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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-11-05

filed with the confidence of his knowl-
edge. who says what he means and
means what he says, no matter who
likes It or doesn't like it,
who is he?
why he's just Chase Salmon Osborn,
versatile, brilliant, courageous, candi-
date for governor of Michigan. bound
to win.
Politician, you say?
Yes politician. II he were not a
politician he would not be a candidate
for governor. If John Jones were not
a politician he would not be superin-
tendent of the Sunday school not sit
ting in the head chair of his lodge.
Politician? Yes, Nothing wrong in
that. Any man who takes interest in
the welfare of his state and nation
Is a politician. No man can be n man
unless he is In some degree n pollti-
clan.
Politician? Yes. Yet six months ago
there were those who declared him a
mighty poor politician. Why? Be
cause he declared the vice president
of the United States a buffoon. He
said he was. going To do so long be-
fore he did. His friends argued against
it. HE is not running for governor
40 n
on him."
81 believe il and I'm going to say
IL II don't get 100 votes in Michi-
gan"
He said It. His opponents jeered n
him. His friends looked serious.
whats the matter" he asked. 81
IL had been somebody less prominen
i'm the world, you would have OBJ
jected. why spare the man up Their
II he has IL coming"
Politician? Yes. A mighty poor ono
some said The people, however. ap
parently liked the man who was no
afraid to say what he felt REGARDLESS
of whom II hit.
Erratic?
His opponents have charged hin
with this. What says the dictionary
Erratic-Having no certain cours.
rowing about without fixed purpose.
Man Of Fixed Purpose.
The definition does not apply. Chas
s. Osborn has had a fixed purpos,
Better. more economical. cleaner gov
eminent. That has been his fixed pur
pose.
What then? Versatile? Here is
word between which and erratic ther
is but fine distinction in definitio
yet that distinction is sharp enoug
to make the latter word applicable
Chase s. Osborn.
versatile-Readily applying onese
to a new task or to various subjects.
So says the dictionary.
Does II apply? Chase s. Osborn ha
readily applied himself to a vast VAR
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-11-05
Something ofthe Sterling Charac-
ter Which Brought Him From a
Farmer Boy and Newsboy to a
Polished Gentleman.

like to get him up into the wilds of
Canada, walk his legs off about half
way to his knees and lose him in the
forest
Who is he?
lie is the man who is equally at
home I'm the most trackless wilderness
or at the helm of a boat on the Great
Lakes. He is the man who can carry
his pack all day and never seem TO
weary. lie IL the man who can guide
a boat i'm the teeth of Lake Superior's
most vicious gales.
Fearless and Studious.
Who Is he?
He is the man afraid Of no beast
that lives. whose eye is clear and
sharp whose hand is STEADY. who.
when he raises his rifle TO his should
err brings death to bird or beast.
Who is he?
He is the student who knows
name, habits, classification of every
bug and insect. every animal, every
bird. every rock and every plant or
flower To be found In Michigan and
who has n marvellous knowledge of
these same things in almost every part
of the world
Who is he?
Tie is the man who in the quiet of
his homo reads ana reads and remem-
bers what he reads. He is the man
who in his library has produced sew
eral books OF great value to science.
Who is he?
He Is the man who with the purest
and most forceful OF English tells
convention of medical men as much as
they themselves know of anatomy, who
traces the science of medicine and
surgery from earliest days to the pres
ent He is the man who tells an as
sembly of ministers, the history of re-
ligion from Confucius TO the present,
who describes the differences in all
the known religions from earliest
times, who tells them why the Chris
tan religion succeeds where all 9TH
ers have failed. He is the man who
stands before the professors of the
University of Michigan and tells them
OF the geology of Lapland, of Brazil, of
Russia, of every nation on the globe
and confounds them with his knowl-
edge of mineral deposits and mining
methods. lie is the man who quotes
at will before the Ladies' Literary club
the most beautiful passages of the
great poets. the most sublime thoughts
of the greatest authors. He Is the man
who whirls through Michigan telling
the people about government about
what Michigan needs. He is the man
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-11-05

