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range of vision. She had glanced at me
casually when she entered. She now
looked at me fiXedly for ali instant.
Another painter?' she asked, in a
whisper.
The question caught Polly unpre-
pared. "Yes - no = he's = he's a
model"
''Ah, a model she said, aloud, star
ing at me in very superior fashion
through her lorgnette. He has very
good nose. like his nose. You may
give me one like it."
Polly gave start and looked dazedly
at me- Then the faintest of smiles
came into her eyes. Every well, his
nose," she said. "Now, what else?"
Mrs. Wilson surveyed the picture
again. "The eyes are bad. Can't you
take away some of the flesh beneath
them?"
Certainly" returned Polly, with
excessive politeness. Anything else?"
"No, that's all. But you can touch it
up wherever you think it can be i'm
proved I'll come up and see it in a
couple of days" She closed her lor-
gnette and started for the door. Polly
gave me a wicked look and followed
her.
81 can put some color and couple OF
dimples into the cheeks, if you like
she suggested.
whats that?" Mrs. Wilson turned
and eyed Polly suspiciously. "More
color and dimples!'
YES" returned Polly, with nothing
of guile in either voice or face "The
dimples will come extra, but I won't
charge you half as much for them as a
good dermatologist would"
The suspicion died out of Mrs. Will
sons eyes. She could not distrust such
innocence as Polly had assumed.
81 don't care for them," she said. 81
don't think they'd look WELL"
When the door had closed behind her
Polly took stand in the center of the
studio and looked wearily down on me.
Its an awful life, isn't it?" she
sighed.
''It seems so. But surely you're not
going to give that woman another
face"
"Tm not? Well, 1 just am! She's
going TO pay me for it, isn't she?" Polly
looked almost indignant. 81 suppose
you wouldn't do anything of the kind ?''
1 shook my head.
"Well," said Polly, decidedly, that
merely shows that you don't know the
first thing about portrait painting.'-
Chicago Journal.
The Winslow mail., 1900-03-01
A New Method.

The public schools of a certain New Eng
land city have recently taken to an exact
ing model and o n Pps pey
One day little girl was seated on a chair on
the platform, and her classmates were given
the usual order. The results varied. Some
of the drawings looked like human being
in state of repose, others like wooden dolls.
But one little girl had drawn the chair and
a tiny figure standing in front of it.
MARY" said the discouraged teacher,
"didn't | say: Draw Amelia as you saw
her?'"
''Yes'm."
"NVell, is she standing in front of the
chair?"
Nom. She's sitting in it,
Then why didn't you draw her sitting?"
Tears came into the child's eyes. She was
misunderstood.
''But hadn't got to it." she said Il was
just going to bend her down when you rang
the bell. Youths Companion.
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A Trap OF Her own Setting.

We have all met people whose pride in
Their possessions is 50 great that they can see
no charms in those of others. A young bota-
INST INST was showing a party of ladies and gen
tiemen through conservatory of some of
the choicest plants. Among the visitors was
a would-be young-looking, mddle-aged ladv
who at every description volunteered the
statement that the plants and flowers she
had at home were quite the equal of any.
thing here or indeed anywhere.
Just as they We're passing giant cactus
We'll, this is nothing extraordinary.
have cactus at home that is still larger.
planted and reared it myself
Reared it -yourself?" the professor
gently observed. "How remarkablel This
specimen is 63 years old, and if yours is still
larger
:, The lady did not stay to hear any more,
but executed a strategic movement to the
rear.-Philadelphia Press.
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Severe on the Preacher.

parson who occasionally breaches
IL South London arrived to take the
place of the vicar, who had been called
away on account of some family be-
rcavement, and found an old and
rather asthmatic lady struggling up
the steps which led to the front door.
He courteously gave her his arm to
assist her, and when they reached the
top the dame asked him if he knew
who was going to preach. ''Mr. So
and-So," replied the parson, giving his
own name. "Oh, dear me-" exclaimed
the old lady, help me down again. if
you please; I'd rather listen to the
groaning and creaking of windmill
than sit under him." and she prepared
to descend. The parson gently assist
ed her downstairs and sighfully re-
marked as he bade her good-by: u
wouldn't go in either if 1 weren't the
prcacher!"-Chicago Tines Herald.
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The Situation Sized Up.

