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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
Interesting Stories of the Famous
Maryland Statesman and Orator
Who FIourished Many
Years Ago.

Member of the Maryland State con
yention to ratify the Federal Constf-
tuition, minister extraordinary and
then resident minister of England
over hundred years ago, attorney
general under Madison, colonel Of
regiment in the war Of 1912, a mem
Der of the national house Of repre-
sentatives, minister to Russia, and
finally United States senator from
1920 to 1922, the year of his death
such, in brief was the crowded career
of William Pinkney of Maryland, ia
nous statesman and lawyer of his
time who is all but forgotten today.
He it was who was the grandfather Of
William Pinkney Whyte, who was
succeeded in the United States senate
by Arthur Pue German in 1881, and
who. on the latter's death in 1906,
again became a member of that body
remaining there until his own death
in 1908.
But though William Pinkney died
SO years ago, there did not die until
1897 a distinguished American who
had knowledge of William Pinkney
from some of that great figures later
contemporaries and friends. This was
Thomas Lanir Clingman, who went to
the senate from North Carolina in
1858, withdrew therefrom in 1861 to
become a colonel in the Confederate
army, ultimately rising to a brigadier
generalship, and who, I believe, in the
closing years of his life was further
distinguished as the sole survivor Of
those senators who resigned to take
sides with the Confederacy
when I was boy said Senator
Clingman, when the countrys intel
IectuaI giants of other days were IN
der discussion, William Pinkney of
Maryland was thought by many per-
sons to be the finest orator who ap-
peared before the United States Su-
pTeme court, and the equal, even, of
Henry Clay and Daniel Webster in
oratorical ability Anyway, he GER
tainly was the greatest actor who
ever delivered an Grafton or appeared
before that great tribunal, and | base
my opinion on information l gath
cred many years ago from men who
knew personally Of William Pinkney's
career and the manner in which he
did things
Every speech he ever delivered be-
fore the Supreme court was prepared
with the utmost care. He would oft
en- spend days in drafting out speech
and then he would go over it word by
word, sometimes devoting more time
to this revision than to making the
draft And when every word, even
to the article of speech, suited him
to nicety,-bLt not before-he
would spend incredible labor commit
ting the whole of the speech to heart
But he did not stop here. With
his periods firmly written upon the
tablets of his memory, he would take
his stand before great pier glass,
and there, as he delivered his speech
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
How 7iLden Returned a FAVOR

rem, who was his teacher.
We'll, | had been doing these lit
tie things for Tilden for quite a while
when there was to be held in the state
convention of the newly organized
Liberal Republican party, which had
nominated Horace Greeley for presi-
dent and Gratz Brown of ST. Louis for
vfce-president. 1t looked as though
that party was to have full swing in
| New York state, and l was preparing
to go as a delegate to the convention,
which was to be held in a picnic
grove near Lake Ontario two days
| lima, which at that time held its cleo
ton early in the fall.
THE day that | was to go to the
! convention found me, with packed
! gripsack, at the station, waiting for
my train to arrive. | had been there
maybe five minutes when | was beck
oned aside and a voice whispered into
my ear: General Hustled, Mr.. Tilden
has sent me to tell you not to go to
| the convention, but to come at once
! to his house.
For moment l was mystified and
did not know what to do But | soon
/ remembered that Tilden never did
anything unless he had the best of
reasons, and so, instead of going
north, l went south to New York city,
and in an hour or two was standing
in Mr. Tilden's house
He took me into his library. Gen
/ eral Hustled he whispered into my
ear, L have sent for you to advise you
not to have any part in that Liberal
Republican convention. Stay with
your old party. I will tell you what
my reason is
He paused and drew me closer to
him, although, apparently, there was
not the slightest reason why he
should not speak in ordinary tones of
! conversation. Then he continued:
Il have just had confidential in
| formation from North Carolina The
Liberal Republican ticket in that state
! has been badly defeated. That defeat
| will be accepted everywhere as indi-
Republican movement nationally. 1t
will fall to pieces.
Now, | would advise you to stay
away from the Liberal Republican
| convention, and l would further advise
you to take strong sides against the
movement. Then you will be returned
| triumphantly to the legislature. But if
you join the Liberal party, it will
take you several years to get over the
| effect of that action
q thanked Mr.. Tilden, and my
thanks were sincere. Then | went
home and unpacked my gripsack, and
you should have heard me sounding
the praises Of the Republican party
the next day. Later on l was elected
| triumphantly-an all because Mr..
Tilden had taken an unusual way to
return to me in a lump some of the
little political favors l had put myself
out to do for him from time to time"
Copyright, 1910, by E. ]. Edwards)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
COME IN NUMEROUS SHAPES
Picturesque and Extremely Comfort.
able Are the Various Designs
for Lawn Shelters.

