Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-10-11

adam hasTened away. That evening
the Colonel drove out. took down the
dummies" came back and again adver-
tised the land for sale.
| Il did not think that you would leave
me in such a lurch," said Nath.
my dear boy" replied the Colonel,
you have acted honestly by me, and
honesty always receives it reward.
Our Office was q small frame house,
built about two and half feet off the
ground. A drove of hogs slept-or
rather pretended to sleep under the
house, and although at first we objected
to the invasion, we soon began to like
the uproar, in that it drove away the
noise of the village stiffness.
One day Nath came in and declared
we were going to have trouble. What
Is the matter; another note to meet?" l
asked.
Worse than that" he replied. "a
strange hog has come to town"
yes" said I, %but cannot he soon
become acquainted with the other
hogs?"
THAT isn't it, you see. The strange
| hog is a razor-back SOW and Is about
three feet tall"
"What difference does that make?"
What difference!" he contemptu-
ously repeated. Don't you see that
she is too tall to get under the house,
dismissed the matter, having to
write an editorial on the Great Evils
Arising from Excessive immigration,
but Nath was worried, and, as soon
found out, not without cause. That
night the hogs came around as usual.
| The strange SOW came with them, and
although she might have seen that she
could not get under, yet the enterpris-
ing fool, in trying to force her way,
tipped over the house and pied the
Office.
It took US three days to straighten
the Office again, and this time the
architecture was on a more liberal plan.
The house was raised high enough for
the strange SOW.
Just as the busy season came upon
US we received notice that the State
| Press Association was soon to meet in q
town about two hundred miles away.
1T will never do to miss that con-
vention," said Nath. 81 tell you that
men who are ground down as we have
been lately are in need of recreation.
1t is all very we'll for merchant or
railroad man to stand year after year
to his work, but the newspaper man
needs rest. Brain work builds and it
also topples things over. 1t builds up
world and it then turns itself into
wreck. Now, 1 don't propose to turn
my brain into wreck. lam going to
that convention"
But what will become of the paper?"
I asked
Il don't know. Rest is now of more
Importance to me than work"
We went to the convention, went on
long excursion and missed two issues
of the Oak Leaf. 1 knew that our
business was ruined, but Nath was
cheerful The second day after our re-
turn he said:
II don't suppose you will ever be
philosopher, will you? am afraid
not" he added.
IF it is philosophy to ruin mans
business merely to go to a convention
do not want to be philosopher"
"But whose business has been
ruined?"
"Ours. We have missed two issues
of the paper"
"Ah. hah! thought you would look
at it in a way about as dull as that. But
you see am fortunately little sharper
than you are. Ihave made discovery
have been doing a little figuring and
have found that we have made more
money on the two issues that we missed
than we ever made on any half dozen
issues that we got out. Why, just look
here. Take the items. Running ex-
penses, nothing. There is big item
for you. Running expenses, you know,
have ruined many a newspaper. In
come from advertisements, forty-three
dollars. Many paper has gone to the
wall simply because its advertisements
did not Offset its running expenses"
What are you going to do?"
asked. "Are you going to suspend en-
tirely, seeing that you make more when
you don't print?"
"Oh, not going to suspend perman-
emily, but will not get out another issue
till we catch up"
That was many years ago. Nath
Billbeck is now publishing a paper in
New Mexico, and the following is an
extract from a recent issue: lowing
to meeting of the Press Association,
this paper will not come out next week
nor the week after, but after that our
subscribers may look for it with consist
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