straight as an arrow, eye bright and
clear. muscles hard and active, mind
clear and clean, a model of physical
manhood.
Always the Student.
Neither has he neglected the mind
nature gave him. From boyhood he
has read everything he could lay hands
upon. He reads rapidly, remarkably
So He remembers what he reads
History, science of all kinds, religion,
government, poetry, the best of litera-
ture Nothing has escaped him. He
stores his memory with all, it is al
ways ready when needed
An example of this was shown at
the banquet of the Gridley club at
Ionia last winter. Governor Guild Of
Massachusetts was a speaker at that
banquet In his remarks he proudly
and rightfully boosted of the intel
lectualig of the Bay state. He de-
clared with emphasis that Massachu-
setts led all the states i'm intellectual
ity.
t, Quicker than a fash, Chase S. Os-
born was on his feet.
81 do not wish to seem discour-
tcous," he said, but l must challenge
the gentleman from Massachusetts,.
The percentage of illiteracy in Massa-
chusetts is nine. while in Michigan IL
| is but six"
| II a. d,uhtfu1 70 thara xvos anofhat
man i'm Michigan who could have told
the percentage of initeracy in his owr
state 60 say nothing of Massachusetts
| It was just a sample of the quick
| thought and the great stored up fund
of knowledge Chase S. Osborn has.
Surprised Scientist.
Again. While attending the G. A. r
encampment at Holland last summer
he, with a party of newspaper men
was taken out for a ride through thu
country. Con Dupree was the host
Now be it known Con Dupree is al
ornithologist Of more than ordinar!
( ability and fame. From earliest child
hood he has studied birds. has sho
them. mounted them and today ha
a marvellous collection. AS the part,
rode along a bird few up. Quicke
than thought, Chase S. Osborn calle'
the scientific name of the bird, told o
its habits Dupree sat up and begal
to take notice. A moment later thes
two-one an ornithologist. the othe
soaking the slibernatorial nomina
tion-were plunged into a scientific
discussion. all Greek to the other mem
beers of the party. From birds the con
versation drifted to butterflies and in
scots. from these to plants and flow
ers Even Dupree found himself be
yond his depth. The result? Tn
usual one. When the trip was ende'
, Dupree called Osborn aside and whis
, pered I'm his ear. Count on me 70
/ anything can do" Dupree wa
hooked, just as everybody is hooks
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-11-05

Los Angeles, Nov. 5.-As an after
math of the dynamiting of the Los
Angeles Times building its owner and
publisher. General Harrison Gray Otis,
has been arrested charged by a San
Francisco labor leader, A. ]. Gallagher
with libel
Otis was permitted to go free on his
recognizance He promised to appear
In court at any hour set.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-11-05

washington. ID. c., Nov. 5.-The
first colored man to be appointed an
assistant attorney general of the
United States is william II. Lewis OF
poston. The appointment was agreed
upon by President Taft and Attorney
General wickersham.
Lewis is a graduate of Amherst and
Harvard and played on the Harvard
football team as center rush.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-11-05

ETY. of tasks and subjects. Moreover
he has mastered them all.
Versatile he is. Erratic he is not
Impulsive? Yes. Yet his impulsive-
ness is born of confidence, of self
reliance, of knowledge of what his inn
pulse comes from and what it leads
to. Impulsive? Yes. but not an i'm
pulsveness without foundation. often
it may seem his impulsiveness is not
we'll founded but later events show
merely that his wonderfully active
mind. backed by his wide knowledge
has outstripped the foresight of those
who criticized.
Magnetic?
None will deny it. No man hears
him without being moved to enthus-
iasm. Stolld though one may be- he
meets Chase S. Osborn, hears him
talk, shouts for him.
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Magnetic?
Magnetic Personality.


