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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-03

In an article Of this kind a fellow has
got to allude somwhere to a cat playing
with a mouse before she destroys IL. 1t
can't be avoided; so l aIlude TO it at
once. A girl first begins to DO feline
when she gets a lover. She is a combl-
nation of fur, purr and talOns. l have
been q mouse myself and / know how 1t
is. She used to let go Of me and say In
the purr language, Nov run away, you
don't amuse me any longer" don't
remember how many attempts l made,
but she always put her velvet paw out
and stopped me. Then finally she COB
bled me. -,
have a friend who is a married
mouse. Sometimes we commune at
the club under our breaths. He IS a
philosopher-most married mice are.
He has told me Of the almost superhu-
man cunning Of the depraved sex. He
saws that the beautiful feline monster
that caught him made him believe that
IL was his mission to mould cats into
the semblance OF mice. She used TO
| look down at him, he says. and purr q
profound desire to be nodded. There
were nc objects in life but mice OBJ
iects. She did not care for cats; they
were t%reacherous and small MINDED
Her ideal was a mouse. o, that she
| could become more like him.
The molding business he now says Is a
hollow mockery. It's the wrong Fellow
who gets nodded.
NV friend has made several attempts
| To away. l remember once he
came over to my rooms, about 10 o'clock
| at night, very red and 1ustered, and
carving his travelling bag.
"INell, old fel," he said, "this time
aha went too far. The die is cast. We
have separated. Good bye, old boy. I'm
going to a hotel. Take off your slip
ners and come and take something"
told him that l sympathized with
him. but that he forgot that my wife
did not allow me to touch things. lie
wrung my hand and disappeared into
was very much grleved over my
| friends misfortune and came near
writing a %reproachful letter to bis
wife. But the next morning he went
TO his house TO get some personal pa
ners that he had left behind. His wife
began to play "Auuie Rooney" when he
came in; he slammed the door up stairs,
damned the bureau drawers, knocked
| down the bird cage and then listened.
She was still playing in the parlor, but
she had changed the tune to something
like 4 waltz. Then be opened the door
savagely and called down stairs:
,,Esther, what the deuce did you do
with my papers that were in the bu-
reau?"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-03

were nothing IL not argumentative, and
/ some Of them were muscular. Among
one of Walser's favorite remarks was
the calling OF 81. Paul "a thief, a liar
and 4 murderer" IL was not really q
comforting %utterance for Christians to
listen 20.
The warfare went on. A rural town
called Denison was founded a mile and
a half from Liberal, aud made desper-
ate efforts 10 Christianize the goddess
place. rhe DenisonianS held reviysls
and prayed for the downfall Of the mod.
ern Jericho. The outside Christian
world gave aid TO the crusaders aud
thus urged on the war. The feeling
between the two hostile towns can
hardly be imagined. There were Grim
ination and recriminstion till many OF
the most opproorlous epithets became
stale.
But the early zeal Of the infdels was
ebbing away. Somehow they had bot
found all that hope had promised In the
beginning Of their pilgrimage to this
Mecca Of free thought. Day by day
the dream OF an ideal life vanished and
the spirit OF discomfort returned. Tbs
novelty OF the Utopian enterprise was
gone and fraternity on the aRnostic
basis rld not shown itself TO be so much
better than the friendship OF the selfish
Christian world.
Walser grew more and more impa-
tient as the life OF the town seemed 10
~languish. Real estate did not boom In
Liberal as the infidel had hoped. The
founder OF the village had spent a laEge
amount OF money for public purposes.
He had built the town hall, equipped
the university for its work and ran the
newspaper. The hotel was his property,
and many Of the homes OF the citizens
were falling into his hands, because the
mortgages had not been paid OF. There
was a debt OF about $500 on the Free
Thought Hall, which the intideis would
not pay. This made Walser mad, and
he offered the property to the Christians
to be used as a church. The offer was
| eagerly accepted, the money promptly
| paid and the news went over the coun-
try that the Infdel fortress had surren-
| dered.
And the end is this, that Walser has
gone over to %splrltualism and q Spirit
ual Institute and Home" has been es-
tablIshed at Catalpa Park, where
Walser has Q pretty home. He Is at
the head OF the association, which
opened with three pupils and . COM
petent faculty The president OF tho
Institution is Rev. James dc Buchadan,
NJ. ID. Phi. D.. who occupies the chair
Of history, anatomy, physiology,
oratory and arts. Rev. j. Madison
Allen will dispense psychic truths,
such as ~claIryoytnce, c%laIraudience,
m%edlumistic powers, psychometry and
follow with phrenology. His wife,
Mrs. Theresa Allen, will devote herself
10 "circle work." or the making Of
mediums.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-03

