Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-04-12

Q write things they ought not to write, !,
g these fscts be an alienation. 0 men
/ the press, it will be great help to you,
g when you come home late at night, fspge
D out and nervous with your work, you voul
/ just kneel down and commend your case I
3 God, who has watched all the fatigue {
: those days and who has promised to b
: your God and the God Of your childre
forever.
Another great trial Of the newspaper pr
/ feBaion is
: THE DIsRAsED APPETITE
; for unhealthy intelligence. You blam
the Newspaper press for giving such prom
inence to murders and scandals. Do you
suppose that go many papers would Civ
prominence to these things If the peopl
did not demand themr / 60 into a mea
market Of foreign city, and l find ths
the butchers hang MP on the most conspi
cuous hooks meat that is tainted, whii'
the meat that is fresh and savory is pu
away without any especial care. com,
to the conclusion that the people Of ths
city love tainted meat You know yer,
well that if the great mass of people in thil
country get hold Of newspaper, and ther,
are in it no runaway matches, no broken
up families, no defamation Of men in higt
position. they pronounce the paper insipid
"They say: "Itis shockingly dull to.rfght.
believe it is one of the trials of the news
paper press, that the people Of this country
demand moral slush instead Of healthy, in
tellectual food. Now, you are q respecta
Bile man, an intelligent msn. and paper
comes into your hand. You open it, and
there are three columns OF splendidly
written editorial, recommending some
moral sentiment, or evolving some seieR
ti6c theory. In the next column there ID
miserable contemplate divorce case.
Which do you read frst2 You dip into
the editorial long enough to say: "Well,
that's very ably written" and you read the
divorce case from the long primer" type
at the top, to the "nonpsreif type at the
bottom, and then you ask your wife if she
has read it! o, it is only case of supply
and demand Newspaper men are not
fools. They know what you want, and
they give it to you. l believe that il
the Church and the world bought nothing
but pure, honest, heslthtul newspapers
nothing but pure, honest and heslthful
newspapers would be published II you
should gather all the editors and reporters
of this country in one great convention,
and then ssk of them what kind Of paper
they would prefer to publish. believe
they would unanimously say: I'VE would
prefer to publish an eleyatiug paper" So
long as there is an Ubiquitous demand
there will be an iniquitous supply. |
make no apology for decauched newspaper
but am say ing these thingsin order 10
divide the responsibility between those that
print ard those that read.
Another temptation Of the Newspaper
profession is
THE GREAT ALLURENENT
that surrounds them. Every occupation
and profession has temptations peculiar TO
itself, and the newspaper proiesaior is
not an e&ception. The great draught
as you know, is on the
nervous foroes, and the brain is
rscked. The blundering political speech
must read well for the sake Of the party
and 30 the reporter, or the editor, has to
make it read well, although every sentence
was catastrophe to the English language
The reporter must hear all that an iuaud-
bic speaker, who thinks it is vulgar to
sps,lk out, says; aud il must be right the
next morning or the next night in the pa.
pers. though the night before. the whole
audience sat with its hand behind its ear,
in vain trying to catch it. Thiu asn must
20 through killing nightwork. He must
20 into heated sssenblages, and into un.
ventilated audience rooms tbst are enough
10 take the life out OF him. He must visit
court rooms which are almost always dis
gusting with rum and tobacco. He must
expose himself at the fire. He MIST write
in irtid alley-Wsyq. Added 10 ell that
he must have haSty mss,ication and irreg
ular habits. To bear up under the tremend.
ous nervous strain, they are tempted to sEti,
fetal stimulus, and how many Thousands
have gone down under that pressure God
only knows. They must have something
10 counteract the wet, they must have
something to keep out the chill, and after
scant nights sleep, they u est have some
thing to revive thsla ior the morning 9
wotk. Ihis is what made Horace Greeley
such stout temperance man. He told
me thst he had seen 30 many OF his com
rades 20 down under that temptation. Oh
my brother Of tho newspaper profession
what you cannot do without artificial
stimulus, God does not want you to do
There is no hallway ground for our litere
~ people, between teetotslism and dissi
pstion. Your professional success, yopl
domestic pease, Jour eternal salvation
viii depend upon your theories IN regard
to artificial stimulus. | have had st
mapy fhends 90 down under th,
tenn ptation, their brilliancy qusnohsd, theil
bones blasted, that cry ont this morning
in the words OF another Look not upor
the wine when it is red. when it moveti
itself Alright in the cup for ct the last, j
biteth liAe q serpent, and i stingeth Ek'
an adder"
Another trial Of this profession, is th'
fact that
Ea oSE SEEMS TO CARE FoR THEIR SOILS
They feel bitterly about it, though the
laugh. People sometimes laugh the loud
est when they feel the Vorst. They ar
expected to gather mp religious proceed
ipgs, and 10 discuss religious doctrines i
the editorial columns, bat who expect
, them to be saved by the sermons they pht
, nopraph, or by tie doctrines tbeJ discus
; in the editorial colGuush The world look
uoon iLem as professional Who preacbe
! to reporters and editors2 Some Of tber
E came from religious homes, and when the
! left the parental roof, whaeVer regarded
dinegs1ded, they cone Of With q father
=, benz dictiou add 9 mothers prsJe
!, They never think ai those goo
, old times, but tears come into their eye
: and they move around this great, rosrin
I metropolis homssick. o. il they ooly kne
: what q helpful thing it is for a man to p
! his weary head down on the bosom OF
= sympathetic Christ! rs kn2ss sos ne
= yous and tired yos ara, He has hea
Z large enough 70 take in all your interes
- for this world and the next o men Of y
!; newspaper press, you sometimes get eli
a of this world, il seems 50 hollow and u
- sat:sfyipg. II there are any people in {
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