Nebraska Newspapers

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Itinerant Photography
y "Tho apparatus that theso itinerants
' carry is a cheap lens, anil a box, imd a
wheelbarrow in which a dark room of
cloth cun bo hastily constructed, and in
which tho negatives aro dovolopcd.
Than the negatives aro stowed in a box,
and impressions taken on returning
homo. Of course tho business is a puro
speculation. It pays, though. I know a
man who makes forty dollars a day wan
dering around the city in tlds way. Ho em
ploys an assistant who prints and mounts
the pictures, mid a third man delivers
them and collects the money. The pur
chaser pays about twenty-fivo cents
n t ft nx lmn ala4 4M tltf4 J ft. r I Un
'W pictures aro not worth a cent. That oc
curs wnen mo pnotogrnpner iaecs ino
sun when ho takes tho impression, for
then tho siindows fall toward tho ob
sorver. But tho 'itinerant xloos not oaro
for that; his object is gained, when it's
a dwelling, if ho gets tho wholo family
on tho piazza, or, when its a store, if lie
gets an impression of tho sign and of
shopkeeper standing in tho doorway.
Queer tilings happen to theso itinerants.
In London ouco ono of tho craft took a
picturo of a hotel. Tho windows wore
open, and a clock on tho wall was distinct
ly seen in tiio picture; Not long afterward
a gentleman who was sitting on tlio
piazaut tho time the picture was taken
was arrested for passing a forged chock
at a bank. At tho trial tho bank clerks
united in testifying positively that the
prisoner was at tho bank at two p. m.
Tho photographer, who had got word of
tho caso through tho newspapers, en
tered tho court room, climbed to tho
witness stand and exhibited the photo-
Sraph. Tho face of tho prisoner was
istmctly recognized, and tho clock's
hands pointed at two o'clock. Tho
hotel was seven miles from tho bank.
The jury acjuittodtho prisonor after tho
photographor had testified that ho was
at the hotel on tli6 day when tho forged
chock was .cashed.
" Another incident I know of which
had not so pleasant an ending. An itin
erant in an English village, and he was
a spiritualist in belief, had sot his cam
era in front of a hoii3o and foousscd. it
Whilo.ho iiad his head hidden in his
darkened tent preparing his ncgativo a
practical jokor cam'o?along and stuck a
pioco of paper on tlio lens, so tiiat it was
f- entirely covered. Tho photographer put
p Ins plate in tho camera, and was about
Tto exposo it to th building, when tlio
Svag offered to bet him any amount of
money that thero would bo no picture on
gjtthe plate. The photographor bet ovory
icentlio had, and then took his picture, as
' he supposed. When ho developed tlio plato
JBgjit showed nothing. In his chagrin ho
'Ik shot himself dead. Tlio story was ro-
t ported in tlio London newspapers some
timo since.
rv " Most of thestfitincrants aro prospor
'$ ous, but -some of thtin-typors who tako
your picture on tlio street for ten cents
wrQlSohvm;ans. .Quo of thomjaecasioji-.
V, iiuy uros in 11010 uuu iwiis mo 'aj sua
i him ten cents' worth of collodion, or ton
cents' worth of nitrate of silver. Of
course I give him twenty-fivo cents'
Syworth for nothing, as ton cents' worth is
L'nlmost nothing. They aro the tramps of
f "" ttho profession."
-4 Uo amateur photographers do any
creditable out-of-door work?"
" By tlio invention of tho dry plato
( process a Hold has been opened to ama-
, ' teurs never before dreamed, of. For-
-j. merly it was necessary to cart around a
' bulky apparatus, with bottles of chemi
cals iu solution, bath holders, etc.; but
now tho lens is carried on tlio back in a
compact little knapsack, while tlio tripod
shuts up like an umbrella, and can bo
used as a cane. Twenty-fivo pictures
can bo made in a day by a tyro. lie ro
turns to his liolel at night, wraps up his
negatives, and sends them homo by ox
1 press. In three months ho has four hun-
j, dreil plates, and amuses himself ail win-
, 4 tor in developing them. Both beforo
and after tho picturo is taken tlio dry
plato looks like a piece of glass with a
piece of bladder pasted on it. You can
not conceive tlio pleasure tlio amateur
has in seeing scones and events ho lias
long forgotten reproduced like magic.
