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Gossip From
 Washington
Ry Paul M. WhitcSiIc.

Washington, April 20.-Time was iu the senate when a new member who ventured to oppose the ruling coterie or the dtimers-wOuld be so thor oughly disciplined that he would not forget in years. Time was when new senators sat still and listened when the old-timers spoke and, if they had feelings persuadng them to arise and offer a criticism, they smothered them. l The old-timers were the bosses.
 That time was. It is not the case at present. The young senators are kicking over the traces with a vehe- mence that is startiing It is partcu- larly startling to the old timers them i selves. The guardians of traditions are much surprised to say nothing of their indignation. They cannot under stand why the fledgings are so daring or, perhaps, they have never noticed that the pin feathers have long since disappeared to be replaced by pinions swift and enduring.
 Until this session, til eyOunS Sena tor had to sit around on the outside edge and pick at the crumbs of the ] real statesmanship of the senate. It is natural that some time he would get tired.
 One time Senator Deliver slipped the halter and capered around, caus- | ing some annoyance to the old-timers. He was, of course, punished for it and became content not to get obstreper- ous again, but the days of disciplining the refractory are rapidly passing. The young senator, if he has something to say, gets up on his legs and says it. He does not consult the feelings of the older men before doing so, either.
 There's Senator Hale, of Maine, for instance. Tn my last letter, eX plained that Senator Hale was one of the last men the younger senators would cross words with Along came Senator Burkett, who did not like speech of Senator Hale's and he stood right up in the aisle and said so Everyone held their breath to see what would happen. Then they began to breathe naturally again-for nothing happened.
 It is pretty hard for the oldtimers to let go their grasp of the senate. They feel it keenly. For 20 years Sen- ator Hale has scolded the members whenever he felt like it. This scoldng caused the brewing of revolt.
 When one of the younger element resented something done by the older senators, he was not alone in the movement He had the sympathy of the gallery, as well as the younger men on the floor.
 Senator IaFollette, who never did show a disposition to bow to a yoke, has evidenced the audacity to say nay when he did not like the exercise of the perogative of the old-timers.
 There was an anxious moment not long ago when the Aldrich bill was up for consideration. It was with diff culty that the younger members were forced into line. Borah, Bourne, Brown, Hepburn and LaFollette voted against it. Senator Aldrich scowled right merrily when he saw the revolt.
 Beveridge of Indiana, kicks up once in a while; Dixon, of Montana, re- fuses to go along smoothly when the road does not suit him; William AL den Smith is not entirely amenable to grow refractory when they are so in- clined. As a matter OfVact, the young senators now bounce upon every Op p0rtunity 10 break
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-04-26

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-04-26

A prominent Georgia politician dropped into Washington to see the senator from his state the other day After general conversation, he said this:
 Taking my liquor home, now. l have my little bottle on the sideboard. Wife objected at first til l told her I saved about five cents on every drink.
 .The other night she said, Now Bob, you've had your drink and saved five cents-its time to go to bed
 '.Yes,' told her, "but l feel more than ordinarily saving tonight think I'll put away a quarter.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-04-26

Invigorating, pleasant and taste mOrisli-TmOn Brew. 3:33 Inn
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-04-26
TOR IA. +he >,1he Kind You Have Always Bought Signature ss LEzz%zMx

Do you drink Im0n Brew? It's bet fer than the best. 3:o9:1m
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-09
WHAT SAVED JUNGLE JOE''

The other day Mr.. Blair, in rum
maging around his house, stun led
in an attic upon the lifting apparatus
long since discarded. 1t reminded him
of the days when he and Cannon were
On the verge of the grave and de-
SPARED of attaining old age. In great
excitement he went down to the CAPT
toll, hunted up Uncle joe and broke
the news to him.
Joe" said he, do you remember
way back yonder when you and /
didn't think we would live more than
a week."
Il certainly do" said Uncle Joe'' q
think you were the thinnest, sickest
man in the world and 1 lived in con-
slant fear that 1 would have to buy a
pair of black gloves and walk slow be-
hand your hearse. Member that old
lifting machine we used to have?"
You bet 1 do said Senator Blair,
'-and found it this morning. Just as
good as new, too"
I'll be over to try my muscle in a
day or two" laughed the speaker. 1T
certainly was a health preserver, all
right"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-09
Concrete Construction.

