Indiana American, Volume 8, Number 22, Brookville, Franklin County, 28 May 1869 — Page 1

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ri'BUsHED KTERT FRIDAY BY

C& II. Bl NO II AM, Proprietor. Office in the national Batik Building, (third story.") TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: $3,53 Pfc'B YKAR.ik abtaxck. 1 rtfl " " IF KOTFA1D JSAHWrt. K, pojtag on rrers delivered within this County. The Best Mode of Conducting Country Newspapers. UV JOSEril MEPIT.L, OF cniCAGO. ). ','n f'i ' Indianapotis, hrfore the Ed-fun-s and lNtdihcrS of Indiana, May 13. I'ptTORS AN l PciiLISHERS OF Inpiana Ge;Ti.f.mf.x Every ruan is supposed to understand !i is own business best. Now t.. business which l nave followed lor narlv a score cf years has been that of . i Siting and publishing a city daily paper, a citv dailv Parer ' while the sul ject you have selected tor me to discuss is "the best mode of conducting country newspapers." To speak with confidence" on any-sulject one should be sustained bv an ample stock of practical exrcricr.ee"; otherwise what is said must fall under the hesd of speculation, and that is not authority toothers. My actual exrerience as a publisher of a country newsrarer was tf brief duration, and dates hack to the time when General Taylor was stnutea It you naa si'itritu as juur c-rsoii'e I ub.isher vt a country paper if - 1 w i.h.,1 Cll.'nCd ir . . . . 1 Clv ! , t '.' . ' I r. rt his advice. However, havinsr acceptI r.lvmr ir.vitation, 1 will resent siu11.0.' .. aiMI I'lillll.'l. i 4. i.a.t l.'lliicu 1 I . 4 - - . . - - 4 I. . I- . 4 on t . i'H't:..n. And without jrilude 1 would remark that the first and I 'm tr.i-st thing to be done to promote the I .1 .Mi.i......r 1. t..w, t j 4-. Ciirn. n 1 1. r

1 i . . Had VOlir tonic been "the liOt ! "...him.-h nnij'is. in ".nnnj cujiu;,-cu inj aim iiau.iu.ii juui uan iu auu iiijui iuu3

J i i . i oon.fiioti- citv iournals " I should ' a suc -"asess 1 would prtscube c-onsoli- atuir: to country papers should be main-1 will require some labor

, . t.0R)e wn tie sul jcct and da,loni auu the proprietors cannot work , ly devoted to the discussion of local affairs, I up a good, comprehens

'1 .rrv. li it wi'li more con fidenrp ' lo?e"ier ln llie ae team, let one luy out ana the advocacy of county interests. . aud may at first be irks

11 ' i and I cannot help feelin . ,e other and ,l,c latter pitch hislent else- l ou have neither space nor demand for lieme.i whose thoughts

. , vott would be more edified and in- ! . uueve u is a rule in the Uem 1 mucu account ol the outside world s do-j on national politics, the I 1 -, i ..,.... i ! ocratic party not to have or permit more ' inus. The l ai crs of the neat cities sun-' ment and candidates for

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, . i-4 .)4ii.ii.cii4iiiiii.-iit;i,;iiHi4 uue ni ilc psmi h vrinzition ot the publishers and . , . . . ,l ' . , v ... i j; ii. . sontial t lit t as is siood tticohanical cxecuvl itors t tl.errcssol Inoitr.a. I do not ; . -. lt , ,, , ,

I ( . u. ....... ... w ............ - n.'Oiti I'V this a jhi kottng organizitioii to i;:nTiiiire a xcar, in strawberry i r s1 I 1 i .!.-on. to have a i o 1 1 tane in 4 eating and ! Hritikii " and in n.akipir cx-r?iiiis to I i rilitoiii-g ttcs for a week or more. 11 i kind of oro.mii itioti is well enough in lis plaoo, in tt'.e way vt social u creation !.J siiiUM'iiieiit. bat it docs not. fulfill the -.uidiiot.s v' ihe ptobl. tn before us she lot mode of conducting a country news3j.r. What you want is a no hivg organizatii n. In unity there is more than strength there aic a!.-o pirsonal acqnaintaiico, mutual in j iv t n.oi.t, useful t-UiTgestions. coth p'ia: n, M'ltenmi; ot prjud:ces, ol.ht1 1 ai D oi' ai.ii j ali u s, nj ict lor ....... 1 . . . .. ...it. "i.v.. it, snu the eu.tiva U? ilic M'li'Mi.cr.t. e.i. ii oil i r the u-.ove -i . , ,. the less we know of ) ! . ... '.I v 1 11.4: 114 4: illl.l ! .. we vi;iiue ini.i i ie v e .-.v. e i i. o i-r a:.o;her. Personal 1 11! -.'.:!; 10 liJf;iOS Hi CC 1 1 tl 'S V XCl t I a n ii . i c i;s ;l i.'iico l.-r go,,l . '! In t peth.ij ti i !- ; es l ite s 1 in'. e:;vv, rivalry . avoeition wV KCil lu.-h and i.I foeltng uis uncharit tl , j-.i I'leiiess !. tl:: In 1 . t niters, astt.c new; w:cr 'oisI ..0 eon petl!lt.n is most . ...... . i,.. ' . ' i'ii s ol ti.e vast id.j n i. u I II' 1 V I. 1 1 is an-1 xccedir.olv meagre. when com- ! i nib the labor, care, and capita! rcu 1. And this tends to make pub'ish4 i U.l!.'. -I' .! 14.-4- 4-..t .rill- .... rt-.l. ' ... ,.-;i. 1 i , l r 11 , , ... ".' . i- !i ' 1 - ' inr. ll:o tattonaoe ot the business is, . 1..,,..... , ..., L'.Ll llll l.i C l . : I .. 1 1 (.. II (i v- ; b'-t, lia.iTc.l, and ui.Heuit to increase. Alv.i 1 ii. i. i -i 1 n A 41 ....... 4 t-.1 e.f tfcetivalry between publishers, ! ,s t. en.i iitcr tl.i in vet more, and .v.ik.. tho... t . ..... .......( ..v.i a. ,1... 01. ll.l.. :. hv ,1, -I.itue and blackguard each other in j l'c t o m. st ridiculous and shanioful ut.mner. ; M! r.u.u -is nre u-cu as the special champions T the tSoe-setkcrs. An,! what rewaid do thev oive for these

