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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-08-10

The action of the republican county con-
vention on Tuesday paved the way for two
changes which furnish good precedents to
follow. The one is relative to the time of
making the nomination for representative
and the other relative to giving q ond
term to representative who has made a
good record just as second term Is accord
ed to other county officers who have done
satisfactory work during their official career.
The Office is an important one and when the
choice of candidate for 1t is left until late
In the afternoon, after all the other Offices
are filled, as has been the practice In the
past, 1t cannot receive Just the sort of atten
ton which it deserves. When left to that
part of the day, too, the Office is more likely
to be made matter of trading among other
candidates, and while 1t Is not likely that
this feature can eyer be entirely eliminated
from any convention, anything which will
have tendency to lessen II must be- wei!
coined. The Office deserves the position IN
the order of nominations which tuesdays
convention has given 1t and 1t Is to be hoped
that the same order will be followed here
after. The other matter is one of equal
Importance. The mere fact that 1t has hap
pened heretofore that but one term has been
given to repr, sentatives from this c unity Is
no reason why an exception should be made
In the case of this one county Office and all
the rest be under rule of from two to three
and even four terms to those officials who
have given satisfaction to the voters and 10
their party. The work of a. representative
Is of Just as much and Oftentimes of greal err
importance than that OF the more strictly
county Offices, and the reasons which apply
to make it seem wise to give second term
to other county officers apply with full
force to the cboi g of representative In the
state Legislature. A man who has had the
experience OF one term can be of more assist
ance to his county and to the state at large
than can man who has all of the methods
of procedure to learn from the start to the
finish, other things being anywhere nearly
equal. The TIMES hopes this action on
on the part OF the convention will also be-
come precedent, and hopes to see the rule
of sending q good man for more than one
term the rule governing this case rs II does
the cases OF the other county Offices today.
Both changes are In the line Of good politics
and b ,tter conditions for the state aud the
ount..
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-08-10

Strange that the use of governm emit
transport to carry several hundred Cuban
teachers from the Gem of the Antilles to
this country, where they could have the ad-
vantases of few weeks training 10 the
summer school at Harvard University and
thus 6t themselves for better work In the
schools of the island in training the youth
OF that fair island In the ways of an en-
iightened citizenship. has not been de-
nounced as another exhibition Of imperial
ism! The democratic followers of the
famous imperial anti-imperialist Bryan are
so Discrimination!
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-08-10

A vote for Bryan means a vote to aban-
don the policy under which the country has
made greater progress than this or apy
other country ever made before, to take up
policy which has been thrown aside bv
every civilized nation, and with that a con-
g'omeration OF sort Of no-poIicy-at-a,l
attack upon the causes of the present good
times which the country is enjoyipg. Some
very wise men might we'll be excused for
suggesting that as the present republican
policy seems to show no signs as vet Of
losing Its efficacy, 1t would be the heipt, NJ
toolishness to change at present for apv
otner policy, let alone cong Generated mass
OF no-polic, -at-sll, or mere destruct, v.pess
which could not possibly improve thing.
over the present conditions but which h.vs
every indication that they would causs Wide
spread misery and disaster.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-08-10

In the days before the republican party
was called into being because the old demo-
cratic party had lost Its vitality and refused
to listen to the demand of the people of this
country that the curse of slavery be removed
from this land-the days when the party
contained much of the brains and the
craftsmanship of the country-a ship subsidy
bill was passed. This, the first ship sub
sidy act ever passed In the United States,
was a democratic measure, and under Its
action some of the finest ships on the seas,
10 those days of fifty and ffty-fve years
ago, built In American shipyards, were
paid several millions of dollars out of the
United States treasury, and 1t was money
we'll invested. Times haye changed since
then and the democratic party no longer
has the same quality of brains and true
American enterprise intimately connected
with its management that 1t then had. To-
day it snarls, and groans, and grumbles
because the republican party has seen the
the growth of American shipping, to keep
at home the two hundred millions which
we are paying to foreign ship owners each
year, and because it proposes to do as the
democratic party did in the days when 1t
represented what was virile and American
In the nations life, and what other nations
are doing today to encourage their mer-
chant marine, viz, grant a reasonable sub
sldy which will place thu American built
and owned vessels on at least an equal
footing with those owned and operated by
foreign nations. The trouble seems to be
that the democrats have to look so far back
in the history of their party to find any
thing of which they may honestly feel proud
that they have become discouraged and
have stopped looking. And after all when
they do look and find anything which is
worth making use of today they are further
hampered and Inundated by being forced
to realize that 1t is one of the things for
which they are at present berating the re-
publican party anyway, and the opportunity
Is seen 10 be hOpelessly lost.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-08-10

