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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-02
JOURNALISM AND VOMEM.
From The Rost1n Trarellcr.

From The Bost3il Trdreilcr
No work is more strangely and more curiously
misunderstood than that required by Journalism.
1t not only requires special talent OF nigh order,
but the greatest amount of technical discipline,
general information, adaptaDiilty' qulckness OF
dlction and fertility OF resources WITH ali tlls IL
reuuires too. what Is almost slXtl sense, the
mental habit of keen analysis and swift comolna-
ton. Whle these qualifications are, III tDelr pei
lection the result of experience they must also be
natural gifts. The journalist, even as the poet Is
born not made. The young woman who aspIes to
do critical literary work. would, upon trial,
probably be found incompetent to write a local
paragraph satisfactorily. If she is earnest IN her
desire to enter journalism she must be content TO
begin ut tue beginning. She must realize the I'M
nortapcs of that sympathetic perception, graphic
delineatlon and power OF representation that chai-
acterize the able reporter IL is department. whose
discipline is inv liable and whose scope II may well
be "A young woman aspiration 10 ably MI. ana
there is not the slightest danger OF her work being
too good for it, the anxiety should be TO nave ~
sufficiently good. II the aspiring young woman Is
ready TO begia in the simplest manner, and bring
her best abilities to whatever she II set to DO, sue
nav in time grow to other work. Ihat depends
wholly on innate aOllty ana ner power Vi peiooNoi
ance -. f.
amazed as amused over the attitude taken by the
voung woman whose contribution he REJECTS. NOW
n il an written law well understood IN journalism
that no editor is under the slightest obligation to
give a reason for his acceptance or non-acceptance
of n manuscript. lie IS not called upon 10 write
private criiquc the article TO the author O1 H.
His acceptance or rejection ~ an absolute anu uI-
questionable TACT. Among Amateur ~, mAi'oiS S"io
does not appear to he understood. " The article Is
hardly available for the columns OF The Daily
Desiqaer,r writes the editor Cf that journal. Now
that is sufficient. That should end the matter. HE
article may DO better IN some respects than doIeh
others he accepts, but II he he IN any sense worthy
OF hls place he has an innate intuition of subtle
fitness and intellectual adjustments, which he could
no more communicate than he could put his mental
life on exhibition Moreover, there IS not tie
slightest necessity Of his communicating them But
his contributor cannot let the matter rest Perhaps
abe has ritten a book, and sine l. not gratned with
his review OF it, She must write hIm letter depre-
eating his judgment. she wants To know IL ne mas
read hcr book carefully. She tells hun Ihe tfitIcdt
Connoiqsear gave Two columns OF extracts from It,,
and hat she thinks it too bad she does, that he re-
ferred to it 80 unkndly. She favors hi with nine
pages Of her views on his conduct. she ailudes
tonchingly TO the fact that seven Of her dearest
lady friends each sent her copy of The Daiy
Uesioaey that contained his cruel allusion to her
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THE AGE or HIGH PRESSURE.
Fconl The London Globe.

