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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-05-23

1--WE comprehend how the present is
constructed out Of the past. By means
OF coored cravons or maps the stages
Of geographical knowledge may be
traced from the beginning. History
is the cognate ~ geography. The To-
cation OF Paris accounts for its
growth. Paris Is France because ny
its geoIraphic4l position it controls
France Similar conditions are Illus
trated by the conquestS Of the French
and English in America We need
up-to-date Biographies. Learn 10 in
terpret maps, earn something OF as
tronomy supplement school work by
nature.
Com. Graham S paper was discussed
by Mr.. Penny and Mr. Chase.
superintendent Daniels. Of It Louis,
made a strong plea for vertical pen
manShip He thought that utility is
the first thing 10 consider in writing.
There are three systems. Spencerian or
slant Of thirty-threc degrees, vertical
and slant Of eighteen degrees Every
business college stands by the Spen-
Cerlan The vertical system is the
greatest boon that has come 70 the
public schools in the last quarter cen
fury. IT argues nothing against IT.
that New \ FORK city: SOmerVille. Mas
SachuSettS: and New Brunswick, New
Jersey, have discarded the vertical SyS-
TEN. The frequent change Of form
through frequent change Of teachers
IS responsible 70 large extent for the
poor results in writing. In district
and grade work one form Of writing is
sufficient and that form should be YER
tical 1t embodieS all that goes to
make clean, clear cut business hand.
The following corps If officers wa.
elected
Pres. Supt Daniels OF It. Louis:
Vice President. Supt. Hanson Of Alma:
Sec, VI s. Anna Vim OF Ashley.
the following resolutions passed and
the ASSOCIATION closed all voting il to
bc one oi the most interesting and pro-
tta5le meetings ever held
First. We. the teachers 81 Gratiot
county. having received tie hospitality
Of the people oi Ithaca. the use Of the
school building. ID. the VI J.. church and
desire L. express oar appreciation and
L. extend oar most heartfelt thanks
for the SAME.
second. Sc also wish o. thank CONS.
4 + LiIhtiuot. 81 Big Rapids: r. II.
Townsend. ~ -. Johns: II \ Gra-
ham and Priu. Grawn. of Mt Pleasant:
for their presence and valuable aid in
making TN, association profit and
inspiration to ali teachers i'm attend
dnCc.
Third. weekend our thanks toCom.
c. f. Pike. Pres. Walter lIoXie and
the program committee for their able
and efficient services i'm preparing 50
excellent a program. also L. the teach
erS NJ tins county for their various
papers and valuable discussions.
Fourth. L. Or Albert Leonard, Of
YpSiantl for his scholarly and mas
terly address
Fifth. We recommend that a copy
Of these resolutions BE- spread on the
minutes Of the proceedings Of this as
soclati0u and that copies bee sent 10
the county papers for publication.
W. f. HANSON,
T. g. SMITH,
MARGARET VIM,
Committee.
The commissioners and visitors pres
F cut extended "a vote ~ thanks 10 the
teachers for the attention given them
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-05-23
the SlXTY-SIXTH.
Stxl-ANNUAL ASSOCIATION or CRk-
TOT COUNTY TEACHER

The sixty sixth semi-annual meeting
Of the Gratiot County Teachers As
ISOLATION was called 10 order 10y Presi-
dent HoXie, i'm the high school room,
Friday, AT $3.50 a. m, with over one
hundred and twenty-five teachers
present. After singing America y
the discussion Of Certificates OF
Aware" was taken up. MesSrS. Fell,
Stinebower, Hun Pike, IloXie, Light
foot and Grawn took part i'm the dis
cuSSion The prevailing sentiment
seemed L. be against granting such
certificates. Work among parents, if
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-05-23

