The Arkansas advocate., 1836-12-09

sense of touch dued, and the nerves lose tbeir op ness and energy This, with but few exceptions. is the necessary and invahle result of his employment. But in addition to this, he is subject to many miseries from tho ignorance, the caprice, the carelessness of authors
 The composites has certain number of squares ex- acted from hlm il days work; this is expected. whether hls copy be clear obscure Ieeible or epi ble, punetuaed or not Upon these circumstances hs earnlngs-hs bread depends; and common humanity would dictate to authors that their mnisterng servant tho composior should be assisted us much as possble m his humble abors for their present fame and future honor
 iegble copy IS, perhaps, the compositors greatest misery, as t IS frequently found in combination with every fault. This Is universal faiIng of which the iierae and iterae alike guilly-in the former it IS nexcusabe. Another grieyous fault in authors is the attempt 10 give force to feeble style and clear ness to obscure one, by the frequent introduction o itac words This spois the appearance of the print lng IS alike insulting to the tusie and discrimination of the reader, and IS evil to the purse of the poor eompesitor as the itaie Is often in distant part of the oice This misery tries the temper more than the egbiity though not serious in its results--the former may arise from ineapab!y, the latter always rom presumption and had laste.
 Another fault of third rate authors and alasl for the eompositor they are by far the most numerous, is con hnuallY insulting the capabilities of the Kings English with scraps ct foreign languages Ths is the trick el the shallow pedan who mistakes the acquisition of languages for knowledge, and the display of them for wisdom. It's chief effect upon the composior is, that II every letter. accent and dpthone. be not legibly marked he makes mistakes; his besotted ienoranee is such that the connection is here no aid to him One more misery, and we have done with the donrous cat alogue Some authors (and their name is Legion. for they are many4 cannot tell how sentence will read
 ll they see II n prntthen, indeed, is errors arc papabe, and they alter aud amend with great zeal and perseverance,, pot reeetng that these alterations cost the compostor trouble, time, health and temper. 0 those numerous pefperatlons, which are the result of sheer ignorance not rendered offensive by conceit or presumption, and which falls to the compositors lot 10 shape into form and comeliness, we take no notice: they are evils nseparable from is conditions and aro frequently sufficiently amusing 10 compensate in some measafe Tor the loss they occasion.
 The author whom the printer delights to honor is one who writes legibly with but few ensures or inter- lniaons; whose punctuaions is systematic, and may always be depended upon whose style is not inverted and unnatura but flowing and easy, and readily re- tanned m the memory; who itaic sparngly; for seign languages never and who makes no alterations from copy in the proof sheet such man is the glory and pride of the printer n him he faults; tho broad mantle of fIs merits ali minor defects, and tioug ils principles may be abomlnabie, and his pnr- poses detestbe, he Is at last of good word from the compositor. G. p**x#N