The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-12-27
TIE PACIFIC COAST PRESS.
LIGHT iND SJydDE ~ 4 CILTFOR-
MA CONPOSITOR'S LIFE.

hfA CUM IONffOK y LIfE
-. Career Of One OF the Most Successful
Publishers in the Golden Statc-JournRi-
t.m's Infancy In the Enterprisina states
on the Wcstern side of the Continent.
Mr.. Charles de Young. one Of the broth
srs who own the San Francisco Chronicle, was met
ve.terday by SUN reporter, and conversation
,nsu,d about journalism on the Pacific coast.
Mr. de Yuung's own career illustrates the subject
thoroughly. in It's range from boyish impecuni-
es,y to great success in early manhood. He
vent t. California in 1854, when wears old, and
two years aferward went to work in wire
factory at 81 week. Next he made
c,cnt boxes. and changed from that to
.pprcn'iceship In a job printing Office Learn
inf lhc trade faster than Is usual with boys. he
was soon a foreman In atype-scttina room. His
fr.t venture on his own account was The School
C,,rb which printed contributions from pupils
Ia the pul Tic schools, ard was success In
small way but he had an uncongenia partner,
and the IpshOt Of their disagreement was an
agreement upon price at which i'her would
buy or sell. De Young had 10 money with
which e. buN and was forced to sell. = hen
he went to work In job printing once
again. and 1t the end of two years came
10 conflict with a rule Of the Typograph
k-.i Uunn. lie WAS only sixteen years
'iN ''' '"'"N '" -, '"'''' '''' "''"""k"
Aeord ir'rter. The Union allowed apprentices
Inthcp,. portion " one to five regular compost
tor. aud, Us the III 'e hal its allotted number
ut hny. Wi'nuuf Aim, he Wis compelled to quit.
Ns went To Sacramento, and started there
o4iY theatrical Programme, distributed
throughout the city IN the day time. and used
a. house bills" In the theatre at uight. The
euterpfi-e prospcred seemingly. There were
many advertisements. yctno dividends OF pronts
bstwccu de Young and rartner The young
truter wh, Rad a mother sisters and brothers
I''"' We ''' " ~
70 7"ppor'' maze an lnN''l'EWl"h. anu Iounu
out that the partner bad collected the
dn.. 4, r, .dvsru.,rs worry puuctuallv
SN' w., '-' '''''',' ~
but had arr"nuied Tor ohN money enough
Lo o., tut ruuuins expenses. a rupture
.,sued. ,.d tbe parti.er .,xel upon a very small
sun nj whi.h Ire wouii tuy OF sell. supp osing
t,ot th. ln, e,uld NOT luy At any uitce A,
u..,,,.,,,, 49,, ~, ,'..,.., ,,,a ,haa,-e ac,.roa
toAi Instant me III i"Icr 81 lne theatre entered;
siu, u vh l'"ihl.,e 'nn '"'.s, iett we petl'eNeu
!unlpr tHancr ne money Win wlich to pur-
eha'c; Leit alone 10 the business, ne was com,
toe ofi't art much 81 tht nights in It. At the
."i uI tht year ne aWu'l"u7y changed the
Puhhc Won lhtr . new .paier Ht t"eN and a
nal c,I Il d week hul shNy un comptt'l9h WI
tne tsl.'li-lto c'h,' rI- AFTER inonth OF tihl.
u" palo tN'ri iebi, however no Mheh' IN lew
T.7h9 "E.ea' " 'ou htu' 3, 'inrhtJ suI h,ei%gei %
s,.trt -. ~ t mo "'''"oS' - w "e'"o'Vu " '"a'
sa'AS' PN''
YNI'NG FOnFN AN'- nrSfTMENTS.
