The Russellville Democrat., 1875-02-18

cQ year altcr they Hdu Dcci
 written, but they were, of course
 on topics of permanent interest il
 which the lapse of time brough'
 no change.
 The City Department is one o1
 great importance, and embraces
 as many as thirty ol
 forty reporters on the leading jour
 nals. Some of these are women
 who report on the fashions, ser.
 mons, and some of them, like Mrs
 Battey for instance, are among the
 most brilliant writers on the Press
 (The Tribune has quite number of women on it's editorial staff, but this is an exception. Mrs. Rebec- ca Davis of Philadelphia, writes the sentimental editorials, like that on "Tot," and Miss Nellie Hutchins and Miss Kate Field are also among it's contributors). The reporters are subject to the direc- tions of the City editor, who pre- pares every morning a list of oc- currences to be covered, and then assigns" reporters to each. Every one of the leading papers in New York has four or five re- porters at the Beecher trial, one is told to write the descriptive part, the introduction, the other is directed to write frequent hits on the .soutside scenes," while the stenographers relieve each other in taking the testimony. The pay of editors and reporters varies Editorial writers are paid from $50 to $2O0 per week, but I am sorry to say, there are but few who receive the latter sal ary. The highest salary paid to any journalist, l believe, in this city, is that of Mir. Whitelow Reid, editor in chief of the Tribune, who receives nearly $15,000 a year.
 The other leading editors, (man- aging editors I mean, who are generally better paid than mere editorial writers) receive about $lO,00O a year. The reporters cannot well be stated with any degree of precision. Good shorthand men and capable de- scriptive writers who can turn their hand to a meeting, murder, an elopement, a ball, q duel, fire, a wedding, an explosion, and de scribe each equally we'll, who can unearth frauds and weave out news where the ordinary mortal would be sure to fail, are in great demand and can always command a position with salary of $50 to $40 week. Many, however, get much less, and some of the papers, as the Sun, for instance, pay by space, namely, eight dollars for every column published. Some clever reporter will make at this rate $50 or $100 a week when they have struck some good sensational mine. But every leading paper has these "outsiders" as they are called who write by space and go out to hunt after news without being "assigned'' by the city edit or. The leading dailies spend from 1,500 to $2,00 Q week on their local news alone. They are all willing to pay from $l00 to $500 as the case may be-to any one who will bring in a 'beat," which is the professional slang for an inn portant piece ofnews, and that no other paepr has obtained. When, for instance, the Sun had, exclu- sively, an account of'the arrest of Kate Stoddard, the murderess, it was generally understood that the detectives had received a large sum for selling this important piece of news to the Times report CT.
 Three Cf the editors never go  near their offices, and manage their papers by telegraph from their residences. Mir. Marble, of the World, who has one of the most beautiful houses on the Fifth ave nue, MT. Reid, of the Tribune, and Mir. Dana, of the Sun, have special wires to their residences,
 by which they can give all neces-
 sary directions at night while set
 ting before their cheerful fire in
 the parlor. I would write much
 that IS of interest concerning the