Telegram-herald., 1890-07-06

tiGn. iE las EeYsF been hale 50 faMoas -
.iuring the past twelve os kllrtssn years.
The extent Aaa variety a Is operations
j. - constantly azd rapidly Increasing
that soma Il ths balls and bears Of 1910
and 1878 would show - very little al
EauLa-e now. Wal street has always
been nafi0nal IN importance and infiu-
ence, bns rze1tly Il + As grown dscidedly
International London has become a.
most a. closely associzted with il as Chi
caz0 Is.
The Bourses Of Paris. Amsterdam,
Frankfort, Berlin are 0ften seriously az
fected by is feeling and quotatlerG It's
throbs, indeed, are om4unIc2tet ID the
furthest reaches oR civilization. It's vol
une OF business ard is audacity ia en-
terPrise are hardly equaled anywhere.
Its methods and ElanipulatiOns, is de-
vices and schemes ans wholly AMI pecu-
harry American. ofte.i arO1ing the ad-
mirarion and wonder VI tae entire none
tary world.
The s,Taet-i5 is commonly SO spoken
Of-has changed as much IN It's archi-
tecture as ia its transactions. Both
tead o. ths colossal Where brief
while ago ancient, grim. solid strUct-
Ures stool. toby superb, lofty, com
pletely contemporaneoa5 piles are
reared. II is not a street, though called
such: is is a quarter, embracing lower
Broadway, Nassau, Cedar. Pine, Will
lam, Pearl, Hanover, New and Broad
streets AMI Exchange place. a territory
more than half a mile square, one OF the
very richest on the globe. Trinity
church-old Trinity-bloclcs the street
proper as one end and the deep East
river cuts it of az the other, illustrating
% once the mOcEery of what Is known
a religion and the reality and sugges-
ton of sicile. II consolation cannot
be found in a theol0gic creed, peace-the
peace of daath-IiIsy be sought in the
tidal stream. How stuffed with history
(much OF which VIII never be revealed
and prolific associations that quarter IS,
It looks very calm and restful after
the days business has ended, like bat
tlefeld wheC ell traces Of the strife aud
carnage have been removed. But when
il is aroused. full Of financial flry, as il
commonly is from 20 a. n. 10 3 p. m, it
IL q strange, bewilderins spectacle Mes
sengsr boys, most OF them carrying tele-
grams. dart heregE.Id there over carts
and wagons, directly under horses
heads, between men n close cOnversa-
tion-they have no timS for manners
as If their nfs depended on ten seconds
time. They are never slow there, what
ever they may De elsewhere. Their or
ders arc always 10 hurry, and hurry
they do. Besides they catch the spirit
of the quarter, the feverish restlessness
Of those about them.
There seems 70 be more electricity in
the AIR or The eastern side Of the lower
end Of Manhattan Island than In any
part Of this highly charged republic.
Tho excessive electricity Affects the
nerves and quickens the blood 10 an uAl-
healthy degree. Men who walk leisure
" and TRANQUILITY in Fulton street or
Maiden lane. no sooner turn into Wall
street than they accelerate their pace
and get excited. They may not have
any interests there, but they are in
fuenced by the locality, nevertheless.
They cannot be distinguished in the
driving th-ong from the great specula-
tor whose fortune is at stake on the Is
sue Of tho day. OF the small speculator
hurTying 70 his broker 10 make his mar
gin good before bis stock shall be sold
out
Not eve-y one CANDLES. as IL might ap-
pear. IN that district The big banks are
conervative and carefully managed. II
they were not their credit would be
ruined, and 10 bank can dispense with
credit. Bat even they make large call
loans on stocks. the prices of which con
csrn the-n nearly. They are secured
aratnst loss. under al ordinary circum.
s+a1ees. by ths amount OF their collat-
erals. but when these decline To a certain
point their demands are inexorabl0.
Dealing in money har1ens the heart. and
hundreds Of nlllions are locked Up il
their stro1- vaults. The gray sub-treas
urv at Wall and Nassau streets, where
stands the bronze statue of Washington
on the site Of his Inauguration as tirst
president of the United States. - burst
ing with sold and silver and stuffed with
hank notes What innumerabls eye:
must look every day with hunger and
eusvou thoso firm walls shutting IN that
rrodigicus vealthi How impossible e
Che Father cf his Country would the 70
Atty o. today nave seemed % him wher
he took tbs oath If Office in the spring OI
1852
A wen dressed. wen bred woman.
though 0ccasio1aliy feminine operator
- visible the-e. Is rare sight IN ths
street sac attracts much attention
consequently. among tha female frui
vendsrs. tAe scrubs, the ia1itors' wive.
anf assistants Now md then new
wife comes. radiant and beaminr. % he'
husband I'm her csr~a-e after o'clock
As be drives away with her, submissive
and sentimental. Che older and NOR
srasoned Lords SMILE and say. "Eeli s0ol
ar.t OVER shat The temper q the plac.
"a plainly not ux1rious. hut it is Cai
Ianf ont of business hours. gallant 20
fanlt. a. the liberal purchases - fow
ers. bonbans and ieFvelry BY It's frequent
e-s fsr their svzeethearts after a luck
turn amply attest.
Al the exchanges. metal. cotton, coal
coffee. petroleum produce. stock an
rsal eserfa sreHl that rsriou. but u
t7so stoct exc1a- P1s totally the olds
end hirarr one. in Broad street AZ
rsneralI7 ective. a1d frequently th
scenes Of Wild excitement Failures AZ
continuity occurring. fortunes are con
tinuanv ulsaia and lost Firms who's
craEs has stood high. 1lnshaSen thruug