Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-14
THE NEWSPAPER MAN.
He Does Not Have Feather Bed AccOmmOda-
tiOns Nor Strawberry and
Cream Diet.

He who seeks the newspaper pro es-
sion, says J. M Richardson of the Glas-
gov (Ky.) Times, pays court to jealous
mistress. With her brass cannot couE-
terfeit brain, nor a superfuity of words
hide a scarcity of ideas. Her vOtaries
need not expect feather bed accOmmoda-
tons nor strawberry and cream diet. She
tempers not the winds of adversely to the
Overcoat i'll the pawn shop, nor brings
success TO the Iaggard, the drOne or
the unworthy. There is no profession
in which the sham or the Shrl is
less likely to succeed than in journal
ism From the humblest country
editor, who harnesses his devil to the hand
press, to his more favored brother, who
rides crOss-legged i'll the elevator and is
never forced to Straddle the burning is
sue of prohibition or lose a subscriber,
this assertion applies absolutely and rig
Orousy journalism is the world IS most
thorough democracy. In it the man
who carries his capital in his hat is more
than the equal of him who packs it in his
pocket. The frie1dleSs breather of true
afffatus can climb from the lowest
drudgery of the basement to the highest
editorial tower, while all the polish of the
TO lift an intruder above the waste
basket.
Every man who edits newspaper is
not a newspaper man. The newspaper
man is created, not manufactured. The
brightest of journalism is not bought
neither can it be sold. Its glamour turks
in blood and brain; the spell of its en-
chantment lasts with life itself. 1t is a
profession demanding peculiar Qualifica-
tiOnS, and calling into exercise line of
talent exclusively its own The ability
of Webster cannot suppIant the nose
for news, nor the genius of a Burke min
lister to minds that subtitle mental diet
which enlarges, ennobleS and elevates,
while amusing them.
The joys of Journalism are peculiarly its
own The peculiar delight of a well
turned paragraph, the happy conscious
ness of a timely leader, the reStful salts
faction of work well and thoroughly
done, and appreciated by those for whom
it is done, the children of his brain.
growing in favor, and waxing strong in
public esteem-these are indeed pleasures
which none but the newspaper man
knows, and which repay weary hours of
toll and sacrifice TO a profession which
grindS the life, and wears the energy, as
does no other.
The newspaper man is a necessity
evolved of civilization, intelligence aud
progression. Begotten neither in the age
of chivalry, when the might of Drawn
ruled, nor yet in that more remote Oar
winian period when our ancestors sur
veyed the universe from the tree tops and
monkeyed around the woods as best they
could for living, this modern answer of
demand for supply, this professional de-
scendant Of the humble Guttenburg prin-
ter, stands to-day the sentinel upon the
houSetops for all human Announcements
No uncrowned martyr ever deserved
more, or received less, than he does. He
must work for his friends and forget
that he has enemies. He must
bear the sins of others, and
occasional small transgressions of
his OWL. He must have the patience
of Job, and the perseverance of all the
saints. He must hob-nob with the
greatness he created and which long since
had forgotten its creator He must hide
the littleness of big men. He must
thrive on promises. fatten on stove wood