The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-19

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personal. and 4. h4d eone On 50 for
SOME time- We dev0tcd fiffeen min
utes ench day q the management 81
our respective papers. and TIE balance
Of the day in doing each other up IA =
war 70 p{eAse our sufscriberx
One evening LosenzO Dos Pease
came into my ONCE and said he wa1f-
ed 10 see me personally l said that
would suit me exactly. and that II he
had asked me IN any other ray ! did
mt knox how could have arranged
Il. He said be meant that he would
like to see nae By myself therefore
DISCHARGED the furCe. tsrned out the
dog. and xe had the o.sire toozlr-elves-
es5uli scr that he was in truuhle. sox
every btfie while he would brush away
. tear In an underhandesi kind of way
and swallow large imaginary mass Of
something. ! asked LORENZO Why he
felt 30 depressed. and be said: /" VII
liam. have came here for favor
He always said II have came" for
he was . se,f-made man, and hadn't
done good job, either. have came
here for : favor. l wrote refiy to
your vencmous attack OF to-day and l
expected to publish ii toiaorrox in my
paper, but, 10 tell you the truth, We
are out Of paper. At least. we have .
few bundles at the freight ONCE, but
they have taken to send ii e. q d..
and haven't the means Just at hand
to take il out Now. as . brother in
the great and glorious order of jour
nalism, would il be too much for You
to loan me . couple of handles Of
paper To do me TIL get my pay for
some equestrian bills struck of on
Friday, and Just Is good as wheat
How long would couple Of ban
dies last your ! asked rs looked
out at the window and wondered il be
would reveal his circulation
:. Five issues and little over" he
said, filing his pipe from small box
on the desk
= But yon could cut of your ex-
changes and then il would last longer,
l remarked.
"Yes, but only for one additional
issue. am anxious to appear tonior-
row. because my subscribers viii be
looking for reply 10 what You said
about me this morning. You stated
that was a journalistic bacteria look
ing for something to infect, and while
/ did not come here to get you to re-
tract. would like it as favor If you
would loan me enough white paper to
set myself straight before my sub
ssribers.s
well, why don't You go and tell
them about it, 1t wouldn't take
long" said in jocsind way, siapping
Lorenzo on the back But he did not
laugh. | then told him that we only
had paper enough TO last us till our
next bin came, and so could not pos
sihly loan any; but that ii he would
write a caustic reply to my editorial. |
would print it for him. He caught me
i'm his arms, and then for a moment
his head was pillowed on my breast.
Then he sat down and wrote the fol-
lowing card:
allow me, through your columns, to
state that in your issue of yesterday
you did me great injustice by refer
ring TO me as journalistic bacteria
looking Tor something to infect; also
as n lop-eared germ of eontagion, and
warning people To yaccinate in order
to prevent my spread. dcnounce the
whole article as malicious falsehood
and state that ii You will only give me
chance ] will fight you on sight. AL
ask is that you will wait till can
overtake you, and ] am able and will.
ing to knock great chunks off the uni.
verse with YOU. l do not ask any IA
vors OF an editor who misleads his
subscribers and Intentionally misun-
derstands his correspondents; man
who advises an anxious inquirer VIII
wants to know how to get a cheap
baby buggy " TO leave the child at d
cheap hotel; Il man who assumes to
wear brains, bat who really thinks
with fungus growth; a man the
bleak and barren exterior of whose
head is only equaied by its bald and
echoing interior.
LORENZO Dow PEAsE.
| looked it ever, and. as there did
not seem to be anything personal in it,
/ told him | would print it for him
with pleasure He then asked that
would, as further favor, refrain from
putting any advertising marks on il,
and that would make it follow pure
reading matter. which did. | loaded
the card and printed il with simple
word of introduction, in which said
that took pleasure in printing it, in
asmuch As Mr.. Pease could not get
his paper ont OF the express Office Tor
few days. 1t was kindness to
Kim, and it did not hurt my paper in
the end.
There are many reasons why the es-
Enlistment OF Il department of jour
nalism at Cornell viii be a good move,
and believe that while il viii not take
the place of actual experience, it will
shorten the apprenticeship of young
newspaper man, and the fatigue of
starting the amateur in journalism
viii be divided between the managing
editor and the tutor. 1t viii also give
the aspiring sons of wealthy parents a
chance to toy with journalism without
interfering with those who are actually
engaged in it,
Engravings, etehings, pastels, water
colors, etc. Gazzam & Co., Second