'1f only we could make the people
forget him and his wonderful person
ality, we could beat him sure" said
one prominent Democrat at the Kala-
mazoo convention.
Why is he magnetic?
Because within his big, burly frame
is world of stored up energy. Be
cause when he shakes hands, he takes
hold as though he meant it. Because
when he speaks, he let's loose of all
that energy, drives home his thought
with the power of a trip hammer, en-
bellishes it with the blooms of the
poet.
And that energy, physical and men
tai is shown i'm every move, every
speech, every thought. The physical
energy is born first of a naturally
rugged constitution handed down to
him through generations of sturdy an
cestry, handed down to him from tho
great grandfather who was one of tho
Continental army away back in the
days when the nation was born, hand
ed down To him through the grand
father. one Of the first navigators OF
the Ohio river. pioneer in the mid
die west. handed down to him from 9
sturdy father,a pioneer in Indiana, &
radical abolitionist, interested in the
underground railway through which
the slaves of the south sought free
dom i'm the north.
What nature gave, Chase $. Osborn
has not wasted. No dissipation has
married his sturdy frame nor cast q
blot upon his name. Rather, he hat
made good use Of what nature gave
and done his fun part toward improv.
ing that rugged physique. From hi
boyhood he was fond of the woods
Day after day during manhood hal
he tramped the wilderness of north
I ern Canada There in the wilds, amonl
the ancient pines, with nature his sol
companion. he has builded upon tn
foundation nature gave and today a
90 stands feet In his stockings
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-11-05
who engages i'm a half hours conv'
,ation with Chase S. Osborn.
Making Converts.


sation with Chase S. Osborn.
Making Converts.
To the newspaper men who Travelled
with him To any extent during the
campaign. there never was any let up
IN the seeming endless powers OF his
mind and range of knowledge. He
spoke before the Woodmen OF Grand
Rapids last spring. His speech was
nlled with pointed. terse paragraphs
which were aftcrward sent broadcast
over the state as "Osbornism" and
did not little toward rounding up
the votes for him. But after the
speech the Woodmen crowded around
him asking questions and always get
ting an answer. one man with dis
tinct German twang in his tone spoke
TO him. In moment Osborn and the
German were jabbering away i'm the
native tongue Of the Teuton. 1t sound
ed sweet TO his ears. He went out
shouting for Osborn.
Among the crowd were many Hol-
erderr. one spoke 20 him. Imme-
liately Osborn was talking Dutch to
be amazemert OF the son OF the
Netherlands
The difficult Polish anguage even is
not unknown TO Mr.. Osborn.
~ can manage 10 make myself UNI
derstood and to understand any of
lhe languages of the European con-
cnent," says Mr. Osborn.
Such a statement might, coming
from some, appear TO be an evidence
of what is vulgarly known as swelled
boasts. He talks Of himself He tells
what he can do and what he can't do.
Yet i'm his telling of himself there is
no impression of ooas1ulness. no evil
dence of swelled he3d. He knows
himself. He knows bis own powers.
He knows his own attachments. He is
confident of himself He is the ath-
lete who tells his own sped. He is
SO self reliant end so confident i'm his
own powers that to speak of what he
can do is but natural. 1t is not a
boast. Ii does not seem TO him any
thing remarkable that he can do all
these things because he has mastered
them so completely.
remember the statement of a pro-
fessor of Greek. who said:
when you have learned Greek so
that when you see an object, the
Greek word for it comes first and
most naturally to your mind. then you
have mastered the language"
Mr.. Osborn has reached that stage
i'm the many matters which his versa
| tile mind has mastered.
Why is he magnetic? The answer
has been given.
Secret Of Popularity.
But there are other reasons Every
man-if he is a man-loves the other
man who is not afraid. Chase S. Os-
born is the man not afraid. Friend
or foe. to neither is he afraid to ex-
press his opinion fully and freely.
Oftentimes this hurts the man who
does not yet know him. After he has
once or twice heard Mr.. Osborn ex-
press his opinion he values what he
says and the criticism. instead of
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-11-05

straight as an arrow, eye bright and
clear. muscles hard and active, mind
clear and clean, a model of physical
manhood
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-11-05
chase S. Osb0rn-=Every Inch Il Man
A Thorough Student and a Clean
Politician, Now at the Door
Of Governors Quarters in the
State Capitol.
Devotion to His Mother.

singing. rouses the criticized to great
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-06-02
GRATITUDE OF THIEVES.
Their Longing For Association With
Honest Men.

