r-wedge. opening them up and
4 easiuR them fros their a~ge-Iung
nentatiOn, while the musical tap
~ and ringing Of steel on the rock
nded iu q delightful harmony
h the rustiug of the crisp yellow
- russc leaves which the au-
<nn breeze, seconded by the tire
efforts OF the uut-huntiue ro-
pts among the branches overhead.
|usht down about u.s..
9 a. TO these expeditions which
seTsed only a few miles of space
immeasurab'e CULTS OF time.
7 w. the golden glow that
IngE Ia ms imagination over the
illogical story Whenever T tnink
q %trilobite. exposed by the ham
y In its rocky mummy-case. a red
Iirrel hicking his bushy -aiI as he
OF q nearby rock and divides
q attention between the rich
Dwn butteruut I'm his paws and
strange. two-Iegged iuterIopers
o have interrupted his nut har-
ting. also rises before my minds
No books and no classroom
&tures could possibly have made
q Dloey as interesting or as inform
Ia me as did nay Classmate with
i hammer opening the great
i lpture galleries OF The |paIeozoic
Ks. which some stroke OF magic
med to have transported 10 those
Il aca hills. and inviting me 90 wan
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-08

the scqusintsnce and get another
meal.
Just then Tie Ioug-leggec skater
stopped. Wei iii might since il had
unexpectedly slid into what looked
merely ike "a patch OF dust collected
or the surface. but which now burst
asunder like shrapuel into q multi
.ude of leaping bounding ricoche
ing PARTICLES Of life. IN other uoro-
he had touched or gathering --
spruetails. witch are atoms @
shrmplike m.eu with springs lnde
their tails
And iu the midst OF tie excite
menr- without warning. tR1
tong-iik- less came up through the
surface film. and grasped the pono-
eater. The owner or the tongs ffs
Nepa.
Aad -hat you Will say was an
there was 20 It. But z was not a..
for then began one OF the most re
marka5ie tugs n war that ever
took place amid laughing 5eau-
upon "a Warm afternoon.
Tie pond-skater le8pt like le-
ented thing but the creature -hs-
had hold VI him. because of Us ea.
lear-IlEe shape could not be pulled
mp through the surface-lt.. and
bees of hi~ own lightar tie
a-a cosld NOT .e p--,~d uul-
Eera however. would nor .e-
And tl,u-aud tacr-sh. Tt1lr 2
nr
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-08
THAT WAR
AFFECTS WEATHER
Experts Say Battles in Europe
Do Not Modify Rainfall
Anywhere.

There is nothing in IT,. says the
United States weather bureau TO re-
peatcd Inquiries as 10 whether the
war affects rainfall or any other
weather conditions. There is a
/ popular fallacy that conclusions,
explosions. and the liberation of
easses i'm the European conflicts Is
having on erect ON the weather. not
only over the D~attlehelds. but else
where on the globe; but it is only a
, fallacy. say the weather specialists.
even though IL has existed almost
since the beginning OF historic times.
Before gunpowder was used. the
ancieuts had an idea that battles
produced rainfall. which was caused
hy the clash of words and the sweat
of the fighters.
Later. the same theory was trans
ferYed 20 the noise produced by
musketry and artillery; later still. TO
dust particles and smoke from burn
ing powder. upon which the mois-
ture in the air was supposed TO oe
condensed and 20 fan as rain. and
now TO the gases freed 10y explosions,
and liberated i'm the new chemical
warfare.
These theories are not combated
merely log other theories. but by act
ual observations made officially by
several OF the b~elligereut govern
ments and tile net result of these
careful observations is to retute the
idea OF any effect OF war uG weather
While the notion of this effect has
been repeatedly exposed i'm scientific
journals. the general press has from
time Ia time printed articles in
which the idea of "a connection be-
tween battle and rainfall has been
brought forward. For this reason
tine weather officials eel that the
following facts may le timely and
interesting.
Real Cause OF Rainfall.
Tie real cause OF rainfall Is the
cooling OF the air Jy the vertical ris-
ing of heated air currents, ana the
Incoming OF cooler currents 90 take
their places. All weather conditions
depend ultimately for their origin on
the heating and cooling of the at
mosphere. All the powder that could
he reasonably expended I'm any bat
Tie. even by millions OF men en-
zaged. would not Ice enough 20 pro
duce amy a~ppreciable change in tenn
perlture throughout ans consider
able section Of the atmosphere over
the battle area.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-08

