St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-15

more or less about newspaper Office can
fully appreciate the exchange tiend.
He is to the exchange editor just about
what the spring poet is to the managing
editor or the man with a denial is to the
city editor-nothidg short of holy terror.
And you never know when he is coming
nor what shape he will assume when he
does come. He is liable to appear as a
perfect gentleman, and the editors in the
room will all smile at once, and see which
one can make the most favorable impress
sion, thinking he might be a theatrical
manager with his pockets full of passes, or
press agent of circus, when, to the utter
disgust of the poor devils present, he will
show himself in his true colors by opening
his remarks with:
DO you exchange with the Jimtown
Crower?"
The exchange editor tumbles to the
racket, and pitches into his WORK with I'M
usuul vim, but the other fellows punch him
and call his attention to the request of the
stranger. Then he looks up and says:
What can do for you?"
do you exchange with the Jimtown
Crower?''
Eyes. You will find it in that pile. Help
youself."
THANK you. 1 used to reside in Jim
town. Haven't heard from there since
left some three months ago.
Quiet has been restored. The political
editor has his mind once more centered on
big leader, and the dramatic critic pro-
ceeds to ventilate his opinions on paper,
when the exchange fiend opens fire.
why, here's the Albany Bladder!
haven't seen it for years. Used to live
there and was regular subscriber. Won
der if Jim Scott is the editor yet!''
Don't KNOW" snaps the e. e. Take
it along"
''Thank you ever so much. Scott was a
red hot writer. Got licked number of
times for things he wrote. He could write
better than most of them, but wasn't worth
hell-room in a fight. Well, bless me, if
here amt the jackson Bugle! Thought it
had gone up the 1ue long ago. It's ten
years since [ saw copy of it. Bill Pull
through edited it then. Why, he's editor
yet. See here"
"All right; take it along"
"Don't you need it?"
No, don't want it,"
'"Thank you. Pm ever so much obliged
to you. 1t does one so much good to come
across these old friends. You never met
Bill Pullthrough?"
''Not as | know Of.
''Well you ought to know him. as he is
certainly a character-a regular genius.
Always hard up, and borrowing from ev-
erybOdy. Struck me for a dollar once.
Well. blame me- is here isn't the Rosewood
Rooster Do you exchange with it?"
Pm sorry to say we do"
ct used to be great paper when Joe
l. nAit nd Rrtt aft he -
kind of ran down. Skies was as good on
near killing man once who called on him
for retraction. Once he was going to kill
me. Wonder how the Rooster is making it
now?"
Don't know. Take it along"
'Oh, thank you ever so much. But you
haven't read it yet, have you?"
Never mind. Take any you want; they
are 10 use to me. Glad to get rid of
Them
''Thank you. | will appreciate them so
much. and so will my wife, and my daugh
ter will just go wild over them. She cuts
out the poetry and pastes it in scrap-boOk.
She's got TWO filled already. and the third
pretty near. She can write poetry, too, and
some of it is real cute"
Then, after selecting some twenty to
thirty of the leading exchanges, he bows
out with
well, good day. I'm ever so much
obliged to you for these. If you don't mind
I'll come up again and get the Bugle and
Rooster. You can just lay them aside for
me when you are through with them. and
Pil be ever so much obliged to you. Maybe,
if think of it, I'll bring along some of my
daughters poetry and get your opinion of
Won If TO int nNfi
day."
Good day."
Then the political editor drops back into
his chair and says: 'H-ll!" The dramatic
man sticks the point Of his pen in his leg to
see if he is still alive, while the exchange
editor clips out two column article on "A
Sure Cure for Cranks." and reheadlines it
Society Scandals so as to be sure that
everybody will read it.