Capital city courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1885-1893, October 20, 1888, Image 3

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01.1) 7IM15 NEG110KS.
THE AFFGCT'ON THEV OFTEN DIS
PLAY FOR "THEIR WHITE PEOPLE."
Aunt Sitnuii. One of llin Hinniila on 1'n
tltolln llcllo Mcmlo furm, Ti'lini-nvi- A
Htory of Cliurli-4 Dnillcy Win hit, (ho
Writer.
Rli'lnl OiriiHitoiMli'iico.
Mii.wu i.r.i:. Oct 11.- To this tiny tliu
well to lo tout belli pootilo, who were, for.
tiH'rly slave owners, show llio (cutest
nlTcctlon for their old n?ivuutH, tliu
"uncles" mill muiumiit.-i" of tho nnto
helium ilny.s. In ov ry. community can
Ikj found Inst mice wero lourr trusted ami
much thought of servant h lmvo refused
to leuvo tho old phico, mid uro provided
by tholr former owners with eomforlnbto
hotnort nnd little jmtehe.sof i;rouiHl, when)
thoy can lie Keen in front of the cabin
doors on plciiHunt dnVH "erooulnjr over tho
Ifiioil old dnyn lotijr hIiico fjono." '
tieurly nil of thu lino old estates In tho
middle section of thu Bouth tho traveler
will lltnl ono or two of theso old Hcrvmitu,
wlio elltiff to tho uiuno of tho former
owner, refuse to llvo with Htrnnjcrn mid
lovo and respect "old innrstor'M fiunlly."
They watch over tho younger children,
do thu washing niid honing or wult
on tho table, and In this way mako
where I burled that silver, mi bo could
Come down lilul pet It
The i 'linger i'el'critlinn of darkles
liavo no' fowl '.toss for tho old plant .it loun.
They lloelt to tliu tOu'iut and cities, whero
they learn trades, j;tit Into schoola and
have other iuiierlor 'ndvniitiiffes Tho
colored population In all of tho Hiiutlioru
el lies is. very lar(pi Around the Hiiintl
towns and vlllnifcs they cnniirojriito In
Mich numbers that tho 'majority barely
eke out an existence In tioino idaees
likely young colored women work fur
seventy llvoecnt:i a week, very freuuently
dolm; thu cooking, wnshlnr mid iroiiinr;
mid housework for lurjru funilltcn Whero
they fet a dollar a Week they lle at tholr
own lioines, and very often support ev
eral jutinj: children. U. II. Yiimiwtnk.
BITS FROM NEW YORK.
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tMref. At J MUrjiA
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WIIKX UAKKIKS LOVi: TO I'LAT.
Jlii'insolves. very useful nnd hoop up a
boiublnucu of tho relationship mid associa
tion of tho old rojrlmo. On tho celebrat
ed Hollo Meado stock farm, near Nash
vlllo, there Is ono of ;tho fow i-oniulnlnr?
typical old colored ".mammies." Bin H
known fur and wldo as "Aunt Sitsnnnn."
Famous pcoplo who lmvo been entertained
at Hello Meado liavo been delighted by
listeidnr to Aunt Simmnm's quaint philos
ophy, mid Charles Dudley Warner, after
u visit to tho placo, wroto a licaiitiful
trlbuto to tho worthy old servant in
which ho said hho was ono of tho greatest
institutions of tho nontli. Slio cnu read
mid wilto and Is a pink of politeness mid
social propriety. After listening to read
ings by Thomas Nelson I'nge, sho Instant
ly repeated pago after pago of Ids delight
ful dialect htorles nnd charmed u largo
circle of distinguished people who wero
present. When President Cleveland ur
rivod at Hollo Meade, ouhls pleasant south
ern tour, Aunt Susanna was ono of tho
first to greet tho distinguished guest.
Homo of tho local papors wnggishly im
ported that Aunt Susanna told tho presi
dent hho hoped ho "wouldn't sot her back
in slavery." Shu spurned tho bentlnient,
in talking to mo about tho mutter, mid
said that when slio was Introduced to tho
visitors slio mado her prettiest courtesy
und said:
"Mr. President, I welcomo you nnd
your younj; brldo to our beautiful south
ern homo."
Continuing sho snld: "Tho Idea of mo
saying 'not' to tho president! Why I
was raised with pcoplo of quality inn
novor uu much ns baid 'sot' n lion."
v
Aunt Susanna was very much delighted
with Charles Dudley Warner because ho
put her in print in "good grammar."
