New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-02

dominated by Napoleon III
come OF these btufd It's occasionally Lead to
lhcl actions and other unpleasant consequences.
BAD was the condition Of the editor who. hav-
ing IN n touching obituary notice of a soldier
described the deceased as Il battle Scared vet
Gran, was driven frantic to find in the morn
ING that the types had made him write OF a
"battle-scarcd veteran" The next day he pub
lished the following apology for the blunGer:
inc editor was deeply Greved to find that
through an unfortunate typographical error
nc was made to describe the late gallant Major
II. as a 'battle-scIrcd veteran IL tenders
ms sncerest apologies for tle mistake to the
friends and relatives Of the deceased but to
every reader Of this Journal acquainted with
the leats OF the major ii must have been APP
parent that what the editor wrote was bottle
SCARED veteran"
Many of the humors Of the composing room
arise from mistakes in punctuation. For exam
PIE, the following was preiXed t. Il contribution
III the Poets Corner Of a Cumberland jour
Eai: These lines We're written nearly nifty
years ago. by gentleman who has FOR scVera.
years lain in the grave for his amusc-
rncnt" Another paper in reporting suicide
said: Deceased blew out h.s brains after bid
ding his wife Soodby with Gun." After the
last Egyptian campaign 4 London evening pa
per printed the following paragraph headed
a Claimants Gonerosity'': ITO show the en-
thuSiasm with which our troops have been re-
cci"cd we may mention that we have been told
OF several instances where cabrI,n Lave driven
soldiers iror Egypt to the Barracks without
charge This was generous. no doubt but the
loiirnc" must have been hard upon the horses.
To a writer in one of the many ladies' journals
we are indebted for the news that. 1T has be-
cone the fashion II late FAR ladies T. take thor
tea in their hats and gloves But the ladies'
suffered "iill more severely at the hands of i
WASHINGTON reporter. vino. describing the cos
TUNES at the Presidential recrption had III
tended To say that Mrs Il. wore nOlhiiI in the
nature of dress that was rcmarSable." He
left hurricLly f.; the West next day when he
opened the paper and read: Mrs. Brown wore
nothing IN the nature of dress. That was
remarkable" y London paper reported on one
occasion the capture in mid channel If large
m;.n-eat!ns shark ~ provincial journal, copy
ing the paragraph, but less careful about the
punctuation. gave 4 different weston If the ia
cident: ~ large man. eating shark. was
captured in ml-channal" The omission If
comma once gave an awkward Interpretation
TO a paragraph In a Dublin newspaper which
ran: ~ very handsome memorial has been
erected in ST JerOme's Cemetery to the late Mr.
John Phillips iontally shot mark OF
affection Ivy hi- brother" In the following in
stance. it was no doubt bachelor cOmposit0r
who in setting up the toast. Woman. without
her, would be 4 savage by "A trihng trans
position of the comma made the sentence read
Woman. without her man. would be a savage"
In "A sermon on drunkenness which appeared re-
Gently in Dublin paper. the reverend gentleman
was made TO say: 1T was only last Sunday
that young girl fell from one of the benches
Of this church. while WAS preaching in a beasty
state of intoXicatiOn."
Herbert Spencer wrote. "Whaes are not
fish because they possess fins and fishlike
;aiI''; but what the public read was, "Whales
not fish. because they POSSESS fins and a fish
like tail" which truly is a most remarkable
reason why whales are not fish. In Ireland there
prevails among Roman Catholics pious custom
Of inserting in the weekly religious journals ad-
vertiscmcntS asking for prayers for certain in
tentions. a lady sent the following To- one OF
these newspapers: "a husband going to sea.
his wife desires the prayers Of the faithful; but,
as it appeared. the faithful were asked 60 pray
for "a husband going 10 see his Wife. May
Heaven cherish AMI keep YOU from yours affec-
ti0natcly Peter D." was the way another Irish
paper rendered the concluding portion Of a letter
written by a soldier serving in the late Soudan
campaign to his wife in Cork But perhaps the
most amusing instance of the ludicrous effects
Of wrong punctuation is afforded in the follow
ing description # the Jubilee procession. which
APPEARED in an East Anglican weekly paper;
Next came Lord Roberts riding. ON gray
Arab stcod wearing splendid scarlet uniform,
covered with medals on his head. fIeld-har-
shars hat with puncs in his hand the baton OF
a field marshal on his rSged features snile OF
pleasure as he ACKNOWLEDGED the Numbering
cheers Of the crowd
another entertaining course of contributions
to the humors Of the composng-room results
from what is technically known as mixes. pro.
duccd b. The accidental running together OF
dincrout items If news and distinct paragraphs
that ought 10 have begun on separate lines
These errors are perhaps inevitable IN the con-
ditions attending the production oi newspaper.
The paragraphs and Items 81 news When put
I'm to tvre hy the compOSitOr are placed IN obionS
trays CknoWn as gllcyD with lodges on b"th
sides and at the top. and from these me matter
is lifted. 10y hdhn lNth'E -! ~" - ~. -
time onto the imposing stone where IL IS
arranged i'm columns rs it appears in the printed
nc,ysnaper In this process. which. as the hour
of going e. press draws near must hr q me huf-
ri.5l, a norton Of a street braWl VIII OCCASION
III got mixed 10 with a description OF Il re-
iioinrIs service: 4 comic termination Is given 10
touching obituary notice: and the pride or happy
parents in tn announce Im'tt 81 tn'H 'hH
hir,b * Transformed into righteous wrath when
thev find IL concluded with the sentence I'M
noscd the dav before on noted burglar.
In "A certain newspaper. for instance m. de-
~ 49, -, ,sod in this r. shion. "'rhe crowd