Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-09

look twice at a pretty face and hardly
take the trouble TO look at o plain at all,
ii the plain girl has money she IS fairly
certain to be married long before the
penniless beauty; and of course, the
wealthy beauty is, so 20 speak, snappeH
up before she has time to think ser!-
ously on the matter Hence. the i'm
pOrtance Of money as bait leads to
much painful eLdeavor to appear Wei
OF. and TO earn the repute as TO the pos
session Of wealth, as The repute saves
tho purpose of bait well enough il IL can
only be kept up until the tatetul words
have been said al the altar. After that
well. q ven may decenuy be drawn
over the scene.
In q certain small watering place a re-
tired Major on the h2lf-pay list had Ia
ken ND his abode, with a view 10 living
as comfortably as possible within his
income. Soon after his arrived ne made
the acquaintance Of a very charming
widow. who lived in q nice little house,
and appeared 90 be very comfortable, IN
deed. OF course. IL was nor to be eX-
pected that the gallant soldier would give
himself away by telling the real reason
OF his residence i'm thiS.particular place,
and mis- rather b0as,fui conversation led
the widow 10 believe that he would
prove a splendid catch il he could only
be secured. Ii was an easy matter LOT
her wCman's wit. sharpened by expert
ence. 10 devise a plan by which the Ma
i0r might be u!Jably impressed with
the knowledge Of her own wealth, with
out her having 70 say anything on the
subject. She had, rs q small reserve in
alocal bank the sum OF II, and this she
asked the Major one afternoon TO cas-
ually draw for her. as she did not care
TO 90 herself. not being conyersant with
the WAYS of banks. The Major was de-
lighted to 0blige, and it SO happened
that he was sent on the same errand
about once a fortnight. This set him
TO calculatiugand the end OF it was that
being thus as he iOndly supposed, the
pcesass0r ofdirect evidence OF The little
widows mOneyed possessions, he pro-
nose and was accepted. But too late the
ewes OF both were opened. The schem-
ing widow had paid IN again into the
bank. as soon as she had received 1t
from the Major. ler little capital OF t20,
and the Major had ultimately 10 confess
TO his bare half-Day.
A fond father of four girls, determined
70 DO all ne could TO get them OFF his
hands. was accustomed TO buttonhO,e
any eligible young man WHO might hap
Den 10 drop in, and inform him that il
was his intention TO leave 10 each OF hia
daughters as near $4,000 IS he possibly
could. But the trick was too p2lpabie
The poor man could not have mustered
e for each OF them, and, as in small
places the real state OF matters can
hardly be concealed. he was made the
subject Of much rid.cule. and was often
facetiOusly referred 10 as Old Two
Thousand
Going O step further, some have been
known 10 have their wills drawn up IN
due form, leaving TO the female mem
bers of their families large sums Of
money in the hope of thereby creating
the needed favorable financial impress
sion, though the sums so ileft We're en-
tiraly fictitious The lawyer in such
case is not made the sole repository of
the contents of the viii, as few judic-
iOus hints given i'm the proper quarters
are sufficient 10 spread such particulars
as it is desired shall reach the ears Of
those whom it is intended to deceive.
Il has, indeed happened that the as
tute legal gentleman called in to make
such a fictitious VIII has been himself
thoroughly Well taken in. A certain
widow. who occupied large house IN a
fashionable London district. without
means, and living entirsly on credi., at
last Outran her lOng-suffering creditors
patience. and they began pressing her
hard. Bethinkiug herself of a way out
of her difficulties. she sent for a solicit
tor. who happened 10 be unmarried and
in q very large practice, and instructed
him to make her will. In il she dispOs-
"a u properties md investments-oll
purely imag;uary-to the tune of go,
GOO or fG0.O0 Not long afterwards the
solicitor proposed, was accepted and
found himself the husband of q penri-
less adventures.
Breach Of promise cases sometimes
bring 10 light The wiles OF men in this
particular line During c0urtship they
hold special positions. with big salaries,
large businesses and the like; but when
II becomes their object TO cut off, all
this property vanisheS. they have not
salary enough TO marry on, their bus
mess hardly pays expenses. Queer re-
verses of fortune in this way sometimes
bring the partner Of large and -four
fishing firm liz q week or two 10 the post
Of a pound a week clerk.-Household
Words.
AFTER THE GRIP, diphtheria,
pneumonia, scarlet fever, typhoid
fever. etc, Hoods Sarsaparilla is OF
wonderful benefit in imparting the
strencth and vigor so much desired.