The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-07-15

ing office with gracious permission
for the editor to spread the beautiful
thoughts before the reading public.
He does not know the real fact, that
the ubject upon which he is writing
has been thoroughly exhausted years
before he was able to read A grad
uate will pore over books, and collect
data, preparing an essay, and feel that
the production would be a decidedly |
valuable contribution to the press,
not only elevating-the tone of the ed
itorial department, but enlightenlng
the community and adding popularity
to the paper The fact is, an old
newspaper writer can say, in twenty
lines, all that the essay contains IN a
column and a half. Should the news
paper manager be so reckless as to at
tempt an original poem, there is
food of productions from those who
feel that the editor has made a great
mistake in not calling upon them for
real poetry. This places him IN an
awkward position He feels some
times that it is little less than murder
to the contributor, to publish the etfu-
sion, yet he can hardly refuse without
mourning a dislike for his lack OF
courtesy. There is one rule which
the voluntary contributor should al
ways bear in mind. Every paper has
editorial force enough to run it. If
not able to produce original matter of
sufficient interest to keep up, there is
an abundance of excellent material,
in these advanced days, to select from.
There is something of deeper signifi-
canoe in journalism, than merely get
ting ones name in print. A young
man may leap into the journalistic
waters and create a great splashing
and commotion for a little while, but
he will be surprised to find himself
after while on the shore, with the
surface as smooth and serene as
though he had never been born. The
brilliancy Of newspaper work lies in
unwearying toll, and in a careful con-
densing, rather than voluminous in
fating, Of the thoughts. Then, one
must have thoughts.
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The Columbus Dispatch had spe-
cial reporter 60 TO the scene Of the re-
cent killing of Seymour Darling, at
Darbyville, Pickaway County, and
write up all the particulars obtainable.
The report discloses a terrible state of
affairs in the little town. Drunken
young men have taken the town, rum
ming horses through the streets, and
playing the desperate generally. The
Mayor was slapped upon the streets
by some of the parties who were after
wards hit by the shooting, and all law
and order was set at defiance. On the
day Of the shooting the officers at
tempted to serve warrants, and were
met by curses and abuse from the
young men, when the shooting COM
menced, each side claiming that the
first shot was fired from the other
side. Two Of the officers had shot
guns, loaded with slugs. The wrong
men seem to have been hit, all the
way around. Had a few stray shots
hit and killed the Devils imps who
sold the young men their liquor, the
town could well afford to stife it's
grief.
It is now mysteriously claimed that
the late District Attorney Corkhill
had evidence in his possession to prove
that the assassination of Garfield was
political plot, in which certain prom
inent men were implicated. The as
sassination was the working of a dis
eased brain. There can scarcely be
possibility Of a doubt in the mind of
a calm, thinking person, that Guiteau
was a lunatic. But he was of the
kind of lunatics that it pays to put
out Of the way.
*
It is said that M. Pasteur, the
French specialist, has been compelled
to secure more commodious quarters,
as his patients are arriving in crowds
A number Of small animals are con-
stantly kept on hands, suffering from
hydrophobia, for the purpose Of fur
nishing virus. 1t seems to us that in
stead of all this suffering and cruelty,
and all these expensive journeys to
Paris, it might be better to wage a
war of determination on the dogs.
*
There are about one hundred and
forty Republican editors in Ohio. At
the Columbus Convention there were
less than sixty. So that those who
did not embrace the opportunity
offered to go to Columbus and define,
publicly, the duties Of United States
Senators, need not feel that they have
been altogether left outside the party
enclosure.
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A report comes from Mt. Union
College, Alliance, Ohio, which shows
that the college student is still keep
ing up his reputation. While great
many good and useful men graduate
from the colleges of this country, yet
there are a great many young men
enter college who really belong to the
Penitentiarv- and the ASvlum for