The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-01-28
shall Immediately upon it's passage
,mmunicate the same to the Govern
ment OF china.
New York Editors, Past and
Present.

There are not many of the Old Guard
of New York journalists left. When
began life in 1860, Bennett, Greeley,
Raymond, Bryant, Haiiock, were the
chiefs in the synagogue: Dana. Hurl'
hut. HalIine, Wilson, Hudson, and the
Swintons were just behind them. Con-
merry was reporting, Reid was writing
letters, Young Was reporting, Marble
was assisting GOlwin, Bundy Was r.
porting, and the great army OF active
men now the brains and virility Of the
Press were studying their a Il C's.
Where be they now Not one editor
| in-cllief then in power arc alive to-day.
Every one has Departed. The column
rules have been turned time and again.
E.ulogies have been preached, leaders
have blaZOned their virtues, ami state
funerals have carried what Is facetiously
! termed their ''-eulains" to their uiti-
n,,.te destination. Mr.. Bennet Was the
| only one who attained u good old agc.
! The fac: is, that us no candle can last
long with wick ut both ends, SD no
man who works both day and night,
| :.j5 DAYS and :a:5 nights i'll every year,
can expect to keep pace with tie Ortii-
! nary chap who goes to bed ut ten and
gets up for work at seven. Yet who
| would exchange his short and active
life, with it, fi,ty-year terminus, for the
! existence lesl by l,,any men down to an
cightieth or even ninctieth year: Not
I, for one. don't believe in ~ short
lise and q merry une'' necessarily, nut l
do believe in an active, pushing, driv-
ing, .steam-enyinery kind nfa gait which
KEEPS abreast Of the age and enables one
tn see and know and Ike part and parcel
Of all there is to appreciates. " tien
began 10 write twenty-One years Ago.
Huriiut and SwintOn, Hudson ans:
Wilson looked venerable ant! decTtpit,
lint they were not. HUDSON was killed
on railroad by train that upset his
carriage. He was \ lensiOner to the
annual tune Of $lo, ,oW on the Iic'oft'*
list. He was considered q great news
,,aper man, but | imagine if he could bc
suddenly rel,al,il;tatcd and put back in
COnncrv's chair lie would be ihlNtcnt
AMI uerve;e>s. Where he spent $lU in
1Ss;O the H,.uN spends $lD. What
would he think Of electric bells, ",NN
words lv cable, the pneilni:itI" tube
which drops the tc!cgrAl'hic sheets ON
the very desk Of the night rillOr:: But
he is gone. So is Wilson, 80 far as
journalism is concerned. Huribut f!
saw hut td-.lay. The gay AMI
graceful cuurtier is merged in tie gr':::
and gracious mer.hant-tor that Is all
there il lett Of the old-time man-ssi'out-
town whose wit was prOverl,iai. Swim
ton doesn't improve in looks AS he att-
vancts in years. The assumed Wttiities
Of his middle life have become t.Ontjrns-
cd Deculiaritics III his old aye, and ms
girtI ,pi,ysica!) is something marvellous.
Zach Of these Men had ';egree "i
talent. but none Os them ever touched
the plane OH whi:h stood their chiefs.
W. have no press clubs here where
the relics of other days might pose be-
fore the curious eyes of the nlen Oi to-
day. There was an attempt some wears
ago to establish II central press ciub
here. with branches throughout the In
ion, hut it wasn't pushed. Ii would lie
Il jolly good thing 10 do, and, if started
on even small scale, would in time be-
come u great and satisfactory i''st'tu-
tion.-Jn II0tcu,,rs y. y. Litter.