The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-15

ABOUT The TWO YOUNGEST GIRL
EDITORS IN THE WORLD.
Capt. Nichols and His Two Little Daueh-
tiers Who Have Been Publishing Bright
Calls ON tlic Editors.


BROOKLYN, Nov. 81 picked up an inter
csiins hit Of scn history The other day | WIS
wandering abou: South street, New York.
looking al the various vessels as they lay at
the whcrves with their noses sticking mp into
the street and their jbbooms rugged in,
when came across The ship Frank Pcndleton.
She was on the stocks for repairs and
went down IN the dock 10 20 aboard, | saw
the worsmen tearing the copper off her bot
tom. ! don't suppose you ever heard Of her
captain before, but had. aud knew be was
the proprietor Of one q the most un.cue
sheets in existence 60 when stepped over the
raj ! asked If the editor was in. He was art
be was glad % see me. His name is l.. J.
Nichols and he is the publisher II
The Ocean Chronicle Capt Nichols con
ceiyed the idea Of printing paper
a. sea some years ago He got some
type, rugged up a press on board
and started in as an ocean editor. He had
never been in a printing office and he hadn't
learned the case He started out ON his own
hook, arranged his type 20 suit himself and
BIAS been publishing paper which is full a.
good thing, and credit 20 the craft The
Ocean Chronicle hasn't "a guaranteed c.rcu-
la'Ion. its advertising rates are low, and tie
price Per copy }, only letter % the editor
j. is probably published 40 sigh.
recuniary loss. hut 10 has Accomplished mis-
sion Do ihc world. and is, without d0uh'
moving enterprise. After "a while EIt9r
Nichols made a. bis mind tuat Doe would GO
into tic sierecfypInS business. lie didn't
know anything about It. but in PLAIN slang
lc got there just tire same Ilo got several
layers of thin paper. pasted them together
and laid them over his type Under pressure
the paper got perfect impression Of the
type. Then ho melted up some Old type De- /
bad on hand, put this mold into a casting
ioX, poured Dis hot metal ON IL, aud there be-
had an exact reproduction of thetypc From
tais plate De printed his paper lie had never /
been m q stereotype shop in bis hie, but AIs I
native ingenuity carried him through lie
tells Of hs first visit TO a newspaper Office 10
bis paper Of Feb n. 1851 We stiH have /
in use some Of the type that was given Us by /
Mr. Bennett Of he Sydney Evening News I
We should like to be- able 20 ~ over Inns es-
Enlistment once more. As 10 was the first
printing We ever saw We were much inter .
cstel7
"Forty-three years ago today" he prints I
in his paper under date Of June 3, 1857, "ge /
gave our first YELL The captain was born .
in Searsport. Ne He started ont Oh his sea
farug career when he was 10 years old. He !
las bad twcnty-eight years Of active service. /
I'm getting tired Of it, he sand 20 me, "and I
ann going 20 lay up for a year ! haven't .
been ashore for SIX years fer any length of /
time The captains wife and Two daugh- .
tiers have been going 10 sea with bin, while .
bis third daughter. a little girl OF 3D. has been /
left 40 home.
The captnin invited mo down into the
cabin and 1 was introduced 10 his family. /
His two little daughters are as bright as two /
dollars. and as they are the youngest pain of .
girl editors ln the world they deserve some
consideration Nancy is now nearly four
teen and Maud year younger The first
number Of their paper, Ike Rolling Biil0w,
bears tine date Of February q, lssI IL is IA
four page paper, and the size of one OF is
pages j., SIX los four inches Captain Nichols
presented me with q copy O, the first num-
Der, and | send a fac-simile of ID with tins
letter.
lu addition 20 this paper each girl had an
individual enterprise Of her own. l quote
fine following extracts from the pcuof Editor
Nancy:
This is a proper printing Office when wc
all gel % work. ! print The spray and Maud
prints The Wave and papa is printing The
Ocean Chronicle for himself and The Rolling
BliloW for as.
"As have not been TO sea for five years
everything did say everything No, some
things seem odd The most important thing
We were wrecked. | can remember tGat
very plainly, and think ! shall never forget
beng hauled ou shore IA a basket After
ihut ! had mo- wish 10 go 90 sea until lately
have wished 10 very much We
are busy most of the time, for, with our