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He Was Faithful to Burke Rufu s Choate Owed His Manner of Thoug ht and His St y le to Closa Study of That Master of Eng lish. Wten Rufus Choate , universally conceded to be one of the greatest of American lawyers and orators , and a most brilliant student of the class- ics and En glish literature and history, entered Dartmouth college in 1815 , Rey, Dr , Alvan Bond , who was for nearly forty years pastor of a Con- gregational church at Norwich , Conn., and in his day one of the foremost clergymen of his denomination , was a tutor at Dartmouth . \Rufu s Choate became a studen t under me in Latin , \ Doctor Bond told my father years afterward. \I thought that when he entered the classroom for the first time he was the hand- somest lad I had eTer seen. His hair was brown and very curly, his eyes were dark , he had a beautiful com- plexion. But it was . after all . a singular intellectual revelation which was in his face , his manner , and his speech which especially attracted me. and I am sure , all of his fellow stu- dents. \His translations of the Latin classics were beyond any comparison the finest that I ever heard in the classroom. They were faithful in ex- pressing the meaning of tlie Latin text but. ' meaning of the Latin translations, Rufus Choate ' s were ex- pressed in singularly beautiful Eng- litJa , I never tired of hearing him translate. \A littl e later I discovered that be- sides having a great gift for the Latin classes , young Choate was a pre- cocious reader of the English classics. I remember that in a casual after- class conversation with him one day he remarked that , greatly as he ad- mired Milton and Bacon , aiul fasci- nated as he was by Shakespeare, nev- ertheless be thought that in some things, especially in his command of the English language , Burke was the superior of any of them. \CfcoaU' was graduated from Dart- mouth shortl y after 1 finished my tutorship there and entered the min- istry, auu I heard little or nothing of him after that until he had gnWd a reputation both as a lawyer and as an orator , though I Irad looked for Mm to take up literature and become a teach- er , probably In Dartmouth. Then , one day, in reading a speech that he had delivered , I was struck with the thought that he had been influenced in his manner of thought and his style by a close study of Burke. Instantly there came back to me most vividly the remark that Rufus Choate , when a college lad , had made to me about Burke. Since then I have read speech after speech of Choate ' s and they all make it plain to me that , as a man , he has been faithful to his boyhood admiration for Edmund Burke. And perhaps because he has been so faith- ful is one great reason why he is so great an orator , so wonderfu l a mas- ter of the En glish language. \ Many years after my father had told me of this talk with Dr. Bond it became known to me that Rufu s Choato. at the time his cousin. Joseph H. Choate . formerly ambassador to Great Britain , was beginning the study of law , wrote to the latter these words: \Remember that these four are the great '* minds of England: Shakespeare , Bacon . Milton and Burke. And remember , also , th at of these Burke is not the least. \ (Copyright , 1911 . by E. J. Kdwards. All Rights Reserved.) Tasting the Drinks. An old custom has just been ob- served at Market Drayton , where the annual fair , called \th e Dirty Fair . \ has been opened by the Court Leet_ A proclamation , It is reported , was read by the \Ale-Canner , \ who warned \ all rogues , vagabonds , cut-purses , and idle men immediately to depart from this fair. \ \Ale-Canner \ bas a jovial smack about it , but we are afraid It is a mis- print for \Ale-Conner . \ an ancient and honorable officer , both of manors and corporations. His duty was to taste the new brew of every \brewer and brewster . cook , and pie-baker . \ and if It were unfit to drink the whole was confiscated and given to the poor. It should be ^ added that in the mid- dle ages \ unfit to drink\ usually meant weak and watery. The chemist was not abroad in those benighted days , so there was no risk of arsenical by- products being present in the pottle- pot. Upri g ht Senator Sickened Comments of William P. Frye After AH Members of Upper House Ex- cept Quay Had Sworn They Hadn 't Speculated In Sugar. In the summer of 1894 a committee of the \United States senate , of which. Senator George Gray of Delaware was chairman , spent several weeks In In- vestigating accusations publicly made that members of the senate during the consideration of the so-called \Wilson tariff bill , had speculated in the se- curities of the American Sugar Refin- ing company, commonly called the sugar trust . _ _ J .The sugar schedule in the Wilson tariff bill occasioned prolonged and ex- , clteii, .