Artists in oil or in water color tako
tramps of this kind and obtain valuable
hints for ambitious paintings. It's an
easy way of sketching. Captain Abnoy,
of Kngland, is an amateur, and lie stands
at tlio head of tlio photographing busi
ness, as far as tlio theory of it is con
cerned, lie is wealthy, and lias a high
V position socially, but lie has given to
photography tlio best part of ids life out
of lovo for it. Ho has delivered lectures
on tlio art and has printed books on tlio
subject, so that those who have disputes
on a point in photography appeal to
Abnoy as tlio highest authority. Speak
ing of photographers and their disputes
and jealousies, there is to bo a convention
in Indianapolis, Ind., in August next a
convention of photographers from all
parts of tho world tor tlio purpose of
startingan International Society of Pho
tographers." "Do you ever photograph dead per
sons?"
"Parents whoso children dio beforo
their pictures aro taken often ask a pho
tographer tocomo to tlio house, and thoy
want tlio picture to look as natural as
life. Skill is required, of course. Onco
when I was called in I saved a man's
life. When I pulled up the eyelid to
drop in a littlo collodion to keep tho eye
lids firm thero was a tremor and a re
sistance. Tlio man was in a trance, and
he soon camo out of it."
"Do you know of any peculiar uses to
which out-of-door photographing may bo
put?" .
"Well, suppose a picturo is obtained
of a church or other public building, and
it is burned down, By consulting tho
photograph a second building precisely
likotho first can bo built. Photographers
aro also called to photograph ruins
where lives have boon lost. 1 know a
widow, whoso iinsband was a conductor
on a railroad and was killed by his train
falling through a bridge., Tho photo
graph showed that tho break in tho
bridge was caused by inliorontwoakness,
and-tlio jury gave tho widow heavy
damages. A peculiar Ions, called a rec
tilinear lens, is tisoil for good out-of-door
work. If a building is pictured by a
common lens used for portrait purposes
tlio building looks as though it was fall
ing down, tlio lines aro so pulled out of
tho perpendicular. Thero aro lenses for
taking pictures at a small distance, say
ten feet from tho object. Thoy havo
evon more of an anglo than tho human
oyo. Prices for this work aro governed
by tho quantity of work done."
Forgeries aro easily dotocled by the
photographer, and almost every day
cases aro decided in court on pictorial
evidence. There against tho wall aro
pictures of two good chocks and two
forgerioj. Tho difference is detected
when tlio writing is magnified nnd pho
tographed. In tho Hank of Franco, in
Paris, when a tnan presents a check sus
pected of being a forgery tlio cashier
signals a pholograpor and detains tlio
man in, conversation while, unknown to
him, liis full faco picturo is taken. If tho
check is bad and the rogue denies that
ho passcd'itat that timo, thero is the pho
tograpliofjhis faco and of a clock and a
calendar hung on tho inside of tlio railing
to prove thatdio was thero at such a time
on such a djfy."
"Is photographing animals muoh of a
business?",
" O, yes; ovory horse of any colobrity
is photographed, partly to identify him
if ho is slolou and partly to gratify tlio
owner's vanity. Animals of all kinds
aro sold by photographs and sent to all
parts of tlio country. Interest just now
centers in instantaneous photography. I
can tako a picturo in a thirty-second part
of a second of timo. It is especially in
teresting to rogues whoso pictures aro
wanted for tho Rogues' Gallery. While
ono is vowing that n picturo shall never
bo taken a concealed camera already has
it." Interview in JV. Y. Sun.
Itejcctcd at tho Altar.