n has become almost a truisin to say that every
age has its distinguishing feature, which gives 70 -
an individuality as unmlstaka6le as that when
dlherentlates the several members OF the same
family: and il needs but little examination 10 ds-
that the distinguishing feature OF the pres
ent age il high pressure" Physical science mas
taught mankind the conservation anu UTILIZATION
OF the forces of nature, and recent experiment mas
shown that high pressure IS the means Oy whicn
TIE greatest amount OF force may bc extracted IRON
"a ton of Goals. Humanity is fond OF analogy ana
is ever ready to transfer ITS reasoning from tlo
pbvgcal to the psychic world. Moreover, the al
vance of physical science, and the application
thereof TO the appliances OF lie, must Ill time
necessitato II corresponding movement IN the wofia
OF acton. As the locomotive. or steam Nesaet III
creases ia speed, so must human beings move moro
rapidly in thought aud action. The hunDest SET =
want upon line of railway Is Affected ~ ms move
ments by every mile of increased speed OF tile trains
running over that line The lowest clerk IN an
Office is affected materially by each increase OF
postal eligeres by every decrease IN the rates lot
kilograms. by every addltio 20 the foreign anu
colonial mail services. IL Is quite true that we 90
no: spend so many hours IN our offices ms did chr
grandfathers- but we do more IN the shorter uouts
than they did. and we know nothing OF the interval
of quetude which they enjoyed during the business
day Every man mast work at the top of his speed,
and by the time his days work s over be nnds MS
powers are exhausted, and he has scarcely energy
tert to seek of recreation which lie around
him. Our business and professional friends are
constantly uigng a. an excuse Tor lauureS III tno
exercise OF social virtues the plea that they are TOO
weary to undertake that exercise save at widely
suudured intervals, and the weary business man
asks for nothing when his days 'lab0r5 are ended
save TO be let alone" Such state OF things can.
moi fail to tell seriously upon the character and
genius of people.
Leisure Is a thing unknown TO the bulk of men.
or is regarded as some far-distant haven which he
scarcely hopes to reach in future years And to tho
few fortunate mo do reach 1t, 1t too frequently
comes when all capacity tor its enjoyment ia gone,
worn out by the weary struggle aud stress OF tho
VOYAGE The principals of our commercial houses
are already beginning to the result of this high
pressure upon their employees. There Is a lack OF
springiness or elasticity about them and nervous
their efforts With growing average intelligence
and general spread OF knowledge, there is also an
increasing lack of business genius" 1t Is moro
ability. and more difficulty TO get one man OF
originality and keen insight. Men are more
| mechanical and less spontaneous than they we're.
Specialists may be obtained for all departments,
but the men OF all round minds" capable OF tax
Ing wide views are few ana far between.
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csreed the fatal fair wig and changed hack to the
red one, his performance thereupon returning 70
its normal temperature.
When lad, acting In his fathers company IN
Chicago. Mr. Jefferson learned to recognize pec1-
lary hearty laugh which rang ont above all others
In the audience and sometimes conveyed the I'M
preston that the farce was being played to only
one really ,appreciatiyc individual; Many years
afterward, fuiy "a score, Rip Van Wrinkle heard .
laugh echo through the auditorium, and instantly
recognized it as the same that used TO salute MS
boyish ears al would know that laugh any.
where" he said to Mr. Mcvicker; Am rot right
in saying that 1t belongs to Judge PECK Ana ~
did. This same Judge Peck, aged man, told Mr:
William Warren how taken Abraham Lincoln used
to he with "young Jetfersons' singing OF the
quaint song of Lord Lowell.
Judge Peck and Mr.. Lincoln had law Offices in
the same building and in the afternoon, after Coke
had been CONSUMED and a few cases studied Lincoln
would come into his friend's Office aud insist on
singing Lord Lowell" which he went TO the
theatre again and again to hear. Mr. Peck tribute
10 his afterward famous associates vocalsm was
more terse than glowing.
Mr. jefferson seems DER young TO be grand
father bat he has six grandchildren. two belonging
to each of his two elder sons and two to his
daughter, Mrs. Farieon, wife OF the Engiish
novelist.
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THE GARRISONS And THEIR HOME.
Ernn The 81. IONS RennNicnr

From The 81. Louts Republican.
West Point is the birthplace OF the Garrison
brothers, who, this year, have purchased from
strangers the old homestead in which they were
born. 1t lies south OF the Military Academy short
distance at the foot of Bear Mountain II Is the
intent ion of the family TO erect memorial homo
on the old homestead site, III which Will be placed
the portraits Of all the Garrison brothers. and ther
mother, vino has now been dead forty years. The
Garrison family first mmlgrated 10 the highlands
of the Hudson and settled at West Point in the year
1870, and their father was n cannoneer boy at tho
attack Of the British Fort Montgomery during
the Revolutionary War. The Garrison house was
then located about mile northeast OF Fort Mont
gomery, on the west eide OF the Hudson. Beverly
Garrison, named after the Tory Beverly Garrison,
who was tile uncle of the Garrison brothers, lived
also at the foot of Bear Mountain, and died in 1851
ut the age of eighty nine years. lie remembered
seeing the slOOp Vulcan anchored In the hudson on
which Arnold made his escape after he was notified
of the capture of Andre. He also was well &C.
quainted with the famous Capt Molly" the Irish
woman who was the wife OF the canDoneer who
worked field piece at the battle of Monmouth,
Tor which she was offered lieutenants commission
for her Jrav very by the hand of Washington. She
generally dressed in the petticoats of the sex, with
an artillerymans coat over 1t. When the Ameri-
CAPS reiterated from Fort Montgo merry, as the
enemy scaled the Tamparts, her husband dropped
the match and fed Molly caught 1t up, touched OH
son also had n vivid recollection of the cbeveaux
dc frise and iron chain, 500 feet in length. buoyed
up by heavy spars extending across the river from
Poplopen's Hill to Anthonys Nose. opposite, forming
a boom to prevent the British from ascending !hs
iypr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-02
RITONRNELLE.

