The Dawson journal., 1883-01-25
Newspaper iEJucat.ol.

Sensible men have long ago dis
covered the value OF a good news
paper as IN educator in the family.
How L newspaper pays its subscri-
be's IAN be a. once sen, says Mr. j.
W. Gary, OF Fi)tidA, Writing to the
PelslcDla A Vance Gazette, if you
" L give the matter little Thought.
SLppo5o yoI take a paper that is
only issued once a week; yol get
ifty-5wo copies year, cash contain
ing the general current news of the
times.
The e lIclti)lal advantages to the
family, d3nyed from only a weekly
pap"r, IRE cheaper and more npres-
sive, useful AMI thocod 5h, after th3
clil lren have learne to read, than
the seacli g in the ot !inary schools.
1t Is lh)l3l3 fact, md my eminent
examples mi 5ht b. referred to, shat
ia allies VINO are never without news
? spef5 be1I.ne more Intelligent and
mare ind leAtill than those who go
throI5h the ordinary scholastic
sta lies without the habit If reading
papers. Afser roaliny, writing
| a 'ithln tic are taught to child,
if choice is 70 be ma lie betseea
school books and newspapers, it
would be much more beneficial to
give it two or three we'll selected
newspapers to rea l than to con6no
it to 'he text books o; the school.
Newspaper lucatlon is polytechnic
and universal, aud is Indispensable
to a p:op-k qualification for true
American citizenship.
A good newspaper save money in
all business matters If yoa want
to sell or bay anything you will like
ly see the current price in news
paper, AMI yoa will al3o see what
you might want advertise |; yoa
don't have to take heArsay. aal thus
suI9r Tom mistakes and delays :;
Jo1 mast turn to yolr paper, anl
know all yol visa to find olt. You
viii often save the subscription cost
of yoar paper by one single orde.
for ten or twenty dollor5' worth OF
goods. You Will often fnd cha ices
for good bargains advertise that
cannot be foinl in any other way.
a few nontaS since, a merchalt ia
Pensacola aivertis I'd to S il certain
staple article Of provisions ve.y
cheap; there vas quite large lot OF
1T, and the cJl5iglor ordefe it sol |
at once. seat IN or ler an / whea
several of my neigh oors in the caaut-
r. saw what | had gotten, and I told
them the price, they said: "It You
had tod Us, we would also have
sent orders" I sail: III you will
take the papers you will alwats
know in tine, without waiting for
ss3ond-hlld talk" [ savel the price
of my newspaper subscription, in
Pensacola for one year BY that sin
gle TRANSACTION. lnleel, it would b.
/ Il possible to allmarats the amount
of p;cuniary benefits r9ceivel from
naw5paoer q lvertisa n3nts alone, to
say nothing of the general infoenA-
tion % vital Importance coltaine | in
them. fff.
Journalism ia ali its depar5m ,nts
is b13inoss that req aires .n)re self
sa Grille, more illefatiga)le hbor,
more patience, enllrance nice. dis
crin-at5iol thal any o5ler profess
sion. There is no elias, Of men that
furnish 50 cheaply the inaIpanmble
intelligence, WIS h n AMI virGle, for
the s12porto OF tn government AMI
welfar9 OF the people, As the WELL
traine aad efficient Journalist.
Every good citizen sholll take all
pay for a good paper: he owes it to
his country his IA nily all his own
self-respect and interest.