Clergyman Ito youthful rustic at last
examination before conimatiOn)-My
boy, what is the meaning Of the word
repentant?
Boy-Please, sir, ! don't know.
Clergyman-If l stole a loaf OF bread,
what should / be2
Boy-Please, sir, locked up.
Clergyman Well, but II 1 was,
shouldn't I be sorry afterwards?
BOy-Yes, sir.
Clergyman-Ah. now YOU see my
meaning. Why should I feel sorry.
Boy - Please, sir, cos you was
ketched.
Aunty-I was pleased to see you so
kind TO your little visitor. Is be one Of
YOUR dear friends?
Robbie-No. but be can lick me any
day.
Mamie-I should have been afraid to
visit those insane people, even If the
keeper was along. Papa says some Of
them are Sry violent.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-03
CRUELTY.
MN ORINELE WOULD HAVE Us fBINK THAT
MARRIAGE ISfA FAILURE.
A Mil Where Hears Are Ground to Dust A
Domestic Study 4ACynical and Certainly Un-
gallant Attack Upon the Gsntsr Sex.
CopvriSht. 1899.

That phrase, l grant you, is very
French and, consequently, p~aradoxi'tl,
but-soul OF the sex-so is my subject.
Consistency is a jewel" and, for fear
that my article will not sparkle too
much, l plaG. that gem at the head as
security.
Girls who roll their companions in
blankets and brand their college mates
with nitrate of silver have not awak-
ened to their powers. They are like
their yuung brothers who think it
poignant TO cut their names in the grand
piano and put pepper on the stove at
prayer time. When they have grown
to the full exercise Of their powers and
ear break q mothers heart, probably,
they look back at these things with
contempt.
When a girl gets her first lover she
begins TO see how terribly inadequate
all her previous fendishnass was-how
gross and material and childish the pin
sticking business was. Now that she
has a human heart in her tolls she ar
rives at the first knowledge Of her
power to infict pain.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-03

the BARBER OF Seville a key below the
one 10 which it was written. on its
face this statement vas an absurdity,
but many persons believed il neverthe-
less. As a matter Of fact, the selection
in question is written in E and Nine.
Patti sans it in +.
On the same day the great diva was
criticised for having been in a bad hu-
NOR. In reality, when she retired to
her dressing ROOM, she burst into tears,
Induced by the severe pain caused By
the effort made ia singing with the ter
rible cold from which she suffered at
the time. and which was one Of the
pleasant souvenirs Of her ocean voyage.
Nine. Patti almost always siags her
music above the key, as any competent
critic can easily discover. If he be fair
miBded.
At any rate, a very good answer 20
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-03

a number Of widely varying roles, rang
ing from low comedy With comic
opera organization to important roles
with Adelaide Nelson, and his course
has always been upward. His first i'm
portaut engagement in tho east was
with Daniel Frohman's 1.-THE 4ife" COM
~ Then be joined Cha,tes Froh-
mans forces, OF which he is still a
valued member. 0cTAvUs COHEN.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-03

