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in length. It must have been surpass-
ingly beautiful when the Parthenon
was completed, that great treasury
which has not only supplied the art
galleries of the world with marvels
in stone, but has given law to the ar
chitects; from that day to this. Peri
Giles, who deserves the credit for the
construction Of the Parthenon, can be
pardoned for exulting in his work.
of SSssH fae bb St phs IS Pstn1s
that remain bear witness to its de,
parted glory. Lord Elgin carried
away at one time $50 feet of the
sculptured frieze, and scarcely any Of
it's columns, capitals, cornice and
pediment would have remained but
for the size and weight of the masses
of marble. The pillage that for nearly
Geecs of hr prce1ess worRs Fo Of art
can be understood when it is stated
that one Roman tconuueror celebrated
his victory by exhibiting in his tri-
umphant procession $50 wagonloads
of Greek pictures and statues, and
that these wagons were followed by
5000 men, each. bearing some trophy
taken from the cities Of Greece.
And yet, in spite Of the grand lar
ceny which has been perpetrated
against this unfortunate land, the
museum at Athens contains enough
Of the beautiful in marble and bronze
to make any nation conspicuous in
| the realm Of art: sWithin two years
some notable additions have been
made. to the collections; life-size
bronze statue has been unearthed and
marble figure, shalf buried In the
sands Of the sea, has been rescued.
The latter is perfect in the portions
protected by the sand, but was disin-
tegrated where it came into contact
with the waves. -ye. =. ..
The readers Of these articles are
too we'll informed in regard to the
discoveries of Dr." Schliemann to
make it necessary to refer to the
work in detail. " One room of the
museum contains the gold ornaments
which he gathered from >fvesstombs
and they are sufficient to- show the
extended use made Of this metal in
the arts. They consist Of earrings,
finger. rings, bracelets, necklaces, head
ornaments, vases, Clips, coins, etc. A
pair of cups which attract special at.
4 tention bear in relief the figures of
bulls-the animals being equal in form
to the best breeds. Of today. On one
cup they are being led to the sacrifice
and on the other they are bound at the
altar . = 3 .uy..
Besides originalastatues Of renowr
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able as we'll as an influential portion
of the population. Greek colonization,
by the way, was Of an enduring kind.
fields did not go as individual bees
(offcial or commercially to gather
honey and return with it to the par
ent hive; they went out rather in
swarms to found cities, develop coun-
tries and establish new centers for
the spread of Greek influence. They
identified themselves with the land
to which they went; they became an
integral part Of the population, and
by virtue Of their inherent superior
ity, they gradually substituted the
, language, the ideas, the customs Of
their native land for those which they
found So securely did they build
that neither the Roman nor the Turk
were able to obliterate their work.
but continued Greek, and today in
/ Alexandria, Asia Minor and Con
stantinople, Hellenic influence is still
! felt.
The ancient Greeks sought to per-
| feet the human form, and it is not to
be wondered at that marble models of
strength, grace and beauty. have. been
unearthed where the Olympian games
inspired rivalry in physical develop
ment. The games were established
nearly 800 years before the beginning
Of the Christian era, and during the
nation 8 independent existence they
were held in such high esteem that the
laurel wreath of victory was the great
est reward within the reach of the
youth of the country Each city had its
stadium. some of them of immense sic
The one at Athens seated $4,000 spec.
tators, and the enthusiasm aroused by
the contests was scarcely less than that
which at Rome greeted the gladiators
By the generosity of a rich Greek the
stadium at Athens has recently been
restored at a cost Of more than q
million dollars. The racecourse is 67C
feet long and a little more than lOC
feet in width, and the seats are o.
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and the casts of those which have
been removed, there are many speci-
mems of ancient pottery by which. one
can trace the rise in artistic taste, and
skill Some of the earliest statues
in stone and clay bear striking re-
semblance to those of Egypt. z. - !
i. 1. !.
Second, only in interest to. the
Acropolis is Mars hill, a rocky, sum-
nit two thirds Of the : height of the
Acropolis. Here the ancient court of
the AreoI agus. composed of the most
eminent of the Athenlans, held it's
sessions Here under the dome of the
sky the most important cases were
tried and life and death hung upon
the decree Of the court. Here,. also.