is deep-seated and of long duration
dies hard. The survival Of the fall
lacy is due 20 the suggestion con-
stautlv given by an instructive belief.
Possessed of such a belief. one IS in
clined TO note only favorable coin
cidence. ne says. ignoring the many.
circumstances that DO not bear out
the theory. and thus 90 become more
and more confirmed iD the opinion
IL has been Iu,nta- ned rl-at recent
severe droughtS M tile western part
of this country have been due 10
excessive rainfalI- over European
~ba-tledelds. The idea was advanced
that so much rain has fallen in
France rhet -Eere was enough
% go round. SO tine folks iu other
quarters o. IA globe had 20 do with
out The Weathcr bureau says that
all sucn theories ar- ln the same
category ard aI ae equally un-
worthy Of selief.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-08

stow 81 considerable ,oon ou man
kind rs bringing helpsto tae agri-
culture OF the future. which is like
Is 20 need an the help il can get.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-08
By T.. II. Mars.

There was what appeared 10 be a
small. fat leaf lying on the mud al
the bottom of the pond. II had "a
stalk straight as a needle on one
end. and on the other end OH. The
thing had shot OF arms. hooked
Iand spiny. folded peuknife-Wise, and
shut them upon a baby guat. as one
shuts a pair OF tongs.
Then. drawing its tiny victim to-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-08

rain has followed such lombard
meuts. the moisture was there and
was due to fan anyhow without
mans Intervention and that in the
few cases where rain has fallen it
has been "a mere coincidence. The
rain being due 20 natural causes,
and the drought was broken because
il was time that il would have been
broken in the natural course of
vents In short. moisture would
fall when IL was present; il it were
not present all the conclusions that
could be devised 10y man could not
make rain.
Result Of Actual Observations.
Actual observations by French.
British and American observers have
failed TO establish any relationship
between storming the enemy and
storms from the skies. Careful
studies show that rainfall and bat
ties 90 not coincide enough TO give
the basis for a theory OF cause and
effect. The great battles in France
il th= spring OF 1872 failed 10 inter
rupt the long spell OF fair weather
chat accompanied them. Further
more. au animation recently made
Of the records VI lo-al distribution
o1 rainfall over Eusl-ud dur-ne ne
Isl. months II the war made 1r
I'll British meteorological office re-
suited ia strengthening the evidence
against the theory.
odd Theories Dic Hard.
Tie director Of the French Me-e-
o~roIogicaI bureau. a. Aueo. pracu-
cali, SAYS tu5- The .sr is father -o
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-08
old Theorle- Die Hard

Tie director of the French Mete-
oroloEcaI 1uresu a. Aueo. pracu-
caly says tnar The aisr s father 20
the thought. ana that an idea ,hat
Evening journal., 1918-01-08
French Troops Mefhodicaliy
Binding ihe German Armies

nearly three months. German attacks
and French counter-attacks, almost
daily since the latter part Of August.
have had small place in the commun~
ique because Of their routine nature.
The enemy's positions permitted him
10 make constant infantry "nibbles'
into the French lines on the northern
flank Of Hill 3ii and 20 disturb French
organization which he could see in the
rear.
French strategy in eliminating the
enemy's advantageous positions in the
region Of Hill 3ii has probably never
been employed before in this war. TAX
Ing advantage Of the conditions pecul-
lar 10 the region. French guns of many
calibers at G.3O sunday morning, No
vcmber 2j concentrated their deluge
OF steel on a three and one half klo-
metre front opposite 3ii The thunder
OF This artillery preparation though
violent was unnoiiced amidst the CON
slant medley of air vibrations which
had become a habit 90 German ears for
almost three months. Just four hours
after the beginning OF the cOncentra-
ton OF fire. screened by it, own habit
ual noise, at 1890 A. NJ, the French
guns heightened their range and bar
ragged the German rear while the pOilus
went ovcr the top. The surprise was
complete Victory was won I'm several
minutes. The French infantrymen i'm
the FIRST waves LEFT the taking of pris-
oners 10 "mopping up units who fol-
lowed behind.
Evening journal., 1918-01-08
Stole HOLIDAY Goose
BUT MOTHER IS PAROLED

