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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-06-06

I
my utmost capacity. Since then have
found that could do several other kinds
Of journalistic work. Still, Il probably
did me no harm to be impressed with SC
moderate a view Of my powers, ct that
time.
OBEYN0 ORDERS.
Much later on l was reporting some
meetings for q New York daily, by mail,
and had been absolutely instructed %
keep within certain limits which l knew
to be too narrow. An important coca.
sion came, and sacrificed II to my posi-
tive instructions. Promptly l received
word, Another time throw regulation re-
ports to the winds" I made no reply
but seized the next opportunity for long
verbatim report. This illustrates the ne
cessity Of boldly disobeying orders on
occasion, and taking the risk; but you
are quite as likely to be condemned as to
be praised. The best way Is for head
quarters TO grant room Tor discretion at
theO outset. Offices differ greatly Is 10 this.
The aristocTacy may be haFSh and ineon-
sistent, or Il may be bland and benevo-
lent, knowing when to trust suboFdinates.
The details connected with other posts
Than the reporters are indefinite. 1t Is
painful to see pale man, under RlarinR
gas jet, reading the tissue-paper copy Of
telegraPhie news, putting In punctuation,
crossing out words, marking paragraphs
and FASTING sheets topether or impaling
them upon a spindle, with an air Of
fatigue as Il he should die the next mo-
ment' lie Is the copy handler"-a man
unsupported and unknown BY the outside
public all his life long, yet invaluable In
the oihce. His and thousand other
dreary little chores have got to be done
uncomplaininsly by newspaper men
night after night, year by year. Then
there are the Headlines" to be written,
every word to considered With reference
to the number OF letters 80 As to make
the type ut the spacei and 90 on. II 10
surprising how many faculties are brought
into play. There are sundry little inches
to be filled BY peculiar ability. Bronson
Howard, now famous playwright, waa
remarkable as a COpy'handling journalist
Tor his po~er Of condensing or boiling
down" copy, BY striking out needless
words; . power since put to use in his
dramatic writing.
EDITORIAL WRITING.
Writing editorial articles is an art by
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-06-06

1t is often difficult for q reporter "a
make bis way into any other position
but II Is a good idea for the aspiring
Journalist TO familiaTize himself with the
various departments and to offer editorial
and other writing, in the hope Of enlarg-
ing his field. Yet he Nill have to do this
meeEly and without interfering. News
paper Offices are fully Of Jealousy and
mutual criticism and the Young man
must tread softly and speak low. Do
not shrink u new task or an added bur
den, u you can take Il; for you may
learn something from Il. On the other
hand, It is not desirable to be crushed
with oveTwork. The young journalist
has to reconcile modesty and obedience
with extreme holiness; not an easy
union. l recall journalist Of consider.
able note, once n managing editor, to
whom applied for work. He frightened
me out Of my boots. at first, by his grun
manner. Finally he printed a four.line
squib in verse, and. penetrating me with
his eyes, said: "That'S about the soFI
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-06-06
REQUIETEs ION BEomNERs.

The chief requisites for beginners IL
Journalism may be summed up thus:
FiEt-A good English education
Learn first to write English; NEAR
plain, straight, quick Saxon, sturdy anC
1.-THE Is . sapling. Let your Latin anc
Greek AdOrnments come in afterwards
Study the history Of the world, Of th,
United States and Great Britain and Ire
land, and study everything else that 20,
conveniently can. Drill yourself in writ
ing swift, sharp, vivid, yet graceful, &C
counts OF everything that comes undel
your notice, putting it pictuTesquely bu
never at the cost Of eleaTntSs and brevity
Colleges do not teach this All.
second-C Common sense.
Third-Good judgment Of the relativ,
importance Of subjects.
FOurth-Obedience, patience, punctual
ity.
Fifth-In spite Of attaining to al thes,
virtues, do not be prie. However mucl
knowledge your brain may hold, never d
or say anything which wlll lead the Wis
70 charge you with being touched BY tn
malady known a. big head" Conceit
the wise call Il.
That there may Be exceptions to theS
rules is true enough, There are good Jour
naliSts who are not well educated, pstien
or in any way humble. But am SPEAK
ing Of the ideal Journalist, and Il win no
do Tor the novice to model upon the "a
ceptionS.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1889-12-24
ECEIo DE

