The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-07-05


than any other there being. besides the
dailies. 1905 weeklies and COS papers
which appear at other intervals. without
taking into account the monthlies ana
other magazines and reviews. which
bring up the total TO about $4,000. Civ
ing employment, ii is estimated. TO
200 900 people
New York state alone has more papers
than are published in all the continents
of the world south of the equator.
Newspaper enterprise appears. indeed,
10 flourish all over the new world, al
least, TO the extent of putting forward
great numbers of separate papers
Canada has ninety-four dailies, $40
weeKles and 132 monthlies. Latin Amer
ican-including under this convenient
term Mexico and Central and South .
America, where Spanish and Portuguese
are spoken-has over four thousand five
hundred newspapers OF all sorts, two
hundred Of which are printed in other
languages than Spanish or Portuguese,
almost every foreign tongue being repre-
The newspapers Of the British Isles
number 2272. London alone sending out
496 OF these The monthly magazines
end reviews Of all kinds published in the
British Isles total up an additional 1901
Paris has twelve more dailies than
London, New York. Philadelphia and
of which there are ia altogether, are
generally distinguished by having larger
circulations than those OF all other
cities.
The Largest Circulation.
The largest circulation in the world
is that Of the Petit Journal. which issues
more than 100000 copies daily.
GERM occupies the second place
with regard 10 the number Of daily pa
pers. having 9I3. besides 80 'seeklv and
other papers. The u;aest European news
paper still published is the Post zeituns
Of Frankfort, which dates from 1916.
The oldest newspaper in the world is
the Pekin Gazette which has been regu-
larly published since \. ID. 9l1. 1t mas
now three issues daily mot merely edi-
tions), with a circulation of looOl
The contents are simply official in
formation. imperial DEGREES and the like.
which are communicated 10 the pub
Usher by the functionaries Of the i'm
perial palace. The official documents are
drawn up with great care. and are only
published after such careful revision
that they do not appear until two or
three days after the publisher has re-
ceived them
However. he has time TO publish ar
unofficial edition, and also issues man.
uscript edition which is the first edition.
anu appears TWO OF llLlEE uf- H-ANAN
the official There are six editors. 50
that there is ample reserve in case Of
absence of any of them for government
reasons.
That this is not a needless precaUuon.
in view of the strict watch kept on the
paper, may he nCerstOOd Wnen II Is
stated that during the 1000 years or so
the paper has been IN existence seven
teen of its editors have been beheaded-
The Gazette is eXlctly the same IN
form today as il was ] 900 years ago. II IS
4 inches wide bv ten incNes Iona. q d
each issue consists of about eighteen
leaves Of soft thin paper win rugs 81
edges. printed on one side in Chinese
characters. the whole inclosed in thin
yellow cover and Hghtly stitched
But. though China can boast OF this
ancient newspaper ii otherwise makes
show in the louT1aIl-tic rid For III
its 400. 600, 900 Inhabitants il has only
twenty-four newspapers, ten OF which are
daily and fourteen appear at longer in
terVals.
only eleven are printed in Chinese,
one is printed in French. the rest being
English.
Japan presents a striking contrast,
having ninety-tvo daihes and 175 other
periodicals. Nearer home. even the lit
tie island of Iceland, with some 10000
inhabitants, has the same number OF
newspapers as the great empire OF China
The newspapers Of India are Published
in many languages. and II is sid that
those in the native tongues are more
widely circulated and read in proportion
to the number of copies printed than is
the case anywhere else in the world
single copy viii serve whole village,
and will pass from hand TO hand until IL
actually falls to pieces
Persia has six newspapers. all in the
native language except one IN Syriac.
Persian newspapers are not printed
from tyne When the reading matter is
radv il is passed to scribe who makes
a clean copy. From this a beautifully
written fine copy is made by hand
writing expert, and this Is nnally eAactly
reproduced by lith0Graphy.
Borneo has the smallest regularly pub
Ushed newspaper in the world the sara
wax Gazette, printed IN English and hrst
issued in 1897.
An over the world some hfty-nine Ian
cuages are represented by lvNspap ).
MANY are printed in two or three l11-
euages. English in such cases being usu-
ally one
The newspapers OF Austria show a
greater variety in this re- pet than
those of any other country, including
in he list German, italian. French. Mag
var 1r Hungarian, Greek. Latin, Polish,
Servian, Slavic and Hebrew
The most remarkable paper in Aus
tria and probably in The world as re-
CARDS language. is the Acta Comp ara
fiouis Literarum Universitatum, semi
monthly review Of comparative htera-
ture. which has contributors in every
mart of the world, whose articles are all
printed in their native tongues.
In South America there are papers pub
Hehed in various native languages, no.
tablv in the GUarani of Paraguay The
Zulus even had some years ago paper
in their own dialect published in South
Africa, but it has now ceased TO appear.
The Longest Title.
The longest newspaper title in exist
ence is that of a Greenland sheet. which
reioices IL the euphonious designation
Of Arrangagliotio. NatiEginnaVnik Sysa-
rammas Sivik.
Curious. also, is the conjunction OF
names which obtains in Tombstone. A
T. The leading paper is the Epitaph.
which is edited by an Englishman
named Coffin and published by man
named Sexton. The publisher declines
advertisements of undertakers, but 2p-
propriately inserts death notices gratis.
The most northern newspaper is the
Nordslap, published at Hammerstein.
The editor and MS staff work in small,
turf-roofed wooden house. News comes
by mail boat, and the Hamm arsteiners
are made aware of the worlds events
generally eight days late; and, as the
paper is weekly, its news is often fort
night old.
The subscribers are kept still further
behind, as many Of them have their
copies delivered by boat, unless they
fetch them, which they sometimes do.
paying for them in herring and other