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The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-09-18
Not Warljke.

would you 90 to war II your coun-
Try called you, Mr.. Jobblesf"
'I might. and then again ! might
not
what do You mean By that7''
III the 6rst call sounded Ike .
mere invitation. would wait to bs
sufIiciently urged"
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Puttlnu Hla Foot n Il.

Niece-I do think you are clever,
aunt, to be able to argue with the
professor about sociology.
Aunt-Tve only been concealing my
ignorance. dear.
Professor Bilks (gallantly) oh, no.
Miss Knowles. Quite the contrary. !
assure you.
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It Is easier for the average man to
to get next to live wire than 1t ia
to be one.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-09-18

Crumbs of comfort are satisfying
only when there are enough Of them
to make square meal.
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|, LOSSES SURELY PREVENTED

In Time Of Duo Prepare for Drought.
Brother Cassius Cautious Kush came
forward to be baptized at the colored
-campmeeting. The parson was tired
Of baptizing Brother Cassius and said:
"Wanoh you always come forward
to be baptized into the fold? You
done been baptized II times. rse bap-
tized you my own self every fall since
the big woods burned and Marse Hon
eycutt died f'om ober-exertin' hisself.
Amt dat de truf?"
Amen" said Cassius.
"How many times you-all expect to
be baptized. dat's what ak YET"
II reckon" replied Cassius Cautious
Kush. 'I'll be baptized every year.
De oftener ! gets dis mortal clay
soaked down. de safer I'll be from
sparks on dat great day when de world
am all on IRE. Hallelujah!"-Judge.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-09-18
When Il I

A train of thought isn't much good
to man who is too lazy to generate
steam for moving 1t In the right direo-
tion.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-09-18

When u woman lowers herself Il
10 probably 10 look up to man.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-09-18

A New Jersey barber is the inventor
OF q comb that can be attached to
one blade of pair Of shears to save
time In cutting hair.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-09-18

Some men manage to make little
noise In che world by rafting their an
cestors' bones.
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" ~ wv A4SS ~ y<~AA s@s@>A.SAAs<s 49,
J. +. JOHNSON, r. No. 4, Box 30, Prince
ton, Illinois.
Experience Of . Nurse.
Poland, N. Y.--'Tn my experience a. .
nurse j certainly think Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound = . great
medicine. / wish all women with 70
male troubles would take Il took it
when passing through the Change Of
Life with great results and always re-
commend the Compound to all my pa
tients II ! know Of their condition In
time. ! win gladly do all ! can to help
others to know Of this great medicine.
Mrs. HORACE NEWMAN, Poland, Her
kimer Co., N. Y.
If you are Ill do not drag along until
an operation is necessary, but at once
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Ifyou wantspecial advice write
Lydia f. Pinkham Medicine Co.,
(cOnfidentiaD Lynn, Mass.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-09-18
= Drink DsnIson's cof5ss,
For your health's sake.

The art Of blufins lies in moving
when not to.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-09-18
Drink DenIson's Coffee,
For your health's sake.

Better song in the heart than tive
in the fiat upstairs.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-09-18

There q ScarceIy : neighb0r around M
who does not NE your medicine. "M Mrs.
J. F. JOHNSON, r. No. 4, Boz 80, Prince
ton, Illinois.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-09-18

