New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-20
There have been

published in Scotch paper quite recently ex-
tracts from the diary OF Miss Shackleton, be-
longing to that family Of Shacketons to whom
Burke had been attached all his life, which, l
think, give almost the most perfect picture Of
Burke at Gregories l have read. She de-
scribes with the greatest reverence how sne
came 70 see Burke, and how he presented her
20 Crabbe the poet, and how Burke took her
into the grounds and made his dog jump into
the pond after stick TO show her how well II
swan, how he showed her his stables, his gran
aries and his domestic animals. And then how
does Burke end the day? There is no light more
Instructive on this extraordinary man than that
be ended by compromising pills for his poorer
neishbors who were i'll. Talk Of cutting blocks
with 4 razor. The man whose eloquence was the
delight of his country. whose writings created an
immense impulse over the world such as no po-
uuoal writings perhaps have ever exceeded sat
down TO waste his time, some might nave
thought IT, in compounding rhubarb with other
disagreeable adjuncts into remedies for his
poorer neiChbors And as he did so he told
story which think is worthy TO be told on such
az occasion as this He said / am Ike an
Irish peer whom I used TO know, who was also
fond OF dealing out remedies TO his neIghoors
one day that nobleman met a funeral ana
asked poorer neighbor whose funeral II was
-Oh my lord" was the reply, that's Tady So
aDd-so. the man whom your lordship cured three
days ago."
or anecdotes like this one Lord Rosebery is
not too generous for his speeches are mace
when he has something to say, and he VIII not
auuse by stringing stories together put ne
has a vein Of humor which shows itself now
in an apt quotation and more often IN a
happy handling Of light topics. Thus ne tens
Vs. with quaint seriouness or ms reluSa 10
spaak OF Beaconsfeld as "Beconsheld' AIDING
81 was brought up 10 believe the prohuhCld''on
was 'Beconsfeld' until on the creation OF the
title Of Lady Beaconsfeld, and sui more VI
Lord Beaconsfeld. was impressed by those dis
tincl.shed persons with a creed when VIII only
iaav. me with my life that the proper pronuh-
o,,.,.- uas Reaconsheld and not 'Beconsheld
ON ,ssu-e YOU that il would have required
,-,-e courage than possess T. address Lady
I2a,consfald as Lady Beconsheld or Lord
r4acors6eld as Lord Beconsheld. There IS a
darcrtfullv satirical passage, too, IN the Speech
1.lvered before the Gimcrack Clup III I0''
yl.r Lord Roseberys Mauchlne Won the s'aNes
Abiding TO MS struggles, during guar
ter OF century to win the Derby ne SPOKE u
ne criticism brought down upon nm Oy III
hong deferred triumph. Il won the DERBY. bu'
MI was the result? I al that time held hIsh
office under the Crown. l vas ImiNeuId'e'S
attacked from quarters Of an almost INSPIRED
character for owning race horses at all win
YER, little knowledge of the facts. ana WIN
much less of that charity that thInheIh no
owl, / was attacked with the greatest Vo.eh'e
,or owning A race horse at all l then maze the
discovery which came TO me too Iate ID ne
thai what was veni.l and innocent IN the other
officers NJ the Governmental secretary oi
Ste or q President of the Council for example
Was criminal in the First Lord Of the Treas
nv a. not even know If I ought not to nave
-. another lesson-that although without
Gil. and offence l might perpetually run sec
80. md thirds. or even run last il became a
mater Of torture to many consciences
won"
- add,eesing the members OF the GlnlcracA
C,1uh Lord Rosebery appears 10 have oeeh Il"
L. o., home with his theme than when taking
- Gladstone. Burke. Stevenson or the ClNll ser
o.. These speeches show, in fact an orator
,..,asted in life al many points and QUICK 10
CO the right. tactful thing upon the mos'
d,ys-sa occasions Even golf. for when appar-
e,,lv ne has no great enthusiasm is I"Een-
,,,sl,, treated in two very brief sleecheS anu
., addition 70 those topics 10 which we nave al
-e.av alluded Scottish History, + armament
49,. ora.orv " Wallace" The Quality OF JUG
-,u and half a dozen other subjects are as
- IN this book From the suit recently
-. ~, .oThe London Times against the
t,;,her Gov infringement Of copyright In max
= ,. - rerorts Of the speeches made oy Inc
60, ...,ocrauher IL would appear that LORD
Ioe.hery speaks from the sparsest notes. inns
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