Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-12-16
wAYsIDE CHANCES.

A brief reference was made IN this column
yesterday TO the brilliant journalistic sue.
cess of Charles 4. Dana, Of the New York
Sun, who bears his sixty odd years with the
grace of boy. There Is, however, at the
head Of ContempO pOraSy of the SitFa, an editor
whose lance is feared and respected as much
a. that OF any IN the metropolitan ueld Of
Journalism. He Is Whi.elsw Reid, of the
IrIbUuc, born al \enis- Ohio, in October
1887. He - a graduate OF Miami I University,
Ohio, On leaving college, young Reid ives
appointed principal OF school at South
Charleston, Ohio. He held this post Tor some
time, and saved sufficient from. his salary to
repay his father the expenses of his senior
year at Miami. In ISIS he abandoned teach
ing for journalism, and invested his small
capital III the AcHlU NeUg, which be edited
for two years.
He got into the broader field OF journalistic
work in 1851 when he accepted an engage
ment 70 write daily letter 10 the Cincinnati
Tunes for s. week. At that time the leEis.
lature was eleCtng a senator and the con-
test was being watched with interest Reid :
accounts ofthe situation were so well written,
that both the CleUcldud HerCld and the
Commercial! Gn-ctte proposed tnal he should
be their correspondent, the one Offering : Is
aud the other SIS week. He accepted both,
and by hard work succeeded IN writing three
distinct letters every day.
And 50 he passed along, until he became
successfully city editor OF the Cincinnati
Gdsette, was correspondent and Washington
representative OF the same journal. In lsES
Horace Greeley, remembering the brilliant
contributions to the New York TTl' vns OF
young keid while student at Miami | nj.
verslty, secured him for his PAPER and the
young Buckeye editor eventually sur.
planted his chIct. He is considered one Of
the most graceful and finished writers in the
profession. warm friend thus desCri Oes
his personal appearance: "Six feet tall,
somewhat spare, Yet sinewy and firm set !;
his dress is scruPulously neat, his face be-
speaks intelligence and refinement"
1t will he interesting to note the effect OF
>"rlbucr'S NTyc-.nc on that large reading
world that finds i.s pGbuIum in the literary
monthIieF. Issuing IRON the same house
that gave the Old ScrIiner and present Con-
rtry their successful impulse, II Undoubtedly
possesses solid financial backing, Whether Il
Will create new teId fer itself OF cut Geeply
into the cIrculstions OF the established mag.
azines will depend upon the vlgnr and GuI.
lty with which It IS conducted.
The Carlisle >eHrrusi Is vigorously agl,sl.
ing the repeal OF the act establishing q law
library in Cumberland county. 1t declares
that under the provisions OF this ac, large
sums Of money, every year, finds It's way into
the hands OF the library committee that
should go directly to the county treasury.
Not only this, but the law also provides that
every verdict rendered carries with It a lee
for the law library, This is simply a tax on
justice that should be as free as the air we
breathe. Not only this, the management Of
this fund has been such as to create distrust
and doubt in the public mind. The law
provides that an annual report OF the receipts
ana expenditures be made. This has not
been done, and from what We learn cannot
be done to the satisfaction of those who have
been designated to audit the accounts OF those
in charge Of the funda."
II lss queer kind OF law that saddles upOn
the losers in suits an additional fee In keen
ing up a library for lawyers \ defeat in
court is BAD enough without contributing
towards making future legal reVerae5 prob.
able.