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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-14
SOME REAL THRILLERS.

A various lot OF melOdramaS Is being
used in different parts Of England.
They all have their special thrillers of
one kind or another. One "The Blind
Witness" has for its heroine girl who
goes blind, SO that the complications
may progress unseen by her, but she
regains her sight when things must be
cleared up. The scene of this play S
thriller is on a rocky coast. with a
smugglers' cave just around the corner.
The blind grid wanders out on the
rocks so that she may be caught there
when the tide rises. She is followed by
the good soubrette, who finds that their
only way to safety is to climb an i'm
possible cliff.
This impossible cliff being impossible
Ca really strange thing for melodrama
the girls scream in chorus for help. The
villain is on the cliff above. In spasm
of goodness he decides to go to their
aid. He lowers the smugglers' hosting
tackle and pulls them up. The sou
brette he discovers to be the witness to
various crimes of his. He promptly
brains her.
at this critical moment stroke OF
lightning restores the heroines sight.
With the aid of this physical improve
ment she discovers that her rescuer is
the long lost murderer of her long lost
father On crying cut to this effect, the
villains kindly spasm comes to an alb
rupt termination, and he decides to kill
her. He is interrupted by the oppor-
tune arrival of the good funny man,
who injects bullet into his Uranium.
Another melodrama, Brave Hearts, y
glories in a series of thrilfers. When
the time comes for the main one, the
hero and heroine are slightly the worse
for wear. having just escaped in damp
condition from water tank. They
are therefore easily overcome by the
villain, but only at first, mind you, only
at first. The hero is thrown aside I'M
conscious. The hero is tied to a tree
with a dynamite cartridge just under
her toes. A lighted fuse is attached, OF
course, and also. OF course, the hero re-
turns to consciousness in the nick of
time. A fierce fight with knives en-
sues. All this time the bomb is close
TO the exploding point and so is the
gallery. The hero seems to be getting
the best Of it, when the assistant bad
man shoots him from the rear. Just at
this moment rescue party arrives,
looseas the heroine from her periious
position and, wonder upon wonder, ex-
tinguishes the bomb by jumping upon
it.
Cynical people may smile at all this,
but nevertheless when known to the
Police melodrama produced recent
ly in London, was found to lack thrill
lcr, keen disappointment was felt.
Much had been expected CT this play be-
cause its author, John Douglass, was
the inventor of the tank in drama. In
his new piece, however, he resorted to
the old situations as we'll as the old
characters without providing a new ex-
element So his work was all in vain.
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and the spoiled and capricous actress
crushed the heart of the young author
by crying Sweden is too cold for me. |
prefer Greece Then Sardou tried his
luck with the veteran Mile de Deiazel
and Mime Rose Cheri, but with no sue
cess. Yet not once did he give UP. He
pursued Scribe, the most popular dra-
mat.st of the time and made his life
miserable with manuscripts Then one
day he came across Mile. Farguei of The
Vaudeville, and thrust into her hand his
new Les Pattes de Mouche." The ac-
tress handed it unread to the manager
OF the Vaudeville, who straightway poked
It into a pigeonhole of his huge desk
among hundreds of such other unfortu-
mates. One day Rose Cherri CHANGED to
want new play The neglected manu-
script was pulled out of the pigeonhole
and looked over. It was accepted and pre-
sented 1t caught Ike wildfire. All Paris
came to see it, and Sardou saw his name
tossed about in the morning papers.
That was the turning point in the ca
reer of the Partisan play writer. In ten
years he had accumulated a fortune and
was acknowledged to be the greatest dra-
matte virtuoso in Europe He was elected
~ t-ANAA4SSA VI lIlt -ACduSiny, ana every
crumb from his pen wasturned into half
a dozen languages. Thereafter actors and
actresses came fiocking to him. begging
Tor plays He moved down from his gar
ret and became a man of the world: a
man of fashion he never was. Then some
thing happened. His wife, the woman
who had made him, died. There was
nothing left for him TO do but work and
forget. And work he did. Now, all men
call Victorien Sardou a brusaue and hard
hearted man and colossal egotist. Such he
IS IN his work. but those who know him
best who have had a glimpse of the man
when his work was forgotten and when he
shows himself in his beautiful old home at
Marry, have reason to believe that the
writer of 'Robesp.erre'' nurses under his
gruff exterior one of the warmest and
kindliest of hearts.
ARTHUR TITCOMB.
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INCOMPATIBLE SARDOU, )
AUTHOR OF ssROBESplERRE." .
HIS EARLY STRUGGLES AND ULTIMATE TRlUMpHs
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

