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Show i 1 SENATOR LEWIS CALLS A HALT ,:: I I ,! ; "It is not a high type of Intelli- f0" gence which mistakes civility for ser- &u vility." et,: Thus Senator James Hamilton it t Lewis of Illinois, bored and perhaps .e ' made a little indignant by what appears ap-pears to him In his less cheerful mo- , i ments to be a persistent habit on the ,jtS part of undiscernlng persons to sum rci up his extremely useful and varied ?jfl,i career in a few parrotlike comments 0!! upon his dress and his appearance. t ;: "My beard," said the senator, "if . ;: you will pardon my reference to an j; Intimate personal matter, has been .. described as a remarkable work of .-, nature, as a hirsute forest bristling e '., with sparks of fire, and as an ambro- 1 sial chest protector. I have been called the Aurora Borealis of Illinois, the Pink-Wliiskered Prodigy, the Man . Who Made Whiskers a Political Asset, S j the Pink-Fringed Political Expert. . 'Many a home has been built, many a , ramny thrives upon the steady and . ' . apparently rising market value of Jests about my clothes and my manners. slr" "Now, my dear fellow," concluded the senator, "I am glad to contribute to the prosperity of the country by having my superficial peculiarities fur nlsh material for the struggling efforts of the budding geniuses of journalism; - k"- ' have done my share, and It Is time that our experimental literary citi- fot' sens should turn their attention to the gentleman who, so the newspapers ! (( tell us, has discovered a method of breeding blue piga, or to the Inventor c4 c PJ' the noiselew hammer." es f'; ., . - -, the " |