November,
THE WEST SHORE.
42
THE JACKAL IN JOURNALISM.
Like the beast after which he is right
ly named) nothing i sacred from his
foul touch. The reputation of the liv
ing and the graves of the dead are re
viled and plundered; the hearthstones
of home fouled and the coffin desecra
ted, if it can in the slightest degree tend
to his advancement, create a sensation
that will cause the sale of even a hand
ful more of papers, or produce another
dollar to be spent in the gratification of
a debased appetite.
Tor truth, he cares absolutely noth
in" If it chances to suit his purpose,
well; If not, it will he tortured and
twisted until it does, and the most pure
and holy feelings of man or woman be
violated, and a scandal sown broadcast
that can never be fully denied a wrong
inflicted that can never be atoned for,
even were any disposition shown to do
so.
In no oilier land, in no other age, and
under no other circumstances, could
such monstrosity In journalism be a pos
sibility. The great liberty in America
Driven to the press has heretofore been
unknown, and the literary beast is an
outcropping thereof. Bui he did not
arrive at his full stature and startling
development of baseness at once. It
took years to make him what he is, to
give im the audacity he possesses, to
make him a remorseless pirate of char
acter, an instilter of fair fame, a detain
er of virtue, a destroyer of credit in
a word a notorious and infamous social
bandit.
Were he an open enemy it would
not be one half so bad as it is. Then
there might be some safeguard, now
there is absolutely none. The sheet
blackened by his insinuations and false
hoods dressed up as truth, possess some
Influence, is eagerly caught up by those
of vitiated tastes, anil w ill, of course,
shut out all in a rebuttal from its col
umns. Hut others may be open. True;
but they reach in only a limited meas
ure the same class of readers. The
law? Repeated eflbrti has proved the
difficulty of obtaining redress. There
are so many loop holes that escape is
easy; and if there is any danger of con
viction, an apology, alter the fashion of
Midshipman. Kasy to the irate old
boVwaiu, takes oil the edge of the
ind-nnent. l'ersonal chastisement ?
Ah! that is the very thing the jackal
delights in. It creates sympathy, en
ables him to cry martyr, and gives him
the longed for opportunity to mulct in
damages.
A dangerous beast in the body politic
in the literary jackal, lie prowls un
seen and in the darkness, and his poi
sonous bites are inflicted without warn
ing. The rattlesnake, in this respect,
is the most noble, is less treacherous,
ami a much lalrcr enemy. Utten un
der the guise of friendship, the jackal
enters a home, prvs into its secrets, and
then wantonly reveals them to the
World. In cases like the Hcecher-Til-ton,
he actually grows obese. A di
vorce with sensuous surroundings, with
tetters intended fr one eye only and
filled with wouK ot burning love, is to
him a feast; a ease of trim. Com, a ha?
vest.
His Inventive genius is large. It
needs but a hint to enable him to write
a page that w ill blacken the type far
more than any ink. Give him a start
ing point, and he will soon manufacture
n whole; give but a handful of dollars,
and he will besmirch the fairest name
on the record of the world. Ami not
alone is the head of the house attacked;
wife ami daughters are dragged in with
out sense or decency, aril the moulder
ing bones of ancestry torn from their
testing places and scattered before the
eyes of a shuddering public. "
Mm the taste that permits such reve
iitloni has srown with the caterer
therefor. The one could not exist
moment without the other. They are
ot necessity twin-mated. The appetite
has frown by what it has fed on, and
is leech-like in its cries for more. And
more they will haw; and foal
lc the abominations produced, as long
as it pays, unless, indeed, the taste he
fireside, But the public, id est. the
public that is worth cultivating, turns
a dear ear 10 sucn imngs, aim wuuiu
gladly lend a helping hand to destroy
cry press and type that give tnem
permanency. And yet it is trom this
same nutinc, the one irom wmcn me
jackal knows he is entitled to nothing
but kicks, that in many cases tie gams
a reward for his misdeeds. Many a
man aye, woman has silenced his
yelping by bribery. Many an honest
heart, shrinking from the publication of
some gross calumny, paid liberally for
peace, and the jackal slunk away to seek
new victims and desecrate new shrines.
JJay is the motive in a great majuiity
of cases, and shows to what a low ebb
newspaper morality has sunk in some
instances. Heavens be praised! there
are others who would not soil their
pens with such themes. And why
should it not be so with all? Is news
paperdom confined within so narrow a
limit that it must pig the graves of rep
utation, and make light of virtue and
honesty, and the purity of womanhood
and the holiness of religion? Cannot
the columns be filled without such de
grading topics? Are papers only pub-
ished in the interest of the dcmi-momu
and to be read in a brothel? Has the
ickal become King of Literature? Is
"THE WHITE HOUSE.'
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HAI.KM, OREGON
McNAUGHT & LEARY,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Hetiltle, W km 111 u tl ton Territory.
Auk your (Jrooer for Hoaps man u fact u red at the
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PORTLAND, OttKUON,
RVINU WEBB, Proprietor,
PHI Olive, Extra ('Inimical Olive, Excenli r
tine i - .i-i w, i hi hoi itia uy, r.xini r tunny
lt-d Glycerine, Knicllnh Crown.
P, H, CHADBOUItNE,
Han Francisco.
ESTABLISHED, 1117.
FURNITURE, BEDDING,
Carpets, Oil Cloths-, Mirrors, Wall
Paper, Hair, Mobs, Pulu anil
Excelsior and Upltolntery
Goods,
lilts X JsXlt
Ilctween Morrison anil Yamhill
PORTLAND, oit M.o v
ESTABLISHED 1351.
