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Show Vur tlie I.nt IMlllon. An amusing story Is told of the editor of a go-ahead London evening newspaper, news-paper, who, lu tlie eternal rushing to press to get ahead of tlie opposition, was constantly Impressing upon Ids reporters re-porters the necessity for condensing all news, A tcrriflc boiler explosion had taken place on board a big ship lying at rortsmoutli. "(Jet down there as hard as you can," he said to one of his men. "If you catch tlie 11. -10 from London bridge you'll be theie soon after - ami can Just wire us something for the llfth edition, ed-ition, but boll it down." -And the leporter went. Soon after 3 o'clock that afternoon they got a wire from him; "Ten lilt-explosion. Mann'war. Holler Holl-er empty, l'ugineer full. Funeral to- morrow." Tlt-lllts. |