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Day
30
Month
September
Year
1891
Copyright
Public Domain
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Although country editora are nearly always poor, there are plenty of persons who belleve that hall the paragraphs n a country newspaper are pald for with onormous bribes. There are alwaya two sidea '.ei every questlon, and whlchever side an editor talla on, the partizans of the other aecuee hini of being "bought." It is llttle wonder, therefore, that the editor is seldom a popular man; I never knew oné who was, and I ne-ver knew one who was not often accnsed unjuatly. Probably the ppopli' belleve In bribea to editora because it is a very rare editor who dors not acense hN opponent of beinir a bvibe-taker, ereatlng a prejudice agálnst them8elveg and their callIng. i.azy and Incompetent editora nearly ftlways expl.iin the success of their moi-e yigoroüs opponents by declaring that ihey carry on a syatem of black-mall. I once vislted a large ,city thc newspapers of whlch I liad long adinired ahuost with reverence, and was surprlsed to hear a citizen say iiíat wiíat tiie elty really neeüed Waa luti.v n: spa]iers; they would brlng "eastern capital." Every citizen of a country town wants liis localit'y' "l)oonied," to the end that lie nía y sell his fii'ty-dolhtr lot for five Imndred; he can appreciate liow a really good paper mlght ald hlin in tliis, and because his lot does not advaii'-í- in alue as lie 1 hinks it should, lie h.s a grlevance agalnsi the editor. He loiiKs for an editor with Borne ■snap" in hlm. I don't know uiiiii "snap" meaos, bul I know tliis is the quality usually thought to be lacklng. There are more great raen in every country town than really exist in the entire nation, and if they are not recognized, the local papers are of no .account. I was ortce bothered a Rreat deal by a certain man who said he could clean more chickens in an hour than any other cliicken-eleaner in the world. and he wanted the tact mentloned. Men who are never suspected of a greatness by other j)eople accuse themselves of it to the editora, and when they reluse to mention this greatness, they are told that their columns contaln a great deal of stuff not half so innv t [ng. It has occurred to me that when a cltlzen of any country town üecomes drunk, the first thlng he docs is to hunt up the editor to tell hlm what is the matter with the community.- Century. i i! nipe frequently fiada a houeehold anprepared for its visit, while the rapidity with whlch it develops calis for instant treatment. For this dangerOUS dise.ise Ayer's Clierry Pectoral is an admirable remedy. H saves niauy Uves evei-y year. Keep it in iiie house. A. sticky t -The tirule. Delicate aubjcets- Invalida. A. dam-med spot- The mili. sky light- Aurora Borealis.

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