The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-04-27

Sensible men have long ngo dis.
covered this value OF q good news
paper as an educator Ia the family.
How u newspaper pays its sub
scribers can at once be seen, says
Mr.. j. w. Crary, OF Florida, writ
lug to the Pensacola Advance.
Gazette, If you give the matter. y
little thought. Suppose you take .
paper that is issued only once u
week ; you get iitty-two papers =
year, each containing the general
current news OF the timeA
The edncatioual advantages to
the family derived from only .
weekly paper are cheaper and moro
impressive useful and thorough,
after the children have learned to
read, than the teaching in the OK.
binary schools.
1t is q notable fact. aud many
eminent examples might be referred
to, that families who are never
without newspapers become moro
Influential than those who 20
through the ordinary scholastic
studies without the habit Of read
ing newspapers. After reading,
writing, and arithmetic are taught
to a child, II u choice is to be made
between sohoolbooks aud news
papers, 1t would be much mora
beneficial to the child to give Is
two or three well.selected news
papers than to confne 1t to the
textbooks Of the school. News
paper education 10 polytechnic and
universal, aud 10 Indispensable to i
proper qualification for true Ameri.
can citizenship.
A good newspaper saves money
in all business matters. II you
want to sell or buy anything you
will likely sec the current price III n
newspaper, and you will also wee
what you might want advertised ;
you don't have to take hearsay, and
thus sufHr from mistakes and de-
lays !; - must turn your paper,
and know all you wish to ind ont.
You will often save tbe subscrip-
ton cost Of your paper By QUE
single order OF ten on twenty dol
lars worth Of goods You will o.
ten find chances for good bargaius
advertised that cannot be found In
any other way. A few mouths
since . merchant In Pensacola ad-
vertised to sell q certain staple ar-
ticle ofprovisions very cheap, there
was quite q large lot Of II, and the
consigner ordered 1t to b sold at
once. l sent an order, aud when
several Of ny nsighbors- Ia the
country saw what l had gotten, and
I told them the price, they said !:
"If you had told 10. We would also
have sent orderAn said "Il
you will take the papers YOU will
always know IN time, without wait
ipg for y second hand tnlk.n I
saved the price Of my newspupe.
subscription Ia Peusacola for ont
year by that single transaction. In.
deed, 1t would 10 isapOssibIe IL
ennfnerate the alnount OF pecuniary
benefits received from newspaper
advertisements aloney to say moth
ing Of the general information OF
vital Importance eoutaiu In them
| Journalism In All it, Department.
IL = business that requires NOR,
self -saeriiloe, more indefatigsbls
labor, more patience, enduranc,
and nice Discrimination than ans
other profession. There il no elias,
OF meH that furnish 20 cheaply th.
Indispensable Intelligence, wisdon
and virtuo for the support Of th
government and the welfare Of tIl,
people, a. the we'll trained and es
flcient journalist. Every good citl
zen should take and pay for y goa
paper; ho owes 1t to his coantry
his family aud bic own sslt.respec
and interest.
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