Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-09-23
TELgPsoNIc JOURNALISM.
The Editor In Buda-Pessh Who spoUts
the News to His Subscribers.


The Editor in Buds-Pessh Who spouts
the News to His Subscribers.
The capital of Hungary, where
am now spending few days, says 4
Buda-Pesth correspondent Of the Bos'
ton Advertiser, he's distinguished
itself among the cities OF the globe
by establishing a telephone newspa'
per, which has now been in existence
some months, and is extending It's
plans and hopes The Oriental
Review of this city gives c
long account Of what this novel en-.
terprise has done and may do. which
/ am sure will interest my readers.
The whole city Of 100000 people as
large as Boston and. | may add. quite
as handsome and better served with
street railways, is divided into eight
sections for the purpose OF this tele-
phonic editor. and each Of the sec
tions has one conducting wire. The
apparatus in each house occupies a
space of about five inches square and
has two tubes, so that two members
OF the family can get the news AZ
once The whole cost Of putting it
in is Sc, and each subscriber pays a
rate Of sixty cents a month for the
special newspaper service.
The news collector does his work
in the night as elsewhere, and at 9
q m. he takes his post in the central
station AM begins to tell his story
'.in a telegraphic style, summary
and precise. avoiding everything SUI
perduous At the end Of five minut 5
fearing lest the subscribers may not
have heard everything, he repeats
his budget Of news, word for word
mostly concerning homo event; and
news OF Hungary, Al 10 o'clock he
issues another oral edition, this time
OF foreign news. At ii o'clock he
let's Us know that the Hungarian par
Lament is in session. and may men,
tion what is being debated. But
word may also come OF riot and BY
noon the alarmed subscriber NAV
hear that the populace have attacked
the police and been fired upon. This
we will say, caused stocks TO fall i've
per cent Immediately the wise sub
scribar rushes to his own telephone
and gives his broker an order 10 buy.
At ? o'clock the central editor rings
furloasly and report Z violent de.
bate in parliament which lea Il 10 a
change Of the ministry. A. 3 o'clock
there is fire in building 81 which
the subscriber is part owncr-and 50
it goes on.
"All this news. says M author.
lis related in sonorols voice,
easily understood, and a. there Il
only one wire tn. subscriber Is not
yexed with the hubbub o! twenty
voices trying to use the same wire
at once. Still It is little faticuing
to get your news in such slices in.
stead Of having il all ia your haad
at once. So II continue to quotel at
8 O'Clock he can take a rest Cthat l..
the subscriber cam, and madam, his
wife, comes forward 20 hear the re-
port Of q lecture at the academy
perhaps the repetition, with ali due
emphasis. OF q new poem At Z
O'Clock the young ladies listen Is Z
concert through the Telephone ca.
zette; they can distinguish wonder
fully we'll the touching pathos 81 the
violoncello, the pcarIy staccatos Of
the violin, the sweet melodies of the
lutte, and the enchanting voice ~
the prima donna. What could be
more delightful and convenient
fa I
ing on in Buda-Pesth. Nay more.
by tho aid OF single wire Of the
State telegraph line, our central sta
ton has been connected simultaneous
II with the telephone stations of vi
emma. Gratz, Brunn and Trieste, and
in all those cities the voice OF the
Gazette's editor has been heard
clear, sonorous, and with every shade
Of intonation.