The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-24
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NO UNPLEASANT THINGS PRINTED.
Conducted on Peculiar Principles.
From The New York Sun.

English Newspaper Called "Ostrich"
Conducted on Peculiar Principles.
From the New York sun.
one of the queerest publications in the
world is a newspaper called the Ostrich.
printed in Cornwall, England The paper
IS issued and distributed gratuitously
throughout Cornwall twice a week. It's
object is unique-to make its readers happy
and healthy. The system of the publisher
is based on the science of suggestiveness,
and the Ostrich is so arranged that only
the most agreeable things are suggested.
II is printed on a delightful pale rose col
cred paper and certain words like happy,
good, peace, success. dmiable health,
beautiful, etc. are printed in heavy type
An such words as death, pain, killed mis-
fortune, horrible, etc, are avoided. In the
entire paper, with the exception Of one
column, not IA single disagreoable word Is
printed,
The motto Of the Ostrich Is: Even Of
truth one-half is falsehood" One column
bears the title "What Would s. H. d.
Say to It?' 5. IT. d. stands for Sir Hum
phrey Davy and he is taken az the model
of all human beings, the yardstick with
which everything is measured
Certain kinds of news are printed with
commentary in this column. For eX-
ample; AT a banquet at Birmingham
Lord Salisbury declared that the situa-
ton of the Armenians was such as de-
manded serious consideration
IS. II. j.. would say: The consideration
only becomes serious by Lord Salisbury s
calling it 50. There may be less in the
matter than one would expect"
Another colum bears the head: The
Demented of Tomorrow. Under it all i'm
foOlitfpa1 ic tod
and corrected. The corrections of the Os-
trich are considered sound.
"How Does This Concern Me-" is the
head of third department, in which AL
the news from foreign countries is group
ed
Under the head 1--WE Do Not Believe In
It. ali accidents, 9htpwrecks. earthquakes
murders, famines, etc, are collected. The
Ostrich does not believe an such things,
ana in printing this class of news deprives
il Of All shocking features. For instance.
a double murder. the result of delrium
ucmcns. bears the harmless title, More
Milk" conveying the idea that the muir
derer needed more milk than brandy. The
report that d member of parliament fell
from his horse ana broke his leg is headed
'At Lawn Tennis" avn It. begins; AT
lawn tennis it could never have happened
that Sir Robert Harcourt, member of par
lament for Dunbar, would fall from his
terry a famine is referred to "a " a general
frugaHty," m a railway collision twenty
persons are cancelled n train is not de-
RATED but "glides from the track, and in
the South no yellow fever breaks out but
'yeliowish" one. A building burns down
and OF 400 persons 277 perish The Ostrich
doesn't mention them, but says, mot less
than 123 were saved"
Very sad news is printed in the smallest
type, 50 the experienced reader Is warn
ed. No unpleasant details are given. After
a mere statement, the paragraph ends with
Continuation on page 49," There is no
thirteenth page
The man who has invented this peculiar
newspaper is John Ghlis. lie was "a school
teacher published some essays, and then
became "a journalist. lie studied the popu
lation of London and Bristol and gradual
~ formed his opinion of what sort Of a
newspaper would he appropriate for their
health, doing it from purely humanitarian
motives.
The paper is a favorite all along the
coast The words printed in heavy type
We're popular from the beginning. Chill
dren learned to read the conspicuous words
for themselves and the mothers were re-
joiced that their little ones learned first
Of all to read of joy of happiness and
beauty,