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SCIENTIFIC WAITS.

DR. Dewd, of New York, hos found that
each cubic inch of soil contains from 0D0O
to z, go oG0 minute organisms.
1t has been found that a small dose Of
strong alcohol shortens the time that food
remains in the stomach by more than half
an hour.
A scientist OF Tennessee thinks that the
Gulf stream every day passes through
thousands of mixes of subterranean chan
mel that is surrounded by a living IRE
The earth is gradually growing larger
from the fall Of Hsteorio matter. An as
tronomer estimates that the globe Is an
nually pelted with l4e ooo. 900 psossctiles.
The ccoiiog Of milk immediately after it
is drawn from the COW is said 70 be OF the
greatest assistance in delaying fermenta-
tion, and it is thought to be the most prsc-
teal method which can now DO recon
mended-
The amount OF eoloring matter stored In
coal is such that one pound Of TIE EIliDersl
Yields magenta sufficient TO color go yards
of flannel, aurine for 10 yards, ver1niiion
for go yards and allzariue for 255 yards
III turkey red cioth-
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GEORGE W. TURNER.

There have been, as might have been ex-
pected, as many rumors giving the names
of Colonel CockeriH's hackers or partners
as there days In the week. Each man re-
peating some new story has been positive
that he and he alone had the truth to tell.
In multitude of informants there is per
picking confusion, and l therefore went to
Corporal John himself to get his version.
AS expected, it differed greatly from all
others. He told me that on the strength
of his health, his knowledge of the news
paper business and his reputation for hon
esty, he had borrowed $3.50, 00a. He had
purchased the papers believing he could
run them; he had no friends to reward and
no enemies to punish; he meant, to get his
share, if he could, of what he thought a
good field, and he meant to run the two in
journalistic style. No one, he said, had any
control over the papers but himself, and if
he succeeded no one else would own any
share in them. In tire names of his friends
who had accepted securities not negotiable
at the banks, he thought the public could
have little interest. Finally, he was not
bound by any clique or special interest.
A short tale is soon told, and this is all
of Colonel Cockerills story But it is
worth pointing out that nothing but his
wonderful success with The World could
have given him the standing necessary be-
fore he borrowed any such sum CT money
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gh aatieita daily GAGE: aaleduesaay or1ro Gully 1881

The Recorder they put paper on the
streets which was in every way good. But
things have not gone exactly well in The
Recorder Office, and the result is that
backed by three gentlemen-one in Chi
cago one in Philadelphia and one in Bos-
ton-and with the addition of money of his
own, Mr.. Turner has bought controlling
interest in The Recorder. Its politics in
the past have been almost colorless, but it
has been announced within the last few
days that IN future the paper will be
strictly Republican
That The Recorder has a much better
chance of surviving the fierce struggle for
existence among the newspapers of New
York now than it had before may be taken
as-true. Mr.. Turner as business mana
ger has but few equals in this country, and
he knows the field thoroughly. But he
has also had experience as reporter, for
sign correspondent and editor, SO that he
is armed and equipped for his new work
1t is an open secret that the gentleman
in Boston who has joined forces with Mr..
Turner in this venture is Colonel Charles
H. Taylor, of The Globe. Colonel Taylor
is another one of the great newspaper man.
ayers of the country, and it was in his
Office that Mr. Turner learned his business.
Colonel Taylor built The Globe up from
a failure to great success. and he has APP
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Il Very Bad Shot.

