The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-10-01
mlration after the Merthyr Tydvil post
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DEAN STANLEY's BAD WRITING.

tence which began: "What though,
the word and the church, etc, ap
peared in the proof: "What thought
the world and the devil" etc.
In SINAI and Palestine, 1.-the thorns
of the burning bush," in description
OF the monastery of St. Catharine. ap
peared as "the thorns of the burning
beast In the same book is a descrip
tion of the sunden turn in the road
which leads from Bethany to Jerusa
lem, at which, as the dean expressed
it, there suddenly bursts upon the
traveller magnificent view of Jerusa
lem. The dean, however, had written
fer Jerusalem the abbreviation "Je
rus and the sentence appeared il
this form, that at the turn of the road
there suddenly bursts upon the trav.
eie. magnificent view of the "Jones!'
CnirograpEical experiences made
Dean Stanley and Greeley near kin
4 translation of the original was the
necessary accompaniment of each cpis.
tic.
Benjamin Franklin is said to have
taught his master printer lesson in
types and consequences. The proof
sheet showed many minor errors let
ters were dropped. The critical eye
of Franklin and his sense of right pro-
tested: the work was not as good as
it ought to be. But this boss said
"Let it go; what is a letter any how
everybody knows what was intended y
1t happened soon after that Franklin
was type setting; he had a sentence
from |. Corinthians, XIV, to set up; he
saw his opportunity and he took it.
The paper was issued. Then came
that negligent master unto his keen
witted type boy in very wrathful
mood. What do you mean by per-
vcrting the words of DR.. -? You
have set the whole town to talking"
:Why,' said Franklin, "only yester-
day you said it did not matter if let
ter was dropped. Now that sentence
is familiar to all, or should be: In a
moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at
the last trump the dead
shall be raised incorruptible, and we
shall be changed; there is but one let
ter, C, dropped" The type copy read:
ave shall be hanged" not changed.
In recent issue of the Home Journ-
al, 4 paper of the highest class, Mr..
Moody is misrepresented as to Bible
knowledge in the quotation of a we'll
known verse. ''He searcheth the veins
and the hearts Of men," This may be
a psychological rendering up to date,
but Mr.. Moody would prefer the old
world reins to the substituted veins.
SOME LAUGHABLE BLUNDERs.
The Pittsburg Dispatch contains the
following:
"A ridiculous typographical error
in an Arkansas paper has aroused in
dignation in little town in that state.
A wedding took place between two
prominent members of the village So
ciety, and the editor took particular
pains to give the young couple good
send of. lie wrote up the event in
forid style and displayed it under a
three line head, and enjoyed the con-
scious feeling of duty we'll performed.
''Imagine his horror, however, when
he read the next morning in letters
that seemed big enough for circus
poster. Charming Home Wedding,
Pink and White Were the Prevailing
Tights. Many Monkish Gowns Were
Worn by the Fair Guests The edi-
tor had written 'tints and 'modish.'"
Sometimes tho mistakes have Par
tingtonian flavor. A lady inquiring
for the well-known novel by +. p.
Roe, "a Face Illuminated" asked the
clerk for copy of "a Face Enamel
ed!' Almost as good as this was the
inclusion among books on theology in
Il large store of Goods Fool by
Marten Martens, which we observed
a few days ago.
The editor of the bookman cites
three cases given below. His recon-
mendation will scarcely be followed.
little nonsense now and then i rel
ishcd by the best of men" but to COM
pile book of blunders would be car
rying the matter too far. That is not
4 healthy dish which is all spice; and
wisdom seldom flows with wit. though
often it is relieved by it, The errors,
however, humorous to the public, have
little humor at times for the author.
1t matters much whose OK is gored.
Fun for one may not be for all. Tastes
diiIer; and it makes wide difference to
the host whether the pudding is served
voluntarily or by compulsion. If one
can see the humor and bear the pinch
philosophically, he is the better for
typographical blunder or two. He
learns that men are mOrtal-not inE,l-
lible, himself included. He scans the
press issues anew and wonders to find
how large a company he is in. lie
will not nurse his pride in innocuous
desuetude, nor suffer himself to be on