Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 28, 1889, Page 5

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1889, HOW THE LITTLE ONES DIED. The Testimony of the Witnesses at tho Inquest. SAD STORY OF THE MOTHER. A Movemont to Raise Funds to fray Burial Expenses and Erectan Humble Home for Her. Nobody Would Risk It The inquest on the remains of the three Schipp babies who were burned in the fire Thursday morning was field at Corouner Drexel's office yesterday afternoon av 2 o'clock, The members of the jury were Georgo Medlock, L. . Reed, C,S.Conuors, J. R. Conklin, W. P, Welch and Henry Plumb. The first witness was Assistant Fire Chief Salter. He testifiod that when the depart- ment reached the house the building was a mass of flames and but_little could be done o save the buildir, He found the three burned bodies, Two of the children were in bed aud ono of them on the floor leaning against the bed, He was of the opinion that the fire was caused by the fire in_the stove, which was on tho opposite side of the room from the bed. The building was built of dry pine and lined with tar paper and would burn readily, Anton Seltzle, who lives at 2044 Poppleton avenue, two blooks from the fire, saw the fire from his window ; saw the flames burst- ing out of the kitchen roof. He broke in a window and the blaze enveloped the whole building. When he broke the window he heard tho children, two of them, crying for help. The building was burning so that no one could get near the place. The door was locked, and when it was broken open the flaros burst out so that a man could not get within ten feet of the building. M. W. Wood, who lives al avenue, saw the firo from Twenty-second aod Pierce. The house was enveloped in flames that burst out all at once and burned 80 rapidly that no one could get near the building: Wilke Parkeris a young boy living one block east of the house that was buraed. He saw tho smoke and before he could get to tho building the house was all ablaze. He turned in the alarm and witn two other boys tried to put tho fire out wiile the men stood around with their hauds in their pockets and didn't try to help them. He did not know, there were any children in the house untit_after ‘tho place ‘was nearly Lurned down. He then tried to get into the building but coutd not. This was all of the evidence offered. The verdict wus that the chiliren had comwe to their death from burning and that the cause of the fire was unknown. 5 Poppleton The Unfortunate Mother's History, Mrs. Schippspent Thursday night with Mrs. Alonzo Lacy, u former neigioor, at No, 1019 South Twentioth stroet. She was complete- 1y prostrated by griof, The reaction had set in, and she was ina very feeble condition, the tears flowing freely, although it is quite evident that the full force of the blow has not yet fallen. Mrs, Schipp stated to a Bee reporter that she caine to America from Germany about eight years ago. She was married at Fre- mont seven years ago to Claus Frahm, but left him on account of extreme cruelty after two children bud been born to them. Two years afterward Frahm was convicted of a crimeand sent to the penitentiary, and she secured u divorce. ‘When shs left him she went to the Home of the Friendless at Lincoln, where she stayed two and a half years, She after~ wards found employment as a nurse, leaving one child at the Home, and the other with _ friends ia Fremont, Becowing lonely and desirous of sceing her children she took both of them and came o Omaha, where she obtained employment as cook in a restau- rant, and also did washing. In this way she 'accumulated enough money to start housekeoping at 1021 South Twentieth street. In a short time a man named Will- iam Schipp applied for room and board with her, and she took him 1nto her house, hoping thereby to lessenher expenses. Ina suort time, he persuaded her to marry him and once more she was doomed to bitter dis augalntmuul. As 3001 us they were married, ipp began a systematic course of cruelty. He beat ber and the children shamefuily until the neighbors were compelled to inter- fere. He pawned the furniture she had worked so hurd to pay for and refused abso- lutoly to work or assist in supporting tho family. After they had been married about two months she left him, in February last, and was engaged as a domestic in the family of a butcher named Krampert, on Pierce street, near Twenuy-first, She remained with Mr. Krampert all summer, and two ‘weeks ago moved into the little house whera the sad affair of yesterday occurred. She had accumulated enough to buy the few ur- ticles of furniture contained in the house, but that comprised all her earthly posses- sions, and she is now envirely destitute every sense of the word. Not only has the light gone out of her life, but she1s bereft of oven tho most necessary articles of apparel, Her earthly possessions are limited to §5and @he clothes she has on her back. ‘Ihe remains of the little ones will be puried teday. By that time @& suf- fcient amount of monoy will have been obtained to defray the burial expenses and perhaps erect a little cottage on leased ground for the mother, Tug Bee will receive subscriptions to ad 4n this undertaking. Fire Chief Galligan has raiscd $175 for tho relief of the woman. Lew Hill has donated her the use of & house until April 1 and Charles Kosters ana Frank Ramge have agreed to furnish the hulldlux for her, The members of the coroner's jury wnd the wit~ nesses donuted their fees, §30 in all, to the tund for the womun's relief. —— The surest means to rid yourself of that distressing cough is to use Dr. Bull's Cough Byrup. 