Show SENATOR stephenson WHO DEFIES AGE senator isaac stephenson of wis cousin the oldest member of either cither branch of con congress gness is standing the scorching hot weather of the national capital better th than n any of tits his colleagues in wisconsin mr stephenson is known as uncle ike but among ills his senate associates he 13 JF 5 familiarly hailed as dr ike although sir air stephenson makes no pretentious to a knowledge of medicine as laid down in the books and frequently admits that lie he la Is not abreast of the he modern medical set eel ence he has had a practical experience j N which lie he thinks tita fits him lm to 10 give V advice to the ailing As tar far back bach as the early carly fifties mr ir stephenson was healing the ile he was then in charge of various lumber camps in the lake superior region of northern V wisconsin for fifteen years year said mr at r stephenson we were without a doctor lawyer or preacher we did not need a doctor docto rj for I 1 looked after the sick and as s tor for a lawyer we got along pretty well because we fought out with our fists the troubles that arose among us we had some pretty rough aud and hard men in the c camps fa nips and maybe we did suffer for want of a preacher in the logging season geason we had hundreds of men and my principal job was to keep our crews in good shape the saw and the axe make trouble in the woods not only for trees but tor for men and I 1 have been called on to bind and sew hundreds of wounds I 1 was waa not what you might call a fancy bone setter but I 1 knew how to set a bone quickly and with the least pain to the broken arm or leg we did not have anesthetics in those days and the thing to do was to mend the break and get the man back on an the job in a n few days mr air stephenson says ays s that a long life and a simple life iffe iff e go hand in hand As a young arn I 1 traveled across the snow twenty odd miles a day he be said 1 I swung a five po pound und axe from dawn till dark I 1 slept in a blanket in the snow enow ate crackers and pork and drank snow water and was as healthy as a bear |