196 POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



proved methods of printing were develoi)ed iu the establishments 

 of book and job printers. There new presses and all new me- 

 chanical devices were first installed, and the newspaper followed, 

 instead of leading, in the work of material progress in the art. 



To the New York Herald is generally credited the departure 

 from old-time methods that resulted in the creation of newspapers 

 devoted entirely to the publication of news, the reporting of the 

 happenings of the world day by day. The innovation was not 

 well received by tlu^ editors, who believed that the public cared 

 more for o])inions than a record of events. The new method 



proved popular, however, 

 ■•'^'^Vi^^r'^^^^f;^^^' • nnd the development <>f the 



"P XHIBITION" for Christmas Et^ng, the newspaper from the per- 

 i-i iLStii of December ; aad also oa New- Vear'^ ^^,^y^\ iournal and partv Or- 

 tveniivg, {lie 1st of January : — HisE.vtellency Tco* •> , . 



MAS Jefferson, President, of the United States, gan dates from that time, 

 will be exhibited in a large Transparent Painting, 8 'pi fmnirlpT nf tlip TTpvild 

 by 5 feet, lull length ; he is represented jn the atti- ' ^^° lOUnaei 01 tue lieiaiQ 

 tude in vs'hich he expressed that never to be forgot- and the new School of lOUr- 

 tcn sentence, " IVe are all RfO'ibficSiu, ua are ell fid- 1. , i 



flra/-it.."— Every true republican attached from prin- naiism spent money tO Ob- 

 cipleto the name of Jefferson, cannot but be de. tain the newS of the World 

 lighted in viewing the exact rescmbiarKC of a man i 1 ■ i 



so high UJ their estimation.— Also; his Excellency ahead ol the ordinary chan- 

 Geob.ce Cli.vton, Governor of thi« State^ rcpre- ,,,j„ ^f (.nrnmnTiipatimi TTp 

 sented in that calm attitude and pleasing situ Jtion that " •^ ^^ ^^ ^ omniUUlcatlon. ±10 

 he was placed in at Fort Montgomery, where hit established a system of Spe- 

 sk.iU and valour will ever be remembered. — Alike- • 1 • i J 



ne&sof President Jefferion in minatuVe, ornamented ''''^^ couriers, employea COr- 

 with tropj.ies, which, with a Transparent Painung respondents, and made the 

 of Mount Vesuvius, will be placod in front of the ., 



Museum— Accompanying tlic ai>ove, will be dis-. collection 01 reports OT 

 played, elegant full length likenesses of those dl*- ,.vpi,t^ of ooiicrfll interest a 

 tinguishcd ch-r.ictcis. Franklin and Fayette.— The ^ "^'^'' ^^ gcnciai lUieiebL a 

 Museum will likewise be bciutifuUy illuminated.— matter of first importance 

 Ai>MiTTA.><c£ Two Shillings. . Dec ft I • ;i i • •• i • 



in the business ot making a 



An Edkn MrsHK of I80I. From the Nkw Yokk - r\^.^ Ti 



Evening Post of Dk.'E.mbeb 23, 18.1. llCWSpapcr. Other editors 



followctl the new movement 

 slowly, and often with much doubt and liesilation, but those who 

 stood still and refused to supjilv their reaiU'i-s with the news were 

 in time compellecl to go out <d" the business. 



When the civil war began the new order of journalism had pro- 

 gressed far enough to create a general demand for a full report 

 of the progress of that great conflict. All tlie larger cities of the 

 country were connected by railroads and telegraph lines, the politi- 

 cal agitation for five years prior to the beginning of hostilities had 

 aroused the people to a feeling of intense interest in the struggle, 

 the circulation of the daily papers had increased almost to the 

 limit of their mechanical capacity, and every condition favored 

 a rapid development of the business with a certainty of profitable 

 returns. Tlie leading editors of the country still e.xerted a far- 

 reaching iiiliu(>nce in jmblic afi'airs, au<l they wei-e cousulte(| l)v 



