National Republican., 1884-04-04
ON THE AVENUE.
small Talk About Men and Measures.


Then tho ton gentlemen who were sitting
at the table with tho governor all began to
talk at once and to assure tho governor in
various ways that ho did not know
what ho was talking about. They all in
sisted that no gambling house could live
unless it resorted to short cards, sanded
cards, and other crooked devices for robbing
tho innocent known only to the gambling
fraternity. Now, there was Slater" said
tho gentleman from Richmond. "You all
knew Slater Of Baltimore? Yos, / thought
you did. Well, Slater started n gambling
house when every game was honest. lie
came near going to tho poorhouse. The
! players formed u syndicate against him, and
they near broke his bank. He probably
changed his mind about the way to run
gambling house. Faro is dealt in his place
now just as 1t is in other places and under
stand Slater is fourshing."
"Slnter is more politician than gambler"
replied the governor. Pm talking about
pure unadulterated gamblers. You may bring
up some exceptions and some gambling poll
ticians to prove the contrary, but insist that
genuine gamblers play honest games. They
couldn't afford to do anything else. Men
| WOulunb pay III tnelr plaCes.
"You don't mean to say that men would
stop playing faro unless ii was squarely
dealt?" inquired the Chicago artist with much
surprise.
II mean TO say" said the governor, that
sec shrewd, intelligent mon, educated men,
and bright business men, going to the same
gambling house night after night and losing
their money over the faro table. 1t isn't to
be supposed that mon like those would 90
! again and again to be robbed"
"Oh, that's what you % said the gem
tleman from Richmond. Now I'll tell you
about Burril. You all know Burril used to
be collector of the port at New Orleans Well,
Burril and were playing against faro game
at Charlottesville. We sat close together,
and along toward morning 1 began to sus-
pect that there was something wrong with
tho game. ] whispered to Burril, Il think
the dealer is cheating Burril whispered
back, I've known he was cheating for two
hours but don't say word. There isn't
another faro game within fifty miles,"
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A large and imposing senator from a
western state was walking up and down the
senate chamber behind the chairs. His
hands met at the small of his back and one
of them held tho other His step was stately
and his head leaned forward trifle. On his
face was the faraway, abstracted expression,
which is usually interpreted to mean that the
owner of it is in deep thought. On a sofa
in the corner of the senate chamber sat a
senator from another western state talking
to a friend, Pointing to the senator who
was pacing back and forth in full
view of the galleries, the sitting senator
said to his friend: There's man who is
laboring under very strange hallucinstion.'
what is it?" inquired the startled friend.
"Why, he thinks that he's thinking"
a@s
Said an old-timer on the row: at is mar.
velous how irritable q correspondent becomes
after he distinguishes himself by an inter.
view with Mr.. Tilden. Mr.. Watterson used
to be as gay and good-humored as healthy
schoolboy, but to-day all his nature seem:
turned to bile. and he can 'cuss' bald spot
on bell boys head two floors off. The
change was produced by the catechising he
endured after publishing long and
important interview with, Mr.. Tilden
The last example is tho erstwhile Jolly corre-
spondent of the Baltimore Sun. H. is as cross
as meat ak. Any allusion to muscular
development or the repetition of the phrase,
There is no paralysis there, eh? renders
him frantic and dangerous to approach; anC
the scribes of tho house gallery now adjourn
to the senate restaurant when they have any
Tilden talk to exchange"
4"a
"Never mind how many denials Mr.. Olive,
| n "a T.
correspondent, ~ have seen letter to DIR
Mumford, in which the fact is set forth sub
stantially that the elder Payne will not be
presidential candidate. In this letter, whicl
, is written by member of tho Payne family
, it is explicitly stated that father and sol
have about all the money they want, anc
that, as the elder Payne is now 20 years o
age. term in the senate, where he can patte
along in sort of solemn, dignifed way, will
be diversion to his mind, and ALLOW
him to enjoy the distinguished honors O
, Office with the minimum of care and labor
. But his children do not desire him to under
, take tho tremendous labor of a hotly con
tested campaign, with its aggregation @
irritations and fretting annoyances, and the
> have therefore resolved to induce thei
: father to have none of it, Tho denial ma
be an afterthought, and indicate a change q
q views, but there is not tho slightest douh
but that less than week ago the Paynes fel
Q as they expressed themselves to DIR. Mum
d ford"
.as
The doorkeeper Of one Of the ladies' ga
leries in the house has succeeded in gettin
r himself quite thoroughly disliked by his col
II leagues and by the ladies who are N OF hunger
ing for the devoted attention of strangers
This particular doorkeeper appears to liv
only to be beautiful and in that view Of tn
+ case his life is largely failure. Many re
l. marks have been made about his constan
habit of coming inside tho gallery and starin
intently upon any well-dressed young lad
, who happens to be near him. Tho other da
9 this crushing doorkeeper persuaded one
y his colleagues to take his place for ha
n an hour The crusher went down on the tlot
of the house, took the seat Of congressman
who happened to be absent stretched h
thin legs over the desk, and tried to look II
teresting and very much at home. When h
returned TO the gallery he asked the d ool
: keeper, who had taken his place, did an
;" of the ladies SEQ me down there?"
- "Oh, yes"
- "Did they make any remarks about me
3. "Yes. Several of them inquired who tn
10 long, lean, cadaverous looking imbecile WI