25 cents, “‘Mrs. Jones sits at the window all day. placid as a May morning, and her fiye small uhlldrun play hide aud seck on the back atairs,” “‘No wonder! She uses Salvation Oil for sprains and cuts.” A GAMIN FEAST. 1t is Xnjoyed at the Omaha Mission School. At noon yesterday the ladies having in charge the Omaha mission school gave their thirteenth annual Christmas dinner to the pupils, and nearly 400 clnldren of all sizes wand colors were given a banquet fit for a Kine, ‘The 200 girls belonging to the industrial school and the 150 pupils in the Sunday school were present, und a number of others also. There wero five tables, cnpnble of accomo- dating 180 children, and they were all spread three times with laviting edibles, Ladies from the leading families of the city waited upon the children. It was a pleas- ure to watch the little fellows despatch the toothsome viands and see the pleasure and satisfaction beaming from every face. And the bill of fare! The richest bankers in the eity did not enjoy & finer feast ou Christmas day. 'There was turkey and crauberries, roast chicken, nnrlwh-hu-, h-m, roast boef, chicken pot-pie, baked cold slaw, doughnuts, biscuit, bread -na *butar, pota. , coffee, celery, uluklu‘ apples and sovoral kinds of cakes' und pie. Some en- i’ dul the almur 80 well that they not only ad their stomachs, but also their pockets, and others gathered up sufticient to fill a mnud basket for the **folks at home." cluun- had been very generous in donations aud the was the .plolhlh\ dioner, Liberal aonations of money and clothiug bad also been made and Mrs, Jardine, the matron, has made a discreet . dustribution of uvafi!hlng where it wauld do * the wost good udaby of Armour & Cudahy contributed steaks sufiicient ‘for forty-eight families, and rousts eoough for twenty-four. Provisions sufticient for thirty fawmilies have been received and distributed. Tea, \lndumruwnu. and sixteen pmr of shoes have boen uon[m and given to wdigent old ‘Wowen, two of whom are blind. A number of garments reccived were giveu to childrun. ‘The object of the mission school, however, is_one'moro of morals and manners than of charity, although it is intended to relieve distress whenever it is found. It is intended 10 teach the children to be clean and neat in appearance and polite and moral in their actions The old building in which the school is held 1s too smail to_accommodate the pupils and an effort is being made to secure funds 10 erect a new building, On next Tuesday evening the pupils of the school will present a cantata at Bovd's opera house to which the entrance fee will be but 25 cents. —n For alame back try saturating a piece of flannel with Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and binding it on to the éffected parts. Th treatment will cure any ordinary case 1n one or two days. Pain Balm also cures rheumatism, sprains, swellings and lameness, 50 cent bottles for sule by all druggists. S STORY. the Wounded Man 4 to Say. Last mght T. 8. Tracey, o stock dealer of St. Louis, Mo., and brother of James Tracey, n who was stabbed on Christmas, in the city. He said that ho desired to have correctod the version of the stabbing affray in accordance with the story told him by & son of the injured man, who, Lo says, was a witness of the aff As published, ¢im Ma had separated from his wife. Ouo of tho causes which led 1o the estrangement was the fact that his wife permitted her sister, to whose calls James, for certain reasons objected, to visit his house. Yet, he claims, tho injured man his' sons reasoned with the wife, and, notwithstanding that she had applied for divoroee, tried to induce her to consent to again live with her husbaod. On Christmas the latter, living in Council Bluffs, revisited his houss to get some articles of wearing apparel, When he nearca the alley adjacent to the house bie called ono of his chilaren, a boy named Willie, to him. As he did so he met Jones, his brother-in-law, coming from the houso'with a pail, going for beer. It scems that Tracey said, “it's a protty idea that a man can’t visit his home on Christmas without meeting such a dog as you are.” Jones immediately, it is claimed, rushed at Tracy, whereupon the boy Willie exclumed : “Look out fathor, he's golng to cut you.” The stabbing thea took place. oy, it is alleged, positively states that the meeting took placd in the alley, and that_the father used no