TIIE SORANTON TIUBUNE-SATUItDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER U7, 181)7.
11
The Newspapers
Of Wicked Pari;
Things About Them
Curious to American
I'arla Letter In tho Sun.
Iato ono afternoon. Inst pnrlmr nn
Lmerlrnn newspaper man ran across
the editor In chief of one of tho most
prominent Paris evening novBripers
He was Blttlnu' en tho terraFse of tho
Cafe de la 1'nlx, ami upon tho diminu
tive tablo In fiont of him was a rIiimi
of nhslntho. Haully an hour 1ef'ro
had occurred n citlamltv ulilr-h had
Btlrrcd I'arlH to its cei.trc. More than
n hundred people, tho flower of Kn-nrli
fashion, had br-un burned to death In
tho ruins of the Hasrar de la Chailte
Tho liens had been brought I" the
boulevaids by word of mouth: liun
lreda of victims, wni tho repnit, and
smone them nil the gioat people of the
old retime. It wnb the blSKest Dlete
' of news In twenty ycais; all 1'ails
was aghast.
The editor-in-chief beckoned to the
American and pointed tn a scat licstlclr
him. He was preatly excited, although
he assumed calmness.
"What o desolating thlnK it IV" ho
cried. "Ah, my friend, Kniiue lm re
ceived a ouel blow' AWll, we must
bear til-, we must ha- fnitltucK Wo
French, whatever else we mo, aie
btae."
He went on, wnxini reminiscent, then
poetical.
Presently the Amei lean's no? for
reus impelled him to i-miark that none
of the papers seemed yet to have pit
tut an :.ua
Tho Fienchmnn's elance. was jcally
jeprnachful. 'Ahns thlnkint,' of tho
clolliiifc'"
' lnt n piactlcal people, you Amer
icans! '
The Ametiean evplalned. lather
Mrnncl, that trustworthy news 10
KiiiilniK the wil unity would ldlevo
1 nbllc anMcty; as yet thcie was noth
ing but dreadtul lumots, ami each was
1 cci mine more dlstressinjr.
"An extra!" echoed the editor ntraln.
Then, with an Injuied air, he pulled out
Ills wtch.
'Why, my dear fellow, do you know
thnt I dine In half an hour!"
The Air-eilcn laughed, Impolitely.
'Tomorrow, my friend, tomorrow,"
paid the Frenchman pontly. "Vou 111
le able W ji'iic) It all tomorrow. It Is,
too late this eenlns."
PRINTING THn NEWS.
It was then not C o'clock. At 7 the
1 icof-e a puny little sheet published
lif to ulo the lcsult of the lacvs.
had no Information about tno Hie. At
10 a r lltrlous paper, the ioi, fjot out
on extra Its printing otllce adjoined
the scent of tho disaster, and some of
Its compoi-itors had helped at the les
oup, hut It printed nothing but the tu
mors of the stieet. Tow aid mldrlRht
tvo or three of the evening pipeis,
the reporters of which had llnishel
their Jlnneis and made tho usual
rounds of the theaters on free tickets,
tumbled over each other at the iollce
station nearest the scene of the disas
ter. They Kot m news, but som ex
tras tame out announcing in big black
type the facts that "veryhody knew.
In the morning each 'if the pipeis
had two or thiee columns, not uioio
than two thousand words, still mostly
rumors. On the second d iv they
julnted the police reports" which weie
curious thlncs to read. On the thlid
day the news began to be something
like trustworthy, and was of the tliui
aiter that nn American paper would
have had in riess within nn hour;
There was a dngiii'ii of th scene of
the firo, and two or thre hasty sketch
es of the mlns were given in one of
the most enteipiislng p.ipeis. Hut It
was only when the wc-kb Illustrated
, liapeis came out. m tho fouith day,
thnt the leal stoiy of the calamity was
told. From that time until the oxpiru-
tlon of three weeks the news came
uui in urniii, una at, ine end or tho
month the Fieneh press, with many
i oretitlons, had told such n. -toiv of
the 1 inning of tho Ilamr de la Chai
Ite as an ordlnaiy Ametican paper In
a town of f,o,ooo people would have
told upon the follow lnir morning.
THE KEYNOTE.