For Governor,
AARON T. BLISS, OF Saginaw.
For Lieutenant Governor,
ORRIN w. ROBINSON, OF Houghton.
For Secretary of State,
FRED W. WARNER, of Oakland.
For State Treasurer,
DANIEL MCCOY, OF Kent
For Auditor General,
PERRY F.. POWERS, of Wexford.
For Commissioner of State Land once,
EDWIN A. WILDEY, of Van Buren,.
For Attorney. General,
HORACE M. OREN, OF Chippewa.
For Superintendent Of Public Instruction,
DELOS FALL, Of Calhoun.
For Member of State Board OF Education,
JAMES b. THOMPSON, Of Osceola.
For Representative in the State Legislature,
GEORGE T. MASON, of Owosso Township.
For Judge OF Probate,
MATTHEW BUSH, Of Vernon.
For Sheriff.
STEPHEN A. CRANE, OF Owosso.
For County Clerk.
JOHN Y. MARTIN, OF Caledonia.
For County Treasurer,
RICHARD F. KAY, of Woodruff.
For Register Of Deeds,
JAY D. ROYCE, OF Burns.
For Prosecuting Attorney
AUSTIN E. RIL HARDS, Of Corunna.
For Circuit Court Commissioners.
JOHN B. STOCKDALE, Of Owosso.
WILLIAM ]. PARKER, of Corunna.
For County Surveyor,
ELMER F. JOSLIN, Of Burns.
For Coront rs,
HIRAM MONROE, OF Owosso.
AUGUSTINE T. HOLCOMB, Of Hazelton.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-08-10

For Representative in Congress, Eighth Con-
gressional District,
JOSEPH w. FORDNEY.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-08-10
THE OWOSSO TIMES.
EDMUND o. DEWEY, EDITOR.

owosso. FRIDAY. AUGUST 10, 1900
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-11

walker. He holds his head UP and his
chin out. He keeps his lips closed and
breathes through his nose. His eyes
are partly closed. as are the eyes of all
professional walkers, and the head is
held straight.
No heart patient ever took more care
with his respiration. The President
draws a full breath, and. when it is
rexhauSted, he draws another, without
putting. When he first began to walk
he found it necessary to "slow up ev-
cry few steps and rest; if he failed to
do this he found himself putting" But
this is not necessary now; he can walk
and breathe at the same time, even in
a stiff wind.
This was peculiarly shown recently
in Washington. 1t was just before
blowing. The President started out
in the teeth of a North wind and
walked against it bravely, never los
ing or stacking his stride A friend
who was walking with him vainly at
tempted to keep up, by little hops ana
skips, but was finally compelled to ask
him to stop a minute.
PLATT AND THE DOG.
A sometimes companion is Senator
Platt, who is something of an athlete
himself and enjoys a brisk walk One
day, not long ago, the President was
accompanied by an unexpected guest
A little mOngrel dog, seeing the tall,
well-formed gentleman pass, came out
"
had been hiding, and fell into the Pres
ident'S tracks. Perhaps the dog thought
that, with so stalwart a guide, he could
come to no harm. Perhaps he caught
sight of the bump of benevolence on
the Presidential head, aud calculated
that there would be a dinner at the
end of the walk. But, if so, he was
disappointed, for he got not even a
pat of the head, and after three blocks
the disappointed little dog skunk back
to watch for the next good-looking
pedestrian.
For awhile Secret Service officers
but the President found it out and for
bade them from following him, declar-
ing that he was not afraid. The off,
Ger had been following at a distance,
ready to pick off anyone seen acting
in a mysterious manner.
Since beginning his pedestrian exer-
else President Mckinley has reduced
his girth and increased his lung power,
so the exercise may be called a success.
When he began to exercise, the Ex-
ecutive had his choice of several meth
| DDS. One was equestrianism, as prac-
ticed by Secretary Root. The Secre-
oughly enjoys it. He much prefers
horseback exercise to any other, and
it is one of the daily sights in Wash
ington to see him dash by on his thor
Oughbred. Then there was the wrest-
ling of Governor Roosevelt, who takes
/ lessons in the manly art from a pro-
! fessiOnal instructor who visits him at
the Executive Mansion in Albany. But
| President Mckinley chose neither of
| these, nor yet fencing, preferring to
| get pure air with his exercise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-11
DO EXPOSITIONS
CAUSE WAR.
Remarkable Figures to Show How
One Speedily Follows in the Wake
of the Other.