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'd s. ai d ti.e bones they have already p-'-ktd. Ot all employ ers, demagogues u ti.e ores w ho t xact ihe ie meat seivice t"T Uit hast eellil uensation.

t -t j eia:i. n ot publishers, associateel tracts and quotations. I detest the pica ft u and ou iuiticjing of ideas will cure tribe, except for book-work and job printtt.is jre j tiisity to do the dirty work of the aU(l have no affection for long piin.er :ui -juies, and nv at each other's i 'or newsprint. It niy require an extra

' r it-, and injure one another's business ! ' y cutueg under in Ptioes. or hv def imn. ; -vii gical interests hoid frequent j sjV;,ce. ' vcr.teritiotis and meetiuis for the ad ll-i lit ol' t !.. ir ..iiii.l .. i-i. i

s- I'iii le-ii. lue'irii - 1 - - ..... 'Sail t ,e s 1 ... 1 1 . 1 4 I... .... .. 1.!:. 1. . i more tlirin renav vou hvr i mre:ii n . voor

;ui At . - . .-. 1 . iv.-i uu i.uuiisiieia.: eur 1 uss Convention . full ,lir! s.. u.j to given to a discussiou of the very j ;ie en which you have asked me to speak, I nllishcr should give the result of ..-1 44 1. ... .. ... .1.4 1 ... - ...iviiei.ee, iuu lucre siiouid ue a s t er.i: i Cteliati'-e ot views in re-sue.! to -U v! ol the tublislung and editTLe eo,.scqueue-o would be jou would learn what each I the hints thrown out could 'at a'.i ,f I 6,sr a'-he hints thrown out could -presu.ting ia mutual profit. 'i"r cm MiUcripttous and advertise- ! V.1' c.eased and losses of the pubr'rS -v.tss be diiuinisbcu? How can ,Lc i e:,:ien ef the city papers be l- aacr in a single sentence j-ii-ake a u-ore attractive oarer bv .i.-' attractivc pater by eie--t ii cuarts to the collection y i-vti.e r.ns sr..) irt .1 . i j.iiis ., rt- . . , , - . JS P It 1. . .. . . .1-1 . - f. . ' , " ." M.iA I. L.141LI1.4.I Utntc lic local papers of a coun J to ticduee ti e best bill cf fare fo lesi?. l in trrt ..,,,1 l egttimate er eCt.ttVitl nl tl.rtir r.... I,,.., tier I.,. .- v" "-4 You will v . .e ui o" r : .. . . 4 . .. ... j -uinary iiucrcst oy dis t lose thereby. An acute nhrr. that ') lT.. ... 1 . -. 1 4iiu 44icsues Willi us .- ..... r . .ir.-. c .11.1 c 1. r .. ., Ot.r -. . . . .j u.iu e.iai'uiiis eilil at.tagc.t.ist is our helper." HV,i. , v" "i.i.i 44us iiuue. 1 ttuti-. v-"1ZLa ')" an out tor the - i.Ii . I JN'4,'Cs. draws over our eyes. ' Ar,v . I rL -lU 11 e,'tal vision. t . '''U.tVltl Iiiili-in-. ..ill. t...t.-, tt .1 - " "I'iiaua t ; .... . ,. ...... ......c.'i pe.-.king popula-. I'lcrs.i v o mi port two local 't is -.'lit... i.i. ......... t"".ic. u me proper b . " ,,- . ' . - 1 v extract their Patronage. ' ... . t er,,, - i h'u ei is . '-if t ii.- r.: ... i . i - . a. ii- ii-rtr-ii; ...... .1., 1 v.t ' "'enu takit:g your op i I I r ir ad Ve-rtisin H in it u 0,4 .-, . iMi-Mias;e thercbj; but . I, i-r ; 'h !n , e d'-es. and that will r " -kicss iruni his 1-artv. and in ; 1-lJM-t ... ... ... 1 i ' ai ion ii. ., ... j ..... voj-.j Refill it' ;

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etc Ti - .IH:;-'ibor s paper, or by in-; exteuor signs ot rcspe etal iliiy and gen-t.-u'r""e l'ns about the superiority of'itiiity, so the dress and looks of a newst ni r".1. 'il f ' - .,r-'"S ,0 prevent him paper favorably impress tb.e public and Pt..ing business. You will gain i promote its standing in the community. I u 1.4 .1 .. .1 ; t. . . T : ' . . . ... 3 . .

. . ucuuse ot his publication, recommend

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VOL. 8, NO. 22. venge, and forage on bis pasture as much a C 1 O fait-) Orm a r i rni)- I as he forages on yours. j As a rule, two papers of the same poll- ; tics published in the same town work bad!y. They are certain to produce discord .. ...in rauj,ii.u uihuuii uiiu iiacuuus. lheyengender the liveliest hatred between the publishers, and n:alice between the ed-. itors, and whatever the one advocates, ! whether it be light or wrong, wise or oth-! , sure to dc opposed, sneered .ft . tyvKn 1 L ' v,t uwunvvu uy iuc vu.tr. "airy is preuy apr ro scr the publishers to undermining each other's business by underbidding in their scale 01 cuarges ior suoscriptions, jot) work, ad-: erusing ana nusiness notices. Another j evil is, that it puts one or both concerns : completely under the control of scheming : cliques and rotten rings, and the editor is

unable to call his soul his own, unless by matters. Here is a field which the city j tabula statement of local prices.tquentpcrmissioti of a place-hunter or tax-eater. ; p:'-l era cannot reach. Here is rich p is- iy inserted like standing matter, with the The bickerings and rivalry of the antaff- ture which their hoofs cannot not tread, quotations uncorrected.

