The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1868-06-20
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NEUSPfPERS.


Urcai asw;.re Achilles. Alexander aud CsAAr.
for my part, envy them no, were il only Tor
the single reason, that none Of these celebrated
men ever had IL IN his pave. Ia read his daily
newspaper. Many change have occurred IN
the world since their time; society ha- made
wonderful progrcss aud scarcely any circam-
stance mur" distinctly maTks aud regi steTs that
change aud progrc.s than this great Institution
oi th" daily ncwspaPer The men ! have
mentioned swaycd the destinics 81 mighty en-
pircs but how si"w their movements sud how
narrow the orbit. # their daily lives compared
with ours. Every morning a. read nav paper
the whole world moves before IA" with IL wis
dom aud it- folly Il, greatness nna it. petit
ncss; its glowing inys and cTuptous III Nrsuyi
~ and lis explosion. "n the railrnad. Ia "nr
corner "i iis ampl" page. train ,.i -pl"n'lil
carriage. gather. atthe d-,r. "f Trinity church
{" u" hon"t Z" ia" wedding "f ."Inr huary mil
linnair". Ia am"the, corner IA "a ba ."mrnt st".
~ 81 . n,"r" than half br,k"u dawn house. .
dead child. dead If hunger. lies IN the embrace
oi a dead mother Here battle RACES between
""nt"Hdng host ~ Snd"wr'- plain. aud Gef
many AZ l-ngth has tuund h"i nati"ual unity.
which "nttnu. aud yatn ei"fiuus Frame iuay
cursr ia hrr heart bat dars.- net strike nt
Here treaty - -tgurd h'twr~n Nj seward
aud Baron Ff"rxrninos"r. whereby that spi"n
itt aud productive unrl.' 81 the W"tid. now
figuring ia "ur geographic ~ kus-ian Amer
lea. u doomed a. iruF,. under that name h,,
American irel- that a very large rubit has been
added l." his stature. aud that w. have become
rirh indeed "a ir-bcrgs aud EsquimauN IA
reindeer that never urr aud ,n"w. that never
melt. The wonders of tac telegraph are c"hi
pressed IA narrow cnuupas- i"r nay amusc
m~nt. INV instruction 80 my horror. The whole
world is my servIi"r aud iai,"rs i"r me Ny
hiu u ~ wId" .. the earth | Law my finger Oh
the wOrld's puls" aud feel .y-r, ihrob nT IT.
heart. Therefore. envy n"i ia" heroes "f ia"
"lie" 'in" They liN"i ~ harrow cave:
"n q snhliin" in"iintain top. wh' urrn vast laud
scal"' "i human naiur" .,rrirh "ut illiini,nbly
b"isf" h,.. aud every man'- ..NIcrirm.r. "n
ihi"n" "r "a scaii"ld. h-""mr- my property
iinagin" yourself ~ III" plar" "i the r"Hhiit
s"h"nl i"arh"f. Far away from her city h"thr.
removed if"in .'lucatrl aud refined r"nlIau
i"n-, aud the inany sourcrs 81 instruction aud
amus"n"ni that ~" Ia be- found ~ every city.
see her placed IN sphere wher. shc l. i,okr
upon u, M inferior by the wealthy nt thu neigh
bnTh"oi. from the bar" fact ni her rh,at.ing a.
b. independent "r. Il you please. supporting
herself hy honrsi lai,r. The door. oi the
wealthy ~" closed against her. aud he i. left
g. Ind her friend. "a the humber walks of liie
How eagerly does auch teacher look forward
&" the ARRIVAL "f letters. books and newspapers
iI"n the ont-iie world. She waichrs tor the
arrival 81; the ,tav, that brings the mail ~ ga.
g"rly "a. % u w"r. q" bring her priceless jewels
ani $" u d"cs. iut d bring. her the l"Wrls oi
Thought 'f"n -"nr "i "ur b-ln"rd c"uutry's
H"bl-si writer ahd crcatest thinker. How
inpati"nilv d""s ,hc await 'hr arrival ni the
pal'-r-. 1ni when they ~" placed ia her hand
th" .rrk -ai- retired .ia.i wh-r. und sturbeI
he may read and think. She iorgeis al her
troubles. real or imaginary. and - bet Q" eve.
rything but the Grand intellectual feast spread
out before her. Oh were 1t not tor these
friends of her loE,lin".s ,hr would be- buried
indeed They are &" her nini las waters Ia a
thirty Desert aud a. "a" -Ladaw II u rrcat
rock u o weary land
MANY word oi c,.i,us, . al l.iyicc docs ,he
teacher ind ia 90 literary n"w. paper. think
u /. actually necessary that q teacher. thus sit.
uat"d .h"uld be informed nf the methods ~
teaching that ~" being constantly discussed.
oi the opinion. IT great thinker. GA the subjects
that are always bring agitatei.
