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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-17

v~srbiage, aud &c IS scarcely necessary 70
say that Mr.. IrVing's excellent company
extracts an the latent beauty from
them. or course, Mr.. Irving was the
Cardinal Wolsey, Miss Terry the Queen
,herine and Mr.. TerriSs the King.
Irving IS drawing better and
or audiences with Henry VIII
an with anything that he has vet pre-
nted since the first week of Beckett, %
and 10 is possible that he may keep ton
during the greater part Of his engage
ment.
BY the way,it is an open secret that the
grand opera season has played hob with
the business Of Irving, and the unique
feature Of the affair is that the theatres
ere across the street from each other
Z both they and their stars are under
management Of Abbey, SchOefel &
We, the remarkably gifted
II now at the Metropolitan
has been very much an
,lct that she has always
20 az Madame She
.ennot understand how
70 abroad that she was
designation, although
is very generally
lily applied to her.
much as Ahe has
sheh Hlld be
dent
I've,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-17

Another composer whose recent work
has brought him fame and is certainly
likely to bring him much money Is
Emilio PiZzi, the composer Of the music
Of the opera "Gabriella," which was
written specially FOR Adelina Patti, and
which the great cantatrice recently
produced. The libretto is by e. A.
Byrne.
Pizzi, as may be inferred from his
name, is an Italian, and there are those
who say that he is destined in tim TO
wrest from his fellow composers the
niche in musical history held by the
immortal Verdi, and for which so many
are now striving. Pizzt is a pupil OF
the great maestro, Ponciellt. HIS two
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-17

Henry Irving.s production OF Henry
VIII, which is the current attraction
at Abbey's new theatre, is an artistic
triumph, especially in the matter OF
scenic accessories, historically accurate
costumes and cieverly cOntriyed group
ings and effects.
..Henry VIII" as compared with
some of Shakespeare's other works, is
not a particularly good acting play. IL
rather lacks Conference and is chokefull
o-funnecessarv speeches, but it is In this
very superabundance OF words that
the creates. merit of the play lies
for they are varitablo gems OF
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-17

so far as is known, has no present idea
Of doing anything to entitle her to the
distinction Of being called madame.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-17

fellow students were MaScaRni, the
composer OF "Cavalleria Rusticana,"
and Leoncavalla, who wrote the music
OF Il Paglacci," which by many is re-
pardsd rs the most remarkable cOmpo-
sitjon Of recent years. The fact that
Adalenia Patti selected PizZi to write
her new opera, when she might have
commended the services Of any living
composer, is indeed a great compliment
to the remarkable abilities Of POnciellfs
pupil.
It is impossible to understand why it
is so, but the impression nevertheless
prevails in England that American au-
| diences are unable to appreciate a thor.
oughlv artistic comedy, and that they
require all sorts Of forced situations,
impossible complications and improba-
BILE climaxes TO interest them. That
this is true as to the impression and
not true as TO the facts is we'll Illus
I trated by the following extract from a
note which Manager Charles FrOhman
has received from Jerome h. Jerome,
I the part author Of THE Councillors
I Wife" which is now running at the
/ Empire theatre in this city:
"Friends who should be familiar
with American tastes feared that the
play was not broad enough in its come
/ DIV nor strong enough in its situations
/ 10 command the support OF your public,
and I have therefore awaited its pro-
lduction with q good deal of anxiety,
/ feeling that II they were correct in
| their estimate it would be difficult In
deed for me TO write a play that would
please both my American audiences
and myself.
The critical welcome accorded 1t
has heartened me more than l can
we'll express, for it proves to me that
in any q an author always rely
upon being understood and sympa-
tthized with in ignoring the question
| Of success or failure and writing the
best he is capable Of"
Speaking OF Charles .Frohman, l an
reminded that his excellent company OF
comedians, headed by Joseph Holland
and Henrietta CrosSman, will during
Christmas week present 10 Washington
for the first time on any stage in this
country a comedy, with farcical tenden-
cies. entitled "Mrs. Grundy. Jr." The
drama ''SoWing the Wind" which has
crested such o sensation in London,
will. il is whispered, be produced al
the Empire Theatre by the stock com
pany about January Is, when it is ex'
pected The Councillors Wife" will
/ have run its course.
OCTAvUs CoUEN.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-17

