Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-21
AMONG THE BROKERS.
In and Around Wall and New Streets
A Fable Applied to War.
Fran the Men York Telegram.

rum me n en- OTh IebegTuHt.
On April IA the sun shone down bright
ly into New street, where the brokers had
assembled to chat together, patiently
waiting for something TO turn up. A
large contingent from the Oil Board was
grouped before the indicator, and each
and every quotatiya was made the sub
ject OF derisiye remarks. The bootblacks
and ''cheap Johns" declare that they cam
not make living, their old customers in
the vicini ty having shut down on all
small expenses.
Little games OF studhOrse poker, euchre,
chess and Backgammon are the prevail
ing things OF interest in little private Of
fees.
There was quite flutter in brokerage
Offices on Friday and Saturday. On the
former day three strangers were seen
passing through Broad street, and on the
latter, five. From these indications it was
taken and accepted that the public,
aroused by war rumOrs, was inclined to
/ enter the street to WOO the tickle goddess.
A few brokers and some of the manipu-
latOrs of Exchange place have made
turns ia wheat which have made their
hearts boom with joy. Seven cents profit
on 10000 bushels Of wheat would appear
to be an enormous profit. 1t certainly is
a good rise for a single day; but when it
is remembered that only a few days ago
certain stock fell off ten points in the
same time the furry in wheat is not so
noticeable. Seven points on 100 SHARES
is equal to seven cents on 10000 bushels OF
wheat.
1t is rumored that two or three brOk-
ers, who pride themselves on their fore
arms and biceps, propose TO hire a room
in the vicinity of the Exchange, where,
after business hours, they may retire to
enjoy the delights of the manly sport OF
which John Sullivan is the most worship
full master. OF course there will be no
publicity, only a few friends around the
cord to watch that all goes well for the
combatants. The room VIII be fitted up
with Indian clubs, parallel bars and
health lifts.
The little regard paid to the possible
suflerings of countless mothers, wives,
sisters and sweethearts in the event OF
great European war, is an instance OF
how little the misGortdnes of some are to
others who can profit thereby. 1t reminds
one Of the fable Of an aged liOness in the
Asiatic jungle. A liOness, once the mate
of the prOudest lion of Northern India,
was left enfeebled by great age alone in
the jungle. The leopards, tigers and 9th
er wild beasts determined to attack and
destroy the late queen OF the forest, but
great tiger, known throughout the cOun-
try for his valOr, brutality and cunning,
arrived very late to the meeting and sug-
gestet that the liOness be not killed. but
be tied to a tree to be LETT to die. By this
the lesser animals should know that age
was a great lcveller and that the proud
and arrogant would at last be compelled
to become humble With a frightiul roar
the tigers and leopards leaped upon the
liOness, who could only roar wildly in her
defense. She was carried off and securely
bound to the tree and after her hide had
been torn and bruised and she had been
maltreated, the tigers and leopards went
away to leave her to die OF hunger and
thirst.
After awhile the smaller animals who
had heard the great rumpus came out
from their hiding places and were sur
prised to find the liOness, weak and Qe-
jected, bound to a tree.
"Oh, mighty liOness," one of the small
est animals of the field said, sis it posi-
bic YOU are bound and cannot get awayY'
Eyes, | am securely bound to this tree.
Loose me. beseech you. The tigers and
leopards have torn my hide and have left
me here to die. The birds of the air have
drunken my blood, and the ants and
creeping things have crawled into my
wounds. pray you release me-"
''Are you bound so securely that the
ants creep into your wounds and the birds
drink your blood, and you cannot, oh,
mighty queen of the forest, get free?"
81 am so bOund,' the liOness replied.
"Then | viii sup, tOo,' replied the little
animal; ''fOr it is truth in the animal
kingdom, mighty li0ness, that one ami
MAILS extremity is anOther's opportunity"