The evening world., 1888-07-17
FROM THE CITY'S WHTRL.
DRIFT CAUGHT here AND THERE BY
EVENING WORLD" REPORTERS.
A Confident Man Who Lost Ills Bet that
lie Had seen D~epew-This Was q Case
Where Ones Own Eyes Could Net he
Believed II wns Not Mr.. Whitncy's
Fault.

Mr.. Alfred r. Whitney, the iron merchant
of II Broadway, whose residence is at $50
Madison avenue. was a delegate to the recent
Republican National Convention.
Mr.. Whitney is almost an exact counterpart
in personal appearance to Chauncey NJ. De-
pew and the resemblance between the two
has often been remarked by the friends of
both.
While at Chicago Mr.. Whitney and Mr..
Depew stopped ut the same hotel, and MIR.
Whitney was constantly bothered by people
who insisted upon shaking bis hands. Crowds
followed him in the streets, and in several
instances personal and political friends of
MIR. Depew tapped him on the shoulder, and
the Chicago new Spapers commented ON the
wonderful likeness.
The other evening Mr.. Whitney was in the
corridor of the Filth Avenue Hotel, talking
to Gen. Hustled. A gentleman approached
them aud in extending his hand to MIR.
Whitney exclaimed
Why. l thought you had sailed for
Europe"
" 1t was q mistake" replied Mr.. Whitney.
:" do not sail until next week"
Why" replied the man, y read an &C
count of your departure. How the newspa-
pers do gull people,"
And he wa ked away, while Gen. Hustled
and Mr.. Miller remained to enjoy the joke.
At the Fifth Avenue Hotel the next day
Mr.. Whitney was talking to Senator Fassstt.
while two other men were engaged in earnest
conversation near the clerks desk.
~ won the Tl0. and there's Depew over
there" said one of the men. ointing towards
Mr.. Whitney. The second man ~rejoined
" My father saw Mr.. Depew sail away over
i've weeks ago. If that is Mr.. Depew he
must have got off the steamer Mt Sandy Hook
and returned"
Clerk Carr was appea'ed to.
That gentleman Is not Mr.. Depew," re-
piled Carr. He is Mr.. A. R. Whitney, q
merchant, who looks very much like Mr..
Depew."
sfhe first speaker then approached Senator
F%assett's companion: Are you Mr.. Whit
THAT is my name"
But you told Inc last evening that you
were Mr.. Depew aud I have los $40 by bet
ting that MIR. Depew had not sailed for
You came up to me" replied Mr.. Whit
ney, land expressed establishment at seeing
me and said you thought l ] had sailed for
Europe. l told you that I did not intend to
sail for q week or two"
Well, l mistook you for Mr.. Depew and
wagered $40 that 1 had met Mr.. Depew last
evening"
l can't help that" replied Mr.. Whitney.
am mistaken for MIR. Depew a dozen
times q day."
The man who lost the $40 is now threaten
ing to sue MIR. Whitney 10 recover the sum.
An Excursiouist Who sadly Wished He'd
STAYED mt Home.
Speaking of excursions" said Sergt.
Mcmillan, of the East Sixty-seventh street
police station, II am reminded of a funny
| episode which happened to a friend of mine
q short time ago.
met my friend Ed, and from his appearance
l OWNED that something had gone wrong
with him. There was q hesitancy in HIS
gait. and a sort of frightened expression in
ton.
He was rather difident about the matter.
but finally unbosomed himself and told me
the following story:
cursion Yesterday he said. and as I had
never attended anything of that kind and had
nothing else to do, l determina ID to GO. So l
walked down to the dock and boarded the
barge which lay there.
- There was a great crowd of people on
board, and | picked out a nice corner and
settled myself to enjoy the trip. Hardly had
the barge left the dock, however, when I
whizzed by my head. In an instant it
seemed to Inc that every one or board was
an animated mass of struggling humanity,
and, with the instinct OF self-preservation, l
the trip lodging the missiles which were
being thrown.
~ only paid % cents for the ticket. and
! would have given $25 to have been safe at
home:
ing from one side to the other. and when the
boat got back to the dock. | made one wild
rush and cot off, but not before hearing a
man, with a beautiful pair of black eyes. say
to another 'Shure we had an illigant tonne
to-day. the folks were SO sociable.'
Ii was a regular old-time Fourth Ward
excursion he had stumbled into" concluded
the Sergeant, laughing heartily at the recol-
lection of his friends oredicament.
Some Day This Little Dog VIII Feel Himself
stepped On
A great source Of amusement to the visitors
in Central Park is n small yellow dog which
Keeper Snyder has chained in the elephants
Enclosure.
War has been declared between the huge
animals and the diminutive canine, and
whenever an elephant comes within reach,
the " purp " IL III IN q moment, and barks
furiously, while attempting to bite the g!ants'
legs, on which his little teeth can make no
impression.
Contrary to expectation. the elephants
make no attempt to use their trunks, but try
frantically to kick their diminutive antagon-
list, and the sight of those ponderous legs
deed l~aughable.
They are not quick enough to catch the
dog unawares, and he nimbly lodges the
huge mass Of flesh and returns to the attack
again, keeping this up until completely ex.
hausted.
II. & M.-Ham and Mustard.
Two young men. one Of whom was smok.
ing a cigarette, ran after a Fifth avenue horse
80 - D.oolI,o Aha ntha~ ,,nrn,.. III,