Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-09-28
yn1yTEzcs DETfL.

-, in the ONCE OF Tue city daily,
l ~. ou'y in the country town that
I'D is raised to perfection. He is
IT, of all work" he is the "gen-
.,;lity.1 and whenever he is not
insv he is always ready at find
cl;cf for idle hands to do" He
universal fireman, for what is
onpropriatc than that the devil
N IN see to keeping up the fires? He
.he office chores, pulls proofs, and
after the dead matter" He
nens the sheets, feeds the press,
rbutes the dead heads, and receives
a crin the surplus profanity of the
MAN who is struggling with a squab-
column. He goes for the mail and
l. the illustrated exchanges. He is
beneficiary of the Office perquisites.
r,yncrs the mutilated exchanges to
rr to the "rag-man," and gathers in
srperauous complimentaries to the
us the theatrical performance, the
,re or the festival. All is fish that
nos to his net, and he seizes with
]jtv the ticket to the Sunday-school
,rnalia, the scientific carnival, or the
p]lectual negro minstrel entertain
bit.
The devil is the demon who bores the
tor for copy" He is the means of
b,munication between the department
The newspaper Office, which is sup
ed to contain the brains, and that
ich is generally looked upon as
Eelv mechanical. He is the connect
link between the head and the
pds, so to speak. He is the tantal
be- imp who glides into the sanctum
wares and appears like the shadow
remorseless fate at the editors table.
never grows impatient, although the
eman has laid special injunction OH
to hurry things up. No, he is pos
sed of the spirit of Job, and will sit
the corner of a table and read ex-
nges, or play cater e, or "jeff"
quads for hours, if the editor does
happen to awaken from the pro-
nd editorial on which he is engaged
a view of saving the nation, and
Jain: ooh! the devil!' seize the
ars and slash out the first three-ine
cle that meets his eye, and send it to
foreman with the remark that he
II set on that for while"
no well-regulated printing office
get along without head, SO is the
extreme equally necessary, and in
case the extremes meet and COM
tie the circuit, and it is often ques-
of considerable moment in the
bd of his majesty, the devil, which
rene is the most important. Ger
ply that, while in the confines of the
pple of "the art preservative Of all
), the editor is usually supposed to
d chief place on the outside of the
zee, the devil is the man of impcr-
ice, the best-dressed and pecuniarily
most reckless member Of the entire
Zee, and he invests in the nutritive
hut with an extravaganza that will
lEe the hungry quill-driver grow
Zen with envy.
The life Of the toil-tired editor IS all
The present. He exists, and strives
suffers, labors on and carries his
ID of care, endeavoriug to make the
it of what is. The devil, on the con-
ry. lives in the future and dreams OF
+ glorious time to come. With Vi
b of Franklin and Greeley, Of Ben
tt and scores of others before him, he
prts the hours away in anticipation OF
period when he shall have served
time" and bloomed out as a journal
to don the lN,rels which are growing
crown him, .nd, for truth, he is the
Pbryo great newspaper man of the flu
f.. He has the bright and shining
amples nf the past to guide him, and
is inspired by the possibilities which
F before him. He may or may not
llcve his ambition, but he has the
nnce: He may become the head
ter time, and therefore it does not
OF, to say the least, it is not always
khtlc, to look with contempt upon the
fvl.-Teras Sifti7ags.
Pr SMALLEST PLANT IN THE
WORLD.
lhe smallest Towering plant in ex-
fence is Wo!fa microscopico, ma
f. Of India, It belongs to the natural
der Lemnacea, or the duckweed
pnily. 1t is almost microscopic in size,
fs'ltute of proper stem, leaves, and
Pots, but having these organs merged
one, forming a frond. THERE'S, how