Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-13
ALITTLE VAGUE.
The Experience OF a Newspaper
Scientist.
I,r,ni. noan,r.a..

before, dropped into the Boomerang
science department, yesterday and
asked the pale soholary blossom who
sat writing an epic on the alarming
prevalence of pip and its feature as a
national evil, II he could De permitted
TO read the Deseret News.
The scientist said Certainly" and
after a long, weary tussle, got the
Norman plaque out of the ruins.
u used to be foreman OF the Deseret
News" said the gentleman with tho
penetrating eyes. Il worked on the
News two years ago, and had a case on
the Tribune. I've been foreman of
thirty-sevsn papers during my life, but
my most unfortunate experience was
on the Deseret News. | wanted the
paper just now to see if they we're still
running an ad. that | had some trouble
with when | was there"
ut was a contract we had with DR..
Balshazzer to advertise his blue eyed
forget me not perfume. DR.. Balshaz
zer's red tar worm buster and DR..
Balshazzer's baled Drained food and
ockandryeandcodliverOil The
blue eyed forget me not perfume was
to go solid in long primer, following
pure reading matter cod in daily, and
eowtf weekly. The red tar worm
buster was to go in nonpareil loaded
1921. Notwithstanding, and repeat,
and the baled brain food and tulurock
andryecodliveroil was a six inch cleo
trotype to 90 in on the third page fol-
lowing pure, original humorous
matter with six full head lines d&weod
Oct9tf, set 10 reading type similar to
copy, these to be inserted between
pure religious news, with no advertis-
ing within four miles ofthc electro or
the reading notices.
AT the same time we were running
old Monkeywrenches kidney scIaper
on the same kind of contract. The
business manager did not remember
this when we took the contract, so
that al soon as we began to run the
two there was a collision between the
urockandryeandcodliveroil and
the kidney scraper right off. | spoke
to the business manager about it and
he was puzzled. He didn't exactly
know what it was best to do under the
circumstances, still he hated to lose
old Balshazzer's whole trade, for he
wouldn't run any of his ads unless we
would take them all according to his
contract.
I'VE tried to get him to let US run
the blue eyed forget me not perfume
lapr9d&ly deod&wlyl 2t eowtt; the
red tar worm busterdo l6 VT da22ti
aprl5 1y do 13tt, and the brain fooC
and
l8*lyjunwdtf&daugl8 Sylds30t
&ryspeod$, but be wouldn't do it.
Il displayed his ad. top of column
adjoining humorous column, with
three line leaders and astonisherl
without advertising marks or sign
according to copy, and instructions t
foreman all omissions or wrong inser
tons to be charged TO the paper a
double rates, readers to be scattered
through telegraph and editorial, anC
the daily and weekly papers to be sem
to advertising agents and proprietori
Of remedies and. their relatives, tn,
paper agreeing to take no other ad
vertisements from anybody else, ant
tried the best | knew how to satisf,
him, but it was no 60, He stuck 70
his contract.
Most every day he would write Il
the publishers that his ad. was not il
position, but that the paper was run
ming up an awful bill for forfeitur,
and failure to comply with terms o
contract.
The business man would come il
to the composing room and give M
thunder about it, and | would try t
explain to him till my brain ached
Finally DR.. Balshazzar brught sui
against the paper for $4,000 damage
and $500 for forfeiture on the scale o
double value Of gross contract price
with other little ~etceteras. 1 was dis
charged, but remained under bond a
a witness on the trial. | couldn't Civ
bond, SO l went to Jail pending tn
trial. The case was continued unit
the next year, and then | went up +
testify.
II said on oath that as near as | ca
remember the electros we're to 20
oddlyti8mdsicodfrs Jan30sid
&Z.C.M.I., and that the readers wer,
TO be scattered through our continues
story or in among the sermons of job
Taylor, and that we we're to mari
them docobstl850 tirsvp&ss, and tina
they we're to be double loaded ant
headed with italic caps. Still | sai,
it had been sometime since | saw tn
contract,and | had been suffering witt
brain fever six months in jail, an,
possibly my memory might be defect
i've. l would go over it again and Sc
if | was right.
"The electrophones were to b
blown in the bottle and the reader
we're 70 be set in caso sIugs wit
guarantee of good faith and Rough o.
Rats would not die IN the house. Us
Pinkham's Zozodont for itching
! freckles, bunions and Group. 1t save
my life. My good woman, why ar
you bilious With EN- quads in soil,
mlnion. Ureka, Jumbo Baking Pow
der will not crack or fade in an
climate sent on three months trial j
loaded BREWER quoins and all WOO
column rules warranted to cure rheu
matism and army worms or none
refunded. To be adjoining miscellan
, or fancy brass dashes marked eodsyl
&w*l#I"-
At this moment a dark proved ma
came in and told US that the youn
., man was his charge and was on hi
way to Mount Pleasant Asylum lc
! the insane, and that we should have |
! excuse the intrusion. After subscril
. ing for the paper and asking us if W
had heard from Ohio, he went away.
! The scientist said afterward that b
= found it difficult TO follow the youn
man in some Of his statements, an
u that he was just going to ask him to 9
Z over that again and sayit slower, whe
the Mount Pleasant man came in an
= interrupted the flow Of conversation
Q Josh Billings says: Next to a Gle;
conscience for solid comfort Gums 4
old shu." He PROBABLY never sufere
With a cough or cold, otherwise /