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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-05-12
STATE EXPECTED TO
RAISE $4,000 men
ACCORDING TO PLANS OF WAR
DEPARTMENT THIS WILL BE
MIcH,GAN's SHARE.
IS 80 OF NATIONAL FORCE
Unless Men Volunteer Before Sept
Approximately $4,000 Must Be
Raised BY Draft.
From Our Special Correspondent,

(From Our Special Correspondent
Lansing.
Michigan will be called on to supply
10000 to 10000 soldiers in addition
to those already enlisted before Sept.
|, according to the present plan OF
the war department. This is indicated
definitely by responsible officials.
The army bill as passed by both
branches OF congress provides for I'm
mediate creation OF an army Of APP.
proximately 1000 900 men, as follows:
Recruiting the regular army to war
strength OF 2S7,S46 men and 1892
officers.
Recruiting the national guard to
war strength OF 326.9S2 men and TO-
$50 officers
An additional unit OF 100000 enlist
ed men and its recruited complement
OF officers, TO be raised by selectivs
draft.
Each state will be assigned quota
OF the total OF these forces, based on
its population.
II is the intention to have in the
field by Sept. ! at least 100000 men,
and Il Is hoped to have the full quota
OF about 100000 men,
Michigan's 100000 population re-
quires It to raise approximately per
cent OF the national force, or 30 900 OF
an army OF 1000 900 and $4,000 of an
army OF 100000.
But each state Is credited with the
number OF men 1t now has in the ma
tional guard and the number who have
enlisted In the regular army since the
declaration OF war against Germany.
As nearly as can be estimated,
sMichigan's total credit is now about
$500 men. The state thus has "a
500 OF a total quota of 100000 men
and 10000 OF an army of 1,200 900 men
still to supply.
BY enlisting approximately $4,000
more volunteers in the regular army
and national guard. Michigan can
avoid any application OF the draft so
Ear as its quota for these units is
concerned. II may reduce somewhat
its share OF $4,000 OF the first 100000
men to be raised by selective draft. al
though IL must furnish eventually the
full draft quota in any case.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-05-12
THE FIRST FLY

Why. there's a fiyl Seems
kind o. good, doesn't 1t, to hear
It buzzing around contentedly In
that sunny window? 1t means
that spring has come. You are
glad to see II, just as You well
come the crocuses and bluebirds.
But wait a minute. Where did
that fly come fromf Not up from
Florida with Gentle Sister South
Wind, as did Welcome Robin and
Winsome Bluebird. No. 1t
Matched out of a muck heap. and
1t came right into the house
without wiping its feet. And Its
mate will 60 back to the muck
heap to lay more eggs. and by
the time the hot days come the
two will have some millions Of
descendants. And all of them
will come into the house without
wiping their feet, and they will
leave filth and disease germs In
your food. Spells the romance.
doesn't 1T The fly IL your enc
my. Stay I'll
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-05-12
Railroad Man Aids War Board.

The Michigan Railroad Association
has loaned" to the war preparedness
board the services Of its secretary.
Charles E. Webb. and the latter will
handle the transportation end Of the
preparedness work. At the outset he
is endeavoring to find adequate means
to distribute throughout the state all
the seed and fertilizer that can be OBJ
tained, Later. when the added forces
Il, Is intended to marshal for farm
work are ready. the work OF placing
them about the state also will come
UP to the transportation department.
Official standing already has been
given by the war board to numerous
companies OF home guards that have
been formed in Michigan towns. Home
guard service does not obligate any
ono in It to federal service. but neither
does It exempt them from it, II is
hoped that the guard will be nucleus
from which regiments of soldiers for
federal service will be organized in
Michigan.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-05-12

The war preparedness board de-
clded to grant the petition Of Olivet
college for a military instructor.
An organized board OF business
men has been formed in Romeo. Ma.
comb county. to promote food pro.
doction and committees are being ap
pointed to canvass farms within fve
or SIX miles OF the village to de-
termine just what is needed u In.
crease crops. Carloads OF seed pota-
toes and beans have already been or.
dered by the business men.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-17
FRAlL HUMANITY
Here and There and Everywhere
With The Personal Equation.

