Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-07-05
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AL SORTS AND CONDITIONS or MEN.

Colts r. Huntington's sole recreation is
reading, and his favorite il Greek history
and literature.
Chauncey M. Depew says that the college
dinner is the oasis in life from which flows
the fountain which keeps us ever young.
Mr.. Allison of Iowa has been 81 years In
the senate and 10 in the house. He is young
er by 6 years than Mr. Sherman and 10 years
the junior of Mr.. Morrill,.
DR., Addison Hills, ''the father of the Lake
Shore railroad, /" who is now the assistant
president Of the road, il hale and hearty,
though he ID 81 years Of age
Lieutenant Peary's title ID one OF courtesy
only. He Is q civil engineer and not line
officer. He has spent more than one-quar-
ter Of his time since he entered the navy in
the arctic regions.
The millionaire of the United States
navy Is said to be Commodore George E.
Perkins. In the army the wealthiest man
is General Nelson B. Sweitzer, who is also
famous cavalryman.
Jared Lazyman of Green Bay, Wis, has
taken the preliminary legal steps to have
his name changed to Jared Layman. He
Is shoemaker and says his name inter
Patrick Sullivan of Sheboygan, Mich,
who was recently knighted by the king OF
Sweden for his book upon turnips as uni
versal article Of food, has constructed q bi-
cycle made of cornhusk pulp.
Charles de Lesseps has received an official
notification from the Legion of Honor that
he had been expelled from the order, in
which he held the rank of officer. His IA
ther still retains the insignia.
Frank James, the surviving brother of
the notorious outlaw family of that name,
showed what kind of courage it is that the
average thug possesses when he tainted the
other day while being vaccinated.
M E. ingalls,, president Of the big Four
railroad combination, slept on the floor of q
friends law Office and ate his meals with
what regularity he could at cheap restau-
rants while working his way through Hsr~
ward law school.
james Kelly of Summit, N J., has q
handy combination. He is not only JUS
tice of the peace, but chief of police also.
This enables him when he arrests a man to
arraign the latter before himself and see
that he gets fair trial.
Ephraim Koch of Jeffersonville, Ind, Is
possessed Of the delusion that his head is
made Of stone. He is constantly tapping
at it with hammer, and his friends fear he
may knock his brains out. On every other
subject he Is perfectly rational
David H. Mercer Of Nebraska Is one Of
the most popular members on the Repub-
hcan side of the house He has all the
hearty, frank ways of the breezy west,
shakes hands with vigor, and his jolly
countenance is always wreathed in smiles.
Bourke Cochran is the greatest congress
sional newspaper reader. The first thing
he does after the house convenes is to send
for all the leading morning papers Of New
York city and retire to the lobby back Of
the speakers chair to peruse them. He
reads very rapidly.
Speaker Crisp has an eagle eye. If any
one not entitled to admission on the floor
of the house gets in through the inadvert-
ence Of the doorkeepers or by lying to
them, the speaker is generally quick to de-
tect the intruder's presence and immedi-
Ately gives orders to have him fired.