Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-06-15
Hints ID Correspondenis.

neglect OF correspo dents, and other wis
ters. 10 follow q few plaiis simple rules.
For theatenefit Of those who write forthis1
paper, wo viii give 3 few Of the rules
which should govern every writer for 4
paper, and many Of which should govern,
private correspondence
i Write ii 4 plain legible hand. IN
q Write On one. side Of The paper.
5. Spell correctly.
A.. Place capital letters only before
such words as youlwish % BE- capitalized.
s. Punetuate properly least, PVT
IN the commas ana periods necessary g
make sense.
g. JIG you use technical terms, quota.
lions from foreign languages, Of any out
of-ihesway phrase, take more than ordin--
AIRY pains ID making them legible, and il \
indicating the diphthongs. i
I. Look ii over atleast once 70 see # i
tie grammatical construction y correct,
and if your article Is free from anthology
|inidea and phraseology.
5, Make AIN the corrections yon intend
to make. before you place yonr arti aa q 4
|Me Printers hands, and not Hannoy him
viii corrections when the proofs taken,
or with censure after the article IS printed
And, above All, when you have got
through, stop.
8. Sign your name, Or your 7tofsfae &c
,,lnnac.'' il. such manner, thatyou viii
not beiobliged to doas Gen. Cassdid late iaa
ly--write your autograph On 4 printed
card J and state below il, that the one 'is
an interpretation Of other.
10. Always send your realEname with
your article, without which no article
Win Be inserted hereafter. IfIprsferable,
Il may Be. placed on separate piece 81
paper, and then II will be only known 70
the Editor. @lEsI
Above, We give the Printers Ten
COMMANDMENTS, and We hope those who
write for this paper viii live up tp them,
as far as possible. A neglect of these
plain, common sense rules, uextto dun,
ming and being dunned, are the greatest
troubles Printer has. II Printers were
to publish articles as they are written.
their papers would present singular APP
pearance. The Public does not know
how much some Of our ablest speakers
and most argumeutatise writer's are IN
Edebted to the yarnish that the Printer
gives their productions, for their celeb
rity. But If an error occurs, Tie poor
Printer i censured for not being moro
faithful % the manuscript.
Only Gle last week, We received 4 SCI
we're censure from correspondent, be-
cause we made an error Of one letter IN d
signature. we admit that il must have
been annoying 10 him, and that8it de-
tstfoyed the sense, but we do not think We
Fwere altogether to blame. Tho person
Ewho read The proof, said II wds not righl
that il was n The wrong case and re-
|ferfed to the manuscript, He there saw
no diphthongI; the final letter stood out
separate and distinct from the one thai
/ preceded ii; AN individual in the oflics
Twas shown the word BY itseg, and w
have shown il 70 others since tie recsp
ltion Of the censuring letter, and they al
Iunhesitatingly pronounced tito bsmha
Me printed It. If tie author Of Tie arti
Gle in question, had written his aomDa
de plume IN a plain, legible style, we
would not have been liable 70. The censurl
of having outraged the purity and sim
| plicitg Of its signifcation. |" Every per
son has some popularity If style u ri
chirography, which Is "jast aa easy
for him to decipher, but very dificultfo
one not familiar with il. We have re
! peatedly had manuscripts in oursofiice
which the authors themselves could 10
decipher, giving Them isolated words
| This ii d fact, for we have tiled the ex
pertinent repeatedly.
We sometimes have requests from self
Y n (. y r n tkS
sufficient correspondents, p publish Vt
Iticles 4 exactly as they are writien ' s.
|If we we're to do 50. johnson. Walker
and Webster would be nowhere, and eve
4 Photography. the most accommodatin
i Of ali methods, would have 70 ssicaye in !,
Another thing that is very much neg
'Ilected. not only BY correspondents, b.
/ ii our Schools. is Punctuation. Their
are but very few Of our Institutions !
i learning, no matter Of what grade ths
pay any attention sto #. Like the fif'
part Of grammar. photography. the IN
part, Prosody IS also neglected. Man
of our Schools require their Pupils /
write compositions, but how many /
them pay any attention q the punctn'
ting Of these FIRST essays ? II attendo
we're paid to this branch of8eddcatio
when the pupil FIRST beginsA 70 put d
thoughts upon paperif The practice
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