Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-10
The Mnin Guy Slept.

THERE was next to panic in the office Of
certain big morning newspaper the other
night. 1t was 1890 o'clock in the morning and
the forms had to be closed at l. If they were
not sent down promptly the paper would miss
the early mail and the correspondents Of the
big Western newspapers, who were waiting
around the corner at an all-night house at great
personal expense, and who rely on the early
editions for their New York telsgraphic news
would be embarrassed. The last revises had
been sent in to the big editor, irreverently
alluded to about the office as "the main guy"
or "His Jiblets," etc., an hour before. The
foreman of the pressroom had nagged the
night manager until the latter was almost wild.
The revises had not come out. Nobody dared
disturb "the main guy"-to knock at that door
on any pretext meant unceremonious dis
charge. Perhaps ''the main guy" has been
suddenly overcome with heat-perhaps he was
actually dead at his desk. With the aid OF
stepladder the society reporter, who was
deemed the most experienced in this liue of
business crawled cautiously up and peeped
over the transom. He hurried down SO ex-
oitedly that everybody whispered in breath:
'Dead?"
"S- hushl no: asleepp'
One of the staff who had been hauled over
the GOALS for mis- classical allusions expressed
his disappointment. A police court reporter
went up and looked. Then the night manager
went up and looked ne after M ..sb anotnet IN turn
in the great act of sleeping-someth that
had never occurred to any Of them as in the
most remote degree possible. Who dared 20
in and awaken himf Nobody volunteered.
Yet they dared not go to press without those
editorial revises. Here was where the panic
struck in. The foreman of the press room held
from the brow Of the night manager. threaten
ing the plaster below. Now, mark the In
scrutable ways of Providencel At that critical
Juncture the elevator landed on that very floor
- oil hrro
brought with him two and q half jags of Bowery
whisky. He staggered out of the elevator.
knocked down broom leaning against the
wall fell over PIE oT old eSnmn GO n rules and
Everybody broke and fied-except the horse re-
porter. He was asleep. Then came the sharp
Jingle of the big EDITORS bell. He was awake.
Il never saw such confounded dirty proofs"
he thundered. i've been at these an hour!
Let her gop'
THE Chinese population Of New York has
been steadily and rapidly on the increase.
This has been apparent for some time, though
nobody seems to be able to account for it. A
good deal of anxiety is expressed on the part Of
those interested in the subject to learn the re-
suits of the present census as relates to our
Mongolian friends. Those who frequent the
Chinese quarter note tho fact that It is becom-
ing more and more crowded. The Chinaman
does not become Americanized in personal ap-
pearance, SO it is difficult. if not impossible to
tell who are the newcomers. There is sus-
picion that our Canadian boundary has good
sized leak in it somewhere near the Eastern
coast. If 1t has, nobody but the Chinese them
selves know about 1t. They are very clannish
and close-mouthed, however, and no ChDaman
was ever known to give another Chinaman
away In matter OF this kind. They are unob-
trusive. well-behaved and industrious people,
but they do not civilize worth cent To be
sure some very excellent church people have
made systematic attempts to ChristIanize John.
but these attempts have been invariably abor.
tive. He goes TO Sunday school, make 'heap
foolee Meltcan woman" and goes back to his
opium and fantan as II nothing had happened.
Half of the trouble, attention and expense
wasted upon the Chinese BY New York philan-
thropists would be turned TO good account II
devoted to some other religious fad.
CHAs. 4. MuBHAx.