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Show .. " WT CLEVER REPORTER How Onn In Vlillnilrli1ils Lnl til. lro-rrailnli. lro-rrailnli. No one not in the guild hns any Idea of tlie reinurecs whi h a gmnl leportor h r. now udays to employ in obtaining Information of value to Cio public, smneof theso olort n'wvsgitherers aro not us scrupulous nsi inbuilt lie desired. One of this rlass Is evidently alluded to by the riillftdclphla Itvconl In this arousing incident: There was a meeting meet-ing nf wholesale liquor dealers the olhc might on Olrnrd avenue, und nil tho newspaper offices trero notified of tlio event by postal card. Koch nows-imper, nows-imper, ns Is customar, scut a reporter. A led-noscd person, puffing at a big cigar, stood at tho door b;foro tho Meeting Iwgnti and loudly nnnouneed t rat no reporters would bo ndmlttcd. Ouo reporter, who will be heard of one of theso days In the world's fame corner, cor-ner, lit a ci,;ur, cocked his lint over hli left eye anil was never challenged by (lie insnat the door. The liquor dealers deal-ers were having a great Iatijlt when tV reporter took a scat in tho hall, to llio discomfilmp ot tho newspaper men. One big, fat man with pockets bulging with Information clipp'il from tho dally impcrs, loudly denounced tho newspapers, hut n few minutes biter bo loudly applauded nuent speech In which the reportrr outlined it cnmpnlgn for tlie liquor dealers. Tho leportcr took the roiim of loud -rnldp tu liU hands, nnd wns d lnjr ' Uht well, when tho ted-nos.d sentinel boiled Into the room with the i.tutuncnt Hint a newspaper man had gotten Into the meeting. The statement created Intcuso oxclto-tuent, oxclto-tuent, which wns only quieted when the reporter climbed on a chnlr and pointed out tho fnt man ns tho culprit. cul-prit. The bttJer protested, but dcsplto this fact was thrown bodily front tho room, and tho reporter stayed in and mado suggestions which wcro all ndoptcd. - |