National Republican., 1883-03-17
ON TIE AVENUE.
small Tnlr, Abont rrcn nnd rrcnsnre.

Small Talk About Men and Measures.
Ex-senator Tabor came to town again yes
terday. During the day he visited the capi-
tol with friend, and professional guide
could not have been more painstaking in
pointing out to u stranger the objects of in
terest about the building than he was in
showing his companion all there was to be
seen. When the couple reached the senate
chamber the bonanza king conducted his
guest to the seat he occupied for brief
thirty days. al sat herc' said the great man
of u moment "here is whore ] kept my
papers, hero is whore ] did my correspond
ence, and there on the corner is where / left
my mark" pointing as he reached that sub
division of his oration to scratch on tho
hard surface of the desk.
How did you do that" inquired the
stranger regarding the Disagreement with
some show of interest.
90, with this" responded the ex-senator
drawing back the sleeve of his coat, shooting
out his cuff, and displaying his enormous dia-
mond cuff buttons A radiant smile ilumi-
mated his forty-nino face as he proceeded with
his performance, delighted at the opportunity
the chance inquiry gave him to exhibit his
treasure. "Yos, l did it with this stone" he
continued. was bound would leave a mark
behind me, you see, when entered the senate,
aud have done it. | left mark that will
stay as long as the desk stands. It's a cold
day when l get left"
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The "big Indians" from the wilds of Min
nesota, who have been in the city for the past
month, took Il view of tho district from the
top of the dome of tho capitol They were
filled with amazement at the extent and va
riety of the panorama extended at their
feet, and they could not understand why
objects below and around them should
appear so small men and women ON the ave-
nues and streets looking like pigmies.
Neither could they comprehend how tho
stone and iron that composes the domo could
have been hoistcd into place. The grandeur
of the capitol is lost on Red Cloud. He has
bummed" around Washington so much that
the novelty has worn off.
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Mr.. Blaine, formerly United States senator
from Maine, spends "A great deal of his time in
one of the hooks of the congressional library
looking through the records for facts to adorn
the pages of his forthcoming book. The
chapters on railway legislation will be the
most interesting of the volume.
SO
Mr.. Erskine Phelps, president of the Iro-
quos club, of Chicago, and leader of the silk
stocking and steel pen democracy of that
city, is looking at the wonders of Washington
with his family. Mr. l.. Y. Letter having de-
clinod the mayoralty nomination at the
hands of the publication committee
of eighteen, Mr.. Phelps has taken him
self away from home so as TO be within
call if the people say they need him to over
throw Harrison. The pig stickers would tear
Mr. p. limb from limb If he should be can
didatc for anything. His fondness for clean
linen puts him beyond reach.
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| Mr. Verdant Green, in conversation with
the Avenue man last evening, expressed as
tonishment at the number of daintily and ar
tistically attired school girls he met during
his afternoon promenade. "They dress like
school girls, anyway" he insisted, noticing
the half smile with which his remark was re-
ceived, "and they carry neat little bundle
of school books. They are so very roguish,
too, and their faces look strangely old for such
young things. though their checks are red,
and"
"Ah, excuse me-" interrupted the Avenue
man, /" 1 will just have time to make that car.
See you later. Good bye"
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"Peace be with him." said an old Ken
tuckian the other day, speaking of Henry
| Clay; "ho was great man, but like all of us
he had his weaknesses, and not the least of
them was his passion for cards. l knew
him well, and spent several seasons in
Washington when he was in the
height of his popularity. He delighted in
the company of foreign diplomats, and they
were always glad to meet the great Ken.
tuckian, albeit association with him was
sometimes expensive. The greatest of Amer.
leans had fondness for introducing his for.
eign cousins to the American games, and he
seldom neglected to assess them well for the
time spent in initiation. He was a famous
gamester in q time when caRd playing
was legitimate and an almost indispensable
qualification for statosmanship, and l have
been told by gentleman who looked after
his financial matters for many years that he
depended with almost us much certainty Oh
his income from cards as he did upon hii
salary, and that but for the revenue derived
from that source he would never have beer
ablo to make both ends meet. He was
honest politically, and above the arts anC
artiliccs of the statesmen of u later gen
Grafton who abhor cards, couldn't be hiret
to look at cock fight or horse race
abominate wickedness in any and every
shape, and save money enough on 5000
salary to build $250,000 residences in ten Of
fifteen years. He died comfortably wei
fixed however, and left an estate n mile from
Lexington worth $4,000 or $4,000 Hi
townsmen revere his memory, and never ALLOW
n stranger to 60 away from Lexington withou
taking look at the Clay monument erected
in in the little cemetery just at the edge 0
the city,"
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Gen. Refers Alleged NepOtisn.
Springfield (Ohol Republic.
The Dayton Journal, Of Thursday, has thi
to say about the charge of nepotism" agains
Gen. Keiter:
The Commercial Gazette and tho Enquirer stat
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