The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1878-10-18
His Newspaper Contribution

lie was friend OF mine, and used to fre
quently drop in and give me advice as how
| ought to run my paper. He was min
lister, and consequently thought could
devote little moro to the cause of religion
and not so much to politics. He was q
lover of the original, too, and said he dis
liked to see reprint, and thought l should
write more-take time, in fact, to fill the
paper up with good new stuff. 1t seemed
such an easy thing for him that l one day
yentured to say:
Brother, you had glorious meeting al
the school house last night, hear-suppose
you write it up for nae.
He didn't seem to act as though he want
ed to. l urged.
He flushed little and turned around
| awkward ike. He had never been honored
with an invitation to write for the press
before. I still urged.
Then he took off his gloves and hat
Then I gave him seat at the table with
peuUn ss..a H. cot anwn IN adito.
rial work.
He was always talking about how il
should be done, and now he was at it. he
| started in.
went about my work, and having writ
ten column or two for the weeks paper,
went out to solicit some advertiser ents,
was gone an hour Or two and when
came back he was still at it.
He was sweating awfully.
The table and floor were white with copy
paper, and the pencil in his hand was di-
minished in length.
I went to dinner. And when I came
back he was at it yet. The pencil was
| shorter and he was wetter. It was sum-
| mer.
The hours dragged along into the middle
| of the afternoon. His eyes were bent on
dazzling white paper before him, and his
fingers moved nervously and the pencil
was stub. began to be frightened.
knew had only small weekly paper, and
that its fourteen columns of space(one side
| was patent inward) would not hold the
contents of the Bible and the supplemental
messages from heaven beside.
| At the last the man looked up, and tim
idly advancing with piece of paper, sud.
denly went back to change word.
Then he came on again, and, like one whc
had passed through vision, held out the
paper and feebly said
"Will that do ?''
| looked. There was just seven lines Of
It, advertising measure.
He was large man, weighing over 30(
pounds then, but when 1 met him three
weeks later, he weighed less than 1876. He
had been sick. The seven-line nlne-houl
effort was too much for him. But it was
not all lost. He never advised an editor
again. Neither did he compose for a pa
per again.
| It was hard work for him to write, anc
he saw he was not cut out for an editor
J Printers Circular.
| FOREIGN MARRIAaEs.-Tt did not per
haps enter into the calculations of those
who have most earnestly urged the expor
of domestic productions, to strengthen and
| improve the home market and create fu
ture demand. to include in their intended
shipments the item of-American girls
The oversight showed strange blindless
where. however, no artifices are needed fol
success. From the very first this commod
ity, highly and exclusively as it is prized a
home, has been thoroughly appreciated
abroad !; aud no rank has been too exalted
no alliance too proud. to rate 1t below tht
first. The list of American families inter
married with European is large and grow
ing and though is rarely that an American
youth gains mate from the sang aeal
England, France, Spain, Italy, Germany
| Austria, Holland, Portugal, and perhaps
other countries there, have their cornet
worn on the brows of American girls. 81
/ long as the attainment of this position wa.
or seemed to be difficult, of course it was al
| resolutely sought as consistent with self
respect by our sisters and daughters. Lat
terly the current has changed. Whethe
owing to higher estimate of American
men, as We would hope, or to greater re
gard for American institutions, or TO som,
disapprobation of the domestic rules AMI
customs Of a part of Europe, onr girls hav,
made their choice here when they coule
have placed it there, and the quotation ha
appreciated not only TO par with gold, bu
far above it on both continents. Phsla
North Ameyieaa.