At the time when the still unknown
author of the Waverley novels was an OBJ
ject of public curiosity throughout all
Britain, a conceited fellow who was travel
ing northward in an English stage coach,
wishing to give himself temporary con-
sequence in the eyes of his one fellow
passenger, said to him with an air of mys-
terious Importance I'm tell you a secret
I'm the man that wrote the Wayeriey
novels"
This confidential announcement, as It
happened was made to no less person
than Sir Walter Scott himself, who, in
stead of crushing the pretender by at once
avowing the authorship (as almost any
other man would have done in his place.
merely said, with an arch look at the
speakers heavy unintelectual face: "In-
deed? Well, really, 1 should never have
guessed it."
Not so fortunate was another fmpOstor
in the same line, who made a similar at
tempt to array himselfin borrowed plumes
II few years later. Shortly after the publ
cation Of Coleridge's Ancient Mariner"
an anonymous slkit upon il appeared in one
of the London papers, which suggested TO
a would be author OF the time promising
method of making the acquaintance of
Coleridge himself and thereby getting a
start in literature. Calling at the poets
suburban residence, he avowed himself the
author of the squib above mentioned, and
offered his sincere apologies for having
ridiculed that excellent poem, which be
had now learned to admire as il deserved"
Coleridge received his excuses very po-
litely and begged him to repeat the cpl
gram In question, which the visitor did as
follows:
Your poem must eternal be,
Dear sir, it cannot fail:
For IT'S incomp7ehensible,
And without head tail
"Sir," said CoIeridge quietly, II wrote
that mYselff' DAVID kER
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ship with Casper Schelt whose wife soon
evinced intense pity for Zwald's marital
infelicity This pity soon ripened into
Illicit love, and Zwald and Mrs. Schelt
planned the murder of Mrs Zwald, who
meanwhile had joined her husband in the
Minnesota town. They gave her large
dose of poison in a whisky toddy, sum-
moned a doctor when she became sick, and
did not administer the medicine pre-
scribed. The woman died in great agony.
Mrs. Schelt did not profit much by this
crime, for Zwald became conscience strick-
en- and moved with his children to Nebraska
six months afterward. He arrived at
Wayne, Neb., in 1855, and worked as a
laborer to support his family. Here he
was introduced to a widow, whom be liked
SO well that he married her. Before mar
rage the second Mrs Zwald was a nice,
even tempered woman; afterward she
turned out a vixen, smoking pipe all day
long and abusing her stepchildren I'M
mercifUlly. ZwaId became exasperated by
her conduct, and one night he sinothered
her with pillow and then hung her body
from a rafter in the barn. lie told the
neighbors be had quarreled with his wife,
and every one believed she committed sui
eide.
Zwald remained around Wayne for
year and half, and then his troubled con-
science drove him away. He removed with
his children TO California, and his steady,
religious habits made him respected. His
conscience was still at work, however, and
became more active rs the years passed by.
He felt that God was impelling him to con-
fess his terrible deeds to save his soul, and
during one of his fits OF aroniZiug renOrSe
went to Sacramento and startled the
authorities by confessing his crimes. His
story was investigated and proven true
The man is now calm and easier in mind,
and confident Of forgiveness from on high
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COLONEL JOHN A. cocKERELL.


spoken of; everything seems TO be plain
sailing Suddenly there are rumors which
excite the minds of the newspaper men
greatly, for they relate to new papers. /
have heard Of five new journals within the
space Of a day. AS a rule these stories
simmer down to very little, but sometimes
there is grain of truth in them, as when
The Recorder sprang into the field, full
fiedged Then Mr.. Frank Munsey bought
the old Star, and altering its size called it
The Continent.
After a short reign of four months, dur
ing which time The Continent had its Gu
rious size to boast Of, Mr. Munsey has given
place to Colonel John A. Coclterill, known
to newspaper men throughout the country
as the managing editor that built up The
World. Corporal john" as the older
army officers call him, has bought the
franchise in the United Press, the presses
and the good will of The Star and Cont
nent from the real owner of them, Mr.. G.
p. Huntington. He has also purchased
The Commercial Advert SER one of the old
est of the afternoon papers, but moribund
since the death of Hugh Hastings, and he
proposes to run both, the afternoon paper
under its old Dlme and the morning sheet
with the title of The Advertiser.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-01

New York's Fifth avenue in the neigh
borhood of st. Thomas church at Fifty
third street was crowded for blocks with
shining carriages and prancing horses the
other day when Harry lie Grand Cannon
married Miss Elizabeth Mary Thompson,
of Detroit 1t was the seasons biggest
event OF the kind. The groom. despite MS
childish first name has been a leader-the
leader next to Ward McAllister-Of New
1Ork's Four Hundred. He Is q small
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ure park than 10
ride on a bicycle.
The reverend gen
tleulan had ridden
TO the place on q
bicycle, mounted
a stump and cN-
horted the crowd
10 turn from their
evil ways. In
praying he de-
Il ou n ce d wo
s I o C kh0lders in
the park, and said
that a recent acct
dent which hap
pened to one Of
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crisy, and if ne continued such unhallowed
and sabbath breaking institutions he
would be wiped out. Mr.. Coude. who is at
present without a congregation, has made
himself notorious for his active part IL
many sensational crussdes-
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= aNA - - - 49, ~
Eerland in 1858.
After several chill
dren were born
the family came to
America, where
Mrs. Zwald devel-
oped an ungovern-
able temper, which
Fl n a lily drove
Zwalj to abandon
her. He took two
children with him
TO Anoka, Mimi,
leaving two others
TO solace his wife
for her desertion.
At Anoka he
E....al q 100000.
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what a Rockford Preacher Did.