The modern development of con-
crete construction has done much to
improve the esthetic quality of rail-
way engineering. Substantial appear
ance and architectural character tend
to take the place of ugliness of wood
and steel along the right of way.
Colossal examples of reinforced con-
crete construction are the several
miles of viaduct built across the salt
water between many of the islands
to carry the railway from the Florida
mainland to Key West AS impressive
as a Roman viaduct. declares Sylves-
ter Baxter in the Century, is the
rhythmic order of these great mono
lithic arches-about six miles of them,
altogether. In one stretch alone are
nearly three miles, in another two
Fancy the ugliness of piles or steel
trestles in contrast with this gigantic
work. which declares that modern en-
cheering, like that of antique days.
can be not only strong, but beautiful.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-09

1t seems strange that man, who has
the history of the world for some thou
sands of years to look back upon,
should go into the air sld say that
one question or another is settled for
all time because che election has gone
certain way. At one time we dis
cover that England is rushing toward
socialism peli neil and then a few
weeks later when anotho election is
held We get it straight that socialism
has been given a backset from which
1t can never recover. We have the
same thing in our own country. saws
the Chicago Daily News. The Repub-
hcan or the Democratic party is killed
on for all time whenever an election
gees against it, though the sober facts
OF history gathered in Prohibition
states go to show that the worst kind
CT defeat often is the forerunner of an
overwhelming victory two years later.
In other words, a defeat or a victory
doesn't prove everything for all time
or even for four years ahead
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-09
Old Lifting Machine That Long Ago
Proved a Health Preserver.

The secret of perpetual youth, which
has permitted Uncle Joe- Cannon to
be as young as he is at u, has just
been rediscoyered here by a former
senator from New Hampshire, says
the Washington correspondent of the
Boston Herald. Henry W. Blair, who
is no youngster himself, having been
born in 1884, and the present speaker
were fellow members of the house so
years ago. Both at that time were in
poor health. They suffered from in
digestion and were SO frail and puny-
looking that each anticipated the ne
cessity of purchasing a bouquet to
place with reverent hands upon the
grave of the other. They lived in the
same boarding house in those days
and, to prolong their lives, entered
into partnership for the purchase of a
lifting machine, which they erected in
a hallway outside of their rooms and
upon which they practiced diligently
night and morning with a view to the
Improvement of their physic beings.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-09
A Cool Liar.
n. s. GTyLER. Pub
KANSAS

A Cool Liar.
That short but ugly word. which
denotes a man who has little regard
for the truth can be applied without
fear of contradiction to most of our
Celestial brothers. The audacity with
which a Chinaman can lie without
producing a wrinkle or tint of shame
in his coppery yisage must arouse the
envy of shyster lawyer or mock
auctioneer. A gambling den, for the
exclusive entertainment of Chinese
spectators, was lately raided in Bos-
ton, relates the New York Weekly,
and the inmates pretended to be much
surprised when, the next morning,
they were arraigned for trial. Chips, ;"
and various articles used in gambling,
had been seized; and when these were
produced in court, the proprietors Of
the gambling house audaciously pro-
claimed, through an imperturbable Ce-
lestial Interpreter, that the implements
were not intended for gambling pur-
poses, but were simply ingenious con
trivanceS tn enable students to rapidly
acquire a knowledge of Chinese arith-
metic. The chips were rewards Of
merit, given to encourage close atten-
ton to study; the scoring apparatus
merely indicated the percentage OF
skill exhibited by the different stu
dents; the scholastic bald-pated patri
arch who acted as the custodian OF
the -ten-cent pools"-and whom the
ignorant policemen imagined to be the
"banker'-was simply the trusted
treasurer of the school, deputed to in
vest the collections in coffee and
cakes and other harmless refresh
nents. On being asked why the ses
sions at this advanced school of math
ematics were usually held at hours
devoted to slumber by Christians, the
brassy-faced patriarch replied that
knowledge of figures was more readily
acquired Immediately after the mid
night hour, and that learning imbibed
a short time before dropping asleep
was likely to obtain permanent
Judgment in the brain. There is some
truth in this last statement; but, for all
that, we must award him the laurel
as a monumental Celestial liar
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-09

