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The herald., 1895-02-10
He rIust Get the News the
Police Suppress

The police man upon The
BY the Herald has about the least de-
sirable detail upon the paper.
Police He reports for duty at l p. m.
every day in the week, Sunday
Man. included, and seldom reports
off before . a. m. the next
morning. He is supposed to dig up''
all the criminal news of the city in
Guiding arrests made by the police, and
all cases of death by violence. His sources
of information are varied, for were he to
RELY upon Chief Glass and his corps of de-
tectives for all the criminal news, his pa
per would be ''scooped" almost daily.
When burglary is committed, for in
stance, On entry is made by Clerk Moffat
in small book, and the case given to one
of the detectives to work up at his leisure.
The commission of the crime is withheld
from the press by Mr. Moffat, for two
reasons. In the first place successful
haul made by burglar, is a reflection up
on the police department for not having
had vigilant patrolman on duty in the
,neighborko where the theft was commit
ted and hey claim that by not giving the
The herald., 1895-02-10

They passing through the Strand they talked and by
newspaper office which all lighted and bright Reporters were
coming out OF the place. rushing it cabs there were lamps
burning the Editors and above where the compoors work
the windows of the building were in blaze of gas.
look at that Pen, Warrington said There she is-the great
engneSh sleeps She ambassadors of the
wodher couers every road Her officers march along with
armies and her walk into atesens cabinets They ubiquitous
Yonder journal has agent this giving brides Madrid and
another inspecting the price of potatoes Covn Garden Look Here
the Foreign Express gaoping They will be able give
Downing street tomorrow; funds will fall fortunes be made lost
Lord will and holding the paper his hand and seeing the noble
Marquis his place. will make great Speech andand Mr. Doan will be
called from his supper the Back Kitchen for he foreign sub
editor and the mail the sheet before he to his own
CHAPTER XVlI-PENDENNlS.
The herald., 1895-02-10

wonderful piece Of machinery it is!
Almost as admirable as the great human
machine up stairs that feeds it, Now the
mailing Department wakes up. The city
and country circulators are on hand. The
papers are counted off into piles of fifty
or less, and the manager of the circulat-
ing department is at his post near the
press. Above stairs the janitor is alone
with the rats but below stairs there is
excitement and as great tension as there
was upstairs few hours ago. Outside
the circulating vehicles are coming and
going md the carriers are coming out OF
the press rooms laden with bundles of
the complete product of all the hours and
all the gray matter and all the human
foresight and mechanical and technical
skill that, as you have briefly seen, must
enter into the composition of every great
morning newspaper.
v
The mighty press has ceased its great
labors. 1t is being cleaned and oiled again,
and its parts are being covered to protect
them from the dust. The stereotypers have
gone home and the pressmen will soon be
ing men are still hard at work
vi
By six o'clock it is daylight-if you
choose the right season of the year. Even
the pressroom is now becoming deserted.
The last city carrier has departed long
since, but the bundles are not all made
up for the outgoing trains. This work
takes time and certain amount of skill,
coupled with most trying effort for ac-
curacy, for the work must all be done so
swiftly. But the janitor is beginning to
invade the precincts of the press room
already and it is nearly supper time for
mailing room employees. Presently their
work will be over.
Now the janitor is supreme below
stairs, but there is life and activity in the
composing room. The day printers are
at work Theirs the task to unlock the
forms and place the type on the galleys
for distribution for either the typos or
the type-setting machines. They pick
out all the head lines and place them on
separate galleys. Their work is arduous,
and before it is fairly begun the distrib-
utors are at their tasks. These are young
women in most instances. They work
for the typesetters or for the machines,
as the case may be.
And there are only twenty-four hours
in the day-that is the pity of it. There
is no newspaper man, thoroughly inter-
ested in his work, but who has regretted
the lack of hours in the day. You think
the morning paper, as it is laid on your
breakfast table, a great piece of work?
All, but what wonders of journalism could
be accomplished were there only few
more hours in the day!
The herald., 1895-02-10