This little incident, the Ametican
newspaper man thought, stiuck the
keynote of riench journalism. Iiough
ly speaking, a German newspaper
Pllnts the day befoie jestei day's news,
and a. French newspaper last week's.
Een then It Is done cautiously, because
thcie seems to ho nothing that a Get
man or Fieneh Journalist Is mote
afraid of than live news. He treats It
as he would treat the business end of
a broken elect! 1c wire. When he urns
against anything of any leal impoit
nnce he is overwhelmed. Out If tho
press of Fiance and Germany Is e hielly
noted for tho cheerful way In which It
drags you back into the torgotten past,
it is at least better than that of Italy
and Spain. The publication of papeis
in tho.se countries, as many people
have doubtless lemaked, might be de
ferred Indefinitely so far as real news
is concerned. Most of the 120,000 Amer
icans who have been In Europe this
year must have reached the conclusion
that it one wishes to know what is
going on in France, in Knuland, and
in Germnny, as well a.s In the rest of
the world, the best place In which to
learn It Is America.
The foreign Journalists are not alone
to blame for this state of affairs; the
public demand or lather the lack of It
Is also responsible. A Frenchman,
for Instance, doesn't caro whether
there Is any news In his paper or not,
and he isn't even particular what time
he gets It. That Is because his edu
cation has not been devised to give
him general interests, such as the aver
age American has His mornings, to
start with, are usually occupied with
r'sfe. &BBsm
THINK OP
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his own affairs; outside matters may
only be considered at his leisure Tho
morning papers, consequently, nic al
ways on snlo at tho kiosks until tho
evening, and, Indeed, until tho next
day; and in Pails, niobably the only
large city In tho world whore such a
condition exists, thetoaro always more
morning papers sold In the afternoon
than In tho morning. Tho morning pa
per even competes with the evening
pnper In some quarters. Hut that is
not especially slgnlllcant, because tho
evening papers, w ith one exception,
l irely have so much as a Insrle parn
giaph that has not been copied out of
the morning papers bodily, without
( redlt, nnd without tho change of a
word. If there aic nny later develop
ments they may possibly get Into the
morning paper of the next day, but
never by any chance Into the evening
paper.
There are seventy-nine dally papers
In Paris, nnd all of them put together
would hardly make ono of tho flrst
rlass, viewed with Ameilcan eyes. The
grenter nuinhrr of these ate morning
pallets, nnd nil of them ato sttongly
political In lt dilation they tun from
a few thousands to moio than n mil
lion. Tiom tho Fieneh standpoint the
matter of most lmnottance Is politics,
hut not a tenth of the whole number
occupy as mm h spare v Ith polities
as is ghen to the other featuies which
go to mak up the paper. These fea
tures aie, in the older of apparent
value, llctlon, tho drama, literature,
ait, ppoits, iiuisle, finance, and, last,
genoiat news With the exception of
tho Flgaio which has plx paces, the
lttpeis nie all of four pages, usually
pilnted in ver.v laige type.wlth wretch
ed, smudgy Ink, up'm Inconceivably
'llmsy p iper. Of those most promi
nent, one is cold at four cents, live
are sold at thiee cents, eight at two
cents, and the rest at once cent.
Till: EDITORIAL, PAGE.
The Fiench paper gives almost in
VMiiably n.s its leading flrst-paso ar
ticle Its one pdltoilal, which Is usually
a column and a half In length. It is
political, often led hot, sometimes
dienmlly poetk. Following this Is gen
erally what aie called "Echoes," which
consist of a column or so of matter,
fiequently Intended to be humoious,
leptlnted from English papers or
culled from magazines In this de
paitment the French tlnd their Ameil
can new-, which consists foi the most
part of highly Ingenious stotles lcgaid
ing the puisults and peisonal affairs
of Amu lean mllllonaiies, or prepostei
ous jnins showing off the supposed
customs of the higher cltcles of society
among which ato the "countrymen of
Cl.u.i Waid," as the Fieneh now re
fer to its. This diputtment is always
concluded with a ghastly joke, mode
by one of the leportets. After Uie
"Fehoes" comes a few meagie tele
grams fiom half a dozen provinces in
Fiance, usually about flies. Moods, or
.stiikf.s, or the celpbratlon attending
the unveiling of a statue. The unveil.