Mr.. F. H. Cowen, whose opera
''Signa" was recently produced at the
Dal Verne theater, Milan, where it was
received with great enthusiasm, is not
an American, as has bsen generally sup
posed. He Is, however, worthy OF es-
pecial distinction from the fact that he
is the first English speaking composer
TO have his work thus introduced TO an
Italian audience.
Mr.. CoWen was born at Kingston, ia
maica, and is now Al years Of age. he
had the advantage OF studying music at
Leipsic and Berlin, under the tutelage
OF Sir John Goss aud Sir julius Bene-
dict. two Of the most famous composers
Of that dav. An important point 70 Mr..
Governs credit is that his compositions
are not all Of the same school, but en-
brace a wide variety Of styles.
His ~musicianly qualities up to the
time Of the production OF "Signa" have
perhaps received the most marked rec
Ognition in his cantatas, "'The Sleeping
Beauty" 1.-THE Rose Maiden" THE
Water Lily" and his oratorio Ruth"
He also composed n OF the most poDu-
lar songs Of the last decade-''The Bet
ter Land" 1t is this charming ballad
which has brought him greatest fame
among the masses, and the reception
accorded his opera in critical Milan is
therefore all the more remarkable.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-17

che is said to receive is well earned.
Her phrasing is correct to q nicely, and
in the middle register the notes are
llmpid and sweet, while her trills and
runs are magnifcently executed. As a
bravura singer Melba is not approached
by any one living. Her highest notes
are taken with such ease that the mar
vel Of the achievement is scarcely ap-
preciated.
Melba IS a great favorite here now.
Before the end OF the operate season
predict that she will Do an idol among
the real judges of music, Of whom,
alas! there are none too many in this
city.
From grand opera to plain spectacle
Sc rather a long step, but the managers
Of the Metropolitan Opera House are
making ms take &c by giving their
Worlds Fair spectacle America" on
alternate nights. This may be a good
idea from the pecuDiary standpoint, but
there are many who are of the opinion
thu. 10 detracts somewhat from the eclat
OF the oDsra season, OF course the
aDectacle is really a sort Of faraway and
rather vague lesson in American histo-
~ set 90 music. In the unfolding OF
onr progress from the day c. Columbus,
ESQ. came over up 20 the present time
numerous females Of numerous ages
Law important parts, Of which super
uity Of costume is not q marked feat
re.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-17

The different dances are excellently
conceived, iaultlessiy executed, and the
psoDie are brilliantly cOstumed. In
short America" Is unQ%uestiona0iy the
best thing Of its kind ever seen In this
country. Beside it all the %splendors
of sTrhe Black Crook" pale into insig-
nifcance, while by comparison THE
White Fawn" is but a commonplace
memory. 10 would surprise no one 20
see America" run through the season
at the Metropolitan TO enormous re-
CENTS. while there are those whose
Judgment is generally considered good
I'M such matters, who believe that it will
prove a potent summer attraction Tor
New York. So many persons, however,
saw il at the Worlds fair that 1t is a
question whether America a expect
70 get much patronage from visitors to
this city.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-09
PRAYING, AND PRAYER.

1t is anything but pleasant to reflect
that the offices Of religion often ex-
acerbate the legislative mind rather
than compose it from the fac
tionaI and partisan acerbity that
is wrought up by the sharp
contests almost universally occurring,
The rather remarkable exhibition OF
this displayed in a prayed @ offered Ivy
Rev. Todd in the rump house in Topeka
several days ago, and heretofore referred
TO, in which he gave his hearers to un-
derstand that in the pending controversy
the Populists were right, closing with
short stump speech for the Populistic
cause, was discounted in the Colorado
legislature one day last week by Dean
Peck whose prayer Is said to have
''caused an uproar that shook the build
ing" Here is an extract from the earn
est deYine's fervent petition:
We shall pray especially for the MAORI.
tv of this house We hope that they Will
be better than the last legislature, or else
that they may not have a majority Of one.
We are told to pray for our enemies, and
we do so, so FAR rs they need our prayers,
and we hope all party lines may be cover
ed up: and we pray for the Populists and
Democrats and we hope that they will be
resigned to their fate
The good book contains not little in
regard to zeal, dwelling upon it and
urging the cultivation of it as one Of the
most valued Of Christian graces; but 1t
also admonishes against excessive indul-
gence in this as in all else: it speaks Of
those who have zeal but not according
to knowledge, and Of the zeal of some
consuming them. There are unques-
tionably many excuses, not to say in
decent and scandalous exhibitions along
this line. and they ought to be stopped,
for the good of the cause.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-09
THE LAWS WEAKNESS.

