The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-11-24
ERRORS or raE PRESS
How a Newsrapst Foreman Enligh,
 ened the Professor

 Professor HiadeDey. has given up the ,dea of publishing a reform ncwspapc,. and has returned so the college, where he will resume tor tune. the work of teach ing the languages to young men who contemplate journalism. The psofessor's newspaper esponenee was not pleasant and he only issued one edition ot the Heekl, had He took the proof sheets, after his elaborate article had been .e, up. and read them carefully He d.d no, demand \ revise. and ot course the foreman did moi insis, upon the extra prce au,,on. When the paper came out, the ptotessor discovered ~tth horror ,ha; be had been made to use many es pIess,ons no. at all consistent with gram mar. in rage he called the foreman.
 Look here'' he exclaimed "You make me say, have took. and had sa~ l marked all of these errors and told ysu to see that they were corrected ,"
 The foreman locked al the paper for momen, and repled
 Ill s enough to make A man sweat"
 it is enough to make an angel swear = snos,ed the professor.
 "id sue 'em." unused the foreman. much concerned and deeply guesed
 "Sue whom t'
 The parties that sold you the p,ess.
 What have they to do w,th Il -
 Why. sir. they sold you an tacouect press No matter hos youf paper "a SCI up, iis correctness depends on the way the press makes the impression. You m'gh, go along iof year and no, have single error. and again. you nigh, have dozen m a paragraph
 '' never heard of such thing." sad the professor ,n as,ontahmeai, ~avesinx in that indehnable eteduli,y, the in. separAble companion of impractical eduo atlon.
 Oh. yea, continued the foreman, "na someth,ng that catches the best oi 'en Walter. the gfea, l. nglsh newspaper man. labo,ed for yeafs trying ,o ge, at some rule by which all presses m,ah, be eos. rected, bu, hls efforts only fee eived the purple robe of partial saecess. He could correct the Walter presses. but could do nothing ~ith the machines of other make ] He had a gtea, deal of trouble, tor once. just as he was ,ongrs,uia,ing himself. the press slipped cog and alled the | kng fool and the lord ,hAaeeilor rap. 1 se eallien"
 This s most es,faof dinafy informa. ,ion.' sad the professor, thoroughly convinced by the ar,iul foreman. "f think ,hA, shall prepare lecture sa the errors of the press' "A good ,des. sIf, A ihe newspaper men are 10th to le, ,hs publ,e into ,het confidence" Don't you think that our press can be corrected =
 No, without gfea, espeass. Yoa would have to get \ man from New york and pay him largely"
 "I am sorry ,ha. sen, into ihis thing ! Don't you think you could take the office and after awhile pay inc what you think t is worth {"
 "The responsibility would bs great. sir.
 "i know thai, but you are willing to try, arc yos nos =
 "Ok, yes. I'll try"
 You have shed a grea, deal of hgh, on my hitherto dartened pathway, and have given me n<w ins,ghs into me ohanieai philosophy. Assist me further in getting up data for my lecture. ard l will make you pfesen, Of the osses.r
 "Is wiii require a deal of research among books and msnascsipss stored in the archives of typographical secrecy, bu, m undertake the ardaous labos.'
 My eniighsening friend, here Is ny hand, and in after years, when [ become famous as a great lecturer. remember that 10 you my latch string eyer hangs oa L