Il work my legs for the glory of God"
was the reply Rev. ). l.. Condo, Of Rock
ford, Ills, recently gave to a question As to
whether u WIS any worse TO 20 to q pleas
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-01

Il GRAND CANNoN AND HIS BEIDE
brisk man Of thirty-three or therea bouts
who is too rich 20 pay much attention 20
his chosen professioa-painting- any
way he can dance better than he can paint.
Therefore he dances For four or five
years his studio has been famous for the
swell parties IL sometimes entertained at
teas, and the other and unique entertain
ments that ne seemed 20 have q cenius for
originating. His father, lie Grand Can
non. is worth millions. and the son IS a
very rich man on his own account.
The brides home is in Detroit. where her
family Is yery prominent
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JOURNALISTIC CHANGES.
UPHEAVALS IN NEW Works. NEWS
3 PAPER CIRCLES.

Colonel John A. Cockerill and HI,
Double Headed Enterprise-The New
Publishers of The Observation-Disclosures
Merrill, the New Editor of The Press.
The newspaper world in New York-by
which / mean the newspapers Themselves
experiences long periods of calm. The va
rious editors sit on their tripods and from
thence illuminate against matters and
things in general according to their views
All is quiet; there are no fresh rivals
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SCHOFleLD-t<lLB OURNS.
The Engagement Was Announced and
Denied Several Times.

Major General John McAHister Scho-
field, whose engagement TO marry Miss
Georgia n. Kilbourne, of Keokuk, Ia,
was announced, then denied. by The Army
and Navy Journal, and then announced
again, has often been the subject OF very
contradictory reports The reticence he
acquired as regular army officer and
subordinate is still his habit as command
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NjfIll)J agile
JOHN zNAl.D'S CONFESSION.
He Killed Two Wives and Finally Told
A bout 1t.

A bout It,
TortUres of conscience recently drove
John Zwald, a small farmer near Sacra-
mento, Cal, to the confession of the horri-
bic murder OF two wives.
Zwald, who has been looked upon as a
steady, sober and industrious man, mar
ried a robust. rosy Swiss maiden in Swift
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DTRECTORSi

). r. PowELr. PRIEST q ". IAHIIEH '. Prss'L
{. r. FRANK. Asst Cashisr
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u " Levy Pres y oliver vIosPrss
CA Walker Crshlsr III Kramer. Aas: cashier
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ENoCu MORGAN's SONS CO.. NEW YORK
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-18
prightwood ci.I.en. Organize.

For some time past the Judson Pneu-
malice Railroad Company have used the
Seyenth-street extension as an expert
mental ground. This has aroused the ire
of Brightwood citizens, who want to know
public. A committee, waited on them
and were informed that within two weeks
action of some kind would be determined
on. On this report the residents of Bright
wood held mass-meeting and formed an
organi cation 10 be known as 1.-THE Citi-
zens' Association of Brightwood" A
committee was appointed to. draft con-
stitution and bylaws. composed OF the
chairman; L.. l.. Nicholson, Claud King,
Thomas Lay, A. l.. Keene, John Lane,
Henry Drawer, W. L. Nalley, and i. G.
Alexander
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-18
AT TIE noG SNOW.
Awards Made to Dogs of High Degree
with Pcdigrccs.