onist journals disgust moderate men, inthan one organ in a county, no matter how populous, and it could be adopted itu v 'tii.iu. ill... li ii.iii.i i.r nil 1 1. ... . the HePublieatlS with ltr.lt l.lvintail t4 i . 4 ' - " 1 - - - ! : ?t!.air -.rttr I.rtAitr i . .! t,. ..... I , . ' . . : publishers. In - f 1 - . - I few large cities au ex-j . i.i it ..... ...... ... r I... ... a. 1a . . . . I . . . I . I.... ide to the rule, but even there an excess of papers of the same pol- j itics produces mischief. ; Lsut to return to the question, how to - ., .. . r.i. j ... ... ... v UIV. V ' V. O..V. .1.111 and not oit(rv or snoiiv Ilnv an ?ntili .. ;'l ..!.. : :r 4ii.ll 4.111 4JI.C a lIlil'IL'SMOIl. CVCU 11 , - . ' IUH lli!4C IU IV. V 14414 IT lilies C( DIS a pound more for it. '1 be m arer pure white the rarer is the better. Aest. s:o srood bl svk ink;f..r cveiy cent you save by i purchasing inferior ink you will lo.-e ; ten. luy the bet. no matter about the . cost, for your ink bill is a small item in j comparison with other expenses. The next thing is good press work, and this is la matter too much neglected by most pubhers. J he Press woik 1 ho Press woik ol a majority of I'.hy pa crs is pcitectly nobte art of punting. disgraceful to , Whea I turn ! .Mil roi in .n 4.,iiii.ii r a i i .1 1. 'is ziiiu ; . . i . . ...... ,.ii..: i ii i i i-- mi;.. .ii. ... .....!....! ......l... .. : -4 lortn to i ne rui-uc, i wonuer now sucii , ...- . siKits manage to live, f.-r it ts ci.pucli to . , i i . , , d.i mn tlicm. We 4lihk to meet such ori in fi'.thy apparel w callis'; mesi.im to wear cuan ri thes: we inI siinetively avoid such people. A badly ; in t lie S ' printed paper impresses tho reader me a., tiiiu ..linn? iii ma uuuu uii aiLi - i - ,, ... -...i i.:.. j sion io ti.e novcniy sneet. j With a 4 platen"' pre; there is no cxA i 1 von li.i v4 to 1, .1 I . v .. l , . I ..... lW . . .1.1 1:.U I'.T.,' . ... R ile Is to keep good rol er., good ink, good "print," and then apply the proper degree ot impression and ti.e light quantity ol : I r . l . i. . l . . 4 - link. ii you uun i snow now to mane . , , , ii.. - .. - r.-.--;.TriirL- tlio !n-.t tl-ini- to il. i t, r.'oc trcss-work, the first thine to do , . ' . ' , . hire some printer who can instruct vou. 4 r to visit au office wl eie coo I, tasty work . , . . do"' "nd U,ere ioarn .,he art" But this is not all. lour paper must 'composed in good taste. 1 no 'make of a paper has much to elo with its looks. You want the right sizes of type, both for reading matter and advertisements, and carc.ully selected display ietlo mv eve. bourocois is tht largest tyre that should be admitted for reading ! matter, and n. inion for ad vertisin-jr. i?ut ' t touch prefer brevier and nonpareil, with minion letter for local items, poetry, exband" to set up your paper in these smaller sizes of letter, but the greater ! JOunt and vatiety of news it will permit you to give, and the finer and nicer api:ir:i ji i-e it wilt i 11. 1.-.1 rt 1.4 v. 4 11 r ht-ot 44 i 11 1 j j j .1 j - increasing business and pioasing your pitrons. 1 have dwelt on the mechanism of paper at for I can ome length, because of its value assure vou it will nay lame dividends on t tie r . l . OSt and care neccss.irv to

produce a handsome sheet. It v.ill addiV,

respectability atul value to your e face, and materially enhance y our patronage. Nearly evcrvbod y has an eye and a taste for the ,' beautiful in'art or nature, and if vou offer . beautiful in'art or nature, and if you offer . the public a nice, clear, artistic p iper to , read, be assured they will appreciate the favor-particularly the ladies and a man i ' rarely ever refuses to take or stop tho Pa-cs-.!per that his wile and daughters desire to I read. When a paper beoouaes a favorite. in a family, the publisher is not only sure ! - , . , . - ? . . ol tus pay, but he may reesioi: on accessions to his list for thev will be ee-taiu to ice-1 ommend it to their friends and ac.iuain-' tances, isear in u.ind that people judge la 1 . t . a . a greatly by outward appearances, and what plea-es the eye is a pretty sure passjort to favor. -As manners and ehess aic the your or siKer iium1.i1 r.riz. lor t!,e li 1 i-..ls.i.-,est .... i 1 ........ 1 1 aim oesi-pi iiuea ce.uiuy p t pt r ill iiui.aua,, u ; . ' . v.ii ...... .4 ... I ill, j iu. - ( j and this premium to bo ret eate i each y ear tl ..., .-rt .. I 1 .rt rt v I. . . .... 4 t . . t l. .. . 1 .-.' ...v.-iu'. ... .us rim. ...ui. 1 a ...... 1. c me uuest mechanism, exe.uaing tro:n tne list ot competitors tne previous winners. ; Tbe competition of city with country ; : .1.:. . ..... 1- ..... e . ..I.:.". j.iuruaiM i. .a smmiiii: osus" oi eiMiipiauii . a chronic grief. Much ot the iu sue cess ot local papers ar.el tho premature demise ot others . . .. . are aUrib'U'ed to the rresnre and eitnioeliti.ua ol'ili! eitv beets i . : . i. i.i. .i..i. ... i - 4 uie tl e-io44i iiie iii.'.ii I'aoers 10 . . . . . 4 . 1 tho wall. it is alleged, by furnishing the news in .i.t. - .n.. n.l in o-rrt-.trtr nuintiri.io ' .... 1 t. ... v. ...... ... . t . .... . ..,....a.a. -, ... ...... - r rates than is possible ior the home be "belled" the mice would be in no da-a-npe but who will bell the cat? ) Admitting this complaint to bo true, to

