The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-06-30

Among the latter Charles A. Dana, of The
Sun, is probably the most belligerent When
Dana has grudge it stays by him. He sits
up nights with it, and when he goes for
Pulitzer, there are no stuffed gloves in his
style or sparring for wind. HIS blows are
straight from the shoulder, and are meant to
draw blood Occasionally, therefore, The
Sun is "A CORY looking sheet Like locomo
tive, 1t has a tender, yclept The Even
ing Sun, which like its rival, The Evening
World, is as bright and CHEEKY youngster as
ever came into the journalistic field. Its
progenitor, and manager until he went to
congress, is Amos j. Cummings, "A prince
among good fellows and after dinner takers
Merriman, another congressman, is also out
of the same factory.
The Times and Tribune, always conserva.
tive and eminently respectable, maintain
their old time excellence, and th 'Ir Sunday
editions especially are models OF good editor
ship Mr. George Jones, the editor Of The
Times, is at present enlarglng his establish
nlent and when completed 1t is likely 10 he
the metropolitan headquarters of most of the
New York correspondents OF the prominent
papers of the country. 1t is to be fitted with
the latest electrical appliances for the procur.
ing and transmission of news, and it rs alleged
will he far in advance OF anything OF the
kind in existence.
The Star and The Press are comparatively
new papers, the first a strong administration
paper and the last an equally sturdy oppo
nent Both are ably edited. Hon. Ben
stand by of the east siders, and Manager Bar
tholemew presides over it to the queens
taste. The Evening Telegram, Mr.. James
Gordon BENEFITS paper, continues It's prosper
Gus career and is said to net the proprietor
handsome annual profit. The Graphic, the
illustrated afternoon paper, promises TO make
things lively during the present campaign.
When the editors get tired Of writing about
an antagonist, like Puck and The Judge, they
will stand off and make faces at him.
The best and brightest periodical OF It's
kind in the country Is The Journalist, which,
as its name implies, represents the Journal
lists profession. It's editor is Allan Forman,
a gentleman admirably fitted by long expert
ence for the work Of keeping everybody
posted as TO what is going on in the news
paper world, and his subscribers range from
Dan TO Beersheba. Harpers, Frank Lesles,
Puck and The Judge, as pictorial weeklies,
continue TO hold their own in the struggle
for the mile post and spend a cord Of money
for the freshest and best illustrations
Among the mouthlics, Harpers, The Cen.
fury and ScI1bncr's continue their literary
n ralry, and in their particular class will
doubtless remain the leaders for long time.
That which undoubtedly possesses the largest
circulation in the United States, and with the
exception of lie Petit Journal, Of Paris, the
largest in the world, is The Metropolitan
According 10 the Official receipts Of the super
intendent OF the postotiice its average
monthly circulation Is about $4,000 copies
These enormous figures are the result Of the
low price Of subscription, which is only
twenty-five cents a year. The magazine l.
not quite three years old. and the manager 70
whom this remarkable success Is due Is Col
s. A. EchOis, formerly Of Georgia, an ex
Confederate, who carries three bullets in has
personal corporusity a. souvenirs Of 6l-'65.
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