weapon, much less a chair. ‘The wounded man’s brother says that Jones bore a bad reputation elsewhore; that ne was driven out of Atchison tnder tho v grancy act, and that he had even cut a gro: son of the wounded man some time ugo; that he also used a knife upon a baker named Paylor, but that the latter knocked lini down and took the blade away from him. The brother of the injured man said that the doctor did not expect the latter to live over the night, but that, in_the event of his sustainiog the shock, he would probably re- cover. A midnight inquiry at the hospital was an- swered by the statement that the wounded man was improving. An Absolute Cure, The ORIGINAL ABIETINE OINTMENT is only put up in large two-ounce tin boxes, and is an absolnte cure for old sores, burns, wounds, chapped hands and all skin_erup- tions. Wil positively cure all kinds of piles. Ask for the ORIGINAL ABIETINE OINT- MENT. Sold by Goodman Drug commany at 25 conts per box—by mail 50 cents. and vho had been A CANNING CTORY. It is to Recelve Consideration at the Real Bstate Exchange. A canning factory on a big scale to care for the fruits and vegetables of Douglas county is the latest improvement scheme to be considered by the real estate exchauge. President Hartman announced yesterday that @ gentloman who has livedin Omabi for years had dccided to build and operate a factory of the kind montioned af ho could got two men t9 join him with some capital. The matter will be considered by the ex- change. President Hartman also announced that the committee appointed to solicit subscrip- tions for the proposed boot d shoe and Kknitting factories were at work and would have o report to make early i the new year, The following property was listed on call this morning: Jetter's addition to South Omaha, lov 5, block 4, 50x150, five-room house, $2,050. Kountze & Ruth's addition, 96 f block 7, 50x06, SiX-ro0m houso, $4,7 At the meeting of the exchange tomorrow the following real estate will be offered at auction sale: Lot 10, block 8, Plainview. Lots 1, 2 and 8, block I, Lowe’s addition. Lots 13, 14 and 15, block 11, Bedfora place. Chaage 6f life, backache, monthiy irregu- larities, hot flashes are cured by Dr. Miles’ Nervine. Free samples at Kuhn & Co,'s 15th and Douglas. The Schuetzenverein, The weckly prize shoot of the Omaha Schuetzenverein took place yesterday, and Julws Schlop having made the best score, was awarded the medal for the ensuing week. Tho custom heretofore prevailng was to award the prize medal to the member of the club making the best record at each contest, which entitled him to the privilege of wearing it one week, At the end of tho yoar the totals are made up und the member having the best record for the ycar becomes the sole owner of the prize medal. The yvear's record hus not yet been made up, but as F'red Fuiler is about 810 points ahead of any other he will probubly be given tho medal. ‘The plan of the final awarding of the medal will be changed next year, aud then the member of the club making the best fifteen shots during the year will get the prizo. The folloWing scores were made yes- terda; Julius Schlop, 120; George Kane, 110; Christ Wuethrich, 116; H, Peterson, 113: . Christ l(mlrnllulen. 1115 H, Bush, 10 Matthows, 108; George Tosten, 90; M, Kopu, 47; H. Ruser, 46, For Abuse of Alcohol Use Horsford's Acid Phosph: Dr. W, E. Crane, Mllchell Dai., 8a) has proveu almost a specitic for this disorder; it checks the vomiting, restores the appetite, and at the same time allays the fear of im- *pending dissolution, that is so common to heavy drinkers.” G Gospel Temperance Meetings. Colouel Holt, at the Newman Methodist Episcopal church, Twenty-sixth street and St. Mary’s avenue, was especially strong last night and had sumo assistance from Prof. Knowles of Colorado and Mrs. Wood- ward, vice president of the state Women's Christian Temverance union, who each made a fow brief remarks which were well re- ceived. The mcetings are increasig in in- terest nightly, Mauy additional names were enrolled last night, There will be au- other moeting tonight at the same place, commencitg with song service at 7 p. m, g No nousehold is complete without a Cook’s extra dry imperial champagne, the best sparkling wine made, . R i He Is a Philosopher, A man well dressed and loaded with ‘whisky fell down'a flight of stairs leadiug to Boyd's opera bouse last night and knocked out several teeth and cut a deep gash in the side of his head. He isa stranger in the city and would not give his name. On get- ting up he remarked that it was hard luck, but well deserved, and then after having his wounds dressod he went to his roow At the Paxton hotel 1o recuperate, ——— Remembered by His Friends. Oan Christmas day the operators of the Western Union telegraph company presented Mr. J. 8, Twiford, their ohief, with an elegant gold watch as a token of their esteem. Mr. Twiford was the recipient of many presents from individual operators. “tBrown's Bronchial Troches' are excellent for the relief of hourseuess or sore throat. They are exceedingly effective.”