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Tales Gathered Among the
Nation's Lawmakers.
Four Redheaded Men Who Became Fa
mous Backsliding Democrat Aptly
Characterized Sill Jones' Mule
Colt How Senator Vest Requited a
Courteous Act When War Waged
Desolation Caught Them 'Both
Ways Beaten by a .Sixth of a Vote,
ICopyriRht, 1902, by Champ Clark.
When Senator Joe Blackburn returned
to Washington last spring to re-enter
tho house of the conscript fathers after
an enforced retirement of four years, he
was Joyfully welcomed to "the llnest
capital in the world" by two of his old
schoolmates, now occunvintr lilch sin
tlons and who easily rank among the
most illustrious citizens of the renublle.
Mr. Justice John Marshall Ilarfhn of
tlie supreme court and George Graham
Vest, the brilliant junior senator from
Missouri. It Is an interesting historical
fact that these three distinguished
men, all redheaded, and another red
headed statesman of equal renown, B.
Grntz Brown, were in their youth
classmates at an old fashioned hieh
grade academy at Frankfort, Ky. The
quartet were all destined to a high ca
reer. Vest's Story.
TVlien Senator Vest was in his prime,
-a uio prince of stump speakers.
TTo,ov(."?lle(1 ,a overy future of that
SfflSW f f Hc loslc,
learning, sarca, m lroa w bnmov,
eloquence. As an "tJJ9!e teller mi
public speaklug he udver bad a. sune I
rlor.
till tlie last years all kinds of
independent parties or political side
shows flourished In Missouri. The
"Granger movement," "the Tadpoles,"
"the Greenbackers," etc., made life
burdensome to the Democrats. Vest is
a Democrat of "the straightest sect,"
and in his speeches Uu laid on nud
Spared not; Ho was as merciless in rid
icule as Voltaire himself. One of Vest's
opponents on one occasion twitted him
with the fact that a prominent Demo
crat had deserted bis party. "Oh, yes,"
replied Vest, "the hereditary enemies
of the Democratic party laud every
Democrat who deserts to the Tadpoles
as a great man and prominent citizen.
I will tell you about that. When 1
was a boy aud was living In Frankfort,
Ky., there was an old fellow named
Bill Jones who got drunk every time
he came to town. One day by the time
he was satisfactorily primed the rains
had raised the Kentucky river till It
was a rushing torrent. lie had to
cross It to get home, and people tried
to dissuade him from such an Idiotic
performance, but go he would, and go
he did. He mounted his old slab sided
mare, followed by a diminutive mule
colt, and boldly plunged into the river,
which carried him, tlie old mare and
the mule colt over the dam, aud they
disappeared In the whirlpool below.
Folks upon the bank watched In vain
for them to come to the surface. Tak
lug it for granted that BUI was drown
ed, the citizens dragged the river to
And his body, llred cannon to make the
corpse rise and did all the things usu
ally done on such mournful occasions
At last, In sheer desperation, they gave
up the attempt and settled down to the
conclusion that Bill had lloated down
Into the Ohio. But the next Saturday
lie rode into town, chipper as ever, and
ready for another spree on his old
mare, but minus the mule colt. So
citizens gathered about him and told
bow they had mourned him for dead
'Oh,' said Bill, 'I got out all right. So
did my old gray mare, and all I lost
was that measly mule colt!' And so
in this case," concluded Vest, "we have
not lost a prominent citizen, an Influ
entlal Democrat, but a scrubby politi
cal mule colt!"
A Graceful Deed.
To hear certain persons who desire
office, but can't get It, talk, politics is a
sad business and hardens the human
heart to such an extent that Pharaoh's
by comparison was soft. According to
these doctrinaires, all politicians arc a
bad lot, utterly destitute of the milk of
human kindness and with no more
sense of gratitude than a marble stat
uc. It Is a real pleasure to undeceive
them.
nowever that may be, the following
anecdote will convlnco all wbo are con
vincible that Senator Vest is not an
ungrateful man:
.Die and John D. Stephenson of St
Louis were both elected to the Missou
ri legislature in 1 800. Vest was easily
leader of the southern sympathizers,
and Stephenson was one of the leaders
of the unconditional Union men. But
they were close personal friends. No
where on this continent was debate
more savage, feeling higher or excite
mcnt more tense than in the Missouri
legislature in 1860-01. When war be
gan, Vest cast his fortunes with the
south, and Stephenson entered the Un
ion army, rising to the rank of major
general. In the early stages of that un
happy conflict General Stephenson cap
tured Boonville, Vest's homo town,
while the latter was far away fighting
with ".Old Pap" Price. Mrs. Vest waB
very slek at home. General Stephen
son, hearing thnt and remembering his
personal friendship for her husbrind,
placed a guard about her house to pro
tect her from harm and to prevent her
Mid her little babe from being disturb
ed by unwonted noise. It was a grace
ful deed by a noble man which bore
good fruit after ho was in his grave.
