New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-10


like and in their hearts therefore are not 80 VERY
nsa1sl s"aa Whip Partly T t Sens from
me-, S sss
ing, and they were sometimes ,, trial bav we b ee
about II but ses gr'a dark sS Su
spondents have been known TO nyent-thouen e' 10
Il detail not in gross oarv tn nn Y Ye, the es
Of great provincial Journal may be read S.s @ss
Sn Of sf ,h %hos OF Of
being evolved from noise which the ,bs so%md Of
sannona m Coming from quarter where fight
was then expected To foresta other reporters .
waS% s Sa Of Oh Sne ne
engagement dspatchng IT with great secrecy ah no
Would have written after visit to the scene Ter d, OF
conflict but when he proposed 10 set out M, ne ais
snt TnE sTsry ,h sns sek'ns of
han %fsf!' of fn0w war W" correspondsn
a ssysT nan he 9%s
correspondents roll Of honor-nor was was memo ene
rablc in newspaper record, what was brought to
London for the printer on snas and the
s ss report g Fre ne Of h
and most determining events Of the century s my
SD the Frenois heights above Sedan when the
Fmperor's letter Of surrender was brought IN. IN;
Msh, was SSpns lon 0q Holt 20 Tod
the Hill straight across the 6sttened mmo h 80
but E sTea to Two get DAYS er bs
fore WORD of the matter was published elsewhere
in England Nor did any other report rd ahp s t
THE OLD AND NEW COMPARED.
Whether the soundness and the influence OF the
newspaper press are increasing or dminIshing Is az
very district period in the character and status
Of the newspaper press began soon aiter d .ne hn
generation Then began another period distinct
enough to be recognized . as @ sno@ On
the whole is it a higher we'll as a larger devel-
its sscn we ssdSd ask i
Journalism of to-day is sounder for ITS own ,S
ed 0 aso
ing thai older day shall be expected to say ah3s
better t Qualities and do say so; but without
that MAY remain MP ssSs to der
tract unfairly from modern journalism In the bulk
One Of reforms wss BY the
session of formal, artificial, and therefore naCk
T6s dssc RS ssTe he
firing out, and now gave way completely 10 lhe
mon e by "T nature never without htm which
men of education used In their tax ana IN 1nelr
f he expresson ana enforcement Of
whether for its effect in improving the common
Very much for the better But though the Journal
stc English Of that day aimed at being e beeo
approved without certain dignity in freedom. y.
coarse. speak OF the better sort on Jour -,
which there was soon no lack Later P nor
in this direction seem to me nelher ZOO
delightful The familar Is nov caIIeu iiu'i' a
far. and 1t is never pretty .hnS IN eSV ,S i5or
leap ! hasten TO admit that some oi lhe oIuor
journals both daily and weekly are el.neI ui'e nj
almost carefully written as ever tne. were, az
there is nothing 10 say on tins score agahs. one
two of the newer ones. But OF the genera mass -,
Journalism IL would have 70 De saia tnas ~ .a as
dropped into loosene's OF speech INA. uTSs no.
improve anything. ana must even uili,iiS, t rn
writer's own sense OF sef-respect Wlt ny cIia a ~ ~
OF its own, II adds neither elegance nor enpnass a.
what II Is employed upon On rne a. nronI,, al
lowers the importance OF wnateVeI !. Is ,,h
upon-bringS II down, AT me same tllne sNIs puu
lie sanction to more slanginess tha' IL VentuI -
upon itself To be sure. there is set-on asans :
this fault in frequent patches OF earnest anu
laborious preciosity; but 10: all that nust rfnM
an opinion that here the newspaper press mas laiei
away
GAINS AND LOSSES.
7, orotber resnect II has Jumped back over the
uboe NJ those }orty years-some say most prop
m,oo ~ NJ; know how thar NAV he when conse.
ouences are fully sifted out. But my own idea Is
~. 80. neusnaner nre.s was Quite as informing,
1na' .ne ope paereeabie when the reporting of
anu ratHtI uo go Lee nutsnoker and "a r
certain klno OF New tsms hu, Ione time ago-it was
tlcular Az one tie.uut 'T IT, The nIbl,c taste
Dlunt ana rougn appa nS;,ors seenn ~ have sub
revolted ana newspaper e9i.orS se'n 80 -. -
mited TO the reoehnon gaafc r m.ry Gears almost
cause OF Sauses, tee IN The reno rters col