Telegram-herald., 1889-09-24
THE PENCIL PUSHERS
THE BRILLIANT woaE Do'EgI IaEA



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les 90 Is ~ LslaEagel.-1t D. lLs .cc-nl lllsI-
s.elts n 81 haFu. ~ ID say tat tl-re are
n1t fss reporters ecr4.ls O. tls Hes
Yrr1 asssrapsrs to,iay Ela have GEE work
a. li1neul- a. thAt ~-i-L male Ar H. ssn9asl
REGARDED a. fls a1-zs- rerortsr ~ Lis rlle,
al al9 have psrforfcsd fs-ts taat wogll
u Ar h4yilolls early tla-- have oesa &C.
xlliei a. -algoss41-s. 5llle ~ tls ~ors that
rsp~rte.s have I'd 3lt ID % anI lave llns
callsi Tor tls ait ~ talents. par.snce. col~-
49, --.l a kssa .eiss ~ human stature
s.l.4 49, ,.sei ia anF pre fessi1n. would A4s8
made tle poszessor q, tA1se qualities a le-s-sr
ll r.
10 sas thought a wonderful feas VIXEN Mr
Raymond wrote out a report ~ a spee-A u
Daniel Webster eLl-h, when printed. took
up some Ten columns of hl paper. And 50 no
ia4h- 10 vas To-Day lg would pass lulo-
ueed la any newspaper Office.
some year, ago. about one hour before one
o. tho morning nova sp2perso of New YORK was
O. Be pl- o. press. a TIRE broke our ln the si-
ciuity q Washington market 4 reporter
vas sent out Ia the h9ps that be would re
turn IA time o - q hns Or two ot news
about this fire iato TIE edition l. proved %
b. a fire u nasnlluie. entailng loss Of life
Tho reporter learned the chief particulars,
ran hack o the ofice sized u pen, and lis
copy was sent % the printers wet with ink.
Tho paper went % press on tine with a
graphic account Il the tire, a column long.
The reporter afterwards said that he scarcely
"a ~ the words th2t hs wrote, and hi fingers
were stiff when he dropped the pen.
VII give one other anecd0te 10 Illustrate
tbs capacity of the modern reporter 70 do
speedy work under great difficulties. There
had been murder IN Connecticut, with sus-
picion pointing 70 = clergyman as the mur-
derer Word was received Oi 10 ia cue of the
New York offices about sundown. A reporter
who was Just leaving the office 10 get his
dinner was instructed 70 take the drst train,
and II possible send a special IN time for the
morning edition.
The town was a hundred miles away. and
the place whore the murder was done was l!yo
miles from the station Dinner was for-ot-
ten, and. by gcod chance, "A train was caught
which, three hours later. landed this reporter
IN the country town. IL was then O'Clock
At 10 he had sufficient news, and Of a truly
sensational nature, 10 justify lengthy pub
hcation II ne could write IL and dispatch IT,
he could write IL, but the telegraph operator
was young girl, who could only send and re-
ceive messages by the old fashioned method
OF printing on a paper tape She was incOm-
petent TO send a hundred words. and g. 600
would have been an impOSSi5lity. A freight
train came along, and the reporter boarded
IL and by the light OF lantern wrote in "A
jogging car, over a rough road. steadily for
three hours. and he finished his report just as
the freight rolled into the depot in Hartford.
fifty miles away. A cabman, melted by
liberal fee, took him TO the Hartford tele-
graph Office in quicker time than the trip was
ever made before, followed By a threatening
policeman, who thought some mischief was
afoot
~ have three thousand words for New
York, to De fled at once. and you must put
them through by $50" the reporter said TO
the astonished operator.
1T can't be done"
"Why not"
Every one is gone but myself"
"Where does the nearest operator liver
''Very likely you viii find two in the hotel
just below taking their midnight lunch"
They were found. and some money offered
them The three operators cut the special
into thirds and began sending simultaneously.
By half past the special was in the type. IL
had required a journey OK $50 miles after
dark, besides the overcoming OF the other
difficulties msnloncd, 70 get it, but il was
obtained
The anecdotes descriptive Of the tact Of re-
porters in good address are numerous. One
Il the best describes the method taken BIZ
reporter 10 hoodw.nS President Cleveland
and committee which had him in charge
Il was on the occasion Of Mr. Cleveland's
visit 10 New York 10 review the parade #
the Grand Army and veterans Of the war, in
the spring II lsS8 It was tho desire Of all
reporters asSi yned 20 tho work II reporting
this event 20 get as near President Cleveland
as possible when he stood upon the reviewing
stand in front II the Fifth Avenue hotel The
committees had reserved place for the re-
p0rters some distance away upon stanl
One of the reporters, however, edged bis way
20 place near the steps ~ which the presi-
dent was 70 mount to the stand lie assumed
an air of authority. and IN a brisS voice gave
commands which were o0eyed by tao func-
tioulries who stood near
Atlast the carriage in which The president
was approached Tho rresiiel- dlsuounteI
ani he~an to ascend the sfe0a The reporter.
wi-n bis hat in c-fr bad and with the other
extended. greeted t1e preslen; as he steppei
upon t.e pa-iorm-
"Good mavrir. VI President Permit mo
e. escort Won ~ volr place
TIE president. thinking that he was ono -
tha committee. Acknowledged ts vr.orin-
and permitted hir- II -o 10 lel o. fae place
he vas % ocrupv. and fhe1 far a 1ooarrt
stocd before the vast throuz chatting Io ia
rsrertrr s rr-nan- it-er Secretaries Fa.r-
caIl ani Wmtnsv c01s rp the s-ers sri