Senator Vest's Revenge.
It's an old saying that "the whlrll
?lg of time brings Its own revenges."
ft is nn amazing fact that nobody over
thought to say that "the whirligig of
time frequently brings splendid exam
ples of gratitude," but It docs all the
same. Thirty-four years after General
Stephenson protected Vest's wife and
child from the horrors of war the brave
old general went to his reward, full of
honors, but poor In this world's goods.
His aged widow applied to congress for
a pension such as had been granted the
widows of General John A. Logan,
General Frank P. Blair and other dis
tinguished Union volunteer major gen
erals. The professional economists in
the senate made a hard fight against
tlie bill. Vest, remembering General
Stephenson's kindness to his dear ones
in the awful days of 18U1, took up the
cudgels for the dead Union soldier and
never rested from his labors until the
venerable .Mrs. Stephenson was placed
beyond want for the remnant of" her
days. Vest's grateful and chivalrlc
performance is not so widely bruited
is that of Sir Philip Sidney, who when
sorely wounded himself gave his cup
of cold water to a private soldier dy
ing by hlH Sido. but it lmlnnma tn Hin
mine class nevertheless and causes one
to think better of human nature itself.
Verily, verily, "bread cast upon tlie wa
ter win return again." if critics and
cynics will lay aside their preconceived
opinions and Investigate the matter,
they will discover that politicians re
tain ninny humnn virtues. v
Cught 'Em Cdminf and Goln'.
Nowhere did the civil war rage with
more ineffable bitterness and more un
governable fury tiMfti ltt Missouri. At
its close things were in chaos. Four
promluent participants in that titanic
struggle acted with consummate wis
domFrancis Marlon Cockrell, George
Crrnhain Vest, John F. Phillips aud
Thomas T. Crittenden. Cockrell was
a major general and Vest a coloi ul
the Confederate army, while Phillips
and Crittenden were Union colonels.
All four arc Democrats. As soon as
"the smoke of battle cleared away
.Colonel Vest and Colonel Phillips
opened up a law office at Sedalla, In
Pettis county, and General Cockrell
and Colonel Crittenden opened up an
other law olllce at Warrensburg, in
the adjoining county of Johnson. Par
enthetically It may be stated that Pet
tis 'and Johnson are two of the richest
counties In that marvelous common
wealth. So they paired off, a Confed
erate and a 'Union soldier in each firm.
They set their traps, "like the nigger's
coon trap, to catch 'em a-gwlue and
a-comin." .
Law and Politics.
They were four tiptop lawyers and
raked In lots of shekels. Whether they
originally intended that law should be
their serious and principal business,
with politics as "a side line," or vice
versa, I do not know. Whatever they
Intended, they succeeded well at law
and amazingly well in politics. For a
third of a century' they have been the
big four of south central Missouri and
Vest and Cockrell the big two of the
entire state. In court they had the
cream of the business and were usual
ly pitted against each other. In poll
ties they have had the cream and while
sometimes pitted against each other
have most commonly acted together, at
least in late years. Phillips and Crltten
den ran against each other for con
gress and defeated each other for the
nomination turn and turn about, but
both got to congress. Vest and Cock
rell ran against each other for the
gubernatorial nomination, and when
Vest found that ho could not secure
the plum for himself he threw his
strength to Charles II. Hardin, who de
feated Cockrell by one-sixth of one
vote, the closest shave on record. Nel
ther Cockrell nor Vest became govern
or, but both reached the senate. Vest
has been elected for four full terms
and Cockrell for Ave. They can stay
In tlie senate as long as they live.
What they aspired to and failed to get
Colonel Crittenden secured, the gov
ernorship. When Grover Cleveland
became president, Coclirell and Vest
remembered their old law and political
partners In a most huudsomo manner.