THE UNION. THE CONSTITUTION, AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS."

a certain extent, the remedy is not to be fmi llri in -A itrr.d't... 1 1,. I t . .li: - found in reiterating tin; plaint, or waiting i lor the city papers to die out. 1 have ob-1 served that in those localities where the local papers received the poorest support! iireinj fiacis circuiaieu uui nine, wniie in those counties which sustained their home papers well the city sheets received ; their largest clubs. What is wanted, then is it to cultivate a ta?te for reading the i papeis, lor it a roan takes one lie is apt t n 1- y. n.. TP I.- I. Tl jc n no s-uusniues lur a iny ; 'pcr, ue aiso wants a local paper, and j ttVe tcrsa, because he wants to be kept j posted as to what is transririnsr at home as weu as abroad. I hat as domestic and local ati urs occupy most of the thoughts of the people, couniy n- , re try editors should devote their chief care j and cnort to discussing those very hoie nor their teeth touch. City papers are I fdv the public with this class of matter ; I'ri.i 1 11.11 villi 1 ', ... 1 1 : v- .1 .11 . v 1 1 J" 1 " ' ' " ' I ...... J - I , I il liro ill r lll.li-.lii mv n r..n.ifrv mnor nn.l ci I . cr-n .1 1. t- . 1 .......... I .. .1 A J 1 . 4 ... I . r. , . . I that there is an abundance of excellent raw material, so to speak, Iving round i . , .. . ... ...... 1 loose in any county, which, skillfully gath- j crcd up and prepared, will place any local ; paper beyond the reach of city compcti-j Hon or the loar ot it. I know it is easier ! to use the scissors on your exchanges, and 1 mere pleasant to sit and read them than to se.uch out and write i:i this home matter. Nevertheless, if vou reallv want to know how to make a country paper indeptnueut of outside const etition, and at ! the same time profitable to its owners, this j is the rcccpt: JWe home tr, more editorinls about county matters, more inter-j e.-t in local aft urs. A "stickful" of "lo- j oal ' is actually worth more to your paper than a column disquisition on some topic ; w hich has already been treated and exhwustcd by the city papers. The most farocious assault upon the party in power, the most it!.ciii:s; sarcasm on your ueiih- I .ci atii, the way, or the most dreadful r .1 .. li... intentions of the party 1 out of power, will not interest your readers tali as much as tin ast:c'e on some purely non-poiitie.-il homo interest. Put mi;u si:mi ou write anoui.- liome in -; cidents snd accidents are few and far be- : l... i . . l i ii r twecn you pay. Let n.c tell you how to find topics, i vs., J.n l. i . ir .. 1 .iuviiu wmi lie- iso .I..CI stale oil :h!Im:" . . ... . .. i ycur sut scrioers m the rural districts tor a two or three with you a list sciibers, hunt days' trip. Take along ef your delinquent subthem up, talk over the , neigiiborhooei news with them, collect your ; dues, solicit new subscriptions, and get paid in advance, if possible m:ke the ae-( quaiutance of the best fartne-rs by visiting ! inquire as to their methods of cu: , tivation; make notes ol what you see and learn, and when you find a farmer siccus.

tinned to write and well posted on some , and other matter of somber hue. Of course, speciality of agriculture, invite him to j there are many degrees between these exwrite communications for your paper, over j trctnes, and the only rule I can lay down his own signature. In the villages pet j is to avoid extremes, and when you are in acquainted with the business and probes- j doubt as to the morality or advisability of sioi.al me:-., and induce them to advertise ,a selection, submit it to your wife and

i tr.f I . t rt .... . .1 .- 1 1 r, rvLimliiiir tt.rt fir. f M...J. , ., 1. .. .111 II. .....71 1.1 .'..IVl.I.i,, ,., .11'uianon oi your paper luc ousincss oi me uaee, ana particular ly of tb.e leading branches ef industry in it. (Juthcr up all the statistical items you ; can. Ou your return home from these excursions, write out at any length you please, the facts and incidents you gath- J ered, and your impressions of the people . a,uI neighborhoods, with comments and suggestions. Lvery-body in tne country j w'l' rt;i these articles with the greatest

uneresr, ana n nicy are wen written, cx- and preyed into the hands of the furnishtra copies of your paper will be purchased ijng establishments, and nothing more to send away to friends. It will take a 1 need te said on the subject. Whether great many of these excursions to "do" j the saving of type-setting and press-work the whole county, and by the time you wni compensate the loss"of the control of have oot.,0 once over it. there will be a new ! balf your space, is something I very great-

