New-York tribune., 1880-03-07
SAN FRANCISCO TYPES.

ALLEY AND TnT TAR riAI EooDLOM-' "a NJ
or CHINESE CHARA ACTTR-soAE HEsCLlS "
CH1NEsr CHAP LABOR
tr,o, A.. oCcAsIOyAL CORRESPONDENT OF TBE rRIht NEl
s,V FrANc1,Co, Feb. 9.-Compared with New
York or Philadelphia. this Is small town. pn' II
has twice the life Of tie Quaker ciiy aud heaI' 40
much variety NeW-YoIk tstlf. us grown ID ~
lusty that an absence Of ten years makes IL
s,ro,,,or - Won. You nay recognize the main iea-
tnres-tbe landmarks which nothing except NOR
oucbcoipq Peruvian earthquake could eiace-but
the expression has suffered a sea-change. Ne" ana
stroe indeed. il mas become to one returning even
90 oro vcrr few wears. From the irregular wretch
edlvbpIlt town of decade ago, it seems to have
Leaned at once to the full stature of large CITY,
Tts foce s set toward tie It has marched over
thc hills Of drifting sand; IT has reached the cross
an Lane Mountain which Overlooks the CITY oi inc
Dead and in the span Of another generation 1t WIZ
have come within sight Of the toamng line oi
breakers that marks the sesten imit OF empire
Il has lived through more passion violence Nlc'''
tude IN IFS brIef lite of thirty Ncals-tS STORM aDu
tress urriod-than usually tall to the lot oi places
which rest i'm the shadow Of centuries. IL SHOWS
e effects of this in every feature 1t mas no repoSe'
There is absolutely air OF age about iLo pi'.e'
Uavthoruc would never have chosen IL Tor the
scene of one of bis romauces IN winch at least hi'e
generations were needed 10 work oui the sih oi III
src,s,or and 70 give A proper flavor of maturity TO
tbc family curse. The old Mission Dolores has an
antioue look-ard 1t is old and musty as il looks.
Vet # sccus to have no connection with he city oi
to-day We read of the doughty Spanish warriors
vim sai'cd from Monterey ON tie day that Buukei
IiI wa. stormed TO found the mission on TINS baF'
Rut q seems ike an expedition OF PTlIo OF
Cortog like a hIt OF sixteenth century romance
The pa,t and present life Of The place have not
siuolc element in common. One Is MEDIEVAL the
thcr intensely modern.
Equally modern are the types oil cnli''''I ono
sees here Tradition and precedent went L" '"'
wall i'm the awless time Of the first so'" eA''"e"'
SINCE then they have never recovered Suii'irh'
strength 10 stand alone. Tie san ranc'can never
dreams OF looking to custom for guidance lbs ""
cestors H. regards as worthy people, but De h"s I'
sentimental affection for their modes "l Il'' !"
fact he eliminates sentiment, ana puts tN'P
thing on the bedrock OF common S'"s''
lie rates n man for what he can do, not Tor tHe
name he, hears. lie wor,hips wealth uub'ustluEly.
dcsri>es all cant. calls q spade a spade lie has
hearty contempt for the man Of leisure. and he
,,or.1,ue dies in harmless These are o &C." of 'h'
characteristics Of the men who have built up 'Hr
city. and ,yhd',tili shape its business activity.
efr,Np.p WRECKS OF sroCK srEcULAIIJN.
Over tbls sturdy basis ol life. however na, sprung
ND a rank growth of peculiar types. and u. .ee 'I'
worth q short study. Though au inter stranger ''
tbert, Won cannot walk six blocks ou Iohi- -nn I}-
A. without feeling Tie poEcrof th' Stock LNch''tc'
and the qri9 n has secured ol al r.a'c- l"i N."