The following story, which is vouched
for, differs from tho ordinary to such an
extent that wo print it, under tlio im
pression that it lias noverbcon published
before. Tho story goes that a certain
Dean of Chester, England, was called
upon to perform tho wedding ceremo
nial for a pair of happy lovor3. Tho po
sition of both parties was of tho highest
rank, and tlio guests who woro bidden
to tlio church woro of tlio most fashiona
bloand exalted. Tho day arrived, and
witli it tho hour. Tho edilico was packed
and all was in readiness. The Dean,
expectant, awaited tho coming of tlio
brido, and tho groom, with his host man,
was in tho vestry. Tlio hour passed on,
and still the bride did not arrive. After
a long delay she drovo up to thechurch
door, and with her bridesmaids swopt plctes Pwjolr already undertaken by
up -tho largo -m!dilloMiislwanls-tlm'KatTmf,4lfr:'it is un'safirfoClMliMo of
aicar
In tho moan time tho" groom ad
vanced to meet her, and receiving her
half way escorted her to tlio Dean. After
the opening words of exhortation, tlio
Dean turned to the man and tusked him
tho usual sot questions whether ho would
havo tho woman for his wedded wife,
etc., etc., to which ho answered, "Iwili."
The question being in turn asked of tha
woman, to tho astonishment and amazo
lnent of all sho distinctly said, looking
ing tlio groom in tlio faco, "I will not!"
Tlio next'instant sho said iu a low voico,
"Mr. Dean, no ono can moro regret tho
Words I havo just uttered than myself,
and if you will dismiss tlio con
gregation and take mo into your
vestry room, I will apologize, and at
tho same timo fully and satisfac
torily explain what may seem to all
my strange conduct." The Dean, see
ing that she was in truth earnest, in a
few words dismissed tlio bewildered con
gregation and directo'd tlio bridegroom
to await him. Tlio congregation having
departed, and tlio lady and Dean being
together, sho said:'v' "I cannot toll you
how badly I feel. had loved my fian
cee truly and devotedly, and had looked
forward to a lifeof perfect happiness
and joy. This morning, as you know, I
was late at my marriago ceremony, but
it was not through' any fault of mine. I
arrived as sooimis I could. Instead of
receiving looks'of love and words of full
happiness from '"my future husband, ho
paralyzccWny boating heart by saying,
with an oath, when homot mo halfway
up the aisle, 'If you expect to begin lifo
this way by keeping mo waiting for
you, you will find out after you are my
wife'.' My decision was instantly made.
I havo been told that, sooner than suffer
unhappiness thrqugh my own actions, it
were better to ronounco oven at the altar
a union that would bring misery and
grief thereafter. , Had I turned back ho
would havo followed mo; thero would
havo been a scone, and ho nlfght have
persuaded me to return and marrj him.
It also might havo looked like temper,
and I had fully timo during your fow
words of prayor to make up my mind.
I know that I liaVo disappointed friends,
mv familv. but no ono moro than mv-
IsQif. Do not ask mo to reconsider my
lato action. Inform my would-havo-becu
husband of my determination, and
let mo go." Tho Dean, seeing sho was
resolved, could not but approve, and
gently led her through tho church back
to Iior anxious paronts, not as a smiling
wife, but as a woman whoso present is
shattered and whoso future is blighted.
Chicago Journal.
....
An Ohio saloon keeper hanged him
self'tho other day just "because ho had
nothing to live for." Still; it would bo
just as well for a man not to hang him
self until lie is pretty certain ho has
something to dio for. JJurlifiglon Hawk'
Eye.
Pdno tomatoos will remove Unk and
othor fetaius from white uloUralSS from
tho hands. Detroit rose.
L;
Washington Cranks.
Cranks aro not of recent origin. Thoy
aro as old as tho pyramids of Egypt.
Tlio original crank was probably a useful
and harmless instrument, but at the
worst very unlike tlio modern artlclo, as
unlike, indeed, as tlio figure on a hearth
mg and a real HvotUcngal tiger; as un
like as tlio widow's mito and dynamite; as
unllko as tho coat of -arhis on an old
china plato and a doublo-barrolcd shot
gun. The most popular form of tho original
crank was that which operated tho grind
stone The old crank was used in grind
ing axes. In its modern application,
however, tho word crank gcno..dly sig
nifies ono who has an ax to grind, anil
if ho doesn't got what ho wants is ready
to turn some one inside out. There aro
cranks by nature and professional cranks.
