The Osceola times., 1882-02-18
The Journalist.
Boston Transcript.


The journalist knows all the newe.
Therefore he is said to havea nose for
news.
He is man of parts-part modesty
and part truthfulnsss. He has great re-
gard for the truth, and approachesit only
with diilidence and awe.
/ His modesty is so great that when he
secures an exclusive article OF news he
never brags about it-until al er it is in
print.
The prime article in the journalist
creed is that it Is not ght TO get left
and many prime article he gets in
consequence.
/ The journalist is a reflector of the
times, but has but little time for rehec-
/ ton, nevertheless.
The life OF the journalist is one con-
/ tinual round of pleasure. II is made
| up of theatre going, banqueting and
walking about the ST. eets. Any fool can
become Journalist, but it is not becoming
q journalist to be a fool
Everybody pays court to the journal
ist-eyeIy body who wants 10 get his
name in the raper. And that is all most
bodies EEL called upon to pay
He is not c. led upon to have ideas
Every body is willing to supply him with
all he needs and more.
The journalist does not have 70 wof <
very bard. He is scarcely ever busy
more than twenty-siX hours out Of
twenty-fOur. The rest of the time he can
give to sleep or to work
There is said to be honor among
thieves but the journalist is not a thiet.
The journalist is always ready and will
ing to help his fellow, when he cannot
get abe d of him.
He never tells falsehqsi, though he
will lie all day for bit of news.
When he sees a wrong, he writes it at
once.
The eiournalist is the man of the age
mucilage.
The journalist handles the Archime-
dean lever that moves the world. Archi-
mede' had no foundation to rest his
lever upon, and much that the journalist
writes has the same airy basis.
II is mistake, however, TO suppose
that the journalist makes the news. The
news makes him.
The brightest journalists, il is said, are
graduates Of the cat but this is denied
by those who never worked at the ca Sc.
Therefore let e. rest our case here.
hildren, if you would be good and
great il you would be r.,pecied of all
men; if you would get your food, raj
ment, amusements, travelling expenses
etc gratis; f you would live an active
and useful life and escape the dangers
inherent to riches, be a journalist.
A COLLECTION OF sketches by Sitting
Bull representing the principal events
Of his NE, the whole constituting a pic
t1risl autobiography, was pur,hssed in
1870 by Assistant Surgeon James G.
Ki.nbal for 3 Sl1O, in provisions, from a
Y uktpnnais Sioux, who took il into
Fort Buford. These sketches, Of the
authenticity of which there has been
considerable doubt, have been in the
possession OF the war department for
several years. The collection was re-
Gently sent to Col. Andrews, command
ing f. Randall, where Sitting Bull is a
prisoner, in order that the fallen brave
might certify to their authentic charac.
ter and explain their Significance. This
Sitting Bud has done with most Of the
sketches, explaining that few of them
relate % his brother, Jumping Bull.
The exploits depicted are only such as
re found TO the martial glory OF the al st,
according t. his estimate Of eatness.
In drawing, composition and coloring
the pictures are grotesque and barblric
in the last degree.