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aen have their small traits, their little
pecahsr,ta1s. President Harrisoa dis-
hkes tall Asi. though Of coerse he often
sacrifices personal prediction 70 eonsad-
erstons Of dignity and propriesy. He
rs Alsays had bsrfe< q puhiie barber
shops, and the rnsn who COW trims his
heard and cuts his hAir-ths ooart bar
ber-has performed like service for
Mr.. Harrison for fifteen or twenty years.
At indianapolis the president rarely or
never visited barber shop. bat always
had hls nan conc 10 elm al home or ~
his offlee.
Tns presidents fAvozits hat is the
derby, bat Senator Plumb couldn't be
hired To wear anything bat soft sioaeh
hat, which looks all the more s.ouehy
from Mr.. Piumb's way Of wearing II.
Senator Woloott hasn't worn any sort OF
shoes except patent leather since he
came 10 Washington. Senator VOORHEES,
has worn the came style Of neckties-
plain. black silk. string" ,ies-eyer since
no was boy, and will probably wear
them. aud moro other, as long as he lives
Another hobby of the Indiana senator
is his fondness for large silver watch.
i, is an cid fashioned umepiece. almost
"a biz as ooe II thoss dollar alarm
clocks which have driven so many men
TO profanity by their premature ex-
plosions. and the senator has carried 1T
since no left his ho,ae in Ohio about
forty wears ago 1t was his fathers be-
fore him, and will be his sons when he
Is gone. Senator Sawyer has a mania
for anti-fat literature. anti-fat expert
ments and anti-fat remedies He is the
acknowledged authority in congress on
this subject, and speaks as one with pc
sonal knowledge, for by eating light and
often and eschewing fluids be has re-
duced his weight fifty pounds in six
months. AS nothing succeeds like sue
cess, all the fat men in Washington are
rushing TO Senator Sawyer for advice.
Senator llgalis has two or three hob
bies. One of these is roofing around old
bookstores; another is red neckties, and
a third is wearing a tight fitting coat, al
ways buttoned from top to bottom. Maj.
Mckinley expends good deal of his
surplus energy in smoking cigars. He
is ore of the most inveterate smokers in
congress. Another OF Mr. McKinley's
pcculiarities is his fondness for the use
of the words United States in debate.
Mr.. Mckinley never fails to improve an
opportunity to use these words. for he
loves to roll them on his tongue.
Mr.. Mckinley pronounces United
States" very much in this fashion
'Y-o-u-n-i-tcd St-o-0-tes." and If he has
| occasion to speak of the president he is
always the President of the United
States" The senate is Tho senate of
the United States" and tho treasury is
1.-The treasury Of the United States :"
Senator German. whose oratorical man.
ners are much like those of Mr.. McKin-
ley, has a similar fad. He rarely or never
addresses the presiding officer of the
senate without saying. ''Now, Mr.. Pres
ident." One day last week, during the
great debate on the elections bill, Mr..
German made his usual exclamation,
''Now, Mr.. President" when his atten-
ton was diverted by some of his col
leagues. who whispered to him advice or
suggestions concerning his remarks. IT.
thus happened that Mr. German repeated
his favorite phrase no fewer than five
times, with rather comical effect.
Senator Reagan, of Texas, is never
happy unless he has strings or pieces Of
cord to play with, twirling them about
in his fingers, testing their strength, ty-
ing them in knots, and then untying
them again. Senator kenna, of West
Virginia, is paper chewer. He is con-
tirually shipping of corners of letters or
sheets of paper and putting them in his
mouth. Sometimes he uses pieces of
cord or binding Irvine, and one recent
day he cut a queer figure going about
the senate chamber with a couple Of
yards of red ribbon dangling from his
mouth. The spectators GRAINED their
necks aad asked one another what the
trouble was with the senstor from West
! Virginia. The answer was simple Mr..
Kenna had simply begun to exercise his
infantile propensity upon the end of a
ball Of red tape.
An odd fad is that Of Congressman
George Adams. of Illinois. Mr.. Adams.
though never at sea. is passionately fond
| Of sea stories He reads all the sea tales
he can get hold of, ard amuses himself
drawing diagrams of the sailing courses
| of ships described in the stories, and Of
| the scenes of wrecks and disasters.
| From his familiarity with the fiction Of
the sea Mr.. Adams has become master
| of nautical terms. which he il too mod
est TO use. Some day. no doubt, the
/ congressman will take sea voyage. and
come back determined to become a
/ sailor. even II he has 20 buy yacht for
his own use or ship before the mast Of q
lake schooner.
Senator Cockreil is the only man ]
| know Of n the aristocratic end Of the
Capitol who has the audacity to smoke n
pipe within the sacred precincts of the
house Of lords Daring one OF the recent
/ night sessions Mr. Cockrell was among