International Exposition, Crystal
Palace, London, 81, followed by Girls
mean War.
International Exposition, Paris, 80.
followed by Russo Turkish War, '55:
Persian, '55; Indian Mutiny, 81, and our
Civil War in so.
Vienna Industrial Exposition, IS, fol-
lowed by Austro-PruSsian War in Sc.
Exhibition UniverSelle, Paris, 81, fo1-
lowed by Garibaldi Instruction.
Berlin Industrial Exposition, 20, fol+
lowed by Franco russian War, 10
Brussels Industrial Exposition, "a
followed by Carlist War in Spain, IA.
Moscow Russian Progress Exposition
~, followed by Ashantee War. '73.
Vienna Industrial Exposition, '73, fol-
lowed by the Abyssinian War in rs.
Industrial Exhibition in London, '73.
followed by the Servian War, rs.
Philadelphia Exposition of 1876, also
the Paris Electrical and Brussels In
dustrial Expositions, same year, fol-
lowed by Russo-Turkish War, IT;
Afghanistan War, rs; Zulu War, '79.
Worlds Fair. Chicago, SO, followed
by Greco-Turksh and Spanish-Ameri-
can Wars.
Paris Exposition of 1900, followed by
Those who take note of curious his
toric condolences are more than ap-
prehensive of the war of 1901 as fore
Swallowed by the Paris Exposition OF
1900.
According to the workings of some
mysterious law which cannot be ex-
planned, but which military and naval
men think may exist, a great exposi-
ton is apt to be followed by a great
war. The notable condolences illus
trating the laws are shown above.
Passing such smaller affairs as the
Zulu, Ashantee and Abyssinian cam
paigns, there are some startling coinci-
dences in the list, and most startling
of all is the first.
In 1851 Europe was in profound peace
and prosperity. Business was good, re-
forms had been granted because of the
outbreaks Of 1S4S. The Prince .Consort
Albert of Britain, who was then at the
height of mis- influence, believed that
war was practically a thing of the past.
The Crystal Palace show was devised
by him as a great peace jubilee of all
nations. Scarcely had it closed before
Britain, France, Italy and Turkey were
| combining in a bloody, indecisive, in
glorious war against Russia in the
| Crimea.
And after 1soO-what? The Dreyfus
| troubles, the bitter Austrian quarrels
over the Ausgleich, the impending par
| tition of China, the growing difficulties
in South Africa, furnish plenty Of pre-
| texts for a great war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-11
x WALK WITH
THE PRESIDENT.
The Vigorous Outdoor Exercise by Regainng


On the 18th day of January the Presi-
dent of the United States will be fifty
four years old. He was born January
20, 1874, the child of poor but thorough
~ honest parents, as history will tell
you
But it is not with the Presidents life
or aIentage that this article has to
treat, but with a new habit one which
brings the President prominently in the
public eye in this, his birthday month.
This new habit is one hitherto I'M
known to the President-that of pedes-
trianism! For, up to this time, Will
lam Mckinley, statesman and man of
the world, has been too occupied with
affairs of his own, and of public ma
ture to form any habit which took up
his hours.
The sad fate of President Ho-
bart, who died, his physicians said of
public dinners undigested through lack
of exercise, was before him. And added
TO this was a growing tendency to
shortnesS of breath and corpulency.
This warned the President that he must
find remedy before it was too late.
And SO, acting upon Mrs. Mckinley
entreaties, and the advice of General
Wood, who was for a long time the
White House doctor, he took to walk
ing as the simplest and most agreeable
form of medicine
It is now about three weeks since the
President began walking in earnest.
Before then he took walks occasionally,
but now he walks, as man takes med
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-11
LOST: FOUR VERY LARGE CONTINENTS.
STRANGE Tales Great Lands That Have
Now Entirely Disappeared.