Charming lawn shelters of canvas
and wicker are three sided with
roof or canopy of the canvas There
are many different designs In these
shelters, one of the most attractive
being made with a seat which ex-
tends along all three sides. This seat
is of canvas with wicker standards
and ends, and is fitted with mattress
and upholstery. There are separate
cushions in abundance. Between the
two end seats there Is room for low
wicker table, which holds tea things
on top and closet for provisions or
iced drinks underneath. A wicker
rack along the long side of the shelter
holds magazines and books.
Another Lawn shelter for the country
place is like huge umbrella fastened
to an upright standard about which is
built a circular table for holding tea
tray, magazines, books, etc. Under
his table also are closets for ice pals,
ga things, glasses. etc. The canvas
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
Eloquent Missouri Statesman Sur
rounded Himself With the Master
pieces of Literature and
Studied Them.

If ever there was an oratorical giant
who did not look the part it was the
late George G. Vest, for many years
senator from Missouri. When seated
in his chair before his senate desk he
seemed to be utterly without the phys.
ical attributes that are popularity as
ISOLATED with the highest triumphs
in Oratory AS one of his long time
colleagues once described it, Senator
Vest frequently sat "al scrooched in -
with his head depressed, as though
he had no neck, and his body so sub
merged in his chair that his head cas-
lily rested upon its very tip.
But whenever there was announce
ment that Senator Vest was to speak,
the galleries were packed and every
senator, if possible, was in his seat.
And how one and all hung on that
singularly rich vocabulary. 1t had
the fragrance of the English classics
1t was as terse and melodious as is
the English in the King James version
of Holy Writ. And after one of those
great outbursts from the little man
from Missouri a common expression
was, Where did he get his mastery
Of the language?"
One day shortly after I had been
able to perform a simple little service
for the senator, business took me past
the little, shack-like one-story build
ing of two rooms in which he lived
quite alone during one session of con-
gress. He was standing in tie door
way, saw me passing and cordially
invited me to visit him.
There are my quarters" he said,
as we entered the cubbyhole which
served him as a living room. They
are not sybaritic, but they are com
Portable, and here spend many hap
by hours. / think I find higher en-
joyment here even than I do in the
senate chamber.
You see" he went on, q have here
many companions, despite the fact
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
Vests Commend OF Language

