San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-27

lively reading, take up these papers during
the electoral struggle that terminates with
the installation Of a new president at the
White House The names of some of them
will suffice to give you an idea of the style Of
the contents; very favorite names are The
Paralyzer, The Rustler, The Cyclone, The
Prairie Dog, The Bazoo, The Lucifer, The
Bundle of Sticks, The Thunderer, The Earth
quake. saw and read copy Of the sheet
which rejoiced in the name Of Bundle Of
Sticks The first article contained advice to
a certain Joseph Muller, who, instead Of
working had taken up street preaching and
house to house prayer; I'VE give Joseph
Muller fortnight to find some honorable
employment If at the end Of that time he
is still leading an idle life, we will find an ex-
allied position for him" The joke makes one
shudder when one thinks that If Joseph
should turn deaf ear to the warning, he is
quite sure to be hung by his townSmen to the
highest branch of some tree in the town.
The characteristic of new societies is freedom
of speech as well as of action. read in some
Thunderer the following lines about the edi-
tor of The Lightning, the other newspaper Of
the town: I'VE wish to use moderation and
to keep within the limits of good breeding.
We will only go so far as to say that person
| ely be is n sneak, and that as journalist he
is liar and scoundrel." The Lightning
replies in the Same strain, and the public gets
| amusement for the moderate sum of one or
| two cents
H., hi, 81, 4 J..
Mr.. Pulitzer, proprietor Of The New York
World, and Mr.. Charles A Dana, editor Of
The Sun, one of the most accomplished jour
nalists were day after day calling each other
such names as "robber." "liar," mort
gagged" dirty jew"
Do not, however, draw hasty conclusions
| from this do not know Mr. Pulitzer per-
sonally, bat have the pleasure of knowing
| Col Cockerill, chief editor Of The World,
and Mr.. Dana, of The Sun. In private life
they are perfect gentlemen and men of great
talent CIR. Dana is one of the greatest schol-
airs in America In public life they are in
the swim, they go with the tide. As study
of English the polemic of The World and
| The Sun was most interesting
Inc tAlIIII lSsiII ~ 10 was SlN lSSI LulO S"O
camps, the partisans of Pulitzer and the par
| tisans Of Dana Whenever the combatants
were driven up for want of fresh epithets of
the requisite strength, their supporters sug-
ested some to them. Here are some congrat-
ulatious, addressed to Mr.. Dana, which /
read in The st. Louis Globe;
at was from beginning to end The Suns
stiletto against The Worlds meat AK and, as
| is always the case, the meat ak came out sec
ond best. The literature Of invective con-
tains nothing finer than son.e of The Suns
attacks on The World, and the literature of
the gutter contains nothing more feeble than
| The Worlds defense. The Sun dealt out
| prussic acid by the drop, and The World re-
| piled with rough on rats by the pound. The
fatulent anger of Pulitzer was completely
overwhelmed by the concentrated venom Of
! Jana" y
II were asked to name the most amusing
| papers published in the United States, I
should not hesitate to award the palm to The
| Detroit Free Press and The Omaha World;
in these two, American humor reveals itself
in all its spontaneous gayety, and their drol,
| lerieS are reproduced from New York to San
Francisco, from Montreal to New Orleans.