The age-herald., 1901-09-28
The Older Journalism.

"In these days of so-called yellow jour nalism' and the recent apparent reaction against its methods, it is refreshing to consider the extraordinary success of the New York Times, which is one of the cleanest, best, and most enterprising newspapers in any country" said a newspaper man who was recently in New York.
 "One of the most noteworthy events of the day in the newspaper world is the news alliance between the New York Times and the London Times, whereby the former is to have exclusive advant- age in America of the unexampled for eign service of the London Times. the greatest of all newspapers ever yet pub lished As regards it's foreign news, no other newspaper is in the same class as the great Thunderer, which is truly a class within itself. It is the one news- paper whose news and views guide cabi- nets, governments, kings and emperors; and the fact that it has formed an alli- ance with the New York Times is a great tribute to the great journal which the genius of MT. Ochs has made greater than even Raymond or Jones was pow  erful to make it.
 "The fac-simile of the first copy of the Times, issued September 1s 1851, is full of interest. Fillmore was then President and was making a grand tour of New England, his chief purpose being to att tend a national railroad convention in Boston. Two or three of the Presidents speeches are printed, and they are mod els of brevity and condolences. The longest one would not fill more than the sixth of an Age Herald column. Three columns and a half of the six columns on the first page of this great New York daily are filled with foreign news, received by mail of course. "First-page sensations of that metro- | politan journal of a half century ago ran thus:
 The State of Long Island Is some on tomatoes. We were shown the other day a tomato raised by MT. Frederick Rowland of Hampstead which measured 22ls inches around 1t, and weighed 2 pounds 31s ounces. !, no can beat it?' Six vessels arrived in this port on 1 Tuesday, bringing an addition of 12s3 to our population
 "'Our gallant militia are brushing up right smartly for drilling
 ""The Hall bell rang tip an alarm at o'clock last evening for the Sixth dis
 trict, but our item gatherer failed to dis cover the first spark of fire. Another | About 2 o'clock there was an alarm in
 the Second distrct-but the fire was not | visible.'
 GA fnulatto man, supposed to be the slave Pinkney, owned by MT. Garsuch,
 was seen on the hills near Lancaster
 yesterday. and several citizens had gone
 in pursuit of him. This Is in refernce to ] slave riot at Lancaster, Pa.
 Passengers arrived In the bark Isa-
 bella, from Bordeaux-Captain Julius
 Doane and lady, Miss Loveland Charles
 J. de Lerreire, Willis E. Gilman. and the captains lady.
 There is a proud and ringing editorial l on the victory ol the America in winning | what is now called the America cup
 which Sir Thomas Lipton Is at this
 moment trying to lift and a powerful article on the Nicaragua Canal--fifty l years ago. in faith
 l Referring to our Baltic steamship
 sensation then-and our American
 pleasure yacht America, the New York | Times said:
 'Reflecting men will not fail to note
 the gigantic proportions of American pro-
 ductions when set down beside the best
 efforts of British mechanism. Boosting
 less of the results than of the means l displayed to achieve yet greater works,
 we are satisfied with pointing to what
 the Times Qsondon) sneeringly designated | as mere machinery Our implements are made to act where wider elbow-room and
 less labor are afforded; our steamships
 and pleasure yachts tell of longer stretches to be spanned; and perhaps
 the old fling at the magnificent distances 1 of the American capital embodies the | form-type of the American oharaetet' | That might have been written yester- dav Verify there is nothing 1ew''