The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-07-12

August and In an imitation Of Peck.
Its first editor was George &. 6malls
("Brick Topr) and its p1blisherF
Il. Tousey. Its principal artist, A. j.
Wales, was originally with Puck. and
len that paper when Judge Of which
he was one Of the originator, was
started.
For some time one Of the popular
| features Of the Chicago Tribune has
been its Lakeside Musings" aud Of
these the most widely quoted have
been romances. The author Of these
sketches is Henry Ten Eyck White, q
young man on the sunny side Of thirty.
who, after graduating Mt the North
western university, Evanston, ILL.,. en-
tered journalism on the Chicago Eren-
ing Nail i'm 1873. Later on he became
city editor Of the Post and Nail, and
in 1878 took charge Of the sporting de-
,,artment Of the Tribune. His striking
accounts Of horse races attracted the
notice Of the managing editor, and in
1879 he was promoted 10 the editorial
department. and began the humorous
sketches which have made the Lake
side Musings" one Of the most enter
tanning features Of the paper. Mr.
White makes no pretentiOns rs q hu-
mOrist, though he rarely, II ever,
writes anything that il not relieved by
frequent flashes of wit. His salary il
about So per week. He married over
q year ago Miss Fannie DriscOll, the
popular poetess Of Wisconsin, who
died a few months since
"Bill Nye," the famous funny
writer Of the Laramie Wyoming Ty.)
boomerang, IL known to his family
and those who make out checks pay
able to his order, rs Edgar Wilson
Nye. This genius was born in Maine,
aud IL about 33 years old. When an
infant his parents moved to the West
and he has not been east Of the NJ issis-
sippi for thirty years until q month ago
He was raised and educated mt River
Falls, Wisconsin. He studied law, and
eight years ago he moved farther west,
stopping ut Laramie. where he hung
out his sign. His business not cOnsum-
ing all his time he occupied a part of
IL writing for the local papers. His
articles, by their originality and hu.
NOR, sd pleased the editor Of the Dem
yer Tribune that he engaged Nye to
write letter on any subject he chose.
This was Nye's formal entry into
journalism. In March. ISL, he found
eel the Daily boomerang, named after
a favorite mule which had died in his
service. Both the paper and its editor
soon became famous, and the paper 81
universally popular IL Is said IL goes
to all parts OF the civilized world. In
1877 Nye married Miss Fannie smith,
his purpose being, he says. to decrease
the number and name Of the Smith
family. In poIjtic. he is a thOrO,,vl,
dyed isepublican. Though not an
office-seeker, he Il somehow always an
offict-hOlder, has been n member Of
the territorial legislature, justice Of
the peace, aud IL now postmaster Of
Laramie. His newspaper Is worth
probably SlU,nwa year 10 him
Alex +. sweet, the Keen wit Of the
Icrds Sifinys, was born in st. Johns,
New brunswick, and spent a large
part Of his school days in Germany,
where he married German lady. He
returned In ls'i2. and during the last
half of the war was a soldier in the
Confederate army After the war he
studied law, but soon abandonedi ii for
journalism. He spent nearly two
years a editor of the san Antonio Err
press, and then returned To law, but
for several years was city attorney Of
San Antonio In ls.5ihe accepted the
po-ition of city editor Of the San An
t"nia Herald, and its high humorous
stories about life i'm Texas began tn he
copied by papers all over the country.
After a while the san Antonio Herald
ceased To he quoted, and people Won
dered what had become Of its funny
editor, until they observed that ait
other Ipya. manner the (.alye.tnu