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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-03-29
A SUCCESSFUL TEACHER.
WELL QUALIFIED FOR THE OF FICE
OF COMMISSIONED OF SCHOOLS.
HISTORY OF HIS LIFE.

Charles f. Pike, the Republican can
didate for Commissioner Of Schools was
born in Gaines ,GenesSee 90. Mich. near
ly - years ago. His father being "a mill
man and in poor circumstances, Frank,
Is he was generally known, was COM
PEELED TO work In che mill summers and
attended school winters, but never.the.
less carrying on his school work summers
by home study He first came 70 Gratlor
in Miv,1SS6, securing work IN the stave
mill of Bush 81 LaRue in North Star
township, about midway between North
Star village and Ashley The following
winter he attended the st. johns high
school taking the full Latin course hsv.
ing pursued a similar course in the Nor.
rice high school the previous year. In
1887 his parents moved TO Ithaca and
that summer he worked in the Ithaca
stave mill with his father. The follow
ing winter he entered tina Ithaca high
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-03-29
schools and who is now teaching ONE of

schools and who is now teaching one Of
the departments ia Breckenridge. Dur
ing his ten years experience Mr.. Pike
had 80 pupils make application for
teachers certificates, a. Of whom have
passed and taught school successfully.
Part of them are holding some of the
best schools in the county now.
The high esteem with which his asso
ciates. pupils and acquaintances hold
him, together with his marked success,
extensive experience and general knowl-
edge of practical school work leads us
TO believe that he is the one the people
of Grstiot need to supervise the educa-
ton of their youth.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-03-29
Erection Notice

To the Elector, Of the Township OF Arcadia
Michigan:
Notice is hereby given that the next ensuing
general election for the township Of Arcade viii
be held in Alma, Mich. on
Monday, April |, A. D., 1901.
The places for holding said election will be a.
follows
Precinct No. Vacant store No, T. Opera
House BloCk.
Preciuct No 2-B1ildiuR formerly occupied
by A. ". Brock, Supe -ior Street
A. which election the following officer, are 10 Pc
chosen: O1e Justice OF the Suprc pc Court, TWO
Regents of the University, one county school
Comm ssiCner; md the following township
officers: Supervisor. ClcrA, Treasured Highway
Commissioner, school iusp etor, Justice of the
Peace. one dcmber of the Board OF keyic" and
four Constables
Also an Am ndmout To Section Six OF Article
Six OF the Constitution of the state OF Mich
gan relative Io Circuit Courts
Also an Amendment 20 Section Fifteen a.
Ar icle FoHr of the Constitution OF the STATE OF
Michigan relative 10 the Compensation OF Mem
bers of the Legislature.
The polls Of said election viii be opened
Al O'Clock ina tho forenoon and will remain
open until clpcE ia the afternoon oi SAID
dav OF Flcctou.
ny order 81 the Foard OF Election Commissions
ers OF said Township
Dated this 10Th daV ~ March A d. 1901.
SETH A. TUBBs, Clerk of said township
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-03-29
REPUBLICAN TICKET.


For Justice Supreme Court
ROBERT ~. MONTGOMERY of Lansing
Regent state tnNrrsiiV:-
FRANK ". FLETC HER. OF Alpena
HENRY w. CAREY. OF East Lake.
COUNTY
County Commissioner of Srhools:-
CHARLES +. PIKE
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-03-29
a Gentle Hint,

In our style of climate, with its sud
den changes of temperature, rain, wind
and sunshine often intermugled in a
single day,-it is no wonder that our
children, friends and relatives are so
frequently taken from us by neglected
colds half the deaths resulting directly
from this cause. A bottle of Boschee's
German Syrup kept about your home
for immediate use will prevent serious
sickness, a large DOCTORS bill, and per.
haps death, by the use of three or four
doses. For curing Consumption, Hem.
orrhages, Pneumonia, Severe Coughs,
Group, or any disease OF the Throat, or
Lungs. its success is simply wonderful,
as your druggist will tie you Get a
sample bottle free from Sharrar & Mul.
hollands. Regular size, IS cts. Get
Green's Prize Almanac
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-03-29
Registration Notice

othe Electors of the Township Of Arcadia,
State of Michigan;
Notice ~ hereby given that a meeting OF the
Board of Registration OF the above named
township Will be held at Clerks office, Alma,
Saturday. March 30. A. D. 1901.
for the purpose of registering the names of all
persons who shall be possessed of the necessary
auaiiications of electors and who may apply for
that purpose: aud that said Board IF Registra-
ton will he in session on the day and AT the
place aforesaid from : o'clock in the forenoon
until O'Clock i'm the afternoon, for the purpose
aforesaid
Dated his first day OF March. A D.. 1901.
By order Of the Township Board of Registration.
SETH A. TUBBs. Clerk of said Township.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-03-29

