Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-12-12

SuSAOO ntV luO AOuoCs 0ACAR4ASnA8e
4" VIE; the co,c has eaten up The grind
stone I" Not = look Of surprise was vifd-
be asishe very complacently remarked, :
{" Iaold youa ,oo,tld Be so!'tu .9 ss. .gss
JoURHAI1sN m THE roLDEB TINE. +
There seems to have been necessity
since time immemorial among at least
half civilized nations to bring events Of
Importance to the knowledge of the peo-
pie by the means Of writing. To this
purpose answered the hyeroglyphics Of
the Egyptians, the tombs Of Babylon
covered with Assyrian characters, the
Pbonecian tablets, and the we'll known
Marmon Radium. s'@ .'-. e'''' "
The first Roman Journal, over two
thousand years ago, appeared only
once year. This paper intended es-
pecially to be read by the public, was
known by the title &c Annales Maximi."
The editor Of this journal was the Por-
trifex Maximus, whose duty it was to
chronicle all the important events of
the year. The news was written on
white wooden tablets, attached to the
residences Of the citizens. It must
have been q curious sight to see the old
Romans crowding around these tablets
to get I look at the latest news. But
the thirst after knowledge and the curi-
osity Of the people grew rapidly, and in
such measure that the government,
the only issuer Of the journal, found
itself obliged to issue . daily. II is
very interesting to know that some of
these journals, having reached 2sO4l
years are still in existence, The name Of
the journal was !" Acta Populi Romano
DiGrna," and appeared daily either "a
an album, 1. e., while the tablets hung
out in public, or the contents we're writ
ten with red chalk on the walls Of the
houses. r...,, a.o
The contents of this journal oom-
prised what would be classed as daily
news in our modern papers; from the
want of the necessary material political
articles were not to be had. Neverthe-
less, according to the views of the Ro-
man government, it was o true journal
and intended as reading matter for the
public, which might also be inferred
from the fact that the archives Of tho
State were carved in bronze and inac.
cessible to, the public. Perhaps il
would be of interest to some Of our
readers TO peruse copy of q verbal
translation from the Oldest journal
known, issued one hundred and sixty.
eight years before the birth Of Christs
!" Consul Sicinus was the acting Judge
to-day. There, was q heavy thundA-
storm and the lightning split an oak At
the foot OF the hills Of Veil. In q host
lery, at the foot of ths mills of James,
there was fight in which the Landlord
was badly wounded. Titinus punished
some butchers on account of their sell
ing meat which had not been inspected:
the money thus paid was used to erect
q chapel to the Goddess of Layerea.
The broker Ausidius fed from town to-
day, taking money with him belonging
to other people; he was caught and
had TO refund the money. The Brig
and Demiphon,} who was captured BY
officer Nervs, hes been cruci6ed to-day.
The fotilla from Astia arrived to-day, .,i
3 You can see from this that it was in !
olden times pretty much the same as in
our days; We only wish that our officers
would tend to the butchers a. we'll - il
Ttinius did. Itmust be of interest to i
know that julius Cesar, the greatest Of j
all Romans, paid special attention to
journalism. He saw the necessity Of in-
structing his people in everything DC :
curing in the, State; and we find this
u,1otafion IN Suokoni,,a "a
"Julius Cesar as soon as he had en- !,
tered the public, caussd not only to BE-
written, but also spread among the poo.
pie, the proceedings of the Senate." afigo
This was the first political paper; and,
a. it contained news about buildings,
births, deaths, executions and anec-
dotss, it can be likened very much to
our modern papers. It seems incredi- o
ble, but it can be proved. that already i,
In the olden times there were stenogra-y
piers who took down the speeches
made in the Senate OF in public. They
were called notarii; and we find ~
place in S.setoni1s whore Augustus - i
angry because the stenographera res
ported the speech Of C@sar tor Metel- I
lus in very imperfect manner. There
must have been reportars, judging from
q letter Of Cicero to Cnlus alao, private
reporters. who gathered thp nsws ard
sent them BY the curSus puhlicus, an M
stitution sinilar To- eur mail. through. 1
ont Tho provinces. II 9isu eafs,sfsssi 5aafsil
You can see from this that AteihAis
saying, 'sThera i nothing new Hnder
the mn" II verified once more. .--I Ifdna.