Wall street will not let the repub
lican party do any more wobbing or
the money question. 1t is the gold
standard and the note issuing func
ton of the government turned ovel
to the national banks, or no campaign
funds. And boiled down it means
that the New York annexes of Euro
pean banks are running the admins,
tration Of William Neutrality-suspicious.
City Times.
The Winslow mail., 1900-03-01
CROWNED WITH GLORY.


Hes gone whom all were glad to see!
And yet, why should our souls be vext?
He's only gone across the sea
From this green island to the next
With Gods light still his face upon,
With love still shining on his way
Out of the night into the dawa,
Out OF the darkness into day.
Though seems to sink the silver star
And droop below the oceans rim,
IL shines in eastern skies afar
When all the rest are faint and dim.
II shines until the morning sun
Obscures the light of Lyra's seven;
And when we think its light is done,
'Tis shining on serene in Heaven
He's gone whom all were glad to SEQ!
Yet nevermore shall we be vext;
Leaving this world-sOme day we y see
Him crowned with glory in the ext.
Moses Teggart, in Good HouseB ieping.
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just Like a Razor.

The other day man walked up to the
cashiers desk in large stockbroking con-
cern and asked for a pen to indorse note.
To his disgust, the pen sputtered, blotting
his signature, and he threw it aside with the
popular exclamation:
"Hair on it."
'No wonder" one of the bystanders re.
marked, when it is shaving notes all day."
Chicago Chronicle.
The Winslow mail., 1900-03-01
Rather Warm.

Speaking of battles, major" said the
bud of former season, were you
ever in what might be termed a real,
serious engagement"
We'll, rather" replied the major. Il
was once engaged to a widow for three
weeks. Chicago Daily News.
The Winslow mail., 1900-03-01
An InfalIibIe Method.

Professor Occurring on precious met
als)-What is the easiest way OF deter
mining whether an object consists o
gold or silver?
studept-TFy 10 pawn it!~F!iegen''
Rlaettar
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Con,inr and Gninr.

Mrs. onbeak-There' been a
steady stream of men going into that
saloon nearly all day long.
Mr.. Crimsonbeak-I don't suppose ii
was a very steady string coming out
YOnkers Statesman
The Winslow mail., 1900-03-01
Another Problem.

Shea mathematician has figured it
out that man 60 years old has spent
three years of his life buttoning his
collar.
He-Is that so? / wonder how many
years of her life woman of As has
wasted in putting her hat on straight? =?
Chicago Daily News.
The Winslow mail., 1900-03-01

If most men were as apt at starting bank
accounts as they are at starting arguments
the world would be full Of capitalists
cago Dispatch.
The Winslow mail., 1900-03-01

New Wife-fI wish to get some butter,
please" Dealer-"Roll butter, ma'am 2"
New Wife-"Nol We wish to eat it on bis
cuits."-N. O. Times-Democrat.
The Winslow mail., 1900-03-01
Was II Mean Insinuation.

Eyes, I'm only 26. Ask Dr. Pellets my
age if you don't believe me-
"Is he the oldest inhabitant ?"-~Cleve.
land Piaip Dealer,
The Winslow mail., 1900-03-01

Calling terms-telephone rates.-Philadel-
pha Record.
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. e. q @ 81 O. ga
A Glimpse Of PolIy's Art
BY Leroy M. Sc ott.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-12-14
WELLSBURG.

