Daily critic., 1880-05-22
How "a Newspaper Secured a
NIteafs -

YOlla dOiNhut mfs heufy H. stephens mas
told the following story; "lt was about
1850. The Illustrated Nars, published
by Demorest, and Efant Leslie's Illus
fraiei Norspaper had been fighting for
months over Sickles' trial and the John
Brown trial and execution: and Il was
about nip and tuck, for the Nacs had
Mast. Then came the Heenan. Sayers
prize fight, in England. Il was a NOR
tai struggle between the two papers.
Both sent artists 10 England.
about the time the fight was 10 come
OF, aud a week or two before We could
possibly hear Of u, for there was no ca
bic then, the Illustrated Mars came ont
with the announcement that they hal
seui Mr.. Thomas Mast 10 England 10
draw a picture of the fght and Mr.. An.
thony to engrave u on wood on the Van.
derbilt while coming home. and that Il
would be published ON the very day of
the steamers arrival. Something must
be done 20 save us from wreck. Next
morning the governor (Mr. LeslieJ
called me 20 a vacant room up stairs.
aud looked the door AZ ! went In. we
must have picture of the fght. said
he, 'on this, and he laid his hand on a
great block ON the table. large enough
for a four.pag picture. Said he. Take
this room. Keep u locked Admit no.
body but me and the two or three other
artists that you will need. aud compel
us to give a certain specified signal.
We must knock the Nos out Of time
lie told me 10 call for anything "
any man | wanted. ! sent Tor Perkins.
who was English, and who knew the
low country around marlborough.
Leslie. who was English too. though,
the tight would coms off on level ground,
with background of Bnglish farms.
Perkins was sworn on the horns of
I Highgate, aud then he struck tho ring
aud laid out a vague perspective with
English trees aud hedge.foWs.
Then he sent down 10 The Pewter
Mug for Brown 70 repeat ilusnAn.
I Brown was a sifapper, standing AZ least
I six feet three inches aud weighing not
less than two hundred pounds We got
Thad. Glover 10 do Sayrfs. lie was q
very lively aud pretty spaffer. fhey
went at II hammer aud tangs, a. I
waited, orayon In hand. 90 catch their
attitude when II was right. can srs
them now skitieting aud hopping around
the little room, driving one another into
a corner, and getting one anothsf's
heads In chancery, aud finally, when
Hcrnan'B Brown gave Sayera.uloyer a
vicious side.winder on the ear, taking
pains not 10 hit him though, the gov.
ornor cried 'htopl' aud they posed IN
that attitude, and caught Il ON paper.
Then the pugilisis went out and took a
drink. drew the faces of iiernAn aud
sayrrs ON the bodies then put lot ol
figures and heads, aud then sent for
Violin, an Rnglishman. aud lao put Ia
a dozen or 10 typical English heads.
With English hats, etc, aud then | sent
for Twaiica, aud lao added a great 10, Of
English spectators. ! took Il then aud
finished IL up, aud thon tha block was
sawed Into sixty pieces, and divided
among sixty artists 10 br engraved
About half Of u was sent % Philadelphia
aud Boston. Of course, they didn't 70.
eognifo their own work when the paper
was out. Then tho whole was electro
I typed, and an immense edition ~ the
l paper was printed on one side, ready
Tor the type ON the other.
"When We came 10 write out the ac-
count of the dght We made II very vague,
/ making much Of the pfriiminAFirs al
ready known here, with biographies Of
the men, etc. Everything was ready.
one morning came down town aud
found the streets flooded with Frank
I Lsshs's Ndrspapsr. Il seemed 20 mo
I there were millions Of copies. never
saw 80 many papers In my life. I, was
I the biggest success there ever was. Tho
Nars. with Nasts picture, was not out
till six hours afterward, aud then the
whole picture made only two pages, aud
looked mean enough by the side Of our
| four.page cut, Aud the best Of Il was
that we had ten times as much landscape
| aud perspective as Mast, his picture
showing nothing but conventional tree
tops over the heads u the spectators,
while We had miles aud miles OF mead
aud woodland.
Leslie was delighted. | never saw
him In such happy frame Of mind. lilo
must have made thousands Of dollars
that week. What's the sense Of de-
nounoing such pictures as bogus, said
he, when We have ten times as good a
picture as that, taken on the spotr The
beauty OF Il was that, by accident, We
/ placed the men right-lleenan's back 10
the sun, as Il actually was In the fight,
/ though, Of course, we couldn't know he
had won the toss. This puzzled even
those who knew We must have made the
picture here, and everybody was bs'
I Wildered.n
Cats as Carriers.
The wonderful instinct OF locality