Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-14

and bless God in every issue that his lot
is cast among the best people in the
world. He must have n carefully re-
| served and preserved fund of modesty,
! compounded with an expanse of cheek
that even adversely cannot strike without
| disaster to itself. He must be at home
on all subjects, from horse to the Wars
/ of Roses, from politics TO religion. He
must be an encyclopaedia a step ladder,
bank in which ali private secrets and
| public trust are deposited-and above all
things, and at all times, ne must be q
| gentleman.
For successful newspaper work, hon.
! esty is to be more desired than brains.
1 Honesty is always honored, even though
it be big-headed Without it the brainy
man is royal ship lacking both anchor
and rudder. 1t is not the brilliant man
nor the learned man, nor the great man
who is the nOblest work OF God s hand.
And this honesty must include the pub
lie, and not exclude himself. In all
things-saye marriage notices; at all
times-excepting swearing to his circula-
ton, inhexible honesty should be his
rule. He may not number the summer
friends of Il more plant nature, but he
will win the respect and eventually the
esteem of those who differ from him, but
cannot use him.
The second great requisite for true
journalism is independence. BY indie
pendence, l do not mean a churlishness
which forever bites at the heels OF pro-
gress, nor an impudence that delights to
snap at its betters because it can / do
mean an independence that is always
manly and dignifed. self-reliance born
of conscious right, 2 gentle spirit of cOur-
tesy, which bends to none save God, but
recognizes a loved brother in all true
manhood whether he be clad in broad
cloth or in tatters. independence is one
thing, impertinence, haughtiness quite
another. Impertinence is the garment
of fool. Haughtiness bows to fancied
superiority as readily as it curls the lip,
or elevates the nose, to supposed inferior
ity. However, true independence is
quality man can neither assume
nor cultivate If his Maker
has failed to impIant a sturdy, healthy
manhood in his breast, no amount of
starched shirt bosom can stiffen his back
bone nor make him less of Il thing and
more of man.
Through all the wool and warp of this
editorial being should permeate the tine
turing of q sound, keen common sense.
No life can be perfectly rounded which
has not common sense for its basis The
newspaper man must bring it to bear on
every phase of his existence. He must
use it in dealing with great events, as
well as his washerwOman. Failing in this,
he viii soon be the possessor of a circula-
ton walked ont of between meals and
himself shirtless when his walk begins
He cannot butt against reason. or lead
common sense by the nose because of
his fancied ability TO hold on to the nose
Another prime quality to success in
newspaper life is energy. 1t matters not
how incorruptible the honesty, how
bright the talent, how worthy the man,
the talents viii rust, honesty will move
milestone, the man himself run to seed if
he is not up and doing Fame must be
won. Nothing III life, from the nourish-
ment the infant draws from the maternal
breast to the blushing maiden ne draws
to his own comes without asking. The
newspaper man can lay down his energy
when he puts on his shrOud-not before
When to the qualities enumerated are
added a fear of nothing but God, love
for nothing but man, Il heart devoid of
malice, a pure mind, devotion to duty
for duty s sake, then, indeed, we have
the perfect newspaper man.