Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-09
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

Mr.. Monroe and Mr. Schomberg are not re-
| sponsible for the frequency Of their names
in print
To show the usefulness of courts. a Chicago
| temple of justice proved that a murdered in
mate of a local asylum did not kick himself
| to death.
Philadelphia Judge holds that the re-
| sponsible editor cannot be held criminally
| liable for a libelous publication unless ha
| knows something about it.
| An Ohio court rules that the Pullman com
| pany is responsible for the acts of its port
| ers. 1t should be observed that the court
| did not touch upon the question of salary.
While street car companies build platforms
| to make room for one more" they cannot
escape, in the opinion of a New York court
| the payment of damages for injuries to pas
sengers
Pictures of Senator Ben Tilman of South
Carolina leave the impression that he halls
from Iowa or Kansas. He wears an affec-
tlon of the left eye that Is characteristic of
drug store statesmen in these states.
Assurances are now given that Chicago
will not repeat the wigwam folly of 1892.
Good. Guests of the city hold varying views
concerning the utility Of ranwater, but hav-
ing it pumped in is severe strain on po-
litcal good nature.
One of the pets that President Cleveland
brought to Washington from Gray Gables is
said to be an old owl which sits solemnly
If the subject Of third term Is broached he
blinks the other eye.
Howard Horace Furness. the eminent
Shakespearean scholar of Philadelphia, is
building at Wallingford, Pa, what promises
to be one of the finest private libraries In the
country. The building which Is absolutely
freproof, will contain shelves to accommo-
date Dr.. Furness' splendid collection Of
books, which now embraces over 10000 vol
umes. and Is constantly being increased.
AS an example of the fecundlty of the
late Alexander Dumas pen, 1t is said that
between the years 1855 and 1870 he wrote
more than fifty plays for Paris theaters. He
was strict If not a stern father in many
ways, One Of his daughters up to the time
of her marriage had been permitted to attend
but one evening party and to go to the
theater but twice, each time to see tragedy
In the machine typesetting contest held in
Chicago recently, T. w. Green of Boston
carried off the prize with a record of 70 700
ems in seven hours, or 10,10O ems an hour,
This includes corrections amounting to 5000
ems. The New Orleans Times Democrat
disputes the championship awarded Mr.
Green and claims the honor for one of its
own printers. George Tinker, who has rec
ord of 1910 ems in eight hours, Mr.. Tin
ker's average per hour is 1O.130 ems, while
Green's average Ia lO,l00 ems. a difference
of thirty ems in favor Of Mr.. Tinker. Re
garding errors, Mr.. Gresn had 5000 ems of
corrections, while Mr. Tinker had less than
3,OOU ems, dlHefence OF more than 1000 In
favor Of Mr.. Tinker. These details are an
Instructive illustration Of the revolution
wrought by machinery in the printing trade,
What these experts accomplished in seven and
eight hours represents weeks labor under
the hand method of typesetting. A compari-
son of the new with the old champion rec
ord further emphasizes the disparity On
June T. 1855. Joe McCann OF New York City |
SGT L. 900 ems Of solid mnion in twenty-nne |
minutes and $3.50 ems in three hours. In |
September of that year William c. Barnes Of |
New York City. in a public match, set 2,O01 |
ems OF solid nonpareil In one hour, and at a !
later date In a private match, set 2,16O ems |
Of solid nonpareil in one hour, with One
break line These are among the highest rec
ords made An average Of 200 ems an
hour. day after day, was considered good
work with the types, Now an average ma
chine printer will set 5000 ems an hour, and
readily turn out 40, 900 ems in day Of eight
hours. 1t will be seen that in actual results
The machine man of today equals the labor
II four hand tYpesetters.