The populists and free silver republic
cans of this county have now been prop
erly corralled in the democrat camp. If
they vote in opposition to the republic
cans they must vote the democratic
ticket, as they are swallowed body aud
britches.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-03-29

The democrat papers of Ithaca are
trying To impress on the people that the
Office of County School Commissioners is
not political office. We beg TO differ
with them, the nominees are nominated
on party tickets and the canvass is con-
Quoted along party lines. Every repub-
lican should support their candidate and
clean up the last vestige of free silver
ism holding county office in the county
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-03-29

Out of the counties in the state which
have had lady school commissioners
hardly one have been re-nominated
Their fault is that lady can not ride
about the county visiting country schools
and that these schools are neglected
This is one important duty expected Of
and one for which they
draw their salary.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-19

pc no way out of the muss without Of
ISildlnS some one, and we prefer that II
should be the colored rather than o1Ir
newly reconciled sisters of the South
yet nrmly believe that the very ones
VINO oppose most strenuously this mix
ing or the races are the ones who yyouid
90 the most for a colored sist-r or
6rother In trouble, who would take a
oear pIdch auntle' to her heart and
consider it blessed privilege TO yyca6
out LIES woes on her kindly bosom
But that is another matter
we reel certain that the races VIII
polit do better work and progress mora
rapidly by themselves. When the Nf-i
can reaches the pinnacle on which = NJ [E--
STANDS the Anglo-SaXon race. wei and
good No one Will rejoice more thIn
we VINO, by forcing each race to keen
by itself, have thus spurred them on to
deeper, greater effort
Nor would we have the cOIo~ed fa5er-
alton admit the white clubs. and for
the same reason. Let each remain bv f.
sell without any thought of superiority
we must not put away our Southern
sisters to admit strangers Tbis cont
ment has been termed "emoti mar bv
our Century sisters, which is hardly cor
rect, 1t being the result Of long and
serious consideration. But il IL We're
nave not the best and greatest efforts
OF tne world come from this same emo
Ilon what else was our Civil war
with its resulting emancipation Of
slaves? The beauty Of life lies not in
hard, calculating facts. We would.
therefore, let our decision be known
Before this Mrs. Williams should have
received the report Of the Woman's
Club of Newport as against the adm t.
lance of cClOred clubs. In truth We re-
gard the present phase Of the question
as simply a stepping stone, and as such
vote accordingly.
G. "A Clubwoman.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-19

variety of ways open to its well-euuipped
literary arsenal, by quoting from the En-
cheering and Mining Journal, to show
what? To show other poor devils like
those who rush or are driven, as you
please, to the holds of the transatlantic
steamers, rush or are driven to defy ma
tional boundary lines in their efforts 20
secure different conditions Of employ
ment than those which their native en-
vironments offer them! The Poles rush
to the German coal mines; the Italians
to the marts of Britain and France.
Why do these things happen? Because.
the wicked plutocrat, ever on the watch
for its human prey, seeks to devour and
-devour again This is. apparently at
least, all that our friend seems able to
discern in the eternal and boundless
movement of humanity; and this is all
the significance that it would have at
tached to the movement by those charg-
ed with the conduct of public affairs
through it's aid and expressing it's opin-
ions
It is expected by great number of
intelligent men that such a view as this,
of one of the great social and economic
phenomena of our times, shall be taken
and lived up to in policy by responsible
political organization. Such doctrines
are the very backbone of the system of
Nyhi Nh
our friend represents. It's editor and men
like him, filled, no doubt, with the true
essence of human devotion, think that
it is upon such meat as this that you
can bring up the body of a great free
commonwealth to do successful battle for
popular liberty He who does not ac-
cept such silly doctrines is to be driven
from association with the Democracy,
and made to feel that he is the merest
pap-sucker of some corporation.
If the Broad Axe could in some way
have removed the film which overcasts
it's polished surface, and prevents its
reflection of the real depth of wisdom
of and love of humanity which it can
reveal when it is true to itself, it would
never allow such impre ssions to be re-
corded on its face. Indeed it would. of
its own free volition, chop off its own
head before 1t would allow any man to
impute such Stiffness to it. 1t would
then, too, hew much truer to the line of
Democracy than it has hewn of late,
and the chips might fall where they list
ed, so long as the man who yields the
axhandle was sure that he was doing
no mere prentice work for his real con-
victions
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-19