r:i i oi iiia.ei i,.is giciuii ana ica ly i.n .- . - . . . . i ... j i . . 4 1 ,, i1 " You will make many .4 I 1 . .1 O l 4; il 11 44 I'iC.i -ant acquaintance: a u d ou;e 1,i,,me a,,c,r e:K,h tr,P v,t, ""I . hc:llih "cw "lnbcrs. a pocket full of ?rtf0,,lT a,ul a l,CVT ZC l ' c'tk-. 1 win! in: until; ?V00,,l;,,t aml a ncv! ,or wotk. 1 hl? ' """ y,K"3 "- p;rrat,,ve .! m own rcrier.ee and method , Vf0uduC,t,n ? : co.u K ' ' - newspaper when not theory or imagination, but a literal 1 "!l -ulwarK,:u lv use -UM,,c feOU!C ,wcn,-y or u,ore Jcars n-" I would further advise that you open an education department in your paper each ,r ; n ; ; rt f i. rt .-... rti. .r j .1 ,t ,"'.,...... i , ... ......... ... : - ! tta scnoiais io eoi.n.iuie io n. uuor soiiwion m.i-x- ana gcogia- ; ;pnii 1 1 . . I 2 1. :il questions, ana let the te.ic.icrs dis-

cuss, through your columns, the various discontinue their paper until the nuisance topics pertaining to their rtofession. H i is abated. For all such advertisements you do not feel personally competent to j y0u should charge single rates, without supervise this department, you can readily , discount, and demand advance payment, fiud some teacher or clergyman in your , Tn addition to publishing this trash at town who will undertake it. j shamefully low prices, printers are generMake it a point to devote cor.sidorab! e i ally, or frequently, swindled out of the space to reporting the proceedings of all pay promised, a nd I confess to a certain kinds ef meetings and conventions held in , degree of satisfaction that they are cheated, your town and county. Whatever may be; for it is a deserved punishment for iusertyour religious notions, treat the dogmas, i ing the stuff at such prices, on generous forms and ceremonies of every sect with j confidence, instead of cash down.

usin'ii 44 iicu 1 e-ie-i 1 1 ii;; n, iucki eir icpeiii j ing their proceeding. It wou.d be well to make a pracf.ee ot publishing abstracts - of noted sermons on special topics, as it ..i'l ...t l.il .. .,1.... !,, .Iu ....... I ....ii..., ! ..... ... ... ... ...... .. , and interest the general reader. More attention should be paid to repotting the proceedings of court held in yoni county than is usually the case, as the coin ts Hli a large sn-iee in the public mind. The leadinsr eases should be set r.rtl, ni o...,.rt t.,...,tl. .....1 il... .Irtrt;..., ..I ..',.. ... lllv! .Vlll.l, rtll.ft IHC ..Cl.V-...-. V. . the court and verdicts of the 'uries should be announced on all tho causes tried. Country papers are usually careless in i collecting and publishing statistical mat-j tcr iu regard to taxable values, commerce 1

.BROOK. VILLE, IND., FRIDAY, MAY 28, 18G9.

of the county, vital statistics, educational 1 1 . -a and religious statistics, and mmv mtir useful facts. Due attention should be paid to this branch of journalism. Few country papers devote enough space to market reports, which is a crave error. There is no one matter that engrosses more of the thoughts of the com - munitv that the prices to be ohtai ned for their products, and the prices to be paid lor their goods. This is a topic that is i .11, 1 . 1 . - atways laiKea aoout, ana ever present in me uundot the great agricultural class, If you should fill half a page per week with the discussion of this tor-ic. everv line of it would he eagerly perused by the farmers and merchants of your, county. Most publishers dispose of the wfcole mattcr in a couple of ' stick-fulls' ot quotatcr in a couple of ''stick-fulls' o tions from the city rapers, andfa brief I must pronounce this very careless to the paper. It and pains to write ive market review, ome work for genare runuing chiefly if teentn Amendcountv offices at the next election. But if von would inakp a paper which the community will con.iil.'r illilnlmnilnnr mi. mnot ., .-.. ol!..i,t. i.. . . .. . 1 . . I. 1 ..w. u . - 1 . . prices of products and goods. I would not be understood as advisinsr you to ignore political subjects, and to publish neutral papers, liy no means. iNcutral papers are, at best, skim-milk to the public taste. lut there is no danger of your giving too little space or attention to party matters, for the subject presses upon you like the atmosphere, from all points. Editors are born politicians, and lore to talk and wrancle over party platfotms. professions, and non-performances, and M. mr e the mistake we are all apt to make is, in supposing that every .body else is eqully absorbed and excited all the year round on partisan topics, as ourselves. But such Is t?ot the fact, and for the next three years the country can not be lashed into a political furore, nor made to believe that !he safety of the nation depends upon the election of John b'miih for Sheriff, Simon ir-hal'.ow for Justice of Peace, or the de feat of t he 1-if'tccnth Amendment. You can, therefore, venture to discuss a larirc range of subjects, without impairing or endatiizennsr vour rarty standinir or f.irfeiting ti e oe-d opinion of any except mous : i4 l ... . i mg ou.ee setiicrs; ana me less you are under their coutrt'l the better for yourself i and journal. In tcgard to miscellaneous selections r..- r . t. .. i . .:..i . :. ? h'i )i'm i-'.i oe i , i sua 1 1 s.i v i u i iO. nS ir is a ... ' . ... J . .. mancr oi taste and juitomcnt and editors are ii:T!upiir-eil vir much by their own j literary habits of thought, their a;e anil j temperament. Young editors, I have ob-I scived as a general thing, run to love stories, sentimental sonnets, "original" poetry and facetious anecdotes ai d fun; while the pious veterans of the press are more given to publishing essays on the vanity ot all cartliiy things, appeals to the uncoverted, death led scenes of infidels, filllilir l:0r Bill If.O DC t rt Zta . iw.nvli.in H'ti. ......... .... u.a ... .. O 'J I.i. I 111 I ll.f II. A ..U interesting; what will leave good or pleasaut impressions on the mind, and add to your reader's stock of facts and knowledge. I observe in several Western States a practice coming into vogue, of purchasing from some publisher in a city, editions of rarers printed on the outside pa.-es. with ,;,ie anj Jafe. anj obtain hv express. If this practice becomes general and pcrmancnt ,he niiscelhi neons selections will be taken from the editors of country papeu, . . - ly doubt One branch cf the publishing business remains to be mentioned before closing i...P rpmarks viz . rcrlisin f I en , tirely disapprove of the practice altogeth " too common, of taking column or halfcolumn -ads" on contracts tor a year at a tinic. at greatly-roduecd rates. These ad vcrt;fCments are mostly quack medicines, . lottery swindles, or humbug patent right j Fuch advertisements are an abomination in the. sight of readers, particularly the detestable cuts which accompany them. To trust this lying, swindling trash by the co:uninlu;i( cir.s ana an. into tne lace or decent ana respcctaoie people, ior a year at a ouv.'vu, is enough to cause theai to llie true wav is io in a leu 110 i-ei 11 1 1 ac-i at less than monthly rates, and it any one insists on keeping an "ad" standing for sjx or twelve months, charge him monthly .. 1 .1 1 ,..... 1 1, 1 raies, a nei ecu nil iuu u . 41 ij rates, a j Open a "wants department in your j paper; put the pi iee at not to exceed ten cents a line per insertion; eneoarage the people to make known their wants and transact their business through the columns 'of your paper, classify these adverlisc...rt.it ini.Ii.r thair iirnner heads, anil in ...... ..-- - - , t sort them iu a conspicuous part ot your (sheet. By a little tact and considerable j perseverance you can established this line of advertising, and, once established, it will prove not only profitable to the paper,

