New-York tribune., 1881-09-07
down the your Journal. There n drunken
squabbe last night In NewYork groggery; there is
petty carefully elaborated village scandal about o

another woman's husband; a child fell into a well in
race which exhibits like circus from city to city;
laborer In remote town in Pennsylvania had sun
the love letter Of suicide the setta Of eople Of Con-
ET of a ana tdeTe deEsn are about the gSao
nitht ai, OF a ,gar sugar sanger Grantcd that this
the expense of transmission by having several
columns OF siereotyped, to DO reproduced at proper
rs value and perfectly satisfy the demand, If
ths Ii nol as you see, description of journal;
II Is description of emily one poItioa Of it. 1t is
mirror of the world, less distorted and mper
ec but such mirror us never had held to il be-
mere rivalldes vgarities under tho of
eMsS;'lhecrs learn taat more import ant than che re
port OF accidents and casualties, is the inteligence of
ments of modern life. A horrible assassination
in M India is Instantly telegraPhed; but the pro
trNss OF Such a vast movement that of tho Waha
bee revival IN ISLAM, which change the destiny OF
greet provinces gets itself put upon the wires We
near promptly of landslide in switzerland but only
very oFiy OF political asitation that changing the
cSnsintinn OF the republic 1t should be sad however
mat the daily newspaper is not alone responsible for
IRIS & 1t Is what the age and the community where it s
pnnnehsu make IT. so far as have observed, the
jos od the readers IN america pern3e easerly three
lsed American prizeflghter, but viii only glance as
column report of debate in the English Parliament
EnSand; and devours page about Chantiiy races
OF the jesuit schools
NEIGHBoRHoOD GOSSIP.
Perhaps the most strilang feature OF the American
newspaper especially of the country weekly, s euor
NOUS development of local and neighborhaod news 1t
is OF recent date Horace Greeley to advise the
country editors to give small space the general news
OF The world but to cultivate assdu0usly the field
cunt OF the county and print IT. Toe advice shrewd
IS no ssSp5sn a ,e edSr and ii was mot without its
knowledge OF human natures namely, the that
II it is aboRt themselves or their neighbors
na,o IL Il Is report OF something they, have bocn
festival or TeddinS or funeral barn1isng they have
paragraphs OF gossip trvialities chips chips chips
MT sales contemplating erecting counter his
Gath visiting her cousin Miss smt of BoSrah the he
eo tina s psed his fence Farmer brown has lost
on one end OF his mansion and mortgage the other
column after cohinn OF this reading These Items
have very little interest except to those who already
know the aos But those concerned ike them
PRINT ana take tho Newspaper on that account.
THE REPORTERS WORK
Not second in Importance to any department the
journal is the reporting that is the special reporting as
distinguished from tho more general gathering
mean the reports of proceedings in Congress- Conyen
ions Assemblies, and conferences public conversations
Of ali sorts that rso into general importanoe @
These reports are the basis of knowledge opin
OF @n,.t rs taking place ANA msed Ii is OF infinitely
worthy than that the editorial comments hSd s"9s h
sound and wise Ii the reports affairs depend
gently. And ii the public has q right to demand
any thing OF swspaper il is tnat its reports of what
occurs snail be faithfully accurate, unprcudiced
ooloriess They ought not TO he editorials or the ye
of the Acy give should I've LETT to the il.r and
the pnoe There shond bo sharp line drawn bets ween
reasons for the public disrst reports il s proper TO
put in one qualification. The public itself, and not the
newspapers, Is the great factory OF bsselcss
untriths Although the newspaper unayoidably givcs
orrGncy TO some OF these 1t is the of
Intelligent aud homes, reporting whatever nteroste
so careless editors been Of al ms that reporter
has been sent TO attend tho sessions Pathological con
S always been employed on marine dislsers Another
reporter who assigned thc public of the
results OF difficult aroh@ooeca frankly
conesSed ms inability To understand what gong on
Ia told OF metropolitan journal, winch illustrates
dence in newspaper infabity 1t may not be true for
history, but answers for AN illustration. The annual
The Journal prepared an eaboate article several col
tse display Of THAT night in particular giving in detail
the nlHearance of TIE heavens from the
the shootihg OF the motoors amid blazing consteia,
% .no a, ana Lines 9i ight oi The hery bod'csn
fireworks. Unfortunately The night was cloudy. The
there was probslitT tho the t1s t1s ~ PA Ps "llyen,
that appeared was very ineresting but ts scientific
obscured the whole night, and Inc metoors il any
& wGTe III inXsipe Ihe resonabe excuse OF the
CORRESPONDENTS.
the reporting department needs sreng gthening and
reduction to order in the American journal we may aso
query whether the department of cUrrespondence su
tans the boast that the American newspaper is the best
in the world We have good deal OF excellent GORE
spo'dence, both foreign and domestic, and our
specials" have distinction nj least for lyeliness
and enterprise. cannot dwell upon ths feature hnt
suggest comparison with the correapouenre nf anu
OF the German and with that especially of the London
t6 r"n e s" xrPs re cni:is of Europe and from
ott now fl OF infqrmahOn OF phlosophic obserya-
by men trained intellect and e8pcTence &c e1aed Tr,ied
men OF the world who by their postlon and
tion.
TuE EDITORIAL PAGE.
To editorials OF our journals seem to me better than
formerly. improved in tone, in courtesy sclrcspect
tnIigh You may not have to go or search long for M
rnjyncal note and the easy grace of the frontcr-and
they are better wrtten This is because The newspaper
has become more profitable and is able pay for talent
and has attracted 10 ii educated young men. There f..
sort of editorial ability, facility of force that can ,l.
be acquired by practice, and in the newspaper ofc no
schoo can ever teach it, bt the young editor who has
broad basis OF general education information in his
tory political economy the classics, and polite literature
ms al uInchse adSahingc over the man who has merely
practical etpeience For the editorial il hold ts
RaCo, & s ne NOR ana more the product Of informa
Io, cuthf ana reHccnon as well as Of sagacity and
sertncss Ignorance OF foreign affairs, and Of cconouc
Science the AInercan people have in times past winled
at bul they wiz not always wink ut u.
Iaere is an editorial tr9ditionit might almost be
abandoned II is that certain space Journal iuns
must be long without any reference TO The news or n
cesslty OF comment on il, the capacity editor at
the moment TO III the space with original matter that is
readable There is the space ana it must be Cd
Tue london journals are perfect types of tis custom
Inc result Is OIten wcifSOne o nd rbe
orc 1t may be good rhetoric life ton short for 40
Journals over the English des in our habit Of bii -
pointed EDITORIAL psi'rapiing They Life of the
editorial page
THE OFFSPRING OF TIE SCISSORS
The third department of the newspaper is that OF i,
ceaneons reading matter Whether il the survival
of the period when the paper contained else EXCEPT
seiecions, and other printed matter was scarce or
whether ii ia only the beginning "A development that
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