The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-06
~NeMspaper Work.

\ person in a newspaper Office has a
good opportunity for observing the mass
Of the people, for almost every one is ia-
terested in newspapers in an Indirect if
not a direct way. If not in a business
manner they arc certainly involved in the
topics and influences that control the day.
Every we'll informed person peruses the
daily papers, for a successful paper CLEANS
and condenses information that is both in
teresting and instructive. Thus it becomes
a necessity. 1t reaches people who, with
out it, would knog nothing of the affairs
of the outside world little more han ma
ture would teach them. They are printed
and read in all languages and in all chimes.
Such a medium necessarily becomes q great
factor for the intermingliug of thoughts
and plans in regard to affairs of general
interest. It is used b. tbe scientific m Oh in
explaining his theories, by the business
man III advertising, and the essayist in his
essays, and in faet by everyone. A good
paper IS enc that is on the alert for new
plans, new discoveries, scientific and tel
egraphic news, etc. Il canrot be confined
to some particular district or thing and
have a large circulation. 1t must embrace
a little of everything rather than the much
of something. 1t must have ideas of its
own and defend them if need be. 1t should
not have fads and hobbies; these serve to
make it unattractiye, and are a great OPP
position to its growth.
Sometimes a large newspaper comes in
contact with Information that is fictitious
and unreliable. Hustling reporters gather
in almost anything that they think has the
slightest chance OF being inserted, and it
not i~nfrequently happens that very queer
things occur, such as writing out an obitu-
airy for a live person ard, then nave him
come in, in an altogether unpleasant mood,
aud want us to reinstate him on the plan
of equal existence. We always accommo-
date them with a correction, but this does
not always soothe his shocked FERROUS
system. Newspaper work is generally
rushed, especially when they turn out over
a million copies per week, as a great many
Of our leading papers do,
1t is very interesting TO observe tho pro-
cess through which a paper must go before
it is finished. First of all comes the compos-
ing room where probably a hundred type
settlers are employed, these set up the type.
After that is done it is scrutinized for mis-
takes and corrections, if any are made, after
that a paper maehe-copy is taken by plac-
ing the type on a fiat table and putting a
piece of this paper dampened over it aud
NANb6 "a ~ iOiiNA ' ~ dliblE Gu
have a perfect copy, this paper mache.copy
is then placed IN q tight half-cylinder, the
shape OF the rollers on the printing press,
molten type metal is poured in and allowed
to cool, which it does almost Immediately.
We now have an exact copy ofthe original
type, cast in a solid form, which is placed
on the revolving cy finders of the press.
These presses are made by Hoe, the
great New York press maker, who makes
the finest and most approved in the world,
which are wonderful examples of Amer
lean industry and modern mechanism, aud
cost thousands Of dollars. They unroll
the paper from large paper rolls. print,
cut, fold and count papers at the rate OF
one thousand copies per minute. To see
these alone is one Il The chances Of a life
time and will never he forgotten.
CHRISTOPHER.