strain a short time ago to a very bad
actor who is a member Of q company
which will probably remain in this city
throughout the present season.
speaking of the big head, sen ten
t%iouslv remarked this h~amfatter, ''do
you know that if any man in New
York Is entitled to a big slice Of that
ailment / am the one? And yet" he
complacently added, II don't put on
half as many Tugs as such half way
actors as Leonard BoYne, Henry Miller
and James A. Herne. Those chumps
make me feeble. "Why, say" and be
grabbed me by the coat collar, "You
should ha' seen my notices the day |
opened here. They was out O. sight"
And he sat down with a bang which
added force TO his remarks.
laughed inwardly. Outwardly l APP
peared intensely sympathetic. lcouidn't
help it. l had seen his notices, and as
he had so slangily and f%orci0ly though
ungrammaticaliy expressed it, They
was out O. sight" for scarcely a paper
thought him Of sufficient importance 10
even mention his fame.
And this man is but q fair specimen
of the actor who never fails, according
10 his own statement, to make a hit'
or KNOCK 'em silly
For once the New York critics are
practically Of one mind. The object Of
their unanimity is tie comparative
w%orthlessneSS aad lack Uf human inter
est Of Clyde Fitch'S adaptation Of a for
elgn work which that brilliant young
author has rechristened IAN American
/ Duchess" and which is the current at
traction at the Lyceum theater. Daniel
Frohman's fine stock company appears
to have been unable 70 rescue Mr..
FTtch's comedy from failure, and II any
reliance map be placed in public opin-
ion IAN American Duchess" will not
have a particularly long run in this city.
One OF the most clever bits OF work
that New York has seen in many years
is done by James o. Barrows in THE
( Councillors Wife, at the Empire thea
ter. Mr.. Barrows plays the part Of the
crafty ad double distilled villainous cid
town councillor, ard it is not an exag-
ceratlon to say that 1t is the "hlt Of his
life"
Barrows is a remarkably competent
actor. His first appearance was made
In San Francisco eighteen wears ago,
when he appeared as ons OF TIC players
lin Hamlet" Since then he(has don
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-03
serious happens.

IL these things were told or the de-
votees and wOrshippers OF some heaJheu
dsitv IN a savage land, they wouId De
onficieptly surprising, but related OF
chose who call themselves CnrlstianS
o1d civilized beings they are almost
Incredible. Not many years asO' sH9
sdherents OF one sect set hfe 10 soIue
rfcb banQings that had been pIaceu III
The Rrotto by the followers OF SRoIueI
sect and for a time there was uanseI
80 ! verv serious confederation Inc
obnrcb was filed with smoke ana the
LII ~ tBe protto were greatly OIacS-
80 end ~diSfrured. This affair pro
~otad co extensive q disturbances uaS
10 Tnrkish troops were summoneO 10
oservs tbe peace and ever since that
nj. a military guard mas ooou 49,
ntv. Indeed, so tar-reacu'u- -
he consequences or some VI SuIso
chances that it has been Salu 'ue
AN War originated, In part al
i'm quarrel over the poSSeSSlOn
ba church of the Nativity nus
-eorsbbles Of these pestilent sectSr-
NAV have been the means OF Snak-
,mplreS md disturbing the peace
anotber feature about a
~Cuerimage which, 10 the
vIsitor Is almost as olen-
,rnetual wrangles OF the
fbst is the ~superaoun,
I'd tradition, legena an9
ntions TO be encountered
'uides, dragomeu' WH
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-03

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DPS. F7AgcE and OTrsAE, Of New York tht
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IMPORTANT TO uDiES-DRs. FRANCE anc
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The cure il effected by ZONE treatmertr ~
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They have attaired tic most wonderful sly
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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-03

lessly deied both God and priest and IN
which Young men advertised for farm.
work, closing their notices with the
timely warning: mo Christian need
apply" There was no church In the
fowl, but there was q Free Thought
HAN, and this was open to any preacher
who wanted to hold services there, only
the inidel reserved the right to answer
any remark which the preacher might
make. This usually meant a row; some.
times blows. The citizens OF Liberal
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-03
SnleinI CorrEsrnndsncs 81 az Rloistsr.

