The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-12-28

( q druggist, at No. l05 Third avenue, in
the supreme court. for 5000 damages
\ extraordinarily running her complex
u Ion" as she alleges in her complaint. 1t
doesn't seem to be Miss Verona's COM
\ plexion that has gone wrong, however,
I SO much as her. hair. She had golden
hairiup to q fortnight ago, according to
her plant to the court. Then. she be-
came partial to auburn locks, and de-
'cided to transform hers accordingly.
She went TO kiehl's drug store for the
strawberry tint. and she 50 IS the drug
3gist gave, her ten cents worth OF pow
dered henna leaves to do the trick, The
day after using the preparation she was
h horrifed to discover that her trcssas
had assumed a deep sea-green tint that
would not wash out. The alr-dressers
she called in consultation advised her to
D shave. She hasn't shaved her head yet,
Miss Verona says, but she is obliged 10
appear in the street heavily yelled, and
rs unable to accept any theatrical en-
fgagements, except as a museum freak,
which. she says. IS out OF her line.
Miss Verona's lawyer furnished most
(. of the details. AT her clearinghouse
the landlady said that Miss Verona was
not In when reporter called yesterday.
And you'd better keep as far away
from her as you cam added the board
ing mistress. "Neidcr Lii nor lneself
wants to be put in de papers. and II
You write us up you'll be sorry, See?"
" The clerk at Kiehl's drug store. who
sold; Miss Verona the powdered henna
Leaves, said; II cannot account for this
woman's hair turning green. Certainly
1t was not the henna alone that did 1t.
sell lots of that stuff for the same
Z purpose. It's. a fad among certain
women in this neighborhood to dye
their hair, but this Is the first time to
Z our knowledge that such n result has
followed. Miss Verona must have mix
ed the henna with something else. II
there wasn't already some chemical on
her hair when she applied the hcnna."
Rose to the Occasion.
According to private letters received
by naval officers, young and very pop
ular officer of the service has narrowly
escaped official censure for an act which
= he committed from motives that he re-
garded as highly commendable His
ship fell in with British flagship on
the European station. and some of the
American officers were invited to dine
Z with the English admiral The dinner
\ was in celebration Of some English pa
triotic holiday. and much wine was
q drunk. The young officer was the only
one Of the Americans who lmblbed very
freely, and the next day he was called
( to account for this by his captain.
.l2"1 observed with regret, sir said the
captain, that you were under the In
3 fluence Of intoxicants last night. Your
previous record for sobricty Is a con-
sideratlon in your favor; bu, am
strongly inclined, as a matter of duty,
4 to call the fac, to the attention of the
( navy department. Have you anything
to say in extenuation?"
well, captain" said the officer, you
( weren't under the influence. were your"
Certainly not. SIR" responded the
senior. sharply. "And the executive Of
fcer was not. and the doctor was not,
and none of our party was, sir, be-
lieve',.
We'll, somebody had to show pro-
per appreciation of the occasion, did he
not?"2 was the answer.
"And what of that, sir?" asked the
captain.
81 saw that you would not, and the.
executive would not and none OF our
people would. SOL deemed It my duty
to meet the issue and sacrifice myself,
and have never shirked my duty, sir"
The captain decided that no further
proceedings were necessary.
Sandwiches Not Appreciated.
Two men entered a downtown hotel
on Sunday and ordered two whistles.
what kind of sandwiches" asked
the waiter.
Must we have them?" asScd the
5 thirsty one.
Sure" said the walter, its the
Raines law"
".Well, ham, then"
The thirsty ones drank their whisky.
and one OF them told the; waiter TO
wrap up the sandwiches! so that he
might give them to some newsboy. by
the time the sandwiches were wrapped
Z up the.two men were thirsty again. Two
more WHISTLES, accompanied by ham,
sandwiches, were also wrapped up.
When the two men reached the street
they spent ten minutes in finding u
worthy boy. With good deal Of -four
tsish they gave him the bundle contain
ling the four sandwiches and wished
him merry Christmas. The boy open
ed the package expectantly. and when
he saw Its contents he threw the sand
,wichcs into Broadway with an express
sion. "Ah, HI" /
There seems to be something wrong
with the excise law from any point OF
view" said the donor OF the sandwiches
sadly. u
Well Paid for Overtime.
The closing OF tho stock exchange
from Saturday until Wednesday morn
ing does not mean vacation of three
4 days and half for the brokers' clerks.
These men have worked harder during
the past month than any other class of