meet ul.nt specimens of tbr stock sptcul1lor I"r
men who know how to lew assessments water
stock. and mani ruate the diamond oiiil look very
uutch like thcir blood relations 90 Ne"-l".", lH''
are sleek. well-l,d, w.l.-c.otloa and ul'n'uH'eIc
with ,icucc. Bdt tDc-e are tHo officers "i 10"
army Of speculation. The high pryat'5 are r."'-
allv "s.odyn The, have come from ai I-'.'- .'.t
--lou- but after they u7N' ioii"l about i'i"
. f,r several years tae} tabs. on '.t.Iy ''.-
l,,,ce Iev went into stocl,. whom o.. t,ir,.o.
were booming They abandoned iar regular
hus.ne... and drirtcd Into tbc Street. i.oy A4',
hecone poorer and shabbier every year, j they
have made ans money By lucky turn it ha7 g'n"
into the nav OF the ,,ncat Mill few months
after more wpcbeg'ne Iot 81 H'n
o,o s,ldo1 eaes than tho s'IaC-.rr lie
If uusLaven bummcI5" who Ioost upon the
iron raliiugs aul the stops or Montgomery Hhn
Pinc-sts.. and wao wander through I"ui e.-ai'"y'
eveiu, grerdi'y the lucky ones who mr. .a.'''. i
tic gorgeous ca.G-. They study the bulletins of
srocf ouofatious wiich are exhibited hourly iu
ev.-v window. With "two-bils" in hs poke
one Of thes, men VIII discuss tho situation WIN aN
eaccr interest which borders on insanity. h'
fr,.cruizcs with the score of seXic,' b.in-' ih
pctt.oats vh, daIly haunt tlc Exchange "Ad hH
ua,,,ll,rr with their shrll rJuor Iie is " dead
brosa. ." but he viii NOT r.tprn t' voii.i ln ''f'
,s,rrious yvlv hc ri.cs ont p-cr'rious cx'.f.Hcc
at tlo tcn-ceu. o.t'n- --h,u..s 1nI ,lc Icc-.Dhcl
cluYtcrs. Hcit thc outward and Wis h', sign Of t'-
/ curse Of tho city which shy- is thousands. Ihc
! active agents in this wora are the capp,rs aud
..,uis,ionare-." o. tho acrd lumor OF tho street
! ba. du bbcd the tools Of tie large st"ck maupu-
/ latars. They will give "a Now-lork cu5o-stone
broker points in lying. They play on the passions
/ Of frc crtdulous outsde,s whom repeated "sinch-
| ing " haq NOT tauch, mor-'l of ws'oA. They do
the devils work f,r pi'tance, and n - 20 he
! hopcd they Will Doe rewarded after their kind. The
! Stocl, Exchaupc here does not affect chiefly TIE
/ LARGE capitalists, rs IN New-Yort II sap'
/ tbe very foundation of all industry Tie
/ low prices of mining shares places them
/ within the reach of the poorest. The poor Irish
servant girl divides her hard earned gaui between
| the stock sharp and the priest the money needed
for the uecesarcs # life, the ,ayug- that ought Ia
/ be applied 10 the purchase Of 4 hOmcstcad-aN pass
INTO the pockets Of the large mnc-owucrs assess
mcnts. The evil is growing less because wages are
! falling, and money Is harder to earn every year
Bat until the law lays a heavy hand on this whole
sale spoliation Of the poor working-pcopc. there
! will be little real prosperity for the city.
THE HOODLUM AND HIS HAUNTs.
An entirely original product of San Francisco is
! fine hoodlum. He Is a cross between the Ncw-York
street Arab aud the Sxth-aye. corner "statHe' -
| Ordinarily he is ragged and dirty. On Sunday, how
| ever, he is arTayed in short black sack coat Old
fashioned "spring bottom" trousers that cover
three-quarters of his high-heeled boots, fclt hat
with sugar-loaf crown, and a necktie so lurld
that IT would lIghtu the Harlem tunnel His face
| is generally mcagrc, saIlow aud unvhOlesomc. His
shock of long hair shines with odorons imitation
! of Macassar. lie walks with The Bowcry swagger.
and usually hand in hand with the female of his
snccie.. She Is coarse oud-tongued. Rypsy-faced.
in cheap and gaudy dress. "Pinalore" hat, with