WtH INC reVsoHat IQuattoh.
Senator McCumber charges post
mistress in North Dakota with insult
ing the has.
In the steel mills of western Penn
sylvania, women are replacing men
drafted for the army.
Tho United States army is in need
OF $4,000 doctors and the Medical
Corps OF 10000 enlisted men.
The mayor OF indianapolis has been
indicted with 40 other men for al
legged election frauds.
Iron rollers at Youngstown o., earn
$40 a day and have had six advances
In wages since February, 1916.
Senator LaFollctte predicts that
the draft will be the main issue at
the pext election and that 80 per cent
of the voters will BIO against it.
Tho Court upheld an Atlantic City
man who built high spike fence on
his grounds to protect himself from
neighbors who had annoyed him.
a japanese shipping company has
declared a 1000 per cent dividend
made possible by the increase OF Jap.
anese commerce since the war be.
gan.
The governors OF Oregon, Washing
ton, Idaho and Utah are to co.
operate to prevent l. W. w activi.
ties in their respective states during
tho war.
A young woman who told marvel
Gus tale of white slave hardship In
New York, was found TO have appro-
prlated the plot or sensational
novel TO suit her case. "
Yucatan has been pictured as la.
Dor paradise because iSbCrers receive
81 a day, but This rs Mexican money
worth onethird the money Of the
United States. ~ "
Fifth Avenue aid And street in
New York Is the most congested trai
he center in the world, averaging 2s
vehicles per minute or nearly 1900
In 10 hours.
Two Philadelphia spinstors TO ap.
pear younger changed the age records
in the family Bible. and thus render
cd the boys Of the family eligible for
the draft until the sisters confessed,
The government has issued warn.
ings against the use Of courtplaster
OF unknown makes as some have
been found impregnated WITH disease
germs, as alleged by German In.
trlguers.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-17
ORDEAL OF GRAMMAR.
How II Came to Be Inflicted Upon an
UnofIendna Public.

OnoHSnqln9 rupHO'
The world reached its highest known
stage of intelligence before grammar
was even invented, much less studied.
l have had some curiosity TO find out
where and how so great n blight upon
young life first came into being and
why it ever became a school study.
and find that the Greeks knew it
not; that their triumphant literature
and their matchless oratory came to
flower before grammar was dreamed
Of; that it was not in any sense one
Of the great arts which they wrought
out and with which they armed the
human race
l find that after Greece had declined
barbarous Macedonian made himself
the owner of all Egypt, and in order to
surround himself with the most spec
taeular form of ostentation of which
his vain mind could conceive he set to
collecting not only all the rare and
precious objects and books and manu-.
scripts there were in the world, but he
capped ii all by making collection of
tile living men of the world who had
any reputation anywhere for knowing
and thinking. Taking them from their
homes where they had some relation
to the daily necessities Of human be-
ings and had really been of some use,
he shut them up for life in one OF his
palaces at Alexandria, which the folks
there were In the habit of calling "the
hencoop of the muses." and out OF
sheer desperation, since they could do
nothing better to amuse themselves.
they counted the words In the books
which real men had written and pre-
pared tables Of the forms and endlngs
which the users of words employed
The lifeless dregs Of books which
their distilling left we now call gram
mar and study instead Of books and
even speech itself. In their lowest
depth Of Indifference to the moving.
pulsihg life Of man not even the Alex.
andrians sank so low as that.-Ernest
c. Moore in Yale Review
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-17
FeeI worse After Vacation.

