Ellsworth American., 1871-03-30

clothes. SO that only one of the pair
could 90 out at time to dispose of their
articles. while the other stayed in bed.
Finally. by some chance. one of them
was asked to lecture in a suburban town,
aud made "A moderate sum in this way. .
but he affirmed that but for the length
of his coat tails he should not have dared
To appear. in public, his pantaloons were
SO ragged.
On another occasion, an editor was
nicely takcnin as follows bv Il reporters
wit: The latter had been asked bv an
associate in the Office to buy him cigar.
which he did; but for the fun of the
thing. he enclosed it in an envelope.
with his associates address, and in one
corner wrote the words, please give Us
putt. The package was left in the
publication office, and sent up stairs to
the editorial rooms. where it passed
through the hands of the managing
editor. who. suspccting from the super
scription that there was an AK To be
ground somew here. opened the envelope
and found himself decidedly sold in
consequence.
\ still more curious story j. the fol-
lowing: a Young journalist wa. once
applied 10 by the owners. OF ncwspa-
per. printed in the interest Of certain
trade. 10 write articles upon the modes
OF manufacture used IN that trade. This
he did tor several months. and was paid
80 much "a tage OF manuscript without
the least regard To any consideration but
quantity. Finally, after writing about
seven hundred pages of copy" the
owner OF the paper said he did not want
any more. and the Young man took to
some other occupation. About two
years afterwards he met a person con-
nected with the paper, and learned To
his surprise that the stock OF article.
viii n ne had prepared for it wa. only
Ju't exhausted. aud that more were
wanted. The owner. with wise fore
thought. had laid ia a supply OF literary
material Just the same ~ ink or printing
paper. without apparently suppo-ing
that there wa~ any difference between
them, aud in ln- way his paper ran"
it-cli. - Ia speak. FOR the period lust
mentioned II j. said that Robert Bon
ncr acts on the same principle with the
Lrdgcr, and has a stock ot articles ON
hani -uili i-Ieut tor Years supply: hat
thcn, hr selects what ne wants little
more carefully than the person above
referred 70.
sE>strIpSNL REPORTING.
The tendency t. Sru.atiouali.m i one
OF the worst features of reporting Al
prc-rnt, aud seems 10 br on the Increase
instead oi lc-~c.nng. Miuv writers ior
the pres are employed TO do uothiag
else bur gri up sensational articles. ana
they are MI constantly tempted TO cN-
pand simple iacI- into the most roman
TIC aud fantastic combinations Thi,
weakness shows itself most Ia criminal
and social matters and il reaches Il
climax ia the heading, given To- articles
OF this kind. such racking of brainsa and
refinel torture OF words as has TO be
gone through for these ends is known
o',ly 10 the initiated; but il Is made ap-
parent bv reference 10 the files Of almost
any daily newspaper.
WOMEN REPORTERS.
., late. several women have entered
upon i,c press. and have been quite sue
ccs-iui a. reporters. Sis Nellie Hutch
in-on has hong been engaged bv the
Tribune, ard has made quite a rcpu,a-
upn Tor herself; while the Star. Worid.
Times. BROOKLYN Union and Rerolutioa.
have all employed women. either. occs-
siouaiiv or permanently. upon their
staff. The latter are we'll adapted 10
succeed at reporting. which require.
quick perceptions. an in>inuatiug at-
drc-s, aud graphic style IN writing;
ali OF which qualities are the natural
possessions Of the sex: and it is not uu-
likely that ia time certain position. on
the pres. may be monopolized bv wo-
men.
Many of our most prominent editors
were once reporters, including james
Gordon Bennett, II. j RAYMOND. Cha..
a. Dana, Thco. Tilton, Manton Marble,
Jane, Brooks. David e.. Crulv, aud Joe
Howard; while the occupation i. tor
ever made honorable BY .hc name Of
Charles Dickens. who was long report
er ior the London Morning Chronicle.
aud gsined much of his extra ordinary
acquaintance with the world whilc in
that position.
The writer once heard Chas. A. Dana
say that journalism was 1.-THE mos, E,s-
cinating. if the most laborious Of any
protc>-ion;' ami this seems 10 be the
general feeling OF newspaper men in
respect 10 reporting, which. in spite OF
poor pay, hard work, and many dissom.
iorts, they are 10th to give up. In con
clusion. we will repeat the Scriptural
INDUCTION which a facetious reporter has
said should be the motto of his brethren
"Be not pulled up; neither puff up
others. FEIIx