Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-14
A. l.. RIdas, Iapikahniga.

One of the prettiest pieces Of word paint
ing, rich in tender pathos and strong In cx-
preston, is found in the Iapt Odue. 1t is a
sparkling literary gem, towit;
"Anpetu iSaptan htayetu kin hehan Christ
mas wokiksuye unkagapL qa lkcewcasta
| den unpi kin dehantu kea owasin sc wihni
| iyayapi ee; ga tona On unpi owasiu anpetu
de on ewacin yakonpi ecee, he en- wotapi ga
taku cikcistina esta wicaqupi ecce kin hena
| on. Hekta omaka en- deceu econqonp qon
| ga itokam bena en- waniikji tanyan skanpi
| sui Eya takudan wicaqupi sni heon sni,
| tka ota wcaqupi sni kecinpi heon. Hecen
dohan omaka kin do en- wotapi hecekcen ee
Is to cconqonpi kta unkeyapi. GA hecen
| tokantanhau winohinca okodakiciye wanjikji
| mazaska 'unqupi "a heon econqonpi."
An interesting fact connected with the
Word Carrier is that the mechanical work
upon is all done by Indian boys, who have
| been taught wonderful proficiency in the In-
dian training school at Santee agency
The BEE has also placed in its collection
| OF curios another remarkable publication.
Its chief characteristic is the reproduction of
| dime novel literature with a suggestion of
news and long-felt want of advertisements.
| 1t is the last number of the Omaha Sunday
World.
Some of the newspapers in Omaha present
Mt this time an interesting subject for con-
sideration. One of them has changed hands
| so many times of late, that the boys In the
Office are said to have been in the habit,
every morning. of asking who owned the.
paper. Another has only recently been
rescued from the bankruptcy courts, only to
show uncertain signs of life, with forebod-
| ings of a dubious future.- A third has strug.
gled with a tenacity worthy lawn tennis
contest, resorting to every expedient to boom
its circulation and advertising receipts, yet
| the grim spectre Of disaster has stared it in
the face for two years. A fourth venture
which manages In some way to make
its appearance daily, is said to have
lost over $4,000 during its brief
| and harmless career And still
another is said to make daily ss .es of dead
ads and choice, fresh plate matter, and to be
maintained solely upon tho adamantinc check
| of its protector.
| Every one of them are known to have lost
money for greater or less time. In news
1 paper circles their precarious conditions are
| subject of common remark, and the won.
der Is that men can be induced to replenisn
! the impoverished treasury Of any one of
| them.
| EX-Cougressman McShane is said to have
| lost fortune In trying to put the Herald on
| paying basis and hold down a seat in con.
| gress at the same time. Yet with all the
| effort expended upon 1t over $4,000 have
beeu sunk during the pas eight months by
its manager. During this time, however, the
paper was made better than ever before, and
its circulation was increased But
| the books to-day will not show
| 1,S00 paying subscribers outside of Omaha
| One of the great mistakes made by the
World and Republican was the reduction of
the price to and 2 cents respectively. No
newspaper worthy the name car be produced
| in Omaha for that money without going to
the wall. 1t has proved losing experiment..
Their owners lost sight of the fact that the
| public was ever willing to pay cents for a
| newsy paper, and that by reducing the price
they killed the goose that might lay the
| golden egg.
| Repeated changes of ownership injure
| newspaper just as they do any business en-
terprise dependent upon the patronage aud
| good will Of all the people. Public conf
| dence in the stability and integrity of
| newspaper must have been established be-
| fore it can hope for any measure of success
Most of the alleged newspapers of Omaha
| have imposed upon their advertising
| patrons and dissatisfied readers Apart
from their utter failure 20 print tho
| news of the day, their frequent changes of
| editorial management have rendered their
| editorial uttoranccs impotent-ther convic-
| ton. were here to-day ana there tomorrow.
They could furnish their partisan readers no
| sound and reliable advice or information
upon the leading questions continually aris-
| ing A successful editor 10 one who enjoys
| public confidence to the extent that he Is in
a measure enabled to lead public opinion.
| Essays on the failure of marriage; the ten
| dency of American married women TO abjure
| hildbrth; the flannel shirt as rcfrger.
! ator decline of the hustle, etc, ETC., are all
| right in their places, but the public yearns
| for something else--occasionally.
THE BEE Is the only newspaper In Omaha
| that continues to prosper. Certainly IL is an
interesting question what the future has in
| store for the struggling papers of Omaha.
| The latest rumor is that "a movement is on
foot to enlist the leaders Of all democratic
factions in the city and state in a stock COM
| pany for the purpose Of buying the Rcpubli.
can and making democratic paper out of it,
or starting new paper here.
| ~
A member of The BEE staff Is Willing
away the lazy hours in the breezy northland.
| While the mercury runs out at the top of the
| thermometer in The BEE Office, he taunts
| his colleagues In the office after this
| fashion:
~ am writing in shady grove Of willows,
| with a delightful north breeze soughing
| through the leaves. The weather Is so pleas.
| ant that heavy fannels are comfortable and
| busters at discount. ! look across twenty
| miles of the Missouri valley and up the crest
| OF Crow Creek mountains, 5000 feet
| high, while soft, white ioecy clouds,
| like mighty wells Of bridal lace. kiss
| the peaks. The river, as clear
! as crystal, babbles over myriads Of rocks. as
| IL washes the base OF the mountains Back of
| me, seemingly within stones throw yet
| five miles distant, are the Bald mountains
| lofty, hold and enchanting"
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