The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-07-07


waits 70 seize any adventnrss VIA ~
rRpss p infringe sEls, der q tie zElhcs.
Pick-p pockets avoid The Foons 81 iisstiiSse.s
as they would Be Instantly rsooepizs,s -
p. - ea..ss 1Es. crowd col1menoess pushs
- = = nuLfies ils and directly a aissleua
Eol gslnezang Is formed By 4 small man,
!. = 's ~. 2 largs moastache, and = note-b book
10 his hsndS who shorts IA = sl,riV. s,s,sS,s
~ nat4is bid for old SonEhsrhas W.
OF shtee men shontin response. q gsxsH
signify buyer thrse for two hundred old
oontnsrn; Nine and thTes.qu sxtars::''
seven elgths;'sssa 'tW bats the price Of
Erle?p I'll sell five hundred Erie al g.
BALI" Who wants to sell Mariposk pre-
feTred 2 81 u give AZ eighth for Qiiok-
sliyeTE Shouts another. Whats the
price of New York Central ?''s ossHcW'sa
Canton go @Trss-q quarters for Readint::ss
'Fonrteen for one hundred Hudson Riv-
err Who wants to sell Rock Island fF,sssa
is'A quarter for Cumberland, "Thrsss3
ejghfs for Pitts;'' ssWhAgs Northwest
pregeFred?', Fort Wayne. A quarter
for Fort Wayne;a g Anybody want SprneS
HIP Who'll sell Boston Water Pow
er2" The crowd has largely Increased.
and every member of tits shouting ont
IN. the most excited manner thrustinl spEf
above their heads one hand, with extend
ed fingers, to attract attsntion. The din
and cofusion are inconceivable, aud the
strange sounds ara altogether inexplica-
bic. But, LET him have q few shares Of
Canton, or have taken ssfiyerp 10 old
Southern, and his ear will catch distictly
every word that is uttered touching these
stocks The mob is swayed about from
one end Of the gast hall TO the ether, tha
nolse ard kssasoa- iaersaaso f.7 Z be-
constant click, click. click 81 ths lsTs.s j
grayhic operators, who oecury an oEzcs
mid way, and who are constantly seud-
| ing of messages announcing purchases
and sales. Now and then ragged little
Mercury, with the badge Of Telegraph,
10 ofhce on his cap, runs up TO the crowd
and cries out with his shriN voice:r
"Heath;" ''Austin;" "Kimball;'r ssLIaw-g
renee" or some other name of the dsni-
zens of the room, until the person he is
in pursuit of is found, and then SUBSIDIES
Every one is not excited, however.
There are old stagers, who quietly lounge
| about as though they were strolling in q
secluded grove, where nothing louder
| than the murmuring of 3 Tivulet or the
rustEng of leaves could be heard; others
lounge easily and smoke their cigars on
the benches ranged along the side ofthe
the room, and discuss the prospects of
the cotton crop or some other remote SUBJ
ject; two thirds, atleast, of the frequent
ers Of the hall have cigars in their mouths,
aud their tormenting smoke ascendsnth
for ever and ever, In business hours. Ever
and anon two men retire to make entries
in their notebooks of their bargains; and
now and then youthful member Of the
Board varies the noisy montony of the
scene by playfully ismming some body's
hat over his. In the midst of the excits-
ment pause is produced by stout gem.
tleman, in in a sort of Fra DiaVolo hat,
mounting the iron steps at the further end,
Of the hall and shouting, "Gsngl emen if
you want to buy Erie, now's your time.
I'll sell any part of a thousand shares,
seller ten, for sixty. As it has just been
selling at sixty-one, tremendous uproen
is at once occasioned. Everybody rnshesY
toward the great bear, and instantly q
stampede takes place, not only in Erie but
in everything else; for there is a wonder
full sympathy in railroad shares, and thsyI
go up or down, not so much of their own
momentum, but in accordance with this
leading stock. Thousands Of shares, Of
all sorts of stock at once change hands,
margins are wiped out, and parties
slaughtered. The bear operator, having
accomplished his Obiectin depressing The
maEket, quietly steps away; and as Il is
apPfoachfng JoFSF01a Ioss-sz-1sess
th room is closed, the crowd gradually
dispense. AS you are about leaving you
see three or four rough-looking msn, in
red shirts and slouched hats walk in, and
you wonder what they can want In such
a place, when the mystery of their ap-
pearance is solved by thier Selling hold
of the great mats of coir, which they be-
gin to drag preparatory to a thorough
busting and scrubbing of the premises,
which must take place every night.
Emerging into Broad atrset with ) the
crowd, you notice a great number Of
hacks and coupes, like coaches and om-
nbuses at a Misunderstanding, waiting to-
convey home the wearied, excited, and
owe. worked operators, brokers, and spec
lators, who are exhausted by the excite
ments and labors they have undergone.
In another half hour the neighborhood
will be as silent as cemetery, and only
here and there a clerk at his desk, or q
woman busting an Office preparatory for
the next days campaign.-N r Lads-
pendent -s:,