Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-26

run Sne government Tht0 uauAlly comes N
the form Of sinscures TO the editors, who re-
ceive generous salaries from the public treas
ury Tor their political and professional services.
Every president and cabinet minister, every
governor Of q province, political leader and
1efe politIco (mayor). must have his "orgsn,"
that whoever scs in that capacity II paid BY
the taxpayers
NO REGULAR HOURS Yo1 PUBLICATION.
Except in few Of the larger and more en-
terprising cities there ere NO regular hours Of
publication, but papers are issued at any time
from o'clock in the morning till 10 at night,
whenever there 10 matter enough In type 70 Ill
the forms. It seems odd 70 have yesterdays
paper delivered to you in the afternoon Of TO-
Gay, but II often occurs Paper: often quote
ship builders choose timber-when IL u old and
tough. Competitors are not paid BY the thou
sand ems, - in the United States, but receive
weekly wages, seldom more than u or el0.
The printers are mostly natives, although few
cal unions or trade organizations In South
America. In the larger cities the papers are
delivered by carriers and sold BY newsboys on
the streets; but in smaller towns they are sent
scriber as regular mail. The subscription price
is inordinately high-seldom less than S12 per
snnum and often double that amount In some
Of the alleged republics there ID censor Of the
press, to whom . copy Of each edition 10 sub
mitted before II is published. This sometimes
causes inconvenient delay, If the censor hap
pens to be cut Of town or otherwise engaged,
for the issue must be withheld until his august
signature is placed upon each page Of copy.
Although Freedom Of the press il boasted
who have too freely spoken their minds in OPP
position to the prevailing powers. Journal
ism has its disadvantages here, for the party in
power today may be out of power tomorrow
and the editors who supported it be clspped
into prison. case in point was that Of the
editor of FL Canpeon in Lima, Peru, who,
few years ago, published an attack upon the
congress Of that republic, which was very
mild compared with articles that are fire.
quently directed at our lawmakers. but he was
chInery. type, &C., conhscated and sold for
the benefit Of the government
DESCRIPTION OF A STREET FIGHT.
A street fight is the editors delight, and
although an account Of it may not appear for
several days after the occurrence the writer
gives his whole soul to it's description. The
following is literal translation of the OPEN
ing of one of those articles: "a personal en-
counter of the most transcendent and painful
interest occurred day before yesterday on the
street Of the Twenty-ffth Of May near the
palatial residence of the most exalted and il
lustrious Senior Don Comana and was wit
messed by grand concourse Of people, whose
excitement and demonstrations it is impossible
to adequately describe"
A dog fight would be treated in precisely the
same manner. Everything is ''surpassing,"
''transcendent" The grandiioquent style is
not confined to newspaper writer's, nor to Or
ators, but crops up in the most unexpected
places. "For example," says Mr.. Curtiss, II
once saw in q hotel bath room the following
sviso: In consequence Of the grand concourse
of distinguished guests who entreat a bath in
the morning, and with the profound consider
alton for the convenience Of all, 1t is humbly
and respectfully requested by the management
that the gentlemen will be so courteous and
urbane as TO occupy the smallest possible time
for their additions, and that they will be SO
as to remove the plug while re-
Stunning their garments.' North American
landlord, with characteristic bluntness, would
have come to the point in six words: Hurry,
and pull out the plug"
FANNIE r. WApn