The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-23
nv PAPERS OF ENGLAND.

my PAPERS OF ENGLAND.
-, d GREAT britain REQUIRE, ,r,, that I.
s,rr newspaper and period'cai is
q =. United kingdom shall be sent 70
70 ~. ouseum. where they are all pre-
B'usA ,ouna volumes. and hied away.
yea IN !, ,hs newspaper files is serious
dofas' No managers OF the museum. ana
blcm y ,,ore serious as the pile accu-
tecon'". ,he number Of periodicals In
~" Tie bound volumes are p,esusvca
w.. that slide on rollers IN 'ne ua,k
pls tho basement under .he s.ueWa,h.
ale .,,ss presses will contain from Soo
Gu =. .,',mes weighing half II ton
!" andon newspapers and periodicals.
ne ..,se nrinted in the other large
ns Q, iceland and the leading foreign
yes o. liant ia more convenient quarters.
in', s,s7 feet OF shalvinT to contain
reouns ,,oh,nes of London publications,
sSsa feet to contain all the newspepels
kent for ready reference me accu-
,..,o, ia Increasing at the 'ate Oh 800 ieet
~ one mile In sixteen years.
,s,- there we're 1876 regular publications
nr,,ain. OF which 1oi were issued In
w. :, 1897 the number had Increased
a.. ,hc United Kingdom and 1925
s@ 9TH total OF 2lO.SAi issues dur
~. war. an average OF ei' newspapers
,.r,oaIesls daily. These publications
-, onIv rreserved in the British museum
as., are all examined and the important
W. ~, ,ndexed. gigantic task at which
..n twenty and thirty persons are con-
~ rn,oved and each writes upwards of
oco lilies every year.
49,
~. o,s.x. newspapers on file In the British
..eu,, ere the London Gazette. 1860; the
,,n,,ryb Gazette. 1899; Pue's Occurrences
i, and the Stamford Mercury. Ills. The
s.ao, Gazette is the oldest newspaper in the
.,,a INIT one. The Pekin Gazette antedates
Nan, sooO wears The London Gazette Is
,,,,.bed twice n week. on Tuesdays and Fri
:. and there is tradition that It mas
ever failed to appear promptly on time since
!. FIRE, number was issued 233 years ago last
kovember. Sometimes II consists OF only four
.eps often It has as many as forty pages.
N about November l and May ] each year
! snpears in the form Of great volume OF
N ar 800 pages, which are necessary to
ontain the notices for the ensuing session
|, ,arlament. the tax list and other voium-
nous announcements
The London Gazette is an Official puofica-
lion Mr.. Bernard Harrison. the editor. never
rites anything himself. but is responsible
or the proper editing of all the matter sub
hated to him He does not have to bother
hout contributors. and the counting room
keople do not have to work up the circulation
br solicit advertisements. 1t is as independent
. the Congressional Record and about as
Interesting. 1t contains no editorials. but a
kooi deal OF important news. which is antict
kated with the greatest caserucss by persons
Interested. and its pages are anXiously
kcanred
| The paper Is Supported by the government
Ind contains nothing but official matter. II
costs siApense COPY. and has circulation
marrying from 1900 to 10000 copies. You FIND
h in the office OF every public fl dictionary, in
every club. in the reading rooms of all the
Barge hotels, In every library. board of trade
hnd ether commercial organizations. in everv
bank and In the office of every insurance COM
pany, on board every man war in the Brit
Esh nav, and in every military barracks OF
that empire whose drum beat is heard around
|the world. 1t is kept In the office OF the
clerk Of every court, and many a lovely young
woman scans the pages of every issue to see
The announcements of goings on a. the palace
the engagements of the royal family. the ap'
poltments to office and the naval and mill.
tary orders
| Hence comes the familiar term that you
hear everywhere in England. When noble
youth has been ''gazetted" as honorary at
| athe at the British embassy at Washington
i means that the official announcement of hi!
appointment has appeared In the columns O
! this venerable journal. When an army Officer
| Is "gazetted" to India or . prosperous brewer
! Is sazetted" as q baronet the paper assumes
q personal Importance.
~
The London Gazette is an epitome of cour
| NE each day. Every ceremonial at Bucking
nam palace or Windsor castle is officially de
serped. and the programme of every future
junction is published. The account OF thu
|pueens 1nhilee filled several pages. and thu
nnue OF every man and woman who appeared
|vin'iais IN the procession or took part II
Wv ceremonies was mentioned with the full
"'es' everything the queen does is solemn!
reS0iotc, whether she goes to drive and VIII,
hses VITA her. the names of her daily guest
'as 'ne hour at which dinner was served.
o'nciai DISPATCHES to the government from
az rarts of the world. diplomatic, naval an,
~,nlary reports and correspondence which III
ministry desire the public to read are printe
~ the Gazette. During the Crimean war
-en Tue hoN sparers did not receive tele
a'mS and had few correspondents In the feld
wv ea2e'te was the great purveyor Of inteili
aes' anc its office was lesieged daily b
us W people anxious for news from tn
~. .s,'' hut nowadays the contents of the Ga
Nv are usually discounted by the privat
s, winch arrange to secure early copis
M e'ir everything worth reading.
advertising columns are filled with gov
Neu' notices and announcements. cour
,.., partnership agreements and disso
saens' bankruptcies. invitations for proposal
w government work and supplies.
Du'he the great plague, when the seat c
49, was removed to Oxford the Ga
!, =, went also. and for time bore the nam
Me oxford Gazette The paper has bee
.'eo oy Messrs. Harrison & Son. who hay
~ .Ne contract as printers In ordinary I
!, sovereign since 173s. do not know no
~ generations Of Harrisons have been Dor
,hs s O',ished. but the name has never bee
eh,r ana Mr.. Bernard Harrison.