Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-08-21
TIE NEWSPAPER.


tire fir.l.ncsS nc,vi fatics aWay-Oil
OF which tho wonder never dies. Da
by day we may stand beside tele
graph operator, but the mystery G
his performance never becomes clear
and the sensation Of surprise is alway
tresl, and keen.
just SO the newspaper is constant
fy recurring miracle whose wcnde
never wears away. Whether lyin;
carefully folded in the c:sicc. or invit
ingly open upon the table; whetl.e
wrapping cheese and Goldfish, @
thrown discarded into the street t,
scar" horses and be tramrled on, it i
always invested with Il strange kin,
Of awe.
The newspaper! Look nj it. ]
seems empty and vacant, l,c,i.aps.-
Nothing in the paper" YOU say: yc
read, a;.d you will find it an cIei, let
ter from very many people whom yol
have never known.
| One offers you this commodity, ana
another that; one happy man scnd>
yOu notice Ut his wedding, another
ser!uw!'a;ly informs yen of Il death
Look oyer its contents closcly-i,s
news items. its list Of accidents. oi
! fires, OF criliies--See how sudden wealth
has surprised some, and sudden pov-
crty >ad,icned others. Is it in wal
time .-lgoh at the list OF killed and
wounded; see who has been promoted
and who G;s3raced; take into your
mind the import of tie consequence
ct all these things, and You will find
that yea hold III your hand '.ihc ends
Of myriad invisible, electric conduct
ors aion. which lre:nb!e the joys, soy
rows, wrongs, tliumrhs, hopes and
deslH,irs OF as many men and wollcn,7
ali as sensitive to pleasure or pain us
yourself.
Here ycu have the lore ofthc scholar
and the wisdom Of the sage. Here
the divine preachers, the poet sings,
and the PARTISAN lies. Here the states
man prcciains his principles and the
! alAti.uu.er DEelx l.iS @s...-.-.~- -Is~--es
the ar..i.i giant and Minnie Warren
are put site by side, a:,i oile is as long
as The other. ljeie is tie result ct
thcant;Gua;i.:n'S rssrarch, and through
the VERY next column. t,.iobs Il truth
ful tale ct present iovc, passion and
romance. Here the Old and the New
are brought into contrast. Here
'sIr,,litt.r ytaw bearded. ic4as
on Eoi,,.i...,, t,c, .n,in-.'
This is but q feeble portrayal Of
what & newspaper is; let us now see
;;nW il is made.
Come with me to the Office. We will
pass that pile Ok paper. Yet, stop;
pick up /. sheet OF it. We ca.l.ot wait
to explain the citiio'ls process Of its
manufacture, yet that clean and spot
Iess si.ce! is the purified product OF
rags aEd.Eith. The fh:v "i:!ei. forms
lis texture may have hcea stripped
from Egyptian lila'lnis,itss; il may have
come frulH city streets, u iiom great
gairets in country homes; it may have
W,aVlc.; The luxurious form Of beauty,
or been ,.s.t scanty covering OF want
but whether from the robes of 4 green
or the rags Of :. harlot, /: gives no clue
to its former. condition. Like sane
tificd soul, ii is ready for Il rev iilt.
: Como into the composing rooin. We
have the :oreman's peGmission-gruag- |
ingly given. DO you hear it. - Click!
Ciick! Ciick!" What is that! Why,
that is the music Progress marches to.
Come here to this cease Look at
the multitude of little boxes, filed
with pieces Of metal. What are they
They are the c''iiizers-they are TIE
TYPES.
But the paper is being made. The
types, one by one, have been picked
iip by the nimble fingers, and placed
IN proper position. Every error has
been corrected. Every punctuation
point is in its place. The scattered
!col1mns are Blasscd together; the
!. forns,' or page, is securely locked
lp,- and sent to the press room. .i'
Let lis go there. Here is where the
xolldrous transformation is wrought;
ierc matter becomes the exponent OF
mind. The "forms' are property
,laced. The great press slowly moves;
is arms are reaching, for t.eir strong
embrace. --
.'Stop tho press!7
The giant rests again. There is an
,ITor of statement to be corrected, OF
N Objectionable article TO be with
lrawn. The types are taken out and
nd borne away-corpses Of dead
hought. 5- II
Look now, again, at the mass Of
ype-t!ead inert as the earth ynu
Iea.l on. But see, the white sheet
las fallen upon their upturletl faces
lie touch OF the Press has baptized :
hem-the life that was in them has
passed upon paper, and the new crea-
ion is pregnant with thought; a
hing with Il soul, for it can move the
ouls OF. men. That sheet, SO blank
,efolc, is a living power HOW. A
hance has passed over it, as marvel
us as ii, in an instant, the unwritten
ace of the BOY should put Oh the fur
ows of age. the lines OF care, the i'm
,ress Of oflnanh0od's experience, thought !
nd toll. 49,
Thus the paper is born, and goes
mt into the world. No messenger can I
yortakc it. Its ntterance is nllalfera
le now. 1t may be explained. but not I
r:lscd. The pri,N,el word can no more
q recalled than the departed spirit !
an he woOed back 10 the cold body Is
-hich it has. lett. sas1s. u
Here, now, we have 1.-THE new !:
aper! On: as..1,a ;a;ak it should ee {