Telegram-herald., 1891-02-03


usual. We about O. ezll tae next nazne
w1tAeas TIA customary pause To- ~
Spouse. whan B.~ekbara s>sg Get ne
Which made the g<s hxtarss rattle. and
a2tei tie clerk with sstonssknent and
cnnxnssaE.
0s1s If s<astof Culiom eAxr1<tersstics
i his smile. The seaaar seaataT frozn
uheais, who looks Ike Abraham lam
cola. and Who raAs sezae dsy he press
issss. i always smiling He smiles when
ae i good natar@d and when ne l. net.
when be Is sayiag unpleasant things ~
well - pleasant. when pTslsanx or dsnan-
lAg. He eaanof help sailing any mere
than he e2a help breathing. and IL faa-
lows thar Mr.. Ssallofa Is = man who
makes many friends sai few enemies.
A peeahzrisy Of sanstor Bate is that.
although he Is very fond Of tobacco, and
always has cigar in corner Of his
laoalh. no one ia Washington has ever
seen hi,a smoke IN the Ordinary aocepts-
ton Of tbs term. his cigar is never
lighted, and he enjoys what he calls
dry smoke" He has a reason fer this
which Is worfh relating. lie was
brigadier general IN the Confederate
army, and connected with bis brigade
was bis brother, also al officer .! kisn
rank. The two were always together.
Both were smokers. and gwen in the field
the thin blus clrls OF smoke could be
seen ascending from their cigars.
During one OF the mos. fiercely Tough;
battles Of the war Gen. Bate and his
brother were together as usual watch
ing the progress If the tight. Tney We're
on an erainence. and although within
range of the enemy's batteries proceeded
TO indulge themselves as usual In the
weed. Gen. Bate drew out from his
pocket two cigars. and handing one TO
his brother took the other himself. and
then asked for lignt. His brother struck
a match GA his box. and just as be was
Offering il 10 tho general a cannon ball
came along and struck him right in the
face. The poor fellows head was taken
of AS Clearly as though il had been done
with a sword. From that day TO this
Senator Bate has never lighted cigar.
Senator Brown, of Georgia. who is
now sick. and whose successor will be
the fighting Governor" Gordon, had
a habit when speaking Of always ruo-
hing his hands together. '-his peculiar
trait called forth from Mr.. Ingalls, that
memorable attack Oh Mr.. Brown. in
which he characterized HIM as "a Uriah
Heap. continually washing his hands
in imperceptible water with invisible
soap" Mr.. Hiscock. whether on his feet
speaking or in his chair. is AL the while
running his hands through his hair,
which with some vanity he has ar
ranged in thick rolling locks. which fall
in gray riprles over his forehead.
Senator Edmunds. who is very bald,
has horror Of draughts, and often
wears skull cap in going through the
senate corridors. Senator Teller, who
wears his thick. tawny hair pompadour.
has way Of stroking his bangs upward
every few minutes. An oddity of Sena-
tor Plumb. one which greatly adds to
his resemblance to n big. good natured
farmer. is his habit of RAINING his thumb
under his waistcoat at the shoulder to
straighten out his suspender strap. This
be does about once in FIVE minutes. espe
cially when standing or his feet engaged
in conversation. be DOES it sometimes
while making a speech. just as the
farmer does when he stops to rest with
the plow or the rake.
Senator Sawyer is fond OF big red APP
pies. and often comes into the senate
chamber with three or four in bis arms,
and then passes them on. to his neigh
bors. His colleague. little Senator
Spooner. is dry smoker. and goes
around half the time with IN uniit cigar
between his lips or in his fingers. Sen
ator Daniel is still another dry" smoker
Roger Q. Mills is toothpick fend
Springer. of Illinois. besides his famous
red buttonhole bouquet, is noted for the
way in which he picks at the buttons on
holds conversation.
Senator Hawley, Of Connecticut. In a.
ways fumbling in his pockets like a
schoolbov. Julius Cesar Burrows seems
to think his trousers pockets were made
TO keep his hands in. Billy Mason, of
Chicago, never combs his hair. Senator
George. OF Mississippi, wears two pairs
Of glasses at once-one for reading aud
the other for long range. Senator Nor
riil takes r long nap every afternoon in
the Republican cloak room, and is so
regular in this indulgence that at about
I o'clock senators who may be sitting on
/ Mr. Morrilis favor:te couch consider
ately get up and move away, so that the
coast may be clear for the aged states
man from Vermont. Senator Evarss
wears coats two or three sizes too large
for him, for the purpose. it is supposed,
of conceaiing to como extent the spare
ness of his frame.
Henry Cabot Lodge has sweet tooth,
and five or six times day. on AZ average,
sends page out for csramels- Ben But
terworth puts his arm around You If you
stand beside him or walk by his ride.
Joe Cannon never fails 20 rest one hand
on your shoulder while talking n you.
as If 10 reassure you that no means 10
do YOU no harm with the Other. which
be uses for purposes OF gestirulation.
WALTER WEIINAS.