IIAIHWAH13,
IRON ai hti;j;i
4'i.mbrrland Coal,
BlarksraltlVft Material,
Axle, Bolt. Ivttl
KnU, WMhfn. Borax,
Hon M and Sails,
Wrought and Malleable Iron.
ur Mule bj
I HARDWOOD LUMDElt,
IH lis SI s Mill IMS.
1 lfirkorj Axles,
Plow Handles and Beams,
Tar, Pitch, Oahnm and Oars,
Tar'd and Manila Cordage,
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Cut anil Wrought Nails, Nplkes, ,ir.
NORTHRUP & THOMPSON,
1S1 Front Street, Portland, Oregon.
OLUEBT EBTAJILIMIMENT IN OHKGON.
J. C. CARSON,
Manufacturer of
DOORS, SASH, MOULDINGS, AND ALL KINDS OF FRAMES, Etc., Etc.
Seasoned Finishing Lumber for Sale. Wood Turning of all kinds ,
done to Order. Stair Material.
I.l 11 n HAHH AI.Ii NIXED ON HAND AND HADE TO ORDER.
Office and Wnrerooms North Front Street, near the Depot, and oppo
site ft, R. office. Factory At Wcidlcr's Mill, Portland, Oregon.
AL1SKTT
,o. 105 First Street,
6s
HEGELE,
Between wilder and Morrison.
The Retail Department
NEW STORE.
Lower Prices
than ever be
fore offered in
Portland.
IliVTON IIAI.I,,
I'or. Klrst ami Taylor 81 rvi'ts-
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JardwarJ(
L. K. C. SMITH ,
Cor. Front and Murk Hta.,
Or
IfannftuitllMn of nil kind! of i WI'll
Ami W I -hi.. Ilealern In NUTS of all klnua. I Is " S"!'!!'' "labll.hmenl of the kind
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(I) cull Oil 11". I wpl as Ii.mor.iMl trpnrh r-nluii... '
In our LUNCH ROOMS and OYSTER SALOON, all the seasonable
delicacies are served up in neat style and at all hours.
ESTABLISHED 18S2.
$POSTSWW'a ElYtrOJUtrivST
William Beek fe son,
Iniliortcr ami Wholenli dealer
In ('liturx him! Tobacco, smoker'
Artlrlfn 1'luyliig l'urdt ('uilery,
etc. i tn i .lU-'-t and Klnettt Ixt
of Me. i h ni ii. and Anther goods
In the clly. .'articular attention
paid to indent (rum the country
hlcu urt mpaQHUliy aonciiou.
IMMENSE REDUCTIONS
READ AND PROFIT.
1 have JunI made arrangement with till th
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nout mi
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IMPORTKBS and DEALER IN
Cartridges,
Braes
Paper.
RIFLES
PISTOLS
...I All other BasnrBi 1bs4mUbI all the Sun Fran
Will ' cloco iv ' ' at a pmrMirt Innately low pric
Wtirrviao ur iiutrm ititterfiit pubilc.itiont ar
taken at MM Hni, the rtHlnction will lvf atlll
greater. Kit Inmancr, you divide to lake liar-
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COilHs uailaUHl, MM lw tiling works j t 'and chrlatlan rnlon-tnf imhlUhirt prl
iu Ul 1n lis: iMHtlAite aii'i niKiiev onit-r io mm
woulil Kweil ll to . imj uoiiiini aiHiui nu
ll-, own cure.
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KINDH.
Remington, Sharp's, Ballard's and Winchester RIFLES,
J. P. Clabrough's, W. C. Scott & Son, Parker's and Remington's
Double and Single Breech-Loading Shot Guns,
B&ZABD'S 8P0RTLYQ H.VD BLASTING POWDER,
-Fislilng Tacfele, -FarLcy G-ood.s
ZZL OT7TLBB.Tr,
Pocket Knivc, Razors, Scissors,
, TOYS, BIRD CAGES, BEADS,
Hoys' WagOtU, lting (ilovcs,
SpccUdek, Ctttquct I lames Hase halls.
Skates, Vdodpedil, Fool Halls. Itaskels. fcc
OPEEA, FIELD nd KABKI OLASSES.
NEW STYLE REVERSIQLE BABY WAGONS;
Corner Front Ind Aider Streets,
PoKTI.AND, OkEUON.
OREGON FURNITURE MANUFACTURING GO.
SALES ROOMS,
far. Tim anl Yamhill Hta.
Steam Factory,
PUKTI.AND, it.
Carpets, Oil Cloths, Mats, Rugs, Curtains, Wall Paper, Spring Beds
If AIM M ITTUaVuCu - r '
the public demand uich tmngttw It ln
xTiliiiig thntugh nif
in
i.i 'ii - as his career, ami false upon its Tmk 't hiioks in addition io thnu for $iV
yon i gfli ny an meant urop ua a
ki m wiiai iwipcra you wouiu
fiicc. The ihiI'Ik- doei nothlni of rtiffJB52,
kind. Hut if it did, m one lin. "yllHJ"-M1'
rieht to iwinoer to neh iUl;isin tastes; ,,Ur estimate tor u, no
no one Iws nnv rijilit to sow tliseonl, or; Uo"""
icatttr fcandafi im bring ihwM to the.
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F.WTl.lH;i) IN 1MI1,
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Impoitera and Jobbrnof
DRUGS, PATENT MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, GLASS, AND
rmi-GLiisTs' SUNDRIES,
Our facilities for business arc unequalled, and no Druggist or Dealer in Ore
gon or Washington Territory need boy liooda in San Francisco after consult
ing our Prices.