Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-02-28


but it is also true that if the family
did not read it the paper would not
publish it, and no man is compelled
to take a particular paper, 1t is also
often forgotten that the newspaper is
intended to show us the world as it
is, and then all can see what is to be
done before it is what it should be.
There are two things that nonewspa-
per has right to do-to deal in I'M
chaste language and depart from the
truth-and if it does either, the rem
edy is easy and always effectual. You
can either stop your paper and take
another, or correct the error through
the other. There is not the danger Of
mOnopolizing the public attention
that is sometimes supposed, and less
danger in the secular than in the re-
ligious paper. The former is more
liberal and general than the latter.
1t works in the interest Of general So
ciety, and the latter in the interest of
class, and this fact alone tends to
narrowness and selfishness.
So the paper devoted exclusively to
the interests of political party is apt
to be biased in favor of the party it
advocates, and often misrepresents
those of opposite opinions. This is
natural and by no means peculiar to
the newspaper, but shows itself in
books, in the pulpit, and everywhere
else where one party is preferred to
another.
Every family should have at least
one good weekly newspaper, AID
such is its benefits that they had bet
ter curtail the price of it from their
daily bread than be without it.
Think of it Two dollars will pay
for that paper, and give your family
good, fresh reading for a whole
year, and in its various departments
each member of that family is sup
piled with that which is appropriate
and suitable. Reader, if you desire
to do a good work, look around you
in your neighborhood, and see if
there is family that takes no paper,
go to work and persuade them to
make the effort to get one. Help
them to contrive to get up the money.
There is no healthy man or woman
with family ofchildren who cannot
do this if they will. suggested this
to very poor man who had several
children, and soon convinced him OF
the advantages it would be to them.
But he was poor and could not afford
it. 1t required every effort he could
make to get bread for them. His boy,
about twelve years old, said, 81 will
get you the paper if you want it.
Mr. said this morning he would
give me twenty-five cents a week il
| would help him feed the stock OF
mornings and evenings this winter,
and it will not stop me from school,
either" At once the way was open
l let the boy have the money, and
soon the paper came, and of course
they read it. Their teacher soon dis.
covered that they learned to read
faster than the others, and several
papers were taken. Here intelligence
began to spring up, and new state
of things was the result. You cannot
spend two dollars in any way that
will yield you so good return as tC
pay it for good paper, and this is
especially true if you have a family
of children. On account of its variety
it is better than books to teach then
to read. The newspaper is the gen
eral history of the country passing
before you, and man gains nothing
to study the history Of any past agC
and neglect the present, for more anC
greater events occur in year of thi
age than occurred in a year of any
other age. If you fail to catch then
as they pass in this shape you vii
never have the opportunity to SCI
them again. The newspaper ha
made its own demand and the worlC
cannot do without it, nor can you
Destroy that Sign.