Tho change from outdoor activity OF
vacation time to the quiet OF regular
employment sometimes makes one
feel heayy and STUFFED up" uncom-
Portable ana bilious. with mean
headache nervous unrest and thick.
ly coated tongue. Instead OF com
planning that "a vacation does no
good" Il Is better to remove the
trouble. which usually Is the result Of
indigestion. Foley Cathartic Tablets
give quick relief With no unpleasant.
ness or costive after effects Sold
Everywhere,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-17
Ihe man who waited for

the rates to come down before he in
sured his life has been in Mt. Auburn
several years. His wife makes vests
and his children are scattered. He
had his own way and they must go
thoirs.lnsure and be sure. National
Life lns. Co. OF VI. (Mutual) Earle
S. Kinsley, General Agent, Mead
Building, Rutland, Vt. ADV.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-17
Once the Home Of Pirates.

Margarita. the mountainous island
or the coast Of Venezuela, has a repu-
tation that III matches It's pleasing
name. 1t was discovered by Columbus
in 149s and got its name from It's pearl
fisheries, for the Spanish word for
pearl is the old Greek margarites. For
generations it was the headquarters of
the pirates-and especially of the slave
traders-of the Spanish Main and the
prison of slaves who were awaiting
transportation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-17

While IL was perfectly natural and
the expected thing under the circum-
stances that the Bennington county
soldiers from Fort Ethan Allen re-
ceiped most of the attention from the
lcrowds on the street Thursday morn
ing, yet Bennington people should
not forget that 1t was the annual in
spection Of the fire department and
the village fire department deserves
more credit than 1t usually gets. Our
village fire department members were
without pay and the record of the fire
loss here for the past fifteen years
show that they have given the very
best of service. They have had to
work good many times under hard
conditions and with equipment that
might have been improved upon, but
they have done 1t we'll and without
much complaint The boys in khaki
just nod are the cynosure of all eyes
but the boys in the firemen's uniform
are always on duty'and serve the pub
lie without hope or expectation Of
promotion or reward They too, have
earned and deserve the cordial appre-
citation and support of the public
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-17
AnaIxze these statements.

II you can earn money, you repre-,
sent a value. That value can be made
certain by insurance. We solicit
your business in business like man
ner. claiming to write policies suited
to all cases, National Life ms. Co.,
OF VI (Mutual) Earle S. Kinsley,
General Agent, Mead Building. Rut-
land. VI. ADV.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-17

Wigg Your friend the actor seems
rather eccentric. Wagg-IIe's the per-
sonidcatlon OF eccentrlcity. Why, that
man actually admits there are other
actors just as good as he is.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-17
Etiquette.

Originally the word etiquette meant
a ticket, label or slip Of paper attached
to a bag or object TO indicate It's con-
tents. 1t then came to be used Of
ticket given to person taking part In
o ceremony to tell him what be should
do; hence the modern meaning.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-17
Word From ere.r Williams.

De folks What find fault wid dc
world God made can't map out a better
one ter save dey lives.
De days work amt well donc oncss
you kin make pillow Of 20 conscience
an sleep out de night,-Atlanta Consti.
tuition.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-17
Joyous Funerals.

At funerals OF the military nobility
In Siam gayety instead of sorrow rcigns
supreme. The funeral pyre Is lighted
by the king himself, and this Is fol
lowed by sports and the lotus dance.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-17
Friday August Il, 1917.

1t was courteous thing for the
officers of the Vermont regiment to
permit the Bennington boys to come
home for the celebration of Benning-
ton Battle day. They made fine
and soldlerly appearance and were
given cordial greeting, though many
an eye was wet with tears as they
marched along the street, 1t was
their first and last parade in 'Benning-
ton before their departure for France.
The time draws near and any day now
we may hear that they are on the
way. The old town is well represent
ed The boys will give a good ac.
count of themselves as did their sires
and grandsires before them.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-17
Rare.

"It's a very rare disease
What has hep
Something brought on by over
work"-Detroit Free Press.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-17
Pn Know.

