The Red Cloud chief., 1885-09-25

| where a change oil heart ana \ pain
leaf fan is all they need.
Fewer people are robbing the editor
nowadays, too. / notice with much
pleasure Only a short time =
noticed that a burglar succeeded in
breaking into the residence of 4 Dakota
| journalist. and after a long. hard strug-
gle. the editor succeeded in robb.ng
! him.
After the primary course. mapped out
already. an Intermediate course Of ten
years should be given 10 learning the
typographical art 30 that when visitors
come IN and ask the editor all about
the Office he can tel them Of the mys-
terics OF making a paper. and how de-
linquent subscribers have ire .uen;iy
been killed bv a well-dircctei blow
with a printer towel
Five years should be devoted TO a
study of the art o! pruof-rcading. In
that time The young journalist can per
feet himself TO such "A degree that IL
will take another five years for the
printer to understand his corrections
and marginal notes.
Fifteen years should then b. devoted
W. tA' SAhA' vi %fii'i4''i p'Abb"'~" w
pccillly Civil-ServIcc reform. looking At
1t from . o partisan standpoint. II
possible. the last five years should tie
spent abroad. London is The place to
20 If you wish to get n Gear, concise
view IF American politics. and Chicago
or Milwaukee would be a good place
for the young English journals. to 20
and study the pol!,ica. outlook Of
England.
The student should then take 4 med
cal and surgical course. so that he HAY
be- able to attend t. Commissions, frac,-
urcs and 50 fourth which may occur TO
him-clf or Ia the party who may coIne
to lis Office for Il rctract on and by mis-
take get hi, spinal column donblc-!eal-
cd.
Ten years should then be- given TO the
study of law. No thorough. mc,ropol-
itan editor wants To enter upon the
duties Of his profession w!thou. know
ing the difference between Il writ Of
mamdnmms AM other STYLES Of pro:an-
ity. He should thoroughly understand
the entire system of American iuri>-
prudence 80 that in case Il c~er'i0rart
should trcak out in his Eei-hJjrhool
he would know Just what 90 DO for i.
The student Will, Nv tIis time, begin
to see what is required of HIM, and Ell
ter with great zeal upon the furthcr
study of his proc sion.
lie Will now enter upon a theological
coUrsc OF ten years and fit himself thor
oughly to speak intclligcntly of the va
riOuS creUds AMI religions of the world.
Ignorance on the part of an c!itor Is
almost = crime. and when he closes Il
powerful editorial with the familiar
quotation: ait is the early bird that
catches the WORM and attributes il 20
st. Paul in-t.ad of Deuteronomy, it
make, us blush for the profession.
The last ten years may be pro.itably
devoted t. the acgui-it On Of Il prIc-
teal knowledge of cutting corlwood.
baking beans. making shirts. lecturing.
turning double hanJ-springs. being
shot out of Il catapuit 1T Il circus. learn
ing how 10 make Il good adhesive
pas'e that will not sour in hot weather.
grinding >cizzor>. p~unctuating. capital
izatiOn. condemnation. syntaz. plain
sewing. music and dancing. scu!pjny :,
etiquette. pro-Oiy. how To win the alice
tons of the opposite sex and cvade Il
malignant case of breach of promise,
the ten commandments. every man hS
Own toOter on the flute, c~roluct. rule,
Of the prize ring. rhetoric. parlOr
mage. c~alisthcnics. pcnmanship, how
to run a jack from the bottom Of the
pack without getting shot. civil en-
T!nccring, decorative art, ca.somininG.
bicycling. baseball, hydraulics. botany.
poker, International law. high-iow
Jack. draw .ng and painting. faro.
vocal mus {. driving. breaking team.
~iiitcen-ball POOL. how to remove grease
spots from last years pantaloonS.
hor>em Inship. coupling freight car,
riding on a rail. riding or 4 pass. feed
Ing thrc>h!ng machines. how To wcan 4
calf from the parent stem, teaching
school. bulI-whack NJ. plastrring.
waltzing. vaccination. autopsy. how to
win the a,:cct onS OF your wiie's
mother. every man his W washer
woman. or how 10 wash undcrclothrs !
So ia they WI not shrink. etc. etc.
But time forbid> anything Ike n
tho ough lis; of what 4 younw man
should study in order TO fully under
stand ali that he may be- called upon 10
express an opinion ABOUT in his actual
experience n Il journalist. There are
a thousand little matters which every
cd tor should know, such. for instance. !
as the construction Of roller compost
ton. Many newspaper men can write
a good editorial on ASiatic cholera. but
their roller composition is not fit To eat.
With the course of study that | have
mapped out. the Young student would
emerge from the college OF journalism
at the z OF ninety-iive or nlncty-siN. |
ready to take OF his coat and write an
article on almost anv subject. He
would be a little giddy At first, and the
Office boy would nave 10 see that he
Went to bel At 4 proper time each night.
but aside from that. he would be Il good
man to feed a waste paper basket.
Actual experience is the best teacher
in this peculiarly trying profession. |
hope some day to attend u press con-
vention where the order of exercises
will consist Of tive-minuts expert
cnceS from each N present. 1t would
be worth listening t..
My own experience was a little pecu-
liar. Ii WAS nv intention III first to
practice law. when | went to the Rocky
Mountains. although | had been warned |
by tn. authorities not t. do SO. Still. |
did practice IN a surrepttious kind of
a way. and might have been p%rac,icing
yet if my client hadn't died. When you
have become attached to 4 client and
respect and like him. and then when
without warning, like a bolt OF electric
ifN frnna a clnlr Sig hn ..,lInnt,- liz. |