^isji'vs=''%wU y?v-+-k'P' -'- - v«-J!i'- - ¦ -•^ S***\-;— senators were in favoi tjfeeducing the tariff on raw sugar to a iibminal point , while many other senators favored in- creasing the rate ; and while the dis- cussion was in progress the accusa- tion was publicly made that various senators had been speculating in sugar , and so speculating that their votes upon the sugar schedule would favorably affect their venture into the stock market, In the course of the investigation accusations it was suggested that ev- ery senator be called before the com- mittee and made to testify under oath whether or not he had been speculat- ing in sugar at any time during the pendency of the tariff bill. This was done , and evei y senator testified, and every one , with a single exception , de- nied having directly or indirectly speculated in the securities of \ the sugar company. The one exception was the late Senator Matthew Stan- ley Quay of Pennsylvania , who frank- ly and courageously testified that he had speculated , adding that he had closed his speculative accounts be- fore the senate had voted upon , th e sugar schedule. Some weeks after the close of tfc— invogthrati an- T -wa* *. «. ...;a_ a .t<^Wiir«a in P. Frye , senator from Maine and he , knowing that I had been among oth- ers summoned before the investigat- ing committee to give testi m ony and had been indicted for refusing to tell the committee from whom I obtained the information on which I based my newspaper l etter^ accusing senators of speculating in sugar , began of his own accord a conversation with me upon that subject. \I have always liked Matt. Quay personally, \ said Senator Frye, \ al- though when I first knew of him I must confess that I knew that he would go a 'leetle ' farther in political management than I was willing- to go when I was chairman of the Republi- can state committee in Maine; you may remember that I succeeded Mr. Blaine as chairman o£ that commit- tee. However , that is neither here nor there ; what I want to say to you now is that Quay gained my unbound- ed respect and admiration when he appeared before the sujj ar committee and in reply to the Question whether or not he had been speculating in suga r securities frankly and bluntly told the committee that he had. It is my opinion that there is today not a member of the senate who does not entertain for Quay a higher feeling of respect because he had the courage to give that truthful testimony than he ever felt for him before. \And I want to add , \ went on the man who was for so many years president pro tern, of the senate , and throughout his long public career was greatly esteemed by the public for his integrity of purpose and charac- ter , \I want to add that it made me sick at heart to see ' several senators go before that committee and deliber- ately perjure themselves , though they knew as well that members of the committee and other senators were fully aware that they had been spec- ulating in sugar. I haven 't yet been able to get rid of the feeling that this is one of the most pitiable exhibitions ever made of the sort of depravity which men who are in politics and who are . seeking to . make money at the sam e time are so likely to sink into. \ (Copyrigh t , 1 9 11 , by B. J. Edwards. All Rights Reserved.) Vindication fop the Hors e . The hors e has vindicated himself. One of that genus , the pet of a Chi- cago owner , was stolen the other day, and after a lapse of a few days turned up at his proper home , drawing a spick-and-span wagon and proudly wearing a brand new harness. Inquir- ies by the owner of the horse for the proper owner of the wagon and har- ness have evoked no response , which on reflections Is not so inexplicable. This indicat es the superiority of the horse to the modern inventions that assume to take his place. When did a stolen automobile ever come home with a new motor or set of tires? What stolen areoplane has flown back to its legitimate hangar with a new set of planes. EXCELLENT HOUSE FOR DOLLS Egg Box , Which Had Section of Wood In Middle , Made First and Sec- ond Story—Total Cost 79 Cents. One day when I was playing with my dolls I thought it would be nice to have a house for them , to have shel- ter from the sun , says a writer in the Chicago Tribune. I went down in. the cellar and found an egg box , which , had a section of wood in the middle , which made a first and second story for my house. I dusted the box and removed all unnecessary nails. I then cut out win- dows four inches wide and seven inches long and pasted mica on the in- side to serve as glass. On the walls I pasted green wall pape r . I paste d white paper , with pink roses , on the walls of the bedroom. Then there were the floors. What could I use for carpets? I decided to use velvet. I bought the furniture for the living- room. I made it for the bedroom . For the bed I took a block of wood and covered it with white lawn , and made a few sheets for it and a small pink pillow . I am sure every girl who can sew knows how to make a doll pillow . For the chairs I took a block of wood and pasted cardboard on for the backs ; then covered them with calico to match the wall paper. Then I pasted some pictures on the walls , which I drew myself. Now my house was almost complete , all but the curtains , which I