The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-10-02
A Museum Of Printing
An Exhibit Which Recalls
How the Arctic Eagle. the
Farthest North Newspaper.
Was Printed. -

bert Durer served his apprenticeship,
and II Is almost useless to add that
he became the leading engraver, etch-
err, designer, painter and architect OF
his time and, in truth, a master artist
Of the world.
The Chronicle shows all the historical
personages from the time Of the crea.
ton to about the date Of its publica-
ton. Adam, for instance, is given con-
siderable free advertising. as there Is
no record that his heirs or estate ever
paid for the Vnce allotted him, and
perhaps that Is the reason we do not
find his career described in many of
the more modern works of a historical
or biographical nature. Adam is shown
in all his pristine glory In the garden
of Eden, and he is later shown to a
scofing world after Punishment there.
from. The Imaginative Durer has
sketched him afar Off alone In a bar
rem field, working a never ending fur
row with a crudely fashioned garden
implement. He Is the original man
WIIQ the uOG. 4ul5 liuotAdthOh 70 DOeA
symbolic and ~portentous in that II
shows that the worlds first husband
for his misdeeds was compelled to &c
to work
arrange as II may seem. the type
founders vel evidences that the
best printing Of all time was done in
the early stages Of the art. The
golden age Of printing" was that first
half century that marked the growth
Of the typographical child into an nc
tual, potential something-145O to 1900
Those dates do not mean much to the
average citizen of today-days Of In
QUESTION, Of eye gouging, Of ear clip
ping, of burning alive, Of superstition
and intolerablc bigotry and ignorance.
Yet between those dates the newly
fiedged art Of printing rose to and
fiourished at a height, at a degree OF
excellence, from an artistic viewpoint.
that Is unattained today. The libra
rian at the museum himself admits
that the finest specimen of typograph'
ical work in the entire collection Is
book done by Nicholas Jensen at Ven
ice. published in 1479. Jensen, In spite
of his Scandinavian name, was a ma
tive Of France, a pupil OF Schooner
who was a partner Of Gutenberg
The book Is a work on the subject o.
divinity. Done In black and red. witt
! red and blue initials. which were pu
I'm by hand, its original selling price
was an amount that would equal lie
tween $7OO and $500 in American cur
rency today, One Of the best selling
types throughout this country AM
abroad during recent years has bee
a reproduction Of types cut by Jensen
In 147O, and today the best selling
types are those that are modification
of the best letters designed by tn
printers during the first half centur,
Of printing and during which time. !
should be remembered, printers wer
compelled to cut and cast their owl
tyues. Today all this is done by tn
typefounders. In addition to maxim
their own types. the printers Of Jer
sens day had to make their own in
and their own presses. The only thin
they could buy was paper. Moreover
they invariably created their owl
styles Of type.
Inc reason mat the printers OF IN
golden age" excelled in the maxim
of type, ETC., as shown by study Of tn
collection now under consideration
was that they initiated or copied 1
their type the lettering of the origina
manuscripts they received, and thes
manuscript is were written at the perio
when writing or manuscript prepare
ton had reached what is conceded t
be perfection.
The collection shows, as already pal
TALLY indicated, the close associatio
Of the Germans with the development
Of printing and includes copies Of tn
first German newspaper issued 1
America, the Philadelphische Zeitunf
published by Benjamin Franklin !
1872.
A COPY Of the farthest north newsps
per, the Arctic Eagle, published b
Anthony Fiala Of the Zeigler exped'
ton when near the north pole, present
an advertisement Of "Dr. Vaughn
Vegetable Vim vigor. Bark Restore
For Dumb Dogs"
The scene of the printing Of tn
Christmas number of the Arctic Eagl
was the interior of one Of the littl
bunk rooms Of the Zeigler expedition
quarters at Camp Abruzzi rudolph Is
land, Franz Josef Land. latitude 8
degrees Al minutes north, after tn
loss Of the yacht America. The issu
ing of this newspaper is prophetic o
the time when barefooted Eskim
news butchers Will leap from glaeie
to foe. foe to berg. crying: "Wuxtry
wuxtry! Whale blubber trust deie
Sherman law! Price two fshhook
a copy"
This narrative has necessarily omit
ted consideration Of hundreds Of In
teresting and, in fact, priceless exhit
its in the library and museum. which
after all. has an object In its formation
and maintenance not before touches
on, and that is, in the words Of tn
able and indefatigable librarian him
self, ITO form a collection and pre-
serve the data from which one da.
will be written the history Of printing
throughout the world"
His Chance Spoiled.
The New York authorities forbad