Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-10-21

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English. Bleak litnl |Icelsnd. situated
far within the Arctf Circle, and the
most northern sppf where newspapers
ars printed, suppo4 8 more OF them thah
the huge Flowery IKingdom.
Japan displayS in this matter her
usual enterprise, She has 90 dailies
and 175 other periodicals. all started
within the last twenty-five years.
India publishes a number OF papers IN
the various native tongues. These aref
said to be more widely circulated and
read in proportion TO the number O
copies Of them printed than any othe
in the world; aud il is nothing unusud
for a newspaper 10 DO handed abouy
until entirely worn out by constant use
This would indicate that the man, $
common especially In rural districts
who does not take paper but borrow
his neighbours, originated like theoso
ply, snake charmers, and may othef
good aud bad things, in the land Of tbs
benighted Hindoo.
Persia has six papers. five in the ver-'
nscular and one in the Syraic. These
are peculiar in that no type is used Ia
their production. The editor gets up
his matter and hands IL to an expert
who with the pen produces fne CALI
graphic copy. This is photographed on
\ lithographic stone and touched with
acid whence the edition is printed.
Frequent claims are made that this
or that is the smallest newspaper In ttts<
world, but certainly promising aspl-
rant for that honor Is the little sheet
printed in English az Sarawak. In the
island OF Borneo. Ii measures only So
by l3 inches
Although the number OF papers pub
lished In the principal European coun-
tries looks but small 20 our multitndtn-
Gus periodicals, a comparison OF the
respective reading pubics Of Europe
and America made upon this basis
would be unfair 10 the former, since
transatlantic calculations average much
higher than American ones.
England supports 200 dailes. and the
the United States /, SOS; but the conclu-
sion that there must be something Ike
nine times more readers OF THESE papers
here than in Eoglaud, would be rioicu-
lousy ERRONEOUS. On the contrary 10
is said that these fewer English dailies
have five times the circulation OF our
own. Not single paper Ia this coun-
try has as much as 800, 600 daily clrcn-
lAtlon, whilst you may count on the nm
gers those that so beyond 100, GOO.
These figures would seem small 10 many
OF the London papers.
Paris, however, Is the great newspa-
per town Of tho world. Ii possesses l4l
dailies; more than London, New York,
/ Philadelphia and Boston combined.
| lie Petit Journal has circulation run
ming well beyond the million mark, aud
probably the greatest possessed by any
/ publication In the world. Several other
Partisan dailies approximate thesS D.
ures. 49,
I Az the only great city OF one Of tho
greatest nations, Paris monopollzes the
! journalism OF. all France. Then, too,
its papers exploit literary ueld, that
with us is largely left 10 magazines aud
special periodicals. These two iaets
conspire TO give the newspapers OF Paris
that unique preeminence AS TO cireula.
ton, which they enjoy.
la this country, the largest clrcula-
tions belong to certain literary aud class
publications, which naturally appeal 10
larger constituencies than the daily
papers OF one city. Several OF tho liter-
ary monthlies print from 100000 10
400. 900 copies at each issse. fashion
MAGAZINE and youths periodical claim
A hali million subscribers each: ahd
ladies' journal H. credited win threex
quarters OF million circulation,
largest probably possessed by anA
cation in the and. n
The sunday newspaPe<A
sprung into such prOml
wears, are perhaps The most truly lndi-
penous pr0duct OF American journalism.
There are about 400 Of these Ia the va
rious cities and larger towns. Some
what I'm the manner OF tho French
lpewsuapers they have partly usurped
the field Of the purely literary period
lcal; and besides supplying the oally
news. have diverted 10 their columns
much excellent matter that would 9TH
erwise have appeared 10 the magazines
or reviews. The latter have felt deeply
the effects OF this poachiug upon their
preserves: and many Of them by their
recent radical reductions Ia price have
confessed that some concessions had 10
be made 20 enable them 20 compete sue
cessfully with this new and dangerous
rival. There seems AZ present 20 % no
sssignable limit 10 the Development OF
new features by the Sunday Journal, or
to the popularity that II Is destined 10
achieve. =
Canada has but one SudaDy paper,
fact that we'll exemplihes the SIN
broken reign OF purItanica! Saba
traditions IN John Bulls part OF
continent. Even in the United STA
much opposition has at times been ma
tested bg the less progressive 70 this
st,tution, but II has largely brok
down OF lts own weight. A type y
Chrlstlanity that confines alloVapis'
sunday reading 20 such productions as
R,Ttsrs saints Rest or Drolingcourt on
Deatn. condemnlng ell that is merely
lnstructlve or entertaining, VIII ma
little favor In this age,
The statement has rashly been maae
that Austro- Hungary. the great poiyglo'
smnlre OF Europe, supporting nc"spa-
pers in ten different Languages, was M
rlyaled in the number OF tongues tnus
,eoresented. What then shall wo-%~T