that most of Washington wonders why
l am living in hermit fashion. And
these companions have some of the
best intelleCts of the past They are
of all moods, and so l can always ac-
commodate my own mood simply by
reaching my hand to a book shelf"
The senator took down book,
handling it caressingly and with the
expert touch of a book lover q new
er fail to find the keeGest enjoyment
with this companion" he said He
was wonderful man" The volume
was an old edition of Chaucer's Can
terbury Tales"
And there" continued my host,
pointing to a copy of Burke's essays
and some of his speeches, there is
Burke, and he and I are on intimate
terms. There is Cooper, too. Sena-
tor Hoar and I agree that he should
be read for his style rather than his
argument" So the senator went on
naming one great man after another
of the past as his close friends
Finally, he came to a copy of the
Bible. Here, after all, is the treas
ure house." he said What a marvel
Gus piece of literature is Job, and
how perfectly it has been translated
into English. I have heard that Dan
iel Webster greatly admired the Book
of Job. l should think it would ap-
peal intimately to a man of his intel
lect.'
was in that little shack about half
an hour, and in that period I believe
that Senator Vest mentioned most Of
the great writer's of history, and
talked of them in such a way as to
show that he was on intimate terms
with them all. Then. as rose to go.
he made a simple little confession
that revealed more deeply, If possible,
his love for the best literature. st
came unaccompanied to Washington
this session." he said, land so l took
this little house, that l might be left
undisturbed with my companions
here"
At last I had perfect proof Of the
manner in which George G. Vest had
secured his wonderful mastery of the
English tongue.
: Copyright, 1910, by z. J. Edwards.)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30

and keep each other in place. This
scheme Is clearly illustrated by the
lower sketch, which shows the cush-
ions in position on the back of the
chair
The material in which the cushions
are made is, of course, matter of
choice, and the dimensions given in the
upper diagram, though useful sugges-
ton as to size, need not be aulered to-,
as in a measure the shape and size Of
the cushion will be governed by the
shape Of the back of the chair over
which they are to hang, but at least
twelve incDes of material should be
allowed between the two cushions in
the center if for padded chair, and
they may be finished off at either side
with a ball fringe and some pretty
floral design might be worked upon
them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
May Wear Tree for a Dress

showed samples of the spruce substi-
tute for cotton in yarn and piece
goods woven from the yarn in the
plain cotton form and with a worsted
combination.
The process is the work of a French
inventor Mr.. Hope said that arrange
ments are being made TO have it man
ufactured extensively in England,
where there is a demand for a substi-
tute for cotton for certain purposes to
make the British less dependent upon
the United States for cotton. Plans
are also going forward for making the
substitute in other parts of Europe and
it may become one of the great indus
tries in the spruce forests of Canada
and Russia.
In regard to it's adaptability Mr.
Hope said:
1T takes on dyes, bleaching and fin
ishing more brilliantly than the cotton
nbeT. 1t will resist boiling in water
or caustic potash solution for some
minutes without change and its COM
bustion is certainly no more rapid
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
Loss of Charm in Modern Girl Is Laid
to Indulgence in Vigorous Outdoor
Sports-Trainine by Male
instructors Blamed.

London.-The change that has come
over the modern English girl is re-
markable. Her steadily growing man
nishness' is coming in for more criti-
cism than ever. Her education and
early training by male instructors is
severely condemned by those who pro-
fess to be deeply concerned by the
change for the worse that is coming
over her. 1t is noted that she is be-
coming less refined; that she is fast
losing all her charm of femininty; that
she is becoming too masculine, not
only in her manner, but in her gait and
motion in her outdoor pastimes.
Not so far back as a generation ago,
the idea of the English girl was some
thing like the following: Neck of
lily, cheeks of roses and eyes OF
heaven; hair of sunny auburn, whose
tiny tendrils dance with the slightest
motion; face nearer round than oval,
kind nature; a figure meek and
graceful, wreathed in innocent muslin,
and perpetually undulating and bend
ing into lines of beauty"
"a girl of that type" writes a griev-
ing matTon, lis seldom to be met
with nowadays. She is a rara avis
only to be seen in country districts and
out OF the way places, far removed
from the hundred and one blighting
influences and attractions of town and
city life. These certainly tend in the
direction of the unmaking of the typi-
cal old English girl.
Our schools today are in a large
measure responsible for the tomboy,
who is multiplying on every hand at
an astonishing rate. You come across
them by the dozen. Mannishness is
their chief characteristic. They seem
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
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table, apologize profusely to the court
for his appearance, and finally begin
his argument with studied effect. so
that it would appear to be extempo-
raneous.
The first time William Pinkney did
this, you may be sure that he made
a great impression. And the second
and third time the impression was
equally as great But pretty soon the
justices and others began to wonder,
and maybe to scratch their heads, and
then it came out that it was all acting
on the part of the great lawyer-that
he had learned his argument by heart
days before and had practised every
gesture, every expression Of his face,
before that great pier glass Of his.
That was the day, however, when
stilted oratory was the fashion, and
when Latin quotations interlarded
both senatorial address and a speech
in Supreme court argument, and
so, I suppose, the discovery that Mr.
Pinkney was acting did not harm his
reputation as an orator. But the pub
] C man who would pursue such tactics
today would probably be laughed back
into private life
Copyright, 1910, by E. J. Edwards.)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
Pukney's Care With Speeches

