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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-12-10

bursts famous candies packet and
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Mail orders filled promptly.
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We Have II 49,
The largest and best assorted line OF
Ladies' and Gents Holiday Slippers 10
the city. Prices. fro9h soc to S1OO.
See the Christmas QaTd.
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AK.rtucssx MOVING sto...

The moving stone" at Lexington is
one of the most remarkable freaks Of
nature in the state of Kentucky. tho
great caverns alone excepted. In the
rear of the grounds attached to the
home of the late Gov. Gilmer is a huge
bowIder standing alone on tho edge OF
a stream. Resting directly upon this
bowlder is another weighing at least
twenty tons. This upper bowlder rests
upon a stone pinnacle not more than
two feet square. and so evenly hal
anced that. although the slightest
touch will cause it to rock to and fro.
hundred horses could not pull 1t from
its socket Biologists say that it must
have been deposited in it's present posi-
ton in the time Of the glacial epoch.
and that the texture and composition
of the bowlder argue in favor Of the
theory that it was transported from
the Lake Superior region to its present
resting place in good field Of ice long
before there was a single human being
on the face of the earth.-St. Louis Re-
v,r,h lic
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de to speak 50 as to be heard in court
And the worst ones to tackle are those
who are telling the truth. If q witness
has truth on her side she may be ever
so timid, but she will tell \ straight
story, and the most astute lawyer in
the world can neither shake nor break
her word If a witness is telling lie
a clever lawyer will make her tell an
other, and another, snd another, until
she has woven such network Of lies
around herself that it is comparatively
easy to break up one of them, and 30
the whole structure falls through.
The jury was against me, as jurfes
always are in such cases, for they viii
invariably decide with the individual
rather than with corporations and COM
panies. "Down with monopolies," IL
the feeling uppermost in the mind Of
the average juror.
1 had made up my mind that the man
was shamming and that he could lift
his arm if he wanted to. So, hoping to
make him do so, said to him very pat
ronizingly:
Your arm Is very painful. is II notT
Every"
"Excrucistingly so7"
+ Eyes, oh, yes"
"And you have talked to your doctor
about it?"
eyes"
"And to your wife and neighbour
eyes"
"And they all know that you cannot
lift it?''
Eyes. Oh, yes"
"were you able to lift Il before ths
sccident?"
"Yes"
"How high could you lift it7'
Before he could think Of the conse-
quences up went the injured arm with
the answer: Gas high as that" way
above the mans head, to show how
high he could lift it before it became
permanently stifened By the accident
OF course the roar in the court room
which succeeded this coup d'etat dum-
founded the shammer and he didn't
get his damages / won my case glori-
ously.
What does 1t cost to go to law? II
costs sums widely varying in size. We
make the rich pay for the poor. Many
of our most celebrated criminal suits
are entirely for sweet charity's sake,
because the client is unable to pay .
cent We take them because we feel
that we can acquit them and score
victory where others have failed
Where our clients are rich we charge
them large sums and make them pay all
in lump The lowest fee fer divorce
suit is 500 where we charge anything
at all. The highest we have ever re-
ceived for conducting such suit is $s2,-
600; the average is about $500.
A. Il HUNnKz.
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She knew it all. OF course she did
She was about Of that ago when they
always do. She was pert and pretty,
but she didn't wear suspcnders. How
ever, she knew she ought to. That's
why she sailed into the store so grand
". The poor innocent, ignorant clerk
was utterly overcome BY her tremen-
dous superiority. he simply did not
know anything except how terribly in
ferior he was to this prodigy OF super
excellence.
Have You suspenders hereT she
said, with an air of if-you-havent-
you'd-better-have.
The clerk could only nod In afarma-
ton.
well, she continued. 81 want set "
Then the clerk busted wide open
Detroit Free Press.
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covert insinuation that you rush TO your
lawyer and wish to begin . suit for
damages.
The lawyer will tell you that tho re-
mark Is capabloof . variety Of interpre-
tations. That tho other side will at
once show that no woman Is really and
literally any better than she Ought" to
DO, nor, indeed, can any mortal on tho
face of the earth make claim to a condi-
,tion 50 beatidc that she may be do
.scribed as being better than she ought
ITO be. So you see there is no ground
for complaint, and the lawyer, it he DO
Ia conscientious one, will patiently ex-
plain to you just how the case stands.
and you decide not to go on with the
scandal suit which you had contem-
plated.
The firm Of Howe & Hummel takes.
may say, almost no scandal suits. A
suit of this kind dies out by itself. Pro-
ceedings may be postponed for nine
months, and at the end OF that time the
parties have either become reconciled or
have lost all desire to prosecute.
Another class Of cases that como to
us in great numbers, and which we are
unable to take, because of the hopeless
ness Of carrying them to successful
issue, are the divorce suits which mum
berless women try to bring against
their husbands, when they have no
actual proof, but simply suspicious
which are groundless in mostinstances.
A woman will come to us and say:
''My husband is out late at night.
When he comes home he is the worse for
liquor. This thing has been going on for
so many years that patience has ceased
to be a womanly virtue. / wish, there
fore, to get a divorce from him, or, if
that is impossible in New York state. to
get at least separation"
Now, it may happen that no one has
ever seen this man TT nd the pro-
prieties of what should should not
be drunk, except the woman herself.
No one will bring actual testimony that
he is out late at night, SO it is impossi-
BILE to do anything at all in her case,
because her testimony as wife viii not
be accepted against her husband in a
divorce case. The usual cxpedient OF
the wife who claims that she is. badly
treated by her husband, or that he has
been guilty of an act of infdelity, Is to
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The anehia daily Eaoe gusdas orniug tober Is 1882.
"How far ahead is the next station'''

