The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-17
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earthquake SHOCKS lelL uer6 to-Uuy.
Cause unknown.
JAY HAcEDE, Cor.
But to return. to the subject. The
tribulations OF bit of copy have only
Just begun after it comes OF the wire or
from the hands OF the new reporter.
After it has been pruned Of adjectives
and besprinkled with comas and peri
DDS, it goes to the copy-cuttcr. Consid-
ering his limited opportunities, 1t is
really marvellous what feats in confusion
the copy.cutter can accomplish. With
few simple movements OF his shears
and paste brush, and without once let
ting his pipe go out, he will get the
miscellaneous, telegraph and local copy
on his desk into tangie TINT will re-
ouire the united efforts OF two proof
readers, the night editor and n gally boy
the remainder OF tho night to reduce to
order. Here is q sample of his fell
work:
Nine. Blavatsky, one of the chief
priestesses Of theosophy, ofliciated, with
Colonel Olcott at the stand in the first
heat, where Royal Garter seemed to be
winning until Parkinson brought up
Sullross with a rush and won with him
by length, This pair fought out the
race, running dead heat, &c.
Think OF the,chiet priestess OF theo-
sophy officiating Mt 4 horse race!
But, after ally' lit is the composition who
is the prince OF chaos. Be his copy an
illegibte scrawl, as it generally is, or
typewritten on superfine linen paper,
he will find some way to show his con-
tempt for Webster and his superiority
to all grammatical laws. The mysteries
of the sign OF the possessive case are
too deep for him to fathom. and he
never can understand why any dis
tinction should be made in the use OF
effect" and Affect" but lie stands in
awe OF the rules of the office. There is
in one Of the city offices n rule which
gives the preference to "ccntdr," "the-
alter, &c, insteadof centre" theatre"
This explains why that paper recently
announced that o famous French actor
received salary OF 300 livers."
The intelligent compositor will sum-
mon all his fellows to laugh with him
the laugh of scorn at the copy-reader
who spells drought ".d-r-o-u-t-h," and
will demand that a chapel.meeting be
held on the proof-feader who marks a
comma in thin.spaced ltEe, but he
will Get up funeral cortege" funeral
corsagc," "church Of the Ascension"
church of the Annunciator," and
transform Boobies baby" into "boot-
less baby" "Grand Duke" into "grand
dude" "yearnings for immortality"
into "gnawings for immortality, ""the
marble faun' into "thc marble farm, I"
president Arthur1into President
Anthony and soft and balmy hours
into swift and bowling hours" without
qnalm. One OF these type-stickers
made n Norwegian orator say: "Fhey
(the Scandinavians) are not the people
who threw the lamb (bombJ into
your Streets" and few sentences
further on, "the growing discomfort
Of the people, the rising OF the
masses, and the final overthrow OF the
classes to give a monkey anarchy full
sway" Another announced that "the
Central Traffic Association will meet to-
morrow TO consider the old, old story
of snubbing Chicago" when the associ-
alton only intended to consider Switch
ing charges" Miss Florence Window
WOuiu uuIuly CouhlueE THIS announce
ment, made a few weeks since, a COM
pliment: "She dresses with great sim.
piicity, and is entirely FREQ from afTec-
ton" tafieetationl. And is this not
enough to make Wagner turn in his
grave? There was undoubtedly some
disappointment, from the fact that tho
Trilogy was not given in its entirety,
nor Paisipal' C'Parsifaln for the stun.
ming event Of the season. Die Walk