j but very useful to its patrons. I -w-m-r a -. . - . . ... AV hen advertising is doll, fill up with reading matter and disquisitions on all kinds of local topics; and be not tempted to save composition by taking in quarter price quack medicines. The additional ! reading matter oil! in the lnr mn beln 1 your paper more than enough to make : Ernnd the post of the pvtra t r no. set t i n rr ami j loss of the bumbug advertisements. f t. ... j ana tenaciously a a here to it. It your to it. If neighbor is so tooli&h as to cut under you, and refuses to listen to reason, do not follow his weak example, for he will hurt his own business far more than he can vours. , "hen a publisher puts down his subscription rates, people begin to suspect he is "hard up," and they decline to pay in ad-

.aucf, ilsi uk may jau, ana it ne reduces one ot these terrine storn s, with which the his advertising rates below customary j late autumnal navigator of that 'Sa or'the prices, it will be taken as a confesson that j Woods' are all too familiar, overtook them, his circulation is diminutive and declin- ! It was intensely cold for the season; the ing. Such are always the effects of the 'chilled water made ice rapidly, encumber-cut-under game of the player; for if you ing the schooner, and loading down her set a low value on your services or paper decks and rigaing. As the gale increased, the public is sure to place a lower. How! the tops of the waves were shorn offby the the n are vou profittcd by insane efforts to i fierce blasts clouding the atmosrihoft with

cripple or kill your neighbor's paper? Kather "live and let five be the seutiment that governs your action.

btand by your rates, and do as nearly a jing hcplessly before the wind, yet in the i go name for divorce. cash business as it is possible. Long direction of its place of destination, the ... - .t credits is the bane that desroys so many i schooner sped thrr ugh the darkness. At "I always sing to please myself," said country newspapers. It is this slow poison j last, near midnight, running closer than gentleman who was humming a tune, u that kills them, or causes them to drag : her crew supposed lo the Canadian shore, company, out a miserable, sickly and unreuiunera-j she struck on the outer bar off Long Point "Then you arc not at all dlfSetflt tor1 tive existence. All the expenses attend- Island, beat heavily across it, and sunk in please," said a lady who sat next to him;--ing the publishing business are cash, and the deeper water between it and the inner 1 v. It aniess you receive cash for yonr labors. ; bar. The hull was entirely" submerged, Kitchen girls are now termed "young how can you expect to succeed or prosper? the waves rolling heavily, and dashing ! ladies of the lower parlor." People who Finally, to sum up the whole matter, ! over the rigging, to which the crew be-j go about grinding knives, scissors, and the best recipe for conducting a country j took themselves. Lashed there, numb razors nre termed "gentlemen of the revonewspaper that can give you, is to meet in i with cold, drenched with the pitiless waves, j lution." Folks who dig elams are termed'

council at Isast annually, to compare notes,

recite experiences, and profit by the hints before the wind, they wailed for morning. thrown out. lie very particular with j The slow, dcadful hours wore away, and the mechanical execution of your paper, : at length the dubious and doubtful gray of charge fair living prices for your woikja morning cf tempest succeeded to the and stand by them; do a cash business, j utter darkness of night. as nearly as practicable, refuse Ion; credits ..... , , , . . n i t . ii . i Abigail P.ecker chanced at the time tc Hchnrl cntllAmn.il. ., . . . 1. I . . 4..,....!.. - "' I r

