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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-04

The girl had on. a dress Of some light
STUN and The head of the lighted match
lev her Zap, instantly setting her
ao-aze. The girl gave a frightened
scream and c,Utched for the wall. tip
pms over the chair upon which she
stood. Down she fell TO the floor. bit
Sprang 70 her feet and fled across the
her head.
Inc family We're sitting down 70 SIM
per. and a brother who hapDened IN 10
IN The house, seized the rug OF the foor
and succeeded in extinguishing tha
flames, but not until his sister was rev.
ribly burned up the entire side.
When the surgeons were sent for +bev
round the girl moaning in great agony
while 70 the threads Of clothing to-3
from her there hung pieces Of raw fas[
eharred black with the flames. Portions
upon the leg and arm were burned INN
the bone. --'''
Il was thought the girl could NOT live
ana morphine was given. as in n1ost cas-
Is OF burns. 10 ease her dying moments
But, to their surprise. she became CON
se'ous between the doses Of morphine
ana eonversed nationally with her fam
lly. She expressed a determination 70
get Wei, deplored the foolshness Of her
accident, and declared that. though SUI
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-04

fering greatly, she knew by her inner
most feelings that she was in no danger
of immediate death.
Now there is a medical law, unwrit-
ten, it is true, but acknowledged in ev-
cry hospital, that a patient cannot re-
cover if two-thirds of the surface of the
body be burned The functions OF he
skin are destroyed sufficiently proven
cue system Au.n throwing off IS N
purities. and the shock, the suffering
and the discomfort of having so large
a portion of the surface of the body
charred are sufficient to prevent rally
toward recovery.
PLUCK AGAINST HOPE.
But in this case the girls pluck in
sp.red the physicians with hope, anu,
though three-fourths of the body was
burned. they decided that she had
fighting chance for life. There was
nothing they could do but apply the
usual remedies and nourish the system
and keep off fever and delirium. But
this they did for three weeks, working
faithfully, and during the fourth week
she was we'll along towards Gonzales
cence.
Doctors can do nearly everything, but
when the skin is completely burned OF
and the intervals between the open
places are too great to permit the skin
10 stretch across then there is only one
alternative. and that is skin grating.
Until this is done there is a raw, ugly
EXPOSED surface, highly sensitive and
80 oil
suppurate constantly or exist as a
ragged. open sore. Skin cannot be plac-
cd upon it 100 soon.
When il became known that pieces OF
skin were needed TO patch out the ex-
posed surface upon the body OF this
plucky girl recruits were not scarce.
Friends freely offered themselves to the
! doctors knife, and strangers came also'
begging that they be allowed TO contrib
ute bits Of skin. Soon there were enough
volunteers to graft q surface many times
as large as the exposed flesh
The physicians, as is their custom, Sc
lected their patients very carefully The
rosiest cheeks and the purest complex
Toned persons were the ones that stood
the best chance. for not all operations
in skin grating are successful, and if
impuze skin and blood are injected into
wouO, the piece Of skin will no, unite.
Worse than this, it may poison the
wound.
The time for the operations were af-
ternoons about o'clock, and then Jhe
persons selected by the doctors would
call at the girls residence and allow a
bi, of themselves TO be sliced off for the
girls patchwork arm and leg.
The way Of grating the skin was in
teres,ing from standpoint of cleanli-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-04