Lottle Kaslovska, mother Of six
children, stole goose the day before
New Years Day. She was arrested and
held for the upper court and got Hep
resentatyc w. NJ. Connolly TO become
hondsman for her Judge Conrad. in
General Sessions today having grant
Cd parole TO her in Mr. Connellys cus-
tody, on the strength Of her family
cares, plea Of guilty having been ac-
cepted by the state.
In court, when Judge Conrad disposed
Of the case Lotties attention was call
ed 10 the fact that drinking was really
what got her into trouble, and Mr.. Con-
nelly was told TO see that she went
before a magistrate and took a pledge.
She promised TO do so and never 10
steal a goose again.
Evening journal., 1918-01-08
Songs Of The Sammies
WITH THE AMERICAN EXPEDI-
BY J. w. PEGLER.
United Press STAFF Correspondent.

WITH THE AMERICAN EXpEDI-
TIoNARY ARMY, FRANCE, Dec. 8
,By Mall Gee, I hate 70 go mp there
on wiring job and get killed with a
months pay coming TO me-
When a young Sammy named Mead
ows laughingly made this remark IN 2
dug-out in the second lines the rest Of
the fellows laughed
'I'll spend it for you," said one OF
his friends, and think Of you as !
hand out each fve-franc note"
Meadows finished his chow and went
out through the tunnel He shoudered
bolt Of wire and disappeared toward
the front lines with a wiring party
10 was pitch dark
The rest Of the fellows who were In
that dug-out that evening recall now
that Meadows laugh wasn't altogether
mlrthful.
Maybe he had o prcmonition and was
trying TO kid himself out OF IT,
Sharpnel killed him half on hour
later as he was stringing the wires.
Evening journal., 1918-01-08

Probably no remedy has ever met With
such phenomenal success IS has Nuxated
Iron-ovor three million people annual.
ly arc taking g in this country alone. to
say nothing OF tho vast number who
are using it in France England. South
America and other countries Il has been
highly endorsed and used by former United
States Senators and Members Of Congress;
physicians who have been connected With
well'known hospitals have prescribed and
recommended IL; Monseigneur Nanini a
prominent Catholic Clergyman recommends
it 90 al members Of tho Catholic Church.
Former Health Commissioner wm. r. Kerr
Of Chicago Gays it ought to be used in every
hospital and prescribed by every physician.
DR. H. Il. Vail formerly Physician in the
Baltimore Hospital and a Medical Exam-
iner. says that time and again he has pre-.
scribed Nuxated Iron and surprised pa.
tients at the rapidity with which the weak
ness and general debility were replaced
by a renewed feeling Of strength and vital
ity; Former First Assistant Postmaster
General Of the United States. c. p. Grand
field, strongly endorses aud recommends II
10 the tens Of thousands OF civil service
employees who know his name and sigma
ture. Sarah Bernhardt-"the Divine sarab."
the worlds most noted actress. has or.
dered large quantity sent 10 the French
soldiers TO help give them strength. power
and endurance.
The famous Cyclone" Davis. member OF
the cath United states Congress, says the
eIect or Nu1ated Iron on him was almos.
magical, that after taking It nothing
seemed 20 tire him out no matter how
strenuous It might be. Dr.. 4. J. Newman.
hte Police Surgeon Of tbe City Of Chi.
ease' and former House Surgeon Jefersop
yak Hospital. Chicago. says Nuxst.l Iro,
mas proven through his own tests Of a. 10
excel any preparation he has ever used n,
creating red blood building up the Berve,
strengthening the muscles and correcting IA.
gestiFe Disorder. DR.. Schuyler c Taope-
visiting surgeon 81. Eiizabeth's Hospital
New York, says be has never before recon.
mended any remedy 70 the public but that
10 the case Of Nuxated Iron he would feel
ho were remiss 10 h.s duty not 10 mention
u. Dr.. Ferdinand King. New York Physi.
clan and Medical Author. says that IN hls
recent talks 70 physicians on tho crave and
serious consequence Of iron deficiency in the
blood Of Ameriesn women. be hes strongly
emphss!rsd The fact that doctors should prs.
scribe more organic iron--Nuxated Iron
Tor their weak. rundown. nervous, hageard
looking patients.
Evening journal., 1918-01-08
GRAnED SCHOOL MEETING.

