The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-06-28

the charge of having criminally Ii
belled August Belmont. and his sub.
sequent sentence to sixty days in the
Penitentiary, will be a warnina to
editors against making reckless
statements. have know John Dewey
for great many years, and person
ally he is as mild hammered and soft
spoken a man as could be found any,
where. There is no self assertive
ness about him, and he would MOI
willingly injure ANYBODY except ''the
tryant," for he is as bitter ant
thoro .ghgoing an Irish Nationalist /
as ever breathed vengeance TO: "1re-
lands wrongs Put a pen in his
hand, however, and get him to write
about Irish affairs, and he becomes
absolutely uncomfortable. Mr.. Bel
mont acted very decently towards
him. He gave him a number of OPP
portunities to retract, and when he
was convicted, expressed through his
coansel that sentence be suspended,
as all that he wanted was vindica.
ton of his character. Under the
circum stances, Dewey, if he is sensi-
bic, will be very careful what he does
after he leaves prison.
AS l am writing about newspapers,
let me tell you that the journalistic
world here is much amused over the
antics of the two Pulitzers. Joe
being the proprietor OF the World.
and Albert of the Morning Journal.
Their methods of advertising first
themselves and then their journals,
are, of course, very cheap, and have
a flavor of Chatham Street; but they
amuse, in the clubs and the hotels,
where people have nothing to do but
catch folly as it flies, the existence
Of those two papers lisa perfect boom.
They tell new story about Albert's
new way of advertising himself and
his paper, which, If not true, is at
least we'll invented. They say that
latterly he has developed the fashion
of coming to the Brunswick Hotel,
the Hoffman House, or some other re-
sort, and asking for the use Of the
telephone. OF course at the tele-
phone one heals only one part of the
conversation, and the following is a
sample Of what transpires:
Call the Morning Journal"
els this the Morning Journal %
"What is the circulation of the
Morning Journal to-day p
"What only $4,000? why what
has happened, what have you done
to bring about this sudden decline of
the circulation of the Morning Jour-
nal. Who is at the telephone Send
Mr.. x. up
| Mr.. x. comes up, and undoubtedly
asks who is there, for Mr.. Pulitzer
replies: mir. Albert Pulitzer the
editor Of the Morning Journal" He
then gives some orders, tells the party
at the other end to look out for this
and that, and walks off apparently
unconcerned, but perfectly self salts.
fed over this novel method of self
advertising. Of course nobody be-
grudges him his satisfaction, for it is
too amusing.
Jay Gould, having found that it
was impossible for him to gain adj
mission to any of the recognized
Yacht Clubs, is now making frantic
efforts to push the new American
Yacht Club, which is peculiarly his
own, a success. Emissaries of his al e
hard at work among Wall Street me n
of yachting proclivities trying to get
recruits. l was told by a broker.
whose word 1 have no reason to
doubt, that a Number of leading
catching men on the street have been
made extraordinary inducements to
join the American Club. 1T will be
worth so many shares a day to you
if you come and join us" was tie
offer made to one Of the leading
members of the New York Yacl t
Club. The member did not join how
over, ''for,' said he, IL think that
business and sport ought to be kept
distinct, and a man like Gould who
has ruined thousands of men ought
to be made to feel that despite his i'll.
gotten millions there are some places
J for whose doors there is no golden
key"