The Van Buren press., 1900-03-17

INNS. and q large quantity Oh ''uS
ctss Of matter has already heeh '"$
OF including all relating 10 Paten'
radicines. The familiar corset adVer
Elements of the magazines, accom-
nmied by cuts, have sought in VAN i'f
snce. No retail advertisements from
Knsas City or other out-ol-to" u
trlesmen will be accepted, MI o'ci-
do, holding that this would De an Ia
iutice 10 home merchants.
The twenty-dollar-suit of clothes lor
Sl.75 style of advertising is aiS'
barred.
ebe editorial matterwill be switched
fron the fourth to the second page
following the title and the usual DUST
nes announcement, will appear list
of he employees of the paper, from ea''
tordown to galley boy, which Will DO
ken standing throughout the week.
The leading Euitori"''
Tie leading editorial will be an OUT
line of the papers policy during the
week and is in part as follows;
"TIE TOPEKA CAPITAL THIS
WEEK"
"last December the owners OF the
Topka Daily Capital asked me to as
sum entire charge of the paper Tor
one week, and edit it as a distinctly
Chrbti32 daily. =.
'Iaccepted the invitation, on condl-
ton that | receive no financial conf
penation and that a share of its prof.
its h useG for some benevolent WORK,
and named the week beginning Tues
day, March 10, 1900, as the week Tor
the experiment.
with the hearty cooperation of ev-
cry ,erson connected with the paper
and With the help Of the wisdom that
| haze prayed might be given from
Him who is wiser. than any Of us, l
shalldo the best | can.
Whnt others Might DO,
Te a thousand different Christian
men who wished to edit Christian
dailie should make an honest attempt
to do so, the result might be thou
sand different papers in very many
particulars. In other worGs these
Christian editors might arrive at dit-
feren conclusions in the interpreta-
tion II what is Christian. 1t is, OF
cours,. the furthest from my pur'
pose b attempt to show in dogmatlc
way What is the one thing that Jesus
would do in every case. The only
thing or any other Christian man
can b in the Interpretation of what
is Christian in the conduct of this
paper, is to define the term Chris
tian" he best that can be done after
asking for divine wisdom, and no,
Judge others who might with equal
desireand sincerity interpret the prob
able ,ction of Jesus in a different
manner.
General Purpose and Politics.
"Wih this understanding of the
conduct of the paper this week, ! vii
state IN part its general purpose and
politics:
at viii be a newspaper. The wore
news will be defined as anything In
the way of daily events that the public
ought ic know for its development an(
power in life Of righteousness. o.
necessity the editor of this paper, o,
of every other paper with this deiini
ton OF news will determine not only
the kind, but the quantity of an,
particular event which ought to b'
printed,
Importupce Governs Precedence.
"Thcimportance Of ore kind of new
compared with another kind will als'
determine the place in the paper II
which matter will be printed. If /
seems TO the editor that certain sub
iects representing great causes tina
belong to the profoundest principle o
human life are the most importan
they will be given the first page o
the p0per, whether they are telegraph
ic items or not. 1t might easily be
come the settled policy of prominen
paper similar to this one to considc
the detailed account of an unusua
battle as of less importance to tn
reader than an account Of the usun
daily destruction being caused b.
liquor. The first page of the Capita
this week will contain what seems {
the editor TO be the most esscntiu
issues that affect humanity as n whole
"rhis paper will be non-partsar
not only in municipal and state poll
ties, but also in national politics"
Something New In Makeup.
The Capital will appear With n rae
ical change in style and makeup
Practically the only feature that wi
be familiar to its regular readers wi
be the tirle headline, The first pag,
for instance, ordinarily devoted e'
clusiyely to telegraph news, will ne
have u line of the current news of I'll
day. Instead the page will be give
up to discussions of what Mr. Sheldo
considers the most important que
tions now before the world.
Leaders ON the First Page.
There will be four leading article
on this page, the first being devote
to the famine in India, under the'
headlines and the following introdu
tion;