The lost Atlantis has long been the
subject of poem and story. Novelists
have located their romanceS IN TINS
strange land and poets have sung OF It's
lost grandeurs, but so many and so con-
f1icting have been the accounts OF TINS
unknown country that it's very exist
ence has come to be regarded as myth
zeal. 1T has been accepted as an inter-
esting tale, a fable of history or huge
practical joke invented by Plato IN q
facetious moment.
Platos own account of the lost con-
tinent has, perhaps. given color to this
last theory. He admits that he OBJ
tanned his information at third hand
from q priest of Egypt, who gave 1t to
Scion the " Use, and it must be admit
ted that the details. although precise
enough, are extremely confusing.
At one time Atlantis is described as
having been a small horseshOe-shaped
island lying just off the coast of West
Africa. At another time we are told
that it was a vast continent, fully de-
veloped and highly cultivated Its
means of communication were far SUI
periOr to those of other lands, its mar
Vellous system of canals, stretching for
hundreds of miles in all directions,
brought the interior of the country
down to the sea coast and made it pos
immense exporting trade that had been
built up. Nothing could be more exact
than this; no information could be more
complete.
To-day Atlantis may be regarded as
a myth by the majority and yet there
are many we'll informed persons, scien-
lists of repute, who are not only willing
to accept the story of the lost con-
tinent of Atlantis in all it's particulars
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-11
GETTING YOUR MUSCLE UP.
Bv Ma Levy. the Strong Mar.

By Max Levy, the Strong Man.
I am often asked how a man can get
his muscle up without devoting all his
time to athletics. Take a man who is
busy during the day, yet who wants to
have a muscular arm and a leg that
will prove hard and firm when exer-
cised.
The increase in health and strength
can hardly be measured, as all who
have developed their muscles will af-
firm; and the few words, therefore, Of
advice which I have to offer will be ac-
ceptable to many.
Fifteen minutes a day divided into
ten minutes in the morning and five
minutes at night will bring up the
muscle if the work is done right A
man can eat as much as he wants and
drink moderately without softening his
muscle or lessening his STRENGTH.
Suppose you want an arm like
Rusie's right. This is about the most
difficult thing to acquire for the rea-
son that Rusie's arm is developed both
above and below the elbow Notice the
muscular knot on the forearm.
There is only one way to get this
knot. Begin by doing as Rusie does.
Play ball every morning and again at
night. A small rubber ball bounded
against the wall of your bedroom and
caught again will be enough at the be-
ginning. Bound the ball hard and jump
up and catch 1T, using not one arm,
but both Stop the instant you are
tired, or begin to puff. and go to exer-
cising the arms up and down in gym
nastic motion. Twenty times out,
twenty times up and twenty times
down. Try this for one month
The right arm of Charmion, the
! trape-e performer, was developed by
bicycle riding. Place the seat high and
| the handle bars low. Support your
season to get a muscle, but this is the
| WaV to do it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-11

iciHe, at certain times and with deter
mination.
HIS WALKS.
His usual plan is to start out and
walk in a certain direction, then, turn
ing, he retraces his steps along the
same streets; but occasionally he va
RES It On certain days, when he has
been long in session with visitors, or
with his stenographer, he is too ex-
hausted to start out on foot, and on
these days the White House carriage
conveys him up Sixteenth Street When
about two miles from the White House
the carriage stops and the President
aHghts- Then, renewed by the short
rest in the carriage, and with spring
mess restored to his steps, he starts
back, going down Sixteenth Street and
passing the home of Mrs. Washington
Mclean. He mods toward the Army
and Navy Club, and finally arrives
back at the White House.
It is interesting to watch the Presi-
dent on these walks. He goes at the
pace of a determined man, not a stroll
er. One of his feet is thrown well out
ahead of him to make sure of a long
stride, and the other foot is bent be-
tween the ball and the heel, as is the
fashion with the long distance walkers.
The stiff-footed man is the man who
can walk only a short distance, but the
man with the supple feet can keep a
good pace for long time.
The President observes all the laws
and rules of hygiene for the steady
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-11