Mr. Warner asked her if slio favored tho
freedom of tho slaves. Sho said slio "did
nnd she didn't." Thero wero a good
many buy, worthless, no account nig
gers, slio said, mid slio thought It was a
good thing to turn them adrift into free
dom "uu' lot 'em shift for domsolves,"
but slio was not in favor of fneing and
separating llio good, honest, hardworking;
old family servants irom their musters,
"tho pcoplo they loved so well."
To ui.o' her own words: "Beforo
freedom I lind a good homo, good
elotho.innd nothing to bother rue. When I
was sick u doctor crime. ' I always hud
$10 or 50 in money rdiout mc.. 'Now I
must work awfully 'hr.r.'l to' get a mighty
fow thingte.m doctor don't' romo unices'
you" send tho moimy, rmd when I get u
dollar I lmvo to btioteh it clear from
Nashville to Now Orleans."
To show tho uh"ciion theso old scr
vunts liavo "for their white pcoplo," tho
day I dined nt Hello Monde, Auut Sti
sauna was waiting on tho tablo. A ven
crablo old man sat near mo. Ho bad told
mo that Ids mother owned tho old colorod
woman In her youth and ho evidenced
great joy at seeing her after n lapso of
many yenrs. When slio c.imo to him to
pass some dish I noticed that sho slyly
caughtouoof his hand.) mid gnvo it a herd
Kqucozo. loiter sho told mo that sho S'QS
Mr.iw Void Tnl.ci A .Mhlt-ntlliiK
l.i'Kcnil Near (lie I'ithIoIIIci',
SHcl.ll I'm n'simiileuiv )
Ni:w Yoiik. Oct. 11 tly this tlmo In
the campaign tho man who takes "straw
votes" for the presidential candidates on
railroad trains, In ferryboat cabins mid till
other public places Infests thu land to
such uu extent ns to constitute himself
an almost omnipresent nulsniico. A party i
of Jolly "commuters" on tho N. nnd'
II. It. It. have organized n mutual protcc i
live league mid Invented n-systeni for tho '
discouragement of tho "straw vole llend"
that, Judging from mi experimental tilal
last week, la likely to ptovo delightfully
effective. Tho "commuters" In tiuestlou,
doing business III Now York and living in
tho numerous pleasant little villages
along the Hue of tho road, traveling buck
nnd forth dally In eompnny together, nro .
acquainted with each other, anil by com- I
mon consent, for the preservation of plena-
nut relations in their dally enforced com-
pnuioushlp, avoid tho discussion of poli
tic:! when on tho trains. Taking "straw
votes" threatened to disturb this harmo
nious lelatlon.
"What! You don't mean to sav you '
vote for Cleveland, do yoirt" or "Thun- ,
der! If unybodv had told mo you wcim
u Harrison man 1 wouldn't liavo believed I
li'" had already broken up mora than ono J
pleasant game of whist or railroad ouchro
plujed "hips, slam, jnm bones und th1 j
widow In" In tho smoking cars, when j
lomoof the older brethren grasped tho i
situation mid propounded n scheme that
promised so much fun that all tho others i
heartily ngreed to co-opernto in it.
A few mornings ugo cloven coinmuter.i
wero Interested in two games of whist
three of them as lookers on in a crowded
mnoklng car u llttlo below New Uochclle,
when ii protracted wrangle between two
nt rangers culminated In ti bet over tho
lesult of n "straw vote" in that car
Neither of tho wranglers would trust tho
other, so each started out with liencll and
jrnpor, explaining, request In;;, interrupt
ing conversation and play, unnoylng
everybody. Olio of thci started from
thu front nf tho car, tho other from tho
rear, each on an Independent canvass.
When each had j;ot through they met to
conipaiu results. Ono had Cleveland 513,
H.iviisnn 'Jll? rim ntlini. IliiriUim 117.
Cleveland 27; total In each case, (II.
1 Tho vote takers for u moment glared at
ea -h other In i.llence, while thev breathed
hard mid grew red in tho face. Then each
charged tho other with dellborato falsifica
tion und lying, called each other nil man
ner of tilings common and unclean nnd
speedily wero engaged in n vigorous pum
niellng match which wus 'ivontually
stopped by tho train hands.
Meanwhile the eleven commuters roared
with laughter, shipped their thighs und
(.creamed Impartially encouragement to
both tho combatant!!. Thoy hud made nil
tho trouble nnd had un exclusive right to
tho triumph. In compliance with an
agreed upon hlgnal by ono of their meffl
hers, thoy had simply cast their eleven
votes bolldly to ono man for Cleveland,
and to thu other for Harrison. That was
tho scheme by which they hope to either
put a stop to veto takinjfon the trains
they pntroulfto or get the maximum of fun
out of tho attempts at it that are mado.
