National Republican., 1883-12-24
THE MAN on THE AVENUE.
Small ToIIs About MEN and Measure,


THE MAN on THE AVENUE.
Small Talk About Men and Measures.
There arc pretty strong indications that
there will be serious split in the democratic
majority in the house whenever the tariff
question comes up. The probable course of
the Randall wing of the party is pointed out
in the following recent conversation between
one of the most prominent eastern democratic
members and a friend of the same way Of
thinking as himself
1t would be an unfortunate thing" said the
friend, "if bill should be introduced in this
congress to defeat which portion of the
democracy would be compelled to join with
the republicans. The divided front thus pre-
sented to the enemy next year would be n bad
thing for u.s.
ut may be unfortunate" replied the mem
ber, "but it is inevitable"
The speaker was man who will be one of
the leaders, if not the leader of the protec-
ZIONIST wing of tho democracy during this
session.
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John Ellingor, tho best known and most
good humored man in Washington, returned
Saturday from an extended hunting trip
in the valley of Virginia. He appeared to
be greatly benefited by tho excursion, and
when accosted by the Avenue Man had two
rabbits, rare ornithological specimen known
as poor job" and brace of quail.
In response to an inquiry he said: at
didn't pan out we'll. / had six hundred cart
ridges loaded, aud big mountaineer for
guido. The first day out l mistook him for
wild turkey as he was backing out of
thicket, and made the bosom of his trousers
look like tin lantern. He was Virginian
and unreasonable, and he and his big son
hunted me through the woods till dark, when
/ succeeded in dodging them and made for
Winchester. There | struck a quartette of
hospitable outherners, and one of them held
the earth to go in on and then drew comet
to it. OF course this left me nothing but my
return ticket, and l struck for home"
" But where did you get the game2"
ooh dumped out of the train at Terra
Gotta, and concluded I'd hunt as came in,
and try and get enough to make bluff with
when got homo. The only thing could
find was the poor job and l had to trade the
dog and my poclcetknife to niger for the
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slide up n back street home, and for heavens
sake don't mention this to Sam Kinsley or
Scott"
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Everybody knows MARY Ann,' the female
newsboy, who sells the afternoon papers in
the vicinity of Fifteenth street and the
avenue. Though not beauty, she is an in
defatigable worker, and usually heads the line
with her check, and has regular run of GUS
toners, who purchase her papers every day.
An elderly lady, evidently of benevolent
turn of mind, accosted Mary Ann yesterday,
and said:
"My good woman, why don't you get som o
work more befitting you sex? Tell me your
name and where you reside and 1 will try to
assist you"
Mary Ann laid a finger along side her nose,
and gave the portly dowager knowing wink,
as she answered with rich Tuscan accent:
"Whisht, now! I'll do it. But don't ye
let it git round. My namo is Misthross Lang.
thry, and dwell in Rockingham palace"
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Judge Belford is generally known about
the house as " tho armless member from G oil
orado." The Judge has arms, but his custom
they cover the tips of his fingers obscures the
fact Tho judge had nearly reached the capi.
tol the other morning when he was observed
to put his hand in his overcoat pocket and
stop short in his tracks. He had fell
something. Few men have the facility
of facial expression of the member
from Colorado. Language also comes
easy to him. Both were taxed to their utmost
as he slowly drew n small bottle of bandalinC
from that overcoat pocket. His first remarks
upon the subject were unheard, but by tho
time the Avenue Man reached him he wal
frantically inquiring of the trees in the
botanical garden, "Where, how, and when
did that bottle of rose water get in m!
pocket"
The trees did not answer, and tn
Judge thrust his hand in the othe
overcoat pocket, and drew therefrom
seriously soiled handkerchief, buncl
of keys, knife, and other article
evidently strange to the judicial mind. IL
} looked at the contents of that hand and ther
at the small bottle of handaline in the other
, A friend suggested that he must have bough
the bandalne as o Christmas present 70
the aesthetic member from New Jersey, bu
he declared, in italics, that he was superio
to any such weakness. After while tn
) thought occurred to him that he was wearin
| another mans overcoat, and closer inspectio
of the garment satisfied him that this wa
the case. If it hadn't been for that bandalin
he would not probably have discovered tn
mistake, the sleeves being.of similar abuormf
length.
D aHa
"The big stone bridge across the Mississippi
. at Minneapolis" said the Minnesota statel
man, didn't cost nearly so much money {
the st. Louis bridge but its construction wa
$ fully as great feat of engineering and tn
I engineer, Col. Charles c. Smith, who planne
it and supervised its construction for thrS
a years, has made lasting monument for hin
self The colonel used to live at Painesvill
Ohio, and was near neighbor and intima'
u personal friend of President Garfield. II
n was never politician, but always had SOM
# thing to do with railroads except during IL
n war. He was tho colonel of the 10th (Ohi
:. cavalry, the regiment which Gen, Kilpatric
most relied, upon for saber charges, Afte
. ward he was for time the commander of II
" I'd brigade of Kilpatrick's division
cavalry"