The Nevada Democrat., 1858-11-17
NeMsnnpers.

A thousand newspapers! Such is the aver
age of first class exchange llst-some few
publications "who give their attention TO it,"
as the Irishman did to his afternoon nap, hav-
lug even more. Those without the pale of edi-
Iorial life, who think that ''it must be SO nice
to only have to read the daily papers and pick
out the news" would possibly blench at the
prospect, if double armful of matter should
be dumped down before them. and they be re.
quested to go through it, with the utmost ac
curacy, elegance, neatness, and Dispatch" with
the assurance that fresh lot would be pitched
down on the table at a few minutes interval
during the morning.
thousand newspapers from every spot
where newspapers are published. Here is one
from the land Of palms and bread fruit, lin
the sunny island of Owyhee," with lists of
whale ships, and advertisements of bingham
buckets aud Philadelphia lamp black, aud once
iu while card in a strange language, which
makes an uncommouly small draft ou the rough
consonaut cases; all vowels and liquids. Aud
here is the Deseret News, with vulgar blasphe-
nous orations and grey ink, and here paper
printed aud edited among the "brave Belgans;'
a Flemish citizen well vanished over with
French elegance somewhat inartistcally put
together at times, but always independent and
pIucky, reminding us Of those bluff old Dutch
sramen, who Of old defed both Frenchman and
Spanard.
And here is Spanish Diaria, a German u i
tonc. an Italian Giornale and far Western
sheet with an unc0uth yet musical Indian name
telling of axes in the wilderness, sections aud
manifestations, aud butchers and apothecares
greatly wanted. Here is one, half French and
half English, from the land Of sugar cane and
brakes, Of gumbo soup and muscalonge. Here
is a little outlaw from South American port
a Portuguese abortion, with its ''do's" and "a's"
carcaturiHg the lordly vowel march Of the
stately Castlian. And here Pennsylvania
German from one of the remote districts sug-
gesting by its antiquated Teutonic letters, that
variety Of insane typography, popularly sup
pose1 to be effected by taking Impressions with
dirty water from rail heads, by means OF a
cheese press
Every one of these papers represents pub
lie. Around every Office whence they issue,
clusters one large human family, agreeing in
certain views, political, religious and social.
which il represents There, on that table, lie
in the most perfect form of expression which
human ingenuity has as yet discovered, the
voices Of the civilization Of half the world
Were grand convention to be held of one
thousand religious teachers-of clergymen from
all parts of the world, what multitude would
assemble to greet them Yet those fat damp
sheets, 10 motley wrappers, are every one
teacher, whose influence, though quiet and only
gradually winning on its public-stealing to
their souls day by days inferior to that OF no
other mind in the community whence it comes.
1t is the representative voice of all matters
great and small and it has something even sa-
cred in it, in that it truly reflects humanity.
1t is a good sign of the present age, that man
can nowhere do without newspaper. 1t shows
that the deeds of his fellow man are of Interest
to hint is the most convincing sign OF social
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