The careless student of the career of Columbus will find much in these lines that he has not yet seen. He will realize when he comes to read this little sketch the pains and the trouble and the research necessary before such an article on the life and work of Columbus could be written, and he will thank me for it; but it not for that that I have done it. It is a pleasure for me to hunt up and arrange historical and biographical data in a pleasing form for the student and savant. I am only too glad to please and gratify the student and the savant. I was that way myself once and I know how to sympathize with them. P. S.--I neglected to state that Columbus was a married man. Still, he did not murmur or repine. ACCEPTING THE LARAMIE POSTOFFICE. Office of Daily Boomerang, Laramie City, Wy., Aug. 9, 1882. My Dear General.--I have received by telegraph the news of my nomination by the President and my confirmation by the Senate, as postmaster at Laramie, and wish to extend my thanks for the same. I have ordered an entirely new set of boxes and postoffice outfit, including new corrugated cuspidors for the lady clerks. [Illustration: 0321] I look upon the appointment, myself, as a great triumph of eternal truth over error and wrong. It is one of the epochs, I may say, in the Nation's onward march toward political purity and perfection. I do not know when I have noticed any stride in the affairs of state, which so thoroughly impressed me with its wisdom. Now that we are co-workers in the same department, I trust that you will not feel shy or backward in consulting me at any time relative to matters concerning postoffice affairs. Be perfectly frank with me, and feel perfectly free to just bring anything of that kind right to me. Do not feel reluctant because I may at times appear haughty and indifferent, cold or reserved. Perhaps you do not think I know the difference between a general delivery window and a three-m quad, but that is a mistake. My general information is far beyond my years. With profoundest regard, and a hearty endorsement of the policy of the President and the Senate, whatever it may be, I remain, sincerely yours. Bill Nye, P. M. Gen. Frank Hatton, Washington, D, C, A JOURNALISTIC TENDERFOOT. Most everyone who has tried the publication of a newspaper will call to mind as he reads this item, a similar experience, though, perhaps, not so pronounced and protuberant.