quickly made from a piece of lace. I hemmed the lace and tacked it up on the win- dow , and it certainly made a very pretty curtain. In the living-room , in- stead of lace curtains , I made them from calico. My house was complete and It did not cost very much , because most of the material I found somewhere about tbe house. But should some girl like to make one , she would need to know House for Dolls. the materials used. They were as fol- lows: An egg box , which any grocer would be willing to give; a piece of lace for the curtain ; a piece of calico for the curtain , which one probably would have in the piece bag; one yard of cheap velvet at 39 cents; mica for the windows at 20 cents ; furniture for living-room at 10 cents; paint if de- sired , 10 cents. Total , 79 cents. < Y^To^p^i g fo^ 3KM. NEW GUESSING GAME AMUSES Pastime of \Cities \ Will Be Found Both Instructive and Interesting for the Children. What hoy or girl knows how to play the game of \Cities?\ This is how you commence : \I ask the question: \What city in the United States am I thinking of?\ You reply by naming som e city you think I hav e in mind. For instance : Supposing I am thinking of San Francisco . I say to you: What city in the United States am I thinking of? You say Boston. No . 1 reply ; Boston is too far north - east. Then you try again , this time nam- ing a place farther west and south of Boston; say, Philadelphia. I tell i you that Philadelphia is still too far , east- Thus you continue , naming the cit- ies further west until you say San Francisco, when It will be your turn to think up a city or until you \ give it up, \ when it will be my turn to choose another one. If you can keep before your mind' s eye a picture of the United States , with the position of the many colors representing the states , you will find it an immense service in locating the direction of the various cities. Things You May Not Know. Russia has the fewest doctors or any civilized country. ' Three and a half millions of people are always on the sea. From the maidenhair fern a pala- table tea can be brewed. One pound of cotton has yielded as much as 4 . 770 miles of thread. Thim bles appear to have been known by the Romans , as some were round at Herculaneum . Scales for weighing diamonds are so accurately posed that \ an eyelash will tus'ii Ui& balance. VEHICLE PROPELLED BY HAND Wheels for Common Cart Can Be Se- cured at Any Junk Shop at Sli g ht Expense—Makes Lever Auto. Any boy following the directions giv- en here can convert a common four- wheeled cart into a hand propelled' ve- hicle. If you would like to own a lever auto like this one and do not happen to have a cart , you can get wheels at a junk yard at slight expuense. The beginning of your work will be to take out the rear axle and substitute for it the crank-shaped one shown in the I _J Hand-Propelled Vehicle. drawing. The best place to obtain a rod long enough to be shaped into the crank is the junk yard. Before you put your new axle In place make a wooden lever similar to the one shown under the wagon. It is made of two small blocks nailed to the sides of a longer stick near the end of the latter. \ Another lever comes up through a hole in the bottom of the cart and has a cross piece nailed on the upper end for a handle. Two blocks like tbe one shown in the cut are fastened under the wagon and a bolt is driven through them and through the upright lever to act as a pivot. Puzzler for Little Fay. Little Fay had been given a ten- cent piece and sent to buy a postage stamp. The clerk gave her the stamp, and eight pennies in change. Fay counted the pennies twice. Then sne said , with a puzzled look , *'l don ' t Think this is right. How much did you you say a two-Gent stamp cost?' | New News of Yesterd ay i j I ——— ¦ By E. J. EDWARDS I - ' I : — ^-^— as^v^^vn^^B^^ Cen. William S. Rosecrans , Who Was Minister to Mexico After Civil War , Was Largely Responsi- ble for Their Development. No soldier who had serve d with prominence In the Civil war and who was afterwards elected a member of congress ever attracted more attention from the galleries than did Gen. Wil- liam S. Rosecrans . \Old Rosie , \ as his soldiers called him , when he entered the house of representatives In 1881. He had as a colleague Gen. Joseph E. Johnston , with whom he was on most friendly terms , and in the senate were Gens. John A. Logan and Ambrose C. Bumside , and a little later , Gen. Wil- liam Mahone. Rosecrans was the per- sonification of sincerity, of perfect de- mocracy, and he had , as so many great soldiers have , a distinctive qual- ity of Innocence , almost childlike in Its simplicity. At the time General Rosecrans be- came 3. member of congress a great deal of discussion was prevailin g as to the practicability of constructing a ship railroad across the Tehuantepec isthmus of Mexico , in order to do away with the long voyage around the Horn . The plan had been advocated by Capt. James B. Eads , who had gained an international reputation as an engineer partly through the con- struction of the Eads bridge over the