New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-04

enter In less than querter Of hour he reippearet
and was soon at bis side with request that ne would
show me the way TO the Rue Yvienne He was willing
and proud to do and walked along yea,y drew
him into conversation Itook him into the reading room
OF G6lgnauis, where was in the habit Of looking over
the papers while waiting to The proprietor aud though
be very shy at first the subject OF the bureau sue
seded at length in extracting the whole truth from him
lie advertising scOunore of the Rue du Goa ST. H0nOre
he'd been administering 10 him precisely the same csur.e
Of treatment with which he had deluded me. The young
bloch head had been under his hands I mortal weeks and
had been plundered OF hundred francs for
vices rendered On comparing notes, found that the
oouIse Of treatment sereOtyped formula marvel
oUsly adapted to al Of diseased expectation The
same pretended nteres. and special regard the a.
ering encomUms upon personal address and dicO3 the
same singular photographed merit and the winning
assurance Of his private recommendation, had been be
slowed with equal Gberality upon both of w. ana most
probably upon dozen two other greephorns who lad
LETT their native country to learn experience at Paris
Ny companion became perfectly savage when a. length
his eyes opened and he saw how viainousy ne had
been duIed He raved and ragged and bit MS lips TIL theg
bed and became furious that obliged 20 take him
out of the house. He determined on revenue .ni
be would haze H. come ~hai might Inbig oihar
16oes proposals. he suggested that should both call
on The fiscal together. and that should hold HIM down
while he smashed his head with cudgel Declining 70
take pert in the administration OF gentle snOdyne,
did what could 10 mitigate his passion and suggesting
10 him to have good advice from competent person
before lie proceeded to execute Lynch law look leave
OF him.
After tase Of miscel sDeous life in France adyen-
tuIer returns England maies wife, begins bet
ter days, and after trying his hand for time
school master falls back into bis predenaed niche in the
printing Office The accounts which he gives Of the
Of his prison house sngulary edying 10 out
sders We copy his description Of the excitemen: which
prevails the opening OF Parliament where business Dous
in Ike avalanche putting all the types into m IS. frantic
activity The call for blue book rise to panic of
impotence it is called by the compositorS spr
or in exrtrse cases regular fy."
PRINTING A BLUE BOOK.
The first inklng Of Irregular fly" is derived from
um or circulating among the men-oten originating IN
hint from the Overseer and as often arising from suspicion
aroused by certain prophetic signs which they understand
well enoueh-sucb for instance, a Withholding ofwork
while there is plenty in store BY this they know that the
order to print has and that the temporary u
will soon be succeeded by storm by andby comes
regular sequence of pOrers from Westminster each bear
ing batch of copy These ingenious gentry understand
their profession TO miracle. Instead of competing for
employment by euatng each other in matters of pune
tuay and dispatch, they make common cause together
and probably share the aggregate profits At any
rate they split their packages into small portions small
indeed that il will take dozen of them to carry a
Of paper-a division of labor which, each receives
shilling compliment from the printer found to answer
in a perfectly satisfactory. The manuscript re
ceived coated and folded, and few other necessary
prennaries first settled, general order issued for all
hands to suspend everything in progress 70 mount cases Oh
certain specified type and prepare for copy Ihen there
is general burrOwing and rummaging in all the dark
holes dusty corners and damp cellars OF the edhce
for the type in request and small amount OF squaD6ng
and skrmbng for its possession when found. The fora
gipg length successful furnishes material for the rapid
and paering shower of wet metal into the dusty cases
While this eaden sleet is descending the ccker OF each
companiOrship who has received his allotment of the
COPY gives notice all that it waiting in readiness AMI
the men as they successively finish distribution apply
TO him for taking generally few leaves is sufficient
employ them for two or three hours la the meantime
the "qucin drawer man drags forth fresh stores of type
from the boarded stack in the cellar being specially
charged to continue the supply prevent the possibility Of
delay through lack Of material AT clock the men arc
admonshed by the clicker that the line is on, or IN
other words business commences at quarter 70 two
Some few who live at distance thereupon send for din
ner the nearest cook shop, and dine IN the ONCE re-
Stunning work after hasty meal At two CLOCK the over
makes the round OF the ONCE visiting every roo
either in person by deputy to every frame
is filed and that every occupant Is in condition 10 DO MS
duty significant silence prevails, broken only by the
low whispering catter of type rushing INTO periods ana
paragraphs The rres and soon alter the word
il passed for night work. word far from welcome to any,
but particularly dsagreeabe TO the older hands who have
had too much experience of the tax evie upon the con
stiutior, without any compromising contribution to me
pocket During the afternoon hundreds OF thousands OF
fype lifted into line About four the kettles are inng
the fires and five Mrs Grundy and her maids bring
rouno no, trays for those who decline the trouble
ofbrewing for themselves There is cessation OF labor
for half hour the coDgregang round the re and
TRUSTING Jumps of bread long toastng forks between
the bars of the CRATE Having tppled their twansy,
and consumed the short interval OF repose the men re
sume work The first few sheets of the forthcoming vol
ume by this time made up into pages, and the noise 81
males used in locking up the forms resounds from der
n quarters The ccker to the stair head AMI baws
out Proofs at the top of his voice and forthwith ap
pears pressman with qure of wet paper across ms ma
ked arm and perhaps linking roller in his hand lie
uus the proofs at one of the thousand and one identical
cid wooden presses at which Benjamin Franklin wrought
as teetoialer four years ago The proofs when
pulled with the copy of each sheet folded within it, are
Carritd TO the oyerseers closet
As evening draws on, Pluto the pewter Ganymede
from the public house in the lane below, makes his wei
appearance bearing IN each hand bunch oipewter
pint pots each containing hsa pint of beer. lie carries
meIaorandum book and pencil 10 keep score ana Vo
ciferates as he walks rapidly round, Beer, gentlemen
gentlemen beer If he utter anything beside it IL soto
rOcc and for private edhcatiOn. His hai pnts Inee
ready sale and il might be ina ned seeing that they are
vended in pint pots that he is under the temptation 10 dis
pense very apochphsl measure The believers IN Deer
have however discovered ingenious check TO any at
tempts of the kind have heard some of them boast
that their capacity OF swallow exact half pint and
thathey could detect fraud OF thmoefu by the gauge
Of their own throas Without questioning their exactnc.s
which however satisfactory to themselves, could not DO
demonstrated to the satisfaction of another prefer the
ma he mat mode of measurement adopted by the many
which is ,pe and susceptible of demonstration Its the
briefest operation imaginable when thirsty comp sus
poets that he has unfair half pint he Immediately de
presses the pint pot angle of forty five degrees winch
Of course brings the grateful beverage to the very verge
the vessel he them knowingly gances toward the bottom
Of the pct and if any portion ottha Is not submerged IA
the liquid he knows that he holds short measure IN ms
hand and he knows too, 10 what extent s short be
cause saws he "a halfpnt is hafpnt length ways or
brt adth ways, and no mistake about It,
But we cannot waste time upon beer we labor on
With the utmost expeditiou and in the course OF few
bours from the Of composition bundle OF
sheets of proofs have accumulated on the oNerseeI
desk and he dispatches them with the copy 70 tne
several readers whom the volume has been allotted
After an interval of great length, the proof sheets
marked with corrections begin to reu n 10 the respective
cOmpanionshPs As they arrive the sheets are delivered
the first page he Immediately sets about the dsageeaole
business OF repairing his own bunders and tha1 done,
passes the proof TO the companion whose name marked
at the head of the nett taking and so on until the
whole il corrected when the who comes last locks
cd the form and carries it 20 the where second