Articles os interpretations.
q. r. schimmel company. Detroit,
$4,000; GustAye r. schimmsl. Arthur
Brand. Walter @. Lueck
Saginaw Creamery company, sagi'
nav. decreased from 80. 90 70 o9o.eoo.
wilcox Hardware company. Adslan
$4,000 s|
tie Greek. $1,000.
sinslaw Timber company. ornn<
Rapids. St.ooo.
the VA " Tox conpeny, A1rGn'
~ Acme Pr.ss JACOBSON, SILVA
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ing administration in Peru has acted in
accord with that idea and has opened
without restriction the door of our ma
ton to American citizens and American
capital. 1t is enough to record that in
those periods when the American pol
icy, toward Latin America was most
ardent and agrees We Peru always
figured among the most determined
friends of that policy.
Peru was a friend when during the
presidency Of Mr.. Garfield his illus
trous Secretary of State, Mr.. James 6.
Blaine, began his work Of organizing
the Pan-American Union, which work
was suspended because Of the untimely
death of Mr.. Garfield. but was con-
tinued four years later when, under
the administration of Gen. Benjamin
Harrison, Mr.. Blaine was again called
to take the post Of Secretary Of State.
"Mr. Blaine then convened the first
pan-Ame conference, and the first
vice president of this organization was
DR.. Zagarra. the Peruvian delegate.
From that time Peru has enthusiast
tically Endorsed and supported the
propositions for international arbitra-
ton and the proposed union Of Gus
toms, which was advanced as basis
for possible future political union.
I'm the campaign of the United States
for the opening of a canal at Panama
Peru gave all the aid she could. being
the first country outside of the United
States to recognize the independence of
the republic of Panama. In the second
international conference. Of peace at
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TH[E EXPENSIVE ARMY POST

