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New-York tribune., 1891-05-03
ALMOST A TRAGEDY.
rrom The Chicago Tribune.


Eureka have you ever looked death in the facet"
cred lonesomey in the sky parlor OF West Madison
ST. boardin ghouse the form of the young man who
asked this question in husky, trembling whisper
cast a vague shadow tho dingy wall and heightened
tbe unearthly ghastliness of his pallld face
Hal haln she laughed scornfully. "What does
1t matters TO youl' he hlssed between his set
teeth Eureka Plumduff. the last hour OF your
life has cOme You have carried your hckleness,
your deceit your heartless treatment of me little
He laid slungshot, q sandbag, pair Of brass
ltnuctles two bowie knvcs, bottle OF vtri0l, and
brace of Derringers on the table. drew from under
his coat huge cutlass, and advanced upon the girl,
who now tumied 10 fly.
ut Is no uselp he said in q harsh, grating voice.
The door Is locked and the key Is in my pocket
y0otbcr Won with this I" And no snatched his over
coat from the chair on which IL hung and neld ID
threatening over her.
She was alone with a madmani
In times Of deadly peril the brain, unless paralyZed
With terror acts with ughtning-like qulckness.
An inspiration born OF despair flashed through the
brain OF Eureka Pumduh.
am willing TO die But before you do this dreadful
deed let me say Just one wOrd.n
II will give you thirty seconds!' he answered,
hoar9t I9 the street outside George she sad hear
boy calling out Evening Tomahawk, extra edition /
All The younc man darted to the door, unlocked 1t in
ten" al time, his voice rang through the building
Nth tho frantic outcry 49, ~ a.,
"."aHold on, there, boy wa-a-aait! What's the
~
New-York tribune., 1891-05-03
Don't Throw up the sponge!

That hideOus OGRE Giant Despair often fastsns his
orch upon the chronic invalid Constantly plagued by
,v.ransa bliousness and plonnervous and sleep
IT, ,oo--what wonder IS II that having tried in vain
multitude Of useless remedies he is ready, ngurativey
kine 10 throw up the sponge"' Let the unfortunate
.sa heart OF grace" Hosteter's Stomach Ditters
and will put terminus his trials 1t strengthens the
,omaeh confes nervous vgor by promong assimilation
,he food arouses the liver when dormant and relaxes
the bowels without pain. The ability TO digest and
,.s,ate restored the ability to sleep follows Nothing
Ien can stay the renewal OF health but imprudence.
uostetters Stomach Bitters moreover transe nd oil
others as q remedy for Halaria rheumatic and kidney
complaints. A wineglassfu three times oay
New-York tribune., 1891-05-03
THE PRAIRIE DOGS WAKE Up.

rury COME OUT INTO THE SPRING SUNSHINE
AFTER THEIR WINTER SLEEP IN THE PARK
The warm weather Of the last few days mas at iast
awakened the prairiedogs and the badger, "h"'
have been buried under ground at the Central farH
menarerie since the middle OF last september iho
noked their noses ont of the ground on Iueshay.
Except that they looked rather thin, they seemed
none the worse for their long Information ana Wefc
inst as lively in vanishing down their holes as they
wero last July. Their appearance was great le-
lief 10 SUPERINTENDENT Conkln he could not be sure
that they had not been frozen to death during the
winter.
Another incident at the menagerie on Tuesday was
the removing Of the cariboo, fallow and roe and the
to their new quarters. Each deer had TO %
,iad with A. rope. A few went easily, but most OF
them caused considerable trouble. With the males 1t
Was thought advisable to have rope over the horns
and another around their headquarters. The buck
ned deer wanted TO charge the keeper In 'front.' but
was easily prevented from doing any harm by the man
IN the rear II was different tale with the cariboo
both male and female. Three men had to hold on TO
the ropes and then they had all that they
could do TO prevent them from gong wherever
thev wanted TO. The male carboo In particular was
IN q terrible temper, and the few people In the
menaaerfe saw the curious sight OF one OF theso
aiant deer standing on his head. The new deerpehS
are Just south OF the former boundary OF the
The change is great Improvement The pens are
much larger than the old ones they have better seds
attached TO them and what Is the chief thng, thSt
have good turf for the animals to nlbbe al ana VAIN
The old quarters Of the deer will be pulled down
at once They are lust behind the elephant mousse.
The space will be strongly rallied ana ussu as & u he
tamest Of elephants, and soon small children VIII "
able to have ride on her.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-03
r.,rav nr0nOupce the former as if it were spelled

