Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-26
ERRORS OF TYPE.
A Printer Tells OF Some Curious Mis-
takes and Newspaper Bulls"

From the Philadelphia Press
Speaking of typographical errors and
newspaper bulls said an old newspaper
man and employing printer, recently, re
minds me that the average printer is
weak brother to depend upon and proof
readers are sometimes very negligent.
Il have had all kinds of trouble, and it
is the most difficult thing in the world to
pin responsibility down on one OF them,
for they have all kinds of loopholes for
failing to get things Exactly right.
Many errors are the work OF prank-play-
ing printers; some of the ugliest and gross
est errors are made purely unintentiOnally,
and undoubtedly, a few are made with
malice prepense. The more frequent errors,
however, aro made by the change of a word
letter, and since typeSetting machines
have CONC into such general use a printer
they call themselves machine operators
now-csn set up a line slip it into his pOck-
e. aud drop it into a column of matter
whenever he gets a good chance, and when
the makeup is not looking
Errors of very Serio-cOmic nature have
occasionally occurred. An edition of the
lible was once printed in England in when
The word not was omitted in the seventh
comma ndment For this offense, whether
by Cartlessncss or design, the archbishop
imposed the heaviest penalty known in his
tOry-f2n.O0o sterling. The edition was called
in and destroyed.
1T is stated that n printers widow in
Germany, while an edition of the Bible was
being printed al her establishment altered
that sentence OF subjugation to her hu5-
band, pronounced on Eve in Genesis. SO that
instead Of reading he shall be thy lord
r. said. and he shall be thy fool Copies
Of thi- edition were bought up at enormous
prices
The rcligiously important loss of sin
gle letter is well illustrated in the case of
printer putting TO press form of the
book of Common Prayer. The C. was
I'll a hgan oil he
changed in the twinkling of eye When
the book appeared it read. We shall all
be hanged in the twinkling of an eye
III the presentations of Scripture by
printers go at this rate what can we e&-
pee: Of less subjects?
4 remember where two articles had been
prepared for daily Gone a sermon. preach
~ by an eminent divine, and the other
about the freaks of a mad dOg). Cnfortu-
EatgIy. the foreman, when placing them
fH the form, mixed them, making the
following
The Rev. James Thompson. rector of
St. Andrews Church. preached to a large
concOurse of people on Sunday last. This
was his last sermon In a few weeks he
will bid farewell TO the congregation, as
his physicians advise him TO cross the At
lanyie
He eNhorted his brethren and sisters
and after offering a devout prayer, took
within to cut up some frantic freaks. He
ran up Timothy street to Johnson. and
down Benefit street TO College. At this
stage OF the proceedings some boys seized
him. tied Il tin kettle to his tail and he
3Gain started. A great crowd collected and
Tor = time there was a grand scene of
NOISE running and confusion. After some
trouble he was shot by policeman
"A similar accident of the types occurred
IN western paper. The editor gave ont
TWO articles for his paper-one on a no.
hticaI subject, and another on fatteninr
swine Some mysterious sleight-of-banS
manipulation on the part of the .fnteIIi
gent co;npositor' had changed the headings