Ing of a statue, parenthetically, Is the
Fieneh lepoiter's sttong point; he
never thinks of writing less than two
columns about it, and, if tho matter Is
sent by telegmph, it ulwnys exceeds
In space all the other telegraphic news
in the paper. I'nless the piesldent Is
on one of his fiequent Junketing tours
tluougli the country thee few tele
giams, amounting In all to an average
of half a column, are all the telo
gtaphtc news tho paper receives, ex
cept the foielgn tclegianis fiom the
agencies. If, on the contrary, the
piesldent is on his travels, the editor
spates no expense; each Paris news
paper dogs his steps, and the leporter
telegraphs hotly eveiy minute detail
eveiy time the president opens hl.s
mouth, eveiy woid that he utleis Is
telegraphed; his clothes aie descilbod
In full every time he changes them;
the Paiisian newspaper invaiiably
pi lilts In leaded type the blll-of-faie
of eveiy meal he tits down to.
MISINFORMATION
After tho telegiaphlo news the
Fiench paper presents a column en
titled "Infoimntlon." This is made up
moiely cf tho loutlne lepoits of tho
various government olllees, lelotlng
pilnclpally to the changes In clerk
ships Thn come the court news, col
oile, and confined to the smallest
possible space, and the leports of the
piocei dings In the st nnte and chain
bi r of deputies, also presented as a
matter of routine. Following tlies Is
the local news alwavs concentiated
under the bending "Falts Dlveis," or
"Pails au Jour le Jour" All tho news
of Pail-., much of It exceedingly plc
tuiehque, is line boiled down to para
giaphs It makes an American report
er heartsick to see the way In which
"beautiful stoiles" aie smotheted and
sent to this moi gue After the "Fnlts
IJivcts" comes a halt column of similar
matter, but relating to the Miburbs.
Then follows the theatrical news,
which is in two divisions. The fi'ist
Is the criticism of new plays written
by the critic, who Is a very great man
on Fiench papers; the second another
criticism, but done by the regular the
atikal man, nnd minor notes of the
theaties. Tho liteiaiy ami the nit
ciitlclsm are not a legulnr featuie,
and appear periodically after the dra
matic article. Then cames a column
or so devoted to the Ilourse, In which
financial mattets, for some icasou not
discernible to an Anglo-Saxon, are
treated with a certain degree of face
tlousness The lower third of this page
is devotd to stock and bond cjuuta
tluim, which are vety completo be
cause neatly all French people, no mat
ter what theli station, aie investors
hast, but by no means least, come
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redeeming features.
light, crisp, digestible. Rightly
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two columns or so devoted to sports.
This means, principally, horseraclng
and bicycling. Tho latter Is a craze,
Increasing rather than diminishing,
nnd tho foimer has developed within
five or six years to be a very serious
business. There Is horsernclng In the
neighborhood of Paris throughout tho
year, and there are probnbly mora
punters who make a slim living at It
than In any other country.
surtiAi., BToniES.