Tho former is generally harmless, but
annoying. Of tlio professionals, how-
ovor, thero aro many wno aro cranky for
a purpose, and aro no more to bo trusted
than is tlio south end of a mulo or tho
weather prophecies of tlio Signal Ollleo.
Tho tribes of cranks begin with the
harmless and end with tlio devilish. Be
tween these two extremes aro tho funny,
tho eccentric, tho egotistic, tlio moral,
tlio religious and the business crank.
Hundreds of unclassified cranks aro met
with in overy-daylifo, but just as soon as
a person becomes a confirmed crank ho
can bo properly classed under either one
or tlio other of tho above heads.
In Washington, cranks of ovory class
andgrado aro to bosiet with, from thu
harmless, sponging crank, who hangs
around tlio bar-room, drinking at others1
oxpohso and talks of his claims against
tlio Govornmont, to the devilish crank
who thinks tho Government owes him a
living on general prjt"iplcs, and wants
to "remove" tho Exo Titlvo if ho doesn't
hand it over to him.
To tlio capital of tho Nation a peculiar
class of cranks make periodical pilgrim
ages for tlio purposo of reconstructing
tho Government. Ti career of many
of theso, howovor, is cut short by "ninoty
days in jail or lcayo town instautor.'
Tho latter alternative is generally ac
cepted. If tho crank has ovor had a
temporary berth in a Government De
partment given him that he might obtain
tlio necesry funds for a railroad ticket
homo, tlio taste LqWco is too much for
him to withsttm "&. ho is as sure to
turn up agaiu iiX tlio traditional bad
penny. '"
Then thero aro unfortunates through
out tho country whoso minds, naturally
not of tho strongest," became so deranged
that thoy imngifMho fato of the country
demands of them a trip to tho capital.
Possibly theso weak mortals, in loafing
about tho country store, havo obtained a
copy of tlio Congressional llecord. Thoy
read some Congressman's, speecli on
finance and that oxorbiso generally com
well-balanced minds to attempt to glean
senso from tiio average Congressman's
speecli on finance. The highly informed
crank comes to Washington, goes im
mtidihtoly to tlio. Treasury Department
ami seeks an interview with tho Secre
tary. Having obtained an audienco, he
whispers confidentially that for a small
consideration say a Colloctorship lie
will disclose a great secret, whereby the
public debt may bo liquidated within
thirty days, and that, too, without tho
slightest
lnconvenioueo to tho uovorn-
mont,
Tlion, there is tho follow who conies
on to tako possession of tho Executive
mansion, proclaiming himself "Presi
dent of tlio United States and King of
Heaven. Tlio mere fact of his claiming
Bob Ingersoll and a wliito-robed angel
as his devoted and liego subjects in tlio
same breath, gives him away, and ho is
speedily run in by a saoreligious cop."
Again thero visits us a chap who
claims to bo "Commander-in-Chief of
tho United Slates Armies," duly commis
sioned by George Washington, Thomas
Jefferson or Ethan Jlon. Ho is the be
nighted individual, wno, in his younger
days, had come to Washington from tho
country witli tlio fond hope of receiving
a Second Lieutenancy in Uncle Sam's
squad of soldiers, facetiously dubbed
"tho army." Failing to scctiro his ap
pointment ho hung about tho hotel lob
bies until Ids cash Was gone and his
trousers tho worse for wear; was arrested
as a vagrant and ordered to leave tho
city. Itcturning to his rural homo ho
had gone sorrowfully back to feeding
tho steers and weeding tho onion bed.
His old dreams of epaulettes, germans
and a good, fat salary, however, have
continued to haunt his ambitious mind
until, alas, the strain became too great.
Ho becomes a maniai) on tlio subject of
military gold lace and wanders back to
Washington, to take command of the
armies.
How much bettor for this poor youth
had lie cast ambition to tlio winds, ro
mainedon tlio farm at Clovordalo, mar
ried a buxom country lass and continued
tho happy lifo of the farmer.
A harmless typo of crank jstlio "utter"
youth, who may bo seen on the avenue
any lino afternoon. What ho lacks in
mental capacity ho makes up in style.