tured by cheers by the malcontents IN
the delegates seats, but the strong
arm" contingent governed by the
bosses sits quietly until he fires his
broadside. Then possibly boss
gets up, or the chairman gets in n
happy remark or two and there is a
thunder-roll Of applause from the
bosses gang. The respectable gen
tleman has simply talked for the
pleasure of having his cerebellum vi
brate. He might as well have recited
Mary had a little lamb"
Our ward stood eight to seven in one
convention, and our chairman an
nounced it correctly. He was an op-
ponent of mine, but he did not try to
change the vote. But when the vote
was announced from the stage it was
Is for the other side. Several of us
yelled bloody murder at the steal,
but, bless you, that convention went
right ahead with it's business as easily
as if seven men standing upright in
their seats and bowling Mister Chair
man; Mister Chairman" was a mere
tableau and nothing that concerned
the convention in the remotest de-
gree.
By the way, convention oratory is
divided into two kinds, the turned
loose" and the "squelched" The
bosses" and the chairman have their
eyes on their own orators, and very
little latitude is allowed the opposition
.'jaw-smiths. 1t is laughable to
watch the frantic gyrations of some
silver-tongued word-juggler, especially
if he be young man, who is trying TO
get the chairman's eye in order to let
off philippe against the chairman's
tyranny His companions may hoist
him high on chair, where he bal
ances himself precariously while he
shrieks 'Meestair Chairmannnn," and
froths like something stricken with
hydrophobia, but the chairman goes
placidly on. Twenty-second ward, IS
for Smith is the announcement, when
in fact the announcement was just the
other way. This raises a counter-irri-
tant and the Twenty-second ward dele
cation goes on the war-path But.
tush, what's the use? The game goes
merTily on and at last the youthful
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-09

singular fatality seems to attend
the operation of submarines. torpedo
boats and torpedo-boat destroyers
abroad Numerous tragedies to Eng
iish. French and German craft of this
Kind viii be recalled The latest oc-
carrence is the collision of a British
cruiser with a~torpedo-toat destroyer
ct Portsmouth whereby the smaller
vessel was SINK and an officer and IS
men are believed to have persisted.
This is one OF the worst calamities of
the kfRd recorded.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-09

King Alfonso has ordered a chicken
incubator from an American company.
Perhaps he is thinking of going into
cnicken-raising in Gaze the revolution
lists chase him from the throne. Even
kings have to look suit for ways and
means OF relieving fin.Ncfal stringen-
cy these uncertain days.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-09

II was mighty inconsiderAte of
Heiie' says the Newark News. to pro-
sect himself upon u. at the minute in
n'cn our clearest thinking is monop-
ARsed By the AbruzziElkins romance
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-09

DON'T SPOIL YOUR CLOTHES.
Use Red Cross Ball Blue and keep them
white as snow. All grocers. sc a package
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-09

The road leading to a woman's heart
is paved with dollars and the one lead
ing away from it strewn with regrets.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-09
IN a Pinch, Use ALIENS FooT-EAsE

A powder. 1t cures painful, smart
ing, nervous feet and ingrowing nails.
It's the greatest comfort discovery Of
the age. Makes new shoes easy. A
certain cure for sweating feet. Sold
by all Druggists, Csc. Accept no sub
stitute. Trial package, FREE. Ad-
dress A. S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-09
He Knew the Man.