BY the railroad man owes to him
self is to work the cor
Railroad porations for annual passes.
This is easily accomplished
Man. and after his first visit to
the railroad offices he finds
on his desk several envelopes addressed
private, containing the cherished an
nual with a note, begging him to accept
the courtesies of the road.
incidentally he has his pockets full of
passes with which to accommodate his
relatives, friends and creditors. The lat
ter are especially treated to free ride to
New York and back.
Modesty alone prevents the railroad
man from taking trip around the world
in Mr.. Huntington's private car or Mr..
Gould's steam yacht. Occasionally, how
ever, the railroad company discovers that
the railroad man desires to get change
OF climate and the resident superintend-
ent's car is Immediately placed at his dis
posal.
OF course the railroad man is on friend
ly terms with all the magnates. FIRE.
quently and almost invariably his advice
is asked on all important matters con-
corning the financial and political inter-
ests of the different roads in the United
States.
In his sanctum he is surrounded by the
telegraph operators, who manipulate direct
wires to the railroad centers. In this
manner he is always kept in constant
communication with headquarters. This
method saves time and gives the readers
of THE HERALD reliable and authorize
tive information on railroad matters.
For instance, if the railroad man desires
to ascertain the exact earnings of the
Southern Pacific Railroad of Kentucky for
given month, he dictates his message to
Colonel Croker or H. 4. Huntington.
These gentlemen instruct the auditor of
the company to strike off trial balance
Immediately and within an hour after the
request has flashed over the wires, the
railroad reporter knows to cent what
the stockholders are entitled to as part of
the earnings.
The same policy is followed in connec-
ton with all the railroads in the country,
and in this respect the railroad man shows
absolutely no partality. He knows his
rights and his duties and takes care that
both are respected by all the roads alike.
Only few days ago he received tele-
gram from Mr.. Huntington in the follow
ing words: what do you think of defeat
of Reilly Funding Bill?' and the answer
was returned: Infamous. Again came
a reply: Instruct your men in Senate to
force reconsideration, and in an instant
dozen instruments were clicking mes
The herald., 1895-02-10
By the
Sporting
Man.


if you're on, but if you don't
Man. happen to be next it u two
to one shot you strike the
finish shortly after the crowd has quit
cheering the winner.
Things come my way all right enough
when there's going to be sporting event,
I'll be sure to get the tip early and often, be.
canse its lunch proposition and the man-
agement wants all the advance CUFF it can
get. Dye twig? The court over and I'm
playing in luck if / dom have to go rust
ling for my ''stuff"
I'm steering up against all sorts of sure
shot games constantly, but I'm supposed
to know a sure thing man when see him
and its two to one I'll get the steer off
some mug before it comes to a showdown,
for these people are always scrapping
among themselves and they manage to
run me up against all sides of PROPOSE
ton before the finals.
It's the news of the legitimate, whole
some, straight sports want. l can't de-
pend on the Athletic Club boys for a great
deal OF good matter. The college bows
help me out with some excellent contribu-
tions. 1 visit all the bicycle stores once or
twice week, and the hoTsemen out at
Agricultural Park and the secretary of the
Agricultural Association gives me horse
news.
l have to read all the sporting papers
and interview all the sporting men who
strike the town, and altogether when the
seasons on l have my hands full
The herald., 1895-02-10


BY the ing into a room on the
third floor of the Wilson
Telegraph building connects Los An
gees with the world. A
Man. young man who spells
with dots and dashes
does the rest. Over that bunch of
wires comes the news of the day. Ate
O'Clock in the evening F. X. Truett, the
local manager of the Associated Press,
goes on duty and does not leave his sta
ton until thirty" which in Geographic
parlance, means ''good night" This is
along about 2:30 o'clock in the morn
ing. But mind you, in the interim and
during the daytime that bunch of Ewres
S never idle, for the day happenings all
over the world from Asia to Cape Horn,
London to San Francisco is being told to
Operator Warren, who with typewriter
takes the abbreviated dots and
dashes and translates them into words
Then the dispatches are arranged,
headed up and the readers of The
Herald put in touch with all the
news events OF the day. The mag
nitude of this work may be better tlnder-
stood when it is stated that the combined
day and night reports of the Associated
Press average about 40, words OF news
each day.
But the work of the Editor-he who
handles the abbreviated and skeletoned
dispatches. 1t can be likened only to the
work of the thrashing machine, for the
good must be segregated from the bad. A
great deal of matter comes to the desk of
the telegraph man that is of such trivial
nature that it is fit only for the waste
basket The skeleton frame of story
comes along All the little words such Il;
eli, " ''the, - ''and," ETC., are left out
These must be filled in and the dispatches
made to read smoothly. In some in.
stances it is necessary to rewrite the en-.
tire story Then come additions to early
matter, and the Telegraph Editor must,
to use a slang phrase, keep cases. on
the events of the entire world.
The ordinary reader would find the tele-
graphic reports of newspaper in their
original form dull reading, to say the least
The bare events of an occurrence are set
forth, and it is for the telegraph man to do
the rest. They must be dressed up, SO TO
speak, attractive headlines written, and
then along about o'clock in the
morning the work OF the telegraph man is
done. Hours? The telegraph man has
none. He is on duty all the time and no.
body knows it.
The herald., 1895-02-10