Honest Men.
The thief in the community is very
much like the boy whose meanness or
ruffianism has caused the other little
children to band together to ostracize
him. He may move about with a sui
len swagger, carry chip on his Shout
der and vicious glea8h in his eye, but
there is always a sob in his throat.
So the thief is longing and aching to
get back in the circle out Of which he
has been ruled.
If any honest man wants TO meet
lively gratitude let him knowingly give
the countenance of his company to a
crook. 1t will be favor never forgot
ten. Every lawyer practicing at the
criminal bar knows this. One very
well known practitioner Of genial per-
sonality and large tolerance occasion
ally takes a client to dinner at good
restaurant or braves an appearance
with him at theater There have been
embarrassing results, due to the Grim
inals gratitude.
after one of these evenings" the
lawyer laughingly told me. Pm kept
for days lodging and returning pres
ents sent by the crook-watches, scarf
pins, cuff links, now and then a valua-
BILE painting or a Persian rug-all be-
longing to somebody else."-Every-
body's Magazine.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-06-02
Dropping Asleep.

How do we go to sleep? How does
Mother Nature charm away our con-
seriousness Z? First of all she throws her
smell on those centers of our bodies that
preside over the muscular system, caus-
ing one group of muscles after another
gradually to collapse. Thereafter various
powers of mind succumb in regular order.
First we lose attention and Judgment,
then memory goes, and Imagination wan
ders away in reveries of its own ideas (;
time and space cease to control thought
as gentle sleep, the nurse OF our life, draws
nearer. Then comes the turn OF the spec
ial senses, beginning with sight. EyelidS
close, and eyeballs turn upward and in
ward, as if to shut out all light, the pupils
contracting more and more as slumber
steals over us.
The turn of the ears comes the pow
er of hearing fades away. The heart
beats and breath is drawn more and more
slowly. The heart beats from ten to
twenty times less frequently each minute,
or 5000 times less during the night, while
breathing is not only slower but much
more shallow than during waking hours.
Temperature falls by perhaps ? degrees,
and the body loses three times less heat
than when awake. And so at last sleep
covers a man all over sleep that shuts
I'D sorrows eve.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-06-02
FATAL cUPIDITY.
A Tragic Case of Treasure Hunting In
Egypt.

n Tragic Case OF treasure Tuning '"
Egypt.
A certain Egyptian native discov-
cred the entrance OF tomb In the
floor of his stable and at once pro-
ceeded to worm his way down the
tunnel. This was the end Of the man.
His wife. finding that he had not re-
turned two hours or so later, went
down the newly found tunnel after
him. That was the end of her also.
In turn three other members of the
family went down into the darkness,
and that was the end Of them.
A native official was then called, and,
lighting his way with candle. pene-
trated down the winding passage.
The air was so foul that he was soon
obliged to retreat, but he stated that
he was just able to see in the distance
ahead the bodies of the unfortunate
peasants. all Of whom had ben over
come by what he quantity described
as "the evil lighting and bad climate"
Various attempts at the rescue OF the
bodies having failed, we gave orders
that this tomb should be regarded as
their sepulcher and that its mouth
should be sealed up.
According to the natives there was
evidently a vast hoard of wealth
stored at the bottom of this tomb, and
the would be robbers had met their
death at the hands of the demon In
charge of it. who had seized each man
by the throat as he came down the
tunnel and had strangled him.-A. E.
P. Weigall In Putnam's.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-06-02
To the Afflicted.