and tatha>. who So kindly entertained
them
a legislative committee among the
teachers was one ~ the new features
OF the meet ing
The ueNt meeting will probably be
held at the Alma high school
Some present were afraid that Mr..
Fell endangered his matrimonial
chances among teachers somewhat by
his discussion Of the co suffrage ques-
tiOn.
At. Dibble, director OF district No.
,. North star, and II. ; Laycock, di-
rector Of district No q, Fulton, were
present at the association.
Mr.. Chaffn obtained good picture
OF the teachers present.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-05-23

able the true teacher 10 detect these
signs
This was discussed by Messrs. Pike,
Lightfoot. Hull and NanDeventer.
The prevailing opinion seemed 10 be
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-05-23

graphical knowledge from the earliest
days 70 the present time. lie thinks
that IL will add very much 20 the In.
terest OF the subject 20 search the his
tory Of its development. BY this study
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-05-23

s26 600: another s.s.W0 and aIother
$1,000: the ,nt re township 500, 900,
thus leaving but $40 con valui tiOn
among seven districts 'nder such
conditions there will necessarily be
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-10-30
Hanna Did Not Stop Here.

On Thursday, County Chairman
Boss announced that Senator Hanna s
train would stop in Plymouth ten
minutes and requested us to say so in
the Tribune. On Friday forenoon he
told us that we might say that it was
doubtful whether the train would have
time to stop here and we wrote a
local saying that the train would not
stop. Mr.. Boss left town at noon and
in the afternoon a member of the ex-
ecutive committee came in and said
that it was probable that the train
would stop, consequently we left it
doubtful in Friday evening IS Tribune.
But everybody wanted to see Mark
Hanna and over 500 people went to the
Vandalia station, scores of teams COM
ing in from the country.
The train was over an hour late,
Senator Hanna was not well when
he came to Indiana. He left Logan
sport almost completely exhausted
after having made over dozen speech
es in two days, and having to make a
speech in South Bend at 8 O'Clock,
consequently the train whirled
through here at 20 minutes before 8
O'Clock in the evening without
stopping.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-10-30
Mr.. Carnegle's Hard Talk.

The good nature of the mother
country has seldom been put to a
more severe test than that applied by
Andrew Carnegie in his Grafton at ST.
Andrews university, Scotland, on
Wednesday.
1t cannot be said that Mr.. Carnegie
made any attempt to soften the blows
which he deemed it his duty TO in
fiict on British pride. He was not
even mindful of the tender chords he
was striking when he passed complete
ly over the national preJudices of the
British people, and in considering the
outlook. saw hope only in Germany
for the promotion of an understand
ing which would save Europe from
commercial domination by the Uni
ted States.
1t appeared to him-and he said as
much-that Great Britain had ceased
to be primary factor in world poll
tics. Only one so great as the German
Emperor, he told his audience, ''cOuld
influence the men who today control
Europe, to take the first step. not to
federate, but by an alliance to insure
internal peace" Without this peace,
and an alliance of the powers for mu-
tual protection, Mr.. Carnegie said, the
European nations would be condemned
soon "to revolve like so many Lillipu-
tians around the giant CULVER, the
American Union, soon to embrace
100, 900, 600 of the English-speaking
race, and capable of supplying most
of the world S wants."
AS far as England was concerned,
power to stem the tide of American
aggression had passed out of her
hands, Mr.. Carnegie thought. 1t was
a PHYSICAL impossibility for Great
Britain, he said, to produce material
things rivaling in amount those of
countries of the size Of America, Rus
STA, and Germany. Nor would union
of the British empire change the Sit
uation, for neither Canada nor Aus
tralia gave promise of much increase
in population or industrialSm' All
thought of material ascendency, even
with the British empire united, must
therefore be abandoned.
Mr.. Carnegie presented figures to
show that the United States was the
greatest nation in the world today,
with Great Britain holding question
able secondary position. Germany was
even now threatening to push Great
Britain into third place.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-10-30
The End OF the Strike.