naturally pronounce the former if it were speleu
trayveler" ,,oir
Webster however, has always had certain
vocuc in England At the date OF the IoouiiO"
.ditior IL was in some respects, the best one
vo,ume dictionary TO be had. Lexicography mas
mod. oreat strides since, and the learned German
- whom webster's etymologes were conldeu loi
renair did not keep pace with them III Is ho IL
rroacb 20 Dr. Porter, of whom would never speak
without admiring respect, to say that the we" Ne
has taken of his duties as editor OF this edltoh
not what English scholars, or American schoiais'
would have wished him TO take. True, fro'essor
Whitney in editing the Century Dictionary hae
adopted the Websterese spelling. 1t IS supposed
that business reasons had something TO DO "iOn
his decision The Century Company had cohl-
mitted itself to the propagation OF these soieciSS
The Century Dictionary, excellent os 1t is in many
points. is so much the worse. The Wepsterlah
smelling restricts It's sale In this country; ana no
doubt In America also, for the NUMBER Oh Alneii
cans who prefer TO spell badly is not unllmleu'
The new Webster is pushed here by an cn'er-
prising publisher, and offered to the trade on
terms that enable them to sell the book IN gooo
half binding Of morocco at the price adverAseu
for cloth, 81 so. Then we have to read aoouV
IT'S American faults; ats Americanism,' says
a critic to-day, is offensive 1t is UNJUST o'iV
f. is unavoidable. and 1t adds to the dislike with
which the good American views such WORK
new edition of "Men of the Time entitled
"Men AID Women of the Time" appears under
the editorship of Mr.. G. Washington Moon. lC
has never been good or welledlted book nor ~us
over think SO bad or so badly edited as now
Mr. Moons notions Of editing arc grotesque. his
preface is a piece Of pure gush,-an example OF the
stvle known in America as "highfalutin'. Many
of the biographical notices are equally eccentric
In manner. Those of the women Of the time are
the worst, but the men run them nara. LII
accuracics abound as well as bad taste. lhere
are notices in which the hero has been allowed
to sing his own praises TO deafening tune
There are others where the editor beats the Dig
drum not less loudly. And there is hardly a page
which does not supply proofs Of Mr. Moons unit
ness for the task he has assumed. IT, VS..
New-York tribune., 1891-05-03
70 MAKE COTTON RESEMBLE SILK.

A revolution in cotton ginning is about to begin
one that Eli Whitney would have reloeed TO see; ,,a
Mr.. Broslus fairly won his utls as tine 5i1 motor
which promises to lift so much labor nom .,e Dtt
women of the land. Hogts song OF uic oi't, nj.
would never nave been written II thi' au'o"' "'"
"I but % To the point Mr. Broslus has invented GIN
ming process which will not break tIle nUes VI ,t
II ffnrrns ont an unbroken silky staple nom npmhu
stains which Is almost as beautiful rs sea lsianu oUV
ton For wears IL has been the lament on Easst 81 pm
that the fibre was So SO orosen @ remarked that con-
sdeT{ng It's immense cost ana priceicss xIe III u9
textile arts, cotton was n 6se ,ss oe Garth Pr IRON
OF all the raw products OF '"o et''"' i's ~" -
Mr.. Brosius saw the need and went TO Work IN
March. since then he has matured treatment Tor Tor
the nnginned cotton which will cause It TO come on
the seed whole without break IN tle liDie 20! oiy
this the process, which by the way = phy sca, S nT'
tion that il begins to nval SILK. Mhat II u s%nonIa %
transpre that cotton. treated as t should be- Is rey
finer staple than SIX Inc TeSui'' Oi 10" ''''"
RSe SeastI pom o Mr. Brsss invention is that 10
does not necessarily do away WIN ar5 shs 9oEeet s " Fy
dollars added TO good ordinary gin VIII equip tor
us otber po,nt IS that the seed is stripped stark
,oiad 60 tfot II would blush II IL were not already
Hack This saves large item In the cost OF gctths
ou, s"s sa Mr. Brosius is enthusiastic and ssngune
of large results-which he also usually GETS -, T..
have IN 'no%Sd ss"Sns the 70 !s"ps and they tell
1t Win work reyout9p Mr. ~ NJ n%aa Sen. says pns 1ng
STAPLE s tS;on s is tTSsed Tsts mon % ors1a SSns
siopie betore You is from mildewed oottod That
Whit showed s .sS Mt ddns npd this Ts NO
Think OF the results Why at q cent a pounu, pis
the improvement Is worth 90 to to e oieSs: seI' m
sns that let about forty Of tho leading Alliance
men get 'IgniNga @ make that Arrangement want tho
south TO get the benefit Of this invehtioas'
New-York tribune., 1891-05-03
AN ACTRESS CRITICISED TO HER FACE.
snho Mil Mou Ca,o.to

