The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-06-18


wealth of Pennsylvania a commits
sion, which by the very nature OF its
inception and the object OF its tenure
upon life, is bound to maintain the
ancient dignity of its patron Com
monwealth, gives involuntary rise in
the brain to notions OF hard heart
edness and to visions OF terror in a
complacent mind. II leads TO. pc
GUITAR sensations of fear and hope
and like Bulwer's Night and Morn:
ing, places human speculations. and
mental condolences in q state of pre-
carious doubts. But the newspaper
reporter of this era, whose hot steel
fills the columns of the metropolitan
press with readable articles day af.
ter day, is n gentleman of original
motions. His DEGREES are bright and
ingenious and his methods are di-
rect and simple. He traverses wit b
a logician's skill and professor S
erudition the systems of modern re-
search and his manner is ingenious.
He can be descriptive, effusive and
highly imaginative always welding
a fertile pen when circumstances de-
mand aud his conciseness as well as
his capacity of incisiveness are IN
comparable when he makes up his
mind to give it, to the fellow who
deserves the retribution of pen
moved by wrath and mingled com
lique." His gay humor ever flowing
from the tip of his diamond pointed
pen has gladdeped many a heart,
while he wrote perhaps for bread for
the crying babies at home or to stay
,f x..l,. nls hn
self felt his diverse knowledge of
everything materially interesting the
public, must be of immense salts.
faction to him individually when he
contemplates how full the world is
of all that makes life bright and hap.
py and he must feel grateful for Il
Just share of appreciation of the
worlds goodness as he finds it in
his daily rounds of self imposed toll I;
he is possessed of quick, discern
ing mind aud can see words and
place them mentally into n good
story before they have left the
spe1ker's mouth. The reporter is Il
man of intuition deep, penetrating
perception who moulds public opin-
ion, regarding many of lifes tran
sient affairs at will, and his subtle
intellect, to use homely phrase, en-
ables him to "see through II grind
stone" He is quickwitted and
forms conclusions while the average
man would be mentally ccgitating
and sweating over a labored prob
lem in Il maze of bewilderment and
doubt, and his ability to go to .he
core is unquestioned when the sub
iect in hand needs sumptuary treat
ment.
The newspaper man of this day is
phenomenally essential TO the public
welfare, his bright, accurate and
scathing reports of interesting
events from large portion of our
daily luxuries, if, indeed not neces
sites and his frequent and grotes-
que collisions with the world in its
every phase, make him, so to speak,
marvellous reserver of an almost il.
limitable fund of information, which
driven by his energy and sagacity in
to black and white, becomes public
property, for public discussion and
public education-sfto,a"blic approval
sS5f'DS SSf 4Ser ~ ws 4o.p. 4.er. -
"The Probers'1t ee serm invented
by Philadelphia newspaper report.
ers and in it's self evolved appli-
cation to the Lexow Committee OF
the Senate, without the abiding ge
mus of its authors to support the
consistency of the notion it would
quite naturally convey to an impair
tial and unbiased mind, it seems to
supply exactly that deficiency of
meaning which would be very liable
to arise, il for example we were to
speak of II stevedore throwing about
bags of freshly imported Java coffee
with his hands protected by soft kid
gloves or if we were to discuss the
well known iutrepidity of celebrat
ed soldier who never shrank from
danger and knew no fear; yet
caught in the midst of battle relying
upon patient prayers aud the express
sion of deep humility for n safe de
liverance from the mortal anguish of
n certain dreaded fate, while the en-
emy came rushing on with fixed
bayonets or of the ludicrous po-
sition of the nimrod whose vigor
succumbed at first blush to the rig
ors of buck fever, abandoning him
self to the laughable effort of trying
to kick the deer to death, while he
held his repeater irmly grasped in
both hands. l am not endeavoring
to place the newspaper reporter III IA
ridiculous position. l would be no
match for him Mt all. He is quite
too versatile, inventive and mercurial
in temperament, disposition and ca
pacity to be so treated, even if he
could be SO delineated, but l am
merely striving to call attention to
his modern, up-to.date mannerism,
his shrewdness, his tactful and re-
sourceful means of successfully ply
ing his trade appropriately when
the favors of the Gods are against
him
But The Probers' will resume
work. They will probe. The latent
lpopular disposition to regard with