On Mail street, opposite llio rear of tho
postolllco and near" Ilroadway, stands n
lingo block of stone, lmnilsoincly carved,
adorned on its ends nnd one side with tho
words, In groat raised letters: "Drink, Pa
tient Friend." Its interior is dug out, so
that it furmsiijrroatbtonowaterlngtrough,
which wus oiigimilly intended to be for
tho use and benefit of horses. Hut season
after season goes by and no "patient
fl lend" drinks there. It is kept dry and I
boarded over t.uthmer after summer. Tho I
cud. of a pre'teudod'hllanthrophy seemed
to b" nttnfneil when thu thing was put In
ijlnco and nlco1 paragraphs about It had
bceiV ' ih'sertcd In all tho newspapers.
Affov' that tho sham only remained mid,
for all anybody seems to care, tliu patient
fiiend's tongue may hang out of his
mouth aWf drought. Tho fountain in
tho City HaH'pftrk does not piny legularly
in sumi'Jwf-btitrdoes so spasmodically unil
waste's-" lifty' times us much water ns
would koot'tmt trough full nil tho sea
son through,' so-that Iru'lc1 of' water can bo
no e.xcuso. WliuS n plfy it in that horses
cannot read that inscription und givo
humanity tho benefit of their philosophiu
rulleetlous upon such humbug.
J. II. Conni:u.t.
MAKING NINYSlWratS.
WORK DEGINS iN EARNEST AT
O'CLOCK IN THE APTERNOON,
Ami from That Time Till Hie tlmr tf
(lolnj; In I'lfiti (tie Neil IMmiilit; I'. ler
tiling It lluirleil Tlimiiuli nl a Wry
(Ileal Cite.
Hi'lnl CernimmliMHV )
Ciiicauo, Oct. II. At I o'clock In Hie
nfteiuoon nowspaiicr making liei;lim In
earnest At this hour tho editor in ( hlef
mid the managing editor come In mid hold
a shoit consultation. Then tho editor In
chief lvceives calls from his assistants,
and they talk over tho subjects about
which editorials nro to bo wiltten for tho
paper of tho following morning. Tho
chief editor has three or four writers
under him, including u witty parugrupher,
and this staff prepiwes a imge of matter
each day The edltor-ln chief, tho render
I bhoultl understand, while directing tho
jreneial pulley si f llio paper, has llttlo to
do with details mid tho actual manage.
' incut. All that Is left to thu managing
editor, tho particular ehargo of the editor-in-chief
being the editorial paj;o.
j The managing editor now consults with
his assistants Ills Immediate assistant,
I who bus been nt work since 8 o'clock, tells
li 1 in what Is going on In the country, and
quickly trn.iRiuittcd In headquarters nml
there gliiiiii to the reporiois Night
rnd day the j i u- thmujrh, without tlm
loss of u rilnule, the newspapers keep u
loprcsontallie nt police liemlquarterH
L'omo (f the papeis keep two men,
to that If unmet Idiig of Importance
occurs nt n lute hour there may bo two
men to rush after It without the' loss of a
moment, oci pt to telephone the ollleu
Unit another repoiter must be sent to
rover heiulqunrters '1 liU work Is called
"tho police," and Is dlxided Into day and
night duty. Them am no nioro keen,
uluirp, "lly" men in the detective forces
of our large cities than these niimu police
leimrtors Hundreds of stories could bo
told of their wit nnd nlirowillicss, of their
courage and auilaclty. One will nulllciv
Just ns Ids paper was about tojtoto pi-cs
one morning a cllv editor heard that there
had been u sensational siilc'ldo at a lead
ing hold Tills was pilvute Infoimiitlou
W'lilch illd not collie through the police,
und thcrofoic theio was a chance that the
'nther papers would not hear of it. If
them Is am thing that makes a city
tslitor's blooil run warm It Is mi upper
luultyof this sort. Hastily telephoning
i his "night police" reporters, he told them
llio rumor ami Imilo tliem jump Into a can
and get to tho li hotel as quickly us
possible, but to make sure they wero not
followed by other leporters " Then ho
whistled down stairs to huo thu pi esses
held u few minutes. His two Miuug men,
NEW SPRING STYLES!
JUST ARRIVED.
Ami now iuul for inspection nt
John Morrisons
s nnd Ii.tt.ist l'iUlcins in stock. I lmvo
cit niul ii.iiiintcc snlisfiu lion. Call
woik.
