Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-04-01

game could be- rented. Tney reasoned that
The dead gambler good luck wolld remain
on the premise. Having obtained the lease.
they lo9ssH gpol mat paper 2s q guaranty
OF fortune Each put 5000 into the VEN
ture, spending three .ou!ths Of their capital
in The o.. f. alu putting The remainder in
the safe 10 WORK OF. Diring several months
they met with encouragement 10 their hope
that they bad really GOT possession Of Dan
sef'z Luck. Their SlJCO multiplied to Sl5,-
600, and they were living ike lords, with
horses for fsst driving On The road, and
champagne suppers for themselves AID
friends at nigut-fOr theirs was 6sy game,
open only from the middle OF the forenoon
until Dighlfall. Then came the r5solute
movement by District-Auerney McKeon
against all forms of gambling. Some
thing previously unknown in the history
Of New YORK was achieved BY that single
Official. Ia spite OF all the obstacles that
the police and other powerful frieuds Of the
gamblers could put in his way, lie closed
every hell, his method being 10 procure evil
deuce through private detectives and lay it
1 before au unsppTo aChs able grand Jury. For
ninety aye not card was turued OF Z faro
table except in private. In tbs interval Of
IGieress Dauser's luck must somehow have
escaped Ifou the building. 1t was certainly
gone when the doors we're reopened. The
Two young bankers found their money less
at avery days counting, and at length the
last dol ar was paid out. Ihsy have been
dispcssessed by their landlord, and may now
be seen in their old place, al the outside OF
a lsyout, nervously placing chips which
they have bought with borrowed money.
Oakley HALL AND TRUTH"
Oakley Hall has become the editor Of
Truth. a one cent morning daily journ.l,
whicu has seen bought by a company OF his
form ton. Hall ia he oulv survivor now in
sight among tie principals o. the Tweed
ring. The wealth that the others left is to
be seen, ss il Is being spent, in some in
stsncts osteDtatlousiy, by Its iDheritors.
Hail has been creditej with abstinence from
the piunder a those days. 1t ia certain
tnat he was left without wealth when the
brssk up took place. He praciiced law
awhile, became actor in q play of his
own writing, uIystsrioUsly disappeared, snd
on his return found employment on the
World His position there was vaguely de-
hned He wrote all sorls of mater, from
editorial articles on politics to accounts Of
D-lmonico dinner-, and acted legal ad-
wiser 10 Editor Hurlbuit. He ia rather a
0iuy man, but 10 journalism belongs TO
the sge Of puGs, and that il wholly IN the
psst, 80 lar ~ the leading New
York daiiss are concerned. How
ever much Is expected OF him in hIs
oew position. The last time that l met
O4key II al socially vas at public dinner,
and at his elbow sat Oscar Wilde. The
e thetic was no, only rIdisulous but ra' her
Extensively conceited. He had beeu en-
ployed, = few evenings previously, to write a
| dram tic criticism for the World. This TACT
! came up in the conversation, and Oscar COM
J tnb sr,oh xnrt-
| hzd 10 be done for morning paper.
SPY the way, Mr. Hail." be drawled, Il
meant 10 nave gone down 10 the Office before
| you got 10 press, and read proof OF my ar
| tirje"
so, our prooi-readers are pretty careful"
said Hall.
"But l Used some French that your folks
| might not understand" aad Oscar lifted his
| eyebrows in gentle superiority.
"Bul your French csuldn'L nave been so
bad as TO baifls them" Hall retorted; you'd
be surprised at some OF the copy We have to
| straighten out"
AN oLb-TIME LITERARY RESORT GONE.
| One OF the disturbances made by the
| Brooklyn b. idge, in forcing its New YORK end
| into CITY Hall Square, has been to necessi-
| tate the removal Vi Oliver HiIchcock'a coffee
and cake saloon. This establishment, az fire.
| quently described in print during the past
thirty wears, il known 20 most neWsp per
readers. Il i o cellar devoted to The sale of
| pork snd hears, cold cJrned beei, hot little
| bircuils, aud excellent coffee. The current
conception of 1t is correct enough, except
| lhat the description usually seen III print
| needs revision in one essential particular.
| Hitchcock hiss not for a decade bsen .terer
| for journalists. 1t was a long time ago that
| the typical New York reporter hsd 40 in.
- \ rZftL md = dol ho
| money so unfairly between ram and food
| that the latter had 10 be blugnt in The cheap
| est possible places. BiIChcCck's was that
kind Of literary mans restaurant. o. late
| wears 1t has been the midnight l1nch-Toom OF
! printers, back men, hoTss-car conductors and
| driyer., newsboya, and the very small con-
hpgent Of old-iimsrs sttll lett among the re-
por.ers. The coffee and cakes are as good
| as ever, but the iournalist has grown tastld-
| ious, and will rarely lie! himself be seen eat.
| lug then. His appeti is now so eKactiug,
and he ia willing 20 pay so we'll for its graft
| ication that Mouquln's French restaurant,
| the Asior House and Everett's Hotel are
pro ftably kept open all night to feed him.
| Nevertheless, he il rsrely content. Lst me
| illustrate. reporter of the Times entered
a Park Row restaurant and took chsir by
the side Of reporter Of the Sun who wss
eating frogs legs on toast, and washing them
! down WiIA bottled Bsss. diamond
sparkled on his flyer. He looked gluon, and
told the reporter OF The Times that he was
tired of reporting. He said that il 'Fas
3g's life aud was silling him.
~"By gracious! you're right, said the 1fsses
man, who wore eyeglasses aud costly attire,
and zpake with an English drswl "a man
loses his identity when he becomes a re-
porter. He gives up everything for his
work He might az we'll have no homs-no
friends-no social or private ambitions, for
he must give them all up and work night
aud day like q slave. Pll be stunned if l
wouldo't ra her be clerk in corner gro
Gerry than keep on at this work" Here the
Times man ordered whiskey cocktail, with
Just a dssh OF ahsinthe In il, and said ne
would have a broiled pigeon on toast, with
succotssh and peas.
pm going on the yacht cruise to morrow,
to be gone two weeks" said he, and added:
"Afterwsrd suppose / will be sent through
the South and West to look up politics. So
it goes-seven days snd seven nights week
in perfect trcadmill."
There is 20 doubt about it." said the
other. at ls slow suicide-thaps what ii is."
Are you going TO drink any wine?" the
Times man asked.
yes will chip in with you on bottle"
he of the Sun answered.
"Lel's go the best red wine they've got"
"Ali right"
And over the bottle the two friends dis
cussed the misery of their lives.
" JAKEf.