PA, how long can a man live on
waterY' "
ut demands, Willie, on whether he is
aboard a ship that won't slnk.'-Cleyc-
land Plain Dealer.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-17

she Economically AThe man marry
must be willing to go through fire for
me. ie-Theh I'm your man The
boss has fred me for tclephoning YOU
50 often Boston Transcript
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-17

TO give up Of your own win what
would cost too much In time and
strength Is not failure Il Is success.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-17
Beware of Ointmepts for
Catarrh that Contain Mercury

~ mercury will surely destroy the sens,
ot smell and completely dcrnnge the
whole system whom cntcrng IL through
the mucous nnrfaces. Sslch articles should
never be used cSrept on prescriptions
from reputable physicians. as the damaRe
they win DO Is ten fuid 10 'the good you
can possibly derive from them Hall'a
Satarrh Care manufeciuEolr by T.. ].
cheney &uCb., Toledo. o. contains no
mefcnry. and " taken lnternnlly, nctluii
dlreellN. upon the blond and mucous anr-
faces Of The system IN buying Halls
uatarrh' Cure be Nire YIN yet The gcnu-
inc. II Ia taken Informally and made In
Toledo. Ohio. by T. J. Cheney& Co. Tes-
tlmnnlnb nee "
Sold by Druggists. Price 15o Ger bottle.
Take hslls Family Pulls for. constipation.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-03

the pattern traced by the point moving
over the surface Of the bronze casting,
but reproducing it In small size on the
steel. exactly on the principle OF pan
tagraph.
| Sometimes the die is cut direct, and
at other times what Is known in the
language of the die cutter as a hub, or
master. die is made. From this master
die there can be reproduced as many
dies IS are necessary. and In this man
ner any danger Of loss of the artists
work through breakage OF the model
or OF the die is precluded When the
steel die is completed 1t is put into the
stamping machine, q piece of softened
, metal laid below it and the die brought
down With a pressure OF 6OC tons.
This stamping process is repeated
three times. and then the medal is
FURNISHED and worked over by hand
to insure the nearest possible approach
to perfection
Inspired with the ideal Of double
service represented by the medal, Ed
wiz Fl. Bashield, one Of Americas
foremost artists. has painted a STIR
ring card. upon copies Of which the
medals are being displayed all over
the country. 1t pictures America and
France as two strong women clasping
hands with grip as firm as a mans
above the shield on which the medals
hang. America holds her Dag, the
folds Of which swirl about her. while
on her head is the cap of liberty.
Frances head is covered by a metal
helmet, ana behind her floats the
French dag. At their feet. with wings
distended and heads held in belligerent
attitudes. are the lighting cock Of
France and the American spread
eagle. This striking poster is the ar
lists gift, inspired by the thought
OF the strength and nobility of the tie
binding the republics Of France and
America.
Women's Aim to Help France.
The distribution Of the replicas is IN
der the direction Of the executive com.
mittee. which comprises Mrs. Lewis B.
Stiliwell, chairman; Miss Maud Wet
more. vice chairman; Miss Elizabeth
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-03

| arates the stars from the stripes thu
date when war was declared, April +
1917. About the shield is q laure
wreath for victory, and the design !:
encircled by those immortal words o.
Lincoln's that government by the PEG
pie shall not perish"
The creation OF a medal require!
more than mere ability to execute &
beautiful design. The medalist mus
In addition be gifted with an imagina
ton that can perceive the striking fea
lures Of an occasion and interpret
them In picture form. 1t is really q
reverston to the ancient way OF re
cording events. The savage peoples
the American Indians, for instance
cut pictures In stone telling stories
which to this day can be translated
into historical records
| Moreover, the mechanical process OF
ma king the design for q medal is just
the reverse Of the method used IL
making a piece of sculpture. A seulp
tor first makes a small model which
he then copies on a larger scale The
medalst, however. makes the mode
three or four times larger than the
medal itself is to be This means that
infinite care must be taken to keep the
designs simple enough to show up eff
fectively in the small size.
work Of art is always mad. with
the idea of being everlasting. and this
is particularly true OF a medal. The
little metal disk whether gold, silver
or bronze. is practically indestructi-
Bile. Medals made centuries before
Christ are still in perfect condition.
This makes the medal peculiarly suit.
able for recording historic events Fur.
thermore, 1t is possible to strike OF an
unlimited number OF copies Of the orig.
of the artists work.
Msdaiist Works In Wax.
The medanst makes his model first tn
wax. From this q plaster cast Is made,
and from that, in turn, q bronze plate
is cast. This casting is placed at one
end Of the die cutting machine and
the block Of steel on which the die is
to be cut is placed at the other end.
Both the bronze casting and the steel
block revolve simultaneously. A steel
point attached to q long bar rests
against the bronze casting. following
every detail of the artists work. At
the other end Of the bar is another
point, which also revolves, following
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-03