In another quarter of the same build
ing there are other signs of activity. The
compositors begin to put in an appear
ance. Some of them have been on hand
Tor an hour or more, though they worked
till very late the night before. The typos
are throwing in. their gases, or dis
tributing the type for use in the type
The herald., 1895-02-10

Both the Managing Editor and the News
Editor, or more technically speaking, ''the
old man" and the "hyena,n are at
their desks again. In all probability they
have each an editorial or two to write yet
and at all events deal of editorial work
to do that must be done with speed as
well as accuracy, for the demon of fore
man is now the Nemesis of the entire edi
torial department. His capacity for copy
at nine O'Clock is only equaled by his inca
pacity for copy at n>~lnight. At present
he is Unsuitable. He haunts the City Ed
itor, the Managing Editor, the News Ed
itor, and his shadow dark and threaten
ing, hangs like pail over the whole
office. He is the Old Man of the Sea,
clinging to the back of every man in the
The herald., 1895-02-10
In Touch With the Railway
Presidents

The principal duty the
railroad man owes to him
self is to work" the cor
id porations for annual passes.
This is easily accomplished
and after his first visit to
tho va ;lrA.I oa.zz l.. L.
The herald., 1895-02-10

This hour can be passed over quickly,
because it is the hour with which the
public are the most familiar. 1t is the
hour when you can see the City Editor.
He is yours. Do not try to read your
ma nuscipt TO him. do not tell him long
stories; do not insist upon having him
go out with you 'to see man." for he
has still much to do. He has his mail
to read, and it may be an assignment he
has to cover himself. He is the chief of
reporters, and his duties are never.
ending.
The herald., 1895-02-10
Keeps in Touch With the
Whole World

A bunch of wires lead
ing into a room on the
third floor of the Wilson
building connects Los An
geles with the world. A
young man who spells
with dots and dashes
The herald., 1895-02-10

Already there have been several visitors
at the editorial rooms .and they have
wondered at the silence and emptiness
they have found there. At this hour,
however, there are dozen men and
women with grievances, suggestions and
contributions waiting in the ante-room
to see the editor who is at this moment
enjoying his coffee. This is the noon
luncheon hour for some, the breakfast
hour for others-the one dull hour of the
day in the newspaper mechanism.
The herald., 1895-02-10

The City Editor is in bed rubbing his
eyes and trying to decide whether it is
really time for him to get up. The News
Editor and Managing Editor are both
still dead to the world. Only the bust
ness office and three members of the local
staff are fully awake and hard at work
Additional mails have brought addition
al labors to the clerical force in the bust
ness Office. If the day is a good one
an extra page of advertising has been
contracted for by this time and several of
the outside agents have increased their
orders for extra copies.
The herald., 1895-02-10
The Sporting rlan and His
Queer Ways

The sporting man wants
to be right next to about all
that's going or he ism t in it.
See! It's a dead easy mark
if you're on, but if you don't
happen to be next it's two
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06