This is tho crnnk of whom tlio hunonted
Shakespeare spoke when ho said, "not
Hercules could havo knocked out his
brains."
Ono of Washington's cranks "though
lost to sight to memory dear," was tho
lamented Tachymintis. Horn in Greece,
as paradoxical as it may seem ho re
mained in greaso throughout his brief
but momorablo residence in America
Tachyniintis was in slippery as tho
name of his native land would imply,
and tlio memory of his stay in Washing
ton is a sad ono to in my a landlady, lie
can hardly bo said to havo larded so much
as ho scented tlio Jean earth as lujwajjtfM
along. Washington J'ost.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A mineral spring whoso water turns
ns red as blood when confined in a bottle
has rocently boon discovered In Arkan
sas. In ono day rocontly Mr. Humble
and Mr. Groatbath woro appointed post
masters and tliis country begins to sound
a littlo liko "Pilgrims1 Progress. Hawk
Eye. A Kontuckian boasts a sheep that
chows tobacco equal to a man. Whenev
er it gets out of tho wood it will bloat
until it gets another chow. Courier
Journal. Honey made entlroly by machinery
is on sale in Now York markets, and an
exclratigo says it looks ton per cent, bet
tor than any bit of work over yet at
tempted by boos. Chicago Herald.
Eleven Chinamen woro arrested in
San Francisco tlio othor day for viola
tion of tlio "baskot ordinance." This
is nn old ordinnnco which forbids China
men walking on tho sidowalk with
baskets and spring polo. Chicago Times.
That Plattovlllo (Wis.) man who
coughed up a piece of iron weighing an
ounce and a half, the which was shot
into ids oyo during tlio German revolu
tion of IS 18, reminds us of tlio Chicago,
polico lieutenant, who was so frequently
perforated by the enemy during tho late
unpleasantness that, evon to this dayn
tlio buckshot roll from his boots when u$
retires at night. Fact! Chicago 2rews.
Reports from tho West indicate that
Judge Lynch's court is iu constant sos
slon thero. It is. claimed by a Chicago
paper tiiat tho cause of tho revival of rtho
savage justice f Lynch trials and"oxe
outions is to bo found in tlio unexecuted
laws of the States and Nation; and that
until justice, swift, sure nnd inexorable
is administered in tlio courts, lynchers
will usurp tho placo of courts and jury.
uosion Transcript.
Baked eggs alaslonuoiso: Boll hard
a dozen eggs, tako oil' tho shells and out
in thick slices; liavo a buttered deep
baking dish, placo a layer of eggs in tlio
contor, sprinklo witli Parmesan cheeso,
add another layer of eggs, then more
cliccso, and so on until tho whole is
used, finishing with cheeso; mask witli
a cream saute thickened with egg-yolks,
besprinkled witii Hue broad crumbs, put
small bits of butter on top, bake slightly
broiyn in a brisk oven for ton minutes
and servo in tlio baking dish. The Gas
tronomcr. Tho Sacramento Bee says that Dep
uty Assessor Harvoy was rocontiv at tlio
depot watching the Chinamen who woro
dopartingin order to catch those who had
not paiu their poll-tax. Ho saw two
coolies, apparently about thirty-two
years old, who were slinking out of
sight. Ho approached them and asked
thorn if thoy had paid their poll-tax. Ono
cried out: "Mo no payj-mo ovor slixty
two; to muclico old." Tho other said:
"Mo no twontv-ono too muchoo -young,
no p'ay." ' Th'eii observing tlio iue'redu
lous look of tho olllcor, thoy botli throw
up their hands, ono solemnly saying:
"Mo swear alleo same in clourt," tho
other adding: "Mo Clistiau Chinaman;
no telleo lio." They had to pay, how
ever, beforo they wont aboard the train.
