The Russellville Democrat., 1881-12-08

moustache, and wears spectacles. The 1 Majors Shotgun" series ofletters, which attracted such widespread attention were written by him.
 Elijah M Reney, the night city editor known among the boys as Sam Renyn--is also 3 graduate of Hamilton. 1 He made national reputation some years ago by humorous paragraphic work on the Worcester Mass, Press. His incisive work on that journal attract ed Bogart's attention, and at the latter's earnest solicitation he came to New York and accepted an humble position on the .S,tn. He has filled every position subor dinate to the one which lie now occu- pies. Reny is quiet and unobtrusive in disposition, a charming onversationalist when once warmed up, and does not pos sess one enemy among his long list of acquaintances.
 Wm M. Haffin, the dramatic critic, is an Irishman, and great wit. He is 8 man of wonderful parts, and above in numerable accomplishments combines the finished abilities of writer, artist ant business man. He is general passenger agent of the Long Island Railway, presi- dent of the Tile Club, a brilliant maga- zine contributor, and does the dramatic work of the Sun, which Is mcritorlous but not extensive. Haffin has served on the San Francisco Chronicle as city ed itor, and on Baltimore paper as chief He is short and plump; wears light brown beard closely cut, and hair close cropped, thick and bristling, on head of the round, droll sort; an absent eye is replaced by one of glass.
 F. Jay Edwards, the Washington cor respondent, who is very smart fellow, was formerly connected with the Hart ford and New Haven papers, a field in which he was despised for apparent in- ability. MT. Bodwell, the foreman of the composing rom, is at present doing Albany. He enjoys the reputation of having almost profound knowledge politics. Col Merriman, the local polit- ical writer, is an ex-ofiicer of the Union army who was shot to pieces, So tospe k, in the late war. He is small aud brave.e Mayo w. Hazeltine, the book reviewer is an Oxford man. The face of Henry Stanton, husband of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, is a familiar one around the Sun office. His work is confined to the po- etry department
 The s'crack" reporters of the Sun lead the profession They are: F.. D. Beach, J. E. Ralph, Frank Patton, W. l.. Olmsby, Frank T. Beard, c. NJ. Fairbanks, Blakeley Hall Gustav Kobbe w. E. Cor coran and " R. Benjamin. These men command salaries of about S4 900 year. Beach is prince among jolly, go-easy, good fellows, and perhaps the most pop ular reporter in the metropolis. He IS 9 smooth. ornate and strong descriptive writer, and thinker of the German school; careless, off-handed and gener- ous in his manner toward men, he is nevertheless a close student of his sur roundings, and keen observer of asso- citations. His build is that of ponder ous, heavy weight athlete; his face is a type af happiness that no seriousness of labor or glominess of weather can trans form.
 The Sun is little peculiar in the method of assignment and pay ment for matter. There is but one hour for as- signments, 12 o'clock. If a regular man does not put in an appearance at that time he takes the chance of losing his assignment There is no rebuke for the tardy, however. An assignment to cer- tain line of work is reserved for the man who is best adapted to perform it, whether he he late or punctual. Space matter is paid for at the rate of SS a column, and time copy is worth fifty cents an hour. The judiciousness of this policy is obvious. When reporter can get fifty cents an hour for time spent in running down a subject, he is mot apt to elaborate upon facts to in crease a space bill. This is one of the clever arrangements pertinent to the Suns policy of brevity in news matters. Items of brief mention are valued at fifty cents each, articles with a single head $l, and double.headed articles bring $2. The printed list of contribu tors is yard in length.
 A noticeable feature of the office are the young men who perform the duties of Cerberus at the door leading to the editorial departments. A visitor who does not know just exactly whom he wants to see within is quarantined sum marily.