Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-07-31
The Newspaper as am Educator.


gard the newspaper as at best an expensive
luxury, very VOL in its way, but very often
not worth its price. But readng paper, like
advertising, though it sometimes may not
bear retail test, is sure to pay ON tho whole
sale scale. Thus wo learn from the 0gdens-
; burg Sentinel that q schoomaster, who had
paid attention to this subject, had ascertain
cd that children ofboth sexes, who had been
familiar with newspapers at home. could road
spell, pronounce and define words better and
more undcrstandingly than those who had
not. They obtained knowledge of geo
Sraphy in almost half the time it required
others-a very Obvious though curious fact,
since no places are fixed so readily in the
memory as those of which we have heard be-
fore, and the newspaper tamiliarizes even the
dullest with the most important places ON
the globe The great variety of style in
newspaper, from common advertisements to
orGtlons and poetry, has been found to have
avery remarkable effect in making scholars
good grammarians, and in enabling them to
readily comprehend the meaning Of text
and to analyzc it's constructi0n--a matter
leading, of course to writing better compo-
sitiOnS, and using clearer and more refined
langunge-thc characteristics in all schools
OF the hest writer's of composition. This CON-
mand OF langunGc, and the mastery of the
general information contained even in the
poorest papers, invariably trains the leaders
debating sOcictics-and it is from these So
cictics that the country has it's orators. If
we were to answer whore our so-chlled self
educated statesmen got their education we
should not hesitate to say. from tho news
papers" Quietly, but cilcctualy, the news
paper is always educating its tens of thous-
ands 1t is not long since We heard of Il tea
cher who introduced newspapers into his
| schools rs substitutes for reading books He
| found that examining the boys on their con-
tents gave them vast amount of general
knowledge and made them quick-wittcd. We
do not doubt it. There is many n worse text
book than newspaper i'll many school
Inc printing Office also has proved better
college to many boy, has graduated more
useful and conspicuous members of the socic-
ty, has brought more intellect out and turn
cd 1t into practical, useful channels, awaken
cd moro minds generated more active and
! elevated thought, than many of the literary
colleges of the country. a boy who com
menceS in such u school rs the printing Office,
Will have his talents and IDEAS brought out;
and it he is n careful observer, experience in
his profession will contribute more toward
an education than can be obtained in almost
any other manner.
DTsGoRGING.-Thc police reports ofthe
New York papers furnish rather singular
case of disgorgiDg. A man named Koch
lcr was under arrest for passing counterfeit |
bills on Boston bank. After being cx-
amincd and nothing found ON his person,
the following dialogue ensued:
Prisoner-Well, hope now, sir, YOU
are satisfied that | don't carry any stuff
with me. ! trust [ can now go home about
my business
Coptain--My officer tells me that he has
reason to believe that YOU have swallowed
some counterfeit bills.
Prisoner Not |, sir; do all my bust
ness square and above board-it is some of
the nonsense Of that pusillanimous clerk.
Captain-A slight cmctic would tell the
story. 1t will take but moment to clear
yourself
Prisoner-Clcar myself! Do you sup
pose that | am going to degrade myself by
taking any Id cmctc?
ptain-Degrade or otherwise, | con
slider it my duty to try the thing on.
Prisoner-(Waxing wroth and putting
himself in an indignant attitudc)-I'd like
to see you try it on! If aman touches me
I'll be - if don't thrust my fist down
his throat, and give him an emetic that
will throw his boots and big toes out of his
mouth
Three emctics were given him, and in |
short time he threw up four counterfeit
bills. He was then marched off to his cell. |
PRENTICE, of the Louisville Journal, |
objects to the five minute rule in the New !
York prayer meetings. He says, " Imag-
inc, for instance, old Bennett of the Her
aid, confcssing his sins, in the ridiculous
space of five minutes:
1t is not the fashion in New York, to
confess their sins in detail Bennett could |
say, in five minutes, that he is the greatest
old rcprobate in New York, which would
includeevery imaginable villainy; and with
out loss of time, the congregation would re-
spond-1men New York is fast city.
a FEW years ago, when the river Della
ware was frozen over, number of booths |
were erected on the ice, near one of which |
an lrishman observed person to fall in
nc ran Immediately to the proprietor of the
booth, and told him that he had Just seen
man enter his cellar, and advised him to
take care of his liquor.
Do uot teach your daughters French be-
fore they can weed a flowcr-bed at sunrise,
or walk mile to get up an appetite for
breakfast Remember that red checks and |
vigorous frame are preferable to a sim
pering tongue and fashionable accomplish
ments.
TOILET FOR GENTLEMEN.-For preser-
wing the comuexion temnnrancn To nre |