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 The Reporter. 75 reporter. After all, the use of the pruning knife is un- avoidable, for it is a case of half a loaf being better than no bread. Of the descriptive writing which falls to the lot of the reporter much has been written already, and many pages would be required to give anything like a complete account of it. It must suffice to say that an acquaintance with a multifarious variety of subjects is needed, if he would describe to the advantage of the readers of his newspaper the events in which they are interested, whether these events be exhibitions of works of art, experiments with new inventions, or a butter-making competition. A jour- nalist of wide experience once observed to the writer, "You will find in the course of your Press experience, that any knowledge, however slight, you may acquire on any imaginable subject will, at some time or another, prove of use to you when engaged as a reporter." Every day experience illustrates the truth of the remark.