The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-05-02
THE PRESS.


HOumn (La.) Courier
The newspaper is an inlpcr onai
entity, SAYS the AcworIh Mll'erhl
Post. lis friend to-day may be us
enemy tomorrow /; its enemy u'
dny MAY be its friend Tomorrow
hut the newspaper goes straiSii'
on work ny for the public G"o',
disrpgarding neither. c.u
BnI right ON top of this SKY lhil
or simmer rainb0wS comes our eS
teemed friend of The Tyler (Fexas)
| Record, and sends US the following
address which we mournluliy
ascribe 20 our Press Convention III
| the merry month ol May.
Nv dear brothers. am gong 10
ask You some questions. do SO
! because | want TO find out some
| thing q know. In my meteorlc
newspaper career | have flushed
| some things that | am not aequalnt'
ed with. and being Of an inquislllVe
nature | lay The matter before you
for solution. -.
Here are some Of the pecnllarl-
lies of the business which | have
noticed, AMI | want To know u
YOURS have been OF 4 similar ma
turc.
The newspaper man does more
gratuitous work than IA charity
hospital.
lie is a man Of whom only an
ordinary citizen would have no
hesitancy to apply Tor assistance III
running for office. booming private
property, killing hogs, or working
a large garden. And the aforesaid
citizen would get mad, howl, lear
up the earth aud stop his paper
if the editor refused to lend the as
sis,ance dc manded.
When Il railroad meeting Is g"l,,
: ten up in order 10 boom The real
: estate of a town did you ever
/ know of an editor failing TO receive
an urgent invitation to be present
And have you ever noticed the
| absolute certainty of every editor
| IN town being "unanimouSly elec'
ed secretary? And after this NO
achian deluge of honor has bee!
conferred upon the humble dlscl
A ple OF the "hell-boXn he is mol eN
uected 10 devote $25 worth OF space
and money in blowing, pulling aho
living ahont the town, and advert
SIM The property Of some rich MAJ
: who doesn't care a galvanized Gus
whether the editor wears SOCKS Il
!. winter or just plain feet.
NJ Then when The editor has studie'
n, and labored ar d done all III III
II power to induce capital to reac'
n one hand out of its den ana TAX
hold of the enterprise, and the Et'
:. road comes blowing, snoring M
the city, and The c~iIlzens gong OF
t., of one fit into forty more, ana yo
n ever know the editor 20 get any
i. thing tor his work and money, e!
:, cept a complimentary pass owe
II the road for which he is eXpecte
to give twice ITS value Ill adve
V. Using!
Al, Then the town gives a banqu'
-. TO n crowd of visiting railroad me
and all the prominent clliZenS al
invited, anlong them The edllo
They eat and drink, and no II
charged Il cent for the little loo
he eats or the little he drinks, e.
h. cep, the editor. If the next i5~'
,r. of his paper does not contain
nd wrjte-up that costs the editor n
tv. les, than $40 in cash and som
,is Dor he is at once branded as a IN
Is. cradle, unappreciative cus' W
liza ought To be knocked over The de
2 line OF good society.
nd Then some rich men OF The toV
m get together and go into The nal
As featuring business. The editor, W
TO is always in The lead 10 honor a
riff encourage every good work, glN
mi them a big "send off" in his pap
nv. and in return they buy two ext
nd cnpies of the paper to send to I
in foreirr stockholders, and then q
II the editor a 'seud ull'' by ''Sendl
al. nA7' to ST. Louis for every bit OF
work they need. Or, perhaps,
fit of extraordinary generos
pho some member Of The firm will
yite The editor into a drug store a
.i1 set up the nickle cigars drug Hto
M only keep scent cigars, but
S64 course the gentleman don't kn
city this).
&c Yes. dear brothers, | have
ticed all these strange things Z
ing my brief, though brilliant
ime reer as editor, and that is what
lar given me such an appetite
the vomit. I
- The average country editor |
/, :" of whom | ami is a great bic o'
her- grown sucker, whom the W,
city never fails TO catch WIN a Oal,
,uch sort mush. LET'S all get tcge'
and be ashamed of ourselves
DRAWING A CONFEDERATE !
d u Hnrrx nnuan fool ] oil Il