Ail l lit' I'Miu'st (Jiuilitii
the lines l culler in the
nnd see my inioils iind
121 North Eleventh street.
BOOHS, THREE CENTS EACH!
iiptr, nml
Itlitj In m
Urtut ii
tho evening pniH'rs beL'ln to come In with , after leaving lieiiilqumters In.lly niul se
their earl v editions. Telegraphic Inst rue- nir "g n cab a block or tonway, drove
tloim urn sent to vnrlnus correspondents, wl '"" Hl'(,,;,l tu "'J' ,,Vt''1' , ' ,u'r, MIV
nnd, perhaps, there are special and liu ft Htlo exclteinent In tho olllce. thoimh
t...f-lmil llnu'llmiu In rlv.i I lin lf.ir....lil n. Hilly II TOW pITSOIIS Were llWIlllO lit tllllt
Ives of the tinner 'in Now York and 1,our- Tho reporters entertd und lyanted
joined
in 1H
C-!
;
fe-i ri'VJQ.V:
lec " . v
v
in ti:n.m:shui:.
bo glad "to seo young umr.it or that sho
could hnrdly keep her hands off of him."
Tho "young marster" had grown to bo n
man of 70, with snow wMto hair imd
whiskers.
They tell a good joko nt Mr. AVarnor'a
expense about his visit at llelb Meado.
Ho wii3 Joking tho old servant ubout tho
war, und usked her how they nuuugcd to
rotnln so inuch of tho rid family silver,
nolntliijr to a heavily loaded tldobciml In
tho dining room. Aunt Kusnnua mado
KOino rvnslvu reply, and Mr. Warner
usked her If thev had buried It during
tho war. Hho said they did, Lut rofused
to nuuwcr when asked w hero. A.ijrMr.
Warner's departuro ilio tNih.biel imt
tcr.i by saving: "I was arri id i f that
Yuiikeo gentlcmnit. Ho Kept asking n.o
bo closely, I feared thovo was going to bo
snother .ui, end ho wnn trying tu lenm
vj
mv&sf j.k&
TOMM
m
UOUI'.UT I
UIIMTI.H.
In Ilo tlm Oldest aiiiMin?
Jackson, Tonn., Oct. 11. Col. llobertl.
Chester, of thli place, Is tho oldest Mason
In tlio l'. H. Ilo
ed tlio orilor j.-
1817. Ho Is Fa
now in ins imiu
year. Ilo w a s
born In Carlisle,
Pa., in I'M!. In
171HJ Ids father
moved from Car
lisle tu Lust Ten- Af
ucssee, t lien aler- ',y
. iMi. Tl, .j.,.,, X
) car tho state was
taken Into tho
Union. In Jones
boio, Tenn., Hub
ert Chester spent
tho days of Ins boyhood. Ilo remembers
ipiito distinctly tlio denth of (SiTn Wash
ington, lie served nil through tho war
of lupj, and then went into business in
Curth.igo, Tonn. Ilo paid hl.i lirst visit
ubout tlds til in to Naahvlllo.thouii strug
gling liule luiiuli t.
In May, 1'''.':i, bo went to St. Louis, Mo.,
then u small town on tho banks of the
Missl-.sl pi. v. ith no business of ililport
uucotindbul llttlo hopoof futuiv prospi ii
t v. Tla ie was but ono brick house In the
city ut that th ie. Ilo then moved to Jack
sou, Tenn , whero ho has resldul most of
tho time slni o. During the jours IS 1 to
U7;i ho un it member of tho legl .latum,
m.d 111 11 ho wa.i appointed llio lues
scliger ot the Ti lines' eo electoral commis
sion to i-iriy the votes of tho state for
President l leveliind to tho elect orul col
hgo. Ilo has voted for every Democratic
I ii shh nt since Mudlsnn. He has been
th" f.uher e f fccvon children, twouf whom
i.i'i" living.
Wushlnj'ton. Most importuut of all Is
the work of the city editor. The city
editor bus been nt work for three or
four hours, rending nil thu morning
pnpers and making up what is called his
"assignment book." In this I mo It he has
memoranda of all thu known events of tho
day. If them nro meetings, weddings,
sensational trials, police Investigations;
if u prominent man Is duo In the city, or
a noted criminal in io arrive in ruurgo or
olllcors; If a particularly Interesting case
Is to come up in thu divorce courts no
matter what Is likely to occur or bus al
ready occurred In or ubout tho city tlio
city editor must know all nbout it, must
have n record of It on Ids book, mid must
send n mnn, or a number of men, us tho
ease may warrant, to report It. Tho city
editor tells the munugiiig editor what ho
thinks Is going to bo "the news of tho
day." That is something that every edi
tor stops und asks himself almost hourlv,
"What will bo the best thing in tlio
pnpers to-morow, the thing that peo
ple do the most talking mid think
ing nliout?" For that is the thing
ho wants to spread on, the thing
lie wants to put his liest men on, mid
lmvo some pictures made for, If it Is a
thing that will bear pictures, ami when
put in typo ami ready to uiako up in the
forms he wants this thinjr, this "news of
tho dny," to "lend tho paper," that is, to
nppear as tho first article on the first pago.
