The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1888-12-20

1. oRihy AZ n ncMspape; IL siAiN ar
seventy years ago, nothing is more
striking than the absence IF alinsi ms
IL essentially private matters. That -
gentleman htd , dinnerpsrty " tht
II lady gave 4 ball was II, more sup
= scd to be "a subject for public notice
than thar sh, had bought new dress
or th,t h.. had laii in ha!f pipe at
Nndefi,. If a strangsr had asket at
The door ah, nd ocen hildau t. the
danshtc' wedding or who led thn
Nug'oit reel ga Christmas eve h
~, uid have ran sreat risk of horse
whipping rs an Invader Of domestic
pr.vacy THIS IS Ill changed; aad 10
wh,, ~ the change attrihu abst ihe
,ifc ii iclsols Wl.p are IN no sense
pubic is dep:cted in he aln at dcta t
tll t caa he o .t.,i,e |, al honph the de-
tail. are IS the IN st v,pd KIND. and
nigh, he ia ry su.,po,el Ia be as un-
Interesting to The pui, AS u desc'ip-
ZION ii tn Prcslleat', .re,sf.s, tX-
cept for the fact that the pubiic,tinn
,lows II public demand aud in crest il,
them. The private lives ~h.ch are :"
depic'ei are generally those "f iich
peoine, although IN rur i newspapers II
Is duly rec 'rded sh II Miss Name |: e.,
OF Crab Apple Ill Hon, Is visiting Miss
Minnie De. ot So h Z rn,r, ana,
thtt J,h el Junains all, wite are visit :
Ing friend, Ia W s;pnsin. lhe,e last
cn, onicles are "bv."u.Iy y good natured
l~rc'of subscr'pilo ~ hy pla, .ns up II
The harml, s. v,nLy III seem. "ne ;
nam. III p.iut. Bat the general ex.
plan ,tlOu is III IRE com ,icN iii | II / ia
Il tering. The 'rage f." public, y
OF things which are essentially pr ,ate
springs ori ,inally from lae"f Ter
s,n,al gossip, which Is but the y ,urer
aspect of the instinct wl,ici, tia,ls II 'th
ing 81 interesting tn man rs msn.
THIS is the charm of Herndo,ns am,
piutarch. They are treasure. Of the
sayings and dui,lss nf men ami w.rmeii
many W then well worth readin.
many ut tlIen unmport,n Even il
book like Hcrv-y'S memoirs is read
with a,idity rs the annals # base
and desrAied soc.e y. 1t ae,cr.i" +
what Va. 40 nlnaliy the lies bi; ac
tually the worst. society IN England.
1t Is a s"r,i,a, sensual, corrupt. and
c"nte'nati"le company; bat ITS story
Is iei.intrL c,ns,.nt,y. and i. still
l.. al viii Interest Tne gaZ,'tcs
m.i.c.i were he c"itesna rtry chrol,-
c..s "I the cxte,i aspect of this
cur { lclc culti,at i ,hc love "t ,,uic
gossip, the taste for t.ls about ne,,
and " men who were merely rlcll "r
consrlcu, us, AID %. n t sent,li worth.
thry "e,e sad II wse thlns nor dlu
oLe. bu,, like Carrie, ti,.y were nni,
VI hn Ger al" so'iet,; ,,d iro, THIS
perverted taste slr,ng our nlnitr,,
Jenkins, who s lis nialsCcr. Bat his
.,.ssi,iny ml.r.ineoce was sippr, ssed
,, la he IA iitr Il Us Of lle Republic,
when great for uaes Were lew and
! n"wsp ppcr reporteIs na'f..i"ed. Az
fariuI.s i,ec ,n,c oil, rln IL an. an uu-
cl ti,atei rich ii ,ss WI huut IT. iii iuu>
WAS sI,hdrh, vi litil resources of
IL ~ m r'iuc ,tin,, o. Il "ciri ONE
lrisurc he ntt"r i ep4sequchc. WAS
ir iC.c eXpeaditu,r. tie show o.
u'oncy. aud luxury and tx'rava.ancr
~h,ci, NATURAL, snn.ht l,.hnriety.
For this tn preltfy Developed news
pager "T.td the opportunity a,l
y'at ii.'d tht taste for pr, s,n.l sip,
winch, h viewer degrade and Ter
vertrd, IS Inherent in hum.n nature.
Jenkins in his ahsur,le,t form, The in
t,r,itwer who Il .scrbes IL n,n', on,
and his table, til. rraInel detective Of
news whose o"j jccs is to SEIZE any ler-
son VIII 'se na'le for any reason is
known t." Tho public, aud t, turn his
HE inside ont to til. Pablo gaze, are
al developments - me IT them mere
''frrak," ani spor IF the natural
interest If man III man. Harper .
Magazine.