and loked carefully through the bundle,
her interest suddenly aroused.
All, just lcoki What a beautiful hand
writing. Genuine pattes de mouche."
The girl tok the play home and read It.
Such a dainty hand, she said, must show
a dainty fancy. The next day she return
ed with the manuscript, and the little ac-
trestS and the gruff manager of the Odeon
had a. long conversation together. Just
what they said no one will ever know,
but the outcome OF that talk was that in
two weeks THE Students Tavern" was
put on the stage. The young author was
sert for and a little money was advanced
TO him. He blushing.y took the hand of
his benefactress and tried to thank her,
but could not.
That young man was Sardou, the great
damat.st. The opening night of The Stu
dents Tavern" was an anxious one for
him. Transported by his success, he
watched the curtain so up on his first
play. But the intoxication did not last.
The patrons of the Odeon were mostly
students and they did not take kindly to
a dramatic treatment of their pranks and
adventures. Kisses, whistlng and howl
ings rang through the house, ard the fias-
w
in the Par.sian stage annals of that year.
second performance was attempted, but
the Lights suddenly went out, in the third
act, and the curtain was rung down.
Never again did it so up on THE Stu
dents Tavern"
The youthful, Sardou was broken heart
ed. Starvation stared him in the face. and
long neglest had broken his heath He
crept up to his dark, little garnet There
he 6roeded alone over his m:sfortunes ard
in two days was III with typhoid fever.
He would certainly have died like rat
in hole had not good angel come to
his rescue. That good angel was the
spoiled and petted Nile. de Br;court of
the Cdeon, WHO had been greatly Impress
cd by the white faced young author. One
morning she came rustling up the narrow
little s-a.rs in search of her friend. She
found him IN the deir-um of fever SIZE
cooly took off her gloves, made herself
at home and with her own hands fed him,
nursed him and won him back to health
and strength
There could be oEiy one end for such
an affair. The two fell head over heels
in love with each other, ana soon after
married. Life for them was mainly love
ard potatoes, for rlaither was wealthy
But 1t was the happy end ng OF a sweeter
comedy than the millionaire deamatist OF
France has ever written
AND tstter times were coming. The
young husband gave private lessons for
two francs wrcte Kite pot to'iers and
made commentaries and indexes 10. cas-
Sic authors at so much per page. He met
Rachel, the famous tragedienne, and to
her submitted his colossal tragedy, en-
titled ia Re:Te Ultra
The scene Of this was laid in Sweden,
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Sardou is not Shakespeare the sec
pnd! But ST. ,000, 900 is a lot of money.
For one man to fish that much cold
cash out of an ink pot is not a usual
thing. In fact it has been done very
few times. The only living man who
has accomplished this financial feat
is Victorien Sardou-Sardou, the SUI
preme master of modern dramatic arti-
fee.
London has just been electrified by
his "Robespierre Irving has been
carried back to popularity by it, Eng
land mas been aroused by it, and the
name OF its author is on the tip Of every
tongue. Few indeed are the men who
could fling off a great drama in two or
three months. Sardou, however, had
plways reveled in the French Revolu-
tion and was glad enough to have a
dramatic gambol on such well known
ground. 1t was a proud moment for
Paris when the news of the great
Lyceum success flashed across the
channel 1t was on the same night an
anxious hour for the veteran English
actor as he waited for the first sign
of approval from his old Lyceum audi
ence. It did not come till the end Of
the second act. When it did come, it
came in q storm.
But 'Robespierre, while redeeming
Irving, glorified Sardou. 1t showed
that the hand that fashioned La
Tosca" had lost none of its cunning.
1t clinched his reputation as maker
of great plays. 1t decided that thous-
ands and thousands of francs were to
pour into the Golfers of a man who was
already rolling in ealth, every dollar
of 1t made from II \ drama.
But life was not always a bed of
roses for VictoEien Sardou. There was
time when he was the under dog, and
days there were when he went hungry
and poorly clad and lived in a garnet
and had few friends, as is and was the
case with many another heaven sent
genius. Those days We're long, long
ago, but Sardou, the opulent owner of
the beautiful Chateau de Marty, has
never forgotten those early years of
hunger and want and adversely. Iu
fact it was those youthful struggles
that gave to the artist whose duty it is
to hold the mirror up to nature the
very power which in later life was to
bring about his success.
F'orty-three years ago a tai, sallow
faced youth dressed IN ragged and un-
kempt clothes. lirg OF drugs and the
dssecting room, walked t.nnid.y to the
door of TIE Odeon theatre in the Quarter
Latin of Paris and nervously asked if he
might see the manager The ragged look
ing youth had a big manuscript under his
arm, and the attendant sized him up at
once.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-14