"Isnt he bonnie boy" sid tailor
made young woman at the dog show this
morning, as she patted the massive head
Of the thrice-crowned king, Sir Bedivere,
the peer of all his brother St. Demands.
The attendance this morning exceeded
that of yesterday.
Many ladies were present among the
throng that crowded the passageways be-
tween the kennels, and, with the female
love for proves, they bestowed tho major
portion of their carcsses on the dogs that
wore ribbon.
A short time after 1890 n. M. Miss
Anna ii. Whitney, the greatest authority
in the United States on st. Demands,
stepped into the judges ring to examine
the animals in that class contesting for
the three special prizes.
Awards were made rs follows: WASH
ington City kennels prize of $50 for the
best exhibit of four or more rough-coatcd
st. Demands entered and owned by one
exhibitor or kennels, went to Il. III.
Moores Mclrose kennel.
this prize, the Mclrose and Wyoming
kennels, each of whom entered eight dogs.
w. II. Moses q Sons st. Bernard
kennel-basket, valued at $50, for the best
st. Bernard dog or bitch owned by a
Washingtonan was won by V. Petrola's
Count st. Vincent. A. Burgdofrs collar
and chain for best rough st. Bernard bitch
owned in Montgomery County was
awarded Rose owned by j. NJ. Ford of
Forest Glen, Nd.
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-18

President Hurt of the Washington and
Georgetown Street Railroad Company was
again before the Commissioners yesterday
in relation to the refusal of the Board TO
permit him to run private water pipes
from the new powcr.house to be built at
Fourteenth and Il streets northwest, to
the city reservoir. Yesterday when at the
District Building Commissioner Douglass
suggested to Mr.. Hurt that the water
would be supplied to the power. house IL
the. railway company would pay the usual
water rates. 10 ,.r,., i.
Mr.. Hurt said to-day that the company
would certainly not be able TO pay the
usual water rates for 100000 gallons of
water daily
He thought, however, that the diff
Guilty might be surmounted by the use Of
high pressure engines, which would re-
quire but 5000 gallons Of water per day.
and for which the company could readily
pay. The Commissioners are willing to
help the company in any manner con-
sistent with the laws of the District.
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-18

Hamilton Bronaugh, the conductor on
car No. 10 of the Washington and George
town Railway Company, met with an ac-
cident yesterday afternoon which will re-
suit IN the loss of his leg. The accident
occurred about $50 o'clock in close prox-
unity to the Garfield monument on First
street. The car was crowded with people
and Mr.. Bronaugh jumped from tile rear
front platform to collect fares, when he
missed his footing and fell and the wheels
passed over his right leg The injured man
was Immediately taken to the Providence
Hospital in the Sixth precinct patrol
wagon. The doctors say that the crushed
limb will have to be amputated. Mr..
Bronaugh is one Of the oldest conductors
in the employ of the Washington and
GEORGETOWN Company
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-18
Trust Companies.

These companies, in which SO many of
our citizens are interested, will, IL is
thought, prove most valuable mediums
for the transaction of business. The
large capital gives feeling of security
only afforded by heavy Investment Of
cash, which is certificate to parties
whose patronage is desired that such com
panies are conducted on a sound financial
basis under careful management.
The Washington Loan and Trust Com
pany has upon its board of directors some
of our most enterprising and wealthy
citizens, whose success IN the various
enterprises with which they have been
identified is an absolute guarantee that the
affairs of the company will be carefully
and wisely conducted. s- b --,F,te :.
The Washington Loan and Trust Com
irany pays interest on deposits, settles
estates, acts as general agent, trustee, ad-
ministrator.
Have you made your will?
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-18
THE DISTRICT NATIONAL GUARD.
A short Talk with General Ordway
and Other Matters.

and Other Matters.
General Albert Ordway, who commands
the National Guard of the District of
Columbia, to-day said to THE CRITIc man:
at will probably be ten days; ii certainly
will not be before the latter part of next
week, that the War Department will take
action in regard to the consolidation of
the colored troops into one battalion. ]
am doing and will do all ] can to
make that consolidation an assured
fact. But, of course. l cannot
command the feelings of the colored
troops" The reference to 1.-THE feelings
was pertinent The colored troops are
now lighting nobly among themselves.
II is a question with them whether Lieu
tenant Colonel sRcvells or Major Fleet
wood shall command the new battalion.
Upon this point they are all broken up.
The row promises to be most interesting
one. To refer again to what General
Ordway said to The Critic man. This
time il was about the so-callcd cavalry
company in the National Guard. ~
have" said General Ordway, "a company
Of mon who arc mounted cavalry, have
az perfect right to mount my infantry
as has an infantry officer in the Army to
mount his men," .....
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-18
Cannot Draw Two salaries.

