Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-06-08
FREAKS Of THETYPE.
SOME FUNNY THINGS THAT GET
INTO PRINT.
Readers Frequently Encounter Pas
sages that DO Not Express the Writ
er's Ideas in the Slightest Degree
Mixed-Up Account of a Wedding.

From half-past eight till half-past ten
You laugh and laugh and laugh again.
The style on that paper called for ex-
pressing the hours by figures, so when
the lad" appeared it read like this:
From $50 to 1870
You laugh and laugh and laugh again.
Sometimes the proofreader fails to
correct, and sometimes he doth correct
too much. The sporting editor of San
! Francisco paper had among his notes
an item which said, The young salmon
are beginning to run" The next morn
ing the statement was printed ON his
page that "The young salmon are be-
ginning to swim" When the editor
asked how it happened the proofreader
said cheerily:
That's all right Billy. You had that
mixed up with your turf stuff, but l
Strengthened it out for YOU"
But why didn't you let it go as l
wrote itY persisted the editor.
Il couldn't" was the reply. "Who
ever heard of fish running"
One morning the readers of an es-
teemed contemporary were perpleXed
to see in type the announcement that
''The Scotus handed down an import
ant decision yesterday" The afternoon
paper of the town, with whom the
morning paper for years had held
bitter controversy, interesting none but
themselves, laughed that day, as the
poets say, ''in ghoulish glee," and it
was up to the morning paper the next
day to explain that "the types" made
them say that the Scotus did so and so,
when the telegraph editor should have
known that that word was merely the
abbreyiation of the telegrapher for Su-
preme Court of the United States.
One Sunday a preacher in McKee's
Rocks Pa, took for his text, BE We
therefore steadfast," which, being in
terpreted in the weekly paper, meant,
"Be ye there for breakfast"
1t was the mistake of a makeup man
that put a face powder puff between
two death notices. and the telegraph
editor, who stayed late that morning,
saw it and had it routed out of the
stereotype plate.
Style is everything in a newspaper
office, and some papers spell theatre"
centre" ''livre," and so on with
final ser" That is why one of these pa
pers while ago announced that cele-
brated French actor received Il salary
Of 300 livers."
Ntrn1lI Ia a lpncr or TO toll In, 10
tail how mix-ups happen, but that they
really do happen can be doubted by no
newspaper man whose knowledge of
the business ever led him to eXplora-
tions of the mysteries Of the compoS-
ing-room, as well as the somewhat in
.ricate mazes of the editorial-room. And
80 this heart-breaking account of mar
riage may be vouched for as an actual
occurrence:
''The church was finely decorated
with holly and evergreen, and the altar
was hidden in wealth of flowers. Out
of the recesses rose rare tropical plants,
and from the ceiling hung fifteen West
ern veals, which at this time of year
are scarce and corresponding dear at
sass cents per pound. There was also
an active demand for choice lambs,
and farmers east of the Mississippi
River can protitably turn to sheep~rais-
ing and take the bride, who wore
gown of white corded silk, creation
Of Worth's, with pea.l ornaments.
"Then care the maid of honor. the
cousin of the bride. Miss Henrietta
Blower, of Chicago, wearing a dress of
white tulle, with diamond ornaments,
and she was followed by small bunch
of Montana sheep, which bleated most
! piteously as they were driven on board
and shipped to the winter hotels in
! Bermuda. They will there be cut en-
traine and slightly decollete, and after
the rest of the party had reached the
rail the minister turned and said i'm
pressively: L cannot bid more than 61a
cents for State veals, but cablegrams
from London quote refrigerated beef
at price that will enable me to pay
! S4.o0 for a car of choice Indiana beeves,
and hearing this there was a rush for
the young married couple, and the
bride fell into the arms of her father,
who is known to bear striking resem-
blance to n Connecticut OK weighing
1875 pounds. The market here took
an upward turn and advanced 1@2
cents, and the guests, who numbered
about 200, We're served with a sump-
tuous dinner at the house of the bride"
Submarine Boats.