No. the manager could not be seen. He
WAS very busy. but the gentleman might
call again in a month or two. The young
man with the marascript looked dtsap-
pointed. He was tired and hungry and
sick. for he had had little TO eat for the
last few days. He finally decided to
leave the manuscript. The attendant took
1t. passed It over to the busy manager, and
the manager, of course, saw it was a play
by an unknown man and tossed It lightly
to one side.
In the meantime the young man VITA
shabby clothes was working away in a
tawdry little garnet, making a few francs
by writing humorous and Hght-hearted
sketches for the newspapers. 1t was very
hard work. Some of them sold and some
did not
In the meantime the bundle of manu-
script lay collecting the dust on little
table in one corner of the Odeon office.
One afternoon after rehearsal Mile de
Bricourt the petite, the lovab,e, the girl
tsh young actress with face like a flow
er, caught sight of the bundle, with Its
carefully penned title Of La Taverne des
Etudapts. She shook the dusty sheets
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-14

Lieutenant Colonel Alfred e. Bates,
formerly military attache of the Amer
lean embassy, who sails for the United
States to-day on board the American
Line steamer St. Louis, spoke warmly
TO the correspondent here Of the Asso-
ciated Press regarding the courtesy
with which he had been received on all
sides since coming to London. Speak
Inc CT the Philippines, Colonel Bates
said
II can say OF my own knowledge that
/ British military men applaud our
troops out there, while they regard our
splendid naval officers and sailors as
the heroes CT the war. They have be-
come as well known and highly appre-
ciated here among service men as they
are in America"
The measurements of Sir Thomas
Lipton's yacht Shamrock, the chal-
leGger for the Americas Cup, are given
in yachting papers as follows: Length
over all, $50 feet; at water line, SO feet;
breadth of beam, "a feet. There has
been unexpected difficulty In boring
holes through the yachts keel for the
keel-bolts, and it is now feared that 1t
will be impossible to launch the Sham
rock before the middle Of June.
Mr.. Dwight l.. Mood, the American
evangelist. has accepted an invitation
to hold revival meetings at Glasgow in
October next.
The International Art Exhibition, of
! which Mr.. James Mcneil Whistler is
the chief promoter, opened on Monday
The exhibition attracted much atten-
ton, but proved a disappointment in
! that it did not equal the high standard
established last year. Critics lament
Mr., Whistler's failure to produce any
thing equal to his past work.
The theatrical and musical season is
at the full tide Of prosperity. The IL
braries have bought up all the seats at
plays like THE Gay Lord Quex, THE
Tyranny of Tears" and "Robespierre, -
which at present are the great successes
| Of London. II is impossible to get good
seats at advanced library prices under
| fortnight. Mr.. Beerbohm Tree, quick
to recognize the failure Of "Carnac
Sahib, which he produced so lavishly
a few weeks ago, will revive The Cap
tain's Wife on Saturday next.
Annie Russell arrived in London on
Thursday and is already busy rehears-
ing the play in which she will make her
debut at the Duke of York's Theatre at
the end of the month.
The opera season starts. remarkably
well. The Queen has commanded Mr.
Grau to give performance of "Lohen-
grin" on May "a, the cast to include the
De Reszke brothers, Madame Nordica
and Madame -Heink
Mr.. Grau Henschels opera "Nubra"
will be produced at the Royal Opera
House at Dresden next spring under the
personal direction Of the composer. This
will necessitate Mr.. Henschefs staying
in Europe this year and the caneella-
ton of tour which was being arranged
for himself and Mrs. Henschel
A plethora of concerts is announced
for London next week. Paderewski will
give his only recital on Tuesday. The
distinguished pianist sails for the Uni
ted States on October 10, by the Pa
vonia.
Madame Patti makes her first ap-
pearance since her marriage at the
Queens Hall on Thursday. She is ar
ranging for an American tour next win
for
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-14

