The Sloven

Tliis is che fellow to be dreaded more than any other pest in the prinlery. Wlien discovered ie sliouki Le tlmrst out without compunction. It is a waste of time to try and convert liim if he lias reaelied ma u's estáte. Put liim out, and save soul and Derve and pocket from gtratn of keeping liim. The slovenly slouch is an ailliction anywhere, but nowhere e;in he do more continuous damnge tliiui in the composing-room. He is a chap who never puts a thing back in its place; never ties up matter he unlocks; never looks after the ends of his lines when loekinï upforpress; never justi lies two lines alike; puts away matter on a talley so that It is bound to go tuto a pie ; mixes his Bpaces when distributing; throws Rood type into the heli-box rather than waste time in putting it where itbelongs; leads the poor proof-reader an anxious life by neglectiug to correct his galley thoroughly; worries the pressman an) risks smasbing of a presa whenever he ssent to make correctlons on the press that he ehould have made on the stone, bj' leaving a quoin or shooting-stick on the fonn, or by dropping type in the running parts of the prrss; in fine, keeps the office In a state of dirt, and disturbance, and fever tromone cause or another. Few printeries are free of him. He is a sly cove. His ingenuity in evading work is sometimes astoundlng. Were the same amount of braius expended in therightdirectlon he would be at the top of the heap; he would bean honor to hiinse If and a profit and a joy to his employer, where now he Is a miserable, eoodfor-nothing sloven - a terror to all who have to work with him. With thefacilities which mordern inven tion has supplied, there is no exevse for a pi or dirt in the printing office, and whoever makes either, save in the rare case of unavoidablllty, should be promptly drumined out of the ranks and sent home to cliew the cud of reflection. "Want of care does more harm than want of knowledge." - American Art Printer.