Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-06

the fight which now is cleV pnW npror>
native. unless they court HE bahind
prison bars. How many a brave man.
courageously endeavorfng 70 discharges
his duty in tho face Of such oddS has met
his DEATH Their deeds arc not yeocrdcd
on the pagas OF history and 20 praisou
are sung TO them, but beneath sf1e blue
coat Of this officer OF the iaks beats 90
brave and true a heart as eYer throbbed
in the breast OF tho soldier who stands
up in line of battle.
Next let us take peep IN tho opera
| tors room OF one OF the telegraph sfficsn
| In a large city. Incandescsnt-ights SONG
| OF them shaded, hang over mo sables. on
/ which the instruments are tickiDS ON
| messages from every part OF the lind.
| The men handling the Associated Press
/ stuff are receiving the news OF the world.
| These men are the most export operators,
and the wires cannot talk to0 fast 100
them. What is now being flashed 10 them
| over the wires mag cOnoern the welfare
| of the nation, and In IA few hours. when
|, the operator is resting his tired brain In
sleep Will be road with easar1ess by mil
! Hons OF people. for the same report has
| been received at almost every oilSe To-
| Gated in city largo enough TO have
/ daily paper. But the operator Is the hrss
| one i'm that city 10 receive the intslligence,
! and as he records II his smothersd ex-
| clamation often attracts tho attention Oh
| the man who r. at tho next instrument
! What messages OF JOY and sorrow rnin'
| gle i'm that ceaseless clicking messenger
that a few minutes later are on tho way
| 20 their destination, where thsS are r..
ceived with giadness or with weeping ana
| wailing Not an hour passes inst tns
wires do not bring intelligence that ale
fects some household either for wod or
woe The operator receives them oil withs
| out experiencing any feelings OF emotion
for they mean nothing 10 him Too many
OF these messages pass through his hands
TO cause any comment on his part. ina
metallic sounder before him tells It's tale
and he records it. after which his In
terest in the matter Is az an end. In tbs
course Of a night the man az the END OK
wire has received and sent many mess
sages. and when he leaves the monoto-
nous sound Of the office behind MIN he
has well earned his sleep. and feels this
need Of It,
But of all those who work when others
sleep there is none whose labor makes
greater drain on ones vital force thau
| that of the man who aids in getting OUT
the morning newspaper. He must workS
| IL he is connected With tho editorial %
reportorial STAFF OF the paper. during thS
best hours OF both day and night
Were is not for the activity OK his thG
and the excitement that enters into its
the work of the newspaper man would be
the veriest drudgery. There is fascf-
nation about the life however. that robs
It of much OF It's irksomeness. lie worke
many hours, but IN them 10 crowded sd
| much that Is OF interest TO tho groat
world OF which he - but an atom, THAI
as he labOrs az his calling he finds that
, the time slips away all too quickly. and
: from noon until midnight seems but =
brief period. 1t is after midnight thaf
no really begins 20 feel the effect OF hg
{ work, when he yet has probably two "a
5 three hours more ia which TO grind out
copy"
Z Midnight f. when the newspaper Office
"a is thrObDing with life. The very building
then Is quivering az the great presses
/ turn out those pages which mako up tins
: first edition. The comp0sitors sit at tneLr
!. ! type-setting machines, and out OF moltau
lead form the metal into words a. thoy
: read the copy before them. In the re-
pOrters room usually every man Is at his
desk AZ this hour. Each Is intent on thg
"stur' which he must turn In before hs
has cleared up his assignments. Little 10
! ! said. but pencils are pushing hard over
the soft, white paper.
The door opens and a reporter walks in
! with that air OF Importance which would
u make a stranger In the Office think tho
scribe was one " the propriesors OF TIPS
paper. But he isn't lilo only has -
!, scoop" or thinks ne has. lie settes
= himself down and prepares 20 write q
: good story" A voice from the city edi-
G tors desk breaks in on the reporter 80
!. he writes the first paragraph.
If you have anything. cat II down.
" we're crowded"
e But I've got a SCOOP" expostulates
the reporter.
= Don't call 81 a scoop tonight wait un-
- III tomorrow" replies the cold-tiooded
= editor. as no yanks another batch % copy
from the hook IN front OF him. lie haz
y handled too many OF these alleged
. scoops" 10 be fooled avery time.
One by one the mon who write the local
turn i'm their stun and leave this otftcc.
y IL Is after 4 o'clock when tho last OF these
- gets up from his desk ana starts fos
| home. The last form" has been sent
10 down then. and the entire paper Is nov
re with the men in the press-room. Ths
s. work OF the man who makes copy and :he
? man who puts Il IN type ie az an end fof
IS that dav. and II will not BE- long before
X the pressmen also have finished thelr
Is labor and tho paper Is on the streets Ia
OF the hands OF tho carriers and news6oys.
IN AS the reporter YEARLY goes homewar>
H. norton OF the city has alread,
h. awakened. and there are many sigas 81
IS lie 10 mark the dawn OF another day
M Aiiik-wayOns rattle over the strsets, one
10 the man at the green-erocefy store II
r. taking down his shutters. II it be sum
"a mer. no sees the streak OF go!d In the
eastern horizon. and long before he hal
m reached the doorstep the arc-lamps hay'
= been dimmed oy the Hight ~ day. until
70 after hickering a moment IN final s,rus
Ie- gle. they sputter and then so out. inst n
N. time TO escape the first rays Of the sun
hei Ii Is broad daylight when he At ias
a reaches his couch. closes the blinds Z
I'M darken the room. and lhsn weary In min,
IN ana body slnks 10 rest, lie u enc u II
"a mon WHO work when othsss siss>