Newspaper Progress.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1656, 12 March 1886, Page 2

Newspaper Progress.

Newspapers-have undergone changts sinoei they were first . introduced to the world. Whit they now are, a, clever ■ American. writer tejl« us m me.eXDrea- , sivejaaguag^ bfphrs country ;i-" Th« newspaper iof'to-iJiy iSiia library^ It is an encyclopaßdia, a poem, k- bWtrapby, a history, a*~pTpphecy, . a directory, a time-table^ 'a 1 'roAiance, , : a cook-book, a fgT|dff, & horoicppe, and artrcritic, ''a poli-ticaH-^tfme, a grohrfd plsft? df the civilisea<wb^d, a low priced trtuTft/jffw^ar^. *Ir to a~~Bßrmon, ar-song,- r* 'circus, an obituarjt£-;£ picnic, a shipwreck, a symphony/frf solid brevier, a medley of jfyaDd^atli^grTdr^ggregatiou of jini^'s^glory and shame, ifmftd short ,Cbi rd'*eye ofjA^ttjfmagns.niinity andjmeaness, the joys, and griefs, tha birihVand deaths, the pride and poverty of <the wjord." The jaufjiaTist, the man wlioTnakes the v new Bpap'er,8 paper,* l Hi equally reftiarkable m his Way, foKjie m a shorthand reporter, ajstateentfin, a lawyer, • divine,^a poet, a novelist, a dramatic, •musicilf^Hßtic T And^Uterary critic, % tnilor, a dressmaker, a cook, an engineer, a general, an admiral, an architect, » linguist, an 'friventor, an . historiap, ft commentator, a reformer, an astronomer, [abA9n\;yc]%ffidlsLJapdicti6AnriM refer*- ' rence'library, -afa Ui^t G^afiery^ar museum, and an embodiment of genius, industry,. . honesty ,r j^iHsntronhyr, wit, humour, s jftirej 'knowledge. And all this to earn,a.penny.