tinents must have meant to the con-
struction Of the surface of the earth,
but if one can give the imagination full
play it will be seen that these tradi-
lions refer to a time when there was no
Africa, Europe or America as we know
them. In fact, it would require the i'm
agination of Jules Verne to decide
just what existed and what did not.
CONSTANTLY CHANGING.
The solid appearance of the earth as
we know it makes its difficult for one to
accept these theories and traditions,
and yet we know that the earth is con-
ocean is encroaching upon the land and
large slices of the earth are sliding
bodily into the water. If this can oc-
cur in day or month at this part
OF the century, can any theory be re-
garded as absolutely impossible?
We know by geological deductions
that the whole of Europe was once far
below the sea. This is proved by the
fact that shells and marine fossils have
been discovered on the highest Alps.
We know that the Sahara was once a
great sea; that North Africa was joined
to Europe and England to the Con-
is never still Time. after time islands
have risen out of the sea and have dis
appeared again. The North Pole has
shifted its position at least three times
even since the pyramids were built. OF
course these changes are of slight
character, but it is just as possible for
Nature to operate on a larger scale.
If islands can be made to rise and fall,
continents may be operated in a SINH
lar way, and it is not impossible that
the Eastern tradition that tells of the
other continents that are to come to
the surface after Europe shall have
buried itself beneath the sea may not
| be impossible.
OF course such theorizing may be idle
waste of time, but if these opinions of
certain scientists are true and that Old
Earth takes this means of making I'D
| afresh after age has dimmed her
beauty, it may also be true that the
| Garden of Eden was never actually de-
| stroyed, but is merely hidden benea tn
! the Polar ice until the time shall come
when evolution may bring it to light
again and restore its climate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-11
HER MAJEsTY's SWORDS

Just now the sword factories Of Great
Britain are working at their fullest ca
pacity for the war with the Beers,
which, while long threatened, came on
unexpectedly at last and every particle
of armament and ammunition in the
great storehouses was called into SER
vice.
The factory in which the swords are
made is a long low building fitted with
small glass windows which are usually
broken and at which the GLACIERS are
always at work. The shocks that daily
occur break the windows and so the
building has the look always of being
out of repair.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-01-29
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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-01-29
PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED
The Aztzretfe Is Practically an Tn
known Region at the Pres
eEt Time

The actual existence Of land cor
responding 10 what is charred as Gr2-
ham land Is q natter Ct considerable
doubt On the map II extends from
the siHry-ninth parallel Of latitude.
r0rthwsr1 40 miles Bar Alexander
] land. the southern termination i
an island ard We saw 10 land east-
ward The character Of the land
which mzT or may not exist between
this and th# newly discovered BzlEiGa
strait is iii doubt. II oEsrs srienrE6c
ard commercial prospects promised
by 10 other rev Polar region
Al the one kundreelth degree Ct east
longitude. close to the Gree. there ;
another inteEruP Ptfon in the Unknown
This IS the much-Sizpute5 Wilkes
lzn6- u Is by far The largest lard
mass in the entire antarctic area
IlcIu5ing Victoria land. its better
known eastern border. It cevers more
than 0ne-sizrh of the eiruu-ferenee
Of the globe In territory Of This
extent. even under the uosr hopeless
zpread Of saow. would il rot -
strange If sa-eshiu- % ralua and
much cf Interest wre E1z t1u Ii
IS n1t z- al1 irlp-1sah,e That the dis
e111ectt1 lines zaez ~ wilkes are tie
c-ltilu1us Ines of the c1-riue1t-
Thess are IL all probability. oz-lFiHg
Islands which front a great car-i-
rent We are la5 into -zs c11rietf1z
that there Is 8 co-Hn@ut here 1V the
rerT great Huuber ard The eaorzs-s
sizs of the iceberrs Whllh are here En-
eountered. But e1-rier5on uirhout
better erifeu1e VIII no-- and ouEht
not TO- satisfy eUplrrerz
E1Eerby lad zui E=z- ll-5 tur-
Hish other Prpb,e1s- TheT are Prob
ably 10. fixed 20 the cozt-nert- f7r
the Aueriezr- MerreI. foun1 crez sea
below them- but whether they are
is.rarei is,ar5s orfrarrs e az arrtf-
rslaE1 remains % b. zzer-sfres7
Doe= Pe-e- fsIa-l e1tsrs Tie Ee--i
aElftrl cl1se 81 -le rlst-a
- it t- z- ht w ~
lzEf Ilese err but a 1sr e--1-zz
q t-e nary =zT-r r-l-.E-z
to te solved -t- f-- t-Erel-
eres CcoE y d. 10 -er-A