There nro several features of French
papers common to all. Fltat Is tho
running of continued stories. Each
paper has at least two of these In prog
ress nil tho time, and some have four;
generally speaking, these stories form
tho ground Hour of three of the four
pages, and ho occpy about one-fourth
of tho entire space. Another peculiar
ity Is that each paper prints a second
edition, in which It reprints nil the
news matter In tho first edition of the
others which it did not have itself. In
consequence the second edition of a
Paris pajwr Is a hodge-podge of all tho
papers. Tho third peculiarity Is that
nearly all the lmpoitant political news,
concerning France itself, Is lecelved by
tho French paper from Its cot respond
ent In London, who takes it from the
English papers. Tho Liondon Times,
for Instance, has souicob of Informa
tion wholly inaccessible to the most
prominent and Influential French jour
nal. Foreign correspondence, too, Is a
feature comparatively unknown to
French Journalism. All the foreign
news It receives from other than Eng
lish papers Is the half column or. bo of
meagro notes sent out by tho news
agencies. No French paper was ever
known to receive a Bpeclal dispatch
from any countty outside of Euiope, no
matter how important the news
Foreign news, however, excites In the
Frenchman very mild Interest at best
Pel haps In no other country Is so little
known about other lands and other
people. Whenever the journalist, there
fore, ventures beyond the national
boundary there is a mess. Hence,
French renders nro more than likely to
be furnished with careful Information
about tho city of SIIssouiI and the
state of Snn Francisco. The politics
nnd orthography entering into the
question aie like the geography. The
ordlnaiy cdltoi's knowledge of the
United States Is easily summed up: It
is a free counti; Washington was the
father of It, and Lafayette thrashed
the English for him; Lincoln emanci
pated the negroes, who form, three
fotuths of the population; It Is the land
of Eat mini, the gieat humbug; all Am
ci leans woishlp the dollar, and say "All
light" and "Oo aheud;" wear beards
under their chins, chew tobacco while
sitting In rocking chairs and spit on
the caipet, and dress In black broad
cloth frock coats; the gills nro fright
fully free in their wajs and "want to
many French noblemen, and Clara
Ward Is the natlonnl type; the mairled
women nie prudes; all Americans aro
llch, and tho mllllonaiies spend their
spare time either in killing pigs or
driving lailway trains against time;
the gieat men of the land are Huffalo
Hill, Edison and Rlchnid Hauling Da
visbecause Paul Bourget told them
so. Opinions aie divided as to the
American government according to tho
politics of tho paper, the Republicans
affirming that It Is a model govern
ment and the Monarchists that it Is
badly organized and short-lived; but
they all believe that Spain could whip
us If she would half try.
OltOANIZATION OF STAFF.
The editorial depirtment of a Fiench
paper is veiv pecullaily oiganlzcd.
While the editorial anil lcportorial
staff of an Ametljan paper of the tlr.st
clasj will contain fiom f0 to 100 men,
that of a representative Paris paper
will larely exceed ten Flist cmes the
edltoi -In-chief, who ls often the prin
cipal owner, and looks after the policy
of the paper, and may bometlmes write
an editorial although that Is rare, ex
cept in tho cese of a man like noche
fort or Cnssagnae, without whom the
papeis they edit would have no p-
SmiQlay Setoi Lessoi for Novemkir 28,
Salnfltary Advice aod Warnings.
I Peter, 'IV, 1-8.
BY J. E. GILBERT, D. D LL. D.,
Secretary erf American Society of Religious Education,
FRELIMINAItY-IIappy the man vvhos0
enemies aro all txterral to himself' Fol
lowing Paul'- advice, r.s given In l.isl les
son, lio may certainly gain tho victoiy
over them. Hut ulns foi tho man who
has foes within, concealed it maj bo fiom
the gaze of ucrtala, intrenched fa nls
very constitution! For such a one there
Is a despeiato and life-long struggle,
with occasional defeat And aro not all
men of this class? Who among us has
not encountered his own bifer self.
(Horn, vii, 21) Many passugts of Scrip
ture treat this most interesting thome,
each dwelling on some uspeet of it Hut
tod ly wo shall study from Peter, who
wroto about thirty joars after tho as
cension of our Lord, when presumably ho
had somowhut subdued the evil qualities
of his rugged nature, whkh appeared so
troublesome and offenshe in the earlier
part of his career. (Mutt. xW. 2J.)
IMITATING. Tho lesson begins by
urging believers to Imitate Christ (verses
1 und 1) He had enduted tho cross m
submission to the Divine, will (Matt,
xwi, 42) His followers ought to culti
vate) tho samo resigned, self-denying,
meek, ste-adfast and intrepid spirit. (Horn,
vlll, U) Ho had-sacilllced the curnel for
tho sake of the spiritual, laying down tho
life of tho body which clamors loudly and
perputually that the higher purpose of the
Spirit might bo attained. Although this
sacrlllco had another significance (Rom
v, C,) it exhibits tho way of triumph over
sin for every man . (I Cor. Ix, JI7 ) The
crucifixion of the flesh, Its mortification
and subjection, Is a necessary piellmlnary
to that higher life, begotten by tho spirit
and hid with Christ in God (Horn, vlll, IS)
which is tho chief end to bo sought. Tho
tragedy of Calvary Illustrates the law of
spiritual life, (Horn, vlll, 2).
