The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1880-03-30
Making a Newspaper.


Bnnby stopped his reading abruptly
and looked over the top Of his spectacles
inquiringly. I'y"V o0"Oh WI 4
Mrs. Bunby had q happy, thought;
quickly it was transmitted TO- Mr. ,B.
John, said she, you remember some
time ago you promised to tell me how
newspapers are made.
Yes, yes; pnt some other time love,
No, now, please, JOHNNY y
Again he tried to content her with a
promise. but it was Of no avail; she
wanted to know, then, just how papers
are put together. ..
He hesitated. The longer he hest
tated the more impatient she grew, and
he felt it. Seeing that postponment
was of no avail, he hcaved long sigh,
laid aside his paper, and reluctantly
began to unravel for his wife's ediaca-
ton the inner life Of a newspaper. .
In the first place, said he, the copy
is sent to the composing ROOM, + -
Where does the copy come from?
she qucried.
From the editor and reporters, Of
course w 81 B. - B. y 4
Oh, | see.
Then tits givehito the type-setterr-
What do they do, sit on it?f ''--N
No-thunder, no; they are COM
positors who set itup.
Oh, they compose the copy and
then set it up. But how does il sit?.
lie drew another long sigh and
calmly replied: "The editors compose
the copy, then send tito to tho com
position room and the typeisettcrs put
it in type"
What! the copy? Of (
Yes; they set the types up so that
they will read as the copy reads.
Oh, ! see. "A q ~
A pause ensued. ,t,,,-ts,,.o,
John, said Mrs. Bunby, you stopped
at the compositors setting the type.
What do theyyse the type in? fyF
In stick. IA : ~ 4 !
A stick! what kind Of stick? -
o, stick is device that is Just
the width Of the column of the paper,
and holds seventeen lines of BREWER.
And what is brewer? tL.t5 .,.,
A kind of type that is pleasing to
the eye and easily read.
Oh, l see. 'H.fH 'i""t
When the printers get a stick full,
he went on, they empty
Are the printers different from the
compositors? fAN7N
No, he replied, a little out of tenn
per, they are one and the same. &
Oh, l see. - 4
When they get stick full Of type,
as | was about to say, they empty it
on a galley L..
And in throwing it upon a galley,
don't it so all apart?
No they lift it from the stick, and
place it gently, very gently, on a
galley
And what's galley?
A long article made of brass, in
which the matter is proved
What kind Of matter, and how do
they prove it.
Will you wait moment? If SO,
| will try and explain--but give me
time. he said, nettled a little at her
cross examination.
All right, go on. IA
Type, when it is set up. is called
matter and when the first impress
sion Of it is ;akcn, they call it,
Impression Of what?
Oh, bother--the type! when it is
first printed on the galley, that is call
ed proof, and they call it proving
the NATTER
Oh, l see. Does the galley print
it. FT.F e
No, the 'devill sf ssalk.J 53t
Oh. John! she cried in tones oil re-
proach. Why will you use such
words.
nj was not swearing. The appren-
tice around printing office is known
as "the DEVIL"
Oh! & 7II.. .,.
The proof sheet which he takes
after going to the proof-reader, is re-
turned to the printers and the correc.
tions are made. "'.
Corrections made in what?
The matter. my dear. It is then
given to the foreman.
What, the proci? .
No, the matter.
And what does he do with it?
Will you wait minute?
The foreman takes the matter and
places it in the form. "a. S.' !. Il, \,
What kind Of a form? 1i graa
An iron chase, which, when it has
all the news in it which is in type, and
it is locked up, is called form. y
Locked up! How? '.. q
With quoins and side-sticks. /.
Sticks and coins--ha, ha, ha--what
kind of COINS?
Not coins, but quoins, q-u-o-i-n-s.
And what are they?
Goodness gracious, any more ques,
tions? A quoin, he resumed, is