The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-13

they were stock SPECTATORS. / had gone into a
branch Office of well-known brokerage firm
This maintenance of uptown shops in the hotels
has become feature OF Wall-street business
since the new boom in speculation set in. Little
Is done in them during the day, though few
heavy operators, residing two or three miles
from the Stock Exchange neghborhood, lazily
save themselves bother by dropping into one of
these annexes; but in the evenings they apt
to be thronged by men too eager and ANXIOUS in
their gambling to wait until the next mornings
regular hours The next facility. / imagine, will
be the establishment of a messenger service
hourly, from shutdown to sunrise by means of
which the capitalist at home may get the latest
news and send his hastiest orders
In the apartment, a lounger, was
Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, and he was
singular IN presenting calm, jovial eounte-
nance, although he was there to see how certain
things We're going with reference to his cash
backing of his own guesses. The agnostic
Colonel has come to town to live, and he ex-
poets to become a millionaire by speculation.
He is closely allied to the Geographic enterprises
of Bennett, Mackay and Stokes, as counsel, and
IN the points thus got he bases his personal
operations.
Have you made anything yetlr he was asked.
II have neither made nor lost" he replied,
shut think of the fun I've had"
THAT is to say" remarked the other, you've
missed beth the heavenof winning and the hades
of losing-you're simply in very mild purgatory
that amuses you. But just wait till you drop
into smething hot and bottomless.'
The gambling in these stock-rooms comes
nearer. in spirit to the forbidden games the
green cloth than does the same thing in Wall
street, because the extra indictments of drink
and revelry are at hand. The risks are more
reckless in kind and amount, and the ruin CORE
spondingly surer. Moreover, the operations are
more jocular. saw young fellow gyrating
for an hour between the brokerage Office and the
bar room of hotel, the other evening. and the
mixture of alcohol and the other excitement
made him fairly livid with heat.
His comrades regarded his perturbation as
very funny, and they rallied him. but he was too
much in earnest to be merry. "Why, look here,
Jim," said one. with mock concern, you're hot
Er than 200 in tie shade, you are. It's danger
aus, Jim and what you want to do is to let 'em
put you in the refrigerator to cool off. Why.
see this" and be seized small thermometer
from peg on the wall held the bulb against
Jim's head while he crunched the tube between
his fingers. Just as l thought-the mercury
boiled right up through the top of the thermome
ter"
Hes right, Jim, and you're dangerously ca
loric," said another joker, who happened to
know that the chap wore celuloid collar.
"Good heavens, you've got spontaneous COM
bustion!" and he held cigar lighter to the back
Of the collar. which blazed up like fash, as
celluloid will
A little salad oil soothed the scorch at the
back of the victims neck. and he tried, though
somewhat gruesomely. to- drink of the wine that
his money paid for in celebration of the jests
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