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Show NEWSPAPERS IN SCOTLAND. ti la Sometlmra u Ver) lllinpiilt Mutter Mut-ter to 11 u j- Our. Tlio Aincrlciui custom of glancing over the morning pnjer as you Hip your cofTco at breakfast goes with you abroad, but it Ih no simple thing nl-wayn nl-wayn to get a morning paper. On coming com-ing down to breakfast the llrst morning In Edinburgh, 1 found there was no paper to bo had, but, thinking It was a simple matter to buy a Scotsman on the Htrcct, I went out on Princes street and walked three blocks without tho sight of a newsboy. "Where can I get tbo morning Scotsmnn?" I said to n policeman. He thought for n moment. "Wool," said he, "there's n great news shop about three blocks up, and yc might llnd one there." I followed tho direction and found myself In a large news distributing depot. There were stacks nnd stneks of newspapers and magazines all about. "I would like tbo morning's Scotsman," I said. The mnn In charge looked bewildered. "I'll see," be said, "If we have one." lie fumbled around a littlo while, nnd then went bnck Into the renr of the store for fully three minutes. At last he came back, saying, "We haven't one." "Well." I said, "this Is about the strangest thing I have seen. Can't get the morning paper pa-per here In Edinburgh." "No," he said, "ye'll llnd It illfTeecult." "Whnt do they publish papers here for, anywny?" I rejoined. "Do they want to keep them out of tho hands of the people? Don't they wnnt people to read them? Do they print papers to keep tho news secret 1" lie bridled at once. "I want ye to understand," ho said, "that tbo Scotsman Is not published for tbo . general publeek; It's published for tbo BUbscreebers." The Scotsman, you know, probably ranks next to the London Times. "Well," I said, "this Is nil new to me. In my country publishers want to have their newspapers read. Thoy wnnt to sell all they can. They don't try to keep them out of the hands of the 'general 'gen-eral publeek.' Can you tell me where I can get one, for I wnnt to see tbo morning paper, though perhaps I shall have to get a letter of Introduction to buy one?" "Wool," he answered, "there's a womnn about n hundred yards from hero that takes tlc Scotsman. Scots-man. Sho might soil you hers." I took the direction carefully, found tho woman wo-man who took the Scotsman sho kept n thread nnd needle store I bought her copy, and reached the hotel a half hour late for breakfast, which I had ordered before going out on tho dlfllcult quest of buying n morning paper in tho great city of Edinburgh. Boston Watchman. |