n.iuis riiiutuivilio liuac 41'4;II44S, , . i . i a- , eic o i c uiur muni cunoriai eiicins 10 me j .i: v v. : i ... ciiscussicm e't uuuie topics auu i ui inera lire r i : .. . . - ui ileum: 1 11 ici eis. ' : T. - t , . , r , : ... ... ...w.4.f,.ur.. . , uomgs oi your wnoie county ior tne pre vious week, and a forshadowinr' of the week to' come. Preserve your independence of all demagogues and place-hunters, and never submit to their dictation; write boldly, and tell the truth fearlessly; criticize whatever is wrong, and denounce whatever is rotten in the administration of your local and State affairs, no matter how much it may offend the guilty or wound the would be leaders of your parly. Depend little on professional politicians for patronage, and less on their promises. for you will surely be deeeied and disappointed after the election is over and despised for your subserviency to them. .Make an earnest and conscientious journal; establish its reputation for truth and reliability, frankness and independence. Never willfully deceive the people, or trifle with their confidence. i"how that your journal is devoted to the advocacy and promotion ef their temporal interests and moral welfare, and they will repay I'....,.-, .:.l. i..i.: I iliui latum nun .ucu ckcui, lllLllulilli J , , . ,, . f, i UIIU I llioilllt. I VUUVI 111, i vu I ii u uv i i j t. aiid repfeeted in the couniiiuutv, and prosperous in "your pecuniary affairs. ASkv-Lark Going up iu a balloon. A doctor detained in court as a witness cemplaii.td to the jiu':e that if be was kept from his jutieitts ihey might recover iu his absence. A correspondent says there are no daily papers published iu his town, but there is a ladies' sewing meeting, w hich answers the same purpose. "Them soldiers must be an awful dishonest set," said an old lady, "for not a night seems to pass that some sentry is not relieved of his watch." "My son, "said an anxious father, "what makes you use that nasty tobacco?" The boy, declining to consider the question in the spirit in which it was asked replied, "To get the juice." A young man wants a situation where the only heavy thing is the salary, lie is willing to dispense with any amount ofi work if this can be guaranteed. A la'ndlady in Boston, it is said, makes her biscuit so light her lodgers can tee to go to bod by them. It may not be generally known that theie is a sure remedy fir the toothache by taking into the palm of the right hand a certain root to looth. ni. imi v M-y acnin" . .!...,. f .i-4.: IiKl EIPE FOR BEING Um.VF.RSAI.IA" Beloved Lend, and never ask to be paid; make presents, give treats, bear and foibcar, do everybody a good turn, hold your peace, and suffer yourself to be cheated. -. A corrcspoudeut asks, "What shall we do in heaveu to empley our time? ' Perhape he will never bo troubled on that point, John Rogers is modelling a group comprising Beecher, Garrison, Whittier, and a colored female, the latter with a baby. A piper in Iowa apologizes for an inadverteuee whereby "an obituary notice of the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Perkins Was beaded 'r ire. A polite philospher once thanked a lady who had been singing to a party for an hour, by saying, "Madam, you have wasted our time charmingly." Have you a sistei? Then hive and cherish her with a holy friendship. And if you have noue, why, lovt somebody else's sister.

WHOLE NO. 387.

The Heroine of Lake Erie. BT JOHN G. WHITTIEll. The dart stormy close of November, l84. found many vessels on Lalo Uric, but the fortunes of one alone have special interest for all. About that time the Ftbooncr Conductor, owned by John Me Leod of the Provincial Parliament, resident of Amhcrstburg. at the moutb of the Detroit river, entered the lake from the river, bound for Port Delhousie, at the mouth of the Welland canal. She was heavily loaded with crain. Her crow con ! sisted of Captain llaekett. a Hishlander I by birth and a skillful and experienced ! navigator, and six sailors. At nightfall, j shortly after leaving the head of the lake. frozen spray, or what the sailors call I 'spoon drift. rendering it immiss-ible to ! ! see any object a few rods distant. Driv ; and scourged ov the showers of sleet driven I, - , , . ., , . I be in her hut with not e but her note but her young , ., , children. Her husband was absent on the Canada shore, and she was left the sole j i. v .1 i j .11-1. n "I 1. I . ......... .. . . . I . I ..In . . J r- n r- n .a , rr 1 . 4 iuui4.cui'a.i....i iiiu isidtiu, na. 'j i.ic n.i. kccrcr at ,h keeper at the lower end. some fifteen miles off. Looking out at day-light on the beach in front of her door she saw the shattered boat of the Conductor, cast up by the waves, llcr experience of storm and disaster on that dangerous cost needed nothing more to convince her that somewhere in her neighborhood human life had been, or still was, in peril. She followed the southwestly trend of the island for a little distance, and, peering through the gloom of the spars of the sunken schooner, with what siemed to be human forms clinging to the rigging. The heart of the strong woman sunk within her, as she gazed upon those helpless fellow creatures, so near, yet st. unapproachable. IShe bad no boat, and none could have lived on that wild water. After a moment's reflection she went back to her dwelling, put the smaller children in charge of the eldest, took with her an iron kettle, tin teapot and matches, and returned to the beach at the nearest poiat to the vessel; and gathering up the " Vlogs and drift wood always abundant on ,i .,- tij . t . . the cost kindled a great fare, and. constantly walking back and forth between it and the water, strove to intimate to the suffer ers that they were at least not beyond human sympathy. As the wrecked sa'ilars looked shoreward and saw, through the thick haze of snow and sleet, the red light of ihe fire, and the tall figure of the woman passing to and fro before it, a faint hope took the place of utter despair which had prompted them to let go their bold and drop into the seething waters that opened and closed about them like the jaws of death. But the day wore on, bringing no abatement of the storm, that toie through llie frail spars, and clutched at and tossed thctn as it passed, and dtenched them with icy cold spray a pitiless, ; unrelenting horror of sight, sound and touch! At last ihe deepening gloom told them that night was approaching, and night under such circumstances was death. AH day Ions Abigail Becker had fed her lire, and sought to induce the sailors by signals lor ccn her strong voice could not reach them to throw them- j selves into the surf, and to tnist to Provi- i deuce and her for succor. In anlieipa j

tion of this, fJie had her kettle boiling; man; yet it is certain that some ot the Illover the diift wood, and her tea ready j sects are bick-bitcrs, and all the quadra' r made fur restoring warmth and life io the I peds tale be.irers. half in Zen survivors. But either they j did not understand her, cr the chance of s Here is an anecdote from the jur?rtller rescue seemed to small to induce them to j world of Paris: A little five-year old Vttx- ' abandon the temporary saff ty of the wreck. ; sia n had gone with his mamma to chttrch. 1 They clung to it with a desperate 'nstitift ! Both of ihetn commenced praying, of hie brought face to face with death.? "Mamma," said the fiffiff felltftt then,

Ju.-t at niohtfall there was a s ight break ( . . .- .... . , ii. west: a red light glared across the 1 thick air, as if for one iustant the eve of.