NNtttNF toNVFtNN"NV
New YORK, November 29.-The
late ~laR~7gted Noah Webster, in his
his very 4 cellent dictionary, defined
the word ''swlpe" as meaning a sweep
ing blow, but in the vernacular OF the
Bowery boy it is applied to the appro-
priating OF property which belongs TO
another. In that sence l may use the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-03

unswerving naturalness of her method"
Miss Eleanor Mayo, the daughter Of
that sterling actor, Frank Mayo, Is just
now the talk of the town. She has made
the greatest kind Of a hit In king
Rene's Daughter" an operetta for
which Julian Edwards composed the
music.
Miss Mayo is a beautiful girl barely
| 10 years of age, and did not go abroad
to obtain her musical education. Her
| confidence in the ability Of SigRor, Bel
lari, an instructor Lying in this City,
seems to have been borne out by her
phenomenal success.
This is really her first appearance on
the stage, if @ single week, in a small
part in her fathers company, may be
excepted. II is her intention to adopt
| grand opera as a profession, and unless
sill signs fail she will become one of its
brightest lights within the next two or
three years. 1t is not improbable that
she may go to Europe when her present
engagement is ended in the hope OF
there getting an opportunity TO appear
where q hit means something in the
way of reputation.
In this country grand opera is so
nearly dead that it is almost discourag-
ing for a girl to attempt to get a foot
hold on the ladder of fame in that par
ticular branch of music.
Glen MacDonough's genuinely funny
farce, THE Prodigal Fatbey, has been
sold for England only to Willie EdOuin.
who will star in it during the next
season or two. This is a pretty effect
i've answer to the New York critics who
abused the piece and assested, with
nothing more substantial than quick
sand as a foundation, that MacDonough
had appropriated the idea from a for
eign skit. The same authors odd trifle,
"Delmonico's at g." will probably also
be produced on the other side within a
few months. The negotiations are now
pending through Miss Elizabeth Mar
bury, and there is little doubt that the
matter will be arranged.
Reginald de Koven evidently n
, siders Mac Donough the ablest librettist
N this country, At any rate he ap-
pears to have deserted Harry 3. Smith,
who elaborated with him on "RObin
Hooa," THE Fencing Master" THE
Begun and 1.-THE Kniekerbockers."
1t is now reported that he and Mac
Donough will do another opera together,
as 'The Algerian" both at the Garden
Theatre and Days, TO which it has
just been removed for a run, has been
so much more successful than was an
! t~icipated that a prominent manager at
once bespoke another score from MIR.
De Koven, leaving him to select ais W
librettist. That he chose Mr.. Mac
Donough is a great compliment TO that
rising young author.
Everybody who has ever known any
one connected with the stage is &C
quainted with the peculiar malady
known as big head" 1t occurs among
lawyers, doctors, newspaper men and
many others, but in the theatrical pro-
~fession the disease seems to develop
more rapidly than in any other, and IL
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-03
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The Doctors describe the different diseases
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The Eloctropathic Treatment for al forms
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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-03

these carpers is this, produce a woman
who can even approach her In the match
less purity, tremendous range and IN
varying accuracy OF her voice and the
answering naturalness OF her method"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-03