SUFFICING. When a person Is called
to forsake one life for another It Is well to
show that the former Is no longer desir
able. Otherwise there will bo moro or
less of longing und turning, resulting In
division of heart nr.d Irrcgulailty of con
duct The Christian, to succeed, must
wholly renounce the old and unreservedly
take up tho new (Matt, vi 21 ) This
point Is presented by tho apostle In two
waja (verso 3.) He calls the old llfo "tho
will of the Gentllts," characterized by
Justs, revelling, bannuettlngs. and Idola
tries, disgusting to every refined person.
Then he affirms that they havo had
enough of such things the time past
ought, to sutllco for such Indulgences.
They ought to turn away from them und
seek something higher and better. This
ought to be a powerful motive with every
follower of Christ. (II Peter il, 22.) A
backward look Into things from which one
has escaped (Isu. Li. ,) ought to send
him forward with Increased zeal.
SritPIUSINO. All men aro Influenced
by the opinions and conduct ot others.
This fait may bo turned to good account
lu confirming tho Chtlstian In a purpose
ettup for being. After the edltor-ln
chief como the hollabornteurs. who aro
not necessarily attached to the Jour
nal, nnd vvrlto political nnd llteraty
articles over their own signatures, for
which they nro personally responsible,
although the articles, of course, nro
In lino with the paper's policy. Thcsi
men como nearer to the regular edl
toi lal writers of American papeis than
any other, but they are free-lances, and
may write for a dozen paers. Next
In Importance are the critics of tho
drama, music, art, nnd paper, although
each paper employs hut one. All these
men, the aristocrat y of French Jour
nalism, nro very light workers; it Is
peldom that they write moro than two
articles a week, each containing about
as much ns a column In the Sun, and
they consider that veiy fair production.
The work, moreover. Is very dlffeient
from that of American newspaper;
It Is done leisurely, n".cr at night, nnd
without any presstne legaidlng time
liness. As the utter absence of any
curiosity to know, nt th earliest possi
ble mom;it, what is happening in the
woild, Is a charactcilBtlc of the French
newspaper reader, so is It unnecessary
for the Fiench cdltoilal write. to hur
ry with his commnt. It Is given to
no newspuper, thought it should bring
the latest news fiom the moon, to di
vert cither from his pleasutes. It will
read ns well tomorrow as today. Thus
a Fronch edltoi lal oftpn appears after
the event which calls it forth has been
forgotten
THE MANAGING ED1TOU
Perhaps the mast Important man of
the Paris paper Is tho socictuite de le-
dnetlon. He tils the shoes of the Ameti
can managing editor, night editor, city
editor, suburban editor, nnd copy read
ers. He is really the only editor the
Paris paper has. Hu leads eveij paper
published In Pails, he has t hill go of
the leporters and gives out assign
ments; ho rends nil the copy, local,
telegraph, nnd special, nnd all the
proofs; lastly, ho makes up the paper
and goes homo only when the first
copy comes off the press. He is hnrd
worked, but these many duties are
possible because a Fieneh paper, de
ducting the continued stories, prints
In its four pages only the equivalent
of about one page of the Sun.
It Is when tho icporters aro consld
eied that one finds the greatest lack
of a Fiench paper, however. They are
of thiee classes the "specials," the
"ordinaries," and the "falls dlvorslers."
The "specials" Include the sporting
men, the thcatilcal man, and tho In
terviewers; the "oidlnarles," the legis
lative nnd court repot ter, and those
charged with looking after tho various
government olllees all loutlne men;
the "fait dlversleis," tho local men on
police nnd other cilinlnal cases and
happenings of the stieet. All these re
poiters aro cut out of tho same block.