side in long cases, you are impressed
with ~ beauty of the faces. such mar
vellous compilations do the women snow,
such delicacy of tone and tint, such
wonderful lights to the hair and such
symmetry of shoulder, that you stop
entranced by thsir very loneliness. The
miniatures are, as a raPturous critic
said, a fairyland of color.
AN ARTISTS SECRET.
Rut there is a secret behind all this
beauty that is undreamed by visitors,
and which unfolded affords a study n
feminine vanity as we'll as in the IN
evenness OF earthly distribution.
certain well known miniature paint
er. a woman whose name and fame have
travelled the world over, stood in front
of a panel OF miniatures that was be-
ing cleverly placed alongside doorway
as if to smile a welcome at incomers.
do you know" said she TO friend
dreamily. that when | LOOK at those
miniatures | see. not. the fair women
shown there, but bright. piquant face.
framed In a wealth of amber hair, look
ing wistfully into mine. For a minute
| am back In my studio with palette in
hand and my brush poised over tne
ivory. Look where ] will at these mlnla-
lures. l still see the face "
Explain yourself" demanded the
friend. gazing cur.ously at the miniature
painter, who had just returned from
Russia, by the way, where she spent the
summer painting the Czarina on ivory.
Have your successes turned your
brain?" =,
mo, oh no. But may a painter tell
professional secrets? l think she can
if she promises to divulge the names
only of those who were mother patrons.
l will tell you something, but mind you,
it is not about patrons Of mine. Oh, no.
About other painters patrons"
"Do YOU see those BEAUTIFUL women
smiling at you with their cherry lips
and pearly teeth? DO you notice their
cheeks like pinks and their m!lk-white
foreheads? And do you see that lovely
neck curve?"
"Tben know that there is a young
model who makes her living posing for
miniatures. She is a beautiful little
thing. 100 sweet and bislful 10 pose for
the nude. and she has taken up the study
of posing for miniatures. l keep her
busy all winter. Dull seasons she poses
for beginners in the art of ivory and
porcelain likenesses.
SITTING FOR MINIATURES.
"This may be riddle TO you, but you
will understand it better when tell you
that A woman Who wants her miniature
painted visits me only once or twice.
The work is very slow and tedious. The
brushes are tiny. In some parts OF the
work three hairs are almost too much;
and for six weeks l must use these tiny
things making minute strokes, often
with a microscope, until The miniature IS
done The sittings are long and pain
full. If one is nervous.
after a society woman has visited
me once or twice l ask her TO bring me
photograph of herself, and tell her she
need not come again until send for
her. Now my little model begins her
work.
with infinite patience she sits for me.
She who has not a penny Of her own
dresses up in silks and 'satlns and be-
comes the willie of ]. ]. Aston. OF o. H.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-04

well, It was at one Of Mrs. Douglas
"at homes" that the row began. Witch,
Miss White, Dougal and were playing
tennis. Dougal and Miss White were
against us. AS a rule Witch ticks the
other girls into fits, but on this occasion,
for some reason or other she missed
nearly every ball. / was annoyed, and |
expressed. myself perhaps a little more
strongly than ! ought 10 have done but
I'm sure I said nothing one whit stronger
than I've said scores Of times without
any offease being taken. BE that rs It
may, Witch refused 10 play any more
and went and sat down By Aunt Betsy
Jane.
/ am doctor, and soon after that
someone fetched me away. II was bad
case, and ! didn't gel home till midnight.
In the dining room some cod meat and
beer were waiting for me; 50 was note
from Witch I ate a mouthful AMI
drank glass OF beer, then I opened tho
note. For moment ! felt as If had
knife IN my heart. II was such a cruel
stab Witch-my little Wltch-woulf
have nothing more 10 DO with me. Ny
conduct at Mrs. Douglas had proved 10
her that she no longer possessed my re-
spect, and without respect love was n:t
likely to last long, etc. She ended by
saying that she would have 7e.cgTied ihy
ring. but could not remove 10 from her
finger, but that she would get the iewo.er
TO cut Il off tomorrow. ! smiled grim
smile al the last sentence. ] had no ne
tention OF allowing that ring 10 De cut
of.
The lovely effusion puzzled me alto
gether. Il wasn't I'll Witch's usual
style. Naturally, note Of that k.ni
coming from her would have run 10 ms
way: John, hate and detes. You. ana
hope you'll keep out of my sight ior-
ever" or something ike that. Wei, |
went TO bed | was such an ass That l
never slept a wink all night, bu. maze
up my mind what I would DO. ] got up
early and made a good breakiast' tneh
| went into the surgery. saw my assist
ant. talked over the cases and iOld nm
! should be away ali day Ai''r tnal
went TO town, straight 20 Witcl5 la,h-
er's office. He hadn' arrived. but ms
people knew me and showed me- INTO
his private room. He and ] are great
fr.ends-always have been. 50 !, was
quite natural for me 20 go 20 MN TOT
advice, or, rather. 20 talk over things
When he came In he seemed rather sur
prised at seeing me. bur af'er ne ha1
shaken hands he locke over bis letters
gave some directions and then, LOOKING
calmly at me. said:
Now, John"
Can You snare me half an hour sirf"
80 far as know Go ahead.
well, I'm making 5000 year, and
my practice is increasing
That's good
Don't you think WHOA and ] might
marry on that?'
Certainly"
you have 10 objections % orr mar
rying next month. g. She consents?'
None. I have 20 wish That she
should marry at all. but If she muse
marry. I'd rather she'd marry you tnan
any one else"
Thank Won very much said l. crate
fully. se.zlng his hand and wringing it
hard.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-04