"How far ahead is the next, station?"
about five miles"
Siding there?"
Eyes"
Telegraph operator9
"Yes"
..Goodi Ihave q plan. Lot Inc work
thu whistle. I'll signal themi What Il
the name Of the station?"
''Mineville."
Kent ballard grasped tho whistle
c<rd. In sounds corresponding to those
Of the Morse codo when licked out BY
the instrument he signaled
.'Mineville! AttentionJ"
After few seconds pause he re-
heated the call How far arc we
from the station now?" he avked
Between three and foui, miles. an
swered the engineer. ''You can calcu-
late q little more than Z mile to tho
minute"
Kent repeated tho call once moro and
allowed a pause of ten seconds Then
he telegraphed by sounds:
''Open the siding. quickl"
Then a pause of ten secondA and
again:
''Open the siding!"
The station was now IN sight Mon
were running to and fro In front of it.
1--WE telegraphed them to ope'a tho
siding!'' shouted Kent in Faley's ear;
for the train was roaring and thunder.
ing on at terrific speed.
.'And sure enough, they've done It'll"
exclaimed Faiey. shutting of steam
and setting the air brakes The sig
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nal says siding OPEN You've either
killed US or cured us-depends on how
close behind the freight cars arc"
was a minute of terrible suspense.
The express. it, speed slaokened just
in time by the powerful air brakes.
Rlided on to tho siding. Would there
be time 70 throw open the main track
again. before tho runaway freight cars
came on?
"Jump-we've done everything we
oan." cried Faley to Kent and the fro
man, as the express stopped on the
siding. Even as they jumped. there
was a roar like . thunder peal on tho
right side of tho engine. and dark
shadow passed with the swiftness of
lightning.
It was tho runaway freight cars,
laundering by on tho main trackl The
station master had thrown open the
switch rod and closed the siding, JUST
in time.
It was not long after this experience
that Kent Ballard got his promotions:
and the next time he visited the Rock.
les it was as assistant general passen-
ger agent Of the c.. D. e. P. railroad On
this trip he brought his mother with
him in a Pullman car.-James Buck
ham. in N. Y. Independent
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FOR A WEB BEGUN.

