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Marzav author of ~iaere's Good Times
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only y,ees ~ tao since 3d. Plum
mef. Who aas csslier hack ln those
eaFlE davs. A-s s.-t drawing checks ln
the oaioe less than twelve months ago.
The- sub-edI0r ls no longer Young
As u Sir LateN. the edltor-ln-chIef. his
oeautill old woIii mseuers are the
cnlef indication of his eye. for there he
works away hse any Young fellow ~ 50,
bearing tae burden of an exciting post
on has shoulders ln the office familiar T.
( his steps since he was really voune
The reason why the business Of d paper,
| that really needs al that tbe enterprise
/ oi youth can 90 e. keep it properly up
with these rushing times, is So largely IN
| the hands OF very old servants makes
prettv story on the whole Herbert In
| gram. the founder 0f The News, though
la most respects a slngularly strong and
| sturdy minded man, had "a morbid nor
| r0r of storms. Dr. Aackay tells how
absolutely terrified the calm, aStuie pro
prielor II the paper was while with him
40 Switzerland during thunder storm
Of great violence By horrible ooinci-
| dence he had 70 battle for his life for "A
| long ume-and lose it al last-in the
midst Of a Wild storm Of lightning and
| thunder. il was on Lake Michigan. IN
| September. 1860. The steamer LADY FL
| gin on board which were Mr.. Herbert
Ingram and his eldest son, who were
| making d pleasure trip through the
states, was run into in the dark by
another vessel and shortly after sank,
and Of 393 persons on board only ia
were saved. The dead body of Herbert
| Ingram was washed ashore, fastened 10
a spar. some three hours afterwards. It
| was still quite warm-sh0wing that the
| unfortunate man had only just expired
| For al those hours he had tossed about
fighting vainly for life, in the midst OF a
violent storm Of thunder, on the dark
waters OF the inland sea.
The News was by this time eighteen
| years after establishment good prop
erty. and Ingram left family Of sons.
Many people advised his widow. whom
he left with full discretion, to at once
sell the paper Her boys were not oil
/ enough 10 manage il, and friends thought
! she could not do so. But she said Mo-"
if she could keep il going it would be a
fine property for her sons, and she did
not feel justified IN throwing it away.
So she called together the head men in
the various departments Of the Office.
and laid her position before them, and
she and her upright servants together
worked the paper on successfully, till
such time as her boys grew L. be men
and could take the management into
their own hands They have it now:
two sons, Mr. William Ingram. late VI
| Z. from his fathers native town of BOs-
ton, and Mr.. Charles divide the manage
| ment between them, and they have
resolution not TO dismiss any Of the old
servants who served them and Their
mother so well in their need.
Mr.. George Augustus Sala was for
years one of the literary props Of The
| illustrated London News. His Echoes
of the Week with their quaint lore and
! drOll little stories about everything that
| happened, were eagerly looked for and
did much 20 keep The News popular in
the literary department. Sala writes no
| more for it now. What were his columns
| are at present filled for English conump.
ton with the mild Jokes of 1Ir. james
| Pawn, the novelist. while the American
| edition has the same space occupied bv
Mr.. Howard Paul. whose brisk native
humor. 1 suppose, sits 1.-The other side"
better than Mr.. Payn's placid little puns
and tiny joEelcts.
Other literary contributors. REGULAR OF
| occasional, are Mr. Davenport AdSms.
who almost equals Mr. Sala ia the v1rie-
I " and extent Of his knowledge and the
/ lightness of his touch. 1Ir. ". ~. Feun.
| blind literary man, whose f0ite is de-
. sCrbing scenery; bliss Clo Graves.
/ young GIRL drauatist noted FOR dressing
IN % mans evening coat ard vest. with a
"dickey' fastened with a ruby stud.
above which her handsome fac and dark
cropped hair make her loo5 exactly like
Young fellow. AIr. Clement Scott. the
playwright. who "does" the criticisms Of
the theatres, and Mr. John Lates. IT.,
ono Of the most capable an round Jour
nalists If london. equally good 4t ten
der little set of ver s.. tat story.
/ and 2 serious leader. -, editor
rs Mr.. Mason Jackson; the n AIRY and
pictorial department being kept quite
distinct London Letter.