Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-11-08

THURSDAY EVENING. .xov.s.
NoWopopees.
Il Requires no sr1inary industry 10 pub
l,sh Newspaper, II the editss has proper
conception Of his duty. Almost any one,
With common intelligence, csn ill up pa
per. hut u requires care, discriuinatSon,
and snreuitsing application to prepare use
full and instructive matter even for week.
II isaue. Neither IL editing pepper EN-
6raeed in solely rritiag for IT, Il requires
reflection and practical ideas 70 wvits such
articles - ere appropriate for the editorial
columns. Many psfssus acs opoa The pre-
~ apsssa that bsoause ~ - white
smsothly. o. psstly and - wso educated,
the can elie . peper. There never re- .
more mistaken notion. Edlsiag nswsps.
per 10 . much business 10 be learned ~
any oshef. Practical printers generally make
the b~se sdhoss, because il h part OF their
education. We have known good editors
Who were not raised in . printing Office
But the hest editors Ne have known were
anA orc practical printers. The great labor
Of : newspaper is ii the selections. To Gull
from the mess Of matter that each mail
brings into the sanctum, the choicest arti-
Giles. either for amusement or for instsuc-
tjeo--te psune end coodensc in. order 70 got
he us~fai facts and the get Of what Is pass
ing. without coussn,ipg speed with re>
dundsncy Of vssbiage, 10 no light or insig.
ui6csnt employment Bat this must be dene
II the editor desires 10 succeed
A newspaper gotten up after this idea
f. L. = A.
And il will be found that the members ii
family who carefully and habitually read =
we'll conducted newepsper. are alsays bet
Ter informed, more useful constituents OF
society, more agreeable coanpanioua, and
SUI, o.ed better in the business aiIsifs Of life
than those who DO not. Show Us = man
who does not tako his county paper, and We
vi point you 10 bot b an ignorant aud misery
uan--a man Of contracted iIeas-if he has
any--about everything. "a newspaper ID
the day book Of lfe." One issue OF paper
il frequently worth ten times the yearly
subscription, and any one who will read the
weekly paper twelve months and then soy
that lie has not received far more than the
value Of the money invested Is lit subjcc!
for a Iuna,ic asylum.
II 10 very common for young persons. aud
especially ladies, 10 devote their leisure
hou's to rsading the light literature Of tn
t.nses, wI,hout Oncc looking into the nows
lap.rs. We have read great deal u trasl
Of hi, description, and we do not remem
Der 70 have received beneficial idea from
the whole of it II vas 80 much valuable
time throws Away. ltM only calculated I.
iniamc the imagination, excite the passion
and then leave the mind without a singl,
idea to treasure up One hours reading o
any Of the great standard historical works
including the Bible, has left morc suhxtan
tial benefit IN ire matter for reflection
more real intellectual company-thai
months Of application to fancy skctchc
and corruptinR romanccs aud sentimentnl
isms which constitute the current period
cal publications. But reading . newspa
rsr always leaves some facts with you, tina
in some future time the posscss0r will fin,
useful and beneficial; while the style Of tn
composition 10 equally improving and agree
able 10 tho taste and sentiment Is tina, 0
tho Thousand aud one coiored paper bac
issues that flood tho country.
II 10 . duty that every man and woma
IN tho country owes % himself aud TO her
sclf and 10 the society to subscribe 10, pa
s~ss ossss u"srsu tu"u tUV tOCOt VbVNIV J
il % conducted with corrsct ideas 10 view
There are many publications that are nc
worth tho paper they are printed on-bu
aro rather disadvantage than otherwise
However agreeable they may be 10 III
reader. Tor the moment. 10 pcSuse the lore
sick Somanccs and hctions which II is b.
far too common to spread before the publ
In the weekly papers, We do not think tn
editor 10 d,schsrging his duty as . journal
'ss. when he prostitutes his great engine .
usefulness and instruction to such . pur
pose. An occasional anccdote or fame
sketch ia excusahlc, but the columns OF
newspaper sh ,uld be devoted to the iisscu
nation ofknowl,dJe- correct principles III
instructive truths. The useful aud Ia
beautiful should be blended, and the cnt
ciag c"lorings Of fancy should not be in
dulg-d, unless there is hiddo'. beneath III
guided surface ger Of sparkling truth