The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1852-11-19


II you do not, why7 Are you 100 poor to pay
for III No, that cannot be. There are but lew,
I il any PERSONS in this community who could not
afford 1our cents a week. the price of a wet ky
paper. Perhaps you cannot real; well thai Is
the best reason why you should take paper, Tor
by very little assistance, any one who is inclin-
ed 10 learn to read will succeed by using a
newspaper as means 10 aqure that accom-
plishment. For beginner, even for children,
a newspaper Is preferable TO a schootook, fog
the newspaper has more variety, is more east.
lly understood, ireats of such subjects as come
within the range OF daily observation and on
which people converse. Besides this il is new
every week, and keeps the learner advised OF
passing events, not Only near home, but through
oui the whole world. Ths feature is an ad-
sactage 10 children studying geography, tor
there Is IN newspaper cosstaa. recurrence
Ia The names Of places, and lhis makes in
;delible impression on The memory This taken
IN connection with events which may be nara
I ted as having occarred al such places, tends TO
facilitate The acquisition OF knowledge oI geo
graphy by association of ideas. The memory
100 is perfected by this process, for II may be
said OF the mind that il will remember longest
that which makes the deepest impression
/ Now, whatever can be mos. Interesting elo the
young mind will be the most readily and deeply
impressed upon the memory. The reason why
children do no. learn TO read soon Is, because
they are lot presented with proper subjects to stu
dy. How often have We seen children spend
whole hours and even days in The vain efiort OF
irving to commit some cry pieces II reading TO
memory. They failed, not because they were
devoid Of ability, bal because the subject was
not well chosen tor their capaciiy-because it
was not sufficiently inter esting.
We do not mean that newspapers should super
cede school books, far from il, but as auxiliarIes
to the acquisition OF knowledge, We know no.
thing better than newspapers.
| Some PEOPLE will not take a paper because
they have not fire to read. We happen TO
know few who make this excuse, whose time
! is indeed occupied-very much occupied-but
with little advantage to themselves or any one
else. Such people as these may be easily
known by their profound ignorance. They live
In world in which mind does not exist
Whale, Is visible to The eye, and tangible to
the touch, they may be able to see and feel; but
Close their eyes aud Withdraw their hand from
a contact with tangible substances, and what is
lie 10 lhenl They cannot think, they cannot
reason, they cannon judge.
| Our readers viii recognize among their neigh
bors and aqaainiances, some who oDslnately
persist in remaining shrouied up in ignorance;
who, because ii costs four GEMS week, will
not ALLOW themselves and family the exquisite
pleasure which the presence OF a newspaper
never fails 10 bring.
| 1t would be doing such persons an essential
service il those who know the value OF newspa-
pers could prevail on them ~ become readers.
| The CoLodSE CaTat ORAL I he grand Cathe.
dral at Cologne, Germany, the foundation stone
of which was laid six centuries since, is J. ow
fast Fastening 10 lis comp elton. 1t will be one
of the gIandest structures in Europe. For about
four hundred years prior 10 1925, nothing was
done with the unfinished structure. The name
even Of lis architect had become lost but his de-
signs and plans had been prese rsed, and these
are now icing fulfilled b. he irJssian govern
ment. The whole building is i've hundred feet
! long BY one hundred aud f,iy feet wide, with
projecting iransceps of fifty ieet each. In front
are twin lowers, 566 feet high. q is expected
that the building viii be completed next year.
FAsHrosABLB INTELLIGEacE.-The Boston
Museum supplies the following highly impor-
tant item; whether received by telegraph or
balloon express, we are not advised;
For the benefit of that portion of cur read
ers who, under the iron rule of fashion, have
been Obliged to pass food to their mouth with
silver fork ia the right hand and a crust OF
bread in the left, We will state that the Eng
rlish nobility have lately decided that knives
may be used for that purpose. if the knives
are silver. Now this is q very important
item, especially to those who are not so
greedy as to be afraid of cutting heir mouths
if they use knives instead Of forks.
This news will undoubtedly prove astound-
ing to the upper fen-dom, and perhaps so shat
ter the foundations of fashionable society as
to split it into two middle. fpe-doms, or perhaps
even four lower fDo-and-a-haif-doms
| We hope that some reform will now be eff
fected that will enable poor people, who are
unable to own silver ware, to pass food to
their mouths with some other article than n
fork, especially while eating bean soup OF
chowder.