ness undertakings form of those around
them and of those whom they employ
the influence of dress often counts for
much ~
Every man, young and DID, as well as
every woman, should dress well. The
task is not a difficult one. The cost of
remaining well dressed is really little
more than half as much as that of
being addressed. 1t issnot the well-dress-
ed man who can be said to expend most
money in clothing TO be well-dressed
involves the ability care of ones
clothing. Dandyisrn is a long way re-
moved from taste in dress. The mis-
take made in that Correction is as evil
in it's effects on the individual as the
mistake OF not taking enough care. AS
men develop the ability to exercise taste
and care and self-respect in their per-
sona1 attire, they are certain to do ike
wise in their other personal habits.
There can be no such thing as a we'll
dressed drunkard.
The man who wants to advance in
life, as well as he who desires to have
the respect and esteem of his fellows
in this world, must be we'll up in the
prevailing tendency toward careful dress
ing
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-19

proudly asserts that he Is the highest
and physical size he can kill, so the So
called civilized nations arrogate to them
selves the distinction of world-masters.
Man is not the highest animal judged by
any other standard than that of cunning
Physically. the lion, the tiger, the Gle
plant and the horse are his superiors
In the art of community organization
and in adapting means to ends, the
bee and the ant are his superiors.
The future geologist WIFI look upon the
fossilized skeleton of the nineteenth cent
ury- man and wonder how he sustained
existence. so low in the scale of animal
life will his fossilized bones prove him to
have been.
The trouble with us is, that we take
one thing as a standard and by it meas
ure all humanity. The devotee, no matter
what his religion, judges all men from the
viewpoint OF his. narrow faith. The
American, the Englishman, the French
man, each places himself at the head of
the column and grades humanity down
from that point, giving each the degrees
of prominence that his similarity to HIM
self warrants. The powers of Europe and
the United States call upon China to
abandon her civilization that was built
dwelling in caves-the most savage of
saYages. They ask China to abandon
civilization that has for 5000 years
brought happiness to millions and accept
without cavii the untried civilization of
a century-the civilization of force, Of
selfisnncss, of greed. The missionaries go
to India and to China and there attempt
to instruct people who are in posses
sion Of a learning which the wisest of our
philosophers would give years to master.
AS the congress of religions did much
to broaden tine views of those whose
business is religion, so the opening up Of
the Chinese empire is expanding our
views of civilization
The Christian world saw thta its phil
osophy was not the beginning and the
end-that all roads did not lead to Rome
that there were more things in earth
than had been dreamed of in it's philoso-
ply. Modern civilization now hesitates
in its course before the revelation of
things undreamed. 1t is a serious ques-
ton whether the Chinese civilization is
not best now for China. Is rot our civil
lization based as it is upon force-the
power to destroy-essentially refined
barbarism? Does our social and political
organizations afford the greatest happi-
ness to the greatest number? The histo-
rian of the future may record the fact
that the barbarians of America and
Europe in the twentieth century overran
and well nigh obliterated the ancient
civilization of the east
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-19
WHAT IS CIVILIZATION,