They had Colonel Crittenden appointed
consul general to Mexico and subse
quently reglster.in bankruptcy at Kan
sas City, which latter ofllce he now
holds. They had Colonel Phillips ap
pointed United States Judge for the
western district of Missouri, a life po
sition with a good, fat salary. The ca
reer of this great quartet illustrates
what may bo accomplished by soldiers
in times of peaco by a judicious com
bining of law, politics and military rec-
ords.
Vest's Gubernatorial Namesake.
It is very rore that one man still ac
tive in public life sees another man
who was named for him governor of a
great state. Yet that is precisely what
Senator Vest baB done, the recent gov
ernor of Missouri, Hon. Lon Vest Ste
phens being his namesake. Thereby
hangs a tale which furnishes another
Illustration of Vest's gratitude. When i
he migrated to Missouri, ho located at
Boonville. Colonel J. L. Stephens, fa
ther of Governor Stephens, the leading
lawyer and financier of the town, tool
the brilliant young Kontucklan into
partnership on liberal terms. Soon nft
ir a son was born to Colonel Stephens.
and hc christened him Lon Vest out of
admiration for his youthful partner
Time went on. Vest was In the sen
ate; Grover Cleveland was In the "White
House; a great national bank broke in
St. Louis; the 'senator had his name
sake, Lon Vest Stephens, appointed re
ceiver out of friendship and gratitude
to his father. Lon Vest discharged his
duties as receiver with such abllltj
that when a vacancy occurred In the
office of state treasurer of Missouri
Governor Francis appointed him to
serve during the unexpired term. Then
he was elected for a full term of four
years. He made such nn excellent
treasurer that In 1800 he was nomi
nated for governor by ncclamatlon and
triumphantly elected.
Gif.urr Ct.Aiuc.
KITCHEN HELPS.
If- salt Is thrown on a stove when
the contents of a pot or pan boll over:
it will prevent an offensive odor.
Jjctore putting on milk to boll nl
ways rinse out the saucepan with wa
ter. This will prevent the milk from
burning.
For greasy dishes a little soda in the
water is a great help, and in washing
ginss a hit of blue in the water adds
much to its brilliancy.
Salt and vinegar will be found the
best for scouring the copper preserv
ing kettle, and a lemon cut In halves
njid dipped in salt will remove all
stains.
If In covering a kitchen table with
QilfilotU a layer of brown paper is put
on first, it will prevent the oilcloth i
cracking and mafc. iiAVwd- three times
as long.
Wooden bowls make the best recep
tacles for washing fine glassware
which requires careful handling. If
two bowls are employed, the l'tiaults
are apt to be more satisfactory using
one for washing and tl& other for
rinsing purposes.
After poling onions wash your knife
nud your hands in cold water. Hot
water sets the odor of the onion In
stead of removing It. Then rub the
hands and knife with a piece of celery
or cut lemon, or even a raw potato, to
remove the odor.
million Economy.
Economical women have learned the
value of gasoline for cleaning ribbons,
while others use suds made of soap
bark chips. They should be rubbed be
tween the hands until thoroughly
clean, then examined and, If too badly
faded to use again, dyed some darker
shade with dye. White ribbons will
take delicate shades of blue, pink and
lavender. Light colored ribbons nrc
pretty dyetl cardinal red, but If they
are too dark for that save them until
you have half a pound or more nnd
then color them black with dye for
silk. No matter what color they are or
how spotted or streaked, they will dye
a good black, y Rinse thoroughly In
several warm, soft waters until the
last rinsing water Is left clear; then
smooth the ribbon between the hands
nnd wind over ji wide piece of stiff
cardboard. When all has been wound
around, place it between soft cloths
and put it under a heavy pressure.
When taken out, It will be smooth and
look like new. Another way to man
ago them Is to hang them In the open
nlr until nbout half dry; then cover
them with cheesecloth or some other
thin material and iron with a moder
ately hot iron.
The Children' Hour.
Our quiet hours with our children
should first of all be cheerful hours.
Sydney Smith has said: "If you make
children happy now, you make them
happy twenty years hence by the mem
ory of it." I believe this to bo quite
true. We should make the hours with
our children full of joy, then twenty
years from now we, too, can recall how
happy they were, how we heard their
mer,ry voices and watched them play,
and we can look with pride on our chil
dren, whom wo loved and who went to
Grownup Land. Then, too, the quiet
hours witl) our children should be lov
ing hours. How much the smnll touch
es of a mother's love mean to tho
child! Even if it is only to whisper to
your son as ho starts to school, "Re
member, mother is thinking nbout you
all day nnd expecting you to be a good
boy," how much better tho effect of
such a farewell than to hurry him
away with some sharp and nervous re
bukeMothers' Journal.