ear and the side of her face were identi-
cal but prettier, if that lady will allow.
Again she posed for painting OF Mrs.
Huntington on account of the lights in
her hair. And ! think she has been
avery debu.ante in town.
mhtmtdtf MISUNDERSTANDING lad liadlad
Miss Kitty Duer, the new reigning
beauty, has a saucy, tilt nose, lovely but
tilted. That young lady, so a NINA
ture painter told me. declined to sit so
many times for her picture, and the
model was called in. Her nose, too, is
alt. but a thousand times prettier than
Miss Duer's nose. She sat for the nose
of that miniature, and everybody pro-
nounced It the most charming likeness
ever seen.
This girl model has posed for all the
children Of George Gould, except the
latest baby. She has that babyish
peach-like skin that should be in every
child's picture, and when she laughs she
has the little white teeth of childhood
and the dimples. Children will not sit
for hours. so what can painter do but
employ a model?
"There os a certain famous society
woman in New York, call her Mrs c..
who is very fond of having her pOr-
traits painted. She gets herself up In
character, as 1t were, and has the artist
paint her as though she were drifting
her favorite ,pastime. Or she IS painted
in Greek dress.
BORROWING SHOULDERS.
although a very charming woman,
this patron of art has not as lovely
shoulders as she would like. They slope
until they are quite round, and so for the
portrait my model is called in. She,
while not the most beautiful girl in the
world. has all the very excellent quail
ties OF beauty. One Of these is the fine
flesh-tint in nck and arms, and another
is the neck and shoulder slope The
curve Of the back Of her neck Is really
symphony. Five separate times she has
posed for paintings OF this woman, and
always have the paintings been greatly
admired
at Is said that an artist who was
about to paint group portrait OF Mrs.
Calvin S. Brlce and daughters suggested
that a professional model be employed
for the figures-a suggestion which was
Indignantly declined. But others have
not refused 10 profit by hired loveliness.
MY little miniature model will be
very busy this winter, for the Old style
OF pOrtraiture Is coming in; and many
family portrait galleries are not con-
sidered complete without a case Of min
iatures.
This girl is very clever. She comes
to me and says: Do you know have
eyes precisely Ike Miss FAIR And do
you know my hands are identical with
Mrs. Gebhards" Crafty little piece,
She knows TIA. these women have an
Unsuitable craze for portraiture. 4 only
wish I could look like a pug dog said
she, ruefully gazing upon a group of the
latter lady's pets. What fortune 7
should maker
Now don't think" sail the miniature
painter. Chat all miniatures are painted
from hired models They are not.
painted ten Washington ladies last win
ter all from life But most women Ike
to sec themselves embellished with the
tonch or tone that they may lack, and
that is where my clever model comes
inn HELEN WARD.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-04

THOUGH A HUMAN PIECE OF PAT
possibility. Within the las, sixty ves-s
surgery has changed and progressed SO
that problems that were thought absO-
Nteiy uusolvable are now simple as the
cay Pyaema. septicaamia. erysipelas
and glugrene DO not follow operations
OF to-day.
NEW SURGERY.
Surgeons to-day know that all opera
a,1s that take place beneath the skin
should be done in an ant.ep-ic way.
And they are well aware that the fever,
Che swe,Hngs. the discO,Orations, the
.scly and death of patients Of half
g century ago were due to blood poison
i-E Then blood poisoning was q dis
ease little understood by the surgical
world and something not considered in
connection with The operating table Ii
patient. after being operated upon,
1me teveriSh and died. with spots
developing with astonishing rapiiity
upon the body, a latent humor was
atDed and the surgeon C0nsoled She
u.ly by saying that In time the pa
ue1- would have died anyway from the
poison ,lat was in his system.
Modern surgery goes on from --lumDh
o triumph. The operation Of trarspOr-
cs SKIN from one person 10 another
such a simple one il is no, noted by
icem except in medical statistics and is
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-04
WITCH AND |. :