The old geographists used to teacn lis
that all humanity was divided into four
parts-civilized, half-civilized barbarous
and savage. We, of course, belonged to
the civilized class. More than that, we
were Of the cap of civilization the very
button We graciously allowed such ma
tinns as England, France Germany, Aus
tia, Spain and Italy, together with the
lesser European nations, to sit with us
ct the civilization table, but Russia and
Turkey and Japan and all the other king
CONS and empires, some of which mad
withstood the shock of centuries. and the
story of whose beginning the sphinx could
not reveal, were compelled to sit at the
second table-they were half-civilized.
What is civilization? What is the stan
dard by which peoples and nations are
to be measured in this grand division Of
the human race? Is it the ability to kill
to overcome with physical force? Is it
found in the possession of superior en-,
gines of war on the land and the sea?
Is 1t found in the philosophy of life held
by the mass of the people or is 1t to be
discovered in their peculiar ideas of the
life after death? Is it found in the pres
ence OF great public works, canals rail-
roads, baths and circuses, pyramids and
monuments? Is civilization to be meas,
ured by the contontment of the people
and their ability TO live happily and die
in peace? Stall the standard be the num-
her of ships that sail the seas or the
works Of art, the paintings. the statues,
the architecture? Are poetry and music
to mark civilization as against the physi-
cal sciences and mathematics? Who will
answer? We are brought face to face
with this question in our attempt to
''civilize" the Orient And it is a question
which none but the bigot will answer.
BY the divine right of physical power
we have assumed to law down the law of
our civilization to the world. AS man
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-19
GREAT BRITAIN is AGIrATED,

There is no Disgusting the fact that
Great Britain is greatly agitated over the
present industrial and commercial con-
ditions. BY comparison, the nation
seems to be slipping backward During
the four months of the new century
imports of the British Isles have increas-
ed SO, 900, 900 over the imports of the cor
responding period of last year, while the
exports have decreased $1O,OOO,COO. The
London Express complains that meat,
flour, corn, all the essentials of life are
coming in a ceaseless1 stream from the
United States, the Argentine Republic,
Russia, Turkey and Roumania. Attention
is plenty of land to raise the wheat
taken from America and Russia, and to
feed. the sheep cattle that are re-
ceived from New. Zealand and Australia,
the obsolete system Of land holdings for
bids it's use. The land tenure system
is denounced as absurd and suicidal
The following. comment on the falling
off of British exports is most significant,
as it foreshadows a possible retaliatory
policy against the United States in the
near future:
what we gradually cease to export
are manufactured metal goods, textile
fabrics and machinery. These are the
essential facts; we need not go into de-
tails. British coal, British ships, British
men and women, are welcome as exports
to every foreign power. But the world
begins to Slacken III its call for British
machinery, British tools, British cottons
all the British products that employ
Cur native labor in converting the raw
mats into the finished article. We are
reaching crisis in our imperial existence
as a great manufacturing natfCn; it re-
mains to be considered whether our eco-
nomic system is sound
1t will be seen by his Ieering of the
commercial weather vane that unless
orr taaiff laws are revised and the reel
procity policy strictly followed, there will
be built up against American trade such
walls, even in Britein, that will nip
like killing frost our budding ambition
to be the national Napoleon of commerce.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-19

tracing great interest The trio Of Re-
publican candidates-Frank NJ. Eddy,
Senator e. Z. Young and Speaker Dow
ling-are all quietly working away. Eddy
Is, as usual, depending on his literary
style Of campaign and is having columns
Of newspaper copy prepared at Washing
ton.
The Appleton Tribune, a Republican or
gan, published in Senator YOung's homo
town, devctes a long editorial this week
to the three candidates
In Eddy It finds a phenomenal vote get
ter, but adds:
But his services in congress have not
marked him above the ordinary run Of
congressman. Whether he lacks in abil-
ity or industry, the fact remains that he
has not attained a place among the shin
ing lights in the lower house Of con-
gress, or reached the position OF influ-
ence to which his long service entities
him"
Speaker Bowling is referred to as
"cleVer politician with meteOric
career" And the Tribune further says
Of him:
He is generally recognized as being
man of considerable ability but it Is OF
a rather superficial kind. He lacks all
the qualities Of statesman, being moro
of a trimmer than man Of original
ideas"
These statements, Of course. prepare
the way for n brilliant panegyric of Ed
Young, whom the Tribune is out TO
boast.
In Young the paper ands the embodI-
ment of all qualities necessary to make
an ideal congressman, giving evidence Of
keenness in perception which few OBJ
servers could be expected to possess. In
tho rich encomium one of the senator's
most dominant attachments Is omitted,
however, that of his being one OF tho
most astute political wiro pullers and
skillful slate-makers in the state
The Tribune assures its readers that
whether nominated for congress or not
Senator Young Will Certainly not run
Tor senator again
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-19
POLITICS OF THE STATE.