Tho first pago of a metropolitan news
paper Is llko tho show window of u mer
chant, for it Is there that tho best goods,
tho novelties, tho striking thlujrs, uro to
bo displayed. An editor who does not
know how to get his best news on Ida
11 rat page, und who has not good Judg
ment uu to whnt Is his best news, might
us well milt and go into some other busi
ness. Ilo is u fnlluro ns nn editor.
Tho worst of it hi Hint nil plans may bo
changed in uu Instant. What ut 0 in tho
uvenlng seems to bo tho big news of the
dny may bo completely overshadow ed by
something which comes hi at midnight,
mid thu really great newspaper is ono
which not only gets nil news in good
shape, but stands ready ut u moment's
notice, no mutter how Into tho hour, to
accommodate itself to changed conditions
and to make tho most of the latest und
best. Thero nro nowspapers, nnd some in
Chicago, so lazily managed that the news
which comes is simply put in the columns
until coluinitafterrolumn is filled, without
any sort of effort being made to sift tho
good news from tho trivial and to make
tho paper up in accordance therewith.
Tho city editor lius under his control
twenty or nioro reporters. Some of them
are men who have mudo reputations us
v.ritor.s and who draw salaries as largo as
the city editor himself. The t ntji-iiey of
lato Is' to employ the best writers on tho
city titnf!, nnd the man who can "hustle
for news,' who urn take liolil of nn event
of any sort whatsoever, find out all about
it quickly, catch its spirit und substunco
und put them on paper rapidly, graph
ically und rell.ibly, with keen perception
of what l mr.tuiiul nnd what too trivial
to mention, mnkmg i f the whole "a
story." th.-.t L n t.ilo of lact which is
complete in that it has dramatic net Ion,
cause, development, climax, crisis a
btory that is short, compact, trustworthy
mid ut tho same time possessed ot
that rare nnd iudescrlbablo qual
ity called rcadubleuess such a man
is tho highest typo of journalist.
There uro not many such, ami tho fuvv
thero are command good wages. Homo of
them work by space, being paid tea or
twelve dollars a column, and In some
cases llftcen or twenty, for all thoy wrlto.
Tho managing editor of Tho Tribune snld
to mo tho other Jay: "There aro two
classes of newspaper men who nro bo
scarco that It Is ulmo.-it impossible to find
then. Ono Is the first class reporter who
can writo anything, nnd hns nt his com
mand a dozen different veins sultablo to
ns many sorts of subjects. The other Is
tho man who thinks. I can biro live hun
drcd newspaper men to go and do what 1
tell them to do, but I cannot find ono who
has Ideas of his own. Thero is a premium
out for newspaper men with ideas."
Some people supnoso that u reporter
simply goes out in tlio town and depends
upon. tho good olllces of friends who como
up to him nnd "givo him items." That is
true only In small villages. In cities n
reporter wouldn't got a printable Item
onto u mouth in that maimer. Whatover
u man gota la a bli; cit v ho la geuerully
sent for. Ilo known what ho is after, or
ho has a certain field to cover end tho
news conieu to hlin in that way. For In
stance, ono K'luiUr IS' 3 into tho cltv
hall i.i tho morning ri.d st.t.s in that
bulld'n all day. It li 1.1j bushietu to
fli.d mil nil thnt Is (joluj ou in tho various
I'blle i i'l'VH there. Ai.othcr men works
in tho government bulldhi;, uuother in
tho criminal courts, r.ud so ou. Every
policeman In town is a reporter, r.ud
but for tho polico tho newspaptra wculd
havj t'. Ferry tinio of it g.aherl.ig t'.:o
r.e' s. Tho polico telegraph in stum v us
;i j;oi.scud to tho nowspapers. "if a crki.u
1 . n.'-E-ltted, r.u accident occurs, tl.ero Is
.. uv.. ilor.ft death, u body is found, or r.
