Newspaper Prominence

Papers, likc pcople, liavc an iodividuality. In some, of course. it is more marked tlian in otlicrs. This individuality, wbcn it becomes intense, and pres.ses itself upon tlie noticc of ita coateiuporaries, often brings it into prominence. Papers are also very human. They have fashions fortheiuelves. To-day it will bc the peculiar .-tylf oï expressiou einployed by tlie Dogbwry New?, to-morrow (he iuaint sayings of the Purlingtou Catsoye. Sandwichcd in will be the smart brevities of tlic Monistowu Herald, and the exaggeratcd pune of the rini'innati Lunch-TaMi' or the sulilimfJy ridicilous sketches ot the Dettoil l'rtss. When it is (hc fuhion to quote frotu aoy particular iatT. the on line paraftiaphs oven are leutd upoo utid en dited to tliat joamal, and shouM ÜMMpply notlx;equal Ui ibe dc.'uiand, tlion imitators all over tliu land will éo their best to palm tht'ir own efforU ff upon ihe public, oftentimes creditiiiK tlitm to the paper which happens to be all the rage at the time, in order that the public raay sce the stamp and pro nounce the work good. And so it is amusing to watch the tide, and note tbe riso and decline of papers in popular favor. II' a journal can possibly strike a lend, get a vein started, then sucrc is aj-ured, with anything like fair work to keep the Mipplyupon the warket. Wc have also noted that some papers :iro pecuüarly fortúnate in beingeredited with every little item whieh an exchange may copy, while others are as pecuiiarly unfortunate, though perhaps fully as deserving. A few modest, unassuniing ournals will rise up, lie of real valué as newspapers, ¦ tino wit and brilliancy, hut never ikr the popular lead which brings prominence, though qsitt'u deserving as many that d attain it. It is often a fact that the popularity nf tliequill drivcramonghis jjrcutly assi-ts in rraohing'thc civeteil goal, while the unpopularity ofanotli er, though perhaps a superior writer, keeps him and hi pa CT d'iwn benoath the wave. 80 we tind that in newspapers, as in evcrything else, it is often circuui."tances that builds uruir keeps down, though truemerit stands a better oiiportunity of recognition, porhaps, than in tho usual avocatiom of life.