Wichita eagle., 1888-11-29
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RUNNING A PAPER AT SEA
ABOUT THE TWO YOUNGEST GIRL
EDITORS IN THE WORLD.
Capt. Nichols and His Two Little Daugf-
tiers Who Have Been Publishing a Bright
Newspaper at Sea-Our Correspondent
Calls ON the Editors.
Especial Correspondence. |

loEeciaI Correspondence
BROOKLYN, Nov. III picked up an inter
estlng bit Of sea history the other day. / was
wandering about South street, New York,
looking at the various vessels as they lay at
the wharves with their noses sticking up into
The street and their jibbooms rigged in,
when L came across the ship Frank PendletOn.
bne was on the stocks for repairs and as |
went down in the dock to go aboard, L saw
the workmen tearing the copper off her bot
TOM don't suppose you ever heard of her
captain before, but | had, and | knew he was
the proprietor of one of the most unique
sheets in existence; so when stepped over the
rail l asked if the editor was in. He was and
he was glad to see me- His name is E. p.
Nichols and he is the publisher of
The Ocean Chronicle. Capt Nichols con-
ceived the idea Of printing a paper
1t sea some years ago He got some
type, rigged up a press on board
: started in as an ocean editor. He had
neer been in printing Office and he hadn't
grned the case. He started out on his own
nook, arranged his type TO suit himself and
has been publishing paper which is full of
good things and credit to the craft. The
Ocean Chronicle hasn't a guaranteed circu-
iation, its advertising rates are low, and the
price per copy is only letter to the editor.
1t is probably published at q slight
pecuniary loss, but it has accomplished mis-
sion In the world, and is, without doubt, a
moving enterprise After while Editor
Nichols made up his mind that he would go
into the stereotyping business. He didn't
know anything about it, but in plain slang
he got there just the same. He 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 he melted up some old type he
had on hand, put this mold into a casting
box, poured his hot metal on it, and there he
had an exact reproduction Of the type. From
this plate he printed his paper. He had never
been in stereotype shop in his life, but his
native ingenuity carried him through He
tells of his first visit TO a newspaper Office in
his paper OF Feb. ii, 1887 "We still have
in use some of the type that was given US by
Mr. Bennett of The Sydney Evening News.
We should like to be able TO go over his es-
tabllshmeut once more. As it was the first
printing we ever saw we were much inter
eStedn
''Forty-three years ago today" he prints
II his paper under date Of June >, 1887, ''we
gave our first yell" The captain was born
III Searsport, Me. He started out on his sea-
faring career when he was 16 years old. He
has had twenty-eight years OF active service
I'm getting tired of it." he said to me, and
am going to lay up for year. | haven't
been ashore for SIX years for any length of
time" The captains wife and two daugh-
terS have been going to sea with bin, while
hls third daughter, little girl of 10, has been
left at homo.
y The captain invited me down into the
cabin and was introduced to his family.
His two little daughters are as bright as two
dollars, and as they are the youngest pair of
girl editors in the world they deserve some
consideration Nancy is now nearly four
n and Maud a year younger The first
nber of their paper, The Rolling Billow,
p Frs the date of February 6, 1887 1t is a |
four page paper, and the size of one of its
pares is six by four inches Captain Nichols
presented me with copy of the first num-
ber, and send fac-simile Of it with this
petter.
In addition to this paper each girl had an
Individual enterprise of her own. l quote /
ke following extracts from tile pen of Editor
ncy:
''This is a proper printing Office when we
III get to work. l print The Spray and Maud |
prints The Wave and papa is printing The
ocean Chronicle for himself and The Rolling
Billow for u.s."
''As / have not been to sea for five years
everything-did l say everything! No, some
things seem odd The most important thing
| can remember of my last voyage is when |
we were wrecked. | can remember that
very plainly, and l think l shall never forget |
being hauled on shore in basket After
that had no wish to go To until lately
! have wished to very much. We
are busy most Of the time, for, with our