— Christian World, London, Eug. SOME GO AND OTHERS COME. How the Retiring County Offcinls Will Dispose of Themselves. The newly elected county oMcials will take possession of their sinecures on January 7, the day prescribed by law. The present in- cumbents are looking out for positions. The officers who retire are Sherift Coburn, Treasurer Bolln, Clerk Roche, Commissioner Mount, Surveyor Howesand School Superin- tendent Bruner, Sherift Coburn intends going into the ia- surance and loan business and has secured an office in the chamber of commerce. Two of the deputies of the are already provided for. Dorsey Houck is o constable 1n the Sixth ward, and Louis Grebe 1s a bailift in Judgo Hopewell's court, Deputies Henry Grobe, George Stryker and Frank Bandhauer will go out and'into the cold world Sheriff-elect Boyd has been very chary with his promises, and it 18 not known who will compose his staff further than that E. W. Thibs, a colored democrat and a former letter carrier, who did effective work during the county campaign, is to be one of the new deputy sheriffs, ‘L'tie latter ofice is a month salary, and as much more and perquisites, Joo Miller continuatce of his present job and may gotit. He is & demovrat and gets $70 month. There will be a clean sweep in the county troasurer’s office, Mr. Bolln will probably muke u Buropean tour during the coming year and farther than that has no definite pians. His head deputy, John (Groves, has a number of offers of positions for which his ability us a bookkeepor fits him, but has not yet decided which he will accept. The nIllLu will be manued entirely for the next rs by democra Treasurer-Elect has his bonds_alrcady for prosenta- tion to the board. It is understood that Tom O'Brien will be one of his deputies and Frank R. Morrisey the other. Commissioner Mount after January 7 will bo plaiu Mr. Mouut and will receive his mail in care of the Home msurance company. What chan, his retiroment from the board will make 18 as yet all a matter of speculation. Each of the five members of that body is a candidate for the chairmanshin and the orgauization for the next year is, at present one of the unsolved problems, The political complexion ot the board insures the retention of Johin J. Mahoney us superintond- ent of tho poor farm and A. d. Webb asclerk of the board, Clerk M. D. Roche is going into the loan and insurance business. He has a partner and is looking for a location, He has o fine set of abstract books und thinks he soes a chance to make some woney, some- thing, he says, he hus not_been able to do in his present position. His deputy, J. C. ilfoil, it 1s generally understood, will re- ain his position under Clerk O'Malley. School Superintendent Bruner has not decided what. he will do yet, as 1t will take him some time to ot used to the idea of being plain Me. Bruner. successor has not announced any policy, and but little change is expected in the office. Charles Howes will find plenty of work that will pay him as well as the positiou of county surveyor. Take it all around the changes to be made are not us sweeping as mght bave been ex- pected and the under men in the county em- ploy have no reason to complain of their prospects, shoriff Personal Paragraphs. Dr. Couery of Neligh is at the Millard. S. E. Taylor of Lincoln is at the Cascy. H. C. Rountree of Lincoln is at the Murray. C. H. Dietrich of Hastings is at the Pax- ton. John W, Hoffman of Lincoln 1s at the Mil- lard. J. P, Albert of Homer is stopping at the Casey. James Ferguson of Beatrice is at the Mer- chants, J. R. Johuston of Crate is stopping at the Millard. M. F. Paxton, J. H. Rothwell of Creighton is registered at the Casey. Charles Johuson of Arlington is a guest at the Casey. H. A, Peters of Hay Springs is stopping at the Casey. W. C. Catherwood of Blair is a guest at the Casey. W. S. Houseworth of Lincoln 18 a guest at the Murray. R. D. Stevens of Lincoln is a guest at Merchants, E. R. Oakes of Graud Island is stopping at the Casey. John L. Doty of Lincoln is registered at the Millard. A. M. Gooding of Hartington is stopping King of Lincoln is'a guest at the the . at the Paxton. T, L. Warrington of Lexington 1s a guest at the Millard. C. J. Harrison of Wahoo is registered at the Merchants. Miss E. Frankenberger of Lexington isa guest at the Millard. Thomas E. Farrell of Hastings is regis- tered at the Paxton, Dao. T. Patton and are at the Merchants, George N. Crawford of Columbus is stop- ping at the Merchants, A. B. Toda and F. M. Richey of Platts- mouth are guests at the Merchants. E. M. Brass, I. Ewing and M. B, Immel of Mason City are guests at the Casey. Robert Lorton and Miss Rita Lorton of Nebraska City are among the arrivals at the Murray. Major W. S. North and wife of the cavalry at Fort Niobrara, are in the ci are guests at the Paxton, Judge J. Wesley Tucker and wife and John G. Latile and wife of Valentine are among the guests av the Casey. P. P. Shelby, formerly connected