Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-03-20

newspapers are not more essentlh
to the prosperity Of cities than OF
country towns. Whether in metrop
oils or village the effect Of the news
paper is the same, in didusing intelli
gence. stimulating thought and aid
ing in progress A map Of Kentuc
Ky. darkiy shaded over the thirty.6vs
counties in which no newspaper is
published, would be as true an ex
hibit Of the condition Of progress In
the State a. can be devised. Witt
cisms at the expense OF the country
press. whether INDUCED in by the
Governor Of the State or by fedg
ling in city journalism, stamp their
author as ignorant Of one Of the most
important factors in our progress. II
is true that the spelling-book must
come before the newspaper in the evo
luton Of intelligence in new sec.
tion, but IL the editor does not quick
" follow the sehoolmaster with his
record Of the worlds growth the les
sons Of the latter will soon be forgot
ten aud the requirements Of the pu
pill will fall into disuse. else tho pu
pill will grow TO manhood and old age
without ever learning that all knowl
edge was not concentrated in his text
books aud his tutor.
Asa Louisville paper is read with
more interest here than the ablesi
journal from Boston could possibly
be, 80 is the well-edited weekly in a
country town the most entertaining
newspaper for the local population
Gossip about people and things that
concern our own every day lives is
more attractive to all Of Us than de
scriptioDs Of life abroad and discus
sions OF political questions, which af-
feet us only indirectly. Hence the
first element Of interest in the county
paper. The school-boy, TO whom the
city paper may look frightfully dull,
gets an inkling Of public affairs ,hro'
the mention in the home sheet Of the
local officials Of his acquaintance, and
this leads him TO extend his knowl
edge, as he grows up, until the city
paper, large as it is, becomes as intel
ligible to him as the editorials written
by his neighbor. All public ques
tions resolve themselves into the pri
vate affairs Of individuals, aud these
details are best learned through local
paper instowns where every citizen
is known by all the others, No city
paper can excite such an interest in
the affairs that acct the rural popu-
lation as results from the work of the
couotry editor. Trivial as the village
newspaper may seem to the urban
reader, IL has probably carried to a
thousand fsrm-houses every week in
the year tue only news of the outside
world that has reached their inmates,
together with discussions OF politics,
suggestions Of improvements which
have made those homes brighter aud
practical hints which have educated
both young and old in more practi
cal manner than all the schools in the
community would have done.
The city editor who has it in his
power to encourage his county con
temporary thereby paves the way for
extending his own influence. The
country press in America, million
times more than the New York Tri'
bane, made Horace Greeley's name q
household word. The city merchant
who adyertises in the country press
not only sells the goods advertised,
but he helps to develop the commu
nifty blythe support he gives the pa
per, and this leads TO such an increase
in the demand for the best wares al
no ''drummer" could ever hope to Sc
cure. There are newspapers in Ken
lucky scarcely worth the name, got
ten out by printers without capital
perhaps, their principal idea being tC
get enough advertising to live upon
But the experience of others show
that any man having capacity, and 4
reasonable amount of capital, can q
to ALMA. Ahy cOunty-seat ia the staI'
and earn more money than the aver
age city jourDalist, without doinl
half as much work aud finding much
more appreciation. With the growtl
OF the number OF this class Of editor
will there be a growth Of intelligence
in Kentucky and an increase il
wealth and prOsperity.-[ Louisville
Commercial.
Thousands bear witness TO the positive
curative powers Of the Great German la
yigorator. See advertisement. Sold bl