National Republican., 1883-05-23
THE MAN ON THE AVENUE.
Small Talk ABOUT Men ana Measure,

| Small Talk About Men and Measures.
That threatened reduction in the price Of
gas is a long time coming. Inquiry of tho
district commissioners results in the discov-
cry that beyond talk nothing has been DONE
If the talk is Of as poor grade and quality
as the gas the citizens are compelled to uso
no good will como of It.
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al observe, said an old politician, "that
some of the eastern newspapers are dlssats-
fed with the appointment of Commissioner
Evans. They do not like him because they
learn that on previous occasions he has been
candidate for office. To have filled the bill TO
their entire satisfaction he should have known
nothing whatever about politics, or the opera
tion of tho revenue laws, whereas the ap-
pointoe is u fine organizer and stands high as
lawyer. Many people wonder what influence
was brought TO bear in his favor. / suppose
If the truth were known it would be found
that Miller, the owner Of the Gait house in
Louisville, and Judge Gresham urged him.
That would be my guess"
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This sort of weather Is discouraging to
promenaders who have started in with the sea-
son to make Connecticut avenue and several
Of the contiguous streets popular. at Is
barely possible" explained au old resident
that the avenue is less exclusive than form
erly. The timo was when IL was almost as
good as % label of aristocraoy for people to be
seen on Connecticut avenue during tho
evenings, but tho common herd began
coming in, and to-day the trim servant girl
feels quito as much at home there rs the
bluest blood diplomatic or daughter of di-
plomate to be found anywhere. Indeed, / more
than half suspect that some of the very ex-
treme of the upper tendon are beginning to
look with some disdain upon the procession
that ebb and flow. As a consequence they are
indulging more and moro in carriage riding.
They drive out in their snowy dog carts,
road wagons, and fashionable equipages of
various kinds by the hundreds. Many of the
north and south streets, and the east and
west streets as we'll, are finding favor in the
eyes of the elect and they are very nearly as
crowded as tho main artery of pleasure travel
ovory pleasant evening. Men and women.
old and young, will not promenade to any
alarming extent when the temperature is
just above the freezing point. That is where
they draw a line. The attractive thorough
fares in the northwestern quarter of the city
will not have the deserted appearance they
now wear very long 1t is against nature"
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Nothing has frotted Blaine so much" re-
marked the broker yesterday, Gas that little
paragraph about his autics on Wall street.
He did not want it known that he dabbled in
stocks, and he made extraordinary haste to
deny that he was ever on tho stock board.
That was merely neat deceit. There is
practically no difference between the board
and the private Office of the brokers. Blaine
or anybody else could have torn their hair
out by the roots just as well in the half seclu-
sion of the brokers' retreats as on the stock
board. What's tho difference where the hair
pulling occurs|
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Thus far only few of tho unused revenue
stamps have been sent in for redemption or
exchange. The few that have como to hand
are unbroken packages, bought in bulk by
heavy dealers, who purchase them in large
quantities to make the discount. The stamps
will not begin coming in in great quantities
before the first of June. The latest estimates
place the total value Of unredeemed stamps
aU. NOV,UUU,UUU, Inc urSU G5blululoS WCro
SO, 100000 or $i,oO0,000
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Scene: Hotel bus.
Time: Last evening. .,...
Characters: Jolly inebriate and passengers.
Jolly inebriate halls bus, and gets in with
great difficulty. BUS starts with jerk, and
jolly inebriate stumbles, falls, and rolls out of
bus into the mud Bus stops and jolly inebri-
ato crawls in again.
Jolly inebriate: "What's (hic) what's tn
matter2"
Chorus of passengers: ooh, nothing"
Jolly inebriate: "If I'd (hic) known that
| (hic) wouldn't have got out"
The New CommRndant.
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