, 1880-02-11

A NIecIsaulrsk Experience.

~ Ht 3sHt{hf o. ING LHlcdff tFlbl1Hts
CHICAGO, Feb. io.--It has aIwnys seemed
to INC to he nuns duty, when liu ltns found
out n good thing, to lit otfers know Of II.
That Is my c',irf reason for writing this lct-
ter. In which sl'all tel! rs shortly Us call
tho story Of my newspaper experiences.
Up to week ag0 l'ltt fur gt0d many
years taken tlg 1f1ncs. / was II surt of Il
Democrat, MD 1T t!lht way happened TO sut,-
scribe to 1t, afd hold OH to It
for a long tlino Just out Of
hnbit- There were n great many things
about It which tlid not like. Atn1gh., Mt
home, nfter work, useh to sit down ali1
rcnd tho PAPER ~ the folks. Every now anil
then found had to stop short and cough d
little, and say that that was mt what meant
10 read. Ind. you know. .Fstumblel OIL TO
something Which wns little vulgar for. the
women. My wife folt,lti that out. a11ti sIu
used to take tlte papcr when 1t cau,c, md cut
ont things here ind there 80 tint tho
children, who wero growing up, might mt
get hold Of them. Shp used t0 want mo to
take sotno other paper which was not rs bad
for the youlg oncs, and which ! co,iltl rcasl
nloud in decent faulty, but still llung Oil
to the Tt,nrs.
Neither did like the amount of gas in Il,
Iunl tA1V EIIillts IL PCEh Qk HIEhL 10 VElAEl
than busllel Of cflaE, mil 1tsetl to liavs 10
wndo through, II bl,s!lel of tho light ss.,,r III
order, sum ctimes, 10 yet only d quart Ut
grim.
Then It seemed to be always saying Tues.
tlny TINT what 1t said Monday WIS int true,
which always puts piail nla1l III Il great
dcnl nf bDtherAlfpA,
When rentl JIG headlines and then the
r9srIa peadlnF 'natter' found TINT tho two meyer
i found that It's edItorla1 opinions were al.
why's changing, atltl that IL sometimes looked
vt the saae fll!ng III two different ways in
,wo ", columns, vrna, a::;, s1o by side That mixed me
'Frhen found tint It hn,l a lot Of news from
places tllHt llrver Heard ut, nna of penplu
whom nuyer heard Of. 1t told l.nw aile
man IN some country village had futlen down
and broken his leg, which might la Of Inter.
est to tlg \ Fl snie II 'as ' ysE @ # it]sy Didn't M
at MI. by putting tllat lii ! wls ehcnted, out
of something which was rcalnews, nnd which
Ill., Sts ;f fns On 'r:' t. # 5nft ,' ffG ';' 9t +
think. llerc, suid ], y ii !. ysar ll!ore hat
has got to eolne oui Of my pockrt With 81
! cail do this, Or do TINT; c,ln buy meat fur
The llossn for two wceks, or calt get solItc
Ij # t, ne dfumEFsis III ;Is IT,, sn % A SI !;is NJ
Times, mid will try THE TRIBrSE. |
lntyO tried 1t for u week, and now would
liku to SHY Il word to my fellow-,nrcllAllIcs
rs to the result nf tho experiment.
To- begin with, lnyc snycd 81: hnya
got III tho next p!acu II l'al'er whlef! tho
Times cErculator said is not quito us blg ~
his paper, but when co1ie to look ut IT
r@enl @ everything that IL In it. i finnl
that every line Iii 1t Is 1T value; tlat there Is
nothing to skip; that there Il n0 ctniF. |
fl,ltl tint the WorkingmuA lEls Il grent tlcnl
more fn It tlInt le wants to ret!l tltiil lie llts
iii tho Times. 1'here Is not the splnrgc, o.
the frotl., or tho foolish headlines, wlIieh
got tired and sick Of: It WIS as much moro
from pound Of beef ls tlInn l!nlf n pound
| Of bnefsteak, although tho isnlf.pountl looks
much tho biggest. And when they como to
| tnlk OF size, 1t docs seGn to lnu that ttOs0
| splendid editions that TIE .1nlnuNE gets
ont Saturday Antl Sunday, with their sixteen
pngcA full OF nlntter that men md women
md boys and girls oil likn to rcatl, just
lay over anytli!ns t'lnt tl'e df,nes !'. las
q"tts "stsna out or Is pass aS'' d t ssf SutSn G5
news, give mo a couple. 0f pages Of gossip;
and instead Of nyu columns ut st,nia tire
sons tl.thg glvc me tho essence Of 1t In ten
lines. Tint Is what want, nlld IT IL wllnt
I every WorkinEnlnll wants, who las nut al-
ways the tlne to slit tho wheat fton tue
| cllaif. a1N thankful 10 THE TRIBUNE thai
It sticks to TIC old pr:ce1 and TINT TINT
Of everybody to get In n close, compact form,
| without gascol,adu aud brns, tho .rettt news>
| news Of tho day. l, ~ tho result Ut my ex'
pertinent, advise everybody III want Of llrst.
cluss newspaper to tako The T1inuSE.
MECHANIC.