with tho Union Pacific railway in this city, and now of St. Paul, Mino., is stovping at the Pax- ton. Mrs. Drummond will arrive here today from London, Eungland, on o visit to ber daughter, Mrs. E. G. Brabrook, at her home at the corner of Thirty-fifth and Seward, Theodore A. Bingham of the United States engineer corps passed through the city yes- terday on bi: way to the German court at Berlin, where he has been detailed for duty as an engineer officer. C. F. Lidball of Crete Watch the box, buy the genuine Red Cross Cough Drops, 5 cents per box. Pl i, AN ESCAPED EXILE, Terrible Experiencs of an Editor in the wilds of Siberia, A dispatch received from Vancouver, British Columbia, states that on the steameor Batavia there arrived at that port from Japan a Russian gentleman who had just escapéd from Siberia, where he had been in exile for eigh- teen years. The gentleman, who had assumed the name of Brant, was eighteen years ago the editor of a news- paper in RRussin, He was not a nihilist or unything so violent, but professed oniy a mild form of liberalism. His views, at all events, us expressed in Pnper displeased the government, and or the offense he was sentenced to exile for life in Siberia, For six years he was in solitary confinement. Atter that he was twelve years on parole, going from place to' place. Being a doctor of medicine, at first he was en- abled 1o earn a pittance by practicing this profession whenever opportunity of~ fered, but the fact being discovered even that solace was denied him and he was not allowed to remain long enough at one station to make money., Sowme time ago he met three Amer{cau gen~ tlemen who were traveling through Siberia and they advised him to escape, which, after calculating the chances well, Be undertook and accomplished successfully, At the seacoast he found a British u{h) and explained the cir- cumstances to the officers. He was taken on board and lunded at Nagaskai, Thevre his passage was paid on the Ba- tavia by new found friends. On arr iug at Vuncouver the officers of the Ba- tavia presented him with a ticket to ‘Washington, D. C., for which place he started at once, Brantis a tall; spare man, about forty-five years of age and prewaturely old, UPS ANDDOWNSOF AN EDITOR. He has His Trials as Well as Hi Tritmphs. THE CONCENTRATED POPULACE. From Greely Down to the Present Re- markable Newspapar Develops ment—Editorial Qualifications and Growth. The Modern Journal. I am asked to write of *“The Trlals and Triumphs of the Editor.” I sus- pect my friend, Murat Halstead, as on the eve of distinguished honors he finds himself suddenly haled and halted by the ghosts of old manifestoes which once in cold type will never down, could tell us something of the trinls, as hoe cortainly knows much of the triumphs of his ft. The frce lance has its ri as well as its rhapsodies. Ina different way there is nomore plaintive yot humorous rovelation of the trials of the editor than i3 contained in the re- cently published letters of Horace Greeley to Me. Dana, Mr. Greeley was the powerful editor; Mr. Dana the accomplished journal Mr. Greely was all politics; Mr. all news in its broadest sense, Greeley had no interest in the drama, and when he viteously orotested to Mr. Dana ns managing editor against le ing out Greeley’s most important polit- ical article to make room ftor Fry’s elovon-column dramatic review and against emburrassing him by printing a violent assault on his best friend in congress, he gives us an illustration once touching and amusing of some of the vexations of the editor. Mr. Greeley had his trials in mar but in spite of them all, how and impressive the triumphs greatest and grandest ulllmml career in this or any other country These, writes Churles Bmory Smith of the Philadelphia Press in tbe Inde- pendent, will answer for introductory surface indications; beneath them are deep mines of suggestion with veins of difficulty and of advantage running in every direction. Journalism both as a business and ns a_ profession has beon revolutionized within thirty Beforo that time it had very little of the profit of the one ov of the rank and character of the othe; row and unexacting. Neithev in its re- wards nor in its achievements taken as a whole did 1t vank at all with the pul- pit or law or medicine. Outside of the few who became political oracles and who were more politicians than editors, it offered no positions worthy of any ambition. Now all this is completeiy changed and there has been no such marvelous progress’in any other field unless it be in railroading and oue or two other lines of development which combine intellectual’ and material re- quircments. Asa business, journalisin has become a greatienterprise with vast capital, heavy expenditures, an army of workers and large prolits, and requir- ing the best business management. As a profession, 1t has unmonsurxmly broadened its scope, attractious, de- mands and opportunities. The old journalism was littlo more than politi- cal pamphleteering; the new