Minnesota Republicans are Industrious
They are especially so this year. Scarce
ly before the din of the last campaign
has died away, can be heard the roar and
'tumult of another battle. Many var
rfors have not even DOTTED their arnor to
rest or allowed their constituents to rest,
but are nervously Juggling away on va
rious plots and schemes for the impend-
ing conflict
This animation Is particularly notice
able among congressional aspirants, Of
whom there is an innumerable host in the
Republican ranks. This increased anX-
lefty among this class of politicians is
easily accounted for in consideration Of
the radical changes in the conditions gov
erning their election which have come
about since the campaign of 1860.
In the first place the constituency from
which the seven old congressman were
elected has been changd and the con-
vention done away with. The reappor-
tionment has given to Minnesota the r ght
to elect two new representatives, and
this adds interest and confusion to the
situation. The primary election law
makes it impossible fer old delegation
machinery to be relied upon and neces-
states reorganization all along the line.
So naturally the situation is more com
pick, and this renders it decidedly wise
for political bees to begin their buzZing
and accounts for the entire absence Of
drones.
An exceedingly good newspaper man
was spoiled when Editor Heatwole. of
the Mortified News was made Congress
man Heatwole and no better evidence
of that fact can be found than in the edi>
torial columns CT the News the past few
months.-Star News.
With Tams Bixby and the primary
ala ION 70 hot
nave a chance to bring his attachments
as a newspaper man up to a still higher
degree of excellence.
The three cornered fight over congress-
man in the new Seventh district is at
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-19

She was young-not over eighteen. He
was-well, perhaps, four years her senior.
1t was the first time their lips had met.
AS she broke from his too-too ardent
embrace she took both his hands, and,
looking him full in the eyes, asked,
Did you ever kiss any other girl2~
He was naturally truthful, but this was
a sumner. 1t might have tempted older
men to leave the narrow path. He hes
itated a moment and then fell. Return
ing her innocent gaze with what nerve
he could summon he replied, "Never"
Without moving a muscle other than
those necessary to drop her gaze to a
fly on the adjacent wall she said, ST
thought So" AS he walked home in the
stiffness of the night he wondered and
wondered what she meant.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-19
THE ALL-DEvcuRIxG pLurocRAT

THE ALi-DENCURING PLUTOCRAT
Our shining friend and contemporary,
the Broad Axe, is mich troubled about
the constant accession Of an ignorant for
eign population to that already existing
IN the United States. 1t sees in the rest
less ebb and flow of humanity little more
than the determination of remorseles,
capital to suppress the promptings of orr
common humanity toward higher things
Here, for instance. is a commentary de-
rived from the rejecting body of our con-
temporary on the dangerous situation
which it poruays:
Every ship arriving in American ports
IS bringing hundreds of the Ignorant,
cneap labor from European Countries
This class OF labor is not en- grating Of
Its own yolition, but is beng brought
over by tho great corporations, which
nave their agents in European centerc
The great corporations are seeking a
means of overcoming the advance maze
by laboring men through organization so
the workers
He who looks in the columns of thu
Broad Axe can often see the suggestion
Of the humanitarian and philosopher IN
many of its features There, too, may
be observed the lofty and eloquent ex-
preston Of tho orator and rhetorician,
the calm AID Tepozeful figure Of the ju-
rist and the serenely contcmplatiye mien
OF the rs't and reformer. It is rare. in
deed hat the suspicion OF slipshod in
tel'c'uality presents itself to the eye
which is dad each week by the con-
temp % q the virtues of this Shining
blala- Yes it is rare; but it occurs.
How. for in-tance. does our friend
proceed to sustain its postulate. laid
down in the foregoing? Why of all the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-19

The Nicaraguan government is getting
nervous about that big ditch Uncle Sam
was about to build An envoy has ar
rived with full powers to give the Yam
KEGS anything they want in the line of
concessions. We much fear it is too late.
The Panama route has no Hay-Paunce-
fote treaty lying in it's way.