The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-10-03
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Tharaday lIorning. !. OstoEer ). 1861.

y q tuhe events of % day have more
interest than those al yesterday. So
men are fast giving M books for
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q That this is true, is beyond ques-
Zion. Even the child of few years,
just spelling ont the words he can
scarcely pronounce, as he pores over
the advertisements or the locals OF
q morning paper, is aliying evidence
of the universal utility Of the news
paper; for we have never yss seen 9
family Of children grow up ignorant
or tininformed of current events,
when the aie,esspta,per was q daily
/. visitor &c their home. And when we
say newapap or, we mean emphatically
a daily iourI of asstes. Literary
Weeklies or mopthly periodicals, and
especially the majority of those pub
lished at the North, are no substitute
for the newspaper in family, and,
indeed, too frequently are injurious
to the formation of correct habits
and tastes in literary matters.
As the boy grows up to manhood,
he does not lose the desire to peruse
the newspapers. From mere current
local events, he passes on to para
graphs of more Importance, which
are to be found in every newspaper
y In the country paragraphs briefly
stating the merits of new inventions,
scientific discoveries, what is going
on.in Europe and other countries,
and what progress the world is max
ing in arts, science and literature.
From these, he begins to turn to
politics which, by-the-way, as par
ties are now manipulated by politi,
clans, had better be avoided-and
soon begins to form an opinion for
himself on the public questions of
the day. The daily teachings of his
political monitor soon begin to mani
Test themselves, and he is 'party"
man before he is well aware of it.
Although politics is bad trade to
follow. yet it is highly proper that
the rising young citizen should have
q knowledge of political events, and
educate and prepare himself to dis
charge the duties and obligations
that win soon devolve upon him.
! Z He reaches manhood and enters
seriously upon the business of life.
He now finds that the information
he has garnered the result. perhaps,
OF an hour or two's reading every
day-is really invaluable to him in
almost any, ayocation or pursuit in
life he may, select, or into which he
may be compelled to embark by cir
-cumstances. The merchant, the me-
chanic, the petty tradesman, the
large contractor, the dealer in small
wares all feel the benefit of their
newspaper reading in the past, and
all realize the necessity of keeping
posted up in the daily events of the
world. The world moves forward
now more in day than ten centu-
ries ago it moved in ten years, and
the people npon it live now longer in
q day than Methuselah did, perhaps,
In his. long, long life; and in this
accelerated progress the newspaper
has been tho chief agency-the most
important lever in rolling it onwards.
The merchant, tradesman or me-
chanic commences business, and the
newspaper opens up to daily cor
respondence with thousands of Gus
tomers-if he chooses to avail him
self of the opportunity. He may get
hundreds of hand-bills printed, and
supply himself with reams of circu-
lars, but the advantage derived from
this mode of making known to his
friends what he has on hand to sup
ply their wants, must be very limited,
and frequently is of no use whatever.
The hsnd-bill is read and forgotten,
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