The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-17

fllher peCuIlAt eI'HAs'
b,okers clerks TO that class OF females
,b,t engage in the laCinating but uncer'
uiu game Of stock speculations. The
,r.r.ge anudben" is middle-aged, rather
.,o,, il person, as voluble in CONVERSE
lion a a stump speaker, aud possessed o.
an lnordinate desire to be stock
,b,rp.n She has wonderful amount Of
,oaip and "dead.surs points" to commu'
ui:.,e, and is by no means unwilling to
pr..l all she knows to any one who l.
supposed to have information relative to
.uy stock, and in return can give her
uola,. The gentle creatures are confirm.
,lly on the scent for this kind ofknowl
.Ise, ard haunt the offices Of the big oper'
.,ors or their brokers' with persistency
,ha.i, anything but agreeable They usu'
ally shunt in couples" and divide the In
formation obtained a. the end Of the day
OCCASIONALLY when "points" are hard to
seL they prospect the brokers' offices on
California street to meet the different
onrstors whose acquaintance they have
icrGped in some way or other. They do
not always stand upon the cool conyen'
!ionality Of society that considers an in.
PRODUCTION u preparatory step TO the
opening Of a conversation, but with the
most charming frankness stop the lucky
operator in the midst Of \ crowd and
bone him az to what Is good buy"
I. rqu:res considerable ingenuity on the
part Of the operator to escape the inter-
viewing grasp OF the "mudhep," and
plead ignorance OF the movement OF this
., that stock. The moment grain Of
Information is secured it Is Immediately
divided with her bosom friend, under the
pledge OF the utmost secrecy, and that
friend usually has four or five particu.
.It friends, who within an hour know
the whole story. These fair creatures
re the especial dread OF the brokers
clerks, for they intrude upon their time
l1d patience with an utter disregard oil
tie Iict that in business hours the clerks
time Is the property OF his employer.
The other day one OF this class entered
he Office Of q prominent broker on Cali
a;aiI ilreet and came to anchor at the
sumter The following conversation en-.
Rtd:
Nlihen Cafter reading the morning
,0sk.lnt for ten minutes very intently)
Swell, what is the market doing this
aoning ?"
C!srE-:There is the list; you can see
.; youneli."
aEyT
Csk-4I give itup. The cOnundrum
iloO hard; ask me something easy
Audhen-aNow my information from
he mine is frst-rate, and still the stock
!.elireS, What Is the reason Of this de-
4ilsT rr...
ClGk-..MOre lellers seIln IS there is
.syn."
ladhen-"why don't Sharon keep
0Phit upt Now he ought to, for it's a
zine sure. Here she grew very conf.
!sri.I, and, leaning over the counter,
nd 10 = sort Of confidential whisper ::
nov don't mention this to any one. for
Ai'l very low.down information. You
ssgS NrS. -, that lives At the -
a';tl, Well, she is very intimate with
Ma. =, that knows Sharon very well,
I'D abe told me she got it straight from
.sstqlAtters that one Of the slopes on
as 800 foot level run into q Wine full
u ore last week, and they covered ii up
Iad kept the men down in the mine all
hight Now this is strictly confidential;
nd still the stock went down to g so
itlee then. Amt that stranger
The clerk, with his hand 10 his head,
q though suffering with an acnte head.
Iehe, admitted his entire ignorance OF
his very important information.
Mudhen with the utmost earuestness,
nd entirely di.regarding the clerks
soyement) -"EOw, will give you an.
a'sss polnt, for l see your clerks are loo
:G'y to get the latest news. A LADY
''isod Of mine that is well posted in
2iae', because she lived in Virginia
G'ee years. and only came down here TO
aaIy In this breach OF promise suit
S'tal Keating-you know Bob Heating,
1st !ouI He is from Gold Hill. Wei,
ss told Na. 1t that ophir was going
. have the control taken from It, and
ssa the stock would go to high figures.
Loo BET she knows what she Is doing all
~ time, for see her doing business in
" brokers' office that operates for the
1Ae clerk, with melancholy smile,
.PtSi hii ledger and commences to figure
Prov much Of a margin he must call
~ TSa"ue unfortunate customers stock.
A1dAsH-Wonld you advise me to buy
q 1Sl'es Of 0phir!
yak In sad tone Of voice)-Don't
~ ne You are on the inside aud I am
Gs!hsu after studying the list for a
- sin9tes, gets the diamond drill In a
HGGen and returns 10 the attack
M, IN 'as drill Whirling at the rate Of
y ~ te'OIutionS . mInute)-"What Is
rraiI'es With Jacket?'
I@t with pencil adding up 4 long
~, s'aa Of figures Nineteen and eight
y, "e1syseven, and seven are thirty
a., Hsaasa-4I have a lady friend that
: man In the mine all the time, and
Mlses that Jacket Is all right, and
n n taey 80 down three levels more 1t
E,,s'y BONANZA! Now, amt that
~ G.,,t Il; and eight are sixty.
s q, !. yOu know II Jim Ksens
%tAs water ont Of Savage yetF /
: ~ y 10 sold the control to old Su,ro,
= ,S!d run the tunnel 10. Now, Il
d.. S4ak 1t will go up any buy me len
q, !, ~ !as margin. You bet | am not
SI,,ISS when Jim Keene got the con.
ny tson Flood q 0Brisn / bought
,na At q, aud now / IN pSyine
s'aGe y down. Amt / ripht; Il
81 91Es TO ayerager
~ With an lsoliIed look)-URsal.
lSIs you must excuse me II / ak
S:,s,n.VS al these points Of valuable
- NJ 90 % soma one who has more |
4, S ~ have Just a this moment,
VII 10y. .aa are very valuable, and
Anly make the fortune Of any