Arizona republican., 1899-02-23
GLADSTONE AND BLAINE.
A Memorable Drive From London to
 Aberdeen.

ADerG06n.
 Some years ago, when MT. James c.
 Blaine, of the state of Maine, was at
 the height of his political power in the
 United States, he paid visit to Eng
 land to enjoy the pleasures of a coach
 ing tour from London to Aberdeen.
 MT. Andrew Carnegie, the famous irOnmaster of Pittsburg, Pa, being the
 host. Every preparation was made
 with scrupulOuS care, and Mir. GlaG-
 stone accepted an invitation to be 6ne
 of the party, and expressed himself as
 being especially pleased with the idea
 of meeting MT Blaine, whom he had never seen, but with whom he had had,
 in his official capacity, frequent com munications when MT. Blaine was
 member of the Washington cabinet. 1 He was secretary of state under two
 administrations, and narrowly escaped 1 being nominated as president by the republican party, which suddenly
 changed it's mind and selected General i Harrison, as the candidate. who was elected by an overwhelming majority. 1 Mir. Carneige was delighted to bring i the two statesmen together, and, of course they were placed side by side
 4 careful route was mapped out by an
 expert, for changes of horses, hotels to
 be stopped at, supplies-and in short, no expense was spared to make the ] trip agreeable 70 all concerned The party was not a large one, and as the weather was pleasant-it was early in the month of June-everybOd was in high spirits, especially Mir. Gladstone, who despite his seyenty-two years, climbed up to his seat with the happy audacity of mere lad. It was said at the time that MT Gladstone looked ten years younger when ne left the coach and the deep lines in his face. except i those indicative of absolute age. seem | ed to have disappeared. Every now and then he would descend from the coach and walk Q mile or two, and occasion ally. when the horses were being re- freshed. he would walk on in advance with MT. Blaine, as he said that Sir Andrew Clark, his physician, had or | dered him, when possible, to walk five miles day. And both men-ab0ut the | same height, by the way-were, con i stdering their respective ages (Mr | Gladstone was quite ten years the l Clder} and the enormous mental labor | they had gone through, brisk, yigor- l ous pedestrians, and got over the | ground with alacrity of much younger | men,
 It was a treat to hear Mir Gladstone | talk on that coach. and 1 feel certain . the English statesman found his | American confreTe 6 satisfactory con yersatiOualist. Their talk took a vide range, and, cuTi0usly enough, they hardly touched current politics. As l said, they were hOliday-making, and . shop" was left out of the running. I l. verily believe, if I could have heard all r. they said they had a turn at the restoration of learning at Alexan- dria, the Eleusinian mysteries intro duced into Athens, the sumptuary laws of ancient Rome, with possibly a few feeting allusi0ns to the Saxon IIeptarchy and the conquest of Africa by Belisarius. It is thus that great IearnedIy converse when they have the history of the world at the tips of their fingers. It has been said of MT. Gladstone that at q moments notice he could hold forth instructively on the erection of the Tower of Babel with illustrations Of the confusion Of languages. and go through the chro- nOlOgical range of centuries with glances at PelOpOnnesus, Laced mon, COrinth and Babylon. with e. erva- Delphi and the Scythian inva i2n of Asia Minor, B. C., 624-
 ''* < * the wonder went, and still the
 wonder grew
 That enc small head could carry all he
 knew"
 The Grand Old Man at the dinners en route maintained vigorous appe- tite, and went steadily through the menu each day with as much relish as though the daintest chef d'0euvres by FTancatelIi or Benoist had been served. And what @ time the old statesman spent over each helpingi He masti- cated slowly, and did not bolt his food. We all read the published state ment that went the round of the jour nals of how many w2gs Of the jaws are necessary to convert m0uthful of food into a prepared paste ready for the stomach to do it's share of assim- Native work successfully, and I wit messed daily illustrations of the ex- Dremier's conscientious performance of his wholesome theory. He was leliberative feeder, and I don't believe he ever had twinge of indigestion in his life. He paraphrased the cid say ing Eat in haste and repent at Ieis- Ire" One day at dinner the conversa~ ton turned on the diGestibility Of cer- ain foods, when MT. Carnegie chancad 10 remark what a martyr to dyspepsia