Paul s great speech TO the "men Of
Athens". was delivered, his text being
found in the altar erected to v. the
unknown god ~-.. 49,.
Only little distance from Mars hill
is the stone platform from which the
orators of Greece addressed the people.
A level, shelf-like space was formed
near the top of the hill where a few
thousand could congregate, and here
the citizens listened while the greatest
Of all the public speakers poured forth
his eloquence. It was worth a trip to
Athens to view this spot where
Demosthenes delivered the Grafton on
the crown and the Philippines which
have been the pattern set before the
student for 1900 wears. In the mar.
shaling of facts, in the grouping of
arguments, in the use OF invective. ano
in the arranging of climaxes, he is
still the teacher. Some one has drawn
distinction, between Cicero ano
Demosthenes, saying that when the
former spoke the people said,. How
well Cicero speaks, - while, when De
mosthenes spoke, they said, "Let u:
go against Phillip!' Demosthenes
style was mere convincing than ornate
his purpose was to arouse, not merely
to please, and from the accounts thai
have come down to us his delivery was
suited to his language. He, in fact
gave to action the highest place among
the requisites Of effective speech. w
recalled this saying of Demosthene,
when he listened to the excited tones
and watched the gesticulations of tn,
boatmen who thronged about our shil
in the harbor Of Piraeus. The physical
who came aboard to examine the pas
sengers gave us even o better illus
tration of "action,' altho his gesture
were more forcible than graceful, pos
sibly because he addressed himself t.
the captain of the ship instead of t.
the multitude. .r.~. -.
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by DAY;
BURGLAR. BY: NIGHT
Young Londonera Proves to Have
Been a. Sure Enough
'tRafles.'
Special Cable to The Journal.

London, Aug: ia young, spruce.
ly-attired, and well-educated man who
was yesterday sentenced at the Clerken-
well Sessions to- two years hard labor
in the name of Henry Lewis is one of
the most remarkable criminals who
have come under the notice Of the
police In recent years.
Barely. 25 years old, he has single
handed caused more burglary scares
than many hardened thieves twice his
age. f... >'.@
On previous occasion-in October,
1904--this young fellow was ordered a
years Imprisonment in the name of
Monks. His real name is neither Monks
nor Lewis, but. that of well-known
and highly respected inhabitant of Kill
burn, by whom he. was given "a good
college education, and who subsequent
ly secured for him an excellent situa-
ton in an accountant office.
i. The young mans first conviction was
in connection with number of mys-
FERROUS burglaries in Hampstead, Kill
burn, and the Westbourne Park dis
trict. 4. s, s, :, = ;. - 70 -
For months detectives were baffled,
the reason being that "Lewiso invari-
ably, worked alone at night, selected
only the most valuable and easily porta-
dis gG9d he Of the e1gs
ments opened on the following morn
ing, and before the police had been
notified of the robberies. -
\ Moreover, during the whole of the
time the mysterious robberies were 60
ing on he was working assiduously dur
ing the, daytime at a situation.
Despite his busy days and nights the
young fellow managed to find oppOrtun-
tiles for a good deal of love-making.
At the time Of his first conviction he
was counting no fewer than four young
women in highly respectable positions.
One of these lived with her parents
in the country, and frequently he spent
week-ends at her home. Not the least
important link in the chain of evidence
which ultimately secured his first con-
viction was a valuable present which
he made to his lady, for it was part Of
the proceeds Of one Of his crimes.
In addition to his daring as a burglar,
his ability as an accountant and his
success in love making, HLewis has
gained considerable, success as a cyclist
Some years back he was frequent
| winner of valuable prizes on the Ken
sal Rise track.
His conviction yesterday followed a
series Of burglaries in Hampstead. The
police had not forgotten his previous
crimes, and they were able to catch
/ At the time heewas occupying gooo
situation, the@second he had held since
his release from Jail. In both he hae
! given the gre$test satisfaction to hi
employers. Heywas also walking out
with young lady. 70 Lewis - received
his sentence yesterday with the utmos
i nonchalance.