From st. Paul's
Witch and had a QUARREL Who IS
1t that says it takes two TO make a quar-,
rel? Whoever it is makes a mistake.
1t took only one to make our quarrel, |
and that was my precious Aunt Betsy
Jane. Witch has temper; so have I. 1
She wasn't christened Witch. God
fathers and mothers have much TO an
swer for, still l never heard of their
giving Witch as a baptismal name to 2
Christian child. No, her name is Julia
Felicia, which is simply absurd. Fancy.
a little dark-eyed, bewitching five feet
nothing having a name like that.
My name is John, and John I'm al
ways called. Had | been christened
Robert or Thomas | should have been
called by either OF those plain, sensible
names. There is nothing for the i'm
agination to catch hold Of in my face
or figure I'm not Elk feet In my stock
ings; I'm only five feet ten. haven't
crisp, golden hair" and "tawny
beard" No; my eyes, hair and beard
are brown, and for the rest have nom
Hescript features and good teeth. More
over, as l said before. have temper,
a vile one, and in all things, apart from
my profession, am born fool.
Ii was over game Of tennis that Aunt
Betsy Jane made us quarrel Witcn
didn't pay up and Slated her. I've
Slated" Witch ever since I've known
her. and I've known her since she was
10. so shs ought to have got used 10 il.
For the nssseer OF that. she wouldn't
have bothered her hAad about it IL it
hadn't been for my beloved anAt WITCH
sIates me ferociously sometimes, but it
never makes any difference
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-04

P. Belmont, OF Mr.. Armour, Of any ma
bob may select for her. Her own taste
and delicacy assist her.
"a model for the nude, or the 'draped,'
has a certain character to portray She
is told to uolse like Omaha, or poise as
Minerva, or become Virginia dead upon
The sand. She can easily throw herself
into these parts. But to pose for lady
of leisure is much harder. Here there
must be ancestry shown, great refine
ment suggested, and the high-bred tone
must come into the face and figure. My
little model manages all this.
"One day she sat posing for a NINA
ture Ola certain immensely wealthy So
Getty girl of Chicago who was to be mar
ried. The miniature was for a parting
gift to her father, who idolizes her. The
girl, renowned though she is by having
her name in print IN connection with for
e!gn possibilities of marriage, is not
whit cleverer than my girl model. More
over, she cannot hold a candle 10 her in
beauty.
How do you like being a proxy for
Mss P.?' asked her as | worked in the
milk and white complexion and put the
first touches on the rosy lips.
POSING AS MISS P.
| enjoy it, said she. For awhile
am the mill.onaires daughter. I. who
have not a ten-dollar bill between myself
and the future, am luxurlating in a mil
lion dollar home.
Miss P.'s complexion, by the way,
was far from perfect, and when she re-
ceived that lovely bit IF ivory, with skin
as clear as milk, she vsS daLsated be-
yond measure.
There is peculiar feature about this
ministure model Of mine. She has fea-
tuFes that resemble every one. Onca
she posed for Mrs. Perkes because her
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-04

A human crazy quilt is freak that =
T. Barnum would have exchanged lot
his whole menagerie. Tn his Gay ,n,S
would have been impossible. Bu, ned
ical science has given us such a cuTlos-
ity II Is living and is one or me Won
dsrs OF The world.
The project Of skin grating is as old
as medicine. but its successful carry ing
out is within the memory OF surgeons.
The Ieeches Of the last generation were
sure that skin could be taken from one
body and grated upon another w..h sue
cess. How to DO it they could not eX-
acty determine. In spite Of their best
efforts the edges Of the flesh would not
unite. and In most cases the pattern be
came feverish. sickened and died after
the application Of the new pieces of
skin. The percentage Of success was one
case out of forty.
The use Of The antseptic In its present
perfected state has made skin grating
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-04

