Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-04-03
An Hour with {" Bulls and Bears.,'
Correspondents Of the STAR


NEW YORK, March 81.
10 Visit New York ana not take Q look at the
ouiis and bears" would be 10 miss seeing one
VI Ihe most curious spectacles TO be witnessed
oais In This great city, and that fact occurring
" me- a lew days since, while walking along the
e.eal money center 70 It's western termination
Unit. church, and having been informed
. l-i' 'ue interesting specimens OF animated ma
.uIe henuoned above, did eongreSaiei In bu,,d
ing near that historic edlfce. I a. r,rted I'm 70
see the sight Presenting myself Ar the main
entrance was politely Informed tina, mona mn,
the lnilated could enter there and dirS,sos 80
sue entrance, on Wall street, which led 10 a
saueIy over the arena, from which the puhlic
can look With safety upon the struggle going on
below ana such STRUGGLED AT the rrst blush
t ,,ie sceHe CONVEYS 70 the mind the impression
ing into the arena" two or three hundred lu
naticS OF the most violent type. The yoif,,ra
ZION and uproar was deafening few minutes
Madness" although damned together In one
SuTging mass. Yet II was composed or several
centers. around which the satellites OF each
were frantically moving, gesticulating and yell
ing at the top OF the voice. in a largon untell-
gible I'm the gallery. With scarcely lull In the
storm OF words the whole soul az there should
happen 10 be anything OF that kind there OF
each individual was thrown into the conteS'
while the quiet looking gentleman who occu-
pied position on the rostrlIm al the end or the
arena, occasionally glanctng from the paper
ne was reading. looked not unlike a keeper OF an
asy lum, who felt conscious OF the power of his
eleto reduce his patients 10 silence, while his
assistants. who occupied other raised positions
around the arena serenely surveying the
scene looked as II they held reserve OF # rai.ht
Waistcoat appliances 10 accomplish the same
END whist looking with amazement at this
eNhlbtion OF the power OF the love OF gain upon
the minds or men, | observed two or three in
dl.lduals VINO had Just entered the place, whose
comparative GOODNESS Indicated that their daily
RarohSsm was over, or had not yet begun
unSy adsahoea upon the excited centers and
| OF being part of a programme seized the hats a;
the parties standing on the outer edge of the
| circles, and tossed them far over the heads OF
Inc crazy crowd. i expected TO see that tndig-
nifty, as in my ignorance 1 supposed Il 20 b.
| instantly resented. No such thing han,
| pened. and the men upon whom Il had
| Deen practiced went on with the game he
| Tore them as IL nothing unusual had occurred
and when they had played it out went In search
! OF their crushed beavers. Turning 90 young
man AT my side asked him II he could explain
the proceedings going on below. Heiooked an mo
With surprise and answered: NO nor any one
else; you may get general idea OF their doings.
out IL is impossible 10 explain what bulls and
bears do and say every day. They do not fully
comprehend IL themselves, and take the chances
! OF fortunate issue AT this moment my at
tention TO the crowd below was intensified: the
whole body had turned their faces up towards
| the gallery, pointing 10 the spectators and Yell
| ing with frantic gestures. Amidst the babel or
| voices caught the words PUT out that cigar !"
and turning round saw man with a lighted
| Havana In hiS mouth. He was evidently Pnioy-
! ing the scene, unconscious OF the direction ana
cause OF the commotion, but discovered 10 when
an official took him by the arm ana put him
| and his cigar out OF the gallery
| is tnere any sound reason why the sale OF
| STOCKS should be conducted I'm a manner which
! has the appearance OF the efierveSence OF in
sanity? Is that appearance assumed for the
! purpose OF deception? Is the Stock Exchange A
huge gambling house flourShing under an as
stunned responsibility? lf II Is not then Il is
! impossible 10 comprehend why the sales should
not be conducted ''decently aud In order" In
| the operators fn the arena could see them
| selves as Others see them some reform mlght
be introduced TO give their proceedings at least
the appearance OF dignity, even IL it lacked the
The scene viewed from the gallery presents a
phase or human character which with close
observation and study, might develop prlnci-
PIE In the moral composition OF man as yet un-
Known. Why sane men should adopt the STYLE
ana manner OF lunaticS TO effect any object 60
advance any interest known 10 civilization Is as
onncuit TO comprehend as any problem the So
luton OF which has baffied the human mind
from the creation OF the world n