to his reflection, practise every ges-
ture that was to go with it, work out
every expressive emotion for the face,
exactly as an actor would do for his
part in a play. And with all this mi
mute preparation he tried especially to
study the best way to produce the eff
feet of extemporaneous speaking.
Thus he would busy himself right
up to the day before he was to argue
a case before the Supreme court.
The following morning he would rise
early, take a light breakfast, and hav-
ing put on his riding clothes, mount
his horse and gaIlop perhaps as much
as 20 miles away into the country
but always timing himself so that he
could get back just a few minutes be
fore the hour fixed for his appearance
before the court Then he would
dash up to the capitol, turn over his
horse to some one who was waiting
for it. and rush, breathless and some
times despatched with mud, into the
court room, throw his gloves upon the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
Democratic Leader Saved General
Hustled, "5aId Eagle of Westches-
ter" From Joining Liberal
Republican Party.

In the legislative history of New
York state, Gen. James s. Hustled,
who died in the early years of the
century, is known as one who was
many times elected speaker of the as
sembly, and who, for a period of years
stretching from the early seventies
until the middle nineties, was polit-
ical power at Albany. A man of
slight stature, glittering black eyes,
a heavy mustache and a broad ex-
panse of perfectly polished head, ex-
cept just above the ears, where little
tufts of hair chung, he never resented
the nickname by which he was univer-
sally known in political circles, The
Bald Eagle of Westchester," he hail
ing from the county of that name.
One day, while in conversation with
General Hustled, asked him what
his philosophy of politics was. His
reply was given instantly Never
make a personal enemy of political
opponent. Do everything you can.
for a member of the opposition, and
then make good with your own party.
That has been my policy. 1t has kept
me in public life constantly; and I'll
give you an illustration of how it
works by telling you of the time it
served me excellently at a most criti-
cal period in my career.
Although I was politically opposed
to Samuel j. Tilden, constantly put
myself out to do him little services. AS
a result, l think he came to have as
much confidence in me as he ever
gave to anybody. excepting few of
his most intimate personal friends.
You know, he was the most suspicious
man that was ever in politics with the
possible exception of Martin Van Bu-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
IN VACATION DAYS
MATERIALS AND STYLES THAT
ARE POPULAR.
Garments for the Hours of Sport Fol-
low Closely the Trend of Other
Fashions-Mohair Always
Favorite.

