s as gamblers are only
those who play at games of chance with cards. What are the members
of the Board of Trade but gamblers? The Board of Trade is just as
much a gambling house as a faro bank. Do not the members put up
their (and often times other peoples') money on puts, calls, margins,
and futures? Do not some poor people have to wait a long time in
the "future" before they get back the money some rascal has put up
and lost? Talk about the morality of gamblers. They are not
thieves and swindlers, and I never heard of one who ever served a
term in the penitentiary, or was arrested for embezzling money.

GEORGE--"THE BUTTER."

"There goes one of the most remarkable men in the country," said
a well-known gentleman standing in front of the Gibson House
yesterday. The person referred to was a stoutly-built, sandy-
whiskered individual of medium size. He is well known to most men
about town, and his exploits on Southern rivers might fill a book.
It was George H. Devol. "I have known him for thirty-eight years,"
the gentleman continued, "my acquaintance with him having been
strictly in the South. Do you know that physically he was for
years one of the best men we had down there?"

"No. Never heard that George was a fighter," added the reporter
somewhat surprised.

"Well, he was, and as good as they made them, too. I never saw
him take water in my life, and personally I know that for nineteen
years they tried to find a man to whip him. They couldn't do it.
He was a terrible rough-and-tumble fighter, and many a tough citizen
have I seen him do up. George was a great 'butter.' He could use
his head with terrible effect. One night at New Orleans a stevedore
tackled him. It was a set-up job. The stevedore was a much larger
man, but George got the best of it. During the fight the stevedore's
friends stood over George with drawn pistols, threatening to kill
him should he do any butting. He can kill any man living, white
or black, by butting him. Although over fifty years of age, I
don't believe there is a man living who can whip him. New Orleans
sporting men will go broke on that."

"He made considerable money in the South, didn't he?"

"Yes, he has won more money than any sporting man in the country.
He had the privileges for years on all boats on the Southern
Mississippi. When Ben Butler took possession of New Orleans he
confiscated all of George's horses and sent him to jail. That
little affai