Dependant Ia vicomte Daniel
prit toutes e precautions pour
6viter tout accident.
Tout d'abord il tenait pr6cieuse-
ment a sa precieuse peau, WI, ainsl
que lie dit Rabelais, quill men await
qu'une, ct que, perc6e, il est diff
Gle d'y recoudre; ensu1te, IL ne
voulait pas que M. Desproges, qui
tenalt tant a e betes, put l'acca-
bier de ses reproches ct de ses rail-
leries.
Les premieres fois done, Daniel
maintint les chevaux au petit trot
on au pas, SO gardant bien de les
lancer dams leur train ct de les ex
otter de la volx.
MATS voyant que les cobs ne Sc
m%ontralent pas r6tifs, il prit con-
fance, SO distant que M. Desproges
ct les hommes de l'ecurie avalent
ridiculement exag6r6 la vigueur de
l'attelage.
Oh desir5 z-vous aller? fit ga
lamment Daniel en- invitant Jane a
prendre place a cote de lul dams lie
paniel.
-Ou vous voudrez, r6pliqua la
]eune file, nous erons la promena-
de qui vous sera lie plus agreeable.
Moi je connais toute notre merveil-
leuse foret de Compiegpe, ct je
crois quill men est pas de meme de
vous. Choississez done, je vous
prize.
All! qu'elle 6tait chang6e! que
la Jane d'autrefois ressemblait peu
a la pauvre creature tomb6e dams
Get etfroi Ut cette inertle.
NE craignez vous pas que
Pierrefonds soft trop loin?
Mails non. ST vous ne connais-
seq point Pierrefonds, lie chateau
est a voir.
Un DIES domestiques qui tenait
les chevaux souleva son polo de-
curie.
-Je me %permettrai d'avertir NJ.
le vicomte que Fausta est tres mel
veuse aujourd'hui. LIE temps est
a Forage, c'est sans doute celia.
--Bien! bien! r6pondit Daniel
avec IN SQUIRE %sufisant, il vals
lui en- bonner, des nerfs:
Fausta 6tait la jument de droite.
Efectivement, ellie pointait les
oreilles ct toute sa robe ponctu6e
SO plissait ct Sc z6brait sous Penn
pire de Iexcitation nerveuse. Faust,
le cheval de gauche, semblait, lu1
aussi, subir Influence de Forage.
LIE valet ne Sc trompait point, de
gros nuagues gus, p~recurseurs d'u.
ne tourmente, Sc bousculaient dams
I'm DIES coins da ciel, ct Pair tiede
ct lourd 6tait setur6 d'6lectricit6.
Par politesse, Daniel adreEsa une
dernlere question q sa fanc6e.
-L'orage vous citrate peut- 6tre !:
demanda-t il.
Ellie secoua pour toute reponse
ga joIle tete. Nj Forage, nj autre
chose ne pouvaient desormais lef-
frayer.
"A tout hasard, continue Da
MEL qui tenalt a 81 promenade, on
va METRE dams lie panier DIES cou-
vertes ct DIES caoutchoucs.
Get ordre une fo1s execute, lis
partirent. Tout ALA bien au debut,
rattelage sans trop broncher ira.
versa lAisne ct s'engagea dams la
foret par la route de Berne.
Apres avoir atteint lie carrefour
de la Faisanderie, Daniel demanda
ga route q Jane. MATS celle-ci luj
d6signa du doigt le poteau, don't
Fun des bras indiquait la route de
Pierrefonds.
--Vous maintiendrez bien les
chevaux, dit-elIe instinctivement
ct CONNIE maIgr6 ellie, en- arrivant
au carrefour de Morpigny, car Ia la
descente est tres rapide, ct a droi,
te, il y a un v6ritable precipice.
"a cOmtznuer.)
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1889-12-24
Things Worth Remembering.