The prevalence of mob violence
throughout the country, and which seems
to be increasing in frequency and bru-
tally, is believed by many to be the
legitimate, the natural, result of the
laxity of the courts and trial juries in
dealing with those who are arraigned for
offenses against the law, rather than an
innate desire on the part of such officers
to shield the guilty from just penalties.
In speaking of the trial Of the party
named before the circuit court OF Cow
ley county on a charge Of murder, the
Winfield Courier says:
"Judge Jackson, with all his GOODNESS,
could not control his nerves when he
was passing sentence upon John Boucher.
His hands trembled and there was a
tremor in his voice as he began speaking,
but when he reached the point where be
spoke of the verdict of the jury, his tone
was firm, He said, in substance:
II believe now, as | have from the first,
that the defendant was guilty of murder
ing Peter Hinton, or he was not guilty. He
either sought and met him to kill him or
he killed him in self-defense There could
De no mIOule course ana Tue jury, dS
manly men and good citizens, should have
found him guilty of murder in the first
degree or should have acquitted him."
The judge then pronounced the max
imum sentence upon the accused, there
by indicating his own conviction as to
the prisoners guilt. But juries are not
WIDELY blameworthy, personally, for
their dereliction in these matters. The
science Of law in these latter days, con-
sists in the manipulation Of TECHNICAL
ties raised to defeat rather than facilli-
tate justice. Attorneys are officers of
the court, and although defending one
charged with crime, they are morally
bound to guard, as well, the community
as the individual against injustice and
wrong.
There needs to be a radical reforma-
ton along these lines, and until there is
mob5 will continue their lawle5s
attempts to defend society by melting out
what is meant to be justice.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-09

Beer drinking is a risky practice as
far as knowing Just what one is drink
ing. Instances are on record where
human beings have been drowned in
watts of beer in breweries, the bodies re-
naming there an indefinite length of
time, saturating the contents of the watts
with their exudIng excrescenses. Now
comes the statement from Fairbury,
Neb., TO the effect that FIVE men were
poisoned by drinking beer from a pony
keg that was found to contain a dead
rattlesnake. Two of the men died and
the others had a narrow escape from
death. 1t is supposed that the snake
crawled into the key as it lay empty in
some back yard last fall and took up
winter quarters, and was still in the key
when it was returned to the brewery
for another charge of Gambrinos nectar.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-09

The Memphis Commercial denies that
Judge Howell Z. Jackson, just appointed
to the supreme bench, Is state rights
Democrat of the extreme southern
school. 1t declares that che has always
been extremely conservative, and, while
voting with the Democrats, has been
more popular perhaps with Republicans
On fundamental and constitutional ques-
tons Judge Jackson'S views have always
been more Republican than Democratic.
He has never had any sympathy for the
southern Democracy, and some of his
charges while sitting in the trial of Demo-
Gratis charged with election offenses
were circulated by Republicans as cam
paign documents" This is better than
we expected. 1t no doubt explains the
opposition of the dozen or more Demo-
Gratis in the senate to his confirmation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-09
The Greatest Presidents

Prank Carpenter.
Who, General HAYES" said I, edo
YOU consider the greatest Of our presi-
dents -
Il think" replied President Hayes.
that Abraham Lincoln was the ablesr
and the greatest of them. He was the
broadest minded. ne was clos
est 10 the people and he was our most
representative American. Next 10 him
/ suppose comes George Washington.
But Washington had 4 tendency t. al
mlre English ways and he was not the
typical American that Abraham LIN
coin was
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-09

