The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1882-03-21
Printing and Printers.


243 printers rested inside OF New
York prisons last year.
A man with silver plated. double
back k-action coiu-holder came int, the
sanctum the other day, and com
menced explaining the beauties of the
article for holding silver halves. etc.,
and he had gotten halfthrough before
he fonnd he was in printing office.
When he saw his mistake he went to
the door, sadly opened it and kicked
himself clear down stairs.-fEvans.
Vile Argus.
Is this not beautiful steam press?
The Steam is Lying Down on the
fi,or taking a nap. He came from
Africa, and is seventy years old. The
rresS priuts papers 1t can print 800
papers an honr. 1t takes one hour
snd forty minutes to print the edition
Of the paper. The paper has circn-
lation Of thiity-seven thousand. The
Business Manager says so.-Denver
Tribune.
The only real money-making bust
ness in the world is the newspaper
business. There is positively no out
80; it is all income. Paper makers,
editors, reporters. printers, type found
lies, devils, press makers aud all
hands Just give their wares and ser
vices for the sake Of running" news
paper This il why it is so delight.
lul a pleasure for newspaper proprie
tor to further all schemes of all people
for the nero asking New Haven
Register.
A young man at Elkhart, Ind. has
started a six-colunn weekly paper
with the avowed object Of restoring
the republic TO it. wontei grandeur
and prosperity" You can't do it,
young fellow. We tried lor six year.
10 restore the republic to its wonlcd
grandeur and prosperity by publishing
the ablest paper in this country and
taking turnips and slab wood on sub
scription, and never had money
to buy dog; bnt Of late years we
have let the wonted grandeur OF the
republic shirk lor itself, and the lst ol
January we had over So! Peck.
Sun.
Last week at Dubuque, Iowa, a
printer named Ralph Sawyer was con-
victed OF violating tho Sunday law OF
the State by fishing on that day.
This is a new departure for Iowa, and
the probabilities are that it will work
wonders. in the church. Ali those
chronic pious chaps who have been in
the habit Of searching Tor. sermons in
running brooks in trout time will
have to let up On their usual quiet de-
votional recreation. They might
wear one OF those innocent looking
iishingpole walking sticks that shnts
up like telescope when anybody ap-
prosches. Otherwise it will not he
pleasant to angle on the Sabbath
Wha: gals our too susceptible nature
is tho TACT that the party fnc'l was r
printer, one OF those things that
knows no wrong Bloomington
Eye.
Every established local newspaper
receives subscriptions from large
cities, which puzzle the publishers to
account for, but the New York Times
lately threw some light upon the fol-
lowing: "a Wholesale grocer in this
city, who has bccomc rich at the busi-
ness, says his rule is that when he
sells a bill Of goods on credit to imme-
diately subscribe for the local paper
Of his debtor 80 long as his GUS
toner advertised literally and vigor-
ously ho rested, but as soon as he
began to contract his advertising
space he took tho fact as evidence that
there was trouble ahead, and invaris-
bly, went for his debtor. Said be-:
1.-The man who is too poor to make
his business known is too poor to do
busincss.' The withdrawal Of an
Advertisement is evidence Of weakness
that business men arc not slow to act
upon.