Tie Commissioners have approved the
decision Of Assistant District Attorney
Thomas, in the case of William A. He'd
rick. Mr.. Hedrick, 1t will be remembered,
is teacher in the Washington High
School and during his summer vacation,
having an eye to the almighty dollar, be-
came one Of Superintendcnt Porter's army
of census enumerators. His labors in
this field were not concluded until some
six days after the opening of school last
September. He filed claim for his
salary as o school teacher during this
time, but the attorney for the District de-
salaries from two places under the United
States Government at one time, and the
Commissioners have sustained the de-
Cision, .
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-18
Mary Williams Case.

Chief Justice Bingham took the bench
in the Criminal Court this morning on
account Of the continued indisposition of
Judge Hagner. Mr.. Taylor and Mrs.
Kicker, who appeared as counsel for Mary
Williams, charged with manslaughter,
requested that their client be allowed to
go ON her personal recognizance, inso-
much as the case would have to stand
continued until after the Kincaid trial.
District Attorney Cole would not consent
and consequently the Judge would not
make the order Judge bingham dis
will be no trials before that time.
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-18
Artists Awarded Prizes.

At the gallery of Messrs. Woodward &
Lothrop yesterday meeting of the Society
of Washington Artists was held and
prizes awarded for the best pictures now
on exhibition at the gallery. The $50
prize. for the best oil painting, was
awarded to Max ,Weyl for his salt
Marshes" Honorable mention was
awarded to Mr.. Edmund G. Messer's
Evening on the Seine'' For the best
water color a prize of 500 was awarded to
Mr.. j. II. Mosers't 'Showery Day in the
Berkshire Hills secured honorable men,
ton as the second best water color.
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-18
seven Old Ladies of Lavender Town,

The Young Peoples Union produced
the Seven Old Ladies of Lavender Town"
before large audience at the Church of
Our Father last evening. The partici-
pants who acquitted themselves most cred
itably were us follows: S. +. Randolph,
Miss Kate s. Curry, Misses Anna Tichenor,
Hattie Case, Ray Elliott, Gertrude Becker,
Emma Curry, BERTHE Bailey, Catherine
Newton, and Messrs. Dette Matthews,
Melville Hensey, George Buskee, Bert
Hcughton, George y. Terry, Fred L. Har-
ries and Samuel II. Bond.
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-18
Young Catholic Friends Society Enter
tainment

The entertainment of the Young
Catholic Friends Society at Lincoln Hall
last night was well attended. Music was
rendered by the Marine Band, under the
direction of Professor Sousa. A hand
some sum was realized, which will be de-
voted 70 the educational fund of ST.
Aloysius' School for Bows
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-18

james Owen O'Connor, the tragic come
dian now playing at the Globe Theatre,
is drawing large and rather disorderly
crowd to that house of amusement, and
in consequence the proprietors, Roop Il
HOPPER, were in the Police Court this
morning charged with allowing their thea
tire to be oyercrowded and thus violating
the regulations of the Fire Department.
Half dozen officers were in court as wit
nesses, but the case, on account of the
press of cases, was continued until Thurs
a
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-18
kan into a shop MindoM.

Last night about s o'clock car horse,
belonging to the Washington and George
town Railway Company, took fright at
the corner of First street and Pennsylva-
MIA avenue and dashed into the show win
dow of G. d, Shafer q Co. s store, No. 1903
Pennsylvania avenue. The large plate
glass was completely shattered and the
horse considerably cut up.
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-18

We were very busy all OF last week and every
customer was we'll satisfied with their purchase;
therefore, we will continue TO entertain them
upholstery and lace curtain departments. Our
stock was judiciously selected from the latest
aud most uniqc designs. from which we have
made n reduction from - to 60 per cent We
are lust In receipt OF an elegant limo Of linens,
for loose covers, which VIC Will cut and make
TO orde; for much less than the usual prices
Plcaeo take bo-pecp at our remnants; the
short prices will amaze yon.
W. H. louGHToN MANUFACTURING Co., 1918
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-18

The following batch of prisoners were
taken to the Albany Penitentiary last
night: Charles Simms, for house break
Ing and larceny, eleven years., John
months; George Seymour, for larceny,
one year and one day; Joseph Thomas
and Joseph Brown, confidence men, five
years each; Mile Robinson, for house
breaking, four years and six months;
William Slaughter, alias Thomas Reed
for forgery, three years.