"Gaily seems happy tonight. He
must have money"
why do you think that?"
From the way he's cracking jokes"
Nonsense, If he had money he.
wouldn't be happy unless he was
cracking bottles"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-09

The more a woman tries to look
young the more she doesn't.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-09
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displaeements, inf1ammation, ulcera-
periodic pains, backache, that bear,
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-09

This woman says that after
months of suffering Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
made her as well as ever.
Maude E. Forgie, of Leesburg, Va.
writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
"1 want other suffering women to
know what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound has done for me. For
months I suffered from feminine ills
so that I thought I could not live. I
wrote you, and after taking Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
using the treatment you prescribed I
felt like a new woman. / am now
strong, and well as ever, and thank you
for the good you have done me-"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04
TRAvERs NERVE WINS HONOR
Daring shot at Critical Time Lands
Championship.

NEW YORK. Oct. S.-Marvellous accuracy
in the shot TO the pin marks the difference
between the play Of Jerome d. Travers and
other golfers. The manner in which he
couragenusly played a full brassy for 80
yards right up TO the hole on the seven
tenth hole at Garden City won the cham
pionship for him. II was a phenomenal
stroke Of brilliancy at a moment when the
shot was called for, similar TO that Of a
Warden OF a Braid. Travers thought that
Travis was practically sure of a 5, SO, APP
parcntly, he had TO get a 4 to win. He
tried for the 4 and got it. The brassy
stroke was played with a slight hook, and
was so nicely calculated that when it came
to rest on the green it was only about fif-
teen feet short of the cup. 1t was a shot
that no one who saw It will ever forget.
Only a shade less sensational, but just
as brilliant, was his grand midiron APP
proach TO within one foot of the thirteenth
hole in the morning round of the same
match. Here he had gained about 400 yards
In two shots, and was about 10 feet from
the pin. He elected TO run up with his
iron. lie played a beautiful shot, allowing
for the side roll, and his ball stopped just
short of the pin. Travis on the like made
a beauty. but It left him a long butt
which he could not hole. Analysis of
Tarvers' play as compared with other
PLAYERS indicates that he is one of the few
that possess a long game well under con-
troll.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04
DRIVERS DO NOT TAKE CHANCES
Champion stranE Talks II the ways
auH

NEW YORK, Oct. 3.-Louis Strang.
champion auto driver Of America, says:
DRIVERS Of auto racing cars get a lot
more credit for being dare devils than
they deserve. AS n matter of fact, a
driver takes very little chance for an ac-
cident which may put his car out of a
race and himself in a hospital, IL nothing
worse. Human instinct, which guided the
cyclists, asserts itself TO the same or
greater degree with the chauffeur. A won
derful good pair OF eyes have helped in
my success as a driver. Judge of speed
and the marvellous accuracy in estimating
the comparative width Of the opening and
relative width of the car he is driving will
enable the driver to pass through safely
when the wheels may Craze. Every driver
knows almost positively just what his
car can safely do on a dangerous turn.
Having acquired that knowledge, a careful
driver will just hold his car to the mini
mum, for in case of a bursting tire he
would be able TO retain control of the
machine.
Strength counts for very little In a
driver, but rather nerves, quickness and
endurance. Speed in a Car, frequently may
avert an accident, as the driver, having
his car at its highest speed, seems TO be
almost able to lift the front of the machine
and place it away from danger. To hesi-
tate even for the fraction of a second at
such a crisis might mean death.
Fool friends In my car have often asked
me to let out a few links right here on
Broadway, which would be the height of
f~oolishness on the part of any sane driver.
The violation of the speed ordinance is
the least reason for a refusal to grant the
request to ride fast, for human lives are
intensely sacred to the drivers of racing
autos who know what danger means.
Ever since ] first grasped a steering
wheel and knew how to drive an auto. my
main idea was to learn how TO drive my
best. 1t was this feature of my driving,
no doubt, which led the wife of a promi-
nent millionaire who was a prospective
customer of a concern for which I was
giving test rides TO offer me a salary of
$50 a week and to buy the car, provided
I would sign a five years contract as her
chauffeur.
81 have been frequently asked what is
the best thirst quencher?' it being held
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04

