The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-08
NEWSPAPERS OF ALI LANDS.
A To,aI Of 5000 DaiIies-JournRlistioF Facts
and Oddities

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Comparatively few people have any
idea of the number Of papers daily pup
lished throughout the entire globe, or OF
the many and singular languages In which
they are printed. No fewer than 1900
papers daily make their appearance In
the world. Some Of these appear In two
or three languages; one OF them generally
being English. Fifty-nine different Ian
guages are altogether employed No coun-
try on the globe enjoys so many news
papers as does the United States, and In
no other country has the progress OF jour
nalsm been so marked and rapid. In the
publication OF dailies, the United States
leads with a total OF l.759.
Germany comes next with 973, I'm addi-
ton to which, the weekly and other news
papers published I'm Germany total 2,65O'
II Is a remarkable fact that New YORK
state alone possesses a larger number OF
newspapers than are found upon all con-
tinents south Of the equator Excluding
monthly and quarterly publications, the
periodical press Of the United States
reaches the enormous total OF l576S, COM
posed Of l.759 dailies 13,40i weeklies the
remainder being semi-weekiy, bi-weekiy
tri-weekly and bi-monthly. Among the
United States papers are found one In the
/ Magyar language, and also one In Ar
/ menian. Canada, with its population OF
4.45).000, publishes ninety-four dailies ana
/ 576 weeklies and l32 monthly magazines.
Great Britain possesses ~ dallies' pu1
! their average circulation Is ahos1 Hso
times as great as that OF the nuch larger
number Of dailies I'm the United states
! The number of papers published In Paris
/ Is IA and in amount OF circulation lts
; paDers run ahead OF all other cites. IL
/ publishes twelve more daihes than Lon
| don. New York, Philadelphia and Boston
} combined. The oldest paper In Europe 70
( the Post Zeltung, published at FRANKFURT
/ IN IC16 while that OF the greatest circula-
lion Is lie Petit Journal, Of Paris, whose
| daily issue is wecl over l,UJVO Chi".t
with her 40llO,O00 OF people boasts u
/ but ten daily and fourteen other papers
| as compared with the United oIa'eS'
50 .G22 go Of people, and 1.759 daily anu
, n 404 weekly and semi-weekly not 70
| speak Of the hundreds OF monthly anu
| sennl-rnonthiy publications.. Eleven VI
| these are in Chinese language, the rest
| English, save one, which Is In fr@hch
Hut china. with her few papers, lays
| claim to the first and Oldest heWspapei
! ,,,blIebad In the world. This Is the Pc
| kin Gazette, with a daily issue OF iV'VVV'
| ard containing sir1ply Offlcial lhIOrhil'iD'i
! and imperial edicts. IL SIN feesnuS i''
| original form and makeup OF one NOUS
| ond Years ago. Its size Is four nches
,,ida nv ten inches long. Eacn issue
| has about eighteen leaves OF soft, th'n
| paper with ragged edges printed ohiy
| ON one side In Chinese characters.
| min yellow cover fnclOses these sheets
| the whole fastened at the back by Few
| light Stitches In striking contrust 10
| China IS Japan, which In Jcurhahtlc
| achievements has forged ahead, until At
| the present time (and IN space or twenty
| I'VE years. she can count ninety-tNo 1all-
| los and enc hundred and seYenty-nte
| other periodicals Some years ago IN lls
| British colony of Natal mere appear
| a nauor IA the vornacul1r 81 the Iulus' Out
| me has NOW, ceased 10 be published
n, little island II Iceland. three hun
dr. niles long by two hundred broad.
| and isolated from the great centers OF
| civilization. is found 10 have az freat
number Of newspapers as are printed IN
the yeruacular tongue OF the Empire OF
| China. The newspapers Of Iceland are
published at a point further north than
anv other Journal IN existence. Inc pun
ucation OF India comprise many IAN
| quaees. Those In the native tongues are
| said % be more thoroughly READ anu Gu ,
culated, Ira proportion % the NUMBER ot
COMES Issued than those Of any olhsr
| country. n single Ftf9t nus 49,
finds ifs way through whole HHase'
| going from house 70 house, and Deins
| read by each inhabit1nt. until, even with
the tenderest handling, T. Is completely
worn out. Six papers form the entire
collection OF Persian periodicals, i've are
jn the native vernacular and one IN syfi2c.
1,vpe Is abandoned ln the printing Of
these.
/ When the matter IL ready II IL passed
co a scribe. who makes clean copy just
as the paper IS to appear. This Is then
given 10 an expert, VINO produces hne
caliaraDh copy with the head lettering.
This IS then photographed on lithoeraphie
stones bitten with acid, and when the
nrinted copies are struck OF they are iden-
tIcal with the copy OF the scribe. the
island Of Borneo. generally supposed 10
he inhabited BY wild men and saFages
boasts OF the smallest regularly published
newspaper ia the world This Is the alr-
! awak Gazette an Engiih paper, SIZE 0 II
| inches wide by 10 inches long, WHICH was
first issued In August 1874. Austria CLAIMS
newspapers printed IN "A greater variety
Of language than any other country. They
conDrise German. italian. French, Mag
var or Hungarian, Greek, Latin. Polish
seryian. Slavic and Hebrew. The inos'
/ remarkable of these, and perhaps OF ul'
o,tiva globe Is the Acta Corporations
Ilterarum Universatum, being seni
rnonfhlv review OF comparative literature
,,,,,h oontrsbyfors all over the world, each
~ whose articles is printed In It's native
baltimore American.
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