Mosburg. which said Judgment had
been obtained by the said ]. r. Manley
against the said David Mosburg In the
court Of w. w. Rogers. Justice Of the
Peace of Ohio county. W. Va.
IL. Attempting to collect a claim
from VIM. Nesbitt, and pretending that
said claim was due him. the said ". ].
Colts, when in fact it was not.
rs. Attempting to. collect a claim
from Louis Bonenberger, and pretend
ing that said claim was due him. the
said w. ]. Colts, when in fact it was
not.
10. Extorting from Geo. E. Stifel &
Co. money alleged to be due the said
w. ]. Colts for costs.
go. Attempting to purchase from
WaterhouSe Bros. a Judgment which the
said Waterhouse Bros had obtained
against the said Fl. e, Bachman in the
Court of -, a former Justice
of the Peace of Ohio county, w. Va.
al. Attempting to purchase from F.
Schenk L Sons claim against Fl. E.
Bachmann.
'22. Purchasing lots in the parcel OF
ground situate on the north side of
Sixteenth street, at the extreme east
ern end of the said Sixteenth street. In
the city of Wheeling. which ground was
formerly used as a grave yard and is
now used for the purpose of a public
park. which purchases were made with
the intent to harass the city OF Wheel
ing.
CIV. c. MEYER,
Prosecuting Attorney of Ohio County.
w. Va"
Defendant, by counsel, objected to this
above bill of particulars and to each
and every count thereof on the grounds.
first, that the bill was not ordered nor
permitted by the grand jury, and that
defendant can be tried on no charge
that is not preferred by the grand jury.
and second, because there is nothing
barratrous or of the nature of barratry
in any of the said counts.
The bill was ordered filed.
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eases, viii be situated IN the vicinity
OF the docks, where subjects are never

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lacking.
President Seth Low, OF Columbia
University, New York, who is here en-
route to the peace conference at The
Hague, in discussing the conditions of
Mr.. Carnegie's gift to the Birmingham
University with the correspondent of
the Associated Press, said: The con-
ditions attached to the gift are wise
and characteristic of the donor. Our
American universities from the first
adapted themselves TO the immediate
needs and aspirations of the people.
The tendency in England is towards a
toe conservative and stereotyped fixed
curricula Oxford and Cambridge are
Going to be- left by other universities
where utilibarian needs are catered for.
In this lies the present strength of Ger
many, and America is forging ahead in
her electrical and general mechanical
production. Englishmen will very
soon recognize that Mr.. Carnegie's idea
is correct and adapt their commercial
nurseries more to the needs of the
country. Every body here seems awake
to Americas tendency to forge ahead
and her way of getting there at any
cost, and you will see Englishmen, who
are now hesitating what line to take,
will ere long rush to follow Americas
example.
Regarding the peace commission, y
Mr. Low said, Il am not free to speak.
We all recognize the great responsible
ity that has been thrust upon US, but
we cannot make any statement respect
ing the lines on which we shall proceed.
l can say that our instructions are
definite and distinct. No opportunity
for bringing the Cars humane wishes
into effect win be lightly considered by
the American representatives"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-14
PATENTS GRANTED,