journal- ism is the comprehensive epitome of the world’s life, aud the leader and reflex of human thought and activity. The one generally involved party sevvility and limited careers; the other offers indvidual mdependence and the most splendid pecuniary and personal prizes, The great chinge hus come partly through interior evolution and partly through exterior conditions. Each re- acted on_ the other. The momentous issues and intense stress of the war pro- duced a demand for the earliest pos: ble news over the widest possible terri- tory. That feverish, importunate de- mand bred the enterprise of the fivld and forced the ingenuity of the press- room. With the invention of fast printing-presses, the multiplication of stereotyped plates, the development of world-wide enterprise, the lavish use of the telegraph, the cheapening of paper, the growth of population and the edu- cation of the people in newspaper read- ing, has come the possibility of great newspaper circulations; and great cir latiors carry almost unlimited pos: bilities as a business. When Greeley and Bennett disputed as to whether the Tribune of Herald printed the more papers, the trial showed that the maxi- mum was about 18,000, Now we have several newspapers with a daily or weekly circulation of mnearly 200,- 000, = and every large city counts a number of journals with circulations varying from 50,000 to 150,000, The difference between the old maximum and the new is the differ- ence botween a small income and a bon-~ anza. When we reflect that a single penny on a circulation of 100,000 means $1,000 a day, we can realize the import of the figures. The elder Bennett plumed himself in a lending editorial on his approaching marriage and a profit of $40,000 a year; now the paper of corresponding position makes an an- nual profit of not less than three-quar~ ters of a million, nud scores of papers can be named that carry $100,000 a year and upwards on the right side of the ledger, With this mechanical and material development—partly as the cause of it and partly springing from its increased resources—has come a great intellectual growth, The brain equipment of the metropolitun newspiiper has, indeed, relatively advancett beyond the ph; sical equipment, - As alréady suggested, the old journal was little more than a pum- ical'handbill. Its range was narrow, its discussions limited; its news meager, and its interest reswricted and ephem- eral, It was for.the most part the produm. of one mind, . If he was a Weed or a Greeley, he made a potent political organ. If he was not,a giant he made a dull paper and a.poor living, The great modern newspaper, on the other hand, springs from no single Jupiter, but shines with a whplo constellation of stavs. The chief"“may be as able as the masters ‘of the past, but unless he calls abbut him the most varied and brilliart#alents in many de- partments his journdl will lag in the strenuous and eager'race. The report- ers will include young men with the gifts of a Daudet or a Guutier for de- seription, The correspondents will number masters of style who can paint & scene almost us well as Macaulay gnlnled the trial of Warren Hastings, he editorial writers will contain essay- ists as churming as Coleridge and pole- mics as sinewy and pungent as Cobbett, No visionary idea this, since Daudet, Gautier, Mncaulny Coleridge. and Co bett were all working newspaper men. And beneath these more showy quali- ties there will be, as the bulwark of the best }ournnlmm a breadth and accuracy of information which are the first requi- sites and which are the foundation of soiid and lasting suceess, Of course it is not implied nor meant that all who are employed in journal- ism must be of this rank,and that there 18 no room for others. Much of jour nalistic work revuires no geaius. Much of it is best when it is the most simple, direct and succint narrative. Yet there is no department which may not be illuminated by genius; and maay of the demands of the journalism of today require abiiity, training and_acquir ments of the Klglwnt order. The scopo of the modern newspaper embraces the widest range of human progress and endeavor. It rivals the magazines in its production of current literature. It outbids the book publisher for the fore- most writers of the day. It discusses theology with the authority and sanc- tions of the pulpit. It elucidates ques- tions of law with the learning and pen- etration of the courts. It commands the highest artistic, engineering and scientific talent for the solution of prob- lems within th domain. It sends Stanley to Africa Schwatka to Alaska; secures treaties before the diplomats and messages before congress; beats the dotectives in unearthing crime and the prosecut- ors 1n stopping violations of law; oxplores the asylum and ch leads the council chamber in improve- ments and the exchango in business de- velopment; and molds public thought it does not guide public energy, in o ery direction. Jdnall this varied work there is the room and the demand for the