Dr. c. II. Woolston. Of Philadelphia.
gave the New Castle County Graded
sunday school Union an entertaining
and instructive lesson on teaching with
objects at the meeting last night The
teachers got pointers on how a bit Of
black paper could impress a child with
the badness Of sin as no amount Of
words could do. The union members
were guests at ST. Andrews parish
house last niehl.
Evening journal., 1918-01-08
10000 ron MRs. DUPONT.

SCRANTON. Pa. Jan. s.-According 20
the will Of Henry Belin, Jr., flled here,
the powder manufacturer leaves an
estate valued at Si,0OO,0OO. Il was the
first important will filed here under the
new State inheritance-tax law Among
the beduests is one for 100000 TO be
placed in trust for his daughter. Mrs
Pierre dupont. wife Of the Whining
tonian. When he died Mr.. Belin was
president Of the dupont Powder Com
pany Of Pennsylvania.
Evening journal., 1918-01-08

Dr. =. Sauer a Boston physician. who
mas studied both in this country aud erea,
European Medical Institutions. snid. "vur.
aied Iron is wonderful remedy. Not long
ago man came to me who was nearly hall .
century old and asked me 90 give him Pre-.
hminary examination for life Insurance. 7
was asionished TO find him with the blood
pressure Of boy Of twenty. and as fuil Of
Figor' vim and vitality 20 q young man; IN
TACT young man he realiy was. not with.
standing his see. The secret he said. was
taking iron-Nuxated Iron had filed him
with renewed life. At 80 be was ia bad
health; at 80 he was careworn and nearly
all in-now at So sitter taking Nuxated Iron.
miracle Of vitality and his face beamins
With the buoyancy Of youth II people
would only take Nuxated Iron when they
feel weak and rundown instead Of dosing
themselves with habit forming drugs stimu.
ian's and alcoholic beverages. am con.
vneed that In this way they could ward ,a
disease preventing it becoming organic in
thousands Of cases and thereby Tho lives oi
Evening journal., 1918-01-08
MN. ROBINSON IMpROVFS.

Ross s. Robinson. head of ihc real
estate department Of the Security Trust
and safe Deposit Company. who is ill
with pneumonia was reported this af-
ternoon TO show considerable improve
moDt
Evening journal., 1918-01-08


q. " you are not strong or went tou owe
PC 10 yourself To make the following fest .
nee apw i1ng Won can work or how lar Won
rn DaA without becoming tired Nexf
.a., two five grain tablets Of Nuxated Iron
llFee times per day after meals for two
AeetA- Then test yeuF strength again and
rte now much you have gained.
EpiE--N -Nuyatcd Iron which has been used
Df Former United States Senator Towno wien
such surprising results and wh ch is prescrih.
ed ana recommended above by physicians In
snch great variety Of cases is not a patent
mea'cine nor secret remedy. but ono which n
wen known 20 druggists everywhere. Unlike
the older Inorganic 4ton nrouucts g is ean.i,
assimilated, does not iniure the teeth mako
them b.ack nor upset the stomach. on the
contrary II ts most potent remedy IN
nearly al forms Of indigestion as well as for
nervous rundown conditions The menu.
iactuIers have such great confidence in Nux
oied Iron that they offer 70 forfeit $4,000
70 any charitable Institution IL they cannot
take anv man or w'mqn u1der eivf, ,vho
lacks iron and increase thoir sironrih 100
per cent or over In f0ur weeks tmo. pro.
llded they have no serious organic trouble
They also offer 20 refund your money II /.
docs not az least double your strength and
en- nduruncs IN ter days time Tf s dispensed
By J. Milton Eckcrd and all good drug
gists