DR.. c. H. Whiting, late with DR.. Wat
son, of New York, Graduate of Medicine
for the past AZ years, and who has for the
past y years made disease of the rectum
his speciality, desires to inform his patrons
and the public that he has moved to 504
w. Fayette Street, Baltimore, Md, where
he has every facility for the above treat
ment, which is so thoroughly advanced
that his patrons are not prevented from
attending to their duties, nor are surgical
operations reSorted to. He makes no
charge for consultation or examination.
Ladies treated at their home by skilled
lady attendants. Dr. Writings process
knows not the meaning of the word "fail
ure." Why suffer this dread disease
when permanent reliefiS at hand. Thous-
ands OF testimonials presented upon ap-
plication.
Have cured two doctors IS years old
who had practised medicine for 60 years,
also cured one man SO years old, who
lived for five years afterwards, and cured
a woman 50 years old. The treatment is
concluded IN from three to five minutes,
and no bad effects afterwards. People
gain from Is to so pounds after treatment.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-06-02

Among the ministers attending the Luz
theran Conference at New Market, Va,
last week was Rev. Peter Miller, OF Rio,
Hampshire county, an uncle OF DR.. J
NJ. Miller, of Halltown, this county, and
brother of Rev. DR.. J. |. Miller. Rev.
Mr.. Miller is in his SD year, but is still
actively engaged in ministerial work, and
few pastors in the Virginia Synod &C
compliSh as muchaS he does. For many
years he has been serving four churches
in Hampshire and Hardy counties, and al
though the snow covered the ground in
the West Virginia mountains last winter
to a depth OF two feet in many places, he
never missed an appointment. He was
ordained at New Market in October, 1858,
and has been preaching ever since. Some
Sundays he rides as much as thirty miles
on horseback to fill his appointments, and
in order to reach conference he rode 40
miles across the mountains. Mr.. Miller is
an able and earnest minister and one OF
the most piouS of men, and the people OF
his charge have the deepest affection for
hin,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-06-02
The Wolf In Disquise.

Once upon time a wolf who was
going after the farmers chickens took
the advice Of a fox and disguised
himself in sleeps clothing.
"For," said the fox, IF the dogs see
you they will take you for a harmless
lamb and let you pass"
When the disguised wolf was near
the chicken house he heard the dogs
bark and saw them running toward
him at the top OF their speed.
81 am a fool" said the wolf. "For
now the dogs think am lamb and
have no fear of me. will change my
mind, get out of this incumbering
clothing and make a winning fight"
But before he could get the garment
off the dogs were upon him and took
his life.
Moral.-It is easier to change your
mind than your clothing.-New York
Herald
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-06-02
The Reeimental Barber.

A major in an English regiment has
a great contempt for incapacity of any
kind and is somewhat impatient. A
sergeant complained to him that he
could get no man to undertake the
duty of barber to the company.
is there no gardener in the com
pany" asked the major testify. "See
if you can find one, and send him to
me-"
The man was duly sent, but on re-
ceiving orders 10 act as barber ven
tured to expostulate.
Great guns"' cried the major.
IF you can cut grass you can cut
hair! Go and do it,"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-06-02

Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made
me a well woman and have no more
backache. hope can help others by
telling them what Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has done for
me-" MRS. EMMA MISE, SS3 First ST.,
Milwaukee, Wis.
The above is only one of the thou
sands of grateful letters which are
constantly being received by the
Pinkham Medicine Company of Lynn,
Mass, which prove beyond a doubtthat
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from roots and herbs,
actually does cure these obstinate dis
eases of women after all other means
have failed, and that every such suf-
ering woman owes it to herself to at
least give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound a trial before submit
ting to an operation, or giving up
hope of recovery.
Mrs. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass,
invites all sick women to write
her for advice. She has guided
thousands to health and her
advice is free.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-06-02
Very Red Tape.

A burglar entering a house by a
ladder in a small Prussian town fell
and broke his leg when making of
with his booty. An inquiry into the
accident revealed that, contrary to the
bylaws of the town, the house own
er's ladder was not provided with
strong iron spikes at its base. The
house owner was therefore ordered TO
pay all the hospital costs and further
to give the burglar a substantial sum.
London Standard.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-06-02
A Woman's Great Idea

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