A Paris papor publishes tiioso al
leged statements of a Parisian river
spirlsmnu concerning human bodies
floating in tho river: "I always know
beforehand if it is a man or woman. If
tlio body has tho faco upward it is a
woman; if it floats witli its noso in tho
wntor, it is that of a man. I havo re
marked that a man who has been thrown
into tlio water after being assassinated
reappears on tlio surface much earlier
than ono who lias fallen in by accident
or lias drowned himself. Tho timo tlio
body remains beneath tlio water shows
whcther it is a caso of accident or mur
der." This curious information is valu
able in proportion to its'' truth. As navi
gation is open tlio watchers along the
rivers may verify it.-jAT. Y. World.
Hero is a romauOoVrho names of
tlio parties aro omittcdrnbt ho much on
account of tlio family as bocauao they aro
Hungarian, and wo havo' not tho space to
give thorn; but in tlio Hungarian village
of Belonyes, a very beautiful young
widow who kept a wino shop was courted
by two, ono a handsomo,man of forty
five, tho oilier a youth of twenty-one.
.Jealous of his rival, tho youth laid in
wait to kill him, mado tlio attack, and
was killed himself. Investigation fol
lowed, and brought out tlio remarkable
fact that tlio rivals woro father and son,
and that tho girl was daughter of the
eldest suitor and sister oftlio youth
During tlio infancy of tlio children tlio
family had been separated, and had re
mained separated until tho facts brought
the survivors thus strangely together.
Detroit Free Press.
A Itccklcss Government,
When Leo invaded Pennsylvania, hay
was seventeen dollars per ton around
Cliambersburg, Ono day a confederate
forage-master drovo out into the country
with his wagons, and halting at a farm
'house lie asked if thoy had any hay to
sell.
" I might sparo two or three tons,"
replied the farmer.
" WhatisltworthP"
"Wal, being you aro enemies to tho
Government, I shall have to charge you
twenty dollars a ton."
"All right, 111 tako all you can
sparo," said tlio oilicor, and ho loaded
up, and then mado out his receipt and
an order" on tho Confcdorato Quartor-master-General
for tho money.
It was after tlio farmer hay discovered
that ho could get nothing that ho ox
plained. "I dot keer so muoh for tlio loss of
tho hay, but it aggravates mo to remem
ber how mighty reckless thorn robs was
when I tucked on three dollars a ton.
Thoy didn't ovon ask mc to split tho
auterence,i??v- vgu Iqtrccl uazette,
Men Who Hun Nonspap rs,
A nowsnnpor is, ostensibly, a'porlodl
cal published by a man called a proprie
tor for tlio dissemination of a certain
amount of intelligent among a cortain
number of readers; but it is, actually, n
sinccuro. maintained in tlio interest and
for tiio benefit of an advertising agent
and a numborof dobonhalr compositors.
Tho chief of theso is called tho foro
man, whllo his pal and accomplice is
known, technically, as tlio proof reador.
These two mon, in conjunction with tho
advertising agent, oonstltuto tlio acting
triumvirate of ovory newspaper ofilco.
Around thorn revolve, as do lessor bodies
about tho sun, tho proprietor, tho editor,
tho editorial stall', the readers and the
general public.
If Vet' go into a newspaper ofilco you
will see, soatcd in a luxuriously furnished
and tapestried privafo ofilco on the first
lloor a prosporous-looking individual.
Ho is probably pulling a twonty-llvo-cont
oigar, and is watching tho smoko as it
curls softly toward tho colling'. Ho has
ah overcoat of fur nnd sealskin, wears
rubles and diamonds and lias a glisten
ing black silk hat. Near what is called
r "typoonoasuro" ids gloves ar negli
gently thrown. Ho is figuring out for
jiimsolf ninuty-Ilvo per cent of a $2,000
order. This is tlio advertising agent.
Ascending to tlio next floor you boo
tho foreman. Ho enjoys luxurious oaso,
and it nppcars to agroo with him.
Around the room aro stationed compos
itors who aro toying with small pieces of
motal called "typo." Willi thorn and
with tlio foreman rests the entire polloy
and conduct of tho newspaper. Thoy
roviso, rewrite, add to, and expunge
from, tlio scraps of manuscript beforo
them. Thoy strengthen cortain articles
and modify others. Thoy smooth out
awkward and objoctlonablo sentences.