After a long elaboration. the law faculty
of the University of Wisconsin has de-
cided that it would not grant Stiehm an
examination on the subject in which he
received a condition during the summer
session. This decision knocks out all
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04

chances Of his holding down the center OF
the line for the Badgers this year unless
another appeal. which will be made OF the
regents. Is successful Il means that Wis
consin will be without tho services of one
OF its star players. one that We'd with
Germany" Schultz for the honors Of all
western center last fall. The center OF
tho line will now be filled by either Wilce
or Iskisch, according 20 the llne-ups which
have been used by Coach Barry so far.
Cunningham, last years quarter, received
a painful, but not serious, injury while
diving for the ball last week. lie fol- on
his shoulder and wrenched It. An exami-
nation OF the injury proved that II was
not serious. although he would DO kept
out of the game for a week and a half.
As Mol is in bad physical shape at pres
ent, the team will be in bad shape unless
Ernie" Springer removes his con.
Two more candidates for positions IN the
line appeared last night-Bell, a big lbs
FOUNDER from Tomah, and Dreutzer, the
crew man. Both are heavy and gave
Coach Barry much encouragement by their
work last nisht.
Tho lineup in the practice has been
Left end. Captain Rogers; left center,
Kolb; left guard. Prehn; center. wi1ce;
right guard, Dreutzer; right tackle, Osthoff;
right end. Dean; quarterback, Dewey; left
half back. Bunker; right half back,
Muckleston; fun back. Culver.
Coach Ten Eyck expects to get the crew
candidates out on the water next week.
The coaching launch will be put into the
water Monday and the coach expects to
have two men out in the water each after
noon, getting into shape for the annual
regatta which will take place In the
morning of October q.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04
CAssAsA SHINES AS A SPLINTER
Fordham College BOY Shows Merit as
n Foot Racer.

NEW YORK, oct. 3.-The performance
Of Charles 8. Cassasa. the young Fordham
college and Irish-American Athletic Club
Splinter who won the Junior National quar-
ter-mile championship, and then on the next
day forced Harry Hillmsn to do 492t seconds
to beat him by a scant five yards for the
senior title, is a good illustration of what
can be accomplished by amateurs.
For the last couple of years Cassasa has
been running sprint races. He has shown
undeniable class. unlimited gameness, and
perseverance. There has been something
lacking in the Fordham collegian's work,
however, that has always kept him out of
the champion class. He could hold his
own in the handicap dashes, yet when it
came to the big scratch races Cassasa
has always been a few yards short at the
finish, and, like every good amateur, the
Fordham youth has aspired all along to
shine in the championship class.
Early this summer something induced
Cassasa 20 try a quarter-mile race instead
of his usual sprint. His first attempt was
at the Firemen's Memorial games, and the
Handicapped thought so lightly of Cassass's
chances that he put the s%printer
out on the limits yards. And at the
crack of the gun Cassasa was away like
a IldSI, ana at the emu OF the IuIlOnB was
leading the field and going like the wind.
Right here Cassasa showed a quality that
he never before knew he had-strength of
curling up in the last 200 yards, as the
average dasher does in trying the 400, 4"
Casassa came tearing up the stretch, rum
ming straight and true, with his legs moving
like well oiled pistons, and finished an easy
winner In 494s seconds.
1t did not take Ernie Hjertberg many
minutes to reason out that in young Cas-.
sasa the lrish-American club had the max
ing of a quarter-mile champion. and he
cut his cloth accordingly. Cassasa has
improved with every race since then until
Sept. 10, when he tore through his quarter
mile in the amazing time OF so seconds
flat.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04

Does the fact that Manager Billy Fox
has been re-engaged by Owner Green sig
nifty that some OF those recalcitrants will
not be on the Lincoln team next year? It
was gratifying. anyway, 20 find that Mr..
Green was able to check up properly on
the friction that existed between Fox and
certain players and greatly weakened Lin
coin this season,