Statistics of the cost OF the late gem
eral election in Italy show the amount
spent on treating" to aggregate a
total of 10. SOC. 900 lire, about s., 900, 600.
In some districts the peasants had meat
and wine, all they cared for, at the
candidates expense, for a whole week
before the election, and one candidate
is said to have spent71oo, 600 lire for
electoral purposes"
The general surface of the Sahara,
although parched and fiery in summer,
wears mantle of green on all places
uncovered by arid sand after the first
autumnal rainfall. It keeps green all
winter, and from that verdure the
Bedouins derive their only means Of
life, the food of their numerous herds
of cattle, which IS the only tribute
which that immense waste pays to hui
mainly.
Paper, as we learn from recent dis
coveries, was 10 use in Egypt as far
back as 23OO =. c, and not merely, as
old Pliny thought, from the time O.
Alexander the Great The ancient. Il
appears. knew more about pens and
inks than they usually have credit FOR.
The Greeks made silver and other ne
taIlic pens, and latin manuscripts show
great variety Of inks-red, purple,
green. blue, silver and gold
Successful experiments for the use
Of the telephone ia warfare have been
made IN France. TelephonIsts have
been organized in sets Of two men. each
set being provided with equipment for
a mile of telephone communication
The receiving and transmitting sPPara-
tus Is very simple and = attached 20
the cap, the wire Is on reels, N the form
OF breastplate. aud the whole equip
Inent for each man weighs less than sax
pounds
An inmate OF the Lambeth work
house named Sheridan has been i1en-
tilted as the heir 70 a fortune IN real
snd personal property. Of go ooo-
: This fortune was awaiting nun when
he entered the worlzhoGse a. . pau per
several years ago. but the lawyers O;
the estate could no. locate him until
few week ago. 4 sister o. Sheridan :
father. q Mrs Blake. died u SO. in
testzte, leaving property aggreZa'fug
500, 900 IL value. and sheridan i found
TO be the next of kin lie IS an Cd
man Two sous whom be has not seen
. for some years - believes - oe n
America
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-09
Hot NEa-e- Irar

From the New YJrS word.
For the comfort Of tie invalid . south
eTn woman has invented a metal tray
with receptacle foI nos water In the
reservoir number Of openings or de-
presSlons are made, into which a cup
and saucer. a bowl of soup. an eEE. etc,
may be inserted aud kent warm bv tie
surrounding water until disposed # by
the patieB.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-09

-T-sde1naa gently ~ 80 70
have trauafer-ed Tour caftorD - ~
rival srroes tns street. Sir W HiEf-
ed with q znltyI --'' s -. t.r. bare
T~zs3earaaa more gsutly '&sg aa@-
sIr. - "a. ave done 20 deser7- ii4-aF
~. HigaE~aa las.tA a1csa e'En--J f-
Yea sent x your b.l- ---- 7 .4-is.--
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-09

Bishop Hare of South Dakota calls the
system which now prevails in that state
of free and easy divorces, followed by
free and easy remarriages, consecutive
polygamy.' That is anything but a COM
phment to the aspiring young state, yet
it is doubtful that the situation there is
any worse than 1t Is in that respect in
many OF the older states. The truth of
the matter is 1t Is a condition extant that
is little less than an open scandal upon
the nation. There Is certainly need for
radical reformation along this line, but
who is able TO inaugurate it?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-09

With PETER and Martin in the United
States senate Kansas will still be con-
spicuous in that body; but what a tum-
bic from the fame wrought by Ingalls,
and Plumb to the notorietv that will at
tach to their wild and woody SUCCESSORS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-09

The Newton Republican, for several
years the property of the Republican
Publishing company, has been purchas-
ed by and is now the property of John
a. REYNOLDS. Mr.. w. S. Allen who has
had editorial charge of the paper for the
past two years is still retained in that
position by the new proprietor, which is
further evidence that he knows a good
thinC when he sees il.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-09

Census Bulletin No. 34s Is devoted To
he silk industry in the United States:
that is TO say, to the manufacture IF
silk. The report of the silk industry
the manufactUre-for the decade ended
1890 shows remarkable progress, not
only in the quantity and character o:
production, but in the invention aud inn
provement Of machinery, through the
operation of which SILK fabrics of all
descriptions have been brought within
the reach Of the masses, until it Is trans
ferred from the catalogue of Iuxuries TO
the list of necessities. Al of this is
very gratifying, but the showing would
be much more satisfactory if the prog
ress made in the manufacture Of silk
showed a corresponding development Of
its production. The bulletin is silent or
that point.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-09