A good story is told In the Stuttgart Neue Mnsk;
Zcitiing7 concerning OF the most eminent German
actresses and theatrical critic equally well known 70
fame. A number Of l0dies aud gentlemen were the
other day travelling together In railway carriage from
Dresden 10 Leipzig. Only two OF the passengers knew
and the Court Theatre Dresden became the subject
Of discussion. one lady who had been present the
was loud In her expressions of disapprova Worse
than ALL she exclaimed, " that Madame Sehroder Is
much too old for her part her singing Is becoming
bearable. Don't you think so. too y she asked turn
ting 10 tho gentleman next 20 her.. ~ Wouid you not
her tell ali this 10 Madame Schroeder hersefl she Is
sitting opposite TO you,7 he replied coldly
Alter the general silence which followed this remark
the critical lady turned to the actress with many
fused apologies II Is tfat horrid critic, SCHNEIDER.
who has Influenced my Judgment concerning your sing
ing / believe II is he who Is always writing against
YOU. lie must be a most disagreeabie and pedaDtc
nereon Had you not better tell all this 10 NJ.
Schmieder hmseif1' calmly asked the actress; he IS
sitting next TO y0u.s
New-York tribune., 1891-05-03
WHILE THE ANGELS LISTENED.
I'm The Pttsbnrg Chronicle.

From The P1ttsburg UhfOncIe'
Little Frances is three years old.
She is the proud possessor OF fat rubber doll
which goes by the name Of Edna.
Frances and Edna are inseparable companions.
One day Francess mamma discovered the newly
polished window pane covered with finger marks
and she spoke to the child in this wise;
Frances mamma didn't see who made all those
finger marks on mammals nice clean window pane,
because her back was turned but the dear Lord up
In ihe sly saw who did IL, and the angels wrote II
down in a big book. Now tell me- Frances, do you
know who marked up mammals window"
"Yes'm,n replied Baby Frances, looking mamma
Now, You must tell me right, you know, because
the angels are listening"
@Franoes, who marked up mammals window like
Edna replied the tot, promptly, pointing to her
rubber doll.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-03
BLOOD ORANGES CANNOT BE STAINED.

FROM The st. Louis Globe-Democrat washington DIS
patch
"Blood oranges" have been investigated by order
of the health officer Of Washington. The story that
they are fxed' with syringe and a little anilne
dye has been going the rounds OF the newspapers II
was seen by Dr. Townsend, and the supply Of
blood oranges In the Washington market seemed TO
be abundant he directed inquiry with view Of
demning the fruit II IL had been tampered with. The
chemist TO whom the matter referred says In his
report "The oranges naturally stained, arti-
fcial coloring Of any kind having been used. The
small spot on the SIDE is a fungus spot and not a
puncture. IL is impossible to stain orange by In
ectng any artificial staining fluid into the fruit either
before or after puclng from the tree.'
New-York tribune., 1891-05-03

comfort These are the jews who though faeSb ns
no especial reason to love the late Grand On GIIb Hn"bf
must deeply depore her death since 1T T,t The
Gar seems to have happy faculty Of marking
every important event in his reign wnethfr E[4c
or gay, by ordering fresh hardshps 10 pe IL horn
et us nerseente the Jews relative is dead let
us persecute the Jews"
New-York tribune., 1891-05-03
No Substitutes