the number of men it could put on the
firing line, is an extraordinarily expen-
sive army. large part of the cost 10
due to overhead charges. and these lit
tie. useless posts scattered over the
country and in out-of-the-way places
enormously increase the overhead
charges besides detracting from MILL
tary efficiency.
When the matter of overhead charges
comes up there is going to come up
also the question of the usefulness Of
any military post excepting reserva-
tons on which artillery. machine gun
and musketry problems are worked out
with service ammunition.
There is developing among the pro-
gressives in the army a sentiment that
the army post should be abandoned
and troops Quartered In barracks in
cities as has been the practice in Eu-
necessitated by pioneer conditions. It
was the outpost of civilization Troops
were needed for the protection of set
tiers against Indians In regions where
necessary then that the army post be
sort of self-dependent corporation or
a military municipality. Though the
conditions which called for the estab-
posts have long ago passed away, the
army post Idea has chung to the army.
Many army posts are undesirabl BILE
from military standpoint. and every
army post adds largely to the over
head charges of the army. The capital
invested in army posts Is very large
and the upkeep expensive. An army
post. with it's own water supply system.
sewer system. lighting system and fire.
fighting system, its own streets and
roads to keep policed and in repair, its
of detached buildings and
other important items in the upkeep
OF separate and independent city,
make a stupendous cost per rifle. saber
or field gun quartered at that post, and
might make the cost prohibitive were
the army to be increased to a size .ade-
quate for national defense and the army
tinued.
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The Hague. the Peruvian and Ameri-
can delegates acted in perfect accord
DR.. Polo then told how his govern
ment encouraged Americans to build
the railroad from Oroya to Cerro de
Pasco. the highest railway in the
world. and gave its patronage to the
establishment Of the giant copper
smelter at Cerro. representing an
American investment of 10000. 900
soles When Peru has needed expert
technical advice on Investigations she
has usually employed American pro-
fessional men. Numerous young Peru
vians have been sent to American uni
versities for their educations.
The present war;" continued Senior
Polo, has given a powerful demon
stration of the fundamental necessity
Of increasing the friendly relations be-
tween the countries of America and
the United States. The European strug-
gle almost completely paralyzed in
many lines the commerce between Eu-
rope and the coasts Of Central and
South America The result was the
most acute commercial and financial
crisis through which the Latin Amer
lean countries have ever passed. and in
our anguish all eyes were turned to
the United States. hoping to find there
the remedy for our plight.
But the United States was not pre-.
pared on the instant to substitute her
trade for the commerce of Europe; the
American factories neither had the ca
pacity to supply the additional demand,
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nor was there a sufficient American
merchant marine to carry the products
to US. Americans are rarely taken by
surprise, but it seems that they had
South American trade nor the immi
nent possibility of a conflict in Europe.
THE time has come now for the
United States to profit by this expert
ence. The first thing necessary is the
establishment of one or more Ameri-
can banks in Lima with strong capital.
This capital can find plenty Of profita-
BILE and secure investments. These
banks, acting as Intermediates and
guarantees of credit, the elemental and
speed the establishment of new cur
rents of American trade. Once the
banks are established, with conces-
sions on the part Of American mer-
chants in the terms of sale and the
manufacture in accordance with the
desires of this country, 1t will be easy
to secure for the American merchant
the bulk Of the Peruvian import trade,
a commerce which represents sum no
less than s3o.00o.ooo annually.
been established prior to the war is
due not to the fault of Peru. but be-
cause of an almost complete lack of
understanding In the United States
with reference to Peru and the other
South American countries. Even with
the present-day steamship lines it is
only twelve days from New York to
Callao. and new steamer lines being
projected will reduce this to eight or
nine days: yet 1t Is surprising to note
the continued. existence in the United
States Of a profound ignorance of the
affairs of Spanish America.
Our political and social culture. our
immense mineral and agricultural
riches. they are as unknown in the
United States as the political positions
occupied In this continent by the di-
verse republics which form it. There
is profound confusion of mind in the
United States about these countries,
which are, without discrimination. be-
lieved to be sunk In the same state of
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phernalia." and the money is usually
sent for a trial of the treatment.
One recipe that Uncle Sam is guard
ing carefully in his collection, consid-
distribution. claims that too much but
ter and cheese will produce deafness,
discharged ears. shyness, low spirits
and lowered vitality. and appended to
the recipe Is a booklet giving instruc-
tions how to send for a blank to fill
out with symptoms in order to get
further instructions in pursuing the
proper diet to produce activity Of the
brain and cure appendicitis at the
same time. After the blank is re-
ceived. 81 being the charge for 1t, a
letter follows saying that for $40, $50
or SIS. as the exigency Of the case
may demand. the treatment will be
sent However. whatever the symp-
scribed-"Do not eat butter"
~
Some Of these schemes are Matched
in Washington. and SO cIeverly are
they worded In their literature that
the impression is given that they are
conducted under the government guar
antee. and frequently with the assist
ance Of the scientific departments of
the government. The letters "F. s. Sc +"
in many cases are appended to the name
of the author OF prescriptions and
quack nostrums. These letters simply
mean that the party using them is a
fellow Of tho Society of Science. let
tiers and Arts Of London, the payment
Of IS allowing the use Of the letters.
A few years ago 4 big business was
conducted by concern which offered
to the public for 81 q finely executed
portrait Of George Washington. en-
graved by expert government en-
gravers. The majority Of those who
received for this amount the portrait
Of George Washington engraved on a
two-cent postage stamp felt too foolish
to complain. SO the business continued
for some time before 1t was atopped'
Land schemes. mining and bond get
rich-Quick schemes thrive like green
bay trees. though many of them seem
SO absurd on their face that II il diff-
cult to believe that people would nav
attention to them.
During the year ending June, 1914.
1900 lottery enterprise were sun,
pressed. Judge Lamar says:
Many of these schemes are most
vicious, possessing all the vices and al
lurements inherent in the ordinary lot
terry, and in addition to their harmful
influence they opened wide the door to
fraud. Because Of the skillfuI and in
genious manner In which they were
framed in attempts to evade the law
it is possible to detect the lottery TEA
lures only after the plans have been
carefully studied and fully analyzed
some Of the elaborate and intricate
bond investment schemes requiring the
services of expert accountants for
weeks in a single. case"
Besides these various workaday
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BY ROBERT F. WILSON.

T1HE attitude of the leading men
of South America toward the
increasing American effort for
q trade in that continents can be
described as friendly and receptive.
One can employ superlative adverbs and
still be within the bonds of truth.
Great as the interest in the subject is
in our own country, it is even greater
in the countries of South America.
When the average public man of
South America thinks of the United
States today he thinks of trade and the
development of South American re-
sources. This attitude was forming be-
fore the outbreak of the war in Eu-
rope.
The war, and the consequent de-
moralization of South American over
seas commerce, with it's attending deep
business depression, crystalized the
wide opinion in South America that it's
business future Is to be largely in the
hands Of the United States.
r
For a number of reasons I did not
desire to turn my tour into a trade
booming expedition. My purpose, rather,
was to study the economic conditions
and problems of the South American
countries, learn the spirit of their peo-
Piles. and to do my part in spreading
intelligence about the United States.
with the view of strengthening to that
extent by the exchange of knowledge
the friendly relations which now exist
between the two continents.
But it was impossible to keep trade
out of the discussions. President Bona
vides of Peru preferred to talk on the
trade subject. President Ismael Monies
of Bolivia brought up the subject. The
same was true of President Barros
Luce Of Chile. In Argentina the public
men regard the American trade cam
paign as well under way. In Brazil
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The Cinnaminson Sage.