AT the portrait show which is given
every winter in the Academy Of Design
in New York City there viii be ex-
hibited the coming season an unusually
fine collection of miniatures. Several
gentlemen in private life, neitherartists
nor art collectors, will show their coilec-
ton OF miniatures for the first time,
and a certain lady who has been accu-
mulating them for years will lay them
open 10 public gaze. IN The fair faces
shown will be those Of society leaders
for 100 years past, since before the days
of the first Mrs William Jay. 1t is un-
derstood also that the private collection
of the late Mrs. Hicks-Lord will be
shown, unique and wond rful assem-
blage of fair women of all countries.
As you gaze at the mineratures as
they lie in their velvet frames, side by
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-04
APROXY FOR MRS. ASIOR.
A New York Girl Who Has Been the
Wife Of Every Millionaire Is
in the Land.

s a Lovely Miniature Model-Has
"the Hands Of Mrs. Gebhard Ewes
Of Miss Fair and Shoulders of Mrs.
C."-Has the Clear Flesh Tints Of
Miniatures - Captious Society
Women Give Painter One Sit
ting, Then the Clever Model Is
Called In-Refused by Mrs. Brice
and Daughters. -,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-04

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy cures
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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-07-15
NIAGARA FALLS.
LOW ATE EXCURSIONS VIA pENNsYl

Low RATE EXCURSIONS VIA PENNsYL.
vANIA RArL.OAD.
No matter how vivid the ima6 instion
it would be hard to give any adequate
description of Nisgars Falls. 1t il ono
Of the grandest and most awe inspiring
examples Of Nature's wonderful works.
One must see the falls 20 fully appre-
ciate their grandeur.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany's ten day excursions present tho
most advantageous method Of witness
ing this wonderful sight; the rates are
low, and the accomodstions first class
in every particular.
The excursions will leave Philadel.
phia, Baltimore, and Washington on
July %. August 6 and 20, and Sep
tember 5 and Il. An experienced
tourist agent aud chaperou will ACCOM-
pany each excursion.
Excursion tickets, good for return
passage on any reguler train, exclusive
OF limited express trains, within ton
days will be sold at $40 from Pni'sdel-
phis. Baltimore, sld Washington, snd
at proportionate rates from other points
A stop0ver will be allowed at Watkins
and Rochester in either direction End
At Buffals returning.
A Special train of Pullmcn parlor
cars and day coaches will be run with
s,h excursion.
For further information apply to
nearest ticket agent, or address Tour
ist Agent, Room AL, Broad Street
Station, Ph:,adelphia.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-07-15
NIFFLINTOWN AARKWrS.
UuSEurovs, 0July Is. 1885.

PHILADELPHIA MARKETS, July, IA,
lS96.-W heat 81 to $50; corn 34c;
oats % to 24c; butter 8 to 2le; eggs
IL to l2c; blaokbsrriss 2 to 40; rssp-
berries 80; Georgia pears So to $3.50
. barrel; southern watsrmellons $6 to
SIG hundred; Potatoes new, 50 to
75e barrel; sweet potatoes $2:75 to
s.. Pennsylvsnis tobacco. - Filters
4 to 12c . lb; broad leaf running lots
10 TO 12c; Sumatrs ESQ to $500; Hs.
wanna common filler IS to 95c.
EAST LIBERTY, Pa. July l3., Cat.
tle-Prime @4.35s4. 40; good, "a. .I5a
4.25 tidr $4s4. 10; fair $2.t0a3 80;
common $3A3.50; bulls, stsgs and COWS
$2a3 so; hsifers. $3a4; bologbs COWS
per head, $5sl5; fresh cows and spring
srs, $l5a40. Hogs -sMarket, prime
light, 50. 70a375; best medium $365s
10; heavy hogs % 26s3. 80; roughs
$2a3. Sheep-xarket, prime, $4a4- Is
COED %. S0a3. 30, fair s.. 35s3 10; oulls
SIa2; COED ysarlings, $250s3.50;
choice lambs "A. .70s5; common to good
lambs, s.. 75a4.2 25; veal calves. $500
6; heavy and thin calves, $2a3.