buu , crs.u Important prisoner i- arrest
ed, lu a- y pert, of tho city or suburb, it
is known v.lthln n few minutes at polico
hcadquaitors. Tho patrolman either re
potla in person nt ids btatlon or telo
phono from n biguid box tho Information
ct whloh ho lias como in possession whilu
i u hi.1 rouudo, and from hid Btatlon It b
Th tnllnnlng IhhiVh m nl.lUlir.t In nrnt inimMt foiin, prlnlf.l from (too. I trtiUMa trr nn rood
injr ur niiiioui ririwtuin
ur Al llin limit trlfllnr rlMMia
tlmti Ui rile t which llirjr m lino mri'iisl r.mtiiuin i c"inliMn in il.rlf
, unit mmir nf llitm ImiiiUimiply UliiMrnlp'
l.f th tin
on Hi rlitl liiHikii vr rub
ir nltiT -Mf li mtt oik wimlj coil mtnr
nr Uml it lmi(iix, nil fiilhl.h In tlm iiiumm if Ihn m In mi opt-'ltiiult r In trriirn ll I
n& inn iniiBt limiltr PIJ- in I
to know where she was. The clerk met
them with a calm giue nnd a line bluff,
lle'dld not know what the young men
wanted, mid when told of the sulfide do
llied thnt any such thing had occurred in
the house. 'Hut tho reporters were not to
bo bluffed nwav They run upstairs mid
found two or three porters standing bo
foro one of thu mollis, whispering mys
lerloiisly No policemen wero on hand.
"Iluve the police been notified?" asked one
of the reporters of u porter. "Yes "
"Hut wo can't wait fertile police," said
the other reporter, "for our paper must
(to to press in ten minutes. "No, we
can't wait, and won't," replied thu lirst
Ho they burst open tho door of thu bed
renin. A strange scene lay before them.
I.vory gas Jet in t lie room was lighted,
lu thu middle of the chamber, ill u big
chnlr, snt u joung nnd beautiful woman,
handsomely dressed, with her head
bent forward on her breast mid the
blood oo.inj: from u hole in her bend mid
trickling down over her immaculate gar
ments und snowy skin. The reporters
woro the first to touch her. They lifted
her bend that they might see her face.
They pulled open her eves to get their
color. They pried open her clenched fists
to ascertain it imv notes were held therein.
They pulled oil her rings und noted the
Initials engraved I herein. They seurched
her dressing case for proof of her Identity
or correspondence which might throw
light iiMiit the mystery, lu five minutes
tliu scene wus photogYuphcil upon their
minds. They hud even the monogram
from thcorncrof her handkerchief which
ono had drawn from her bosom a bosom
in which there was vet warmth but no
lifo. Tho quick eye of the reporter bud
not fulled to obsvrvo that tho dend
woman worn flue silk stockings, mid that
throughout her attire wus of the ilchest
mid finest, ns if she had decked herself in
her best before firing the fatal shot. Just
us tho polico arrived the young men
rushed down stnlrs. A few questions of
tho clerk mid they jumped Into their cnb.
On the way to tho olllco they agreed upon
u division of the work of writing. At
their desks two pencil.) flew over paper as
rapidly as nervous, eager men couhl push
them. As fust us ono of them wrote u
dozen words the city editor snatched tho
sheet away mid whisked It upstairs to tlio
jirlnters. Another mnn wrote the head
lines. In ten minutes nil had finished,
lu ten minutes more tho papers wero roll
ing from tho pr'-ss, papers which con
tained three-quarters of a column of
double leaded account of tho suicide.
Tho first part of that account wus
written by ono v porter, th-o other
half by another. Neither crcsaed the
track of tho other. You could not tell
where ono begun and tho ether loft off.
It was ii spirited, graphic, fi.-'tful narra
tive. How did tho city eJito.- huir of tho
case so quickly? Ily Co kludrtss of u
nljrht port or whom h6hrdor."o befriended.
Tlds poller ran out of tl.o hotel ton drug
store and telephoned the news whilo tho
woman was dying. Tho reporters arrived
lieloro tier body wns colli. I lut wus
called u "luck" beat, end lii'd: it vrs. but
there was tho Intelligence, thomrvo, tho
skill to take iidvantugo of tho luck und
make tho most of It. 'Phut Is newspaper
genius.
At 0 o'clock in tho evcnlnj; wo get a
glimpse of tho whole process of news
paper making. The dramatic editor, tho
musical editor, the' railroad editor, thu
! commercial editor and his assistants, tho
real estate editor, tho mt writer, thu lit
erary editor, tho exchange edltoi, tho
sporting editors, nnd all thuso persona
who work during tho day on departments,
nro just fiulshlng or still making tholr
"copy." From tho hands of tho editor-in-chief
coaotiio editorials which the staff
has prepared. In their rooms u dozen re
porters nro grinding out accounts of tho
ovents which they wero bent to cover.
