The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-11-15

There ere occasional complaints
that newspapers are too large, and
not infrequently 1t is complained
there are too many OF them; busy
men say they have no time to read
them. But they are mistaken;
they have time to read them If
tney read them intelligently. the
modern newspaper is made for
large constituency; it is made Tor
many men with very diverse inter
ests, says the New York Journel
of commerce. Certainly no one Of
them would be justified in reading
an entire paper A paper devotes
a page or two to state convention;
for many of its readers it is the
only matter in the paper worth
reading; for others even the head
lines are too much. 1t contains Z
lot Of news from up the state Of no
sort OF interest 10 persons who care
only for foreign or national news,
and u lot foreign news OF no inter,
est TO persons who read greedily
every line Of news about the city
and the suburbs. Sporting news
is the entire paper for some, and
others do not even glance at it I'M
less there is an international Yacht
race on hand, and then they only
wish the result. 1t is with the
editorial matter, the market reports
and the advertisements as it is
with the news matter. Portions in
terest one man and other portions
interest another. The art Of
reading newspaper consists in
reading what one has occasion to
know. or what one will find Of in
terest, and emitting the rest. 1t
is not difficult art if one will take
little pains. OF course, the eye
has TO be directed by the mind.
Without that direction the eye will
90 on taking in every column from
the top to the bottom Of it, and
occupying a great deal of time to
very little purpose. With that di
rector the eye will soon acquire
} the ability to leep over paragraphs
columns and pages and light upor
the things its possessor wishes t
l see. To che who has acquired th,
5 art Of reading newspapers they arr
1 not too large, nor are there toe
I many Of them. He is more apt t
a complain that they are not lafg
: enough. They compress too mucl
c the matters he cares especially for
n The largest encyclopedia is not to-
d large, for regarding many topic
e the man who seeks information
If from it wishes nothing; regardin
: other topics he desires ali the in
h formation he can get. A news
paper is encyclopedia in its chara(
o ter, but necessarily limited in it
e extent. The man who understand
:. how to read anewspaper, therefore
r is more likely to wish for more p;
n pers in order to get moe fully tn
G variety Of news he cares abont tina
IS to wish for fewer.
rs No business or professional ma
!. can afford to curtail his reading
id newspapers on lines that concer
~ him. 1t may easily be that
D should save time by emitting II
reading of matters that do not col
'e Germ or especially interest him, al
r. which he reads, with some waste
h, time, rather from a failure to NAL
N selections than because he real
to cares about it. But if a man wi
We read intelligently he can very we
rs afford to read freely. If he is n
}. wasting his time on Irrelevant ms
IN tiers is making extremely good u
p of his time. The man who is co
ny tent with such suggestions of t
ed news OF the day as he can snat
he from the headlines on his W
n. down town is not we'll informe
n. and business and professional m
cannot affold to be ill-informe