Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-13

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three-cent clearinghouse. We want
your experience. We can't print what
you've written. You must try it oyel
again. Now, tells US what you saw
how the beds and cells looked. tho
character of the dodgers and SO on.
Il thought | would give a short pre-
face to my experiences, said the lit
erary tramp.
No, no. Cut off the preface. Tel
the bare facts" said the editor.
The i. I. commenced. Sheet full
after sheet full glided from his prac-
ticed hand. The editor pitied the
poor fellow, but he saw the inevitable.
He smelt too many words to the square
fact.
Lets see what you've got now,
said he after the verbose literary tramp
had written another half hour.
j haven't quite finished yet, I'll be
through in one minute" said the L.
T., and he wrote at high pressure fol
another half hour longer.
Lets see what you've cot now,
said the perturbed editor. And be
again read from the l.. rs copy thus
Facts are stubborn things. 1t is
well said that truth is stranger than
fiction. Who forty years ago dreamed
Of the electric telegraph, the sewing
machine, the photograph, the phOno-
graph, the telephone, the micro"
Oh. see here. grOaned the city
editor. what in the thunder has the
telephone and mierophOBe got to do
Eith your experience IN a three cent
lOdging-house2 We don't want a
scientific essay from you, or a senti-
mental poem. We want your expert
snee IN a three cent clearinghouse
/ thought / would lead your read
ers gently and as il we're ~impercepti-
ry up % the subject said the L. 7.
working he right big toe n%eryOusly
en- ofths rrack IN bis b0st.
We want D0Ihing but facts
beH hgElsi the editor. Plain.
bErs bald naked un3ressed. raw
meta Don't HV auT fine writing.
pErilHE preaching OF quoting
AgTHntFgn Tortured some newspaper
bgiars
] WIS assistant editor fOr q few
FsaEE on The B6sriue C0weateher.
sad rhe l. 7 But their font gave
uw during one 81 NJ leaders, and the
managing man showed ne the western
oolr and sria 60 West young man.
g MsG / went West / have re-
tUrns1-uDaeT. BN ca the rail In
laet ! rp1e underneath, you know.
Dut taEi eoltg could not appreciate
ny cay A9Ellg style ] take Adj
s9u sE my model
Addisou. cried the editor: 4"
wolldnf have Addison on my staff II
~ Z work i9r nothing He'd be al
dgy working mp . dog fight. ST
down I'D give you one more trial
The j. ]. sat down. remarking that
be had taken the frsf prize In Eng.
lish composition Al college.
You haTeY said the G. T.
That enough Itsnouse. They "
ruined you forneWspapcr work Poor
young man
Give me one more trial, said The
H. 7.
Let drive said the G. i.
The j. I. sat down and wrote
Being in sorely straitened circum.
stances aud not having the where.
withal 10 purchase better accsmmo.
dations for developing tired nature'l
sweet restOrer, balmy sleep-sleer
which knits up the travelled sleeve O
care-and feeling as J walked th,
streets, with but ten cents Lawful
currency and the root Of all evil II
my pocket, the absolute necessity 0
%reposing in the arms Of Morpheus
knowing that if / subjected mysel
another night to the nclemcncy Of tn
weather meantime the city edito
was looking over the literary yerbosr
tramps manuscript. and as ho did 81
he partly drew his revolver from II
proper pocket.
1t is better TO do itl' he mur
INJURED Hes got it. Hes got +
bad. Nerbosity, voluminosity, yer
| blage and quotatiyeness. An fou
diseases combined. He'll never 70
| on. He's been neglected. The dis
ease has progressed too far. IL wor
a mercy to put him out OF this pro
! longed misery resulting from wanta an,
|, starvation. And the G. T.. cooke,
! his pistol while the literary yerbos.
tramp %persistently wrote on thus
|. Knowing, | say, hat it ], anothe
dark, cold and stormy night agail
subjected myself to tho inclemoncy .
, the weather that fresh impetus Nigh
be given to the disease, inherent Il
our family for generatians -namel,
chronic absorption and degeneratio
Z OF the diaphragm into the duodenun
knowing this, | say, | resolved to Gin.
the few remaining vestigos Of formo
/, pride, to pocket them, in fact, to-
! This is too much muttere
7 the city editor, bringing his reyolye
to full cock. lie hasn't got 10 tb
door Of that three-ceBt lodging. hous
!, yet. In fact, | may say, Judging fror
J present indications, there seems 10 b
. a strong probability if matters retail
tier present aspect and this sort d
IN statn quo is retained for any pfo
n longed period hang Ill II Xiii
catching the disease myself-yerbo,
ity, words, words, words words VII
e nothing to EN-, aud If this chan hano
a around here, he'll infect every reporle
IN the otice to say nothing Of the I'd
liteF'al staff, who're diseased alread,