Sporting garments always follow the
trend of other fashions and so it fol-
lows that those now provided for up
to-date wearers are dashing in the ex-
IRENE. So fine are the materials of
bathing suits, so dazzling their colors.
that it seems difficult to realize that
such fabrics are really to be con-
signed to the mercy of the waves.
Those who understand the yagaries
and tricks Of fashion are not DIS
Quoted. 1t is long since the good
dame brought her tints and textures
down to such a fine point that the
bathing suit that will not withstand
at least one seasons wear is worth
less indeed. The salt water guaran-
tee may be relied on for silk as well
as for mohair and flannel, and, as a
rule, the finer the material the longer
it outlasts the sousing.
Mohair is still the favorite mate
rial for women who have no ambition
to be conspicuous, but to be genuinely
up-to-date the dark color is piped with
flashing one-red, yellow or of q
brilliant apple green, with dark blue
with the buttons of jet and of the
most decorative sort. Silk suits and
those of novelty mohair suitings
mixed with silk run largely to
plaids and checks, small black
and white check in these, or a
black and white dot, responding hand
somely to trimmings Of plain silk.
Upon white mohair black will be used
with excellent effect
For the general buyer, the girl or
matron who does not prefer or cannot
afford anything more elaborate, there
are the usual ready made suits in
blue or black mohair and in flannel,
these with the conventional white
braid, sailor collar, belt and cuffs, but
all are invariably smarter in style
than the shop suits formerly SEEN In
almost every case tights or boomers
are sold with the suit, and not in
frequently these needed details are
cunningly attached to the outer gar
ment
For tennis wear a plain gored skirt
and modified sailor blouse afford a
combination much liked by girls who
wish to preserve a trim look in the
courts but short plated skirt
topped by a loose mariners shirt is
a get-up quite permissible and one
much liked by the younger girls Con
corning the shirts, one of which is
pictured herewith, they may be made
of a coarse yellow drilling and worn
over skirt in chantecler red serge.
The mariners shirt for misses is
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
A Tray Cloth.

In the first place tray cloth should
fit exactly the tray for which it is de-
signed. Lay the tray over paper and
trace the outline of the bottom on 1t,
or draw the design upon linen material
and with small stiletto punch the
holes, if your aim be the effective Ma
deira work, being careful to secure
small and even openings. Now bind,
very evenly, each hole In the regular
eyelet stitch and finish the edge with
simple scallops. OF course, the design
depends upon the neatness and &C
curacy Of stitch, and the amount of
work is regulated largely by the time
of the maker, but whether few eyelets
or many, the charm of this simple EN-.
broidery is indisputable.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
Frenchman Discovers Process for Ma
king Cotton Goods" From Wood
of Spruce.

Bangor, Me.-If scientific expert
mentors In textile fbers know what
they are talking about the millions of
cords of spruce wood that are now
ground into pulp for paper making
may be manufactured into cotton
cloth-and better cotton cloth than
can be made from the product Of the
fields of Dixie, Egypt and India
In few years we may be wearing
clothing made from trees that are now
decorating the landscape along the
east and west branches and the Allie
cash and instead of more pulp mills
this state and other spruce-producing
regions will be dotted with spruce
cotton mills.
At a session of the National Associ-
alton of Cotton Manufacturers in Bos-
ton James Hope of Rouen. France, told
about a new process of making sub
stitute for cotton from spruce pulp. He
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
RATS CARRY PLAGUE

rosy investigation station, discusses
Rat Leprosy"
Surgeon Rupert Blue of the United
States public health and marine hos
pital service in the chapter of "Ro-
dents in Relation to the Transmission
Of Bubonic Plague" declares that in
China rat epizootic almost invariably
precedes an outbreak among human
beings. DR.. Blue remarks on the pc
culiar fact that Aesculapius, the god
of the healing art, is represented by
the Greeks with a rat at his feet.
How direct contagion is conveyed
from plague-stricken rats to man by
means of the flea is told by Passed
Assistant Surgeon Carroll Fox.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30

Dr. David E. Lantz tells Of the
natural enemies of the rat, such as
hawks, owls, skunks, minks, weasels,
dogs, cats, ferrets and the mongoose.
In the south, he says, the alligator de-
stroys many rats along the levees and
banks of streams. Snakes are also
enemies of the rodent
In the chapter showing the destruc-
ton wrought by rats many curious in
stances are given. Mail sacks are
eaten by rats. They have destroyed
cargoes of ivory; bikes and dams have
been broken down by rats. At Ham
burg, Carl Hagenback had to kill three
African elephants because rats had
gnawed their feet, inficting incurable
wounds
The fact that within Is years the
dread bubonic plague has spread to no
less than 50 countries is declared evil
dence that the measures taken against
rats have not been efficient