The Topeka state journal., 1913-07-14

been thereby deprived of some of the
pulchritude which caused the women
to be so anxious to confer oSculatory
marks of their admiration upon him.
The hero of the Merrimac is now 43
years of age. But he is one of the
oldest Americans, as he is tenth in
direct descent from Elder Brewster, of
the Mayf1ower.
The late General Harry Bingham of
Philadelphia. who was for many years
the father of the house-meaning there
by the member of longest continuous
service-was also called the fashion
plate" of that body. His mantle seems
to have fallen upon Thomas G. Patten
of New York. But Joseph w. Ford
ney Of Michigan sports the biggest dia-
mond-a sparkler of huge size, which
he wears in the middle of the bosom
of his shirt.
Jack of Clubs.
The oldest nickname is bestowed
upon John L. Burnett of Alabama, who,
being short and plump, dark of COM
plexion, heavy set, and with broad
shoulders, is called the Jack of Clubs
The member with the most whiskers
is Edward W. Saunders of Virginia.
They are dark brown in color and part
ed Jim Ham Lewis fashion, in the
middle.
To speak of more interesting matters,
relating to the life history of some of
Farr of Pennsylvania began his career
as a newsboy. The other members
from the same state, Casey and Brod-
beck, started in life as breaker boy
and errand boy, respectively. Hine-
baugh of Illinois himself says that he
was educated in the school of hard
knocks"
Murray of Oklahoma, who rejoices in
the pseudonym of Alfalfa Bill ran
away from home when he was II years
old
yard, punched cattle, taught school, did
service as reporter, and practiced law
profession a farmer. Having presided
over the convention that framed the okla
homa constitution, he bears in that state
tution,'' which, when one comes to think
of 1T, is some dignity.
Charles D. Carter. of the same state,
boasts that he is seven-sixteenths Chicka-
saw and Cherokee Indian, being direct
ascendant of Nathan Carter, who, when
at the Wyoming Valley massacre, in
Pennsylvania, during Revolutionary times.
He himself was born in the Choctaw ma
tion.
Still another member from Oklahoma,
James S. Davenport, has been married
twice, both of his wives being Cherokee
came to congress he was speaker of the
lower house of the legislature of the
Cherokee nation
Caleb Powers's Record.
BY no means lacking in romantic inter-
est is the career of Representative Caleb
Powers of Kentucky, who. according TO
three months in jail after the. shooting of
Governor William Goebel by an unknown
assassin
Difenderfer of PENNSYLVANIA was a prac-
ticing dentist for fourteen years. But his
achievement was the building
and operating of the first woolen mill in
the Chinese empire, at Tientsin.
Cary, of Wisconsin, was left an orphan
at 13 years of age. Five younger brothers
and sisters were put into an orphan
asylum to be taken care Of But this en-
terprising youth. starting in as a mes
senger boy, rose to be a telegraph oper-
ator by the time he was 10, and, taking
the children out of the asylum, provided
them with a home.
Richard w. Austin of Tennessee occu-
pied the humble position of an assistant
doorkeeper of the house of representatives
during the lifetime of the Forty-seventh
congress. /
Fowler of Illinois describes himself as
lawyer with a love for personal injury
practice"
Travenner, of the same state. is. with
the exception of Brown of New York, the
youngest man in the house. He is 81 years
old. According to his own account. he
began in 1905 with the help of his moth |
er, TO write daily signed articles from
Observation-Disclosures so independent and
original in character that no editor would |
publish them" Nevertheless. he kept on
papers in the United States are printing
them every day on the first page, and |
?, 100 country weeklies are publishing his
weekly letter on Vital Washington
News -
The Member From Hawaii.
The only member who calls himself a |
capitalst'-not exactly popular kind of
designation from a political viewpoint-is |
merely a delegate to congress from the
Territory of Hawaii His name is Kali |
and he halls from Waikiki. To |
mos people, however, he is better known as
Prince Cupid. A cousin of King KaIakaua
and of queen Liliuokalani he was created