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On the shore Of the Aegean sea, be-
tween Athens and the harbor, at
place where Demosthenes may have
tested his voice against the tumult OF
the waves, gathered some pebbles. !
cannot prove that they are the Identical
ones used by him to overcome the i'm
pediment in his speech, but they are at
least reminder of the toilsome, strugi
gle through which he passed before his
name was known to fame. --.- -
1t was disappointment to find so
little to mark the site of the academy
where Socrates and Plato met their
disciples. These philosophers have
made such an impression upon the
thought Of the world that I had hoped
to find some spot clearly identified as
the place where they taught. An old
house stands now on treeless tract
over which they are7said to have walked
in their daily discussions, but it is
a modern. one. A gate admits to the
grounds, altho no wall incloses them
| 1t Is much easier to picture Demosthe-
mes speaking from the rostrum, which
still remains, than to imagine Socrates
propounding here his questions and
| celebrating the method of reasoning to
which his name has been given.
4 X +
There is an old cemetery within the
limits of the present city where recent
excavation has brought to light numer-
Gus tombs ornamented with. sculpture.
Some of, the groups of. statuary and
urns have: been left where they were
found, while others have been given a
place in the museum. These are addi
tional proof Of the number of those
who handled the chisel in the days OF
Phidias.
No spot is identified with Herodotus
the Father Of History, or with Thucy
dides, who, with Herodotus, has beer
the instructor of later chroniclers. Elk
cept the remains of the theaters there
is nothing to recall the tragedies OF
Euripides, Aeschylus and Sophocles, OF
the comedies of Aristophanes; and ne
place is pointed out as the site Of the
studio of Parasius OF Zuexis, tho the
lessons which they taught the world
have not been forgotten. While the guide
does not pretend to know the house il
which Homer lived Or where he wrote
his deathless songs, the traveller who
passes thru the Hellespont can see thu
plains Of Inflated Troy, and during hi
stay in Greece his memory runs owe
the heroes Of the Iliad and the Odyssey
There are no physical evidences O.
the life work of Lycurgus and Scion
yet the laws which they promulgate,
are, the heritage of mankind. Salami
remains, and If the naval battle whicl
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BY William Jennings Bryan.
Copyright, 1906, by Joseph B. Bowles-Copyrigf
in Great Britain-All rights reserved.

Copyright 1906, by Joseph B. Bowles-Copyright
in Great Britain-Al rights reserved.
NJ OTHING so impresses the Wis
fN itor to Greece-not the waters
a. of the Aegean sea. with their
myriad hues, not the Acrop,olis,, elo-
uuent with ruins, not even the lovely
site of Athens itself-as the part which
little Greece has played in the instruc-
ton of the world. Less than $4,000
square miles in area, less than half of
which is productive, and with popu-
lation of less than two and a half mil
lions, this diminutive nation has his
tory without parallel.
There is scarcely a department. of
the pioneer, and in many things she
has set an example which subsequent
generations have but imperfectly- fol-
lowed. If in Egypt. one is awed by
the evidences Of antiquity; if in Pal
estine he is made reverent by the
spiritual association connected with
Judea, Galilee and Samaria; in Greece
mighty influence exerted by this
single people upon civilization.
The signs along the streets recall
the alphabet with which the student
of the classics struggles when he
takes up the dead languages-and yet
the Greek language can hardly be
called dead, for while it is the spoken
tongue Of but comparatively small
number, it has found glorious res
direction in nearly all the languages
Of Europe. In fact, it had so many
merits that we are constantly com
plimenting it by returning to it for
the nomenclature Of philosophy, sci
ence and art.
p p.-f !. K i.
81 OF those who still speak the Ian.
guage of Herodotus, Homer, Socrates
and Demosthenes, majority live
outside of Greece, for the Greek col
onies planted around the eastern end
of the Mediterranean form a consider
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Pentelic marble. Notwithstanding it's
great. capacity it cannot contain the
crowds that assemble to witness the
athletic games, renewed there in 1896
by the International Athletic associa-
ton. Our country has the distinction of
having led in the contest of 1896 and
again in the contest held at Athens
last April. Our representatives won
eleven prizes each time, and I found
impressed the people Of Athens.
