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Show I.' ' If an editor omits anything he i . -.lazy and if he speaks of anything1 as .:' it is, people are mnd; if he smooths I';', down the rough places Me is bribed ' ; if he calls things by their proper names' he is unfit for the position of I-' an editor; if he does not furnish his N . readers with jokes, he is stupid; if he does, he is rattle-headedr lacking stability; if he condemns the wrong ' '"hie is a good fellow but lacking dis-' dis-' , cretion; if he lets wrongs and injuries 'go unmentloned, he is a coward; if he k indulges in personalities, he is ablack- 'or. . gu.ard, if he does not, his paper is dull and insipid. In short, if he edits u paper properly and sticks to tru'h f .and facts he is a fool, and dog't . - : know how to edit a paper half as well ; as his readers could. |