Rapotteau assembled the stairs and strode
down the long corridor, on which opened
the several white doors, all alike except
for the large numerals painted on them in
black.
He was just in the act of knocking at
that which bore the figure when sud
denly he recoiled as if he had seen a tiger
crouehing on tho mat. However, it was
not tiger that he had seen. 1t was, by
the side of pair of top boots still armed
with spurs, little pair of bottines, lined
with rose colored satin-dainty elegant
impertinent bottineG-bottines Of which
one would say without fear of being mis-
taken, 1.-The foot of a pretty woman was
in that not long ago
At that moment the key was heard to
turn in the door of No. s. The door was
seen to open timidly, just the least crack
First hand emergad-very small and
very white-the hand that belonged to
those bottines. Then the wrist appeared,
round and slender, with pretty bracelet
Then plump arm, which grew longer
and longer-R abotteau had never in his
life seen such an arm as that, and if the
other were like it, as all experience would
indicate, this scoundrel of a Lecomte was
a very lucky scoundrel indeed.
However, the arm, the wrist, the hand
and tho bottines retreated in good order
The door was closed, and the judge stood
there, feeling very foolish, but there was
nothing for him to do but to 60 back to his
own house.
On the table the judge found this mis-
siye:
Il don't5 understand this at all. You
pretend to- have Lecomte there with you.
But he WI dtes that he has broken his leg,
and that o ne of his comrades has taken his
place in the maneuvers. Pray send me
some word of explanation. ~
"This is 100 much,'' cried Elodie's moth
er. "I ca He'd him M. Lecomte all the
time, and h never denied the name. If
were you, would write to the minister of
war about t."
Enough. That afternoon the false Le-
oomte knock ed at the gate. But-climax
of impuden ce-on his arm was a young
and very pre- sty woman, doubtless the lady
of the bottin es.
justine, cried Mime Rabotteau, 'do
not open th e gate! Tell those persons
we are not ats home.''
At that mo ment Justine returned carry
ing card, eon which was inscribed, lie
Comte de Pre,bois, Capitaine d Artillerie -
Beneath Was written in pencil:
"a thous; md regrets and thousand
excuses for having missed your company
last evening" Nine. Prebois came down
and took me by surprise and did not wish
to seem inconsiderate by increasing the
trouble my presence has caused you. 1t
would have afforded her great pleasure to
make the acquaintance of your wife and
daughter. Allow me to express my sim
cere gratitude for your excellent hospital.
ity."
Poor Elodie! She always was vnlucky.
From the French.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06
Smut In Corn.

The smut in corn will reproduce it.
self the next year if sown with seed. It
is a little remarkable that there should
have been SO much smut last year in
view of the character of the season. The
commonly received opinion is that wet
weather makes smut year, but we are
hearing of great deal of smut in spite
of the abnormal drought. AS has been
said, the seed of smutted corn will un-
doubtedly contain smut spores. 1t is
also true that the ground will contain
them and make a smutty crop the next
season, although perfectly clean seed is
procured
The only way to get rid Of smut that
we know of, says the Iowa Homestead,
is to put land that has grown smutty
crop into some other crop than corn for
year or two Smut left on the ground
will produce smut the next year and in
increased quantity if the ground again
be put in corn. To get rid of it, there
fore, it is necessary to change the crop,
and the corr smut will then die out be-
cause it mot subsist on any other
host than IN. By cleaning the ground
In this way and then getting clean seed
Emut can be eradicated.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06
THE HOME.
TumbIer Conservatories.