The stadium is not the only splendid
monument to&the public spirit of the
modern Greeks. The Academy Of Sci
ence and the library are magnificent
buildings, each costing more than the
restoration of the stadium. They illus
trate the best in Grecian architecture,
reproducing the Corinthian, the Doric
and the Ionic. They. are of Pentelic
marble and would be worthy of a place
in any city, of the world. The library
contains several hundred Thousand vol
umes and has all the modern equip
little more than 100000, and it is
doubtful whether there is another city
Of it's size that can boast of as large All
expenditure :of private capital in
public buildings. The mountain which
has supplied Athens with marble for
$500 years is only few miles from
the city and it's quarries are still I'M
exhausted. Modern Athens is very at
tractive; it's streets are paved and
clean; its business houses are large and
we'll built; its government Buildings
are substantial, and it's private resi-,
dences give evidence of taste. We
were there in the season of flowers
and we saw them blooming in profusion
everywhere. .'& 80 49,
Numerous statues adorn the streets
and parks, the most noted being the
statue Of Byron, erected in memory OF
his unselfish devotion to Greek indie
pendence.
The soldiers and policemen have
adopted the costume of the ancient
Greeks, but otherwise the people
dress like the people Of northern
Europe. q. -
B. + !. i.
AS one approaches Athens for the
first time his eye is sure to search
for the "temple- crowned' Acropolis-
the hill which art and religion com
bined to make immortal. It rises from
the plain much as Chapultepec rises
from the plain of Mexico. It is about
500 feet high and at the top 200 yards
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Themistocles won had had no otheB
effect than to furnish Pericles with q
theme for his great funeral oratlons II
would still shave been worthy OF remem-
brance. The battlefield of Marathon,
which gives Miltiades a place among
is about twenty-five miles from Athens,
and the story, told in marble, of the
Greek who carried the news Of the VIC
tory to Athens and died from exhaus-
tion amid the shouts Of his countrymea
has led to the incorporation Of tWen-
ty-fve mile race IN the athletic games
when they are held at Athens In 1890
the race was won by Greek (much to
the satisfaction of the audience), who
made the run from Marathon to the
city in two hours and forty-tive min
utes. -- .,..r
The pass at Thermopylae is also to be
seen and the heroism of the 800 Spar
tans who, under the leadership OF Leen-
idas, offered up their lives there Tor
their country continues to be an In
SEPARATION. They failed to stay the on
ward march Of XerXes, but who can
measure the value of their examplef
Corinth, now as Of old, guards the
entrance of the Peloponnesus, but, not
withstanding the canal which at this
point connects the Aegean sea with the
Gulf of Corinth. the city has only
small population.
Corinth brings to memory the part
Greece played in the spread Of Chris
tianity. It was not enough that this
country led the world in statecraft and
oratory. in poetry and history, in phi
osophy and literature, in art and ath-
| letics, she was also one of the first mis-
sion fields of the apostles. 1t was to
the Corinthians that Paul wrote the
epistles in which love is given the first
place among the virtues, and 1t was
Greece that gave her name to one Of
the great branches of the Christian
church.
= :. :.
A democrat may be pardoned for
cherishing a high regard for the land
that coined the word, democracy. The
derivation of the word-from Demos
the people, and "kratein,' to rule
makes it an appropriate one to describe
a government based upon popular will.
And as governments more and more
recognize the citizen as the sovereign
and the people as the source of all po-
litical power, the world s debt to Greece
will be more and more fully appre-
ciated She not only gave. to language
a word accurately expressing the idea
of self-government, but she proved by
experience the wisdom Of trusting the
people with the management of all pub
lie affairs.
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W.. ]. Bryan Writes of His Recent
View OF the Abiding Place of
the Gods Of Mythology. @
athens, the AcropoIis, Mars Hill, the Battlefield
OF Marathon the Thermopylean Pass ...
and Other Famous Places

myself Athens fancy her respondent with her
that heater whence visible the
which Grecan
with danced to the music OF the eherns with
which eed drew In gded cars the
music
Of
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1906-10-17
HURRAH FOR ROSEBUSH.

Last Saturday was gala day for Rose
bush. The Maccabees swarmed there to
the number of one hundred. Lodges
were represented from St. Louis. Alma,
Shepherd, Mt Pleasant, Glare. Farwell,
Weidman, Sherman City Hartman, and
Manistee. The occasion being school
of instruction held by Great Commander,
Frances +. Burns and Deputy Ada Price
The memorial work was given in a very
impressive manner, the floor work being
done by the Mt. Pleasant "Bees" modesty
OF course forbids comment. The crown
ing event was the announcement that two
rival artists were at the door clamoring
for the privilege of taking pictures of the
group, the request was granted, and at
last report neither camera was demolished.
