Show CLASS newspapers and enorton En ormon in twenty alto tins has been aptly called the mechanical ch ago of journalism with all the powerful intellect brought to bear the boundless knowledge of mon and an airs sub served and the cognizance of events near and afar the publishing of a newspaper is but a business to tho ordinary mind n bially newspaper was once a sort of magical resultant but it is now a most neair na regards its production and distribution once alie publication of n newspaper whether a daily or a weekly WM a serious undertaking and well considered now merchants tradesmen undertakers agitators and fakiri fakirs fa kirs thrust their journals upon alio public in bewildering numbers tho line between and class papers is finely drawn arbitrarily defined a newspaper is 1 publication li which supplies current buwa and general information and is issued regularly to subscribers or sold to the public all othora arc special papers whether they broat erf art or literature papers or in part dealing willi laffaira aio prop cily called arido journals of tin newspapers and published at new york city a little over one sixth or strictly come under tho head of newa and general information the journals of a special character but also furnishing goncal news and the papers and periodicals matters of universal interest augment tho newspapers mentioned to tho remaining arc piu fly class papers and trade journals many publications of alic cans i anat referred to arc ably conducted and of great to tho business community tho larger number of them say are but advertising mediums in fact at least one half of these advertising ver sheets are of tho most ephemeral character instead of tho nomenclature which exists among them they should have such names as little joker will o jhc thc wisp and a they appear and disappear with startling rapidity and move in mazy courses the publisher nf one of this kind of papers ostensibly a weekly has lived well and supported a family for tho post two years upon advance payments of subscriptions and advertisements obtained and has issued but two numbers of his paper one at tho commencement of of the two years ho is fitall collecting for subscriptions and advertisements ti and alio third number of alic paper will shortly appear in 1860 as regards to number alio five leading classes of newspapers and periodicals in now york and alio civo minor classes were as follows leftist gencil new gl science 7 BT arale Tr ale S 3 commercial n medical 8 8 tho of tho timo is as under no no trade 7 general new IS science 1 M mechanics a literary 60 11 II medical 31 Ital liol H tho above comparison valuable as showing alic enormous increase of trade journals in the quarter of ai century in esgo tho existing newspapers and periodicals covered 33 topics ono publications acro devoted to general news 57 to religion 25 to literature 11 to commerce 8 to S to insurance 8 to lina 7 to science 6 to comics 5 to trade I 1 to railroads 1 I to sport 1 to politics 3 to crime S to temperance 3 to agriculture 2 to education 2 to music 2 to mining and 2 to art law drama typography mechanics chanice cs fashion history phrenology mansoury Ma soury marine military and antislavery anti slavery biad 1 each at the present timo tho subjects embraced arc 56 in number as follows trade general news religious 89 literary 56 medical 37 corn 27 science aj mechanics 20 insurance 19 education 15 railroads 14 juveniles 11 1 1 finance 14 sport 13 fashion 12 agriculture 10 art 9 law 8 comics 7 music 6 6 marine 6 politics 4 temperance 1 I drama 4 masonry 4 military 4 fraternal other than ma bonic 4 mining 3 typography 3 communistic 3 hotels 3 tiro records 3 matrimonial 2 real estate 2 cooker 2 labor 2 electricity 2 crime history phrenology anti weather signals reform heraldry numismatics expressage poultry fancy municipal greenback animals protection of united slafca mail philosophy social babyhood and journalism 1 cacci of the subjects extant in only ono was lost in the twenty livo years that of antislavery anti slavery while tho list was increased by 23 new topics trade journals and class papers aro generally named after tho business or topic they represent and there is a general leaning to brief and comprehensive titles life carries tho banner for brevity and alio ihus birte nock aus und takes alio heavy thunder N F star |