They have a dress which is neatly unl
foim silk hats with wide, fiat brims,
very long frock coats, and flow Ing
nocTctles. They nil wear the hair long,
sport sticks, and entry tloweis in their
buttonholes, have beaids fashioned to
a point, and wear vellow kid gloves
tluoughout the vear. Their great
dream Is to be mistaken for a boule
vatdler. The method of work of these gentle
men Is odd. If they lecelved un as
signment say a sensational murder or
suicide case they all go to a cheap
safe on the Uoulevaid and diaw lots
to see w hlch shall be the man to go
to tho police station of the quarter In
which the event occurred The un
lucky one finally goes strolling ns far
along the boulevards as possible. At
the police station he iecelves a writ
ten slip, pel haps thirty or forty lines,
telling all that the police care to have
known about the matter. Seldom is
the name of a victim or of a murderer
given out, and the reporter has to be
satisfied with Initials He leturns leis
urely to the cafe, and all the other re
pot tors copy the slip when they have
time. That is all. All the papeis print
the paiagiaph the next moinlng, nnd
the public Is satisfied. That is how all
the criminal news of Pails Is gath
ered. Sometimes, however, one or
to lead a good life. Onc-u ho associated
with those who indulged In piactices
which now ho sees to bo Injurious, having
forsaken thoo practices he beeomts tho
object of eiiticHm on tho part of thoso
former associates They aio suipilsed at
tho change which has come over tho
Christian and speak evil ot him. Hut the
latter, knowing that this change is for
tho better, ought because of such ciitl
clsm to bo all tho moro steadfast in his
good purpose. (cic 4) for thereby is re
vealed to him tho blindness and tho follv
of his critics a blindness and folly caused
by tho llfo which they lead. What can
bo moio repulsive than a. man who con
demns another for pvlng to be good!
What strongcT Incentive can there bo to
contlnuo the effort to be good!
ACCOUNTING. Thus far In tho les30i
the beautiful example of Christ set for
Imitation Is contrasted with ovll practice
of men, thoso thing3 which tho Christian
onco Indulged, which old associates con
tlnuo. It la expected that ono will bo at
tractive and the other repellant, and thnt
by tho combined Influi'iiee-s uf opposite
forces the soul will bo drawn heavtn
vwud. The apostle nest piesents tho
stem realities of another world. (Vei.ee
r. ) Wo must all glvo account to Christ.
He, tho Saviour ami Inteicessor, the pio
phet and pi lest, the cvamplo und guide,
will become Oo Judge of men (Itoin xiv.
10) awarding to each his due-. (Matt. xxv.
33) To some, as thoy stand in His pte")
ence, trero will bo confusion and terror
(Rev. vl. 10.) becaufe of their dvrk record,
I3ery one who regaids thut solemn event
ought to bo Incited to tho gieatest care
and diligence that he rray bo able to len
der an account with Joy and not with
grief.
PREACHING Tho sixth verse ot tho
lesson Is ono of the most obscuro In "ho
Rlble. There are as many different trans
lations of U. and comments upon It, cs
there havo Dcen translators and commen
tators. Tho following by 1 1 Macnlght Is
tho rendering most generally approved:
"For this causo was the aospel preached
oven to tho dead (that Is tho Gentiles)
that though eciidcmned by men in tho
flesh (their persecutors) they might live
eternally by God In the spirit " This
continues tho apostle's lino nf thought. It
explains the huge mission of Christianity,
uh Including tho heathen world, that men,
dead in trespasses nnd sins (ICpli. il. 1,)
might know Jesus, tho pattern spiritual
man, and, while believing In Him, might
imitate Him, and so escape tho coriuptlon
of the world (II Peter, 1, 11). and enjoy
tho llfo of God This construction empha.
sizes tho statements of tho last three
paragraphs and ircreases their force ns
motives to holy living. God's plan Is one
among Jews and Gentiles to break tho
power of tho flesh and increase that ot
the spirit CRom. vlll, 0)
APPROACHING. Thcro Is also eomo
diversity of opinion concerning tho mean-
more of tho papers get beaten on tho
Item because their reporters had an
other engagement nt tho time of the
grand meeting of tho reporteus. Then
tho beaten paper cheerfully reprints
the Item on tho following day, making
the event occur one day late. It makes
no difference.
CIItClTLATION AND COST.