Telegraphic dispatches begin pouring in
by tlio hundred, and r. smull boy, not
more than four feet high, toon leaves tho
desk with a btibhcl buskot full of manu
scripts lu his arms. Ilo walks upstairs
Into u great room whero hundreds of gas
lights and scorci of electric lights mako
tho scenu us light r.s day, nnd whero 125
printers nro Just beginning work beforo
typo cases which cover a half aero of
ground.
Tho making of n newspaper is not bitch
n simple thing after all, und If wo want
to learn nil about It wo shall have to
writo uuother letter nnd stay with theso
printers and tho pressmen und tho other
night workers till tho sun rises.
Wai.ti:h Wkllman.
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pri.fit,A lllii.tiallona
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l.nnrn.lrr'a (VUll. I Hani, lly Ilia, U. V. Vnrtoa,
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i-iri will arnil n)r mir r Itin ntmr ImnValijr mutpnal pnl.l iihiii tni-flrlnf nnl IV Vnt nnjr Ifn for
nlany lurnlLilur f.O nla Ihn rnllin lull lillKM.kalfnr 7A Vnla Ihn nnlltn Hat liminil liilmarj
lirlnlhl.mk.fnrHI ,IO, llilalalhn.tnalfalhariralll In tnmklMnr lillrlnl IM mil f All toU.o illllIC lif IL
fllftlrf ton uiliiranlreA up trtnntu rpAi,i.la.t. I'natairn atanma Ink an f nr f raetlnna nf ftilullnr
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in. tawa.,.F t.t.i.iiBi.a.i I., nmm v.. .a in.n. hi inn i-iiniiiiN.i-iai Anniiripa
AdiliaiatUlattari! l. M, I.Ur'l'O.V.I'ul.llahtr, o, UI Murruy Nlrscl.NaiV TfrfA
tafar to nr nwainn
luuaiL
Aalninir rrllnhllltr,
All iirilatannaii of
Union - Pacific
The Overland Route.
Shorlfsl and (Quickest Route to all points in
Colorado, iflinffllf Idaho,
Utah.
California,
Montana,
JKbfflfmKL
BmX'isA LI W I il ilk ImE9
w!aM2M 1 r
KBfTrlJ M y
Oregon,
Washing'n
Territory.
'lalie the overluuil Dyer ami nave one iluy to nil I'lielllo conHl point n.
HuniiluK Into I'lilon l)eioliiiiilconuei'lln vvllh tlio fitst lluilleil trului of nil line" Tor nil
iolulHi'iot, uortli uml hniilh. Tlitoiiuli llekelH ou inoili rn day eoui'liiH. Iliiuuii.'0 clieckeil
llnoliuli loilillliiillon from nil xilut eiiNt lu Hut I'lilleil HlnlrH mill ('iinuilu.
Sleeper iiccouimc.latlons tencrved In thinugli l'lillinan l'ahice cars from the Missouri
liver In the 1'ncilic count.
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THOH. la. KIMIIAl.l..
Acting tieiii'iul Miiuager.
SLO.SSON, City 'Picket Agent.
lull O Kited, Lincoln, Nchraikn.
K I,. I.OMAX, J H. TKMIKT8,
Ass. lien. V. and T Agt , Oinnlia. (leu. i'usn mid Tkt Agt
AMAJ4
UNACQUAINTED WITH THE orOGItArilY 01 THE OUNTUY, WILL OBTAIN
MUOH VALUABLE INrOIlMATION mOH A STUDY 0' THIS MAP Or THE
Kuropo'n Cliief Tnhcro MiirLrt.
Amstoritm claims to lmvo hecomo tho
chit f Ll'.npssn tobacco market on .uvount
of the lino quality of tho ISumatra tobacio
Avhlih i j brought" there. Ainuirait cigar
mnnus'acturers uro said to be spuiully
ecjer to get this tobacco. Sumatra sent
to Holland In 18o7 lUs.000 bales, worth
ubout 13,000,000, of which .'-ri.t-oo.OOO
worth was putvhascd by Aim rican buyers.
Tho Dutch tobacco corn pan Us mako enor
mous profits, tho dividends of tho lcll
company having been lt'O per cent . und
thoo of tho Arcndsburg cm ipany loi) pir
cent., in a roceut year. New 'ink bun.
UrT7 r2;sSrl?iT n?r 't a1 c'Qt. ijouTlJTTaviur
VV i " '4fTJ. vC v A i W&y n
C1-f-j-lvrn r i ",. "' luVii st JiOHVa'irj.'v 'JiMf. cLViVJ
MMrtr?MMrMWiBiiiir4ii n l r 1 1 1 ill n ' iriiniin II Tl T - . a.......................... .