From tie French Of Francois Coppee.
With fitting welcome sweet June TO greet
Over meadows flooded with summer L yht.
Wen chase winged things with swi t-falling feet,
l. verse-thou. butterflies gllttering hight.
And we'll seek Tor the tempting paths that turn
BY rushes and weeds meath the willows gray,
To listen TO all singing things and learn,
l. cadence, ana thon, the birds gladstone lay.
Where the whispering waves of the river wind
Amid banks half hidden in eafy GLOOM
We will gather all fragrant things and lind
l. song-and thou. clusters OF woodland bloom
And serving our fancy, love gracIously
To that summers day shall add heightened glow
l. poet-thou. pOeSys self shall be,
Thou, fairer and | shall more loving srowl
l. O..
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VICTOR HUGO ON THE JEWS.
From Gdlignnnl.


Victor Hugo has written the subioincd letter in
favor of the Jews of Russia - The hour u decisive.
Dying religions have recourse to the last means;
What we now witnessing more than criminal
it is monstTOus. a people has become monster.
Horrible phenomenon! curtain seems 10 have
been rent asunder while q voice says Humanity,
look and behold. Two solutions are before tDino
eyes.
towards a more and more luminous horizon. Man
holds the child By tine hand advances. his
brain full of enlightenment, the child with his brain
full of hope; labor accompllshes Its mighty task,
science seeks God. thought sees HIM God IL truth,
justice. conscience. love; mingles Hum with
things earthly-lIDerty, equality. fraternity TOD
sought is philosophy, God seen Is religion; no more
tales dreams, dogInas ali nations are brethren;
frontiers disappearing man sees that the earth
Is not yet distributed wars less and less frequent
have no longer any other motive than CIVILIZATION:
every beat OF she human heart signifies progress.
" On the other side man Is retrograding, tbs hor-
ION is blackcr than ever. the multitude feels us
way darkness old religions crushed by their
two thousand years existence, have nothing lefe
but their fables, formerly the deception OF child
man, now the disdaln Of adult-man formerly ac-
cep'ed by Ignorance, now dIsproyed by ocience;
leaving the firm believer, with closed eyes and
stopped ears, 10 other refuge than the terrible
CredO qua dJsurdIDl errors are destroying one
another Christianity is martyriZing Judaism;
thirty cities this moment are prey 10 pill
iage aud determination; passing events IN Russia
spre borror; in that country an immense crime
is being committed, rather an action Is taking
place, for these DISCRIMINATING populations are not
conscious OF crime their worship has sunk them IN
bestiaty; they have the fearful innocence OF the
tiger; past centuTeS-of the Albgenses, of the In
quis ton of the HOyOttce of the ST. Bartholomew,
OF the dragonnades vi the Austria of Maria Theresa
are rushing The Nineteenth and are seeking 90
strange IL, emasculation of man. violation or
woman, destruction of the child. Ii Is the Future
suppressed. The Past viii not die, and holds
humanity fast. The thread OF life is between tho
ON one side. the people, on the other, the
crowd!
ION one side light; on the other. gloom
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-02
THE BALLAD or TIE JCARFARER.