The next retnoye ny le Young WAS In 1851 10
y,r,',i ,S'vv, 40 ,,',s ,,nn IN ir tbe
be,,lss OF s,,er.mtniit ,xrlf,ncrt; and from
th1nrc 10 me nsnr nv t'at. m ,'ifv ,vigr. h. lei
tSn. m ~, H., b,,i,,,,,,,i Ak h, Il IMAM. ~ ,,i
n.afly iS,t his ii, NJ tb. ,t,!s of a des'ei,d"'
- -, ,. U " -, .'', w.,
n incofpp.tent. a,d VA. r.,nc.d Sy tne bow.
isa newcomer TIE depo,cd ptiuter WAS re-
tnili i", 40 lclisuu 70 sunni si"'eiuIiy 10 the
t, ,,Se- "a ~ ~ 's7l I'm 70 oovy an
eiuer urnu-hl On a cfl,ls IN We i'rin oI an AZ
,-sA s nioh on tne >oH,niul 'oienah' VINO re'tel,e1
- ,'' ny "rN "ineN iit
" ".'n an HHn , 'ot s.'tA' ne as @ l'ant
n'r le'vNer' %. was nil1eIer III "s'ns
W a'"luer pilHltl' huu ue louhg
falned the opportunity Of borrowing pistol
s Sp nluN uctci .Iip".iyn 70 use ~ ~ "a
-, sisS J ,nat oisrrpnne wa res.ored' ths %
rftsrn VIZ yin ma W u,S,','' Heu a'iu - ~, sro
drum arun,ke' ne r,Hrned 70 me olhc" In Vehseiul
brogeht de inc to An erect position rom a
tr d.1'ri IT, ~ ~ va Wy nt' , 80 u, 80"
81 nv ,n,oSn ,"s liz is @ c nu' -,
nent rsri S"n after tLis cnfs'ie h. 80 T.rJ
that newsp.per Was w1rtei In Dayton. fSnr.
tcen nils ri-ttnt' lie vyent th.r, 1ne linked
win citiz-n--Aoolph Sulro, now famous by
reason OF The sutro tutneL atnnng otbcrs
-about the feasioilitv or sIarfny an.
The p-orise OF money wns encoiiropim,
sd ne ,cntto Cola uiI 10 ifere.' r,,,,,r ~
"a W. % i,, y" Ij,'l' ~ tIilt,r
f,iw ~ inc .nt'.rtrise rn,Stlsr ~ 'tu y,,l
nsttnp ii n an hniT nf lii iti, - 49,, ,"' ~ ~''2,arH
~ ~Desr'" "a ~ v,i 1re' t "t '|,A'4t "It9 .llHrhs
sAo"n - ii'nk End tlay Cd wiiie de- Yo'u
- ~. % ~. fr,, f.n Va SUR afco,nhsnci t
Se i"uns ron St2te TO- once. UNI! VoJ Nd
zen usafH.eu ~ sIuS - rom 90 70 S-VJ
zen vno na1 tal,nn , an a. m 'iT "SiS- sidd
-, 10 ''. d" - w. T. a. a ~ u u @ W - 'e ~
E.' - ~. ~ y !. Wy tI'tt hlI"-teu MS
%'NH' % 49, ",N. ~, ta" . tle uoui I" see As IN
- "lu."i o"n,, b.}tOh hau ono business
S.teeI ana IN d tMlhhilhg mat thoroughiare
Ne'u hVa'| vac eh'lrs mercantile population.
AZ UNFoRrUsATE ENTERPRIsE.
Wb.tt tb. cnncour.e s,,y yvas . Docn p,r,os
the nan 4, n,,, ,na,'y h.d - .i,'r, Tin, a i 49,
Ls I,,aie s"',i intsd ,vitb a. mo ~ tHa az
itors a., .ro,, ,isto,s - ,ha 10, ,,
~ Siii ,,itS " ,v 10 M t.e"s
.nd -, tti"g henten ma tici 90 in G. ,,,,,i o.
- H. IA a ps,,,a - -, ,,,,,'g ~ usns w. 'ng M
ati,si It ,nd hc,n p p,",aUi} On
ing n-1f,,Hlvsnd nDun,'i,,, tha citiz""s H.
tn' @', ,y,.,y 49, sr,,,1,lr - ~ V',,', 80, 20,
10 the f..,',s ~, hi. partnar and was ''l,nS,"It
60 use a revolver to counterdct knife in the
hands VI "a gambler.
" 10 make the situation still worse" said
Dir. de Young, In recalling this Incident
barrc- was too crazy even to know me. lie
tutned upon me ,rouslv, and strdrk hard
blow ~ my mead. lodged, ana he went sprawl
iug mo the deep mud, sIisaling himself from
head to f.ct. Finally, in the presence of the
whole pJpulace, | gJt him TO "a stable, held lis
mead under pump out. and then nut him
mt o stage bOunI for Virginia city. Seeing the
uublol- faces VI the subacrlbers to the news-