The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-17
JOKERS AT 80 YEARS.
Senators Morrill, and Evarts Say
They Are Not Old.
JUDGE HOLMAN STILL YOUNG,
He Chews Tobacco, But Thinks IL Hurts
Him-Dickie yaux Says n Mans
Prime Is From 90 to as.

correspondence. 1.-The oldest statesmen
in the country are the jolliest. A man
who is 20 can afford to be witty. and he
who has lived to be so. and still feels we'll,
ought to laugh and be merry all day long.
Senator Justin Morrill, is now 81. and he
can cackle a laugh with all the yigor OF a
boy whose voice is changing. lie was
born in 1910, began life as n merchant,
then turned farmer, and finally graduated
as a statesman. He hangs to his seat in
the Senate like grim death. For thirty-nve
years he has been in public life, and his
congressional career is more than a genera
ton. Still at so he is tall, well-formed
and fne-looking, and though his Shout
ders are little bent with age, his eyes are
bright and his brain still works. He is
very much averse TO interviewing, and tile
gist of nv conversation with him was
| that he felt as young as he used to be and
that he by no means considered himself
an old man.
Come round" said he, "about six years
from now and | will feel myself fitted to
give you an opinion on longevity. At
present am one Of the young men Of the
day and do not feel that my appearances
justify me in giving advice to the other
boys"
EvARrs JOKING on OLD AGE
From Senator MorrilI's went to the
house of Senator Evarts, and l found here
another spry statesman of three-score
years and ten who decidedly objected to
being called old. Said Mr.. Evarts, as he
walked with dignified tread into the Ii
brary:
Il really do not feel fitted to express an
opinion upon the secrets of longevity, and
you should call upon Mr. Morrill, for such
an expression. He has lived a number of
years more than /, and he should be con-
sidered the sage of the Senate.
"But, Senator" said l. you have lived
three-score years and ten, and | would
like to get the advice of such Woodworking
young old men as you are for the youth
of today as to how they may lengthen
their days"
"Well, {" replied the senior senator from
New York, as smile crept over his lips
and stretched itself down to his shirt col
lar and gradually travelled up to his
twinlSling eyes, 1.-The only way / know
for young men to lengthen their days is to
steal some hours from the night"
laughed, and the senator went on to
say that he considered his health due large
" to good constitution and moderate
degree of prudence in his living, added to
good luck. He then turned the converse
tion to the doings of congress, and though
he talked delightfully."- about the Senate
and its possibilities, he would say nothing
about longevity. As left, | said, "Sena-
tor, am much obliged for the information
regarding legislation, but j would have
much preferred one of your four-hundred-
word sentences on old age"
7 HOW JUDGE W. $. HOLMAN KEEPS YOUNG.
Judge W. s. Holman ranks with Charley
O'Neill as the father of the House. He is
about 20 years old, but his blood is full of
iron, his hair is dark, and his eyes sparkle
with the fire of objection whenever an APP
preparation bill comes before the House.
He is in perfect physical and mental
| health, walks occasionally from the White
| House to the capitol, and has as much
| vigor as any statesman of 80. In speaking
! of himself to me last night, he said: IL
| feel as young as have ever felt, and the
only sign that / am old is in the fact that
| | find myself looking backward and COM
| pairing the present with the past. keep
| up with the times, enjoy the association of
! young men and work just as long and
| as hard now as | have at any period OF
| my life. | believe in hard work, and |
! belieye that more men are killed
by Sinking than by overworking.
and drinking that the average man
is benefited by working large
number of the hours out of the twenty
| four. / make it a rule to get about seven
hours sleep every night, and | go to bed
when l get sleepy. My retiring time is
usually IL, though often sit up as late as
| or 3. | then sleep as long as can. My
average is from six to seven hours. l am
a great believer in the efficacy of cold wa
| ter and for twenty-five years of my life
| took a cold bath every morning. At this
| time | found that whenever | was forced
| 10 omit my bath through travel or other
conditions, that l lost my mental and
physical vigor during the day, and felt
| uncomfortable. At present battle three
| or four times week"
AS TO EXERCISE AND VACATIONS.
az am, you know" continued Judge
Holman, ga farmer, and when | am home
in Indiana take good deal of exercise
on horseback. Here my chief exercise is
in walking in the open air. | believe every
man shonld get out into the country OF
away from his business at certain time
during the year and | think | have been
benefited by my summer vacations on
my farm. The same is true Of the rest
taken at the average watering-place, and
| remember visit which | paid TO Saratoga
about ten years ago. | had been Al
! Niagara with my wife and daughter, and
we ran down to Saratoga TO look at the
place and to spend a few days there.
Right near the depot found the United
States hotel and / put up there
because / thought it would be cheap.
found, however, that | was mistaken, and
that | was in one of the most fashionable
places of the city. ! found among the
guests many people whom l knew, and
| among others, Robert Garrett, president OF
the Baltimore Il Ohio road. He asked ne
how long / was going TO stay. and | told
him [ was only going 10 be there ovci
night. and had Just come to see the place
! He replied that / should spend Il month
there every year, and that he considered
! his vacations at Saratoga the secret of his
| yigor in his old age. He pointed out the
. score of old men whom | knew in the par
lors. saying that they all thought as hi
did about the iife-giying properties of th'
Springs, and he advised me to try them.
TOBACCO AND MARRIAGE.
''What do YOU think Of the use of to
bacco as regards health 20 asked
81 believe that tobacco is Injurious re
piled Judge Holman. II have chewcC
the weed ever since was boy and am ar
inveterate user of it today. | think it has
injured my health and think / woulc
be better without it. | am not a teetotaIe
and | am not sure whether the use o
wines and liquors in moderation is good
| / used TO think that the catawba wine,
were good for the health, but doubt this
now"
do you think marriage conducive tC
| long life -