most varied accomplishments. Journa 1 has never beenas able and as strong as iv is now. If there are fower names that stand out pre-emi- nently like the Greeloy und Raymond and Croswell and Ritchio of the past, it is because the general lovel is far higher. If there are fewer men of real distinction as chiefs, there are in parably more men of distinction as jour- nalists. In the old journalism there was no place for any star but the chief; in the new journalism the genius of the staff or the specialist of the field may shine as brightly as the general. The growth of journalism must bo more and more in the direction of greater brains and a higher nge of work. It has substantially reached its full development in the mere collection of news—using the term here in its limited sense as meaning the current events of the dy t). The modern news- st spread all over aph brings ev- ous Nothing of human interest is too large or too small for its sp. Like the trunk of the elephant, it can drag down a tree or pick up a pin. With this boundless sweep,the question which now confronts it is one not of quantity but of quality. It must discriminate and select and edity its further progress must be on a higher standard; it must have a broader coveention” of news as meaning not merely the events of the day but the intellectual, social and moral mov ments of the time. It must have a still higher re tion of its power and of its responsibility in leading public opinion and shaping public action not merely in_politics, but in the whole realm of human activity. The news- paper, rightly directed, may be the most potent factor of popular education 1d public progress. If a city needs a v water supply, it may employ the specialists whose mastery of the prob- lem will determine the public judg- ment. If new regions are to be opened to commerce, it may send the explorers whose investigations will decide the line of ir.vestment. In the bmuflnr conception of journalism ve isno limit to its mission, aund, wlllmun relinquishing the field of every- , its further development will be in the direction of higher intel- lectual effort and leadership, This requirement will steadily elevate the standard of the intellectual outfit in newspupers. It will demadd men of the hl"hcst grade of culture and special ining. Some of them wiil be regu- members of the stafl, some of them will be experts employed for emerge cies. The London newspapers retain specialists, just asa business house re- tains a lawyer; they may or may not be needed for a year, but with their re- tainer they are alwsys at command when the exigency comes. In a great capital where both journalism and ex- pert ability are conceutrated this sys- tem is indispensable. In our country where both are more scattered 1t may not be necessary, but the general meth- ods and results will be the same. We are accustomed to hear that the journal- ist must know everything. In the ab- stract, yes; in the concrete, no. With the division of labor, universal knowl- edge is not essential in any one man. Each wan must know everything in hi own depurtment, and the more outside the better. Uncoubtedly, the broadest information and the best faculty of com- municating it—in a word, the ripest knowledge and the best st\lc——mu the most valuable qualities in the editorial ter. We hear much of the easy writing of the newspaper man, and Carlysle expressed his wonder at the faculty which every day thrashed over the same old straw. ut Sheridan said that ‘‘easy writing is sometimes d—d hard reading,” and there is a truth underlying vhis pungent obsorva- tion which every journalist should re- member, Far betfer than easy writing is thorough writing—the writing that ngs from a full and fertile mina. Greeley used to sneer at colleg- men in journalism, and to insist that the case from which he himself grad- uated was the only trainiog school. He was wrong. True, college education without practical sense and aduptabil- ity is worthless; true, cortact with prm,uma.l agaivs and a course in the school of life are vital qualifications, but other things being equal the journ- alist ot college training with its “bene- its mental discipline and its finish has an advantage over the journalist with- out it. Thus the demands of journalism are constuntly advancing, and the rewards are commensurate with the services The ehief honors of every profession are reserved for the most capable or the most fortunate. The bighoest prizes of journalism, in position, infuence nnd pecuniary return, are equal to those of any other calling. Below the first ran the pay of the average newspaper man in the upper grades, especially in the larger cities is better than that of the average minister, lawyer or doctor, ‘With these opportunitics and rewards journalism has great attraction for the Yyoung man of worthy ambition who is setting out on a career, But it has its trials as well 8sits triumphs: Unless the aspirant has natural aptitude for its requirements he had better stay out of it. ~Native