Show PLUMB FLUB NEVER TIRED KANSAS STATESMAN A MARVEL OF ENDURANCE story told by senator vest well illustrates his physical powers nights enjoyment never interfered with days duty senator fluur rf kansas was nas a physical giant athletic anil and ceaseless worker as anell Q as tireless bah a v riter in the los angelea times one of his assistants was as large as he was anil and us as good a worker but once in three or four months he lie would give way any to an inordinate thirst for r beer which incapacitated him for work four or five flee das or sometimes bome times a whole holl week on one of these occa sa alons lons NN when hen senator plumb particularly needed him the senator introduced a resolution in the senate forbidding the sale of any kind hind of liquor to cm em of senators or of the senate and he lie del delivered hered an impassioned speech in favor fanor of the resolution the preceding evening senator plumb had been dallying a lilt with wine but that part of the story was best told b bv senator vest of missouri who said 1 I think that my friend plumb has gre greiter iter powers of endurance than any man I 1 have ever known and he demonstrates that fact in his everyday life for example last night plumb and mahone alabone and hatton batton and john chamberlin ln and a few other friends spent considerable time eating and drink and smoking and finally we entered upon a little game of draw before I 1 realized it the clocks in were striking 5 and tho the game was brought to a cloia au I 1 went homo home and left orders to bo be called at 11 because it was calendar day in the senate and I 1 m wanted anted to be there at the opening of tho the session at noon to look after a particular bill that I 1 had on the calendar I 1 was awakened hod had my bath ond breakfast and reached the senate just in time for my duty I 1 met plumb at the door and ho he told md ma that he lie had been at work all morning on his correspondence but that he lie was aas not tired with the calendar before me I 1 leaned my head on my bands hands watching und and waiting for my turn and I 1 fell fast asleep I 1 slept for fully an hour and might have slept longer but for an awful dream I 1 dreamed bat chat I 1 was as sitting at my desk unable to get up and the capitol building was on fire I 1 could see the flames all around me the marble stones were burning the goddess of liberty on the dome although of bronze was al aflame the capitol was surrounded by fire engines many of them having come from baltimore and philadelphia I 1 heard the captains of the firemen sh shouting their orders and I 1 tried to call for help but I 1 could not ri finally nally as the flamos flames crept closer and ell all around me all of the kolbes of the engines and tho the firemen and tho the flames were condensed into one awful roar this continued until it seemed to me like one tremendous human voice moreover that great big began to sound familiar to me it seemed to me as though out of its awful roaring I 1 might expect that voice to frame the words vest I 1 raise vou ou or vest I 1 call this awful volca finally aak awakened ened me and mirabile lle dicku there stood plumb plural as biesh as a daisy delivering a temperance speech |