Paris depot is apie to ascertain exact.
ly what supplies are needed at the diff.
ferent hospitals.
In this country 500 committees in
cities and towns are collecting money
for the fund. The Boston committee
has organized 2l0 subcommittee
throughout New England. the Chicag
committee has twenty-nlne. and each
OF the general committees in st Paul.
San Francisco and in other cities have
organized number OF subcommittee.
Each committee is independent in re-
spect to its finances and contributions,
working, however, under the supervi-
sion OF the National Central Commit
tee in New York city, which keeps a
careful and complete record OF the
work of all committees and through It's
the changing needs OF the hospitals
they are helping.
Greater Efforts Now Required.
With the prolongation Of the war
and the constant increase OF suffering
and privatlon, both military aud civil.
ian, 1t will require the utmost efforts
OF all the American committees to keep
the French warehouse Supplied. The
extraordinary way in which the Amer
lean local committees heretofore have
accomplished this, working here In
America, where the work is without
the stimulus Of constant touch with
the demand. where 1t takes Just pa
ttence and logged endurance to 20
through the daily diudsery, and rolse
other and more reluctant people to d.
the same, encourages the bel,el on the
part OF leaders of the Fund that tenra-
tive promises OF supplies VIII be en-
Lirely fulfilled.
The demand for supplies becomes
more urgent every day 1t Is the
Funds atrs during the coming year
materially to Increase the output. In
order to meet the situation it is ueces-
sary to arouse more widespread IN
terest In the work Ut the American
Fund for French Wounded and to form
additional committees In large centers
with subcommittee throughout the
United States.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-03

Scarborough. secretary: Miss Anne Nor
gan. treasurer: Mrs A. NJ. Dixie. Miss
Elisabeth Marbury, Mrs. Frederick n.
Allen, Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer,.
Miss Edith Bangs, chairman New Eng
land branch; Mrs. Russell Tyson. chair
man Chicago branch. and Mrs. John
Casserly, chairman California branch.
The national chairman Of the fund Is
Mrs. Ethelbert Nevin Of New York.
The aim OF the American Fund For
French Wounded is to help France.
Its national headquarters at 122 Madi.
son avenue, New York city, has been
shipping to Paris an average Of 400 to
900 cases of supplies each week. This
represents a monthly average Of 5O0.-
600 articles, including garments. bed
ding, surgical dressings. comfort pill.
lows, rubber goods, instruments, gauze.
rubber sheeting. flannel, cotton. ether,
anti-tetanus serum units and morphine.
The workroom has been entirely self
supporting, and all the work is done
by volunteers The fund is now OH
cially recognized by the French gov
cIuuCAk no 0u AuA1huAs AASA$y III S0i
ing for the wounded In military hos
pitfalls.
Motors Contributed by Americana.
The work in France is directed by
board Of administration, having its
headquarters In Paris. There are a
large number of volunteer workers.
chiefly American, acting as secretarte
or helping in the inquiry department.
the receiving department. the ware
house. the packing room and the motor
service or as visitors to hospitals. The
motors are contributed and maintain
ed BY American donors. and the Paris
depot has in its service today twelve
automobiles. Its distributing service
is particularly effective by reason Of
the fact that Its members personally
visit the military hospitals In the sec.
lions OF France allotted to the fund,
each worker being In charge Of q speci.
fed district. Working in conjunction
with the American clearing house. enc
IF whose members Is q member Of the
executive committee of the fund, tina