An Instance of this slipshod way of
doing business occurred In August One
Tuesday morning a man klllpd hla
wife nnd committed suicide All the
papers of Wednesday had the news ex
cepting tho Eclair and the Journal
On Thursday these two papers, seeing
that they were beaten, printed the
Item, but made tho event occur on
Wednesdny morning. On Friday morn
ing all the other papeis printed It
ngnln. under the misapprehension that
thy had been beaten tho day before,
but mack the killing and suicide hnp
pen on Thuibdoy. Of cotitse this was
nil the le.mlt of the secretaires de re
daction. Hut they are hard worked
It Is curious to note how a paper
like th Petit Journal can spII dally
1.100,000 copies It is the tpical paper
of the French mnss, nnd contains less
real news than two stickfuls of The
Sun's "Jottings About Town" Its suc
cess can only be ascribed to Its hold on
the lower orders of Intelligence with
Its blood-and-thunder continued stor
ies. Tho Petit Parisian, which coms
second In circulation with 810,000 copies
dally, mnkes prMenslons and Is better
only In comparison; et the stock of
the Petit Journnl Is quoted at $245 on
a pai value of $100, nnd that of the
Petit Parisian at $230 on a par value of
t"0 Th' former pavs a dividend of
14 per cent , and the latter one if 18
per c-nt , nnd the. stock of each has
I fen handsomcl) watered In other
woidis tho net pioftts of the first uver
nge $700,000 yearlv, and of the second
$..7",000, even after taking Into consid
eration the cxtiemcly high cost of pa
per in France, nnd the many enormous
taxes that a newspaper Is subjected
to by the government
Tho advertising in u French paper Is
nut ptiilltable. As a rule It does not
take up one-fourth of one of Its pages
It Is not the custom to adveitlse Asld-i
fiom the posters and Handbills pasted
on dead walls, nearly all the advertis
ing Is done In a small pamphlet calle 1
the Journal des Putltes Afllches, which
one consults In the cafes. The pater-
nalism of tho government, too, supplies
the place of advertising to some ex
tent. It not only sells jou matches
and clqais nnd lends you money on
your watch, but it takes you under its
wing when vou want a servant or a
midwife, and has lists ol almost any
thing that you can need, which lists
you can consult free of charge. Then
theio is a gieat deal ot flee advertis
ing done In th" newspipers In the way
of puffs. If ono has not the Influence
to procure a puff, it Is notorious that
the financial and theatrical columns
of all tho papers but two or three are
open to anybody at a fixed price. Puffs
In other parts of the paper cost from
?1 to $S a line In all exempt tho Petit
Journal, which Is moro virtuous nnd
thaiges $20. For this price the papers
will say anything you want them to
siv, t long as It Is not eontiory to
law. For oidlnnry advertising, print
ed as such, the rate vailes fiom 20
cents a lino In tho papers of small cir
culation to $1.L0 In the Flgaio, the
Petit Journal and a few others.
The cost of producing the Tarls pa
per Is much larger than its printed ap
pearance would seem to warrant. The
icporters get from $10 to $100 a month,
the editorial writers from $200 to $500.
The cost of the telegraph service Is
small, and nearly all the pence Is in
the nrtual printing. The Petit Jrurnnl,
for instance, gives its yearly expense
account as follows:
EJitorlal staff and toleRraph tolls. $ 80,000
Tjpesetting li'.eW
Stcreotjplng n.ooo
Paper 410000
Piesswork 21 'TO
Ink, oil, fuel, etc 10 OX)
Total JcTW.OiO
Ing of the seventh veie. Somu epo el
tors think that Peter refened to the le.
structlon of Jerusalem In the words "the
end of all things Is at bund," the end of
the whole Jewish economy. A moio na
tural Interpictatlon mikes this a con
tinuation of tho fifth veise. Tho end of
all earthlj things Is near, the Judgment
Just ineiitloiu 1 is rapidly nppio.ieh.ng
(11 Peter i, 11) This aeco'-ls moieover,
with other utterances of holy wilt, (Rom
xlll, 1.') In which tho fact of speedy ac
countability is mado nn incentive to a
good life- Heb. xlll, 2i). This life Is so
short, tho world Is so near, Its allotments
aio to bo mado with sueh Justice, thut
m- cannot uffoid to Uvo any longer to
thu flesh. They ought lather to bo "sober, '
that Is, thoughtful, watchful nnd prujer
ful. Thcro Is a suro method of overcom
ing the animal propensities, of subduing
the lower nature, by which we aie allied
to the earth and cultivating that by -which
we are allied to heaven. (Heb. xlll, 14.)
