The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-02-25
Editors.
THEIR SENSATIONS ON D1scovpp,Nc
MISTAKES,

claiming over his paper and detectipc
errors III it are somewhat different fr,m
those experienced by the reader an
making like discoveries. The Infer O
either amused at the blunder or in .
censed at the carelessness which capsss
it, and in both cases arrives at the co,
elusion that the trouble is avoidoble
aud that the editor is to blame for mt
avoiding it.
He never saw an editor take his first
glance over a copy of the edition.
Perhaps the edition is worked off when
this opportunity is afforded the weary
man. He has either trusted the proofs
to some one else, or read them himself
but the feeling of dread is just as great
in the latter as in the former ease
The proof reader may not consult the
copy and so perpetuate the binder of
the camposltor, and perhaps the com
postor may neglect to undo the wrong
lie has done, although his attention Is
plainly called to it on the proof
When about to make this preparatory
survey, the editor does not take his
cigar in his mouth and elevate hisheels
to the desk, as is the popular tladi
ton. Dying men don't do that wav,
YOU know, and we have come to the
conclusion that an editor EXAMINING
his paper feels very much like man
who is about tot pass into eternity. He
reads along casetully and slowly like a
man feeling his way across piece of
doubtful ice. Suddenly his face be-
comes distorted with an awful pain
He doesn't cry out, he doesn't rant.
The anguish within him is so broad.
and deep, and intense, that he dares
not trust it TO words. He just simply
reaches up and takes handful Of his
own hair, aud tugs at it until the tears
come in his eyes. Then he picks up
the paper, which he has taken the pre-
caution to kick across the room on dis
covering tie error, and resumes The
tortRring search for after all it is but
a search for erruIs aud agony, aud not
an agreeable aud instructive pc, usal.
Suddenly he croans-n0t an eXpectant
grOan like from one who hopes for
he p to reach him through it, but the
Sroan Of one who is beyond the reach
of hope, who feels that the warm sum
shine, the kind glance of Fl icLdShip,
the beautiful flowers and tie song of
the birds are gone forever aud forever
from him. 1t is Il smothered groaD, ac-
eumpaDied by kick out of the leg, as
If the party had in that moment taken
an etesual leave Of all things earthly.
There is still another search with
aching eyes and tllrobbing brain, and
then the paper is smashed down on the
floor, and the inlur,ated man bounds
up from his chair, and catches boil,
hands into his hair, and dances around
like mailman. lie doesn't call upon
heaven and earth TO witness what he
is going TO DO, and to blight him if he
doesn't do it. He doesn't dash into
the composing room and scorch the
men with hisswrath. Even this slight
relief is denied him. The paper is
worked off, and the scrutiny that would
cbeelfully attack a needle in hay
stack, would fall paralyze before a
search for the author of the great
wrong. He doesn't say anything at
all-not single intelligible VOID es-
capes his asllen lips, as he holds his
hair, and Frances about in The dinGy
solitude and his room. And when he
Is done, he sits down again and groans,
and afterward puts on his hat and
PUSHES forth into the street-ruslies
anywhere to get away from the face of
man, to get away from himself and ev-
erything belonging to himself Dan
bury News.
u 1t has been found out why per-