CHICAGO, ROCK ESLAND & PACIFIC R'Y.
ItB rontnil position find i-l'in connection with Knatorn llnoa at Chlcruro
nnd contiuiin.H limn) nt t"r.ntiiul pointj, Wout, NorthwoHt, unit Soutn
woHt, mnko H tlio truo inld-liiik lu tluit truiiHcoiuinontnl chain of uteol whlcU
nnitoti the Atlantic niul 1'ucllle ltd main llnoa niul brnnclioB lnchulo Ghl
riitro, Joll"t, Ottuvvn, I.iiSnllo, Poorin, Goneooo, Molino und Uock Island, hi
Illinolu: D.ivoniiort, M.ne.itim, WiuihiuKton, Kulrllclil, Ottumwii, Oakulooan,
V. iv.t I l')"rtj , lowu C , D i. Minn, a, Imliuuoln, Wiutoraot, Atluntic, Knox
vllle, AininUon, Uurlun, Oiiilifie c t-ntro and Council Elutlrf, m Iowa; QulUitln,
Tronton, cumeri-'i. St Joseph ami Kunanu Cltv, in MUsourt ; Loavonworth
nnd Atchison, In Kunmui, MiunenpollM and 8t ..ill, in N..tinoaotn. ; Wntor
town and Stonx I-'ulld in Dukot u, and many othor prosnoroua tovvnu and cltloa.
It also o!torn ii CHOU'K OF TtOUTES to and t -m th Pnclllu Const and lntor
modlato plui im, tntiltlnrr ail trnnef''r. In U'.il -i ih pot& Faat Trains of lino
rAY COAc:liri4. eloiimt DININO CARS, tnncrnllleont r-L'LLMAN PAL.AOP1
SLEEP1NO CAPS, und 'between thiciiBo, Pt. Jimcpli. Atclih n and Kaneaa
cityi rstnn hi'i'linxnu ujiaiu cmis, uoatn latiii
llrBt-OlUBH tlCKOtB
THE CHICAGO, KANSAS & NEBRASKA
(CREAT ROCK ISLAC.n RQ-'TE1
li tc holdora of through
R'Y
uns.-' i city and St. Jotsoph to FaliN
ton, ;i..tchln.n.n, Wichita, Caldwoli,
Interior 1' .nat nml biyond. Entire.
Vclluw 1'cvcr Nurfc.
Nearly ell tho old Ur.c!( mammies" lu
.sew uricr.iu ivv t::rvrt i.v.r .a i .
f.'wv. r-d tho city is taid ov.o
i.io'.t.uity i.i I'llittuoa tJ thilir
Cha.'jo lUraltl.
Jell'tW
It a loW
cujo -
Kxtonda w3s; nnd o t'uvont from Kuns.-' i
hury, Nolnon, Uoriou, l.il:u, li nntrtoi',
anil all nolnta In South. '.n N 'ir. ka Int.
lmjriontror ooiilninent .u tl -- celebrated Pullman inanui'..cturo. Solldlv bul-
hi til oil truok of heavy nt.o.1 rail Iron nnd utono brldurou All enfuty iippltancoa
and modern Improvements Commodiouu, ivoll-bullt tutlonu. Oolorlty, cora
tuinty, comfortuml luxury ooaurod.
THE FAMOUS ALBERT LEA ROUTE
Ih tho fnvorito botwonn Cbif.irr.i, Rock Inland, Atclilson, KansuB City, ami
Mmnoupoli i and s l'uul T ,. ; i.i-i. t rout i.i U Norfhoru Si'.mmor UeBortB.
Its Watortowu nruiifh irav -i-i.vb tiu m.-ni. proilmtlvo lnndu of tho urrciia
"vvhoatand uairy bolt" oi I.orUuu n Iowa, JSuuthwi jtorn Mlnnuaota, nil East
Cunt nil Dakota.
Tho Short Llm vl i Bcn-'.-uanrt KnnkaliofonnMijimorlormollltiort totravol
botwoon Olnciiiniiti, Indi nupoliu, Uifayotio, i.nd Counoll Dlutls, St. Joieph,
Atchison, 1, uvv'ii -ortli, K uiasui Ctt;-,Mlnncuv)oiij, nr.vl St. Paul
For Tickot.-s M.irt Folrtorn, or iiuy doalrod tntormutlon upply to any Cou
pouTlcUotOtuju tathj United auitoo or Uunudu, oruUilru.-
E. ST. JOHM,
Ooncrnl MiuTr.
v I I K ' ( ' I, :1,1a
E. A. hOLBROOK,
tiou'l X.okct & Tatss'r Agent,