TumbIer Conservatories.
A pretty miniature garden is made of
sweet peas. + ill common tum bier with
water, tie over it piece of coarse net,
and cover it with peas, pressing them
down into the water. Keep in the dark
to or three days, then bring them out in
two the light. Pretty soon you will per
ceive the roots piercing the net. As the
vines grow up they may be twined
about the window, or a still better plan
is to twist wire about the glass, then let
it run up in pieces that curve outward,
SO as to form sort of globe above. If
the vines are twisted up these wires
very pretty effect will be produced.
Another tum bier garden is even easier
to construct. After the glass has been
filled with water, cut out a piece of cot
ton batting or soft flannel to fit the top
exactly, and all of it to float on the
water. Then scatter it with mustard,
flax or grass seeds, and take it out of the
light. In few days the roots will b.
seen through the glass and the green ten
drills above. The water in these glasses
will need to be replaced two or three
times a week by a teaspoon or syringe
carefully inserted beneath the top. AL
ways keep the glasses warm. Children
find great pleasure in the tumbler gar
den, for not only the grass, but the roots
as well, can be watched from almost the
first moment of growth. IN. E. Farmer.
A Furniture Reviyer
Raw linseed oil and spirits OF turpen-
tine, in the proportion of two-thirds oil
and one of turpentine, is the model
furniture reviver. 1t is what profession
ais rely on, as rule and they use no
other. The woodwork should be first
carefully wiped off with dry. soft cloth
and the dust thoroughly removed from
corners and carvings. The best article
to accomplish this is large paint brush,
usually called painters duster. The
oil may then he applied with a smaller
brush, wiping off with soft cloth and
rubbing thoroughly dry. 1t will be
found that dents and scratches lose their
prominence under this treatment. Should
this method be pursued regularly there
will be no difficulty experienced in hav-
ing furniture retain a fresh appearance.
N E. Farmer.
Behind the Scenes
1t is always interesting to look behind
the scenes. AT the cooking school. while
one admires the spotless light dresses
and pretty white aprons of the lecturer
and her assistants there is always "a sus-
picion that somewhere there must be
some dirt and distasteful drudgery.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06

Lieutenant William II. Beach, of Mil
waukee, who served during the war in
the First New York Cavalry, under
Sheridan and others in the Shenandoah
Valley, proposes to make bicycle tour
OF the valley this summer for the pur-
pose of gathering material for a history
of the regiment.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06

Ladies' whose systems are poisoned
and whose blood is in an impure condi-
tion. due to menstrual irregularities,
arc peculiarly benefited by the won.
derful tonic and blood cleansing prop.
critics of P. p. P. P.-Prickly Ash, Poke
Root and Potassium.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06

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contradiction, that p. P. P. is the best
blood purifier in the world, and makes
positive, speedy and permanent cures
in all cases.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. Aug. 18th, 1893.
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lars, tried every known remedy with
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/ can recommend your medicine to all
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Springfield. Green County, Mo.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06
rheumatism
and SCrofula

P. P. P. purines the blood, builds up
the weak and debilitated, gives
strength to weakened nerves, expels
diseases, giving the patient health and
happiness where sickness, gloomy
feelings and lassitude first prevailed.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1895-03-13
A Bank
Failure.
AN INVESTIGATION
DEr1ANDED.

general banking business is done by
the human system, because the blood de-
posits i'll its vaults whatever wealth we may
gain from day to day. This wealth is laid
up against a rainy day y as reserve fund
wei re i'll a condition of healthy prosperity
if we have laid away sufficient capital TO
draw upon i'll the hour of our greatest need
There is danger III getting thin, because it's
Sign of letting down i'll health. TO gain
III blood is nearly always to gain i'll Wloie-
some flesh. The odds are i'll favor of the
germs of consumption, grip, or pneumonia,
If our liver be inactive and our blood im-
pure. or if our flesh be reduced 6eioaU
healthy Standard What is required is all
increase iii our ee,M-fehfine' sf,enekh. Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery eilriches
the blood aud makes it wholesome, stops
the waste of tissue and at the same time
builds up the strength A medicine which
will rid the blood ofits posons, cleanse ard
invigorate the great organs of the body,
vitalize tile system. thrill tile Whole being
with new energy and make permanent work
of it, is surely n remedy ofgreat value. But
when we make positive statement that oS
per cent. of all cases of consumption can, If
taken i'll the early stages of the disease. be
CURED with the Discovery, il seems like
bold assertion. All DR.. Pierce asks is that
you make thorough investigation and
satisfy yourself of the truth of Ills assertion.
BY sending To the Worlds Dispensary Med
ical Association Buffalo, N. Y. you can get
free book with tile names. addresses and
photographs Of a large number of those
cured oftliroat. bronchial and lung diseases
as we'll as of skin and scrohlous affections
by the Golden Medical Discovery" They
also publish book of 100 pages, being
medical treatise OH consumption, bronchitis,
asthma. catarr.i, which will be mailed OH
receipt Of address and six cents i'll stamps.