Daily Republican., 1883-07-09
MONDAY. JULY .. 1883.
The NeWsbOys,

Pected to find rough, untutored, heat
enish collection os boys, to be shunn
rs a moral leprosy, found themselv
most agreeably disappointed. 1t W
generally remarked that it would ba,
been difficult TO have selected seyent,
hve or a hundred boys noted for oui
and peaceable demeanor who wouI
have behaved themselves better. Thes
hewsDoys were medley collected fro,
all the walks of life, including a y.
riety of nationalities, creeds and colors
Ills not doing newsboys full Justice +
jump to the conclusion that they mus
De uncouth and disorderly, simply be
cause they are newsboys. Indeed it i
wonder they are no. much worse tba,
they have been pictured by those VIII,
are accustomed to look upon them with
out the least grain of allowance. Til,
greater majority of these newsbov.
nave been thrown upon their own re-
sources to make living MANY O,
them are orphans and some are worse
on with parents living than ifthey were
orphans. They are thrown upon the
pubic at an early age to make a living
1or themselves, and if a newsbov can
'aAe nickel Or ten cents day at first
ne Is doing considerable towards MAKING
MS own living. No source of emnIov-
'''enl oilerS more Ready opening for
making few pennies than the sale of
awpltiat aaiiE newspaper. If he has
but penny he can by the purchase and
sale Of paper make another penny.
Two pennies will bring in two pennies
additional. II takes newsbov, b,Jt a
short time to learn :hc practical rule ofI
loss and gain, and ifhv an overstock of
papers, or II slippery customer they
meet loss they learn TO bear it nhi,o-
sophically and hope for better luck III.
next time' those vino suppose that
neWsboys are devoid Of lender sy,npo
thetic feeling are wide off the mark
There is Il common community of feel.
ing amongst them and though they may
al tllnes apparently treat each other
with rudeneHs they would be the first to
help comrale ont of difficulty and
10 defend his character The MANY
nicknames they call each other are
hothlhg more nor less than words 0ftle ,
deepest respect and confidence There, ,
lsa depth of tenderness in such sub. +
rlquefs as " Mickey" " Reddy" and
" Skinney' entirely incomprch4nsib).
W thoSe VINO ar" unacquainted with the ,
real Character Of newsboys These H. n
[ie fellows become business men ripht Il
1rp,, the start. u
lhey are merchants and always on i,
ne lookout for an opportunity to turn p
penny, and the man who gives them IN
nickel Tor penny paper and wants II,
10 change is to them benefactor +, {:
he human race. They become tinan q,
'iers ana bankers in small way, but a if
'ewsboy that is misery or mean is fr
'ard to be found. He is ever ready TO m
ssi't conrade and if one su,taus :, ,
'ss there are hundreds ready to come
} his relief. More of the real spi =. '"
eheroslty can be found an ,,,,,+ mac.
'S' 'han 'n7ng.c millonaires I, vi
-ot whether boy is white or v
lack, II he is a newsboy ne i, entitled W,
, and receives the same rrspectiui con- re-
liberation. No pent up narrow feeling, ja
t caste, creed and color enter into the ",
haracter Of the real genuine ncw,bov. Ne
he rplOrod boy, on the excursion on
aturday mingled with the white bov,
at at the same table and enjoyed al tb
le amenities and privilege, Of the oc ro
lslon without being reminded that 90
lack was not white, that boy with Il III;
lack skin was an inferior being and nj,
E should take back seat. ,.I
IheS" boys, not speaking in a Iarti- III
VI sen,-, are the real Democracy Of in,
le country, They have commenced "A ~,
le lowest round OF the ladder, but be ~,
'rc they ar" don" with he world more ma,
then Will be Our future capitalists (,,
attsrhcn and ruler, than if they had H.,
cen born with silver spoons in their ,,i
onths. They will make our best cit a.,
ems too. Coming mp through all the 10
additions Of life from newsboyhood 81.
manhood they viii have good he
iowledge Of human nature, and if fri
ey become rulers they will never be hin
ilty Of expressing the masses of the
ople. or course these newsboys will
: always be newsboyS As they be- ,,or
ne older they will branch off into ,,,,
ier pursuits. They will earn trades, mi,
come merchants, carpenters, brick ,,,,r
,ers, shoenakers, trimmers, morocco car,
wa" ''''o'S' painters, say
lcksniths and other tradesmrn, but I.,
late !er they may become in the in ca,,
strial pursuits of it" and whatever iii =.
tiOn of honor or trust they NAV fill, ,o,.
hey are true men they will never at. , L,
npt to eradicate from their memory rt,,
period Of their lives w,.L h"y tt,,
re new wshoys, and may they ever re- era,
mher that Abraham Lincoln was "A ,,,i
lSnIitter, James A. Garfield was Il phi,
yer OF luui"s and Henry Wilson was ON +,
hoemaNcr, Mach credit is due TO vo,r
Morning Views for its success ip
ing the u"wrbo%s u grand good II.
e, and the thanks of the invited to M
SIS are no less due for the pleasant this
afforded them. bank