Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-03-05
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many Phases OF Editorial Life In IN. VIVA
and WooIly West.

many Phases Of Editorial Life In the vua
and WooIly West.
NEARING THE LTur.-We have heen
repeatedly asked why we did not onen
on the q. q s. railroad for Ito sio,,
time, miserable old cars, rough road
nigh rates and generally Incompetent
service. 1t Is because we have bean
expecting an annual pass from the road.
we applied for it three months aqo
out have heard nothing as vet. We
are nearing the limit. II that mass Ia
not mere inside OF IA fortnight we shall
SOUND our bugle in manner to make
the officials of the road wish thew had
never been born.
tJNoT OUR NIGHT. Major Ratbbone
made personal assault on us last
tuesday as we were about to enter the
Dig Elephant saloon to interview the
Prosecuting Attorney in regard to the
heller affair. We presume it was be-
cause the kicker of last week referred
70 the Major as liar and an abscond-
en- We presume it was, although he
made no explanation. A minute he-
fore he seized us we felt like fobtipg
minute afterwards we were on the
run. There are times when we IAN
hght to the death. and other times
when we can outrun any coyote in the
glorious West. The Major happened
TO get us on our off night, or he would
Otherwise have been reduced to pulp.
mere Is good deal of winking and
chuckllng around town, but we don't
see any thing to laugh at If we didn't
nave our off-spells we'd be a veritable
terror to the whole district. It's lucky
for Arizona that were born that wav
ONLY OUR Waive understand
that Colonel Colfax feels aggrieved be-
cause we referred to him last week as
dead-beat bum who ought to be given
dose of White Cap medicine. The
Colonel should not be SO thin skinned.
It's only our way of keeping track of
the leaders of society.
| A FALSE ALARM.-A CHICAGO Times
correspondent dropped in on us the
other day for brief visit, and after
showing him our Washington hand
press, six varieties Of job type and two
whole bundles of print paper. we took
him out for survey of the town. The
news had gone abroad that he was a
Chicago detective, and it was laugha-
BILE to note the effect upon our leading
citizens. A dozen or more broke
for the sage-brush, without stop
ping for clean shirts, and so
many others cut off their whis-
kers or donned false ones that we
walked the whole length of Apache
avenue without meeting a man we
could recognize at first glance. While
there Is nothing mean about us, this is
a feature we are going to work about
twice a month on this town. 1t will
/ keep the boys unsettled and anxious,
and may be the m cans of converting
some OF them from the error of their
ways. It's an awful good feeling to
/ feel that you are the only man in a
town of 5000 people whose liver don't
kick the breath out of him every time
/ a stranger comes along and takes a
second look at the bridge of your nose.
WE CONE Down. We stated our be-
| lief last week that our contemporary,
which is eternally Dragging about it's
increase of circulation, did not print
$50 copies weekly. We were honest in
what we said. The old, bristle- backed
hyena who claims to be editor and
publisher sent for us yesterday
to examine his books and figure up
his circulation. We made the as
founding discovery that he has bona
fide circulation of 16s copies, When
we are right we stick to the limbs at
all hazards. When we are wrong We
let go and come down. We were
wrong in this case. We come down.
The Howling Coyote and Weekly Wish
Wash will please accept our humble
apology.
A BASE FABRICATION. "A CORE
spondent of the Chicago Herald an
nounces that the editor and proprietor
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