sFW . web begun. God sends the thread
Over and over those words read.
And said to myself with an easy ar:
sWhas need TO burden myself with care
If this be trues
Or attempt TO do
Nero eAan my dutys For here - proo&
That we are to hold ourselves aoof
Until from the Master We receive
Tho thread for the web We are 70 weavA'
So, day after day, sat beside
Tho loom, as il both my hands wore tied
With idle shuttle and slaokened warp.
Useless rs Sstrings" Of an untuneo harp
For TOOK no part,
With hand or heart,
In the work of the world To tho cry OF need,
The voice OF the children, gave no hood
"When the task is ready for me, said,
GOD viii be sure to supply the thread"
Others might 60 IN cellars and slums
And weave . web out Of scraps and shrumA
Finding excuse for the daily toll
The reckless waste OF LIES precious on;
But as for me,
/ could not see
How was to follow them, Or believe
That the rightful pattern I'd truly weave
Unless waited, howeer time sped,
For God to send me the promised thread
uhad no strength of my own. knew.
No wisdom 10 guide, or skill TO do
And must wait at ease for the word OF COM
mand.
For the message surely should understand
Else all in vain
Were the stress and strain.
For the thread would break, and the web be
spoiled
A Door result for the hours I'd toilcd,
And nv heart and my conscience would be 1t
strife
Der the broken threads Of . wasted lifa
But all at once. like gem exhuned,
The word ''6egun"-by light illumed-
From the rest OF the text stood boldly ouA
By tho finger 0. God revealed no doubt,
Ard shocked and dazed,
Ashamed, amazed,
Isaw, as had not seen before
The truer meaning the sentence bore,
And read as BelshazZar might have reads
"Hor a web begun. God sends the thread"
The man himself, with his mind and heart,
Toward the Holy City must MAKE start,
Ere he finds in his hands the mystic clev
That shall lead him life's mazes safely through
And II loom and reel
And spinning-wheel
Idle and empty stand to-day,
We mast reason give for the long delay.
Since the voice of the Master has plainly said:
ls'Tor . web begun. God sends the thread. -
Josephine Pollard, In N. Y. Ledger.
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law and the Lord tho person u guilty
and should be punished for the evil he
has done?''
Yes, it is perfectly legitimate, and II
30 held even by the courts of justice
that are the first to attack . person for
the evil deed As Lord Brougham said
In his defense of Queen Caroline: "A
lawyer must use every legitimate means
in his power to get his client free"
A case of this kind comes to my mind
1t this moment The case was one of .
young woman who was suing TO get
certain amount of money, and I was
trying to prevent her from getting it.
The first thing / aimed to do was to
put her in bad light with the jury, so
that the men would regard her as being
a little doubtful both in word and
character / had perfect grounds for
doing this, because the young woman
was undoubtedly of certain type Of
adventures.
Let me see," said '.You have
several aliases, have you not?"
II don't know what You mean, she
replied.
"You are known by several names.
aren't you?"
Moo
"rn what name have you brought this
suit?'
Jennie Matthews"
Are you not known ~ Jennie Nier-
steiner?'
'Ye-es."
"And as Jennie Fitzsimmons!"
"Ye-es.''
That's three. And haven't you been
called Jennie Hamiin?"
"Ye-es." And then, a. IN idea sud-
denly occurred to her, she said: "Mr.
Hummel, there is another name that
am known by"
sis there? What Is it?'
Jennie Hummel."
OF course the laugh was On me. and
the quick-witted little witness, whs
was. by the way, only sixteen years
old, enjoyed the pleasure Of my dis
comfture, though won the case in tho
end.
The best witnesses are nervous ones
who are afraid that they VIII mover -
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Rushing to the forward platform he
climbed on top the tender and shouted:
"Faley.'
The engineer did not hear him at first
"Faleyr'
The man turned quickly.
Crowd on steami That freight train
has broken in two and is chasing US
down the grader
Good Godl" exclaimed the conductor,
who had followed Kent put on the plat
form of the baggage car. LET her
out, Faley! will go back and signal
YOU from the rear car"
The conductor disappeared. and Kent
crawled over the tender into the en-
CINE cab. Faley had already "1et her
OUT as much as he dared on so steep a
grade. Presently. however. came the
clear signal of the conductors bell =
More steam!" Faley's hand was on
the throttle; but he hesitated. Its
worse to Jump the rails than to get
overhauled on the track" he muttered
But here goesi I'm in this cab to
obey orders.
He threw the throttle wider open.
and the great engine rocked and
plunged at more terrific speed down
the sharp incline. Those stone cars
must be terribly heavy" exclaimed
Kent
Yes; how many of them broke
loose-do you knowp" asked Faley-
Not exactly" replied kenr but
shonld say four or five"
Enough to smash the whole express
to bitsw muttered the engineer. Its
curious how much faster = Loaded
freight car can travel. on a down grade
than locomotive, even Seems to ge
a greater momentum Good heavens
he wants more steami'
The conductors bell clamored it!
signal twice. Faley threw the throttl'
wide open. There" he exclaimed
IF that doesn't save us it viii smasi
u.s.
|. Kent Ballard had been thinking yer,
| hard for a few minutes A project wa
| forming itself in his mind. Student.
he grasped the engineer by the sleeve
| and asked. eagerly:
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Goddard to Meet Mahsr.

