Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-03-01
NUMBER 20
ULsTeRs AND ARcTIcs.

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Senator Perkins of California was q
whale fisher in his early days before be
went to California
Wayne Macveagh, ambassador to Italy,
carried with him new bust OF George
Washington for the legation at Rome
Sherman, while listening to debate in the
senate, has way of holding the back Of
his head in his right hand, his arm twisted
back over his shoulder.
Ex-Governor Russell Of Massachusetts,
will not use horse that is less than years
old. The youngest he now has is IA, and
two others are not less than 25.
Admiral Benham is a son of Commodore
Benham. who had a family mansion on
Staten Island the admiral's birthplace. His
son Harry is a lieutenant in the navy.
John w. Rocker Of Evansville, Ind,
claims to have the first $40 greenback issued
by the United States government. He
states that it is marked series A, No. l.
Alpheus Felch Of Ann Arbor, Mich, who
is 90 years Of age, is the Oldest ex-governor
Of Michigan now living. He is in the best
Of health and in possession of all his facul-
ties.
George W. Childs always replied to let
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kind mention of him, never forgot favor
and sent Ledger almanacs to all Of his ac-
quaintances.
John Chatterton, the tenor who under
thename of Signor Perugini married Lillian
Russell, the operetta star, is said to have
taken the prize at the original baby show
organized by Barnum in New York.
DR.. William Moor of New York, the
discoverer Of the new antidote for NOR
phine, is 28 years old, with black mustache
and nervous manner. He is an Austrian
by birth and has been in practice only three
years
@. P. Huntington's new stone palace still
drags along in an unfinished state at Fifth
avenue and Fifty-seventh street, New York
1t is said he is superstitious and holds to
the ancient theory that it is sure death for
an old man to move into a new house.
General Lew Wallace is an expert pistol
shot, having learned the art at the time the
notorious southwestern desperate, "BilIy
the Kid escaped from prison and an
nounced the intention Of killing Wallace
who was then governor Of New Mexico.
Ferdinand Holtzenland, German vet
eran of Reading Pa, has tasted no water
for 13 years. Invalided by wounds in the
war, his physician advised him to drink
nothing but milk and coffee. This was in
1881, and he has religiously followed his
doctors advice.
Senator Reagan used to tear paper into
long, narrow slips, like lamplighters, and
then tear these into little squares. The floor
about him used to be covered with bits of
paper like snowdrift, and he had to keep
his stationery locked in his desk to avoid
destroying all of it.
Mr.. George W. Childs Drexel, who has
assumed the editorship of The Public Led
ger of Philadelphia, is a man of medium
height, with a smooth shaven face and the
manners Of Philadelphia club man He
dresses with great nicely and is a member
of nearly all the larger social organizations
Senator Hill has style in debate that
catches the galleries every time. He talks
straight to the mark and wastes no words.
He poses like a fighting cock that delights
in battle and never lets his antagonist take
him unawares, but strikes back with an
airy intrepidity and confidence that make
him seem to be constantly getting the bet
ter of the argument.