The decision Of the United Mine
Workers to return to work and SUBJ
NIT their cause To the arbitration COM
mission was SO confidently expected
that it has been taken for granted and
approved 10y anticipation. That it
was a wise decision everyone will
agree. The convention conducted
itself with prudence and moderation,
responding to public need in man.
ner which showed its appreciation of
the tremendous debt which it owed
to the public.
The fact is that the power of pub
lie sentiment has never been more
strikingly illustrated than in this long
and costly strike. While credit has
been given to this or that individual
for his efforts to bring about a settle
ment it was the pressure of public
sentiment that forced the operators to
modify their uncompromlSlng tone
and attitude.
But meanwhile the public suffered
by its loyalty to the miners, and its
conscience was satisfied when the es-
sential concessisn was won. If after
that the strike had continued into the
winter and much greater suffering
had resulted because the miners them
selves had proved obstinate their con-
vention would have been recalled with
reproaches instead of with applause.
They may now rest assured that
they have acted for their own best
interests and established new claim
upon public sympathy.-Record Her
aid.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-10-30

Over 200 votes are thrown out
not counted at every general election
In Marshall county. An intelligent
citizen said the other day if wished OF
vote all the republican ticket except
one name should put the X in the
circle with the eagle and then place
the X against the name on the demo-
cratic ticket" And he looked won
drously conceited. "But your ballot
would be thrown OUT" replied a
listener, because you would have
voted for two men for one ofice-the
republican by putting the X in the
circle with the eagle and the demo-
cratic candidate by putting the X in
the square to the left of his name.
Voting mixed ticket or a straight
ticket is the simplest thing in the
world No one need make mistake.
Read the little article headed "How
to Vote as You WISH" in this paper.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-10-30
Importing Disease,

The commissioner general of immi-
grafton reports that although the in
crease Of immigration has been not
quite third over that of. 1901 the
comparative increase of diseased aliens
for the same period has been more
than two to one.
The only penalty now provided for
bringing diseased aliens into the
country is return of the sufferer at
the expense of the offending ship line.
AS the commissioner says, this is
virtually mo penalty" and his asser-
ton is proved by the fact Of the in
crease in the number of diseased en-
igrants whom the government is COM
PEELED to send back to the ports of de-
barkatiOn.
The classes of emigrants who have
become notably more numerous of
late years than formerly represent So
Geological conditions of the lowest
type in their native countries. Filth
diseases are most numerous in cities
of insufficient or impure water supply.
The habit OF personal cleanliness is
difficult or impossible in large oriental
areas. In portions of southern Eur
ope it is looked upon as vain luxury
by morbid aSceticiSm. Propagation
of filth diseases even where there is
an abundant water supply is still rife
in denSely settled parts of Europe
where the modern science of sanitary
plumbing and hygenic drainage is still
practically unknown.
That cleanliness is the foundation
of the health of con munitieS has been
completely demonstrated by the COM
parative ease by which hygenic pre-
cautions have stopped the advance of
epidemicS on frontiers.
Importation of disease by shipping
ines is not to be corrected by trivial
ones. The evil can be reached effect
lively at only ports of embarkation.
There is an American consul at every
large shipping port abroad. 1t ought
to be part of his duty to see that dis
eaSed emigrantS are not allowed to
procure passage for this country. A
system of medical inspection to this
end can be enforced with the cooper
alton of local authority.
Vigorous and concerted action on
the part of the United States govern
ment through its representatives at
ports of debarkation will correct an
evil which has attained menacing pre-
portions.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-10-30

The Judgment of Mr.. Buchanan, of
Texas, displayed in waving his thir-
ty days of preparation and having his
hanging on the spot was perhaps
good. There were so many people
around who were bent on executing
that colored brother in an informal
aud improper manner, that he didn t
care to take the chances. So, at his
request, the sheriff matched him from
the court room straight to the gallows
and suspended him as the lawyers say
''nunc pro- tunc." 1t might have
been little irregular to accept a
waiver of the sort but it was SO un-
deniably convenient for all concerned
that probably the sheriff will be sus-
tanned by the courts as well as by the
people. But the incident will go
down in history as one of the curiosi-
ties Of southern jurisprudence. Ne
braska State Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-10-30
Retaining ireland.