It is now stated that the appointment
Of Judge jackson to the supreme bench
was made by the president in Difference
to the expressed wishes Of the members
of that bench. II that is tue the pTesi-
dent does not merit the full measure of
1ensure visited upon him in his action in
the matter. The supreme court is in
position to know, and ought TO know
the qualifications and fitness of persons
for the position better than
anybody DEMONSTRATIONS that
ought to taSe precedence over
every other. If Mr. Harrison has
made a mistake in this instance it Is the
first one during his administration IN the
matter of important appointments.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-09

DR.. R. Mathews
DEAR DoCTOR-Your letter is at hand.
The date of the burial of the dental
specimens that have-that is, the date
OF the tomb-was about $50 B. G. This
was about the time of the founding Of
Rome.
There is no gold filling in them, nor IS
| there any appearance of soldering of the
gold bands that were used to support
teeth. The statement has frequently
been made that teeth have been found
in Egyptian and other tomDS which had
been filed. No such teeth have ever
been shown nor has the statement ever
been corroborated so far as my knowl-
edge goes. 1t may be accepted, think,
that in no instance has 1t ever been
proven that filings of any kind were
ever inserted in prehistoric times for
prophylactic reasons. The Egyptians,
Erurians, Phoenicians, Chinese, and
perhaps some other ancient peoples,
practiced kind of rude dentistry. In
Pompeii there have been found dental
instruments, but no proof that teeth were
ever filled with any material. Too many
rash assertion, made without knowledge
OF the truth, have been made, and then
baseless statements, concerning the
status of dentistry in ancient times, and
we have been thus led into position of
absurdity before the scientific world. 1t
is time that these statements, made
without proof, were contradcted
challenge the production, or proof of
the existence Of one instance of the fill
ing of teeth for preservatiVe purposes,
until a comparatively late date. The
Egyptians gilded the teeth of the dead
in some instances, as a mark of respect,
and for adornment, and these may have
been presented to my OWE knowledge,
and have had careful search made Of
ancient museums, especially that at
Boulak, in Egypt, the richest in the
world IN the archaeology of the early
people.
My own specimens are thoroughly au-
thenticated by the proper officer of the
Italian government under whom they
were taken from the ancient tomb, as
well as by Won Helbig, the we'll known
German archaeologist. | have the doc
uments authenticating them, and they
can not be disputed. | have with them
the whole contents of the grave, consist
ing of gold and silver ornaments, bronze
vessels and ornaments, necklace Of
lapis lazuli and amber, with a number
of pieces of ancient pottery. There Is a
large plaque of bronze that is nearly two
feet in diameter. Most truly yours,
W. c.. BARRETT.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-09
OtiCura
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SKIN snd hiooi u 7iser Of incompatible party
II a11 curative rCWe-. IN acknowledge sHeyiHc
q worldwide ec,shriss. EBsiFcly veEViahic. safs.
innocent, and rala,ah.s- Fleets daily mere gTss:
cures Of skin. scalp md blood hru5ors utIn al
oteer skin and hlcod remedies tefrrr ths ,Ehlie.
Sale greater thaa tie col2b.8ed Sz-ss OF Al eiAzT
blood and akin ref1ed 70
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AND CHESIc4L Cox RATION. Boston
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G-ood HuIDcTs. ska AumoEs. scalp Huraors."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-09
INTERESTING TO DENTISTS.
70 the Editor of the Eagie.

To the Editor of the Eagle.
At meeting of the Kansas Dental
association, three years ago, Dr. &. w.
Barrett of Buffalo, n. Y, exhibited
some very ancient specimens of DENTS
try. One was gold band, designed to
retain a lost tooth in the mouth. and was
the same thought as the present bridge
work. The other was lower mo!ar
tooth. l recently wrote to the doctor
for some information concerning them
and received the enclosed letter, which
seems to me Of sufficient general infor-
nation TO give tc the EAGLE.
DIR. Barrett is editor of dental jour
nal, and man who has made wide re-
search in the dentistry and dental condi-
tons of the ancients. He finds that the
ancients, back even 10 prehistoric ages,
were subject to all the diseased condi-
tons of the teeth that we suffer from at
present. X. MATTHEWS.