The newspaper Is the teacher only means
of keeping up her ku1wlcdgc ot the Affairs. Of
not only h"r own country. but of ether coun
tries II j. her only source of Information with
regard in the great religious nd political qucs
tions Of IL" day. with which cvcry clucated
woman .hogld o. rui. yVr.aui. Ia what utLer
way - ia" {" h"con" prss"ss.i 81 that varied
and cxicn-iy' knowi",ie- which is ,'uc IT the
irst requisite pi q good teacher.
But the paper does n"t always contain news
OF a pleasant character. A. she glances at
this sheet which lies before hrr ia SOME re-.
speci. Que of the ablest journals in the country.
what is the fret it"n that meet. her eye some
one who count hi. iucpiu" by thousands IN
iormsthc public Mat .fisaaohffags aJea M6 paI.
itc trSasiry 70 pay teacher fOs- hsHd-td ioliar.
year. Four hundred dollars year I feel
very sure his cook Is better paid. Many II
that class Of persons IN Baltimore city receive
twelve dollars per month aud board. They
have none oi the wants that refinement aud
educaton create They have nothing g. spend
for books no litcrsry correspondence to keep
up-and yet they have a. much sI'-nding
money a. teachers who are paid the oxtrava-
CANT sum Of -four hundred year" But Cor
the faults OF one. Ne will not drnounec all We
will rather attach Ia them the credit which j.
their due.
Thomas Jster,on. one of Americas noblest
statesmen. upon being asked the question.
which he would rather do without. Govern
men,- or Newspaper. replied. Governments,
for no free government ever yet existed without
a free press" So Il - with the teacher she
rlL Lnller afford b. 10 without text books than
without Hr~ papsFs. Abolish all text. books from
the .ch,nl r,-.in. aud yet the teacher will have
"n" greater than them all. namely. her daily
paper. It, editorial. well furnish hef with
philosophy. Whose l"gr will teud g. strengthen
her reasoning fnruliirs, ur whose suphisfus will
be a whetstoue to her intellectual acumen.-
The newspaper Is aiso che Of the best of spell
ing. .b'-,ks, for q give. us the customary woris
"f the language, ana not ions lists VI unused
aud anasual lertns. What better lesson 10
Geography eau teacher give than The shipping
list clipped from NEWSPAPER There. W. a..
certain the names not ~ plAses which are
merely learned because they aTr in the isxi
book. aud only placed there g. increase h. sits.
but "i places with which We have actual husi
ness relations. Then what more useful lesssn
eau We have IA 6fammaT than the correcting
of the false syntaA whieh daiiy Ilceta our eye
ia the advertising columns aud local items
II any of Hs laboTed under the childish notion
that everything was correct that We saw Ia
print ('ana sure you know Il must be true b..
cause Ne in the papers''l We we're entirely un-
deceived when We were required ~ search the
morning papers lsg 10 Grammatical Errurs."
which were often easily iouni, and bring them
before our class fpr criticism aud CoTTectian.-
As a History lrs.on the "current items can b.
employed they give "a a knowledge of the
worlds tTansaction, aud the event which sre
destilea 10 tecone pau u iis annals 1hus
you perceive that tie Eswspapei eau h. made
useful a. a sshool implement.
Taking tnors minute and special glance a
the modern newspaper We have been struck
with the two fold views Il gives u u human
nature On lts broad pages We read q 20.
body building homes fnT the houseiess, aud Il
= King II of DahoIney slaughtering hundreds
"n his fathers grave q Mis- Nightingale
uninistoTing 10 the wounded soldier IN thee crowd
ed hosp.al, and u Queen Rinayale inhiriing
the most horrible tortures upon all vLn psaless
the name of Jesus - a Ganbalii barring his
danntless breast Z" seseue Lis beloved Italy.
snd II poor ou,easl dying ~ the snow. whsi
a constant tale q tell, ~ Che ioys, aud asfre~ >
aud heaFlbFeaks with which life ab8unis A.
we read Il, We seem standing on ths shores II
vast sea, where one day. waves u brishtnsss
ripple. aud on the next, there comes dashing In
the dark aud bowling biliowa ofa mi ighty storm
Wild and strong ihnt nniy the sinile II issus
can hush II 30 rest
Thus We have before "ar eses eteFy aafn
ing panorama II lite. W. can riio above ihe
petty annoyance, aud wearing trials 1t eyeTy
day life, aud hold communion sth The high
aud noble We eau ieri that Ne WIN d,Ha not
lei the sparrow iall to the ground withnui lie
notice 4 al the same time railing over al.
With our map aud aur paper before ~, We can
point 10 this place aud "a that, aud say, Nc
spot on Earih's surface j. exempt rom hla a.
ninion. No lelng - insigniacant a. be
oyeTlOoked--N No scheme ~ vast that He eannot
control IT," Order will be broaghi aui II ean
fusion aud light out II darkness evil will b.
oveFIuled for good aud know ledge shall esveT
The earth ~ the waters hil the channels II the
great deep