The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-11-26
HOW THEY Do1r.
The Manner in which New,papers oh.
taiz fhelr Most Interesting EsadipE.
Excellent IIlustration oft.

i The Manner IN WHICH hcNtpupeEA oh
ta,1 fholr Most Interesting Eeasiipg
Excellent IIlustration Gift.
Few positions in journalism aye 30 impor
tant to gooi newspaper, and yet 50 easily
filled as that OF the exchange editor" tt
those that are unsophisticGsed into the work
inss OF large newspaper, 1t may be stated
that the exchange" editor isa msn who
uses the scissors and paste-pot All rswspa
pers OF metropolitan pretentions have Ell,
change lists OF hundreds OF papers. They
send their paper to all the l!adiIg journall
In the country besides number Ut country
papers In the immediate vicinity. Every one
Of these papers are read by the exchange edi'
tor, and II he fnds something novel and in.
teresting, he cuts II and credlis 10 the paper
from which It 10 taken. Wben he gets O
number OF these clippings, he hands them 10
the managing editor to make selection
from, The latter chooses the most interest.
ing OF them, and those are published In the
paper upon the following day.
Some newspapers use more clippingJ tEa1
Others. In q large city like New York,
where interesting news Is plenty, few are
needed, as the columns are well crowded
without them. In Cincinnati, St. Louis and
cities further west, the papers will be found
well filed with them, and there Is no mis-
take but that they make mighty good read
ing.
For instance the following entertaining
story, which Is from the Pittsburgh Dipdtch,
. journal which Is extensively copied, has
been going the rounds OF the newspapers:
OF recovery, where hcpe lad altogether been
lost, 10 parallel that which was Monday il.
vestigated by Dispatch reporter who had
heard In various quarters persons talking to
their friends OF cure, seemingly little short
OF marvellous, that had been performed. The
plain facts In the case referred to, without
exaggeratiop, are these, as they were learned
from the mother of the young man, his a :
tor and other persons well known In the
Community:
"William Lincoln Curtis Is the name OF
the young man In question. He Is now en-
p.Cysd ct II K. Porter & Co.'s locomotive
works In Pittsburgh, Pa. A year ego be re-
sided with his mother, on tirartstleet. About
that time he went to bed one evening With o
violent pain In his shoulder, the result, he
thought, OF cold. The next morning the
shoulder was greatly swollen, the pain was
Intense, and aches were felt al through his
system. His cgss WIS speedily developed
into violent form Of chronic rheumatism,
among the first notable features O., which was
the paralysis Of his left arm.
He gradually grew worse, and In q few
months the elbow and knee joints and both
ankles became enormously enlarged In
March last the cheek bones began 10 enlarge,
and upon his left side particularly, spread
ing his face out Of all ressmban . to his fol-
mer self. The pain In all lis rints bAcame
inteps foyer, with It's detsriorutitg ELECTS,
now added, aud hs bscame rapidly re-
duced to the semblanca Of skeleton, while
vitality eashed its lowest postib ecolditior,
and his sutFeripgs we Of such al indCscrib.
able character that those who most loyed
him sometimes thought 1t would be better II
lie was called away. Atts's lime physicians
we'll known in Pittsburgh informed his
parents that lie was In imminent dagger OF
total parsl ysis, and directly aferward they
announced TO his sorrowtul mothe: tsat they
could give no hopes Of recovery.
4hsyoung man lus lY commenced taking
that wonderful medltiue, PEtuSA. Almost
at once the good effscis were perc-p'ihie. In
two weeks qultea change, for the better, was
perceptible by all the friends Of tee invalid.
In ti1 weeks almost all the Enlargement had
strength the patient was Qlits rs well rs he
had ever been in b $ life. Nearly three
weeks ago he resumed work as maohinist at
his old pace, able 10 perform as much labor
as ever In his lfe.
"The mother Of Willis Curlia In s!atii & all
these facts, said: ladeej, cannot look
upon the cure much less than as u miracle. l
30 not hesitate in soUpding the p:aise Of
Peruba, and in recommending It t1 all my
friends. My heart Is very full OF gratitude
for my boys recovery way really like that Of
one slatched from the jaws Of death.''.
The pastor Of the church where the young
man attended Sabbath school ives visited,
and he readily confirmed the fects Ct the de-
formed bones, the emaCiatsd condition from
iistass, and Of tina doctors hayiIg glseo him
up. The young man entered the ministers
house with the reporter, and The pastor, who
had not seen b IN since his recovery. was
greatly surprised at his improved condition.
Said he, I'll be had not spoken, l would not
have known him."