The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1865-11-29
THE DAILY EMPfRE.
The Newspaper.

q Take the most thorough man ofthe world,
Of your cquaintRnce--the man most per
fcctly versed IN what goes on in all ranksI
and conditions OF life--who knows when
and for what the world Il fighting, in this
quarter and In that--how it builds Its ships
what It pays for gold--how It tillsi Its
fields smelts Its metals, cooks its food, aud
writes its noveis-slnd J ask you what he
would be without his newspaper BY what
possible machinery could he learn, as be-
sits at his breakfast, the last news from
China. of the last ballet at Paris, the stale
of the funds at San Francisco, the winner
at Newmarket, the pantomine at the Olmpic,
the encyclical Of the PopeS
1t Is with the actual, passing, daily aris-
ing incidents of life, q man ought to be
thoroughly acquainted, bringing TO their
consideration all the aid his reading and
reflection can supply; so that he neither
falls into dogged incredulity on one side,
nor a fatal facility~of belief ON the other.
In an age so Widely speculative as to the
present, eager to inquire aud not overgiven
TO scruple--sucha men as these lare invalid
able to society; and q whole corps of col
lege professors would be less effective In
dispelling error or asserting truth, than
these people trained in all the dialects of
the press.
Without my newspaper life would mar
row itself to the small limits Of my personal
into the ten or fifteen people mix with.
Now l refuse 10 accept this have but a
sixpence in consols but | want TO know
how they stand. / was never-and am
never likely 10 be--in Japan; but ] hate
an intense curiosity to know what our
trOopsdid at Yokohama. deplore the peo-
pie who suffered by the railroad smash; and
sympathize with the newly married eol-
Pile so beautifully deplnted in the ,'lllus-
trated.n as they drove off in q chaise md
four. / like the letters of the correspOn-
dents, with their little grievances about un-
punctual trains or some unwarrantable
omissions in the Liturgy, even like the
people who chronicle the RAINFALL and re
cord little facts about the mildness of the
season. 600 fo. ti-A %
As for the advertisements, / regard them
4 as the mirror Of the age. Show me but one
page of the wants of any country, and
engage myself to give sketch of the cur
rent civilization of the period. What glimp-
ses of rose interiors do we gain by these
brief paragraphs How full ofsuggestions
and story they are, Think of the social
circle at Chapman's, that advertises for q
lodger that has a good voice, and would
appreciate the domestic life of a retired
famil ly devoted 10 music and the fine arts
Imagine the more exalted pr0priety OF
those who want a '1o0t-man In a serious
family where there are means of grace and
kitchen maid kept Here a WIDOW Iii
ailiuent circumstances announces her inten-
ton to remarry. Here a naturalist pro
poses his readiness to exchange bugs and
and caterpillars with another deyotee. And
here, more practical physiologisi
wants from three TO four lively rats for his
terrier. Are not those life etchingsl Do
you want anything more plain or palpabl'
TO tell you where aud how you liveS S1ltI
Now ! want neither beetles, rats MOI
widows, but Pm not to be ent oil from my
sympathieS with the people who, do II
the very proportion that all wise things Dc
enter my requirements, DO desire 10 Know
who and what are the people who neeC
them, why they need them, and what they
do with them when they get them. l an
human to the very tips of my fingers, an'
there is not mood la humanity withon
its interest for me. l may possibly be abl'
to rub on withoutmy legacy, but could'n
exist without my newspaper Corneiih
O'DOtod, in BldckloOOd. f..t..ti