To make Ireland a desirable cOun-
try to inhabit and thereby not only
check the outflow of her people but
also encourage those already abroad to
return is the object of the art indust-
rial settlement, opened in Dublin.
The heads of the settlement will be
Miss Evelyn Gleeson Of the Irish
literary society of London, Miss Lily
Yeats and Elizabeth G. Yeats. daugh-
tiers of the Irish portrait painter, j..
B. Yeats. These young women are
ardent Irish patriots, and personally
talented. Miss Gleeson is powerful
writer on pro-Irish themes. Lily
Yeats has made a reputation in Lon
don as a teacher of art needlework.
Elizabeth Yeats is gifted art critic.
They have taken large and beauti-
full house in Dublin and intend to
convert 1t into a center both OF pro-
pagandist and practical work for the
industrial rebuilding of Ireland, par
ticularly as regards art industries.
In their schemes for rebuilding Irish
industries, the Misses GleeSon and
Yates have the hearty sympathy Of
Irish patriots everywhere. They will
add one more active force to the large
number that are now striving to bring
Ireland back to the path Of national
greatness.
Tell your neighpors about the good
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-10-30
Deep Snow 81 Years Ago.

Daniel Green. coming down Lafay-
cite street at noon, incidentally re-
marked that 81 years ago today there
was snCw 38 inches deep on the
ground. He was out in corntield,
on horseback, to gather as ack Ofcorn,
when the snow began to fall. The
snowfall was quite protracted and at
the close recorded depth of 38 inch
es. There were great many more
leaves on the trees than they are to-
day, and in some cases the limbs were
borne down upon the surface Of the
accumulated snow. 1t was remark
ably abrupt.t-anslation from autumn
to extreme winter. The contrast be-
tween October %, 1910, and October
%, 1902, as noted by Mr.. Green is
quite pronounced.--South Bend
Times.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-10-30
SECRETARY OF STATE-1S9S.
Hanna a Great Man.

The Indianapolis News, an indie
dendent paper always more democrat
ic than republican has changed its
opinion of Senator Hanna within the
past five years. The News SAYS:
"There can be no denying the real
ity OF the enthusiasm that Senator
Hanna's visit aroused. How much of
it is on his own account is difficult to
say. A great man always focuses the
the loyalty that is given to cause
and then goes beyond this i'm adding
that only great personality can cre-
ate. Senator Hanna's greatness is
fully felt; an enthusiastic admirer ex-
pressed the general feeling when he
called out. "You are the real thing,
Mark" There is as little noubt that
that is the concensus Of opinion as
that it is true. AS we have taken &C.
casion to say before this, Sena tor
Hanna entered public life unknown
and was quickly misunderstood. His
party position drew on him a storm of
deriSion that would have buried a
smaller man. But he could say with
Diogenes, Nevertheless am not de-
rided, and he has survived to bury
his deriders. He has prevailed in the
general esteem, more largely be it
said by his non-political than his po-
litical work, but even so, his day and
generation have come to know him as
he is-onegof the greatest men of the
day in American atfairS-"the real
thing"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-10-30

At the annual meeting of the
Illinois Conference of Charities the
secretary of the national conference
delivered an address in which he
characterized the introduction or
recognition of politics in the manage
ment of public institutions as fatal to
good management Of the accomplish
ment of good results. "This thing
alone, said the speaker, sis reSpon-
sible for more than half of the
scandals that effect the adminiStra-
tion of our institutions and public
funds. and to its credit can be placed
more than half of the troubles that
haraSS and annoy institution officials. |"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-10-30
Foreign Comment.

