Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-28
CHINESE JOURNALS.
How San Franciscn's -Four Celestial We
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How San Franciseo's Four Celestial Sosvs-
papers Are Brought Forth.
The majority of the Chinese mer-
chants and business men i'm San Fran
cisco, like those in Gotham Celestial
district, can read and write the En-
glish language, and quite number OF
them are subscribers to the daily pa
pcrs. That those. however, who ar
not so gifted may have an opportunity
of knowing what is transpirinT in the
busy world. there are at the present
time four newspapers printed IA Cil-
ncse characters regularly published ia
San Francisco. They are all issued
weekly and have an average circUla-
ton of :, 800 copies. The majority OF
these papers are sent into the interior
of the State, to Washington Territory.
British Columbia and the Sandwich
Islands. Only about one-fifth OF the
whole number is taken in the city. The
subscription price of each is - 30 per
annum, delivered by carriers in the
city, and s. year if sent through the
mails TO the country or abroad.
The oldest paper of the quartet is the
Recorder. published by Nun Kee * Co.
1t has been in existence eighteen years,
and has subscription list of $50. OF
which eighty are delivered in the city,
and the remainder mailed to the interi-
or. Nun Kee. its first editor and pro-
prietor. made fortune out of the Re
corder Selling out three years ago. he
returned to China to spend his declin-
ing years The Oriental is published
by Wah Kee L. Co. 1t has been in ex-
istence five years. and has circulation
of about 400. The Weekly Occidental
is now in its fourth year. and Horn
Hong q Co. its proprietors. claim that
if is the live" paper and has the
Largest circulation. Ii has 200 city
subscribers and 500 in the country.
Cum Shoe. its translator and reporter.
is well educated in English and Chinese.
and nothing of interest occurs in the
Chinese quarter that he does not re-
por; for the paper which he represents
The Occidental publishes the latest
Chinese Jokes. Some of them are so
good that readers do not stop laughing
at them from one publication day u
another The american and Ca3ncSe
Commercial Ncics, the latest aSpirant
for journalistic hondes among the
Chinese. was started b. Suey Nee hce
Il Co, q little over three wears ago. is
proprietors intended TO reyoluaonize
the Chinese newspaper business in this
city. and engaged large staff of r.
porters. etc Their purse. however.
was not as large as their ideas, and
year ago they gracefully retired The
present proprietors now have the pa
per on paving basis and claim ciT-
culation of 9oo. The title Of the paper
is printed in old Roman text. and above
it is representation of flaming
dragon.
The staff of q Chinese newspaper
consists usually of four persons. viz: an
0Mitor. sub-editor. 4 translator and
printer or pressman- The editor and
the spb-editor are generally the pro
prie,ors. and each usually edits one
half the paper. The translator is .
most important person. His duties are
to pick up news around the Chimes
quarters and read carefully the An.er-
lean daily papers From these he cIsils
the market reports accounts Of out
RACES on Chinese, the passages of sny
laws and ordinances particularly affect
ing the Chinese. and any other items
which be thinks VIII interest his eoHn-
trymen- These he translates into CHI
nese characters snd hands them 10 The
editors. The editors copy the ohar-
acters so supplied them with tie cvli-
nary Chinese pen and spsci4.ls p1e
pared ink on wha, is called transfer
pager. The sheet of transfer-aaper i
the same size IS the paper TO be printed.