The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-01-22

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About two years ago q young man Of
Russian descent and Cincinnati birth
was standin. one morning on j'ar.,ian
boulevard. wondering whatever was to
become Of hiEi. lie had only two francs
in his pocket, and hsd already tric'l in
vain every means he could think OF ior
getting Il living. While he wa, con-
tcmplating the black prospect for him,
= gentleman stepped up to a newspaper
kiosk clo~c BY. received copy Of a
paper costing two SOUS, laid down a
franc in payment, and walked away. It
was not for nothing that this young man
had been born in America. since 10 wit
ness this mysterious transaction was Tor
him the same thing as to realize that
there was place and fortune for midi
dlenaIl between the two parties to it.
The explanation, as he learned after
ward, was that the gentleman was III
artist, that tine old woman carefully
searched cacl, mornings paper for any
Remarks uron his pictures. aii'i that
when she found one he gave her i franc
fOI the PAPER containing it.
What the apple was 10 Newton, or the
dcer's skull to GcOilroy Saint nlairc.
this monetary spectacle on the boulevard
was to Henry Romci<e; i'll 80 far, III
any rate. as it pointed the way 10 fame
lie managed to get to London, invested
his last penny in copy Of The Daily
Telegraph during the picture season, cut
out the notices of artists works, and
positively pcddled them from studio to
studio. The next day he was in a posi-
ton to buy several papers, and the next
week large number, and to extend lis
operations to other persons than artists.
At the present moment, SO accurate YVES
his idec mere, and SO skil!fuIly has he
followed it up, that his handful Of new
paper snippinys has become nothing l,ss
than THE Artistic and Literary ore
spondcncc, and l.nlvsrsal Compendium
OF the Press, with offices where score
OF clerks, male and female. arc busily
engaged all day long IN cutting up great
heaps ct newspapers, FASTING the cut
tings upon printed forms, and mailing
them literally to all parts OF the world.
Three thousand English newspapers,
600 American ones, and several hundred
Published on the Euro; can continent
are thus regularly searched through and
dismcmbercd under tho direction Of the
ingenious American.
The papers is they come in are ex-
a,nined BY ROmeike himself or one Of
his head clerks French, German,
Italian, and Russian arc read in the
office, passages referring to any per-
son or subject on the Looks Of the
bureau are marked, numbered, and !,
printed slip, corrcspondingly numbered,
and having blank spaces for the date,
name, and address Of the newspaper,
and name Of the subscriber, is placed
between the leaves, and finally the
paper is handed to the boys Or girls,
who cut out the passages, stick them
Oh tho slips, enter them in book
and mail them. The charge made fol
100 notices ITO see ourselves as Others
see Us, or on any matter whatever il
s.. OF SEQ for 500. From its humble
beginnings, the Artistic and l.itcrar,
Correspondence has grown into III i'll
stitution of recognized merit and i'm
p0rtance. Among its 1000 subscriber.
AAu VI luC IICuIINAs ~ Pa
lament, numbers of actors, artists
ncvelists, poets, institutions, and ever,
person who makes a hobby of an,
public matter.
When Lord pnffcrin was appointed
ylceroy Of India, lie tclegraphcd to 10
meike from lonstantinople to forwart
him all illusions to India. Lord Fan
dolph Churchill was provided will
5000 cuttings about himself iii cigh
months; Barnum received 1000 notice
of his white elephant in three days Mr
Chamberlain has been supplied Will
opinions concerning the shipping legis
lation, and Lord Derby concerning New
Guinea: tho Irish members have stand
ing order for cuttings upon which
troublesome questions to her majesty
ministers may be founded. Not Il few
persons are actuatcd by the same mo
tive as the lady mot the majors wife
who writes for all illusions TO Mai. -
of the -th, now serving in Egypt: AM
Oscar Wilde. it need hardly hc added il
conclusion; has been a patron OF the en-
tcrl,risc from the first.
PROCESS or MAKING SHOT.