The London Standard, commenting
on the settlement of the coal miners
strike in the United States, says that
the questions at issue are such that a
settlement is scarcely possible unless
one side or the other is prepared to
make substantial abatement of its
demands. But it is a great thing to
have arranged truce. President
Roosevelt must be congratulated on
the result.
The Telegraph says that nothing
but Mr.. Roosevelt's able and earnest
intervention and his unrivalled conf
dence in his fellow-citizens could have
succeeded in restoring industrial
peace.
The Times says it would be inter-
esting to know what considerations
were pressed upon Mitchell in his final
interview with President Roosevelt.
They must have been weighty ones to
compel what is really an uncondition-
surrender. Mr. Roosevelt has taken
the whole thing into his own hands
and is keeping it there. The COM
mission is not an ordinary arbitration
court, but board to make a govern
ment inquiry.
In most quiet and unobtruSive
manner Mr. Roosevelt has done a very
big thing. 1t is an entirely new thing
that we are witnessing. 1t is not
merely the ending of a coal strike,
but the entry Of powerful govern
ment upon novel sphere of opera
tions. Mr.. Roosevelt has not taken
up this task as an amateur mediator.
He has not entered upon it without
counting the cost or without the sup
port of convictions and ideas far out
running the ostensible subject master
of his action.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-10-30

of pure wantonness; which kicks in sea.
SON and out of season, at everything or
at nothing as the case may be. The
term kicker scarcely needs definition.
We know exactly what it means, as
we'll as we know the chronic Pathfinder
it des;gnates.
TSR RISE OF THE KICKER.
ANY one who cares to trace the rise of
the kicker will find that he keeps pace
with the prevalent American disease,
dyspepsia. All kickers may not be
dyspeptics, but all dyspeptics are surely
kickers. They are everlasting fault
finders. Nothing goes right for them
in the family or in business. There 10
always a dead Ay in their ointment. It
is a miserable condition for the dyspep-
tic and his friends. He really can't help
himself. His nerves are strained to the
limit of endurance. His ears are like
megaphones magnifying every little
sound to the shock of thunder. HE
eyes lose sense of perspective and he
sees mole-hills as mountains. He Is
suspicious, jealous, unreasonable ard
obstinate and all these things are only
symptoms of the disease which 10 starv-
ing and weakening the entire nervous
system and reaching out toward heart,
liver. lungs. kidneys and other organs.
WHAT CAN BIZ DoNR FOR HIM
What can be done for the victim Of
dyspepsiaf
He can be cured. He can be given
new start in life. He can be made the
amiable, companionable man he was Of
old. He can once more eat with ap-
petite and enjoyment, work with energy,
and sleep the night through in sound,
dreamless slumber.
This is not q mere empty claim I'M
supported by facts. The statement that
the dyspeptic can be cured is made on
the authority of thousa Ids of men and
women, wbs have been entirely cured
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-10-30
Industrial Conditions.

Reports to the Indiana Bankers as
ISOLATION in session at indianapolis
were made by congressional districts,
the report for the Thirteenth district,
by w. A. Banta of Rochester, being
as follows. industrial conditions
are better than last year. Trade is
optimistic. Hardly a cloud is percep-
tible on the financial horizon. Three
new banks have been organized dur.
ing the year: The Merchants Ma
tional bank, South Bend; Kosciusko
National Bank, Warsaw, and, the
First National Bank, Bourbon. The
wheat crop is 80 per cent, larger than
last year, corn 20 per cent. larger, and
oats s per cent. larger.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-10-30

The rumors tina lie British and
German government have arranged
for the purchase of Portuguese East
Africa have been strengthened by the
refusal Of the British government to
discuss the question In the house of
commons. This is taken to mean
that the necessary diplomatic negotia-
lions are under way, but not ready
for presentation to the public.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-10-30

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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-10-30
A Wonderful ! Balance.

The rand balance, or scale, used in
the Bai k of England is probably the
most wonderful piece of mechanism
to be seen anywhere. 1t stands about
seven feet high and weighs probably
two tons. This scale is SO perfectly
adjusted that it can weigh a grain of
dust or 400 pounds of gold. A post
age stamp placed GA one of the two
weighing portions win move the index
six inches. If the weight placed up
on the scale is beyond its capacity, an
electric bell is set ringing, the ma
chine declining to execute a task Of
which 1t is incapable.