The Coney Island Athletic club has
succeeded in signing Joe Goddard and
Peter Maize: for fght TO a finish with
i-ounce gloves. Marquis of Qresnsberry
rules. for a purse o. $1,000. the fight 20
take place some time next month, under
the auspices Of the club AZ the club
house on Conev Island II was an
bounced few days ago that Goddsrf's
manager had accepted ~ e1er from
the Eldorado company TO meet Asher
o. Thanksgiving Gag. bat this was pos
itivcly denied By Secretary Eckharct, OF
the Coney Island Athletic club
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II q for tho euro - dyspeFseA 81 NJ
- tion and pilsA that
sTuf's:Tii ny Pills.
mh.vs become % famous They act ~
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EooTllcHT CHICKERING'S.

Adele Palma has been engaged by
Sol Smith Russell - play Niooe Far
quer in Peaceful Valley"
The large, richly furnished salon Of
Richard Wagner's home 1t Bayreush is
now kept closed like tomb by his
widow
Baroueas Blanc, n - said. viii
make her debut ~ . star IN Edouard
Cadets society comedy drama. "Baro-
ness Berthe which has been adapted
by Willis SsesM
Mme. Bernhardt II credited With ths
intention Of becoming the lessee OF .
PARA theeser for the dramatic season
Of -
Frank p. Elair end Edith Mureilo
propose 60 venture out the middle OF
November In . fAzce comedy with .
sporting tendency.
Ada Gallagher. . vsricty srtress.
known on the stage - Ada DeaveA
committed suicide as PhilAdelphia BY
cutting her throat with . rasor.
Kate Clarion returned to the stAge .
few weeks ago. but after remaining
=
leave 1t again and rest until after
election.
Nina Mo63esksis revival Of "Henry
VIII" Is critically commended by the
New York Press Her acting Of Qneen
Katherine 10 said to b full Of power
and beauty.
Msurics barrymore wm return 10
Ame-iea with Mra Bernard B>ere In
addition to writing new play for Mr..
Beers, Mr. Barrymore win be her lead
ing support
Alfonso Hatch. sAe oeeraeao tenor. has
organised . mudcal company. tho
Alonzo Hatch Entertainers, which
promises 70 be IN agreeable feature OF
She coming season
Padsrewslri's engagements have all
been cancelled The pianist's physician
says he cannot leave his room for two
months and must not touch piano dur
ing that time
Tho Suicide Club" - the title Of .
comedy TO be put on the road next sea-
son by Justin Adams- The piccc was
played by him several times last season
a . musical farce-comedy. bnt Is now
being remodeled into straight
three-acs comedy.
Mascagni has finished hts opern- Les
Rantaaus," and it viii be heard for the
first time on Novembcr 10 IN Florence.
He has IN hand two new works.,
"vestAa" and "Zanetto," and Intends
20 aHtAnpt flve-act grand opera on the
subject Of Nero" the libretto of which
has been written
An italian Journal anpounees . new
star in the musical world ia tho pcrson
Of . young Polish soprano named Re-
gina Piniecrt, who sang ut the Rossini
festival at Pcssro. and 10 now singing al
Genoa Tho journal aayu she can only
Be compared TO Patti and prophesiss'
tor her . triumphant career.
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hire a private detective TO shadow his
footsteps. Now. in court OF Justice,
the testimony of these private detec-
tives does not weigh a pin with either
the court OF the jury. tits claimed, and
perhaps rightly, that creatures so de-
spicable as to be willing TO spy on pr'-
vate individuals are quite capable OF
giving in false reports. Since they are
paid TO find out something wrong about
a person. they must of necessity bring
in a report that something has actually
been agley or they viii not get their
pay.
Consequently. if one of these private
detectives should swear that he had
looked in over the transom of the door
of a room and had beheld doings quite
sufficient to constitute grounds for d.
vorce in New York state, his testimony
would 60 for naught
When a case is brought TO us we ask
first. as all lawyers do, that the whole
truth be tolo TO US 1t is not possible
to keep anything back If the matter Is
TO be brought TO successful issue II
the client is innocent, the case Is COM
paratively easy, because ron have only
to break down the tissue OF lies which
constitutes the false testimony on the
other side. But il he Is guilty. then you
must set 10 work and find out the best
possible way OF getting him OF clear.
He has done wrong. bat he has come
to his lawyer, just as patient goes tn
physician. 20 be healed OF the moral
iniquisy and cured. so far as the eye
of the law is concerned.
'Is it legitimate Won ask. for =
lawyer to defend man or woman
Uhsu be knows that u the eyes Of ths
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AN ARAB SONG

