The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-05-15

sdisou arc not superior 70 the rules which
apply TO subordinsses, and they, too, must
govern tho supply Of mattsr BY the room
which can be afforded for ID. II ere may bs
important foreign news, public docaments
of interest, or other things Which demand
attention, and which re9uirv, space. Some
twenty-five or thirty comr.ositors mus. be
kent going, and yet sufficient room must
often be reserved for the details of matters
which the telegraph announced in outline
but which will DO brought in full by the
late mails. The managing editor Of news
paper, when he assumes his tripod in the
morning can no more anticipate the amount
Of labor or the description Of work no will
be called upon to perform during the day.
than military officer can predict :he events
Of a campaign.
While the editors and their assistants are
busy ~ bees in their snctum, there 10 an
exclusively ramr6ed machinery going on ous
of doors, with view to laying before the IN.
diyidual who invests two cents in q copy OF
the paper, the latest news. We do not TO
fer 10 the messages that arc coming with
Tightening speed over the magic wires that
are spread abroad like q net to catch intelli-
rence, nor 10 the locomotives and steamers
that are rushing along with the speed OF the
wind, each one bringing Its share OF news.
We refer more particularly to the outside
force Of news CLEANERS which is directly and
exclusively in the employ Of the Office The
doings Of the business world in the markets
and in finances are noted down by competent
hands, and its record finds u place in the
columns Of the newspapers. The lawyer
whose head aches with the perpleIities Of q
, law case, is met in the street when he leaves
the court room by news boy, who shows
him in print the words which half an hour
before, perhaps. fell from the lips Of the
Judge ON the bench, or a witness on thu
, stand. The citizen who witnesses IN appal
\ ing accident. or sees conaagration raging
gives up in despair, after striving to learn
, .ome single essential fact relating 70 tn,
Q exciting event. II il is Ere that is burn
4 ing. he can scarcely get near enough to I'll,
Glazing building to learn the name OF its oc
cupant; the newspaper an hour afterwards
: informs him Of the origin and extent OF the
J Ere, who are the losers, and what is the ex
tent of their losses, and how much is cover
ID by insurance. The reporter must no
, obtain the particulars of events that are gen
j erally known, but he must discover th
4 event, themselves and have prompt report
9 Of the burnings, the breaks down, the ar
rests, the meetings, the speeches the hang
=, ings, the merry-mikings, even although al
are occurring at the same moment, and al
!, in different sections Of the city.
g But even all this machinery OF news get
ting and literary labor is scarcely equal
y the mechanical toll eIpended upon every is
sue o newspaper. The editors and tn,
, reporters send up their leading articles an,
their n,ws items rs rapidly rs they can b
prepared; the telegraphic dispatches iron
general and special correspondents in othe
cities are sent up rs soon as they come &
hand, and the clerks in the front office, VIII
have the business details Of the establish
4 meut in charge ply the composing room witt
ADVERTISEMENTS. A tho hour OF going Il
4 press approaches. this "copy" is cut int
: short takes" and divided among the com
posters. The latter must pick up AM
!. place in their composing sticks" ever,
. type separately. When the "sticks" are ful
they are emptied into "galleys, !" the content
Of the latter are approved" the proof mus
: he read by competent hand, and corrected
the matter mus. be revised and handed ovel
To the foreman and his assistant; they mus
see to the proper arrangement Of the "mat
teri in the STORM, and to locking it N
there securely. The "lorms" are then low
E cred into the basement, they are secured up
. on the cylinder Of the lightning reyolvin,
press, the latter is set in motion, and tn
: printed sheets, hot from tho press, arc soon
in the hands of the carriers, in charge o
E messengers on their way to tho railroad
trains, or under the arms Of urchins VIII,
/. shout vociierously "ere's tho Evening Bulle
tin, second edishun :"
There is a story extant Of q certain farmer
!, who after his boys had Flowed MI day, toll,
: them they might play at digging cellar b.
: moonlight. This Is about the kind of res
!, INDUCED in by newspaper folks after tn
: paper has "gone to press. The compositor
90 to work at distributing "dcad matter,
, or to get start ON next days edition I'll
reporters play at attending meetings, Con
ventiOns, &c., or ut gathering materials 70
fancy locals, and the editors amuse then,
. selves by examining foreign correspondence
or foreign papers, reading up" for editori
ais, or by indlting such articles ~ this whicl
we now bring to an end.-PhiLGdsiphi
Bulletin.