ADVICE TO NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS.

Western Star, Issue 295, 3 May 1879, Page 5

ADVICE TO NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS.

The “ Burlington tlii following directions to its correspondent as id the manner of f>u pplyj ng mannscrir write with pen or ink; It is altogether too'pluin, and doesn’t hold, the mind of Ihe-editor.jjuPi printers closely enough to their work. If you are compelled to use ink, nerer use that vulgarly konwn. as the ■blotting pad. If you drop -a blot); ofi-nk on the paper 'lick it-.pif.'T The;intelligent.,.compositor loves nothing so, dearly ; A a§ rp«d;tjirougli W'« smear this will i rauka--aoross twenty .or, thirty words. VP’s hare seen him )hang .pver.snch a piece of copy, half an hpur,,is wearing like a pirate all the time, he felt that good.-- Don’t punctuate. We prefer to. punctuate all manuscripts sent to us. And don’t use. capitals.; .Thcn.iwe can punietuate and capitaPse to ; *uit ourselves, and your article, wl onit appears iu,print, willastouish even if it doesn’t please you. ■ ; Donlt try to write too plainly., It, is a ,’sign of Rlehew origin and Slate-school .breeding,.,. Poor; writing? js.an iudicut uni of genius.. Avoid all painstaking; wil.li proper,names. We .know the .full'name of every man, woman, and,child in. the,Euitej.Stupes, aa-d----the merest hint at the r name, ;is,.suißeient. -For instance,.if you write, a .character- something like a drunken.' figure “8,” Vud .then draw a wavy line, we. will know at pace you mean,..Samuel Morrison, .even, though,. -ypapmay-think you mean Lemuel Mess/ngar. ,v;itda.,ja J .great mistake tuft proper names • should j- be. .written ~ -plainly. Always write on both .sidermf tne paper, and fill up both sides of .the .pig", .trail..a: lino up und.down every margin, and , back to.thntop of the first page, .closing your article by writing the signature just abo.ve |tue date;. ,Ho w : yirp. Jo lurp to,got hold of.articles. writtea.iu thiSjStyle,!- And how we won d- like to .get, hpld : ot,thc-man that sends .them. .Just for, tea minutes!; .Alone., In tiie.woods, with, rev-plvent/ia ourjippck'et. Bevenge is sweet- Lay your .paper G oii.the ground ; when-you-write; the : rougher the. aground tne better.,-- Goar#o'.brpwu wragping^apar^w.the best for. writing ; yp.pr yjartyples Om , it., you can tear down .ap old pirpus poster,- and write pii the. side p i it rfitli a pen; stick, it wid;.dp.3tul better. ; VVhen yourilarticle is ~ completed, r ,crupch your paper in! your pocket,,. and .carry, it two or three daps beforp sanding it. .Tnis. rubs off all superfluous pencil mark s, ’ and make' i l dig liter to handle. 'lfydii c-aii think*-of; itf. los'p TppS page but of the middle-of youf| hfticie.-^.tWe %isily supply what is, hilssihg, aiia >yo We hut* nothing else,to do;'.' ~ -