I hid ny love when near yeu.
Ny pain for your sweet sake
But now that you are absent,
Ny heart must speak. or break.
God save me from such passion,
1t never knows despair,
For whether kind or cruel
Yeu are the only fair.
You win not ses me. sweetest,
Nor answer when I call;
But will follow, follow
Beyond the giants wall
Go. shut your door against me,
Twill not doubt or fear.
God still leaves one deer open,
The deer Of hope, my dear.
Could have leved another,
That time Is now no more
I cover with my kisses
The threshold of your door.
Open the door OF pity.
And hear my burning Sigh,
For absent frsn you longer
II sadder than to die.
RICHARD HESRY eToDDAA1
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A Royal Patron Of Cyclins.

The king Of Italy has written .
letter felicitating the president OF the
Faligno Cycling club and sending an
article of art in gold and diamonds for
its next races Humbert /. considers
cycling a useful sport and at the sauas
time an honest recreation.
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why some Actors Fail.

ST think that the reason of 30 much
mediocrity in our profession" says Miss
Julia Mariowe, sis not due so much to
. lack of acting talent in the individual
as to lack of courage to fight against
apparent failure, or to habit of being
easily discouraged If success does not
come quickly. and in consequence 9
sighting Of his or her work. l sup
pose. however, this can be said OF every
profession where success depends upon
the brain application and moral cour-
age of the person"
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Mn. Banenpp's Inssrassa.as to Marie.
MrA BanSupp-Aaris, / wish You
would take my diamond ring to the
Jewellers and have it cleaned.
Narie-Yes'm.
Mrs Bangupp-By the way, you might
rs well take my lorgnette. too. and have
it polished. One is Of no use without
the other. Life
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-25

FftzEmmons met President Noel Of
tho Olympic club she other day and
affixed his name to . contract agreeing
to meet Hall about February I. for .
purse Of s1o, geo. He viii eight Ut catch
weights. as Hall will not fight him ~
middle-weight
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III. Indepssdenc Track.

1t has been by no means proved that
the Independence kite track is all down
hill On the contrary, there is the best
of evidence in the world to the contrary.
The mere fact that it is possible to con-
struct such . track down hill al the
way should net be taken ~ . proof that
such il the fact.
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pr,n.. M.... . r... Quarter.

John S. Prince, the champion bicy-
clist of Omaha, broke the world
record on the Sedalia kite-shaped track
for quarter of mile. flying start,
without pacemaker, doing the dis
lance in :ass.. The record is attested
by Eve timers and the stArterx
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ABE HUMMEL ON WOMEN.
Incidents In the Daily Life Of .
Wen-Known Lawyer.
With . Guilty Clisnt-A Case Whore ~
Laugh Was ON Abo-Scandal and
Divorce Sutts-WonAn In
Law SuitS.


fCoPYRIoEr. 1Se21
A lawyer il like q hickman He
stands ready to carry You wherever you
want to go and to take your money. for
80 doing, but If he sces that he il going
to run you up against stone wall he
will refuse to take you in his care and
will tell you that you cannot 60 to
where you want to 60.
At least sixty out of every hundred
cases that are brought to lawyer have
to be refused on the ground that there
is no cause for legal action. Suppose.
for example, woman meets you in
the street and calls out to you In loud
tone Of voice:
''Miss Blank, you arc no better than
you ought to be-"
Several other people have heard the
remark, and you arc 30 indignant at tho
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In the Rancocas stable next season
will be seen some of the get OF the Inn
ported horse. the Sailor Prince, son OF
Albert Victor Prince was specially
selected by Jockey Tom Cannon to mate
with Mortimer mares at RancocAA
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ELL Kent I
guess we can
spare you for
a couple OF
weeks, if you
would like to
take . vaca-
ton, " said the
general man
ager Of the C.,
D. &P. railroad