Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-10-23

employs no private secretary, ant
when he receives letter, answers i
on the instant. No matter how triv
: ial the request. the next outward
bound mail will carry away one o
his autographs, Ii he thinks an an
swer necessary.
He knows we have entered the
room, yet he continues his writing
The only sound we hear within the
sanctum Is the scratch of his pen. He
has the power of concentrating al
the strength of his mind on the sub
ject of his editorial, and will pay nc
attention to any question, however
important, until he finishes his sen.
tence. Ii the cry of "Fire!" should
resound through ths building, Gree.
ley would finish his sentence and
ring his bell before he would leave
his room. The sentence complete,
he places the fore finger of his right
hand at the end of the last word writ
ten, seizss the handle OF his pen In
his teeth, and looks his tormentcr
full In the face. 1t Is a glance of in
quiry, and thequestioner, intuitively
conscious OF this fact repeats his in
terrogation. MIR. Greeley divines the
question before 1t Is finished, and ans
swers 1t pithily and quickly. The
pen is then snatched from his mouth,
dexterously dipped into his inkstand, ,
aud his fingers again travel across
his transverse sheet of foolscap like a
daddy long-legs," caught I'm a storm.
lfhis questioner Is importunate, and
insists ON wasting his time, he con-
tinues his writing, never looking up,
and either answers absent
or In low, impatient tone, tinged
with peculiar boyish nervousness.
III his visitor is still ungentlemanly
enough to still continue his teas
ing opportunities a storm breaks
forth, and the uncourteous person
will trot out of the sanctum with an
answer that should bring q flush to
his cheek. -
To Mr.. Greeley, time is more val
liable than even money or friendship,
When busy, he Is no respecter of per.
sons. President or hod carrier, zen.
erai or boot black, clergyman or ex-
press driver, authoress or apple
woman-all are treated alike.
The popular impression of Mr..
Oreeiey's personal appearance seems
to be associated with a white hat and
white overcoat, and with one leg of
his pantaloons hitched OH the top of
his boot leg. This Is incorrect. He
is clean In his attire-never wears q
dirty shirt or a dirty collar, has q
straw hat, thin black frock coat, a
white vest, and pair of black doe.
SKIN pants drawn down over his boot
tops. Sometimes he wears shoes, and
he has been seen with leggins. In
muddy weather his pants and boots
may be covered with dirt, but ia
pleasant days they are clean far above
the average. The only mark of SLOW
enliness about him centers In his
black silk eravat, which will occa-
sionally have a fight with the collar,
but the Knot will jump round to the
side OF his chin and give him re-
markable air of observation-disclosures
The cause OF this irregularity Is his
want OF skill In using pins. They
bend, and prick his neck until he is
glad to drop them.
MIR. Greeley Is five feet ten and q
half inches I'm height, aud well pro-
portioned. He IL fifty-seven years
old. de Is partly bald. has white
mot grey hair, a light complexion,
small, sunken blue eyes, a well sha-
ped mouth and regular features. A
white beard runs over his throat and
TANKS his chin, like tiny cheueaur
de .trise. His han is are small and as
soft as those of a woman. His teeth
are white and regular, and i'm talking
are always observable. His feet are
large anu Ill shaped. You can hard
~ say that he walks. lie shuffies.
The head makes motion forward,
the body follows IL, as IL swung ON a
pair OF hinges at the hips; the legs
move, and the feet straggle out, as il
undecided whether to walk or keep
still. The fact of the business is.
Horace never had time to learn To
walk. He weighs man for what he
Is worth, and not for what he appears
to be worth.
"Mr. Greeley, my friend, Mr.. -
who has called to pay his respects. -
Down goes the forefinger ON his
manuscrilt The paper-holder auiv-
ers on the edge of his desk aud drops
to the floor. You catch the glow OF
his smiling face, glance of his small
blue eye, hear his shrill, treble voice
roll of few pleasant words and we
descend the stairs To the counting
room, leaving him to lack away nj
biighting human wrongs and foIlies
In his own peculiar manner.
Once again i'm the counting room.
IL requires rare business tact to run
the publishing department of such q
concern as this. The disbursements ts
frequently reach $4,000 a day, and
have exceeded Sl,O0O,O0O year.
There Is paper to buy, advertisements Is
are to be strewn over the country
newspapers, two hundred and fifty
editors, reporters, compositors, clerks,
wrapper writers, pressmen, stereoty-
pcrs. folders, and carriers are to be
paid weekly, type and presses are to
be purchased, contracts are to be
made, and five hundred other busi-
ness qualifications to be closely watch
cd. Sam Sinclair Is the lever which
keeps all these things I'm perpetual
motion. We find him In little box
fenced of In one corner of the coun-
ting room. He has shrewd blue
eye, quietly and pleasantly toned.
long, heavy, curling chestnut hair,
and handsome chestnut beard and
mustache, which he never outs. He
takes your measure In an instant.
He Is careful and circumspect. Tho
slouched black hat hides a head
that understands its business. He
tears open note from the foreman
OF the press-roem, informing him that
"the forms came down late this morn
Ing, and a portion of the mail was
missed 10y this tardiness.u A letter
IL written and sent to Mr.. Young the
managing editor Immediately. This
Sinclair Is emphatically a man of
business. When paper Is down he
buys on immense stock when paper
IL up, paper manufacturers get none
OF the Tribune's money. When bu.
siness Is dulland money is scarce.
Sinclair advertises the Tribune ex..
tensively through the country press.
and sows his posters, headed "Now
is the time to subscribe 20 through
out every state I'm the Union. Du.
ring the past winter there was hardly
n post Office In the United States but
what was adorned with d colored Tri-
Dune poster. When business is brisk
and money is plenty the Tribune eats
Its way into the affections Of the peo.
pie on its own merits without adver.
tising. Mr.. Greeley writes most OF
the Tribune advertisements, and es-
pecialiy those ringing double loaded
introductious TO "The Terms of the
Tribune" appearing on the editorial
page. Such sentences as ssThe Com
bat Deepens ~ or Friends of Free
dom and Humanity" !" opens an ad.