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Show He Obeyed Instructions. An' amusing story Is told of tho editor of a go-ahead evening newspaper news-paper In London who, In tho eternal rushing to press to get ahead of the opposition, was constantly Impressing upon his reporters tho necessity for condensing all news. A terrific boiler explosion had taken placo on board a big ship lying at Portsmouth. "Oct do-'n thero ns 1 --d as you can," ho said to one of his men. "If you catch tho 11:40 from London bridge, you'll bo thero soon after two, and can Just wlro us up something some-thing for tho fifth edition, but boll It down." And tho reporter wont. Soon after threo o'clock that afternoon aft-ernoon thoy got a wlro from him: "Terrific explosion. Melpomeno. Roller empty. Engineer full. Fu-ntJral Fu-ntJral tomorrow. No flowors." |