For Royal Baking Powder. The "k0yai
:. .bown bv all tests official, scientific and Prac-
,;ca1 stronger, purer and better in every way
than all other Baking Powders Its superiority
is privately acknowledged by other manufac'
turers. and we'll known by all Dealers
If some grocers try to sell another baking
powder in place of the Royal" it is because OF
.bs Greater profit. This of itselfis good evidence
ofthe superiority Of the "RoyaL' 10 give grea'e,
profit the other must be lower cost POWDER anu
70 cost less it must be made with cheaper ana
;,f.ror materials, and thus, though selling Tor the
same, give less value to the consumer
YoOK with suspicion upon every attempt to palm on
upon you any baking powder IN pace oi 81.
"Royal." There is no substitute tor the N0yAi'
New-York tribune., 1891-05-03

and ali night long great dgnitaries of the Church
| read and intOned an interminable liturgy. All
night long, also, the public were admitted 70 view
| the body. each visitor, according to immemorial
| Russian custom, kissing the face and hand of the
| corpse Usually this lying III state lasts tor
several days, but in this case, in compliance with
| tho urgent wish of the Grand Duchess herself II
| lasted only one night. The burial took place
| the next day At this ceremony only interested
| pprised chiefly the members 0f the imperial family
and officers Of the Court. At 10 O'Clock the great
| church was crowded and the doors were shut.
The windows also were tightly closed ana the
less tapers and censers Of incense AFTER two hours
| of religious services all the members of the I'm
| kneeled down and kissed the dead body Of the
| Grand Duchess Then the Metropolitan, standing
at the head OF the coffin, read prayer from n
tbe hands OF the corpse THIS custom is in-
| tended to indicate that the deceased died truly
rcpentant of all sins committed. II IS ancient
custom dating back TO the time Of Peter the
Great. After this, for the first time, the coffin
was closed II was then borne TO the grave,
where the Metropolitan sprinkled a handful Of
earth upon it, offered prayer, and pronounced
the benedictiOn Then each member Of the Irn-
pcral family in turn threw earth upon it, and
the ceremony was ended
This place OF imperial sepulchre is rot only q
church and fortress, but tomb for the living as
we'll Close by the place where this splendid scene
was enacted are the cells where hundreds OF polit
cal and other prisoners are immured Had IL not
been for the thiclS walls and heavy doors these
) unhappy wretches might have heard the ricl
voices Of the priests as they intoned the funeral
they shall be absolutely dead TO the world, dead
to the living and dead 10 the dead. They werC
( therefore in ignorance OF the fact that n neal
relative Of His Most Gracious Majesty had beer
, lead away in that final repose 10 which they nj
, look forward most eagerly ms the only possibl,
laid away In that final repose to which they al
Fathers" subjects were not thus kent In ipnornnce
but their knowledge of events brings them littl
The sun., 1891-11-16

O~e OF tho OMce Cats Of New Britain's Posi-
Oneo Survives . Rido as MAIL Matter.

O~e OF the Omce Cats Of New Britain's Post
Onee Survives Rido as Mall Matter.
NEW BRITAIN. Nov. 15.-Postmaster Hicks
of this city keeps a cat and her three kittens in
his Office. whose duties however. are OF purely
unofficial nature. All the old cat needs to do
Is 10 stroll about tho PREMISES with her little
ones tagging her. eat. drink. and make herself
and family comfortable and sleep on pile OF
mail pouches. A few days ago one OF the kit
tens, misled by caprice or the love OF explora-
tion. crawled into an empty postal sack apd M
went to sleep; An hour passed on. Inen the
css s the sees eed n
letters ipto it. ioeEed. it and shlppsd 4 BY ths
tSS SsM
missed one member Of their ONCE cat force.
tdS seh ann aar yo%s TnaS @ am
meaning Twenty -four hours slapsesd,t and
ietter from Mail Agent McCansIand. on the
raroa sayHg tans hP eee
Sias Eittens ShS was s. at South Norwaik. At any
rate" he added. when opened the New
Rtan mail Sas Sn sne sra pn Esn hat
looked very much like one OF the New Britain
Post once cats bounced out 81 It and sky, R
sfDa mail men s had caught the iasitIvs dissusssd
its probable identity. nsmed It Ben @ HHr for
soSR nnd ssa s f Ass hsss
soysf shssS ssd fItea tRS your vii ind
the the South Nsrxsik Post ONCE men: telling
them to send Kttie back to ha% Britain hr 6y eS
with great care"
The sun., 1891-11-16
NO STRIKE OF STAGE HAND&
There viii bo Another Talk with the Maa.
axers--The C. L. u. At the PsrnoIl Meeting.