Things Worth Remembering.
That it is dangerous to stand neal a tall
tree or spire during a thunder storm.
That the southwest corner of the cellar
is the "cyclone safety point"
That there is no medicine so universally
applicable to sickness as fresh air and
sunshine.
That blowing out the gas before retiring
is funny-to everybody except the one
who tries it.
That you may swear as hard as you plea
Sc, but it will not remove grease spots.
That the Wisconsin Central is the most
popular line between Minneapolis and
St. Paul and Milwaukee and Chicago.
That it's fast train leaves Minneapolis
daily at 6.25 P. NJ, St. Paul and 7.15 PM,
with through Pullman sleepers, arriv-
ing in Milwaukee at 1871 and Chicago
at $50 the following morning, serving
breakfast in dining car.
That before starting on a trip always get
information from some reliable Ticket
Agent, and that nowhere will it be more
cheerfully given than at the City Ticket
Offices of the Wisconsin Central, No. 10
Nicollet House Block, Minneapolis, and
1852 East Third street, corner of jack
son, st. Paul. Address letters to Chas.
E. Dixon, Acting City Passenger and
Ticket Agent, St. Paul, F. H. Arson,
General Northwestern Passenger Agent
Minneapolis, or Louis Eckstein, Assist
ant General Passenger and Ticket
Agent, Milwaukee.
The morning news., 1889-02-08
Talk About Mr.. Cleveland.
From tie Nelo York star.


The news that President Cleveland in
tended 70 settle down here quietly after his
term Expired and resume the practice Of
law. was the talk Of the town yesterday.
Nearly al the comments upon his choice
were favorable.
a great many people have believed that
he would co ne here as the head of some
large f lancial institution. Most of his
friends, however, hoped that he would no.
be- tempted by any of the large Offers sure
TO be made him. In such a position M.
Cleve and would necessarily, be a good
deal of a figurehead for many months TO
come Even with his industry it would
take aim some time to master the business,
and, until ne did, he would, necesS 1rily,
be at tie mercy of his partners or en-
ployers. If be we're the president Of any
corporation he would learn all the
details of his business before he
would be satisfied. Sill, ex-Presidents,
as well as shoemaka;s, ought to
stick to their last, aud Mr.. Cleveland, in
deciding to return to the Jaw, has simply
furnished another instanc9 of the strong
common sense which is his most marked
characteristic. think that his friends will
be safe ia assuming that his connection
with Bangs, Stetson, Tracy & MacVeagh
VIII bring him both fame and dollars.
The morning news., 1889-02-08
FLORIDA,S METROPOLIS
The United States Court Not Opent
on Time.

The United States Court Not Opened
on Time.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, Feb IA. Gira-
deau has been appointed chief clerk in the
Florida Railway and Navig alton freight
department. He was formerly billing clerk
at the Savannah, Florida and Western
depot.
Judge Speer who was designated to held
this term OF the United States court here
did not arrive until late tnis afternoon, and
the court was adjourned until 10 O'Clock
tomorrow morning. The organization,
drawing Of jurors, reading memorial reso-
lutions upon the death of Judge Set
tie aud Coils. Daniel and fleming
and the remarks of attorneys upon
the same subject will probably
occupy the session all the forenoon. On
the dockets there are thirty-two chaucery
cases. eighteen common law cases, two
admiralty cases and one land case. The
three latter cases are district court cases
and the others circuit court cases.
The Lewis Colvano trials are to be
pushed says Col. Blsbee. This trial is
looked for with interest by people here
A large number Of jacksonville business
men left here to-day for Tallahassee to take
hand IN the board of health matter
Matters seem growing very interesting
there.
The morning news., 1889-02-08
Lincoln,s Maiden Speech.

