The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-04-20

Il requires more science to edit
q newspaper than IL does to goyrru
. nation. Not one man out OF :
thousand can steer his literary
craft without cuttiHg vcross the
track Of some old Subscriber, and
then 1nd himself on . lee shore IN
! short order. Everybody criticises
newspapers. We do not know =
single man who does not cherish
the idea that II be had chance hs
could edit the London Tunes or
any other thund'rer, With much
more ability than it is edited
Nothing In the paper newl 30
utterly .stupid.g We Assr tks
complaint af every turn, and tho
man who could not spell cat with
out putting q in II, will turn up HE
nose aud fling aside the paper,
which very likely he has borrowed
and tell bis friends that he visbcd
be had control Of that sheet, he'd
zee II be couldn't turu over . new
Leaf.
An editor 10 Supposed to know
what every iudividtal who rcsds
his paper wants- He must be
careful not to bear down on any Of
tue beliefs Of his old snbscri-
bers.
Ifsou,e OF them are Univorsalists
he must steer clear Of mentioning
the locality signined iu the uev
version as Hades; and II some
Baptists aud Methodist are in-
cluded In his list, be had better DO
careful how ho iusiuustes that any
man dare hope for heaven unless
he has been gathered In under this
banuor.
| He mustn't 20 10. for temperance
becsuse there are many good pco-
pie taking bic paper who sell lager
beer aud on the other hand. he
must be very cautious how be in
dorses inebrlati0u, for there are
many young people among his
readers who might Be iuhaenced
TOR bad.
i The editor must b. - nittsu fox
either band.' He must please
everybody. He must print any
thing en- 'Old euhscriber' wants
him to, from the message Of the
president down to the receipt 0l
grease aud ,n0lasses for the gapss
in chickens.
He must not cay anything about
his pay. He ought 70 b tnaukial
! that anybody would take biz
paper. To send Subscri0er 4
bill Is the height Of impudence.
i To expect pay for extra copies K
absent friends, 10 . moustrosity
What can he want to keep these
old papers for.
: II the paper fails to reach mai
! Subscriber, what y row there IL
! Publishers should sse that ths
mails attend 70 their busiuess. Thu
man Who pays two dolIsss veal
} for Z paper does not waut to b
swindled by the publishsr keeping
, back.a number. And be scuerslly
! writes him to this e6ect and tht
4 publisher, az iunooc1t OF any In
, tended Of swindling as . child nm
b0rn,, mails him another paper and
: possesses his soul IN silence.
II II an editor inserts an article II
J his periodical which: otiends al
irrascible subscriber, be u liable t.
/; receive = call from that individual
, sometimes be gets . 0ovhidlnl
. unless he has prsesnos VI mind "a
] kick The irAte visitor down stalr'
, betUe he con begin aggressive
operations and very often editor
Q are brought Into tho courts ant
4 indicted tor libel wheu they hav'
> been guilty of telling the truth.
h S0y0ung man Il sou are going :
1 be an editor, part your hair in th
= middle, that your brains may b
evenly balanced, and with you
i life in ono hand aud with you
I. paste pot and scissors IN the otheI
y wade in--but 60 slow