National Republican., 1883-05-24
THE MAN ON THE AVENUE.
Small ram About Men and Measure,

Small Talk About Men md Measures.
eyes, / know about duplicated pay &C.
counts to my sorrow" said banker to the
Avenue man yesterday. "Col. Morrow is not
the only man at fault in this matter although
he is the only one who has been caught so far.
l met two other bankers the other day and
VIC began comparing accounts. We found
that we all three had vouchers for the same
months pay of eight different officers"
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"I know of a case, said man about town,
4" where two very prominent officers, ono of
whom is now RETIRED went with another off,
Ger and introduced him to banker in order
that he might get duplicate voucher cashed.
They know what he wanted to do, too, but
the banker didn't He found out afterward,
however, and put the matter in the hands ofa
attorney, intending to prosecute all three.
They heard of it in time to prevent exposure,
and took caro- Of the questionable paper.
One Of them protested that IL was an outrage,
ard slapping his breast said, Our honor pro-
tocts you We arc not discounting honor
at this bank replied the bloodless Shylock,
and If we ever do we shall insist upon know
ing that it is honor aud not subterfuge that
| we are dlscountlng.'"
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Il have just been to the train to bid my
family good by for tho summer" said woo
begono individual, yesterday afternoon. II
am bachelor now till October, and feel
lonesome already"
Sent EN- to Florida, suppose, replied the
Avenue Man"
mo" said the sorrowfil gentleman, with q
littie,shiver, as he buttoned another button
on his overcoat. "The calendar said IL was
time to go north, and they have goue, though
guess they would have found more comfort
nearer the tropics. Is it going to snow, or
what?"
Can get warm here" inquired young
man. with a weeks growth of beard, as he
entered popular barber shop yesterday after
neon.
"YeS; take a seat on the heater and get a
shave" said tho boss barber, politely.
How does this weather affect business?r
kills it," said the barber with scowl
"We'ro $l5 short to day already, and shall be
$50 out by evening. Its been just so all the
week. People won't be shaved or shorn this
weather if they can help it,"
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Two of tho oldest inhabiis nts were stand
ing shivering on the avenue yesterday dis
cussing the wonderful weather.
1T reminds me of the summer of '46. I
tell you, colonel, that was worderful sum
mer. The boys snowballed on decoration
day and went skating on the fourth of July.
| remember old Micajah Thomas who lived
next door to me went down town on the
thirteenth of Juno and slipped on tho ice
and broke his leg
"That was powerful cold SPELL"
"Must have been," said the other.
Just then young signal service soldier
camo by, aud the two old gentlemen hailed
| him.
whats the cause of this cold spell? ?" they
asked.
"Why don't you knowp said the man of
war; Sam Kinsley is going to revive Pima
fore on Friday for his benefit. That's eLough
to freeze all creation"
1t will be cold day, however, If Sam docs
not have big houses.
The day will come" predicted an old citi-
zen, "when big statue will be crested in
honor Of Boss Shephard.' He took Wash.
ington when it was mud hole and he made
it the prettiest city on the continent. He
leveled the town, and built it up, and then
went broke. 1t cost millions to accom-
plish the work, but ho did It,;
and If it hadn't been for him
it would have been necessary to
have waited for the occurrence of several first
class funerals before anything could have
been done, and then it would not have been
done so thoroughly or well. To bo sure sew
eral hundred poor property holders were
frozen out in the deal on account Of inability
to pay assessments for street improvements,
but they should not complain because they
happened to be sacrificed on the altar of public
good He was a wonderful man, and he
busted People will forgive him for the
good he did, and accord him forgiveness for
tho way he did it,
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"Murch has gone at this Hill investigation
as awkwardly as a blind horse in high
clover" calculated treasury expert yester-
day. "He doesn't seem TO know what no
wants or how to get at 1t, and he founders
about in a very interesting manner. He has
gone bear hunting and fred charge of bird
shot into the thicket for general results. Ho
may hit something, and then again he may
not.
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"I haven't heard anything about that 18TH
mus railway scheme lately" was tho discon-
tented observation Of Panama bear last
evening. "It was reported, you know, that
the Vanderbilts, the Sidney Dillon interest, the
Chinese Ave companies and two or three steam
ship lines had combined to build railway
across tho Isthmus of Chiriqui in opposition
to tho De Lessep's canal. The road, If it
should be built, can be put through for SO, ,0OO,-
900 or $i0OO,00o, or less than 20 per cent. of
the cost Of the Panama road whose stock is
worth about 200. Congress appropriated
100000 year ago for the establishment of
naval stations near the proposed terminal
points Of the projected road. Tho stations
have never been established, and the appro-
prlation will lapse July unless
measures arc taken to locate them before that
date. 1t is understood that Secretary Ere.
| linghuysen objects to the steps being taken
for diplomatic reasons. The ChiriQui road