MOUNT CARMEL, ILL, Feb. 5.-Judge
Bell, of this place, furni hes the following
maiden speech of Abraham Lincoln, deliv-
cred in Pappsville, near Springfield, Ill.
nearly fifty years ago. He mad then made
up his mind to learn the blacksmith trade.
His genius was recognized. and be was sud
denly nomi ated for the legislature: "Gen-
tlemen and fellow-citizens," " said he. II pre-
sumo you all know who am. | am humble
Abraham Lincoln. | have been solicited
by many friends TO become a candidate for
the leg stature. Ny politics are short and
sweet. am in favor OF a national bank;
l am in favor of the internal Improvement
system and high protective tariff. These
are my sentiments and political principles
If elected, shall be thankful if not, it will
De all the same.n
The morning news., 1889-02-08
MAKING PAPER ROSES.
1t is not Very Difficult Work, but the
Ladies Like 1t.
From the Chico0o Herald.

from the CHtCUOO HcFutI.
Woman, especially unoccupied woman,
delights In employing her hands and time
in what she calls fancy work, and the
pleasure Of working in the dainty colors of
the clean sheets of tissue paper and produc-
ing with such little labor such extremely
pretty results she appreciated at once.
Roses are the most difficult to make Of all
paper flowers and yet they have decidedly
the preference. Paper ro es are maIe
much larger than the natural roses grow
even the American Beauties which have
been cultivated 70 such unusual dimensions.
The colors used for the lamp shades are the
deep, rich red as first choice bright warm
yellow Cot orangel "a second choice, and
pink as last preferred. oGly in the latter case
more tEal one shade of parsr Is usel.
The ghJ Of the lamp reflected through
pink paper, making IA variety Ct tiu s. a-d
tissue paper coming IN numerous tones Of
pax, all harmonizins, IT is not difficult to
vary the pink roses artlstcaly. The same
reasoning might be used in reg lrd 70 tbs
yellow papers, but the caprices Of fashion
will no more be governed b. law IN the
matter Of lamp shade, than in other tialas
winch she controls; and while shaded pink
roses are the thing. shaded yellow ones are
not, aud that must end it without any why
or wherefore. As for the red ones, II 1t
were desired TO make shaded red roses Of
tissue paper il would be impossible for
only one tone comes-ieep, dark, rich Jac-
queminot red.
Before proceeding with the exact direc-
tions Tor making roses it may be well to
state that materials for making paper fow-
srs are found in great varieties, besides the
The morning news., 1889-02-08
sUTHERLAND's HOTEL FIRE.
Party of Excursionists from Omaha
the Only Guests

SUTHERLAND, FLA, Feb. 7.-As stated
in the MORNING NEWS of to-day, TIE new
Hotel Sutherland here was destroyed by fire
early yesterday morning, the guests and help
narrowly escaping with their lives in their
night clothes. A largs excursion party
from Omaha were the only guests, and all
of tnem lost their clo.hing, jswelry, purses,
etc, valued at many thousand dJllars, and
all the hotel help lost their wearing ap-
parel Nothing was saved. Sew
eral Of the ladies were severely
burned, but it is thought that no
lives were lost. All csmped out during the
remainder OF he night in huts built Of
boards and bushes. The hotel was valued
at $40 900, and E 900 worth of provisions
had Just been received. In the Omaha
party were many prominent people OF that
city
The morning news., 1889-02-08
A BROKEN VIOLIN
That Brought an Unexpected Little
Pile TO lte Owner
From NE MilIedgeriHe (Ga. Chronicle.

