Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-16
OUR NEW REPORTER.
BY NJ. W. G.

For the Gazette.
Everybody was happy that day.
The managing editor had just sent the
copy" fiend away with load of
MS. that made him groan; the COM
merclal editor had his tables prepared
and laid back lelsurely for the night
press" to come in; the proof-reader
had just provoked fight between the
telegraph editor and the foreman and
was glad of heart, and the afore.
mentioned belligerents chuckled over
the belief that each had given the
other the worst OF it. The city editor
alone sported a cloud on his alabaster
brow. He had succeeded In getting
paid "write.up" of new livery stable
to where he rung in:
1.-THE sunlight falls on castle wall.
And snowy SUBMITS. old in story:
The long light shakes across the lakes
And the Wild ca,aract leaps In glory
But there was yawning chasm be.
tween the conclusion of this verse and
the manner Ia which the hay was
thrown into the racks from the loft
above that no combination Of English
words could bridge over. He thought
once of adding,
"Blow, bugles, blow" etc.
But that would throw him farther
than ever out of gear; so he sat in con-
temptation as the young man entered
and approached the managing editor
with
81 came to see IL could secure po-
sition on THE GAZETTE as society re-
porter"
Everyone looked toward the new
conner. The managing editor looked
at him with gravity in which was
blended a few silver-threads-amopg-
the.gold of mischief, and replied by
plying him with questions
Have you ever had any experience
in this department?
"No, sir, but am a graduate of
- university; ] am u thorough
| classical scholar and desire to begin
life in some congenial business, and
have selected this department o jour
nalism. ! am told that journalism Is
very profitable.n
Everybody turned their heads and
laughed; even the city eiitor forgot
about how 1.-The corn is shelled with .
patent shelter run by electricity" and
Joined so heartily in the fun tnat the
telegraph editor stole his sack of fine
cut unObserved.
ayes, it is very profitable, very
said the managing editor; land You
think YOU can make u success OF IT,
Well, I'll give you trial. Just be
cause you have had 10 experience II
no reason why, after awhile, you can
not succeed; the best of us had 10 begin
When can you 60 TO work.
ooh. thank you any time; neN'
week, tomorrow, or to-day; L an
readv."
"Very well, then; lay aside your
Latin diploma. Its marx OF merit
no doubt, but you will have no use iol
1t. News hustler nascitur non III,
added the managing editor, by way o.
showing that all the Latin IN th'
world was not on dipoma. "heport
ing must come TO you naturally, ~
naturally as stealing 10 an indian, o
fifteen-ball pool to cowboy. IT.
work. Young man, hard work and IN
dustry: A pair of seven-league boots IL
the best adjunct to brilliant career. 4.
will assign YOU to the ball at the Stall
cups. Give it about o column, soll'
minion, or little over"
.tCan YOU outline the style in whicl
YOU wish the occasion written up?
1ueried the new reporter, sharpehih
, hi, pencil. a.,,lo =
: vour own. Iii is good one, you
success ia already assured;
not Won never can succeed. While
wonid have YOU give fair repor
+ confinipg yourself to facts, SUN
cuinue. YOU can enliven it with an.
choice bon mots you may have an
: dash in. here and Inere, little fowery
} OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES also. This can D.
done without betraying that cacoethe
scribendi, so Objectionable IN u news
: The new reporter hung his head;
!. uva. coming too thick evidently.
|. ~There are few rocks upon whic,
!, most new repo tiers split their batks,
!. continued the M. e "and L wish '
Q warn Won Of them. When musl
arose With its voluptuous swell. !
!. ane That is cold-blooded murdee
3 % anv report in which 1t Is found
I The wee sma' hours Is another, am
one which it is nearly impossloie
: steer clear Of on the first trip, Due ~
!, death, swift and certain, 70 any Oh
who refers to 1t ON this paper. l woul
warn YOU against another, put 90 u,
, Geem It necessary; | mean the lIgn
= fantastic toe That unfortunate men
. har Of the pedal extremities has pee
sn inning around since the night wnel
sRaIrinm's capital assembled the
her beauty aud her chivalry.' IL
dead matter in present-day lourna
y i'm, II started In China 5000 yea
y g. and they have run q,
!. nnt;I there is not a woman ~ u
Ta,astisl empire who has decor
: n. tn stand on. / am vel
-. and have not time to advise yt
: miIy hut yerbum sat sapienti y
L nnS as a wink In the dark to DIN
h9rse AZ saw he had him dow
"A Gould hardly refrain from pune
anu , Hi In the short ribs with a iitt
q n S or a line or two OF Spanis
h. s'.t h;s better impulses triumphed AZ
ID pu' iat IN on him with sim
Y. iedios y rs the young man pow'
e. himself cut. "a M reno
lie Eo tha Stsllcups' ball. The city edit
nd o,,t an the street ana met oue
n TAI ay DANCERS who had come out
r she e,e gss and got the particulars fro q,
in o", nd returned and wrote up
az mn n about the occasion, and low
c ans I'd when the reporter entered
. ,o ynn IN manner 70 g
= nan, ayarv one that ne u
vince n,,v bes1 there, but had been o
uotO. thQ dance.
10 Of me me , nsw repartsr was not seen +,
y. .sxsrsi days. He had Leg ne sai