WELLSBURG, W. Va, Attorney F.
A Chapman attended the Jones-Frew
wedding at Wheeling yesterday. Both
bride and groom were classmates of Mr..
Chapman.
Mrs. John Apologize, Of Braddock,
Pa, is the guest of relatives.
Stanley Kelley was so unfortunate as
to have the end Of one of his fingers
taken off in machine at the S. George
paper mill yesterday
w. J. Crawford was a business Wis
itor at Pittsburg Tuesday.
There will be a social at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Combs on Friday
evening, the proceeds to go to the
Christian Endeavor Society.
Nick Cenally sold his bakery s.nd
entire stock to Storck Bros, who will
continue the business at the old stand.
Mr.. Cenally will go to Charleston, w.
Va, and devote his entire time to his
bakery there.
John Schell, the North Charles street
butcher, has purchased the bowling
alleys formerly managed by John r.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-12-14

Resume of Events From the Mar
shall County Town.
Miss Myrtle Sprouts of Water street,
is seriously i'll.
Miss Ella Springer is seriously i'll at
her home On Main street.
Miss Emma Taylor, of Main street,
is suffering from throat trouble.
The A. O. U. w. lodge held an i'm
portant business meeting last even
ing.
Allie Chapman was in the vicinity
of Grave creek on a hunting expedi-
ton.
A big force of workmen are repair
ing the B. & o. tracks near the River
side mill.
Mildred, the young daughter of S.
w. Carpenter, Is i'll at her home on
Sixth street.
The row of houses at Sixth and
Water streets is undergoing repairs
and improvements.
Tracks are being laid at the new
Riverside coke plant for the engine
that hauls the coke cars.
A new residence building is being
erected on Marshall street, near Boggs'
run, for George Ernest ri.
George Wesley Kahn, a telegraph
operator of Darlington, O., was Wis
itor in the city Wednesday.
Before buying your Xmas presents
call and see J. P Barger, The Jeweler, S
complete line. He will save you money
1t is announced that two we'll known
young people of this Cry will be we'd
ded some time during the holiday sea-
son.
The railroad switchmen's union of
this place and Bellaire are arranging
for dance to be given at the Pabst
hall in the near future
The structural iron of the old nail
factory at the lower Benwood mill will
be used in the construction of the ma
chine shop for the company's new
tube mill.
The infant son of John Sagen, of
the Fourth ward, died yesterday morn
ing. The funeral will take place this
afternoon and the. interment will be
at Mt. Calvary cemetery.
A supper and entertainment will be
given on the evening of January 5th
at Holderman's hall, under the aus
pieces of the Daughters Of Zion of the
Latter Day Saints church.
A portion of the hillside along Ken
lucky Heights caved in few days ago,
covering a lot of cross-ties that had
been distributed there for the Wheel
ing railway tracks. A force of men
is now engaged in removing the dirt.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-12-14

ed and examined by Mr.. Smith.
DID you ever administer any tablets
or powders to Anna Sandrock?"
mo"
Did you ever pull a revolver on her,
or strike her?'
mo sir"
Did you pull revolver on any of
the Sandrocks?"
mo SIR
Did you strike Laura Hillman?"
mo sir"
The witness next contradicted the
statements by Ferryman Connolly, con-
! corning witness talk with him. He
denied drawing revolver upon his
mother at any time. He contradicted
his mother upon several other points in
her testimony. He denied using pro-
fame language at the Nelson funeral,
and denied telling Mrs Nelson that
gunpoWder caused the fire at her home
He was handed a letter written by Kitty
Nelson, containing number of figures,
and asked to say what they meant.
1T reads everything is all right
here"
DR.. Hissom explained the cipher code
to the jury.
did you use it?''
eyes, frequently"
How long has it been in use?"
Ever since We were in Belmont. We
left there in 1882
What was the object of the code?"
so daddy could not read the letters"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-12-14

