The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-11-04

taxes nOlu as though ne meant III. be-
cause when he speaks, he lets loose of
all that energy, drives home his
thought with the power of a trip ham
mer, embellishes it with the blooms
of the poet.
And that energy, physical and men
tai. is shown in every move, every
speech, every thought. The physical
energy is born first of a naturally
rugged constitution handed down to
him through generations of sturdy an
cestry, handed down to him from the
great grandfather who was one OF the
Continenta army away back in the
days when tho nation was born. hand
ed down to him through the grand
father one of the first navigators of
the Ohio river, a pioneer in the mid
die west, handed down to him from
sturdy father, a pioneer in Indiana,
Il radical abolitionist, interested in tho
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 q
blot upon his name. Rather, he has
made coed use of what nature gave
and done his full part toward inn
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 tho ancient pines, with nature
his solo companion, he has builded
upon the foundation nature gave and
today at so stands feet in his stock
ings, straight as an arrow, eye bright
and clear, muscles hard and active,
mind clear and clean, a model of ply
steal manhood.
Always the Student.
Neither has he neglected the mind
nature gave him. From boyhood he
has read everything he could lay
hands upon. He reads rapidly, re-
markably so. He remembers 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,
ii is always ready when needed.
An example of this was shown at
the banquet of the Gridley club at
Ionia last winter. Governor Guild OF
Massachusetts was a speaker at that
and rightfully boosted of the intel
lectuality of the old Bay state. He
declared with emphasis that Massa-
chusetts led all the states in intel.
lectuality.
Quicker than a flash, Chase S. Os-
born was on his feet.
IL do not wish to seem discourte
GUS" he said, "but | must challenge
&c
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 sample of the 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. He
spoke before the Woodmen of Grand
Rapids last spring. His speech was
filled with pointed, terse paragraphs
which were afterward sent broadcast
over the 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 a dis
tinct German twang in his tones spoke
to him. In a moment Osborn and the
German were jabbering away in the
native tongue of the Teuton 1t sound
ed sweet to his ears. He went shout
ing for Osborn.
The difficult Polish language even is
not unknown to MIR Osborn.
II can manage to make myself I'M
derstood and to understand any of
the languages of the European conti--
nent." says Mr. Osborn.
Such a 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. He 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-
idence of swelled head He knows
himself He knows his own powers.
He knows his own attainments. He
is confident of himself. He is the
athlete who tells his own speed. He
is so self-reliant and so confident in
his own powers that to speak OF what
he can do Is but natural. 1t is not
boast II 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 1t comes first and
most naturally to 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 Is he magnetic? The answer
has been given
Secret u Popularity.
But there are other reasons. Every
man-if he is a man-loves the other
man who is not afraid. Chase S. Os-
born is the man not afraid. Friend
or foe, to neither Is he afraid to ex-