Where the bleak winds blow,
WandcTs The wan woman;
WavsOrc and weary,
Through the dark and drcary
DrIit-bet OF the snow. 49,
On her pale pinchd features showing Ills ana
By her sid her little son runs WIN Warh heatI
Clinginq to her wet robe while she walls repeating
Further, my child, iurther-iurther let Us go!"
Fleet the boy doth follow,
Wondering at her woe:
On with football hollow,
DER the pal hWay jagged
Craws She wet and ragged
Restless and slow.
"Motherp now he murmurs, mid the tempest
Moth r. rest a litlc-I am faint with nying-
Mother rest liItieW still she answers signing,
Further, child, and iaster-Iurther let us go"
But now she Is sitting
On "a stone. ana 10!
II rk her bfOws are knitting,
While the child, close cnglng
TO her rament wrlnglng,
ShiverS at the snow.
Tell me of my father Tor never knew him;
Is he dead or living, are we flying to HIM ~
Peace, my chIdn' she answers, and the voice
thrills through him;
"Wben we wanuer further-further i-thou shalt
know"
wild wind of December,
Blow, wind, blowi-
"Uh, but | remember!
In my mind gather
Pictures of my father,
And "A gallant show. .
tell me. mother, tell me-did we always wander
Was the word once brghterf In some town out
Dwell we not contenteds7 Sad she seems to ponder
Signing, will tell thee-when we further CO."
ooh, but, mother. listen
We were lIch, knowp
(iiow his bright eyes gli5tenD
I'VE were merry people,
In IA town with a steeple,
Long, long ago;
lima foo honn
And a brave man brought us food and presents
Tell me- twas my father ?" Now her face looms
While she slivers, moaning, peace, let us go~
How the clouds gatherl
How the winds blow!
BhO my father!
Was he prince or lord there,
WI a train and a sword there
Mother. CU knOW!-
have dreamt often OF those gallant places;
There were banners waying-l could see the faces
Take me TO uy fatherw cries he with EMBRACES,
While she shlveIs, moaning, No, child, nor
While the child is speaking,
Forth the moon steals slow,
From the black cloud breaking,
Shining white aud eerie
On the Waysluc weary,
ShrOuded white IN snow
On the heath behind them 'galnst the dim SKY
Looms the Gallows blackly, in the wild wind
sighng. 80
To her feet the woman springs! with fierce shrek
crying 80,
"Sec! Oh God in heaven! Woe, child,
woew
blow, wind of December
Blow, wind blow J.
Thou canst not remember
Thou vert but blossom
Sucked on my bosom,
Years, years agol
Thy father stole to feed us; oar starving faces
stung him;
In wonder town behind us, they seized him and
they hung HIM!
They murdered ann, on Gallows-Iree, and to the
ravens flung hun!
Faster my child idster-faster let us go"
ROBERT BUCHANAN.
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4 GLIMPSE or" ZIP VAN WiNKLE.'
From The Boston Herald.

From The Boston Herald.
IL was not in Newport, but i'll Boston, the other
dav that Mr. Joseph Jefferson appeared, flushed
with the trinmphs OF hshng excursions IN Maine,
aud dlscOurslng gOwingly, and learnedly as well;
on the beauties and pecuarities o the iand-locked
SALMON, pure and SIMPLE NO man is more Truly
fond of nature than Mr.. Jefferson. He knows, and
can initiate by way of illustration, the twltter OF
each separate sOngster OF the grove. ana ne - pa-
tlal. apparently to every bird save the English
sparrow His paraphrase OF certain IA
nous Injunction would read: The first Enghsh
sparrow you see, shoot him on the spot" There are
excellent reasons " by this qnarreisome ana destruc
tive bird should be discouraged. Mr.. Jefferson
knows each and every tree on has Louisiana pianta-
ton as well though these 0rangebearers were IN
dividnals and old friends. lie is so familiar with
them, having planted thrm and watched their
growth from infancy, that he can tell precisely
what each one requires and how they must DC
treated. He finds peculiar pleasure IN eating the
fruit borne by these productive acquaintance.
Mr. Jefferson refers but rarely 10 his profession.
He, however. said that OF late desire mas come
over him to resume roles TIL which he was assoc
ciated before the DAYS of Rip Van WInkle" aud so
the public will see him next season hot only as Bob
hcras hnt "a DR. Pangloss and DR. Ollapod Refer
ring TO the farce of Lend Me Five SMlllngs. IN
which his performance OF Mr.. G0hghtiy was so
much admired on tile occasion of the Poe memorial
beueit at the Union Square Theatre last winter, Mr.
Jefferson remarked that like Blackstone. he Ised 10
play II in low comedy costume red ankle tights ana
fancy waistcOat etc but he atterwar0 changed 10 "a
gentleman's conventional evening dress, percelylng
that the situations in which Mr.. G0lghtly ~ placed
were in themselves sufficiently funny, ana tnat inc
character was lnlue All tnc ibOIo duiuohb W W
frrce OF contrast between "A man IN correct swa
owtail ct AL and the straits for shings ana pence
into which he is plunged AS curious Illustration
of the effect which make up" and costumes will
have upon personation, Mr. Jefferson related how.
having changed the red wig which be wore as Bob
Acres 10 fair one, one OF his sons, VINO 10 accus-
toned TO critcise him from the front of the house,
remarked that his acting was influenced thereby.
and that instead IT low comedy, Robert Acres,
esq. blossomed into a light comedy gentleman of
lar too much elegance. Mr.. Jefferson had himself
felt this TO be the case aud the next night he dis
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volume on Transatlantic Hurricanes" and she
begs him TO devote little half honr to her pro-
duction and then write fairly of it, All sub-editors
and reporters understand that t is an unustliable
impertnence to ask the managing editor his reason
for publishing or not publishing any matter SUB,
Tnitted In his Judgment Outside writers and
aspiring amateurs rarely seem to comprehend TINS
truth, and their transgressions are largely rom
ignorance rather than intention. The nature OF
editorial work requires absolute power of decision
in order to preserve the unites of the journal the
editor conducts, and the amateur contributor
should not permit his amour pTopre TO nclle MN 20
open any discussion regarding the justice OF the
editorial Judgment.
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AGE.

