When a line is completed it is "justified,"--that is, the spaces between the words are increased or diminished, so that each line will end with a word or a syllable. An ordinary-sized stick will contain thirteen lines of the size of type in which this article is set; and when the stick is full, then comes one of the most unsatisfactory duties for novices--that of "emptying" it. There will be in the stick some two hundred different pieces of metal. Lifting them out of the stick in one piece is a precarious proceeding. The boy in the illustration has evidently failed in the attempt, as do most beginners. The result of such a slip is "pi," which is made by no stated rules, but in numberless ways. A common work for beginners is setting up the "pi," which, when set up, looks like this: heq ae tti d, mc cu bah, tchi ooh hi jz. vbcmwp;"--MKe 3 : - hx. i.r ta wsmt [fl]m_c_b2_uo_'z_e_wlec_t_ 3_o_,_gsu_ ,s--qvuke9_oi_?b [fi]y a_t_i_m_ _o_ i_rr_ ,h _a_e6 Ij _g_s_s_ off _ieer_ xo _a_ _l_pgt _r_o ,_re_nc _o_c thd _ad_e_o_ _s_ir_t_ , ifofy From the stick the type is transferred to a "galley," a long metal or wooden tray, against whose side and end the type rests. It is usually placed in an inclined position that there may be no danger of the type "pying," or becoming so mixed up as to be useless. When the galley becomes filled it is "locked up"--an operation made plain by our illustration--and "proofs" taken. This is done by "inking" the type by means of a roller, then placing a sheet of damped paper upon it and passing a heavy iron roller, surrounded by a "blanket," over it. The proof is then sent to the proof-reader, who goes over it carefully, comparing it with the copy, which is read aloud to him by the "copy-holder." Any corrections to be made are indicated by certain hieroglyphical marks, which, with slight variations, are recognized by printers everywhere. [Illustration: TAKING A "PROOF."]