The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-11-05

cause when he speaks. he let's loose OF
all that energy. drives home his
thought with the power OF a trip ham
mer. embellishes IL with tho blooms
or tho poet
And that energy, physical and men
tai. Is shown In every move. every
speech. every thought. The physical
energy is born first OF naturally
rugged constitution handed down 10
him through generations OF sturdy an
ceatry. handed down to him from the
great grandfather who was one of the
Continental army away back I'm the
days when tho nation was born. hand
ed down 10 him through the grand
|. father ono OF the first nayIgators OF
the Ohio river. a pioneer In the mid
do west. handed down TO him from
sturdy father. a pioneer in Indiana.
a radical abolitionist. interested in the
underground railway. through which
the slaves of the south sought free
dom in tho north.
What nature gave. Chase s. Osborn
has not wasted. No dissipation has
marred his sturdy frame nor cast
blot upon his name. Rather. ho has
made good use OF what nature gave
and done his full part toward i'm
proving that rugged physique. From
his boyhood he was fond OF the woods.
Day after day during manhood has
he tramped the wilderness OF north
ern Canada. There IN the wilds,
among the ancient pines, with nature
his solo companion, he has builded
upon tho foundation nature gave and
today at 30 stands G feet in his stock
ings, straight as an arrow. eye bright
md eI.a ~. o.1 ..stfst
mind clear and clean, q model OF ply
steal manhood.
Always the Student.
Neither has he neglected the mind
nature gave him. From boyhood he
has read everything no could lay
hands upon. lie reads rapidly. re-
markably so. He remembe~s what he
reads. History. science OF all kinds.
religion. government, poetry. tho best
OF literature Nothing has escaped
him. He stores his memory with ALL
IL IS always ready when needed.
An example of this was shown at
the banquet OF the Gridley club at
lonia last winter Governor Guild OF
Massachusetts was speaker at that
banquet. I'm his remarks he proudly
and rightfully boasted OF the intel
lectuaiitys of the old Bay state. He
declared with emphasis that Massa-
chusetts led all the states in intel
lectuality.
Quicker than fash, Chase S. Os-
born was on his feet.
Il do not wish 10 seem discourto.
ous,' he said, but / must challenge
the gentleman from Massachusetts.
The percentage OF illiteracy in Massa-
chusetts is nine, while in Michigan il
is but six
1t is doubtful If there was another
man in Michigan who could have told
the percentage OF illiteracy in his own
state TO say nothing OF Massachusetts
II was Just a sample OF tho quick
thought and the great stored-up fund
OF knowledge Chase S Osborn has.
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. lo
spoke before the Woodmen of Grand
Rapids last spring. His speech was
filled with pointed. terse paragraphs
which We're afterward sent broadcast
over tho state as "OsbOrnisms" and
did not a little toward rounding up
the votes cast for him. But after the
speech the Woodmen crowded around
him asking questions and always get
ding an answer One man with n dis
tinct German twang in his tones spoke
10 him. In a moment Osborn and the
German were jabbering away in the
native tongue OF the Teuton. Ii sound
ed sweet TO his ears. He went shout
ing for Osborn.
The difficult Polish language even is
not unknown to Mr.. Osborn.
II can manage 10 make myself I'M
derstood and TO understand any OF
the languages of the European CONT.
nent." says Mr. Osborn.
Such n statement might, coming
from some, appear TO be an evidence
of what is vulgarly known as swelled
head. Not so when Mr.. Osborn
boasts. He talks OF himself lie tells
what he can do and what he can't do.
Yet in his telling of himself there Is
no impression OF boastfulness. no ev-
idencc OF swelled head. lie knows
himself He knows his own powers.
He knows his own attachments. He
Is confident Of himself He is the
athlete who tells his own speed He
IS so self-reliant and so confident i'm
his own powers that to speak OF what
he can do Is but natural II Is not
boast 10 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 pro-
fessor OF Greek, who said:
when you have learned Greek so
that when you see an object, the
Greek word for IL comes first and
most naturally 10 your mind. then you
have mastered the language"
Mr.. Osborn has reached that stage
in the many matters which his versa.
tile mind has mastered.
Why IL no magnetic? Tho 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-
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