The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-11-28

10 - ~ SUyetVft1t IN WA1U1 Cu~
more precaricus in its beginning than
.fnalism. The infant newspaper il expo
"a 70 almsst - many diseases as the infant
child. The shores Of the restless wave Of
adventure are thickly strewn with wrecks Of
newspapers. They start from port with
high hopes; with hearts elate with deter !
mination to right all wrongs Of society, and
with the broad Tag OF an admiral at their |
mast head, bearing in magnificent letters,
the august tsWe." Down the stream they |
mower OF The press and the Tolls and trials
Of an editorial life, and presently k--chug
-thcy come M against 3 saag, the broad
penast tumbles overheard, the power Of the
uress cannot pump the ship dry, the tolls
and trials Of the poor editor are all over and
sinks heavier than his loaded columns, to
the bottom OF David Jones' locker.
That which brings 10 an uu,imely end 50
MANY honeful Journals il simply the want of
cash. = vulgar and Internal thing, no doubt,
and often q great curse, but still essential
in the publication of newspapers. There
NAV he talent. tact. energy and ambition on
hoard journal. but there must be cash in
the magazine, or it can FIRE nothing but
blank cartridges, and will soon have to hush
its batteries altogether. During the last
twenty wears. upVards of two hundred news
papers and magazines have been started in
London. and after involving their proprie-
tors in immense losses. have passed away
into the land Of oblivion. There was genius,
learning and newspaper talent enough in
these napers to have praced the London
Tfm.s' but the proprietors had not sufficient
canital to hold on during the wear of prcbs-
t;on. until the money thew had sovn could
anrino nm and bear fruit, Il is said there
ara No mora newspapers and magazines pub
lished in London now than there were twenty
wears ago. and that only one periodical in a
hundred that il begun, Is ultimately success
ful. Indeed. the London Critic saws, though
we hardly know how to credit the staten ent,
that the active newspaper press of London.
with the execution Of the Times, does not
nav ;ts own exnenses. ... ...
About 1--WE hundred thousand dollars. it is
so;d have becn SINK in the London Dahl,
Nems. which though connected with the great
name Of Dickens. is only beginning. after
many Years. to have a prosnect of fortune.
Investment after Investment has been sunl
in tho london Mornino Chronicle. Mr..
W,--or a n.lob-,tsd nnb,sbor IN ,ondon
startai ,, d.;l. n.nsr Nth the aid of Mi ths
...n;,,s 90 49, Az fos, two bundled and 6fty
ibonsand dollar. in n few months. and then
~ S;od Tho London C,;t;c. to which we
~ IND ;ndehted for these facts saws there is
sso ,u'. narsn.nsr in London in which
.Sy e. for.Ino. h,vo not hoar snnl
snte1 s ~ hoI. ~ .anr narsons b,ve been ~.
anu y nv 80. :: IKE ,ras o;cht veors r.
,n:a Luz G , nnd ,nwsrds of twentr.
ee" ess"o Da %>,i,ss ,,oIo .onL in II hofore
n's sao ~. .,o"sn. s.The msn,i h;storv oi
pau I ;, s,. ~ c,;,;. s.;s Mi, 4
.t :Eul So tortnna starts n journal:
"s w mo" shonsand nonnds nno1 Il and
nc sPeho os;u orh;h;, ia loss Nancy cos.
n nu"' fss. ~ n newsmaner for tina drain IL J
very las. ~ noSI hn wask without nanss
s'eauy one "oem " "e., ~, ~ f i,h;"s;
"pTocess that VIII soon mp III I 49, no,
POCKET .tms 'pI ms n ~ and anotb
IKE 10 sop 'nete hu p.VoIo e. Ias, Goo
er l,Vo Vanishes IT'S ss"H Ne :; ohi;aoJ co. W
anu taas goes seo' ~ an'n -h =" 10 1850 oo,s f1oS
sen ~ any price. L. P eo spo s s"j h. :.
Ioi 'L"' " m, u.s. H h m o,n.nds anotbs,
ra n na men 'ne ouyef sApI CIV :, a,;aaS
11,oov, III IKE la" snr co "'" na. ne w.;
anu sel's ~ .a oa. in e eran for fonr,t