From ne Miedgeuiue fGd } Chronicle
Some years ag7 before Z. f. Lugand
moved from South Carolina 70 Georgia he
had In his employ German, Who grew
sick, moved away and left in payment of a
small amount OF borrowed money an old
violin. The violin was in a terribly dilapi-
dated couditiou-s.riugs gone, no KEYS, no
bridge, nothing but the box.
Iu this condition il was battered around.
unnotced, and ~as finally moved TO Geor-
gia as part Il a lot OF plunder. Nothing
was though OF the old instrument until an
Italian stroller came along who saw the old
VI liz, examined 10 and pronounced II Of
the very huest make Nj Lugaud thought
II course. the fellow was testing, and
offered bin the old thing for so cents. The
stroller couldn't "ante,h so Mr.. Lugand
Kept the fiddle. Some weeks after Mr.
LuEaud received letter from a
N7w Orleans music aler saying he had
heard of the Instrument and wou ia
give him So Tor H. No one will be sur
Iused at the owner jun ped at the propo-
alton and expressed u 70 the music dealer
A few days later brought another letter
from a New York dealer Offering 800
for the new woud erful instrument Mr.
Lugaud promptly wrote the New Orleans
dealer 20 resuID 10 20 aim The dealer did 30
aud dr. In and lad bis violin again. The
night before Le vas TO ship
~ % New York II had Teen
left in tie shop, a.d when Mr. Lugand
came down next morning n terrible dis
aster had taken place The fiddle had been
broken by "A saw. Wl'h a sad heart he
wrote the dealer, who said in reply that no
would still give $25, for the pieces II the
back as not broken. IL is needless 10 say
tn uieces were shipped-a check was sent
in return.
It's a right nice little "Arabian Nights"
story, aud now Lugand has his eye skinned
for old iddles.
The morning news., 1889-02-08
RAILROAD BoNDaOLDERs.
The Financial Showing of the Mobile
and Ohio


and Ohio
New YORK, Feb. AT the annual meet
iro f the bondhulders Of the Mobile and
Ohi1 railroad to-day the following directors
were selected TO serve for the ensuing year
A. Butler Duncan, J. c. Clarke, Sidney
s eperd. H. B. Plant, r X Dow, John
Patton. f. d. Tappen, A. S. Stevens, W. l.
Heari z, T. G. Bush, f. l. Russell and
James Fay. TIE only new names in the
board are Joan Patton and +. d. TapDen,
WHO = ke the places Of Messrs. McMahon
and Macintosh The action of the manage
ment IN paying the interest coupons matured
on March l on the general mortg ge bonds
wa approved.
THE FINANCIAL SHOWING.
The report Of the operations of the road
for the six months ending Dec 81, 1888,
shows gross earnings of 81, l,405, 424, Il do
crease Of So ,943: net earnings # $444, ,935,
an increase OF SG6, $50. The fixed charge
matured and paid amounted 10 1856, 800
leaving a balance of S8S, ,574. The company
expended 1852 on new constructions,
bridges, shops, betterments, etc, ard SAB
6l5 o. new equipments, total Of SIP. IA
or Si62, 476 less than in the corresponding
period OF the preceding year.
PERIOD OF DECENTRALIZATION.
President Duncan l bis report says:
"Th. past six months has been a period
Of great demoralizstion III the rates COVER
ing competitive tratii and the receipts on
t IS traffic, as compared with the same
1aYiod last " ar show decrease Of seven
tenths of mill per ton per mile. Small as
this seems 10 he, 1t aggregates On the ton
n4ge Transported $4,000, which would
have been added 10 the net earnings. The
yellow fever panic and quarantine regUla-
tons affected adversely and seriously all
busi ness for sixty days. The recel;s OF the
raaI since Jan. l6, show material improve
ment, giving for January au increase Of
$40 Z23 over the earnings Of the same month
last year
The morning news., 1889-02-08
DR.. aIBlER's GENEROUS OFFER.
Ee Wants Commission Without Pay
to Continue Yellow Fever studies.
From the Nelc York Hernld.

