The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-12-21

; appear TO mret all huulan Mods. p,,n
? ierme1ivo terdencies 10 the ssossscA
yhe unnatural condition OF the Ion s
: bowels, the leanposs aud agtonnasf.e.
Of some persons, and t.4a aabby !aes
; ness OF Others, disappgAr alier s i-iiA
system Of diet; ssresgth yinoS esaFs
|, tioity. brain power, gnal sacb srd
} perfect digestion are aulek,s co.
i i:Sshsd. his = comfort 20 know
all these DIRE ills maj Ss'ss:s - s'sFea va
otbsr me1icines than hea.fhsd
tiziGg foods.
A city OF eSsshist,.
a San Francisco cer-esn0rd
the New Yesk 7tRes writes 3 +.
thing seems subotdinatef to tbs
lnS stocks and 30 speculation il an
ing, Eeye they are cor sallaflesl esis b
one boara, but must have three, a.
though the population Of San Fg,1rc3sco
Is barely sf0, 900. There ss ths paciiS
beard, The California b6Srd, an,l tilc
san Francisco board, eaca os. wkkzE
has IT'S stock exchange and ia indeae
ent Of the others. rhis is PRETTY ~
AZ IL there should be Ia New NarS q. &
an Atlantic stock exchange. aud Slt1
York city stock exchange, Raf thong II
! the business transacted ~ Golha,n ft,
/ presents population Of over two kali g
lions, the stock exchange has mthef Z
beea found awply sutfcieat, Isao
vious froa thls one fact that gambil =
IN mining shares must be very ga
eral pursuit, and iHdeed u Is. The MI
who resolntely confines himself "a 4 =
strict channels of his immediate bO
ness is looked upon bg the comuu
with those mingled feelings OF q
tempt and admiration which 3 IL
ough faced dfunkard feels fos
total friend. He cnYics his Firoro
health and admires the calna bsa.
which courses through the unfeYeff
veins, yet, after sli, he thinks the ma =
Is millS.sop, too cowaFgily 10 know
the joys of Bacchus. So here ii san
Francisco, everybody ukcs q nibllll 40
the trsach4rona bait. The uersih "a
down town, whose capital is lust safiz
Gent Tor his importing business. ~ %
the sly bearing ophir, while the Nifa
OF his bosom has bought the safac
stock for nse. his clerks were 4 =
embarked ON small speculative ships .
tie same kind and condemn Themselves
TO voluntary poverty ia hopes OF max
I'M; great RAISE and then giving intae.
buiness for themselves. Even the
yers cook Ia the kitchen IL enables.
through the Discriminating business
tact OF soms brokers 20 sharu Ia the
delrious dance, for with 40 amaIl 4
sum IS dollar ono can yenture 10.
Tbs method by which the sinFled
lars of the poorest classes of the 90;
punity are rakod in by the sharks n
Letdefs forff and California streefa. 4 :
the familiar put and call OF STail tu.I
Broad In our owu delightful city. iir<o
you can have put or call unon a.
single share of Opkir OF ATTY other sloc',t1
in the market for ore dollar. Tue COL.
sequence is that the minds OF almost
the entire adult population are liveteli
upon mining stocks. bulletins OF che
prices current are circulated every falf
hour exposed IN all the brokcrs' OK
GERS and in all the money exchannts.# -
and sent 10 all the leading hotels. rhe
large brokiug Offices, where bualnossis
done on grand scale, are furnished
with enormous blackboards, on which
the different stocks are painted in leni.
bic white characters, and the f!ncfila
tious are marked in chalk every hour.
In front OF these ofFices hundreds -
men gather every day, coming as carly
as o'clock and lingering until the
;s;;-i quotatiOas are marked, when they
slowly retire. Sometimes, when fherS
IS great excitement .int0e nsninR
shares, there are thor X,of eneI,
lcilerers, the sidewa \hoked 4.
AZ d to pass on one m x IL aid
streets itself emsng u s. Hiax vehi-
cle'. They are essa ,y.>dy ,lsee.
Gro Ed, composed Of sbeculatoss ublI
loat:rs. Not that there Is sny in rsusif. 2
dlasrence between them, for the specu
lator of this character is simply : loafcr
who las raised stake and Is awasilnff
result.i, aud the loaier Is specu.afer.<
vho Is penniless a1d.is awaiting Al ~,
ISoIa some fortunate eomrade. "a
may know easily the men who are IL
lack from those who are oat. The fof- 4
mer have decent .habilimente, and
heavy wihchchsins OF gold quartz Ia
broad settings the latter are clad II
rusty Wegtern cloth from which Sac.
dye has "a led leaving the color "a IL
describablt kind Of purple. They have
neither watches nor chains, and dinncr
is a problem 70 be solved either S.
lbundant cheek OF by tho sp4 N6f
samorAderie 'wbIeh sucl..a pursuit u &1se1
to evolve. There they stspd. y
the lucky and the pennies, IN riit of
sunshine, during the liveiong da5.
thst miserable speculstiFe
pot boiling. SO long ~ they can make
: lucky hit Of two, or can borrow ffom
others, they continue fhia cxfraondi
nary kind 01liie. When they are what
. emphatica. = called played eot.
he enterprise ie Sex the nlines. nE1
he shiftlesE drift into crimo.
This Is evids utIy wofse t'an she lo4z
cries, for with them the gsntlsf's en.<
srgies are act faralyzed, and I.l.. caa =
work for 8 lipsg, ard bny lcl'>4
ickets, too. 1 ut here Il i not 81
The mere fact that man hss got b
lpon some favcriss stock seems 70 -
itlc him In bis oHa Bind 70 pnsitI IS
until he turn ID decided
or or against him.
-. 81.