did Mrs. Nelson ever explain this
letter to your"
Yes SIR
What did she say?"
Objection; sustained.
did you ever break any vases, chairs
or other furniture in your fathers
home?"
mo sir
Did you burn the picture of Stanley
Hubbard?"
Il did not"
Did you ever say to DR.. Wilson, OF
DR.. Guthrie, that your mother had been
a bad woman before she was mar
ried?" .et,3a,i..a ,,..
''No sir, always said the opposite"
Did you ever talk to Anna Sand
rock about poisoning her mother to Sc
cure her insurance."
Il did not"
DR.. Hlssom contradicted members OF
the family upon nearly every import
ant statement made by them. He
never said to his sister that he was 60
ing to divide the property.
The plaintiff rested, and the defense
called Mr.. Slate Lennon, who testified
that he knew j. R. Hissom for twenty
five years; his reputation for veracity
was good as the ordinary; he would be-
lieve him on oath
Will H. Colvig testified to the de-
PENDANTS good reputation for truth and
veracity. On cross-examination wit
ness admitted making an affidavit in the
lunacy proceedings against DR.. Hissom
Theodore Fink was another character
witness, but the only discussion of His
SONS reputation which he knew. Of
took place since the trial started.
A. S. List was called, but could moi
say what Hissom's reputation is
Charles G. Lennon knew Hissom fol
fifteen years, and testified to his good
reputation for truth and veracity.
You have just gone over these ques.
tons and answers with Mr.. Handlan
haven't you?"
Yes, some Of them"
Didn't you have a rehearsal before
you came on the stand?"
"He asked me three questions,
think"
N. D. Garden w2s the last character
witness.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-12-14

n hyte. Lanty Mcconnell will have the
sary repairs can be made.
Tonight Miss Gardeners Sunday
school class will give bazaar at the
Presbyterian Church.
Ellis Pitcher, Of Pittsburg. was bus
mess visitor in town yesterday.
Last night shortly after s o'clock a
stranger blew into the city with a larger
jag on than he could comfortably
carry. He was accosted by a down
town hotel porter. who wished to show
him to his hotel. when the stranger
asked the price of his place On being
informed he thought it too cheap"
and got into an alteration with the
porter, using some language not at all
polite At this point the city marshal
took hand and invited the stranger
to go with him, which he reluctantly
Gid He was given a bed in room No
IS, city building. and the Mayor gave
him enough to-day so he would not
think it too cheap"
Mrs. T. H. Buchanan is visiting
friends at Wheeling.
= Pat c. Campbell. of Pittsburg, was a
visitor in town to-day.
w. H Sanford has the Tarr build
ing, on Main street, formerly occupied
by j. A. Townsend as an awning fac
tory, which he will use as his news
depot till he can get a more suitable
room.
The flint glass workers will give a
dance in the city hall Christmas eve.
The next attraction at Barth's Opera
House will be sHogan's Alley" on De-
cember 26.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-12-14
ALL RIGHT IN BISCUITS
hut /. Poor Medicine.

Common soda is all right in its
place, and indispensable in the
kitchen and for cooking and wash
ing purposes. but soda was never
intended for medicine and people
who use 1t as such win some day
regret it.
The common use of soda to re-
lieve heartburn and sour stomach
is habit which thousands of peo-
pie practice, almost daily, and one
which is fraught with danger.
Soda gives only temporary relief,
and in the end the stomach trouble
gets worse and worse.
The soda acts az a mechanical
irritant to the walls of the stom-
ach and bowels, and cases are ON
record where it accumulates in the
intestines, causing death by in
flammation or peritonitis.
DR.. Harlandson recommends as
the safest and surest cure for sour
stomach (acid dyspepsia} the daily
use after meals of an excellent pre-
paration, sold by druggists under
the name of Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets. These tablets are large.
20-grain lozenges, pleasant to the
taste, and containing the material
peptones and digestive elements
necessary to good digestion and
which all weak stomachs lack.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets used
regularly after meals digest the
food promptly and thoroughly be-
fore it has time to ferment,, sour
and poison the blood and nervous
system
DR.. Wuerth states that he in
variably uses and recommends
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets in all
forms of stomach arrangements
and finds them a certain cure, not
only for sour stomach, but by caus-
ing prompt digestion of the food
they create a healthy appetite, in
crease flesh, and strengthen the
action of the heart and liver.
They are not cathartic, and
contain no violent drug, but are
intended only for stomach dis
eases and fainty digestion, and
generally acknowledged to be the
most reliable cure for any stomach
trouble except cancer of the stom-
ach. o.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets now
enjoy am international reputation
and popularity and are sold by
druggists everywhere in the United
States, Canada and Great Britain.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-12-14

