Telegram-herald., 1890-07-06

b. tks wlnses GssL Leadars regC-a-liy
appear al disapIna<. hs who Laads
So nolss. sho gziaed repeats.sly tbs
zr,ldsa pxizs. z.l1s - teR ss4sDzls since. is
1lseAiy feEgostsn- 4as ecmiag na1 Is
always scsaz. TIE A22ol-sa of tbs t1ls
i ever Eaas.fnz wlEh his Wassrioo. TIE
a12als II t1z sEzs1- E2E--sa : dre2ry
record q extinguislle1 leaders. What
becomes of thenls Solne retire with .
re--nzzt II ths wreck, mere dis poor.
some ell1 u l1s-1i-s - Inns, others
commit forge-ies. or s'Eindle their cred
itors, or steal ssclTitles aad ran exay.
some get INTO prisoa; Others blow out
thesr brasas. But tae ware - oblivion
speedily SWEEPS over al No vFcxsaip or
recouecti0a there Of the sun declining or
declined success AIS begels idolatry.
Often men wh0 have beea prosperous.
who have lad seats At the board and
had following, tumble and sustain
hurts beyond healing. Conscious that
they cannot recover, they stu limp
arOand-tAey are known as lame ducks
held 70 their cd hzunts by the gI2se-
fGl, torturesons memory Of the past.
Their figures are melancholy, depressing.
They are ghosts of their former selves.
COuntenanoe, dress, manner are wOfully
altered. Their look Is detected. distrust-
ful, half appealing. hall suhmisslys-the
look that comes from permanent failure,
from expectations crushed There Is
somethiug pitlal IN their shabby gen
t1ity. in their hollow effort TO appear
what they have been. Many OF their old
associates are kind 70 them, aid them ia
little ways. Batthey seldom last They
cannot bear the modification Of ire
trievahle defeat. THY arc missed for
few days, then their death Is announced.
Perhaps a subscription IS raised 10 bury
them deceatly. Poor Jones has gone.
He couldn't have cared 70 live-he had
lost his grip. Let's take . drink. West
ern Unions up two points"
Thestreet keeps a brave outside. Itseems
so pleasant under the sunshine, so pros
J porous, so promising. What vast wealth
it has, what teInptetionsito it ofersl Brown
and Thompson, Smith and Robinson had
almost nothing when they began, and
see where they are now! Beautiful town
houses, villas az Newport, carriages,
boxes az the opera, su-nptuOus entertain.
ments-yes; but where are the hundreds
of others that fell while they rose? The
many never think of the defeated, who
/ are not to be counted III the reckoning Of
hope. IL appears very easy to make
/ money there. Watch the market; get a
I few points; venture boldly and the thing
is done. The thing is done, done every
/ cay; but how? Not as the venturer
/ hopes and desires once II twenty times.
Contrary 10 popular opinion. the great
mass Of spectators, big and little, lose
Ia the street III the long run. The out
come Of gambling is generally disas-
/ trOus under al conditions and in all
/ places.
Il is natural that the battlefield OF the
bulls and bears should externally com
/ mand interest and admiration. Every
/ thing moves so smoothly and regularly.
Everybody is so neatly and elegantly at
/ tired, so agreeable in manners, so buoy
ant, SD cheerful; even when most excited
it Is a quiet sort Of excitement. The
brokers appear, whether old or young,
like boys az play. Americans possess a
degree OF stoicism that other peoples
cannot reach. They smile at ruin; jest
on the brink Of tho grave. The street is
eminently s>oical; but stoicism cannot
annul the perils and teTrOrs OF gambling.
The street Is leproUs as to speculation.
Albeit it shows but financial strife, q
daily rush and crush and commotion, q
frantic effort to win at all hazards. il in
cludes the gravest questions Of morals
Nobody can estimate the sum Of unhappi
ness it causes annually not here alone and
in the large cities, but in every nook and
corner OF the land, directly and indi
rectly.. More than half the defalcationS
in tho east may be traced 20 speculation:
there. We may know the crimes it en-
gcnders by newspaper reports; but the
silent suffering, the moral deterioration
the blasted hopes, the conquered virtue
we can never know. But the street i:
less responsible than the weakness of Ira
manity. The street is here because tht
metropolis is here. Every great city IL
Europe has similar evil, growing on
of the greed for money, which canno
be removed while mankind is what it is
The mass Of men are gamblers when the
lust of gain IS aroused, and the habit
formed, it is stronger than principle o.
pleading.
The street, like some mighty monste.
Of fable, devours every week hundred
who dare TO trifle with it. But no on
learns by the experience Of others or b.
his own. Fresh victims arc ever forth
coming, and they 90 the way Of doom
serene ald smiling, as the host of thei
predecessors have done. While the wif
walls In agony; while the children ar
deserted; while the pistol of the suicid
sounds; while the defaulter flies from
justice. Wall street. which has wrough
those tragedies, looks innocent and stai'
Trinity invites to prayer.
JUNIUs HENRI BROWNE.
The RinEiets OF the Past.