, 1869-08-11
AN E4TFRPRISlNG ST. LOUIS
PAPER,


Ffe-1. khs 81. Lo,Ix Democrat, Ausyu o.
We haFe now 10 catl the attention Of rea4!efs to,
{et met IN Journalism, perpetratel BY the E1hr.s-
bean on Saturday morning, and II exactly Illus
tntes ire honor and the character Of rho .teatcr-
are coEopsl'ed TO expose II 4 three.eoianu arti-
&c ~ Marp.aIeA u that paper On Saturday, esaie'i
win information snd vas estsntiear 'os,o.c
tire. 70 whomsoeser originated It, credit sud
honor as due, and Illustrated a. 1t was By Eo.
a1i kDoHkdRe ind research a. veil me He-
J1eL;an vent cut TO he public rs, tho claimant
teneed 70 seaye. Ihe impression That that nf,tcIe
of1glpatzd With Them, and to them belonged tho
honor " having writer's who could p1o1nce T.
no rateIeBce Is to be found al to the sources Of
tnfozzaauon except IN single Instance, nut1 thai
hlRA estimate Of the h<puoliean. iudiciaas edon-
tio1 a N expensive engraving
NoN the character aud customs Of that paper
paps.< would be as;onisnsd To-, % s: setd tas1 @
that article, In ali that Il val1able in it.
no. word Of decent scSnoaie.izuaen:
10 ia original authors The most ynlQabie part OF
ot ralapnHaAe better stated ia iae original soaTe:s
lis Elolen from TILE CHICAGO THIBCSx OF Teslue,-
dsy last where very valuable and exhaustive and
unns appeared- Whole sentsnces IN ,ae ap.sii-
e.n are copied bodily. bunRrl2ly worked IN
Se sae6s o se5 sSen
,1.s ~ .M.as .,ds5 sr 1s S!aza.. 4 Re ESa
10 le ea1c. and one Of them s1Ghut changed, but
III, ;i:asEam; .ne H,vvli'eaa says il Va
engraved ior us By Mackwi.s, to n,ust1r1ate iae
phase Of the eclipse a &een at Washington Un,-
,hai ia, EinhecH tfie aos aessn t. :o4 Il Va ia
Poeseszon @ u TIE IKtnESE II whish the original
dnce tho DIN HiDR-a R0rk any .yru can do-and
change TIE d1ecsoa Of three OF tour lines, doubt
iets at raadon+ Atnli eVeuts, Il waa ouly m al
design originating here BIZ, that IS not tue most
stupid pagt Of the pEttepa!on. second diagram
ape a.; !hs e1.sa copy r. Of ne one IN TEE TR,a-
Rra,ee have both stuneled into the same
.lpnder, exposing both the dishonesty and lack OF
sheet The Eert1Lea,,, here again, has stolen
from THE THInCNE the entire analysis OF thLl lia-
gram word for vord anl letter for letter, thereby
illustrating what We saih day or tso back, that
they have roI tiaIus e1ecRn to steal other5' writ
!nGs Without lsasinz tiesr tracks Herein u the
pFoHt. II tie Chicago diag5am a diagonal line Is
has al! the descriptive reference "to The ltne CD
ccpied from TIE TRIBUNE. a. We sstt but ~ Me
tiundte of the Ct grarerz nai the oversight OF tho
R<t ukfiraH copJiss rho still adhered to the CH-
cagu teaf. and lhus haale non-eu.e Of the explso-
alton. ..
TIE LaeaEness Of this wholesale appropriation OF
ottrrs' Lta.ns, and pa!a then % as thelf o"a.
envy al the con1:1ous superiority Of nvai. as IN
the uusIve which has led them to attack usL Nor
have they sltnpiy wsunQel TIE TH1BCSE IN appro-
prta&iEg IT. eoslJy enterprise wthout acknoMled2-
inent. Dul TUE TKIBrsE Itself had davoted
erons tribute to the author. Mr.. T. Cnpert, who
has recently Published VERY yA!uahIR work en-
tiI!td " "A.ltpnomy H,1thou, Il Telescope IL Is
this gentleman that the Chestnut 1trret Al Gen.
erator has tired 10 rob OF his laurels and It IL ths
profound scholar, 1ttached to u Rad.cA4 papcr in
chicago, that theJ hare enteasored, by fa,te prn
fences, 10 use Without his consent, 10 E7Te char
acter to themselves Comment Is nonctssarT.