The Leavenworth weekly times., 1875-02-04
NEWSPAPER MEN.
The Daily Routine of q Morning
Paper.
How Affairs are Managed in the
s'Times" Office.

The business Of publishing daily morn
ing newspaper, is as much Of an cart" and
profession" as any other of the higher oc-
cupations Of life IT requires years OF care
full preparation and study, and the expend-
iture OF thousands of dollars, to be Success
full. Just to give the public an idea of the
labor it takes to publish a daily morning
paper in Leavenworth, We will describe the
daily routine of duty, in the Office of The
DAILY TINES: The first man on duty is the
Business Manager, among the employees,
the admired of all admirers, a sort Of Con-
fucius, as it were, whom all b0w down and
worship. He sails into the Office about
seven A. NJ, and commences stirring things
up. He has two boys to wait upon him,
and takes his meals in his room His du-
ties are very arduous, and position response
bic.
. AT nine O'Clock the leading editor, who
has charge of the editorial department, gen.
orally drops in. By this time the early
mails have arrived, and his exchanges are
ready. lie peruses these, and makes such
selections as he deems proper, and then pro-
ceeds to furnish the editorials for the day
Ordinarily his labors are terminated, by
reading the last proof, at five or six o'clock,
and he can go home; although on occasions
Of unusual importance he remains during
the night.
At i've minutes after ten preparations are
made to awaken the City Editor Upon the
Business Manager and Commercial editor
falls this pleasant duty. At the appointed
hour they proceed 10 his boudoir and knock
three times upon the rosewood panel, when
a richly dressed servent quietly swings the
door open and admits them upon tip toe
Presently the sleeper opens his eyes, and the
Business Manager and Commercial editor
gather around his bed to inquire the condi-
tion OF his health, and report the state Of
the weather outside.
II all is satisfactory, a mild stimulant is
given him, and he is assisted TO rise lie
then takes warm water and cologny bath,
and has his breakfast brought to his room.
The breakfast consists of light roll, French
toast, tenderloin steak, a small chop, seal
loped oysters, Russian pheasant, Sc, pre-
pared by n special artist. He then lights a
fragrant Havana, and is escorted down
stairs TO his carriage, and driven to the Of
fee, TO make his first "grand round" This
occupies his time until twelve o'clock |
From twelve until three, he sits in his office
and receives"
At $50 his carriage is announced, and |
when the weather permits he is driven |
around the city for an hour. After this |
exercise, he looks over the programme pre-
pared, and selects from among them a par
ty, theatre, wedding, or some other conviyal
occesion, If such NAV be transpi.ing, and at |
tends until seven o'clock He is then driven
back to the office and escorted up stairs. At
half past eleven, the compositors and all
the employees of the office, are permitted TO
shake hands with him, and he retires TO his
room. Day after day, this tedious, monoti-
nous programme is carried out, until the
overworked brain finally succumbs to the
debt OF nature and he gives up the ghost.
The Commercial editor drops in about
noon, is handed cigar to smoke and one to
put in his pocket, and receives the sugges-
tions OF the Business Manager i'm regard to
his grand rounds" When he gets from his
grand rounds" he is generally SO tired"
that he is excused, and yesterday matter is
run over.
The telegraph editor comes in at ten
o'clock at night, and STAYS until four next
morning. During these hours he mangles
up telegraph so that nobody can read it,
borrows tobacco OF every compositor in the
office, gets cursed by the foreman, and final
ly is persuaded to leave by the indignant
employees.
The foreman, the pressman, the mailing
clerks, the newsbovs, are all nice, quiet
men, who have neither amassed fortune
nor acquired religion in their daily voca-
tions. They may lay up treasure above,
but never below.