S61r HE allies-England and France
d and Russia and Italy-dont do
enough. There's always a lull In the
war news except when Germany up and
does something"
The speaker was Arnold Daily. the
actor He continued:
Perhaps the allies will win by wear
ing Germany down, but I incline to
think that more vigor and initiative
are required.
THE allies recall to mind the Gin.
naminson Sage. who said:
Some men sots down an does .
days loadn' an calls 1t bsin' re-
signed"
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Of South America there is an anti
American feeling. This feeling has
been developed by years of anti-Amer-
lean propaganda disseminated by Euro
peans through the news services and
in other ways. and added to by the ut
terances and writings of native 1ingoes.
In the past few years the Spanish
equivalent for 1.-The American peril"
has become nearly as common a phrase
as the yellow peril" Is with us.
has written Of the american peril,
and a noted British writer's work en-
bodying the same subject has had con-
siderable circulation in South Amer
vitriolic Argentinian who has visited
nearly all the Spanish speaking repub-
lies. II not all of them. making in
hammatory speeches against the United
States. The governments of one or two
Of the republics have attempted to sup
press this individual. but his message
has reached the people. 1t is indicative
of the change In South American opin-
ion that this mans propaganda has
languished since the war began in EE-
rope.
There are, however, counteractfng cir
cumstances. Our attitude toward Mex
leo. in allowing that republic to settle
her own internal difficulties, has acted
as a refutation Of the charge tina, the
United States has ambitions of Latin-
American conquest. Indeed, the revul-
sion of feeling In this respect has been
SO marked that a considerable mum DER
of the thinking population AMI at
least one great newspaper in South
America, convinced now that we Lave
no imperialistic designs, are coming
to believe that Intervention by the
United States and the establishment of
stable government by that means is
the best solution Of Mexico's problem.
The newspaper in question usually
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"a 0ATIONAL defense will be a lime
I'M light subject at the next session
u VI of Congress, and already 1t Is a
subject which most Americans are dis
cussine. 1t is a subject with many
nhases and one of these phases con-
Germs the army post. In fact. 1t con-
earns nearly all army posts and the
army post system.
The army post, established and main
tanned not for military reasons, but for
political reasons. has been fred on by
many official reports. Naturally 1T has
been defended by it's beneficiaries. AS
there are many of these army political
posts. and consequently many bene-
ficiaries, these beneficiaries are able by
combination to put up strong anu
tack. The political post Is or value TO
a member of Congress because 1t Is OF
value to such of his constituents as
keep shop in the town or towns near
the most. This seems to be very small
and sordid reason for the maintenance
of any army post. but it is the reason
whv many Of them are maintained and
why such vigorous opposition is met
when the proposition 10 ih"oS ~
don that post
There are portents that the army post
which is maintained not for the benefit
of the national service, but for the
henedt or local tTducS PSoptS' 80
to go. A large proportion OF Ameflcans
are taking an Intelligent interest IN the
national defense. More Americans
know that the regular army Is plti1ully
small. that the National Guard is OF
yerv uneven quality, and that volun.
teer army of the size required TO resist
attack nv a military power cannot pc
improyised over night or In six months.
Public opinion is more nearly well
informed on matters relating to ma
tional defense than 1t has ever been
before, and developing an interest In
this subject 1t is being fed with in
formation and to an encouraging de-
gree is assimilating it. In view of this
situation, 1t is clear that army officers.
uointing out the uselessness and ex-
pense of certain army poets, will be SO
Endorsed by public opinion. which finds
its echo in Congress, that the members
of Congress selfshly interested In these
useless posts will not be able to save
them.
Out Of the effort to get rid of many
small, ill-situated and otherwise OBJ
jectionable military posts Is developing
a sentiment that is critical of all army
posts. The matter of cost is the prin-
cipal objection which the average man
sets up against a regular army strong
enough to repel any invading force that
could be transported across the Atlantic
