Daily Yellowstone journal., 1885-10-16
DURING The WAR.
SOUTHERN PUBLISHERS uN DER 30.
VERSE ClRCUMSTANCz 5
Thrown rpnn Their own Resources The
Issue oT Oh ap Ecprmts-A List Of
southern Periodical, Paper
aud Typography.

When he war lines were drawl al ~
the OiymaC aud communication with ih,
northern cues thus cut OF. the supl4r
of period cal literature was sudden
stopped and the southern people t.a
thrown on their own resources +,
was lut a. ma saLine in the onle,,r 81,
that coul ella IN the name aud lua, ~,
The suuhe tie Hry Messenger Il.
time c,Ii.rd by dga: Allan &c
this MAJ / q cOuiu % suppl The '..
tastes Of .argc IeaItug pulu ain.
they grew lvUd n tGe.r drman - tel Or
in mnll,L
To graft This call he rIh.is'lr.
the Ouirlciacl commenced ,lIC az
cheap reprints Of famous rguch '
EnglisA move : The hr,l III ln
Euiwer ia lIun "Strungr story. &C.,
with la,lcring success. luI"s
MiserabIes Bradduns ady A.avy
secrel. Augusta iva S W,.suus -,.a
caria, and many others followed III uIck
succession.
These books are curiOsitics IS to manu-
facture. Icing printed on paper not rs
good as that now used for Wrapping
purposes, and bound in varIcgated nucs
Of wall paper Taken as wnO.e
they looked about as unlike BOOK as
a book could well look, but they
were very welcome 10 the solder during
his mOnOtOnOus camp Lille. and a blessing
10 his wounded comrades lying IN the
hOspita s Never, perhaps, were books
50 well lhumbed. They were passed from
soldier 10 sold er until they mmen cd
falling to pieces, aud then the leaves were
carefully gathered up aud cared u the
children at home.
In addition ~ these reports the COnfed
crate publishers managed TO issue qu. te "A
number of ery creditable periodicals. Ii
was found that there were more talented
writers in the south than any one had
supposed, and they came nobly to the
rescue of the publishers. Most of the
trived 10 send many articles OF merit,
though most of them were tingCd with
the life they we've leading.
.''.. "a ..' a.. IDEALS.
The Magnolia Weekly, devoted 10 fiction
and genera light literature, was great
la oriIe with the young people of the
Coincidence, and enjoyed large circula.
ton The Oulhern illustrated News
gave fairly well executed Gus Of noted
persons, places aId battle scenes. besides
some very good stories and sketch matter.
II WAS very poi ular with everybody. aud
had about ~ no subscribers a larger list
THAI any OF the other weeklies The
Southern / unCh was the never failing
humorous paper Ii was modelled after
ITS ! ondon uamesake and though il had
no liu Mauriur for its artist or Jerro.d for
editor, IL was cry credllable. Its satire
was keen and was used unSparingly
againgL the administration wnen 1t was
unusually numerous IN its bunders.
There was a.su a magazine called The
Age, that deserved 10 1--we
IIt the lion Of all the southern periOdi
Gals WAS J he -outhern Literary MesseB
ger. cd ted during the war 10y the gifted
Tohu Thomson 1t could not com
pare geographically with the poorest
magazine Of to day, but in the value of lis
contents would rival the best Of them. Ii
occupied with the peOpe of the south
the same place that The Century anu
harper do at this time with the people
of the whole country. Among its authors
al this time were many who have since
made name in the literary world
-. IL, RlrTION PRlCf.
1t is seldom that the subscription price
OF a newspaper is changed. The prices
of every thing else may uuctuate but the
price of the paper goes on forever. The
price of the books and periodicals pub.
lished the Cuurederacy did not advance
in proportion 10 other things AS COuleder
ale money deprecated in value, though
the increase in the G. ST Of production was
greater than in most things Thus under
Poe's edtOrship the price Of The Messen,
ger was ) cents and during the last
years of he war it brought but ~. while
many other articles thai formerly sold al
the same price brou ht $40 and more.
A the ederal lines pressed closer and
closer around the doomed capital, and
printing material became more difficult Ia
procure, II became evident TO the pub
fishers 'ult they could hold out no longer.
30 one by one the periodicals that had
been called into life BY the war ceased Il
appear rs the war drew to close " hen
the MON Troops entered hichmond tile
last one hal stopped publication. Thu,
died the shUrt.lived onfederate literature
il had served its purpose and was nc
longer needed II served noble purpose
IN introducing TO the public u few tai.
ented writer's, who have siuce done good
work