The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-10-29
a QUEER NEWSPAPER.
1t Has the Greatest Earthly Dignity and Z
Circulation of Three.

1t Has the Greatest Earthly Dignity and .
Circulation of Three.
Instead of 1.-THE largest circulation"
the newspaper of the greatest dignity
has 1.-The smallest circulation in the
world" 1t Is the Austrian Kaiser's
| Chronicle, the most curious publica-
ton in Europe. Its proprietor is En-
peror Francis Joseph. of Austria, who
publishes it for his sole benefit, and
not for that of the public. State
duties occupy most OF his time, and he
dailies. He wants to know not only
what goes on every day in the civilized
world, but also what is said in Europe
and America about the Austrian Gov
eminent
To satisfy this desire it would be
necessary for him to skim through
hundreds of papers daily. but even
then many pungent notice of him.
self or his Government would certain
~ escape him. And even if he were
to employ staff of clerks to examine
the papers, and clip out the proper
articles, he would be little better of.
for he would have no time to read the
mass of material which they would
hand to him every morning. News.
however. the Kaiser must have, and
through this paper, the Imperial Re-
view. he gets it in richer and fuller
measure than any other man in the
world. The construction of the paper
is as unique as its object. The i'm
perial news bureau, which is almost a
department of state. publishes it at a
cost of 100000 gulden yearly. The
chief of the bureau. who is a high
Government official, is assisted by sew
eral sub-editors, each of whom is in
turn assisted by a corps of trained
clerks. The work begins before dawn,
when the chiefs mail wagon proceeds
to the depot for the foreign papers.
Once in the bureau they are sorted IT,
the different countries or states. and
taken to the various sub-editOrs.
There is copy of every leading paper
In Europe, no matter in what Ian
guage it may be printed. and there
are also copies of several minor Aus
trian papers in the different dialects
of the empire. The huge pile of pa
pers being arranged. the clerks go TO
work. On any reference to the AUS
trian Government or the imperial fam
lily being found blue pencil is drawn
through the article. In this manner
the readers get throug. their work,
after which the marked papers are
sent to the sub-editors, who read the
articles carefully and cOndense them.
A lengthy criticism may thus be re-
important little pruning may take
place. In all cases the original Ian
guage and style are closely preserved.
1t Is. of course. necessary 10 translate
all foreign articles into German, as
the Review is in that language. This
work of translation takes a long time,
but can not be skirked, as the foreign
criticisms form an essential part of
the Review. In due time, however,
every paper has been read and every
article condensed, and now comes the
last process in the construction of this
strange paper. 1t is late at night. for the
work is very heavy and the paper must
be ready for the Emperor in the MORN
ing. Men famous for their penman-
ship do the finishing work. The So
lected articles are given to them and
they make three copies-one for the
Emperor. enc for the Foreign Minister.
and one for the Secretary of State. A
fourth copy is never made. and
glimpse at one of the three is never |
vOuchsafed TO any one uncOnnected |
with the bureau. The copy for the En- |
peror is written on beautiful linen |
paper, and at the head of the first |
page stands the finely decorated title.
Journal-Revue for Sic Majestat den |
Kaiser. The copies of the minister |
and secretary are also written on ex-
ceptiOnally handsome paper but of an |
inferior quality TO that used for the |
EmperOrs. The writing itself is like |
copper plate. and no matter what the |
hurry may be. excellence in this re-
spect is Imperative. There are usually |
from sixteen TO twenty pages in the
paper, but in dull times, when criticism |
is scanty. it falls as low as four or
five. 1t is the Emperor regular Gus
tom to read the Review as soon as he
wakes in the morning. and if there is
any specially important article in it he
summons his minister and has talk
with him about it. At any rate he
reads the journal from beginning to
end, and thus knows each day how he
and his Government are regarded by
the civilized nations of the earth. The
articles may be old-as matter of fact
each journal is day late-but they
are new to him.-Current Literature