JtiNt Like a Baby.
Old Gentleman (in tho park) What
are you doing, my little dear?
Little Girl (with doll) I am giving
dolly a. drink.
Old Gentleman Giving dolly a drink,
eh? But tho water is running down all
over her pretty dress.
Little Girl Yes; she slobbers n great
deal. All babies do.
The curious sight may be seen In
Dover, England, of a young tree grow
ing out of a high mill chimney in a
public thoroughfare. Notwithstanding
Its extraordinary position the tree has
grown two or three feet high, It.is bo
lieved to have Its root in an old neat
SsFSr Little J&
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MINIATURE WHIRLPOOL.
An Eimy "Way of l'mrinoliinr Tom
ItoNt In a Tiimliler.
Here Is a trick which may bo success
fully performed with a very little trou
ble and which docs not' need any ap
pllances besides things that any one
has in the house. It is a very pretty
trick, too, and, while there Is nothing
wonderful about it, It Is most Interest
ing to watch and will serve to enter
tain a number of jour friends In one
of those awkward moments that so of
ten occur at parties or gatherings of
both young folk and their elders:
All that you need for this trick Is a
glass of pure water placed on n table
or little stand In plain view of all your
audience and a few shavings of cam
phor. It Is better to have the camphor
shavings quite thin and to have a num
ber of them say eight or ten. Now
your apparatus is ready.
Before performing the trick you
should tell your little friends some
thing about whirlpools; how they draw
ships into their fearful, revolving
UOINO THE THICK.
throats and, crushing them, Buck them
down to the depths of the ocean; how
they are formed" of masses of water
whirling round nnd round until a fun
nel appears Jn tho middle, which en
gulfs anything caught within the rush
ing ring of water. Now your trick
should bo done.
Sprinkle tho shavings of camphor on
the surface of tho water in the glass.
Try to have tho pieces of camphor nt
equal distances from each other, so
thnt they extend completely around the
edges. The camphor chips will instant
ly start to whirl around the top of the
water In tho glass, and In a moment
there will be n beautiful whirlpool,
but of course on n very small scale.
This will continue for some time and is
very interesting to watch. Now York
Herald.
rioyhooil' T)ctiKlio.
I'd like to be a boy again without a
woe or care, with freckles scattered on
ray face and hayseed in my hair; I'd
like to rise at 4 o'clock and do a hun
dred chores nnd saw the wood nnd feed
the hogs nnd lock tho stable doors; and
herd the hens and watch the bees, and
take the mules to drink, and teach the
turkeys how to swim so that they
wouldn't sink; nnd milk about a hun
dred cows and bring Jn wood to burn,
nnd jdand out In tho sun all day and
churn, and churn, and churn; and wear
my brother's castoff clothes, and walk
four miles to school, and get a licking
every day for breaking some old rule,
nnd then get homo again at night and
do the chores once more, and milk the
eows and feed the hogs and curry
mules galore; nud then crawl wearily
up stairs to seek my little bed and hear
dad say: "That worthless boy! Ho isn't
w.orth his bread!" I'd like to be n boy
again; a boy has so much fun; bis life
is just a round of mirth from rise to
sot of sun; I guess there's nothing
pleasanter than closing stable doors,
nnd herding hens, and chasing bees,
and doing evening chores. American
Boy.
IilKht nnd Sound.
Light travels at tho rato of 180,000
miles per second, and it takes eight
minutes and eighteen seconds to travel
from tho buii to the earth. Any phe
nomenon, thercfpix, occurring on the
surface of the sun is uot observed by
the inhabitants of tho eartli till that
time afterward. Sound travels in still
air at the freezing point nt the rate
of 1,000 feet per second. Tho report of
a gun one mile distant would not be
heard till nearly Ave seconds after the
flash was seen.
For cleaning tho teeth nnd strength
ening tlie gums thero is nothing better
or more wholesome thnn a teaBpoonful
of common salt in n tumbler of warm
water. Brush night nnd morning and
rinse with clear cold water.
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