gifts may be cultivated, but no eultivation will supply the lnl.k of the prime instinct. The journalist, like the poot, is born not made. He must at times work at the hlghpfl ten- thing to its_rap A CERTAIN CURE FOR TOOTHACHE, 417, Lombard & Robibed of sloep | 10 face, Tbbed WLk Kb Jas bs cutlon felleved ; weat (asles nuu THE cnuu.u A VDfiELlI CO Baltimoro, Md. 810n; he must sometimes, like the race- horse, put his whole force into a fateful 1 he must be ready toface the dons of vice and crime; ho must be prepared to encounter rebuffs; he must be eager to o through fire and flood to be first on the ground at Johnstown: he must ever bo armed with what Napoleon ealled 2-0’clock-in-the-morning cour- age. The true journalist will glory in the triumphs of such emergenc the man who fails in the true ins and_quality they will be the severest trials and he had better never under- take them. Even in the higher walks of journal- ism there are trials that will put the mettle to tho keenest test. The edivor cannot do his duty without sometimoes applying the kmfo, and he cannot apply the knife without wounding. Ho must accept unpieasant responsibilities; he must be firm in the face of protest and resentment; he must be veady for the return blow. Thoere is no place of greater obligation, none of wider onpor- tunities, none of higher personal re- sponsibility, The lawyer is direetly amonable to client and court, the preacher to his congregation and church tribunal, the doctor to his patients and hi\ professional peers; but while the aders edit the editor it is an unorgan- {zad public opinion and he is practically a law unto himself. The ¢ cterof his influence and the ioasuve of his success will therefore depend on success of insight and sobriety of judg. ment, The fundamental element of journalism is an instinctive, unfailing, ag geasp of popular wantsand im- The editor m intuitively Inm\\ \vlml the masses think and how have tho supreme ting their own thoughts to themselves, and of making them feel that what he says is just what they would say if they only could. The importance of the ‘‘nose for news” is proverbial; but the ear for heart-beats is just as essential! The editor in his grasp and embodi- ment of human nature ought to be the concentrated populace, This is far from meaning that he yields to every caprice or momentary gust of popular passion, or that he follows instead of leading. On the contrary he should preserve tho best side of the popular mind against the worst side; he should dvance with the steady current in- stead of being whirled by the temporary eddy; he should bring the transient outburst to the touchstone of tie ulti- mate criterion. e should possess the high °s of the intelloct— qualities which in a soldier would not organize the forces and plan the strat- egy but lead tho attack, and which in a lawyer would infallibly seize the strong points of the case and gostraight to the judgment of the jury. This unswers the plea we somotimes hear for imper- sonalism. The aggressive force of vital journalism is a strong pe vigorous editor must make his ity felt, and every great jourull will have a stamp M impress of its own TNG i CH NTISNAR R TA which cannot be hid personal cloak. One of the trials of the editor is the ephemeral nature of his work, Yet oven this has its compensary offset in the wider reading and the immediate offect, A hundred thousand roaders spread over ten or tweniy years would be agreat crown and reward in any literature—why not a hundred thousand readers concentrated in one day? How« over ovanescont its charactor, the triumphs associated with the modern newspaper are incaleulable. The con« sciousness of directly addressing half a million people and of indirootly speaking to a continent, is inspiring. It 1s teuo there is no intellectual exhils tion, no eleetric thrill, no ecstasy of soul, iike that of the orator who looks 1nto the eyes of his hearers\and plays upon their emotions and feols the quickening reaction upon himself. But that audience is limited, while the newspaper audicnee is unlimited. The editor has the world for his field and all subjects of thought for his themes. He speaks before the orator can get to his foet and sottles opinion before the statesman mukes himself heard. He draws the fang even while he gives it play, and sonds s antidote with the poison. When Coleridge, reporting o midnight specch in the house of com- mons and dashing off his answor at 2 o'clock in the morning, sont it out in the same sheot, he established the editorinl leader and showed its possibilitics. Napoleon regarded four newspapers a8 more dangerous than. an army of n hundred thousand men; and newspapoers in his day had all the limitations of the hand- pross. How much more powerful with the immeasurable resources of todav. Jeflerson said that he would rather have newspapers without a government than a government withont newspup- ors; and the philosophy of the observie tion is clear. 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