Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-02-13

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counting out the $50 days made up by tn
} margin of five allowed for each year {
: the thirty. But, In order to be on the sal
side OF the computation, let uS allow a.
additional year for the time lost by SICK
ness, holidays, travelling, etc, sud "
sdl have 34S volumes from this indefatl
gable worker. However, there are yer,
few thorough going newspaper men il
New York who prepare original article
or 90 sketch or shorthand reporting
who cannot show an average OF 40
lines per diem Of various kinds Of wOrl
throughout the twelve months. Th
quota Of labor would give the 34S vol
umes OF matter In fifteen years, ever
retaining for that short space Of TIM
the marginal allowance Of one year anC
one hundred aud tifty days
It occurs in mang cases that one o.
two hands supply the bulk OF the editO
rial page proper, and beside the labor
Of these gentlemen, the boasted perform
auces of the most prolific book writers
the world has ever seen fade to inferior
ity, So far, at all events, as the quantity
of matter is concerned. A 3 to Its quality
there may exist differences OF opinion
but il is no more than Justice to say tha
the same amount Of industry, research
observation and readiness with the pei
that is revealed in the leaders Of thS
great daily press generally, would, II ap
piled with equal tact and perseverance
10 the more permanent branches of liter
sture, carry the journalist to honorable
success.
There is no more complete error thar
the universal idea among men who car
write something that it is quite easy tC
''get up" as they call it, a newspaper
article. When they read one that il
well digested and well written, it flows
50 smoothly; its points areso well taken
its language is so simple, that to write
another would seem to be mere childls
play. So does everybody think that he
can poke a fire or nurse 4 baby better
than his neighb0r. But Just try it, dear
sir, and with all your talents, all your
learning, and all your self-contidence
you may egregiOusly fall.
Lord Brougham was an orator, his
torlan and ca essayist, but be could not
/ 90 save him, put an article into right
shape for the London press, without as
sistance. A similar assertion has been
made about Bulwer, whose romantic
aud poetical writings reveal the utmost
grace and facility in their way. No
I the work requires peculiar schooling
and long experience. There Is SO much
( 20 avoid so much to turn; So much to
/ leave out; so much to get in cOmpactly
so many meanings to utter, and 50 many
to suggest without utterance, that the
unframed hand makes as sad work of it
as q white-wssh brush would in a chiGr0-
I OseUro painting.
/ We see the attempt made very often,
indeed, tC Jump into the editorial seat as
a savage might leap upon locomotive,
and terrific devastation Of grammar,
sense and meaning is the result. There
I is a certain knsck in all professions and
occupations whieh has TO be acquired by
a greater or leEs degree Of study, sGcOrds
ing 10 the natural faculty and bent Of the
candidate, and the youth who wanted to
learn "a dollars worth of navigation be-
cause be was going to sail for Europe 10
a schooner that afternoon, and lie was to
be mate and bis father captain Of the
craft, vas net really q whit more FidicU-
loUs that the aspirant who seeks at once
TO address mingled and varied public
without due preparation and thought, No
matter how great bis ability in other
Things. Mercantile Journal.
The foli0Wng drollest scene Of vitu-
peTation that Daniel d'COnnell, the eel
shrated Irish orator and aZltator, ever
figured In, took place shortly after be
hsd taken the third degree in Masonry,
and not long after he had been called TO
the bar, where, and at the Lodge, his
character and peculiar talents re
ceived rapid recognition from all
vino knew him. E{is talent for
vituperative language was early per-
ceived, and by some he was, even in
those DAYS, considered matchless as a
scold. However, there was at that time
in Dublin a certain woman, Biddy Mo-
riaTity, who had a huckster's stall on
one end Of the quay, nesrly opposite the
Four Courts. She wss a viTagO Of the
first order, very able with her tongue
From one end Of Dublin to the other she
was notorious for her powers of abuse,
ana even IN the provinces Mrs. Moriar-
ily's language had passed into currency.
Tho dictionary Of Dublin slang has been
considerably enlarged by her, and her
voiubisuegs had almost become proven
hial. Some of OiCoDnell's friends,
had heard O'Connell at the lodge
and in their circles speak of the
compreheueiveness of Freem ssonry and
the applicability of its geometrical
illusions to every department Of
life, thought that it must fail on this oc-
casi0n, as we'll "a bis power of vitupera-
alton, however, thought that he could
best her at the use of her own weapons.
or this, however, he had some doubt
himself, when he had listened once or
twice to some minor specimens Of her
bil.ingsgstc. It was moOted once or
twice whether The young Kerry barrister
could encounter her, ana some OF the
company I'm nO'COnnell's pfesence) rather
ridlcUled the idea Of his being able 10
meet the famous Madame MOriarty.
O'Conuell never liked the idea of being
put down, and confessed his readiness TO
encounter her, and even backed himself
for the match. Bets were offered and
taken, ana 1t was decided that the mat
ter should come of at once.
The party adjourned to the huckster's
stand, and there was the ewner herself
superiutenGiDg the sale of her small
wares.
O'Connell WAS very confident of sue
cess. He had LAID very ingenious plan
foT overcoming Der, and with all the
anxiety OF an aFdent eXperim entalist
waited 10 put it into practice. At this
time O'COnnelPs own party and the
loungeFs about the place formed an au.
dience quite sGiic.eUt 70 reuse Mrs.
MOriarty on public prOvocatien 10 due
sense Of her powerz. O'Connell COM
" What's the price OF this walking
stick, Mrs. What's-your- name ~
" MOrisrty, sir, is my name, and a
coed one It is, too, and what have ye TO
say agin it? And one and a sixpence is
the price Of the stick. TToth, It's cheap
as dirt, SO it is"
4" One and sixpence for such q walk
ing stick Whew! Why, you are 10
better than an impostor, 10 ask one and
a sixpence for what only cost twopeuee.h
Twopence, your grandmother" re-
piled Mrs. Biddy. 4" Do you mean to say
that its cheating the psople 7 am Inn
postor, indeed
A." Aye, impostor and it's that call
you to your teeth" replied O'COnnell.
Come cut you stick, You cantanker-
Gus iackanapes.r
keep q civil tongue in your head,
you cid diagonal" replied O'CoaneD,
calmly.
" Stop your jaw, you pug-nce..eafd e.ad
badger, or, by this and that cried Mrs.
Moriarty, I'll make you go quicker
than you came.n
" Don't be in passion, my eld radius;
anger viii only wrinkle your beauty"
.. By hokey, II you say another word
OF impudence pll tan your dirty hide,
you beastly common scrub and sorry
Pll be to spoil my fist with your car
cass.n
Whey, boys! what a passion old
Biddy's ia protest as l am a gentle
man."
"Jintleman! jlntleman! The like of
you a iintleman! Wishs, be gor, that
bangs Banaghar. Why, you potato
faced pippin-sneezer, where did NADIA
gascar monkey like you pick up enough
Of common Christian decency TO hide
your Kerry brogueP'
Easy now,n cried O'ConneH, with
imperturbable good humor, don't choke
yourself with fine language, you old
whisky.dTinkiBg parallelogram.n
whats that you call me, you dirty,
numbering villain 2n roared Mrs. Mo-
rlarty, stung into fury.
:" call your answered 0iConnell, q
parallelcgram, and Dublin judge or
Jury would say 1t was no libel to call you
So.
HOh, tare and Guns! Oh, holy Biddy !!
that an honest woman like me should be
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