term in speaking Of the new opera,
',Princess Nicotine" which Charles A..
Byrne and Louis Harrison wrote, and
in which Miss Lillian Russell has made
her r~eappearence at the Casino. Tho
so called authors have stolen almoS.
bodily the charming Spanish story en-
titled 'The Three Cornered Hat" with
out a word OF credit. and have dubbed
it a comic opera.
The original story is quite interest
ing, but the attempt Of Byrne and Har-
risOn to adapt it to musical stage use
has robbed it OF its humor and supplied
uothiug in it's place.
1t would be difficult to describe the
plot Of the alleged opera, 1t is a jun
Die and a taugle OF all sorts Of impos-
sibilI:Jss: 1t is true that much scope
is given to Miss Russell to put her
personal charms and her voice in
evidence. As TO the charms she sue
ceeded. The voice was also in evidence,
but as much as it may pain her thou
sands Of admirers to know 1t Candor
comUels the admission that ID is not as
sweet or as powerful or as true as it
once was,
w. ". Furst is the composer Of the
music of "PrinCess Nicotine" and to
say that it is his best musical work
which has ever been submitted to the
public is to do but scant justice to this
excellent musician.
Many of the melodies are charming,
and some of them will become popular
with che masses. Several OF the cho-
ruses are quite elaborate and are given
beautiful treatment, while the orches-
tratiOn in many spots is worthy OF Sir
Arthur Sullivan's best moments.
The music labors under the great dis
advantage Of standing out at such a
distance from its execrably poor setting
that is is not appreciated by most per-
o as much as it should be.
The cast is a fairly good one, although
Perry Averill, despite his sweet tenor
voice, makes a very wOodeny and, be-
side Miss Russell's ample figure, a very
insignificant here. The chOruses are
we'll drilled, the people are handsomely
costumed, and altogether the produc-
ton Is an exceedingly elaborate one.
II failure should blight this venture, it
will not be the fault Of the new lessees
Of the Casino, MesSrs. Canary and
Lederer, who have done all that any
one could do to insure the success OF
the enterprise.
princess Nicotine" may, in spite Of
all drawbacks, develop into one OF the
hits of the season, but doubt it greatly.
Americans seems to have a habit Of
being on the alert to find the slightest
falling off in the work Of the worlds
recognizedly great artists, For some
reason or other, presumably because
her contracts with her managers will
not permit her to sing for charity in
this country, that peerless queen Of
song, Adelina Patti, seems TO have
earned the undying enmity Of a coterie
of New York critics.
One of the favored claims OF this
clique is that Patti is no longer able to
sing the high notes which gave her her
worldwide reputation.
When she appeared a couple OF
weeks ago at q matinee in this
city, one wise writer declared that
she had sung a selection from
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-03

Everybody who has ever known any
one connected with the stage is &C
quainted with the peculiar malady
known as big head" 1t occurs among
lawyers, doctors, newspaper men and
many others, but in the theatrical pro-
fession the disease seems to develop
more rapidly than in any other, and 1t
general also assumes a more virulent
form. l was speaking in about this
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-03

Miss Eleanor Mayo, the daughter of
that sterling actor, Frank Mayo, is just
now the talk of the town. She has made
the greatest kind of a hit In king
Rene's Daughter" an operetta for
which Julian Edwards composed the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-21
MINISTER EGAN's REFUGEES.
Gresham Ordered Them Out Of tho Leg
tioD, and One Was Captured.

Gresham Ordered Them Out Of tho Lega-
tioD, and One Was Captured.
WASHINGTON. April 20.-Senor Don AMI
bal Cruz. charge d'affaires of the CHILEAN
legation, was one of the earliest callers at
the State Department to-day. He held in
his hands q newspaper dispatch ANNOUNCE
ing that Blendot Holly and Colonel Fuente,
the ALLEGED BalmacedIsts. to whom Minis
ter Egan had afforded shelter at the
American legation. and whose surren-
der had been demanded by the CHILEAN
authorities. had made their escape from
the legation; that Fuente had been cap
tured by the ChIlisn guards stationed In
the neigh borhood of the United States legs-
ton. but that Holly was still at large
Senior Cruz had long interview with AS
sistant Secretary Adee. and subsequently,
Secretary Gresham gave this statement 10
the press: "A CHARGE was pending against
Fnente and Holly for violating the munich
pal laws of Chilli. and Minister ERan was
Instructed by Secretary Gresham that he
should cease sheltering them" Nothing
was said as to W neither the refugees escaped
before or after Mr.. Egan received his in
struotions and with or without his sup
posed connivance. The official correspond
ence will not be given out ut present, If at
all.