From the Nelc York Herald.
DR.. Paul Gibier, the celebrated French
physician who was sent to Jacksonville by
the French government when the yellow
fever epidemic was at its hight to study the
dread disease in ell its bearings, recently
left Washington for S.. Aug stne, Fla,
where he will pass the remainder of the
winter.
While in Washington DR.. Gibier detailed
TO the Senate committee on epidemicS mis-
'plan of campaign against future attacks
OF yellow fever. The committee consisted
of Senators Hale Of Maine, Hampton of
South Carolina, Chandler of New Hamp-
shire, Jones of Louisiana, Call of Florida,
and Evarts Of New York Presiden Cleve-
land, to whom the doctor was introduced
by the French minister, was much inter
eSted in DR.. Gibie S statements concerning
his Fl0ridian experiences among the yellow
fever sufferers.
Hitherto tine doctor has been officially
representing the French government iu
making these studies, but he recently as
certain-d that as France is not further in
terested in this branch of medical knowl-
edge, the disease being unknown in France,
his government declines / expend more
money III the pr secutlOu Of the work. Dr.
Glber, seeing he immense interest of this
country IL cJane tiOn with this frigntful
scoufg offered his services to the federal
authori les, h.s life, If need be. and his Dri-
vate income, TO continue the study of fec
tious diseases in general, and his special ex-
periments in yellow fever lof hlch he uas
discovered the gerID il particular
DR.. Gibier has made many tests with
these germs, carefully noting their pr p
critics. Relying on tuase experiments and
his her studies Of the progress of fever
epidenlcs, ue mai ai4talne thaJ a. very sma !
expense, after an ln.erH at onal agreement
has been arrived at, it will be possible b
cheek the progress of yellow fever
DR.. Glbier na' been iutrusted vii b FIVE
missions by the French government 10
study cholera and yellow fever epide MICS.
He nas studied in the laborato 4 Pas
teur at Paris and Koch at Berlin. and has
written on the subject Of mental alteration,
consumption, etc
Before leaving for the south he said to me
"Al ! want is the moral support Of the
Z tied States government and the payment
Of incidental expenses. ! ask for no re-
muneration for my services
The doctor speaks with no little gratitude
Of the services rendered humanity and him
self by Senator Call Of Florida.
The morning news., 1889-02-08
QUAY's FIGURES SHRINK.

The Republican Majority IN the Next
house Very Uncertain.
WAsHISGToN, Feb. Tt IS rather strange
that up to date the size of the republican
majority in the next House has not been
definitely ascertained. Probably it will @
seven, assuming that the republicans ge
certificates the TWO West Virginia and
the one Tcnnessee DISPUTED district,. But
as it stands they only have four ma jori ty,
with possibility that it may be only one
and three republican members-elect ILL.,
This is the real basis for all the extra ses-
sion predictions
The morning news., 1889-02-08
All About Augusta.

AUGUSTA, GA, Feb. THE Love and
Good VIII Society of Aiken to-day bi aimed
a judgment against the Georgia RaIlr ad
and Banking Company for $275 aud interest
from Feb 9, 1888. The SUN vas the am 1uut
of a deposit withdrawn by fraudulent
check.
The OGlethorpe Infantry, at a meeting
tonight, decided to erect an armory, AID
the company has appointed d committee 10
arrange the details They propose To iSsle
bonds and erect building to cost $40, 900.
The morning news., 1889-02-08
JUDGES IN TIE WHITE HOUSE.
The Absence of Two OF the Bench
Causes Comment.

The Absence of Two OF tho Bench
Causes Comment
WASHINGTON Feb. THE absence Of
Justice Field ana Justice Bradley from the
dinner given by the President TO the
supreme court tonight excites comment.
The possible reason for Justice Bradley's
absence other than Ill health is known, bur
the conduct Of Justice Field towards the
President gives the gossips ground for the
opinion that Justice Field vas not present
because the personal relations between he
and tie president are strained
President Pro Ten Ingalls, was not pres
ent, of course. but exAttorney General
MacVeagh, who is the Presidents prede-
ce,s1r as counsel for Bangs, Stetson, Tracy
q MacNeagh. and John c. BIllitt, both
ere present. Ex-Attorney General Mac
Veagh was at the capitol to-day seeing old
friends especially William Walter Phelps.
He mas not been mentioned by the Blaine
men for attorney general.