LOVING. Tho last advice of the lesson
tho apostle appears to deerm moro Import
ant than nil tho pi oc ceding. "Abovei all
things," he suis, (verso b), ai.d enjoins
biotheily love, or charity. In putting a
high estimate upon this affection Pe'.er
agiees with Paul (I Cor xlll. 13) who af
ter elevating it above faith and hope, talis
It tho bond of pcifectness (Col ill, 14) or
tho peifcx t bond, th it which unites heai's
In profitable 'elatlor.e. Love Is Immense
ly serviceable to Its possessor, because it
eelltles, or builds up und strengthens all
tho Christlxn graces. (I Cor. vol 1 ) For
this reason It la enjoined In this connei
tlon. It "covers tho multitude of sins' -not
as a mantle concealing one's form but
as tho regulating principle of llfo (James
v, 20 ) To bring men to lovo God and to
lovo their fellows Is thi end sought in
religion. (Matt. xxll. CT) Indeed, it Is
tho very essenco of religion Itself. (Mutt
v. 4S)
SUMMARY. What wholesome advice
does tho lesson glvo for tho logulatlon of
ihe Interior life, for the victory over tho
ovll of one's own nature? Imitate Christ,
who submitted to tho death of tho body
In promoting tht causo of Goi. Abandon
the ovil practices of former jeais whhh
are seen to bo harmful Conform not to
tho was of those who lndulgo tho same
Romember tho day of Judgment which is
not far dlHt&nt. Consider that tho whole
plan of tho Gospel nnd tho one end of
preaching Is to save men fiom their
sins and bring them to eternal life, cul
tivate a ferveit lovo for all who aro of
tho household of faith A look to Jesus
A look at tho past! A look nt tho evil ot
former associates! A look to tho eternal
purpose' A eh awing toward the brotnei
hood' These nro practical directions, not
substitute's but helps for tho genuine
trust of tho toul No man saves himself
lu this wa or In any way, Josus only
saves. Hut by Ihifo I. struotlotiB ono as
sumes that attltudo lu whlon Jesus can
eae.
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h a special machine for plactr mlnlrglhatdoei the work of 160 men Men work-in by hand hatetalttn
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l.very penny may brln? back Slo.oll In pronts IVodon't want to Kotbrounh the slow rcethod'of gettlnf
lariro capital lnrertcdb) a few persons but prefer to Ket in communication with a largo aumber wbo aro
Ini'llnedtotiskallttlefortheprobabllityofirettlnKnfortune In order to set Into cominunioatlon with
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C1II0 oo quick it) on solre the problem, ami an opportunity which may inakt you all tko money yon nttd
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Kach of the skeleton wordsliavedashes Uitheplaoeof mllslDS letters. You are re
auired to nil in the traces with letters u make as many combleta words a rxxslble
which property nt the ilcflnltion For example No. 1, Is O-D, something one may get In Alaskai In the
salutlonyuu would and U and 1,, thus makinfOOLD. In thiskuU what elMionn might (ret In a lack a yaa
would certainly think of COLD, and eo on, make on tho word syeurAn for each puiilo, ujue the skeleton
and nilltirf the spaces with oth'r letters, to that tho complete wortl nt thedeflnltlon rlren. Ost the sad, Srd
and ith w nnt purilea In tho same way Vo not send lu words which do not nt rhe deAnltlon riven.
flCV.finnC For complete solutions of the word Pursies we give 1100 InOold If the answers are correct
lit 11 flllUO and complete to only 3. we glvo (Ml In Fold t If only s are correct and complete, 126 In Bld.
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1 lit uUfl Ul I lUHO of this great Klondike Uold Mlnlnir Fnterprise, for which you will receive an In.
lnvetment c ertlflcate, which may enable j ou to participate In the profits of tho mines, and every penny
lonv bring 110 00
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ly and there la no attempt to inlsload, like so many others We do not promise any Impossible tfalnire to
contestant", and advise ou to beware of any advertisement which promise thlnira which on Ita fate la
impossible o will promptly do exactly us we promise and every tbinK that by plain, ordinary meaning ot
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