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Show i i The Age of Scnatrtr Harris. The exact age of Senator Harris is a profound mystery. He re?alutely refuses re-fuses to state the date! of his birth in the Congressional Directory. This is only one of his eccentrli cities, but it is his strongest. 1 asked Representative Patterson of Memphis once how old his friend really was. If any one should know it, he shor'"' "jr they ere as intimate as any j iaen in congress. Patterson shook his head sadly. "If Harris were to die tomorrow," he said, "I do not believe any one could tell his age to tha marble cutters. In Tennessee Tennes-see we figure this way," he said, laughing; laugh-ing; "we know that he went on the duelfield with Andrew Jackson in 1808 at least this has never been denied. He was a man then and supposed to nave some gray hairs at the time. A conservative estimate would make him out to be about 150 years of age." Washington Cor. Augusta Chronicle. |