A bountiful supper was served and all
were united in the thought that Rose
bush is equal to any emergency and did
herself grand in carrying for so great a
number. Thirty-ive tickets were sold at
Mt. Pleasant.-Isabella Courier.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1906-10-17
BOSTON ORCHESIRACO
Opens the Lecture Course Enter.
tainments Friday Evening
October 26.
BUY YOUR COURSE TICKETS
The Five Entertainments That Con
stitute the Course are Well Worth
The Price of the Ticket.

The Boston Orchestral company which
opens the lecture course for the season
of 1906-7 is said to be one of the finest
musical attractions now before the
American people In speaking of Mr..
Leon Batcnelder, who is with the COM
pany. the Springfield, Mass Republican
said: 1.-The remarkable flute playing
Of Mr., Leon Batchelder will long be re-
membered. 1t was delight indeed to
see this modest young man come forth
and take the audience by storm by his
really wonderful ability. He was re-
called until bis encores doubled his al
loted numbers, 1t was treat
The company recently appeared at
Decatur, Illinois, and the press Of that
city said: "There are five members of
the company and every one is star.
From the time the orchestra began until
the last number had been given there
was almost continual round of applause
and all encore had to be given for every
number. The concert gave more gen.
uine enjoyment than any that has yet
been given"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1906-10-17

the establishment by him OF others and
he now operates fourteen such industries
i'll the state, conducts cold storage plant
at Pennington, and is a dairy farmer on
a very extensive scale in Oakland and
Huron counties. The present governor
represented the twelfth senatorial district
in the State Senate for 1858. He has
served as a member Of the village council
ten years and has been several times sue
cessively elected president Of his village
and nearly every time without any OPP
position. He was elected i'll 1900 to the
Office of Secretary of State, reelected in
1902, and in 1904 was elected Governor
of Michigan. He is member of several
secret societies, among which are Masons
Knights of Pythias, Loyal Guard, Elks
and Maccabees.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1906-10-17
SHEPHERD HAPPENINGS.

Mrs. Allen Clay is on the sick list.
J.T. Struble was in Alma Saturday.
Mrs. ID. +. Shoe is visiting at Beaver
ton.
+. NJ. Taylor has returned from
a visit at Jackson and Horton.
Nettie Scofield, of Jackson, is guest
at the home of f. M. Taylor.
Minnie Fordyce, of Mt. Pleasant,
visited friends here Thursday.
Mrs. Matte Baker has returned from
a visit at Reed City,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. q. Field visited III
Ann Arbor Sunday.
The postoffice building is now lighted
by new gasoline lights.
Miss Ella Carroll, was guest of Miss
Martin of Alma over Sunday.
Miss Inez Wisdom visited her brother
Mark, in Ann Arbor Sunday.
Mrs. Esther White has returned from
visit with her son Harry at Edmore.
Mrs, +. II. Rowland of Riverdale, is
visiting at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. N. w. StIuble.
Mrs. n. f. Burt has returned to her
home in Owosso, after visit with her
parents east Of town.
Mrs. J. A. Walling and daughter,
Oracle, were in Lansing last week at
tending the Grand Chapter of the order
of Eastern Stars.
While at the skating rink Saturday
evening, Master Dale Murtha had the
misfortune to fall in such a manner as
to break his wrist.
A birthday party was given at the A.
l.. White home last Wednesday evening
in honor of Miss Pearl Cline, the oc-
casion being her seventeenth birthday.
She received many valuable presents.
Two new mail carriers started from
this place Tuesday morning. These
make five routes out of this place
The new carriers are j. O. Walling and
Geo. Wetherbee.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1906-10-17
FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE

Gratiot county, the garden spot of the
state of Michigan, is the home of many a
man qualified by experience and natural
ability to represent the district and state
in the legislative halls at Lansing. Out
of this number the republican party at
their recent primaries selected as their
candidate for representative one who in
business and political experienc stands
second to none in his qualification to rep
resent the people of Gratiot county in a
manner that will reflect credit and honor
upon the district. The nominee is Mr..
Clifton J. Chambers of New Haven town.
ship.
Mr. Chambers is young man OF unim-
peachable honesty and business integrity
has for several years represented his