Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-05-17
TIE Newspaper.

The Newspaper.
The Newspaper Look at it. 1t
seems empty and vacant perhaps
Nothing in the paper you say yet
read and you wiIf and Il an open let
ter from very many people whom you
One efIers yoa this commodity, and
another that, one happy man sends
you notice Of his wedding, another
sorrowfully informs you Of q death.
Look over It's contents closely, It's
news items, its list Of accidents, Of
fires, Of crimes see how sudden
wealth has surprised some, and sud-
den poverty saddened otheB; you
hold IN your hand '.the ends Of my
Rad Invisible electric conductors,
along which tremble the Joys, sor-
rows, wrongs, triumphs, hopes, and
despairs OF as many men and women
all as sensitive to pleasureOr pain as
yourself.
Here YOU have the lore Of the
scholar and the wisdom OF the sage.
Here the divine breaches, the poet
sings, and the partisan lies. Hers the
statesman proclaims his principles,
and the auctioneef offers his wares
Here the Cardiff Giant and Minnie
Warren are put side by side, and one
is as long as the other. Here Is the
result Of the antiquarian's research.
Here the Old and the New are broit
into contact. Here
Tradition, snoEy-bearded, leans
on Romance, ever young"
This Is but feeble portrayal Of
what q newspaper Is y; let Us see how
il is made.
Come with me TO the Office. We
win pass that pile Of paper. Yet, stop:
pick up q sheet Of It. We csnnot
wait to explain the curious process d
Its mannfaetpre,. vet that clean and
spotless sheet Is the purified product
OF rags and fifth. The fibre which
forms its texture may have bsen strip
ped from Egy ypfian tnnmmies II may
have come from city, streets, or from
great garrets in county homes it
may have wrapped the luxurious
form Of beauty, or been the scantF
covering Of want; but i gives noci6e
now to Is former condition. Like q
sanctifed soul, 1t is ready for 3 new
life.
We viii pass the editorial room.
It's occupants sre busy. There are
papers from farand near; letters from
widely scattered c1rrespond dents; tele-
graph dispatches, Intelligence In every
form, and from this mss + 70 Be Sc
lected what Is OF most Interest and
importance to make paper to-day.
Let the editors work
Come into the eomposing rOOm- We
have the toremants permission
grudgingly given. Do you hear it?-
"CticE : clickI click! What is that ?
Why, that is the music Progress
marches TO-. Come here to this "case."
Look at that multitude OF little boxes
filled with pieces Of metal What are
they? They are the eivilizers-they
are TIE TYPES. Look az them.-
They are not dead, but sleeping
There is 3 soul IN every one 0f them.
Collectively, they are q dictionary re-
duced 70 its lowest denomination
There Is q magic. In these types. They
look dull enough, but all the ElOrio1s
possibilities that The human Heart can
hope fof, are IN their possession-you
have but to learn the secret they so
closely keep. II you but knew how
TO pick out and properly arrange a
haudfui Of those types immortal fame
would be yours. There are fnerstrains
there than Homer ever sang; there is
eioq1enee unspoken yet; there Is
keener wit, more fearful pathos, mone
persuasive prayer, than tongue has
uttered or ear has heard. Get It out,
II you can. The types are here, and
are patient Of delay. "a
The paper Is being made by nimble
a r.,
Every erroT kss, been corrected. Every
pGhctuation point is Ia its place. Il be
scattered seOlumnsn are massed to
-geIheIs the fern, or page, issecure-
" locked ap, and sene % the pfess-
rOOms
Letus 60 thers. Here is.ahers the
wondrous transformation ID wrought;
here matter becomes the exponent Of
mind. The forms" are properly plae-
ed. The press slowly moves; its arms
are reaching for their strong embrace.
"Stop the press ii,.-s' Z -
The giant rests again. There faan
error Of statement 70 be corrected, or
an Questionable aTticle to be with
drawn. The types taken out and
borne aWay-o0Fpsea Of dead thought.
Look now, again, at The mass of type
deadl Inert as the earth you tread
on. But see The white sheet has
fallen upon their uptnrned faces The
touch OF the press baptized them the
life that Wa IN. them has passed upon
paper, and The new creation j. preg
nant with thought; thing With 8
soul, for ltpRn move the sOulsof men.
That sheet, 80 blank before fa , hvr
I ing p0Wer now. A change has passed
over it Is marvellous IS IL in an instant
the uDwritten face Of the boy should
put on the fuFrows Of age the lines OF
care, the impress Of manhood q expe.
Fienee, thought and toll. % go q
Thus the pApsEf is born, and goes out
into the world. No messenger can
overtake it. It's uttersnee b unaltera-
BILE now. It may be explained, but
not erased. The printed word can no
more be recalled than the departed
spirit can be wOOed back % the cold
body which il has let.
Here, now, we have 1.-THE newspa-
per! Wonderful product Of brain and
| toill One would think Il should be
dearly bought and highly prized, and
vet it is the cheapest thing In the
world. Five cents win buy It. One
I or two dollars Will Dr1ng II % your
home every week IN the year. And
yet, strange to say, there are men "too
} poor to take q neWspaperlh
They can pay 1--WE cents for a glass
| Of beer, or fifteen cents for 3 beverage
/ of unknown composition called q
reoektail;;h they. can pay fifty cents
! for circus ticket or dollar for the
theatre, yet they are too poor % buy 3
newspa, ,ef IA newspaper which Is 3
ticket of admission TO that great Globe
Theatre, whose drAmaSane written By
/ God Himself, ''Bhose seene-Hhifter Is
Time, and whose curtains are rung
down BY Deatht n--Lttte TdyiOr.
The Lebanon eTenR.) HeraLd says
that there is-a man. Damed " lillian
L. Barry employed as a acompositof 10
the Office OF that paper, who complet
i -ol fla iafrr. a rat f-an- nf his ave or