The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-15
sTATEsMEN'S ANTICN.
Peculiarities of Some of Our Leading
COngressmen.

Lie LOuuOH L IuGu Has DS6u dIhuo-
ing itself and its readers by giving
some of the pecularities of noted
men in public life in England The
great men in this country, says
Washington special to the Cincin-
natl Times-Star; have their peculiar
tiles as well as those of other coun-
tries. An hour in the House will
demonstrate that fact to any close
observer. For instance, it is not an
uncommon thing to see a member of
the House, while in his seat, scratch
his head, clean and pare his nails.
and in occasional instances blow his
nose on his fingers, and making use
of the lining of his coat or the bot
tom of his pants instead of his hand
kerchief. Mr.. Reagan, of Texas,
for instance, the ex-postmaster gen
eral of the confedracy, is never at
his best unless he has a short string,
with the ends tied together, with
which he may employ his hands,
pulling and twisting and working it,
after the "cat's cradle" fashion.
If he does not have the string his
next choice is some loose pieces of
paper which he tears into bits, scat
tering them about him until the floor
in his vicinity looks as though a sort
of blizzard had struck it. Mr.. Hewitt
of New York, has queer custom of
crossing his legs as he stands talking.
He usually gets into the isle between
the seats, and putting his hands on
a desk at each side of him, crosses
his legs as he stands and talks.
When he gets warmed up he can
stand with his legs crossed without
holding to the desk.
Kelly, who is the central figure
on the Republican side, does not
talk much nowadays. He is get
ting pretty old and recognizes this
fact. The last time he made set
speech in the House he began by
saying that he did not know whether
or not his strength would be sufi-
cient to carry him through. He has
a wonderfully strong voice for his
slight physique, and can make him
self heard in every corner of the
great hall.
Mr.. Reed, of Maine, who sits near
him, has very incisive manner, and
probably is as much at home on his
feet as any other man in the House
He is never Hurried. He is not an
orator, and does not indulge much
in gestures when he speaks, but his
antagonist is usually glad when he
sits down. He has a way of saying
cutting things, and can be severe as
well as witty when occasion requires.
Mr.. Hurd, of Ohio, has a curious
manner of finging his arms out at
right angles with his body, giving
him the appearance of flying ma
chine. He walks with a cane usually,
one leg being considerably shorter
than its fellow, and finds difficulty
in standing without itRn any other
occasion than that Npeech max,
ing. When he gets warmed up in
his speech, however, he forgets cane
and leg and everything else, and the
way his arms fly is acaution to those
within reach of them.
Mr.. Holman, "the objector," sci
dom strikes out from the shoulder
in making his gestures, as do mos
orators. Nearly all his gestures are
simply by the motion of the hand
or at least of the arm from the el
DOW down. He has a funny way o
checking up his sentences, specta
cles in hand, with a coping motion
of the right hand, which is rattle
amusing to the observer, but quit
annoying to the gent who wants t.
get little bill through and canno
because of Holman's COLLECTIONS"
A Growing Evil.
Fort Keogh CMont) Letter in New York sun.
1t is an interesting fact that one
sixth of our herds are now owne
by Enghshmen. Every year tn
English come over and buy cattle
and if they keep on at the preser
rate thy will soon own half the ca
tie on the plains. Why our larg