Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-01-26

his duties faithfully they will keep him
there With that sort of a lease on pub
lie life any man of even ordinary tai
ents will develop into dominant factor
in congress. Beginning at the foot of
the class as all new members must
through death. promotion and the vicis-
situdes Of politics he will in few years
find himself at the head of a great com
mittee. which is the first desideratum
| with every congressman ambitious for
himself or his people Without good
committee assignment new member
to make himself felt must be man of
extraordinary parts
Humor In the Pine Tree state.
Though Maine produced Thomas B.
Reed and sent Artemus Ward forth on
his mirth provoking career, her bleak
climate does not seem favorable to the
growth of humorists. OF this quality
Governor Dingley was utterly destitute
He made only one effort in that direc-
tion in the whole of the Fifty-third CON
gress. and that was not such bowling
success as to tempt him to a repetition
thereof
In a running fire debate with Jerry
Simpson on the proposed bond issue he
characterized Jerry's plan as Uriah
Heep scheme of finance, and here's the
sequel Two days later Jerry. with
most provoking gravity, said: "The
gentleman from Maine on that occasion
did me the honor to notice me and said
it would be Uriah Heep policy. con-
fess was at very great loss to see
what was the connection between the
two and how Uriah Heep could figure
as financier even in the mind of the
gentleman from Maine | had read
David Copperfeld and understood
something of the peculiarities of Micaw-
Der. but only refer to this now to show
how dangerous it is for New Eng
lander when he undertakes to perpe-
trate joke Some gentleman suggested
that perhaps the gentleman from Maine
meant Mr.. Micawber, md. 10, and be-
hold, in the next mornings Record /
saw the joke had been correctedl l be-
heve it was the very first time in the
history of The Record that a jpke was
corrected in that publication The gen
tleman from Maine should prepare a
diagram to explain his witticism !"
Strange Fact In Psychics.
There is an old saying 'Similia
similibus curantur 1t has for long
appeared to me that persons unlike in
temperaments, tastes and capacities are
more liable to become fast friends than
those who greatly resemble each other
My attention was first called to this
strange fact in psychics when ! was
student at Kentucky university James
Lane Allen, the famous htterateur, was
one of my classmates. He was cne of
the handsomest and most thoroughly
Chesterfeldian young Kentuckians
ever saw, which is equivalent to say
ing that he was an ideal of manly bean-
ty. Tall, supple, graceful. sinewy. it
was delight to look upon him. Even
in that early day he gave unequivocal
evidence of the aesthetic taste. poetic
fancy and exquisite intellect which
have rendered him a celebrated man of
letters. There were many other hand
some, bright, engaging youths then in
attendance at that great institution Of
learning. Allen chose none of them for
his steady company. On the contrary.
his most constant companion was
student his opposite in everything mo
more like himself than Hyperion to a
satyr | marveled much then at what
appeared to me an i'll sorted associa-
tion and vexed my brain a good deal
to ascertain what pleasure Allen could
extract from it. have seen so many
cases of the same sort since that bother
my head about them no longer. simply
accepting them as indices of rule of
human nature which exists, but which
do not understand
After studying them closely for near
ly four years l have concluded that no
two intimate friends, to be each of
high intelligence and the same political
faith, were ever more unlike than
Thomas Bracket Reed and Nelson
Dingley, Jr In almost every respect
whatever they were the antipodes of
each other
Reeds Sarcasm.