Special to the Register.
WASHINGTON, d. c.. May is.-Patents
have been granted to Homer w Right
myer. of Rowlesburg, w Va. on a toy
pistol, and to John T. Westwood, assignor
of three-fourths to S. Kline w. Davis. H.
Nh. Wallace. l.. Whit and e, Myers. Wheel
ing; ]. l.. McMechen. McMechen and T.
L. Deegan, Benwood. on a railway switch
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II short engagement, which viii add
about another $3.50, 900 to that large
sum. In the last ten years her average,
gains have been $60, 900 q year; In the
last five, 100000. Yet in 1872, at the
Odeon theatre, Paris, she earned only
$40 q month.
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BERNHARDT'SN EARNINGS

In % years Nine. Sara Bernhardt
has. 1t is announced, been paid nearly
Sl.25O,00O for her exertions on the stage.
and she is now fulfilling comparative
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EXPRESS COMPANIES.

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THE SAME THING.

Look at that man laughing. Tomkins
must have got new story
NO. He's got new victim. "-Ex-
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I The way to steep says the scientists.
lis to think OF nothing But this Is a
mistake The way 20 sleep is to think
1t is time to get up--Tit-Birs.
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white Swan Laundry. Phone $50.
GOOD ADVICE.

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for this week only at Frew's.
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-04

Cati schulz has had 50 Iseinarkable a
career ana his influence mas oean so
widely felt tIat the celebration Of MS
T0ti1 birthday s. g matter Of interest
even is thoss who have MOI been able
TO follbfy him Ia al his crus4des or TO
spDpve Of al his savings ana doings
lsis 5rtiwtg as 1olifica3 4aitato1 IN
Germany has been 50 Tar eanduned
that even . Bismarck could send aim
congi atulations. while men at. widely
different political professions IN ais
adopted country eouin Join in MS
praises at the New York bauquef. SIR
SEIZURE has sometimes gone 20 ex
tremes that has'e made the iudicimls
siiere ana he has taken uu With pnii-
cies which have compelled flae,lds and
former co-workers to part company
with him but for all mat. tliera is no
dispuUng lie value Of Tie services he
has rendered tie republic as soldier,
senator Dolemiead writer aud p0iiifcai
orator His stamping tour ii 1875. in
tdvocaey of sound money! nav he.
mentioned as ona If the most aouspitgl-
ons instances OF his ven-dilaa,ed amt
efficient EFFORTS
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-04
NOT RE4DF 10 Qgrr

only Il few weeks ago il was ssid
,lia1 ohio politicians Rad buried the
1aroher. and Defrn reigned once more.
Eet here is Senator ForaAer-pushing his
scheme to commit the government 10
in Immediate withdrawal OF all Jroups
from Cuba When the president thinks
The circumstances wIlr~l1r s,lci1 a
move, he may be tl'usfed To nuke it.
To Dlnd him 10 a STA 6est .-nn 6or the
movement however. would be an en-
oaIT'assmenu "a The administration. ii
would. moreover, be IN arr NJ enilv anu
sashness. When -ile CuBau assembly
asked GFen. Gomez If he intendett to
abide by it's decisions. lie csniied that
he did if they seemed Cos De fon tsle
gaod Of Cuba. This was but q thiniy
veiled denial of tite a1rnuI,ity NJ tire
assembly If Tie general Of rne. army
dares pnsf. openly as tire esllasrr af4 tire
motives and yisdmn NJ Tie aniv dsten-
sihle legislative bndE and prasurr1es to
correct It's mistakes. il ii, ,self-eviufe4lt
tllaU 3ivIh government dbee nu6 asist
m rlle SLANT The Unita,t States is
honnd nur Ia withdraw f1oin Cuna Ill
q 'aapansibie and stable g0Hernnent
has 1een estabiiHlles5, amt III III sas.tain
lot only tiia1 no s,Iun government
mas yet been ser up. Gur q 20 shat IN
ndeltnlre Deliud 1f time viii be re-
llurad 20 accomplish this ngst iiesii'.
me ant iii chat purpose Is rnaii2 IL
our uruaps ARE likely TO- st.tv.