wrote from Charleston that he wanted
SIS, but he wanted the money to pay
his expenses to Huntington. He ad-
mitted that he wanted to go to Hunt
ington to crafty his curiosity.
George Maser testified that he ac-
companied Mr. Schuck to Fish creek
island. He corroborated the state
ment made upon the stand by Mr..
Schuck.
The deposition of Luther B. Hissom
was read. Deponent said Harry Mel
son told him at the time of the Nelson
funeral that he did not think the doc
tor was insane.
Judge briggs took the stand and
testified that ]. R. Hissoms reputation
for truth and veracfty was bad.
While judge of the court in 1870, he
heard Judge Morris, Prosecuting At
torney Spriggs and others discuss the
matter.
A. K. Conner, of the Island, knew j.
R. Hissom in Monroe county, and testi-
fed that his reputation for truth and
veracity was bad. Under some cir
cumstances witness would not believe
him on oath.
Mrs. Jennie Hutchinson testified that
she was employed by the Hissoms in
May and June, 1897. Mrs Hissom told
her she wanted her to remember
everything that happened in the house
hold, as she wanted witness to testify
for her in divorce proceedings.
Were you sober enough to know
what was going on?"
Objection; sustained.
Mr.. Howard said it was an honest in
curry, as he wanted to show that she
had been drinking Witness replied
that she had not taken single drink
OF intoxicating liquor. Witness was
asked other questions concerning her
relations with Dr. Hissom, but this
cross-examination failed to bring out
anything damaging to her direct testi-
mony.
Mrs. S, X. Hissom, wife of the plain
tiff, went on the stand with an infant
child in her arms. She testified that
Mrs. ]. R. Hissom told her the doctor
looked filthy when she saw him, and
that was just yhat she wanted, so peo-
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PIE would think he was crazy. She
testified also that Lucy Hissom told her.
before she married the doctor, that she
would refuse to go on the stand to tell
lie about the doctor.
The REORGANIZATION was confined
to an inquiry as to the date and place
of the marriage of witness. She was
married to DR.. Hissom in August, 1893,
in the Office of S. G. Smith.
Mr. Smith then asked witness when
her child was born, and she replied lin
October of this year." Mr.. Smith,
turning to his associate counsel, said,
That's what they wanted," referring
to the questions asked by Mr.. Howard.
Mr.. Howard heard the remark, and cali
ed attention of the court to the fact
that it had been made in the hearing
of the jLry. Mr. Howard and Mr.. Smith
became involved in controversy, ard
Mr.. Howard asked several times: do
you mean to say you didn't make the
remark?" Mr. Smith admitted making
the remark to counsel but disclaimed
any purpose to make the jury hear it.
The court dismissed the incident with
a caution to counsel.
Helen McCurdy was recalled and
testified to seeing picture on a mantel
in the Hissom house, three months aft
ter the Hissoms testified that the plain
{ tiff threw it into the fire. she was told
by Mrs. Hissom that it YVES picture of
Stanley Hubbard. This testimony was
ruled out.
DR.. Hissom, the plaintiff, was recall
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ton in 1898. She came in response to
letter / had mailed the day before"
Didn't she say she could show you
a hundred bruises on her body where
her husband had struck herr"
Eyes, sir"
Objection; sustained.
did she say she had no one at
home to protect her, and If her son
was here he would not see her
abused?"
Eyes, SIR"
Where was her SOM"
I'm Germany"
Mr.. Howard cross-examined the wit
ness. In answer to questions, witness
said he was sworn in the case OF State
VS.. Eaton, received reward for his
conviction, and afterwards tried to
have him pardoned. Witness denied
that when he was asked by the elder
Hissom to try to quiet the doctor, he
attempted to blackmail him. A letter
written by the witness to ]. R. Hissom
was read The writer stated that he
had come to the conclusion that he
would make an affidavit in behalf Of
the doctor. He did not intend to
threaten ]. r. Hissom, but did intend
to tell all he knew about the case.
IF you didn't intend to blackmall
him, why did you threaten him."
II thought he would relent, and
take his son out OF the asylum.
Witness denied that he tried to get
money not to make an affidavit. He