The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-06-16

ID always some man VINO seems TO Us
the highest type If manliness, and as
The graces and charms of womanhood
ne all embodied in the person Of some
loved one, whom we al know, so the
the enterprise, the energy.
the freedom, and the force Of the Great |
West, are signally illustrated and sym
bolized in 81. Paul. Here is the pluck
70 dare and the strength 70 PERFORM
Tie busy brain aud the compelling,
hand. il ,hes heart is tho fire Of
youth IN her head the wisdom Of
age. -.s..,...,.
The daily papers Of this city are a
matter Of just pride to yourselves, aud
Of constant wonder to ill others. You
have papers which are cosmopolitan in
their character, which in ability and
enterprise, in the tullness of their
news and the extent of their influence,
deservedly rank with the first, in the
land. St. Paul alone does not, and
could not, support papers whose ex-
penditure is necessarily SO vast; but
they thrive because this city is great
news oeutre-because every departing
steamer, and stage, and railway train,
bears them away to eager readers, aud
4 St. Paul paper a. week old often
brings the ''latest news to some one
''out West This is the secret of
newspaper success here. aad this also
i the reason Of your wonderful growth
in commercial importance, for trade
'hows back along. I'll tho lines = upon
which Jour papers have gone out. And
It because the radius Of news and
trade is constantly extending, that the
most sanguine hopes of your future are
very. likely to fall short Of the dimen-
sions Of iast:coming facts. { -
It IS notsmy purpose to-day to dwell
at length upon the influence Of the
Press, for, like the lawyer Who was
called 4 brilliant and able adv ooate, We
admit it ourselves. I shall not give
you it, general or local history, $ for
most Of you are familiar with
il. I shall speak but briefly Of the re-
sponsibilities Of our calling, for I see
here men whose services Is Journalists
have brought honor to themselves and
advantage to tho world, and such dis
course from me, in their presence,
would seem - IL betting as are the
ecstat,e exhortations of new convert
to grave and aged saints.
l shall only claim your attention .
few moments, while I speak Of News-
papers, and the manner in which they
are made; of tho types, and the duties
Of the men who control them. : -.
There are some thiogs from which
tho freshness never fades away-out d
which the wonder insyer,diea. Day by
day We may stand by telegraph oper.
ator; bnt the ystery Of The perform.
suss vsrsbeeomes clear; and the sen.
sasion ofsu,prise is always fresh and
keen.
Just 50 the newspaper is a constantly
recurring miracle, whose wonder nevc,
lweansaNaJ. Whether lying carefully
folded IN the Office, or invitingly open
on the table; whether wrapping cheese
or Goldfish, or thrown discarded into the
;4tleSt, 10 Scare horses and be tfampled
on, it Is always invested with strange
kind Of ave.. 4 y j = 4
The NEWSPAPER! Look at it. II
seems empty and vacant perhaps
"Nothing in the paper" you say; ye'
read, and. you will find it an open let
ter from very many people whom you
have never known.
= One offers you this commodity, ana
another that; one happy man send'
you . notice Of his wedding, auothe,
sorrowfully informs you of a death
Look over its contents closely, its new.
items, its list of accidents, of fires, o.
crimes see how sudden wealth has
surprised some, and sudden poverty
saddeued others; is it war time? looi
at the list of killed ard wounded; SCI
who has been promoted and who dis
graced;; take into your mind the I'M
port Ct the consequence of all things
and you will find that you hold in you,
hand 1.-THE ends of myriad invisible
electric conductors, along which trem
bic the joys, sorrows, wrongs, triumphs
hopes and despairs, Of so many me1
and women, oil as sensitive to pleas
ure OF pain as yourself:
Here you have the lore of the schol
1t and the wisdom Of. the sage. Here
the divine breaches, the poet sings
and the partisan lies. :a.. Laug hter.
Here the statesman proolaims his prin'
eoiplss and s the auotioneer offers his
I isasss. Here tho Cardiff giant and
Minnie Warren are put side by side
and ono i as long as the other;
Laughter Here is tho result OF the
antiqnarian,s research, and through the
vsry next column throbs a truthful tale
g present love, passion and romance,
Here the Old and New are brought in
TO oontact. Here
..1tadition, snowy bearded, leans
aS5a On Romance, ever young" ,.sr-
This is but . feeble portrayal Of
what newspaper is; lot US see how it
Is made. <E
Come with me into the Office. We
will pass that pile Of paper. Yet stop !;
pick up q sheet of it. We cannot wait
to explain the curious process of its
manufacture, yet that clean and spot
less sheet Is the purified product Of
xag and 9Th. The fibre which forms
ilSaG1ture may have been stripped
from Egyptian mummies; it may have
como from city streets, or from great
gar1sle i SosatEy homes; i may have
vraSpeds tic xiaa1iiors form Of beauty,
q been the scanty covering Of want !;
but whether from the robes Of a queen
OF the rags Of = harlot, it gives No due
now to 10 former condition. Like =
saoetided soul, 1t is ready for new life.
We viii pas The editorial room. It's
ern ars busy. There are papers
ffom If and near; letters from widely
scattered correspondents; telegraph
dbps tches; intelligence in every form !;
and fou 40 me- IS p be selected
what Is Of most interest and impor-