or Pacific and landed on our coast.
The United States Army. measured by
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the leading American trade advocate has
been Pinheiro Machado, the strongest
political figure in that republic. He was
but recently assassinated and his death
is considered a great blow to American
interests in that country. Impover-
ished Paraguay is yearning for Amer
lean business and is throwing conces-
sions to American capital.
In Uruguay there is interest in the
American propaganda. but perhaps less
than in any other South American coun-
try. This is due partially to the fact
that the British Uruguayans form an
influential part of the population. and
partially because Uruguay, with its
more compact business organization,
has not been hurt SO much by the war
as some of her sister republics In Rio
de Janeiro Senior Machado spoke OF
his interest in establishing new steam
ship connections to carry commerce be-
tween Brazil and the United States, and
discussed the possible cooperation of
Brazil in substituting such a line of ves-
sells.
The interviews with these statesmen
were but typical of other conversations
with the leading men of South Amer
lea. Our own diplomatic and consular
representatives are living in a daily
atmosphere of American trade expan-
SioH anu are itS ucNciOpfucnts
applauding it's successes and groaning
at it's defeats and errors. with the abb
sorption of>a ba4e ball fan in the pen
nant race.
The South Americans do not believe
our task is as dificult as our own men
regard 1t. They believe their business
men are willing to meet our manufac-
turers half way in adopting trade con-
vaaiences in the way of credit and
elAkA ~th
difficulties that have been regarded by
some American traders as insurmount-
able. The beginnings of American trade
development on scientific lines in Ar
gentina tend to show that these dim
culties are not so great as they seem
to be.
1t must be said, however. that among
the masses of the people in nearly all
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cost Of the solution was six cents per
gallon. AS absurd as this scheme was.
when Judge Lamar issued fraud
order against it shutting 1t. the books
OF the concern showed an annual In
It 10 the perversity of human nature
to want blond hair II one Is the pos
SCISSOR Of black. or to have desire to
preserve the charms of too fast fleet
Ing youth by dying the silvered locks
a beautiful chestnut brown: nor when
avoirdupois Is increasing at a race
horse rapidity is 1t unnatural for one
to be taken in by glowing advertise.
ment to the effect that the anguish felt
when the manly or girlish figure begins
to take on the burden of flesh may all
be set right by a small dose OF lavender
or blue pills.
A gigantic scheme of the latter sort
which robbed the public Of $1.5o0.o0O IN
a comparatively short time and spent
In one year $4,000 on postage stamps
alone represented Its promoters as be-
ing able to teach any one the secret OF
magnetic power by which he could
hypnotic subjects at a distance OF a
thousand miles. and thus make himself
supreme master Of any situation The
methods employed were claimed to be
instantaneous and equally enective
whether the patient were sleeping or
waking. whether 1t was used by tele-
phone or telegraph. and the consent of
the subject was not necessary. The
amount charged for instructions in this
art was S25, but IL the applicant could
not afford that much. in some cases 1t
was reduced to IS. The post office in
spectors found that the promoters OF
this school were ignorant men OF
hypnotism.
modern Moses offered to lead the
sick and helpless from suffering to the
brilliant light of health. wealth and
happiness for the sum of SO cents-for
the frst treatment. His circular was
a deep, black-bordered card. on which
was printed: Remember my address
in the hour of approaching death" The
cures" were to be made by means Of
a diet, the same prescribed for all. re-
CARELESS Of the symptoms described.
Just how the diet was to increase the
bank account was not made clear.
cases are held before Judge Lamar or
his assistant in his room in the Post
once Department, and the literature
constituting evidence In some Of them
reads like melodrama-
1t can be seen now the following
would appeal to thousands of those
who seek happiness by means of one
Of the lightning recipes now in Uncle
Sans collection and which was scat
tered broadcast over the country:
THE divorce courts are crowded with
the wrecks Of yesterday; are fed by
the soul-hungry who feel oppression
Of the present when they think Of
the promise OF the past. The charms