the storm looked out upon the ruin it had :. tion, to which the same answer is given wrciight, and closed again tinder tne l?d. The lif tie man say s his prayer a third of cloud. Taking advantage of this,-the time, ai.d exclaims then: "Brit, roannra solitary watcher ashore made one more j 1 have new said it over twice." , effort. She waded out into the water. j "Say it over again." every drop of which, as itstruck the be.-rc'h j "I am sure," rrplie?fne foy, "it will become a particle of ice, and stretching.be tedious for the gooil God to listen all out and drawing in her arms, invited by j the time to the sa me prayer. Suppose It her gestures, the sailors to throw them -, recipe to him the fable I barvC lvarued at .

selves into the waves and strive to reach ' her. Captain Hackett understood ncr. 1 1 ! He called to his mate in the rigging of the other mast: "It is our last chancn. I will try! If I live, follow me; if I drown stay where you are'" With a great effort he got off his sniffy froen overcoat, paused for one moment in silent commendation of his soul to God,- and, throwing himself into tho WaVes, struck out for the shore. Abigail Becker, breast deep in the surf, a waited him. He was al-j most within her reach when the undertow swept him back. By a mighty exertion she caught hold of him, bore him in her strong arms out of the wafer, laying him down by her fire, warmed his chilled blood with copious draughts of hot tea. The mate, who had watched the rescue, now followed, and the captain, partially restored, insisted up au aiding hius. As the

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One qnnr, (1 linei,) oas iiuertlB-T. ena wjnare, two tt-rtiog. ...... ;.v.., uoe Bonare, threa insertion. t a AH sabseqneyt insertions, ncrtoun. " YEARLY. ' One coram. chas-saMo qn.rtorly... fl Three-quarters f.f a eolnran ;A-.r4t One-half ef s eolamn. ...rw7 f One-quarter of a celoma ............. 'j TrnsiotadTrtieat aldla all eaaes "M paid lot in atfraTce. - - r "VUnless a parti-alar true li specified whea aa4 ed id, advertisements will b pblii4 aattl deredoat and ?br.sd twcnrdiaxlT. - . - t ; ') for.-ner nered the shore, the recoiling w.-itiT bai?1.d him. Captain llaekett caught hold of him, but the undertow swept then' both away, locked in each other's arms The brave woman, plunged after thear snd, with the etrcngih of a giantess, borf iueaj, cucgii7g to eaCrii other, to the shore and up to her Sre. The Ce sailors followed in succession, and were all rescuedin the same way. - - :t A few days afterCaptain Hackett and his crew were taken off Liong Pjint by a passing ve.-sel; and Abigail iSeckt resumed Ler simple cUtly duties without dreaming that she had done anything traordiuary enough to win for her th? world's notice. In her struggle every, day for food ami warmth for her childrenshe bad no lersare for indulgence of self congratulation. Like woman of Scripture, she bad only 'done what she could' in the terrible exigency that bad broken "the dreary monotony of her life. Atlantic Mouthly. IIaT to Prevent Gray Hairs Keepyour head shaved. Warranted not to fail The first "Man of TUE World" Atlas. "Family dismemberment,' is the Chie i "profound investigators. A medical studunt says he has never been able to discover the bone of cooteo-' tion, and desires to know whether it i' not situated very ner the jaw bone. ' j In Chicago husbands are said to bead' fearful of divorce that they add to their5 announcements of future movements tho letters " Vv. P.' which meau "wife permit .4 it ? ff i f. iiu:. Ma ny young men are so improvident I they eau not keep anything but late hours. MtsiCAL. Is there any connection between a "musical pitrh"' and a guiar? "A sotke of a recent steamboat explo ' sion, in a Western paper, euds as follows The captain swam ashore. 8o did the' chambermaid; she was insured for $15,000 and loaded with iron." An auctioneer, while engaged iu his" vocation, thus exalted the merits of a car-' pet: "(Jent leuien and ladies, some folks sell carpets for Brussels; but I can most, positively assure you that this elegant article was made by Mr. Brussels himself." Tiik "Kmijers" of the Dyinh Yeah September, November, and December. "' W,:iti:p Tvto stamps of indignation and one uf true nobility. . . T , ... I'd The individual who broke the ice with ; his maiden speech was drowned by ap , plause. A Color man's buff. DimcL'ir to See Blind - "My son, know thyself !" solemnly said a father to one of his offspring. f ,-1 "Ihank y ou, Sir," replied the son, "but . my list ot acquaintance larse already. i sufficiently When does a ship tell a falsehood? When she lies at the wharf. . In the Michigan State Prison, at Jackson, during 18US, t wenty-:even convicts were punished wi;h whips, thirty-four with the paddle, forty-eight by being put into a dai k cell. Walter iltown, of Huston, ha? repeated ? )u Jersey City his feat of riding fifty milesOn a velocipede within six hour. Tha , diiving wheel made 2, -19 revolutions ia time It ?s a common saying that the lowef order of animals have not the vices of :'I have said my prayer. ay it over again m; Son, The child obeys, and repeats the quesr chooi? ' A curio'is discovery, kept secret for fourteen years, has just come to light at Ravenna. The workmen engaged in digging a Canal near the present railroad station, in 1S."4, found a skeleton with a 1 breastplate of fine gold, buried face down--: wards. Tho precious piece of armorVi wh?eh weighed six pounds, was broken up' and the pieces secretly sold to jewellers. Two large pieces, which appear 'to have j been ihe shoulder bands, and are covered j with tha-dng and znntttel, have been given 'up by the jeweller i rr faeuSfa, bift the re j maindcrs are probably lot. It is Known, j that Tb-?odoric buried the body ofOdoacer," i after his murder, at Ravenna, face down J ward-; nd the Italian nf 'quarians sop-" J pose that th's golden harness is really tbf ui the ihst Kinij of Italy