The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-11-12
A QUEER NEWSPAPER.
1t Has the Greatest Earthly Dignity and .
Circulation of Three.

the newspaper of the greatest dignity
has ''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
has little leisure to read the Vienna
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 10 read the
mass ot material which they would
hand ~ 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 "a unique as its object. The i'm
perial news bureau, which is almost
department OF state. publishes it at
cost of 100000 gulden yearly. The
chief "a tIe bC-yaI, who - high
Cover, :, -. official. Is assisted by sew
eral si.5-edi:ors. ecch &c whom is iR
turn assisted L., a corps Of trained
cler,:s. III work begins before dawn,
when The chiefs mail wcTor proceeds
to the depot fr the foreign papers.
Once in the bureau they are sorted 70
the different countries or states, and
taken TO the various sub-editors.
There j. cory of every leading paper
in EuroDe. no ilattc.' in what lam
guage it MY 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 60 to
work. On any reference TO the Aus
trian Government or the imperial fam
Ay being found blne pencil is drawn
through the article In this manner
the readers get through their work,
after which the marked papers are
sent to the sub-editors. who read the
articles carefully and condcnse them.
A lengthy criticism may thus be re-
duced to few lines. though If very
important little pruning may take
place. In all cases the original Ian
guage and style are closely preserved.
1t Is, OF course. necessary to translate
all foreign articles into German, as
the Review is i'm that language. This
work of translation takes long time,
but can not be skirked, as the foreign
criticisms form an essential part OF
the Review. in ole 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 10 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 handso:n" paper but OF an
inferior quality 20 that used for the
Emperor's. 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, il falls as low rs four or
FIVE. 1t is the Emperor's 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.
Coldlcure.