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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 253, 13 February 1877, Page 3

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(For Napoleon HI. dL-d at Caindeti Chisttfhuvs!:. Kent. at tivtf on the morning of the tHh <>c JaniutiT, and two lumra afterward* the intelligence wr«s posted opposite utmost every newspaper otlice in the Cnited S-aUesj. At two o'clock the same tlav the Phihtdeipuia l,r>nu>'j TtJi'ji'ifph was sold hi tutr streets, containing seven columns, giving the parttctilars of his ♦loath and the client points of his reign. At t!> head of the j'est column was an ♦•sc.'Hen" wood-ctu >n tue Seven column* tor a penny, turee ta»»nsatul mit'* aw a-." fr»»m wn».-tv ->apol«i"H breathed his la-'.", ami otioi't: f*e was e->M. was certainly newspaper J w<» yrcat agencies aee> uupuslied tab —ctecci'teity and the su-am print im: pr.s*. It N not ntv object tn tuts letter to ;-ay niuea about the !;;-ot of thts». or dcscr.be now the wofbis are tl:rs»t;e:t across t::e slimy bed of the t-ce.-iu. far i;r—n uud- r t-i.-uratuetUT.* "• t! e s -a-serp.-nt. j »u ave. no dout-L familiar with tua'. it vast rat' er he t>> «t>* viibe l he w» { "2 ! ' of a tar,'e printing «»ldce, arid w.t.t wa.-.e despate i t.-e public ar-.: prova!-- t t air new.-.pape-r. The Urst el -a!.';.; ivc "j"nbaide a' n, >tit art Aute"ie:.'t u.u ~ paper U —'.-I upo;t ti.'.s f'.' *'• t ;o fabric— tl,a f t. e tf.lent or capa-eh"".' »>i f"rilo'Vi,"l e> tic best in t ie market t..af can be found. Medbe.-li.y may .I—>n a emntry ni'vv*r>ap.'i" n ■: «»n a 'tatly in tire large e ■■ t 1 1 :. S.-cuvdy. ;sr.'>' •■-*£' f - !■ a en t is, that the busiueAS b divided int«> departments, none ot these with anothsr—all ;:v le pendent—and all at tne same tote tending to lay t/.e latent upon t'.'.e l)Lvahi';i.sr table, simCl'titol'S, f '["'K't-.'TS. Sfkci- l i'S, CfHUp' 'SUC-VS, clerks, «lov.-n to t::e Wra, have worlc t»> ♦!(», an t esp'.'cty.t to w»'t, antl welt, atul are welt {'awl for it. Antl here, in passni'/. i may mention that the rooms ncctipieil hy e luoni a;t'"l re|»:>rl''rs on the? Amorl-T.'i »tally ['ap rs are wi:li provhli.'d t':at is t.»::.-«y, tlte arj piac.'S wh.ere a tnan may tran-:e'.*ihe his r.otes. or an nllt.-r wriee an artteie in comt«»rs. Tlu-ir fs he easy chair, which you can sink tlowu i;ito, got your icet upon the mautU'pi.L.:. your pipe or cigar, ami when any one comes in t> bother you about writing an article ahotit a ateainroller or patent mouse-trap, and you don t want him, Uring your feet ijiticUy round from tar lumittepie.-e an*t plant them upon vour hotiirrer's hi'tier hat. That 'was what the American editor did to the poet who brought the following beautiful sample of hts poetry tf» the tiicinory of a ♦tear friend, and rcfU' sted to have it published in (he 4 * Poet's Comer" : " in rucmery o; Kti'hard Lawtoa, Whose deattv, alas E was. strangely brought mt Trying enc day hts cores to mow ott, The razor »upp«d ami cut «.is toe nfl: His too, or rather what it grew to Ati inlhkftir.uktioß t|tiickty thw to, ' Which toofv, ahis : to mortifying, Aad was the catu- > of tlichards dying.' That agricultural poet, a few moments after, was groping with hts hands for the door, with hh hat over his nose. Then, wain, yon can discern in these rooms the tvcrLutlmj spitoon. Indeed, it ia everywhere, on lobbies, in halts, in clergymen's studies, in bedrooms. The i editor's sanctum has also a washhacd

basin, with a constant supply of water, a nc-it rack .'ind towel, and a looking-giass. H.jrc also the walls are provided with books treating of almost everything. In enrt.-rin-.r. you are ivt supposed to hang your hat and overcoat upon the tioor. Neat closets are provided, and a stand for your umbrella. During the winter, and indeed during all seasons, the American will have h : s comfort. This arises from the nature of the climate. America is the place where you are taught to close the door behind you. Enter a bank or a place of business in the winter, and keep the door open a few minutes, and let the cold air rush in, and everybody will exclaim, " .Shut that door ! Were you raised in a saw-pit T' The American daily has usually three editors —the editor who contributes one article daily : he is the "heavy weights' editor, and is always a man of not only first-class education, but possessed of extensive rxperience. He i.s " well up'' on all political and financial topics of the day. Then there is what is called the litvr.uy editor, whoso special business review of current literature, a sort of walking " A'iion-eum." He is also well-in-formed on the history of celebrated actors and singers, and can descant on their respective merits ;md demerits. Then comes the third, who is usually a cross between an e '.il'-v ami a reporter. He is a special paragraph-writer, and culls copy find arranges matters generally. One does not interfere with another, but minds his own business, and each has his allotted hours —the fir.se comes and goes much as he Hue; ; the -s-til, who usually wears a cape and a slouched hat, may be seen pacing th'- sanctum reading a proof ; while the third is over trie way drinking lager-beer, and {>icking up information.