The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1872-11-30

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shosc drawers. and pours them into the
homer. Thence they pass into those
sleeves, in which they are all shaken to
gether; thence down narrow tube, which
delivers them in long lines. An aut0ma-
tie punch, as you see, puts in commas,
colons. and periods at regular distances, !,
with charming disregard OF the sense OF
the article which, is almost human. The
clip attachment yonder divides the long
moving columns into lines Of equal length,
treadle motion imprints a proof
ON slip of paper, and there is your !
article. We have turned out column for
the Tines in minute and seventeen sec
onds. Herald matter takes less time than
any other.
Here the fat and specialized foreman
rushed forward and stayed the hand Of
his assistant.
"Gott in Himmel' he cried | mean
der oder Teller in der oder blaze vas Is
dis? Dwo columns vor der heralt ana
nein line apout der Shtanley ger atlnlols- !
dradion Won der Chackson una ger Yeast
Won Weliocapalusl Vot you means, helm !
VA II .Srn!ne 10 the rack Of drawers he
,brevr a busbel of Oriental Moonlight,
sSoar;ng .Jacksls of the Nile" Sky
,,,;eysipg Tatnarisks Of CIeopatra, al
bonv Regency Scrub Race of 1886,
and the "Great Fire Of Constantinople"
into the hopper.
''That, observed the writer's compan-
ion, lis one of the drawbacks of the bust
aes. Each paper demands certain style.
] There was time when a quarter of one
Journals matter was composed OF lies
I and Williams, and even now one Of your
contemporaries can consume more OF the
sacred responsibilities of journalism and
show less for the consumption than any
three other newspapers in America
Il see how the editorial columns are
filed, remarked the writer, " but how
about the news -
I'VE furnish it. answered the Devil,
'oniprecisely the same principle. Here,
you see, are racks of Foreign News-'A
rest of Don Carlos Imperialist Intrigue
, in France, Resignation of NJ Theirs
Withdrawal of Prince Bismarck 70 Var
: zin,' The Times says, Here is the Home
I News-'Collision on the Erie Railroad,
'Wnhdrawal of Secretary Fish, Small
! pox at st. Louis, Fire at Buffalo, Mys-
I, terious Murder at Chicago, 'Defalcation
q Yin the Treasury Department ,Ku-kux
Outrage in South Carolina.
d But" the writer interjected, Il see
y no Washington specials.
IS "Of course not They make them III
IS in the back Offices As you see the City
> News and Commercial Intelligence and
; Foreign Correspondence, all the depart
9 ments of daily journal, in short, are pro
It vided for here. IOnder you will see pc
e invention of mine, skilful combination
n of the sausage cutter and the paper-mak
Is ING machine, used for-but | am antici
At pating. Come this way, ii you please,
OF and he directed his steps towards the othe
IN side of the room, already mentioned as ;
nd strongly resembling museum. There II
en- glass cases and inches stood various figure
and objects.
ne This. the Devil said, in a tone of I
sc Snowman descanting on a collection OF Will
~ beasts or wax work figures, this is on
ct General News Department Number !
De the Oldest Mason in the country, JOINED
at Blank Lodge in the year seventeen hun
a. dred and ninety blank TwO-Wild Man
or covered with hair, sleeps in a den in Ten
eT nessee. eats raw poultry without the pre-
sd liminary process of plucking, sempiternal
10 " snatches an infant from its mother
", arms, and, uttering wild cries, is perpetu
be ally pursued by armed hunters, drops tn
as baby and finds refuge in the Iouisyill
= AHOufltI-JOuElldl Oliitts 1 ultt ANtNbiu
e tionary Soldier, remembers Washington
wears no spectacles, lives on sea biscul
: and boarding house hash, did not vote IL
Of " ashington, but voted twice for ever
he President since. though he had TO wal
half a mile TO do so. FOur-COrd
co. wood, which he sawed. Five-Mammol
squash, just laid upon our table by VI
nm Blvins. Six, seven, and eight-Ditt
sweet potato apple, and egg with ty
ght volks. Nine-Headless rooster from Al
= media, Cal Ten-Mammoth Cave, ju
q discovered in Kentucky Eleven-N
than murderer. Twelve-Prolihc matro
he just delivered of her seventh set Of tri
the lets. Thirteen-Cat that nurses YOU
al rat. Fourteen-Man with eleven wivC
Fifteen-AristOcrati young lady OF BC
ned ton, who marries her pas cOachma
II We never been able u secure the coac
ing, man. Sixteen-Stuffed rhinocerOs I'll
declmates the circus profession. And
on, and so on for more than sixteen hu
>; bred numbers.
Sny Il have frequently heard said t
writer, of these persons, places, a
ing things, but never expected to find
originals And how"
DRY The devil interrupted the speaker, COZ
=, teously.
o. Il have not quite concluded and v
mo about 10 tell you. Items are like p
~ tridges--they have their close seasC
. ~ The Oldest Surviving Revolutionary )
H., der is most active about election times
neJ the hot months he gives place to the
~ serpent in the winter he lies torpid till
,;ier unusually cold day evokes from him
: IS remark that he never remembered a
e. thing like it. You might drop a VIII
.a,, circus brass band into the den of the
~ van lions in December, and they would
Ia more touch them than if they were
an many Daniels generally put a grist
tbe these items through the mill once a moi
or Whereabouts. Here goes for one nov
.oE So saying he commanded the attenda
- 10 throw the Mammoth Vegetables, Re
N'0 lutionary Soldier, Wild Man, Five-legl
b,,, Calf, Fat Girl, Mammoth Cave, Prol
" Matron &c, into the hopper. Turning
loo small brake the mechanism moved.
ia endless belt conveyed the heterogene
r mass to a double row of gigantic scissC
and These opened, the mass passed bene
.Jad the shining blade, little catch click
NV and shears, working with irresistible fol
mon soon cut all into pulpy fragments, VIII
vitL fell into q sort of moving tray. This ;
a,n them TO a sharp dged knife, which diyi
tha them into oblong blocks of various leng
,,nc each block falling into an acid b;
UNIV through which a strong galvanlc curl
was passed, converting the blocks
stereotype plates. These were seized
tons steel nippers and drawn into newspa
the forms. As each column was filed,
and chanism similar to that of "a revolver
larp, inder moved away the full column
well presented an empty one. The last =
from being filed, at once printing press be
Iiliar its rapid monotonous clank, and in
ms, minutes and forty-three seconds from
med time that the first quavering wall Of
tory, Revolutionary Survivor smote upon
CINE ear as he fell into the hopper, the i
'oOm with grati6ed smile, handed the WI
ie Of a Patent Inside
each But" the writer observed, Il see
q in thnrn Il cnnaihernh HE waata ahnnf the