~stepping Westward did she say,
Al sunset on that long Scotch dayf
"Stepping westward" yes Away,
With staff and scrip,
Wayfaring songs upon my hip,
Stepping, stepping, to the end.
As down the slanting path / wend,
Behold breadth of distant sCN,.
Between the hills on either hand,
Ships bearing from some unknown land
To other land unknown to me.
" Stepping westward" all that be,
BODY ard soul. by land or sea,
! Follow still the westering sun;
That must end which has begun.
w. B. SCOTT.
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A woman entered railroad car at Blooming
ton. Ill., carrying big basket The conductor told ner
II must 20 among the baggage. She replied thas he
took away she would hold hun strictly acoounsaoe Tor
Wheu he found that IL held ripet babies
only u month old he ceased objection.
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brighter than that which brightens our two hearts
on this the sweetest springtIme of our lyes%-lAu
the Year Round
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When daisies pied ana violets blne,
And lady smOtks AL silver white,
And cuckoo buds of yellow hue.
DO paint the meadows with delight.

When the roaring moon of dafodil and crocus
is hardly gone and catkins swing on every hazel
bough and down in bosky woods the golden palm
gIitters like fairy tree above purple sheet OF
Violets: when The lark goes trilng. trllling ABOVE
the fields where the young green wheat slopes
down in emera d waves, and lambs are leapng and
linncts pairing, and
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THE NEW-JERSEY LEGISLATURE.
(BY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUNE ]

TRENTON, n. j., Feb. 16.-The House held
morning session and adjourned until Monday evening.
The resolution passed last evening" providing for final
adjournment on March 3 recOnsdored without Op-
po-iton ami laid for two weeks This makes 1t i'm
possible u adjourn before March 10, In any case and
probanly date later than that may be fixed. The
citemen In the House this morning was concerning the
Senate bill to the salary Of the Chancellor from
10000 10 81 900. The bill evidently against
the assumpl ions Of by the Democratic majority
that TO pass II argued stutihcation IL was vigorously
advocated in private by the very large number OF the
Chanccuor's friends and admirers, ana after efforts
which amounted II struggle the measure was passed
by bare majority. The Chancellor has received $4,000
salary in lieu of all fees since 1879 5000 more than
eny other Judicial officer I'm the State.
The Assembly to-day passed bills: To provide for pub
lie lght schools in Jersey City to prohibit the shooting
Of partridge until July l. 1897 under S25 penalty for
each bird killed extend the time for the completion
OF The Hudson River Tunnel two years To require horse
car companies 10 provide seais platforms for
drivers The bill modifying the sunday law, winch was
lOst yesterday, wa. TccOnsde ed ana r. committed
Bills were introduced t. pTJNiIe Tor The establish
meut Of College OF OhstcrlCs to authorize the Gov
ernOr tO appoint Commission OF Dtcds, With the ad-
and consent Of Tie senate; 10 require county phys-
clans To hold uquestspon the request ~ HN freehold
ers. and 10 enable borough governments 10 gtaut
Licenses.