Thoy polish cortain poriods. Wlion in
doubt thoy confer with each othor. Of
ouch sessions tlio foreman is always a
member cx-ofllcio. These bandits hold,
as it,woro, tlio uowspapor in tlio hollow
oi their hands.
rroccod in? to tho third lloor vou. en
counter that terrible personage, "lhdnr6of-:
.reader, who is tho Haalu-Hazouk-'of
American literature Ho sits at a low
desk and has a pencil in each hand. He
waits for his "proofs" as a carnivorous
animfil'mlght for his prey. Tlio proof
reader recoives twonty-sovon dollars por
week for bolng on tho look-out for any
gleam of sonso or oohorenco tho com
positors may havo escaped in tlio auth
or's manuscript nnd for extinguishing it
forthwith. Ho is responsible only to tho
advertising agent; but as a matter of
courtesy ho sometimes confers witli tho
foreman to learn tlio intentions of tlio
compositors. This, however, is excep
tional. Cases have been known wlioro
a writer would havo seen his articlo
printed ns lie wroto it but for tlio vigi
lanco of tlio proof-reader. As a rido.
howovor, tlio compositors, by their in
oivne rmteltulnvH. twortuny oulvotUtu
trophe. On tho top floor of a uowspapor ofilco,
in a diHiunl-loqking coll, sits the editor.
Tlio apartment is voxtangular. Tlio lloor
and two of tho sides aro of wood; tlio
ceiling and tlio remaining two sides nru
of plaster. Tlio editor sits at a desk. It
is Ids business to write certain notes and
suggestions, from which tlio compositors
and proof-reader will njako articles.
Beyond that lie Is an entirely ornamental
character. Being on tlio top lloor, ho
can go no higher. To penetrate below
into tlio precincts of tho proof-reader or
foreman would bo instant deatlt; so ho
must needs linger in his cell until the
shades of night havo fallen on tho ofilco
nnd then mako good his escapo. In some
establishments tho errand-boy, full of
young hopo, spirits and hartlness, sym
pathizing witli tlio poor editor, speaks
an occasional kind word to him. At
times, too, tlio collector, whonT4iiulils
cups (and tiiorefore irresponsible) speaks .
jontly oven genially to tlio editor;,
nit when sober next day ho immcdl'
ately rogrcts. Tho compositors, being
men of full habit, mako merry at the
mention of tho editor's nnmo; but tho
proof-reader, moro delicate aud spiritu
ello in liis way of lifo, and always strug
gling under tlio reponsibilitics of his po
sition, gives publicly no utterance to ids
views. In the seclusion of his homo,
however, as lie places tho disheveled
proofs under ids pillow a placo of
safety for tlio night ho not infrequently
alludes to tlio editor as "tlio poor lunatio
who lias never been a practical printer."
Tlio proprietor of a newspaper is, from
tlio naturo of his calling, a philanthro
pist. His brain, his timo and tho con
tents of his pocket go to support and
maintain tlio advertising agent, tlio fore
man, tho proof-reader and their satel
lites. Ho lias no fixed ollleo, and is rarely
seen. In tlio early stages of his career
ho mav attempt to arguo with ids em
ployes'; but tho futility of such a course
becomes soon apparent, and ho retires
to tlio country. Tho foreman and tlio
proof-reader run tho paper. If there is
any profit tlio advertising agent takes it;
if thero is any loss the latter becomes
moroso and despondent, nnd spends tiio
week's receipts in convivalities witli fol
low advertising agents, of whom there
nro many. It Is tlio editor's business to
bo blamed for overytiiing to bo a pro
fessional target aud to pawn his clothes
and to turn ovor tho monoy to the ad
vertising agent as an incontivo to that
person "to work." I'uck.
Tlio old willow tree at tho corner of
Chaunoy Street nnd Exotor Placo, Bos
ton, which grow from a twig taken from
a treo growing near tlio grave of Napo
leon Bonaparte, was cut down tho other
dav. on account of tho changes in that
vicinity, caused by tho extension 'of
Harrison Avenue. As fast as each
branch roached tho ground, tho small
twigs woro torn from it and oarriod off
as souvenirs by those who woro passing.
Boston Font.
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