The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-01-03
IN BRITAIN.
How Periodicals are Con
Quoted There. 50
NOTABLE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.
the Islands-ParnelI and the
Irish Question.
LONDON, December 5, 1885.

LONDON, December 3, 1850.
Correspondence OF THE HERALD.
A periodical appears weekly in Lon
don called It'd Bits. It is a sixteen page
publication and is devoted to the re-
printing of short and pungent selections
from all the leading newspapers, and
periodicals in the world, as well as from
books. These selections are humorous,
scientific, legal and interesting notes on
every topic Imaginable. Short stories
are also published, correspondents
answered, and large amount of origi-
nal matter finds its way into each num-
Der. 1t is without question the best
thing of the kind published anywhere,
and its pronounced success has resulted
in the appearance of an indefinite num-
Der of other productions of a similar
character. Five dollars is offered every
week for the best selection from CONT
mental humorous papers; S. each week
for the best story, original Or selected +;
a given prize is offered for the most
accurate answers to given number of
questions; about once month prize
of 500 is offered for the best story; for
the Christmas number fifty prizes are
offered of SIS each, and the average
length of the competition for each
prize will not exceed one-fourth of a
column of HERALD matter. if, indeed, it
= ,of A 81 L.
ago the publishers of this remarkable
production offered prize of $3.50 for the
postal card that would contain the
closest estimate of the appointment of
the Parliament now being elected. The
estimate had to be written on a postal
cards and was to contain only the num-
Der of Conservatives, Liberals, Radicals,
Nationalist and Independents which
the sender guessed would compose the
new Parliament. The last day on
which competitions could be received
was the 18th inst. This competition re-
suited in the receipt of GO, $50 postal
cards; of that number As $50 predicted
Liberal majority while II 400 estimated
that the Conservatives would have a
majority, and ITO placed the member
ship of the two parties in Parliament as
equal. On the day the competition
closed 1000 cards for the competition
arrived. The post-office department of
the British government was benefited
at The rate of almost $3.50 by this compe
tition. Added to the above number
about 1000 came in late and were not
allowed to enter the competition. This
is what one might term genuine enter
prise, and 1t has met with the warmest
kind of reception throughout the United
Kingdom. In addition to the above
prizes which are always being offered in
one form or another, and besides the
standing prizes from week to week,
there is also another peculiar induce
ment made to purchase this production,
and 1t appears under this heading in
each number: The New System of Life
Insurance, following which GENE these
words: lone hundred pounds $500
will be paid by the propnetors of lid
Bits, to the neXt-of kin of any person
who is killed in railroad accident, pro-
Yided copy OF the current issue of lid
Bis is found upon the deceased at the
time of the catastrophe. This offer
does not apply to railway servants"
The wonder is that the idea has not
beed attempted in the United States.
The price of this remarkable periodical,
and it is on fair paper printed with
clear and clean type, is cents a copy.
November is considereda mean month
in London and it is, to all appearances,
not unjustly considered. 1om Hood
tells the tale in his own style and tells
it well:
No warmth, no cheerfulness. no healthful
No Comfortable feel in any member.
NJ shade, 10 shine, no butterflies, no bees,
No fruits, no flowers, no leaves. no birds,
No-Yemberi