Mississippi at St. Louis and partly through his successful buildin g of the jetty system near the mouth of the Mississippi river , which resulted In the long-desired deepening of the riv- er ' s channel. Before General Rose- crans entered congress he had been minister to Mexico. I had heard that he was mu ch interested in Captain Ead' s plan for a ship railway across the Tehuantepec isthmus , and at the first opportunity I asked the general If he would tell me whether he thought Eads \ plan was practicable or not \I have no doubt about the practi- cability of the construction of a ship railway across the Tehuantepec isth- mus , \ he said , with emphasis. \It isn 't a very difficult scheme from an en- gineer ' s point of view. All that would have to be done would be to build a railroad of _ slx _jtracks _ that ^ cpuld.-acs. commodat e platform cars ; then the ships could be hauled from the At- lantic harbor by an incline to these cars , constructed on the drydock sys- tem , and then the locomotives would haul them across the isthmus to the Pacific side. And -vice versa. The only trouble with Eads ' plan is that It would cost a great deal of money. \When I was minister to Mexico In '68—that was just after Juarez had overthrown Maximilian and set up the republic afresh—there were _ scarcely any railroads in the country. There was one that ran from Vera Cru z to the capital , and there were two or three , little ones elsewhere , and that about tells the whole story. But I had not been in Mexico six months before I realized that with ample railway fa- cilities the republic would become , in time , one of the most prosperous na- tions in the world , unquestionably of that part of the world lying to the south of the Unite d States. So \ I sug- gested to President Juarez the con- struction of a railway across Tehuan- tepec isthmus, explaining how such a road would shorten by. thousands of miles the transit of freight , by water , from the Atlantic to the Pacific side of the Americas. - President Juarez agreed with me that such a line should be built I also told him that Mexico should have not only a central railway running to the Rio Grande river , but lines parallel to it that would skirt , on the east , the gulf coast , and on the west the Pacific and the Gulf of California, He aske d me if I thought a railway could be built across central Mexico through some pass of the Sierra mountains. I told him that I was certain of it; that there never yet existed a mountain chain through which somewhere or other passes could not be found. \For some time after I ceased be- ing minister to Mexico I stayed in the country and agitated the railway de- velopment of the republic. I believe that I was the first man to suggest to the proper government officials ade- qu ate railway development of the Mexican republic , and I have often re- gretted that before I' could get my plan s well under way business rea- sons called me to California. I am glad to see , however , that this devel- opment is now under way, as regards a central railway, though I am not to reap any material benefits from it. And I venture to make the prediction to you that within the next fifteen or twenty years a true transcontinental line will be built across the Tehuante- pec isthmus , and , when it is , Mexico ' s progress as a commercial nation will be magnificently advanced. \ t General Rosecran s did not live long enough to see the completion of the Tehuantepec railroad—an event that belon gs to the twentieth century— hut in the last years of his life—h e died in 1898—he v/as greatly gratified to learn that this important Mexican trans-continental line , which will com- pete with the Panama canal for freight , and which 30 years before he had. advocated , was at last under con- struction. (Copyright ., 191 1 , by E. J. Edwards. All Rights Reserved.) Urged Mexican Railways Not Difficult to Put Together and Can Be Cut From Ordinary Broomhan- dle—How It Is Worked. All parts of an Austrian top are of wood and they are simple to make. The handle is a piece of pine 5:54 inches long, 1% inches wide and three- fourths inch thick. A handle , three- fourths inch in diameter , is formed on one end , allowing only 1% inches of the other end to remain rectangular in shape. Bore a three-fourths inch hole in this end of the top. A one-sixteenth inch hole is bored in the edge to en- ter the large hole as shown , says a writer in Popular Mechanics. The top can be cut from a broom handle or a round stick of hardwood. To spin the top take a piece of stout cord about two feet long, pass one end through the one-sixteenth inch hole and wind it . on the small part of the top in the usual way, starting at the bottom i anii i;\ n,,'* i ,~ Tj \\ \\—r^yrd. ^ -.-^- .i—t-JK^V^r-Ts covered , sefr lta&: top in the three-fourths ' inch \hole. ' ' Take hold of the handle with the left hand and the end of the cord with the right hand , give a good quick pull on the cord and the top will jump clear of the handle and spin vigor- ously. 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