Telegram-herald., 1890-02-10
SIMPLE SIH0y rET / PlEg4S.
me Impressions Trials and Tr-oa-
lzeions cf Grssn Reporter
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aesti-9e some '--isS- 40 H-AAe '--e
courteous edeaFor, however, %
Ausae ~ sour question, / Wlll say THAT,
= periA tted % tntO" out ~ = enc OF
tsy o-sagreeah.es, / should regard
&aat i lvIt a. pleasant as any Oec-Qa-
-On could Pa N.aed o. be-.
ailt are tae DISAGREE aoles you
ECKER -
- lile nrst place, the hard wols ald
confinement ot r. rev peoplc have
any hlet ol tle amount oi NOfh fe-
qlteo to produce "A single edition oi a
daily newspaper. When nrst told n
detail what hat e. GO. stood appa-ledi
and when nay friends saw that / ws,s
actually dong these things. they stood
appalled,. 1 should not have thought,
beforehand, that any mans strength
was equa! 20 it,
"N uat are your hours or wOrkF'
"lhe hour, are long enough, 1t Is
true Dc ls not, however, their length.
but their intensity, that draws upon
the strength. / .ct 90 work about iu
the afternoon, and qut all the way
from 5 % : ln the morning. Rnt TINS Is
not the hardship of lt. it is the 'keep-a-
going nature or 20 mat tells. re-
porter can no moro stop work an IN
slant than a W.id duck n IT'S Hight.
-omet thug would drop IT be did 10
s one uninterrupted whlrr ot move
ment from beginning 90 ending, and no
conscientious chance s allowed 10 take
account Ot time. NoW it q, afternoon,
now Dc Is morning. In thc snap of your
finger the day or night has passed.
"Weu, what do yCu do, speaking
Ideally? Has reporter any par
tcuiar line of duty. OF does ne 20 Al 10
IA general scramble for news"
''Iu answer 10 that | can only speak
for myself, for have had no time to
glance mp % see what others are doing
OF how they do Il. For me the.c are
three sorts Of duty one q regular
beat the other q sort Of 90 as YOU
please, and q third, obedience 90 special
orders. What / 10 regularly is to 20 20
police headquarters and gather ID what
the police have been doing, noting down
all arrests, counting the dead dogs who
/ have died natural or violent deaths,
taking the lesser fire alarms, interview
lng tic detectives for special pointers;
then 1 go 90 the police court and take
the history, i'm full or IN brief, of the
cases disposed of III the morning; keep
the weather eve open TO see IF the court
is doing anything of special interest,
tarry an hour or two 10 take notes
OF moro important cases; buzz The
clerk about The complaints and war
rants IN his hands, and get out Of h.m
such other information As my cheek
and his liver can agree upon, button
I hole other officers OF the court that
/ think / can work for an item; and thus
KIND o. warm myself up for beginning
the days work. From there 60 TO the
Jail and talk with the sheriff when ue
won't talk with me, and take away
/ such news as the luck of the dav NAV
for the railroad Offices and spend from
a minute 10 au hour with each of the
! officials. from the apprentice at the tel
( cgraph key to the superintendent of
/ the road. Sometimes it takes quiet
spell % Go this. considering
the number of Offices 10 be visited. By
the time / get through with the rai-
roads, begin % feel the days work
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