Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-06-13
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lNev York lat ~ in In,iians,oii. Tiuss
! ssksd Mr.. homer u The Gun
maker of Moscow" written by Sylvanus
Cobb, Jr.. as we all know. did not make
The Ledger liz early lame.
mo, hs asii, "ibe Ledger had iO0..
900 suhscrshers before ever published
that. though hold that The Uun-
maker of Moscow, Uncle Toms Cabin
nod The Hsdlsn Hand arc the thrce
! esss'sst stories this country has ever
pso.luced.
"fh. Hidden Hand" ~ every body
Knows. IL Mrs. southworths work,
sRd l. nov Running in Tho Ledger the
thiri time The unemakor" has also
bal third term before the public.
Every few year. . new generation Of
.reasiers arises that devours these stories
- eagerly ~ did their elders . quarter
oiaeentury sto. noth havs been dra ma.
tisel with success. Sylvanus Cobb.
Js., hes written for The Ledger al-
moss ever since Mr.. Bonner has
owned a. Hs lives In Boston. and
h tho son of . distinguished preacher
Ut ths same name who died few
pears since. When Mr.. Bonner first
employed him he was . proof-rcader.
en4 n odd hours wrote stories for
uIsasons Pictorial. . literary pictorial
vhich has bsen succeeded by Ballou's
mA4skine. Z think. lie was the great
Oed cf th6A journal. and received
higher pay than any other contributor
~~eiO0 Tor Q story running through six
psnbsrs; not . psincely sum for .
.ess'sl sew surely. but considered quite
.snpls then.
The publishers of Gleason's Pictorial
eosnded Mr l,onner by printing Q
DnsnGraph b. Tho effect that the prices
melatesi 10 pay tc some Of his con.
wtbutors were fictitious. Tho same
neabss Of Tho Pictorial contained an
eavsstsement of The Ledger which had
-osea eb1icissd Mr. homer wrote the
pebllsher, sssing him II he thought u
eoeAes courteous or honest to solicit q
avcs and Ct II and then do his best to
oemaxe The man who had favored him.
Ne replied hs did not. and WAS very
sosry hts paper hal made such
- evroneous statement; 10 lad
ee~n dons In his absence, ctc.. had
essps- In. probably. ~ errors always
naks thsir eniree into newspapers II
lss edi'ors' assertion IL to be taken a.
taet-nobcdy ever heard Of one walk
Nc. % Jumping or riding In. still he
esuldnt publicly take back what his
tvsfnal hal ss'd, although "verv sorry.
Very sorry" etc. Mr Bonner replied
ysss he never took private apology
~ public wrong Meantime he cast
sSsnt fnr some means of reminding his
eascrsafy that he could not be openly
e.aPped without ressnting II. lilo wrote
.yivssns Cobb note asking N
- VAS unier contract o. work
.sy Tor The Pictorial. II not,
~. bonner intimatel that he
Nd sonething b. say to him. lie
vs. nos restricted ia any way. and, NJ
relnessei, he told what he received Tor
ns stories. Mr.. Homer at once Of.
sssed him donble tho ain iuni for story
end eontFsc'ed with him fn~ five more
uss"re he annolnccsi him In The Ledger
Tie pablisher ot The Pictorial was
esst from home when he heard The
eevs, snj st once tel.graphed Mr..
- '''""' l'sHs"h'hs
senss With anyhoiy else unt he re-
.arhei. Hut tho u, sehiof had already
.esn done. and MIR Cobb was on the
nigh roai b. fortune. Although Mr..
nohnsf only pail him t300 for his first
ssnsf. he has since paid him ~ high A.
siu,"u Tor some oi his work
Just bsiore employing sylvanus Cobb
NJ honnor y ~ Fanny Fern. then at
shs heish' ~ her fame as the author Of
hash hall, 81 900 for t~n-column
hfy lof fourteen years afterward
" until she dici. aho never failed 10
WITS sssry week Tor Tho Ledger. her
si.r sni dsshing comments on men
sad 'ssnners Occupying . noticeable po.
s's"n on the fourth page. Thoy wep
s<se'', read. boo. by all glasses Of r .sd.
iniaei, said Mr.. homer. Fanny
ssrn never could have written anything
sa'l. sven u shs hal tried; neither can
"snry Ward bsechsr."