There VIII be Asother Talk with the Msa.
sxers--The C. L. u. At the Psrncn Meeting.
The Theatrical Protective Union held
special meeting yesterday to hear replies from
the managers OF theatres to their circular ask
ing for an increase OF wages during the night
performances OF from 81 to $l.5O night for
the stage hands.
Manager ]. n. Hill has agreed to pay the
advance. and Hanry 4. Abbey has always been
paying the wages now demanded Most OF the
managers from whom replies were received
say they will grant the demand II the other
members o! their association do the same.
It was decided that, pending conference
with the managers. the stage hands will be
ordered back tonight
The New York Federation OF Labor, at its
meeting at IS East Fourth street, Yesterday.
Eseevea eredMsnsss O%
liBi national Boilermakers Union. It was reported
that the Chandelier Makers and Electric Light
Mems Unions would send delegates to the
The proposal to send committee from the
Central Labor Union to represent II at the Par
n snS IL 5nS
% hot % dlssussion yesterd IN that body, over the
right OF capital to sit cheek by jowl with labor
jected. Chauncey NJ Depew.', he said. to
be the chief speaker and he Is the arch enemy
OF labor; Weopght t9 condemn MIN as rep
Delegate George X. Lloyd declared, that the
demonstration was In honor OF Parnelt and not
the committee should be sent
The sun., 1891-11-16
A ssss.eoo Fire. with Los. or Life.

CLkvxLANp. Nov. 16-One Of the worst fires
Cleveland has had In several years started ut
8 o'clock this evening. and before It was ex-
tineuIshed at midnight 1t had destroyed
$500. 900 worth Of property and resulted in the
death Of one fireman and the serious Injury Of
two others.
The fire started in the big job printing es-
tabiishment of Short L Forman on Superior
street. The johnson House was next IN the
oSer oser and M around @ il rooi The guests made 9
the RotsI would be- destroyed together with
the Weddell House. which ias ndioins t on the
erai call for, steamers. and ten engines were
One % OF the first steamers to arrive was No. I,
apd Capt John Grady and Fireman M Michael
pany carried line into the burning building.
An Instant later one Of the floors fell, crush
ina Hawisy and Ward. Grady's body was re-
covered, and the other two were sent to g hos;
Condition. After an hours hard work the fire.
men gained the mastery and saved the TWO
hotels.
The sun., 1891-11-16
HIS WIFE Welded TO ANOTHER.
Mr.. CundiR VIII Return 10 His Ranch and
Let HIS Better Half Alone.

Let HIS Better Halt Alone.
ALBUQUERQUE. n NJ. Nov15.-Eighteeny years
ago George Cundif. then young man. LETT his
home in Joplin. No.. where he had discovered
lead and crossed Kansas to Buena Vista. COL.
to seek home in the Centennial State for his
wife and children.
About q year after arriving at Buena Vista.
where he engaged in mining. his wife and
daughter visited him. remaining short time.
They then returned TO Joplin. Mo. He con-
tinued writing to his family for, several years.
when they left joplin and topk UP their resi-
Soon afterward he left Buena Vesta on
mining expedition deeper into the itockles
and met with two serious accidents; 6reaking
his legs both times. which confined him to his
After that letters from him to his wife failed 70
reach her. nor did he receive anything from
The husband was mourned for dead by the
wife. and Tor ut least fifteen years no trace OF
him was found. although efforts were made.
Ee finally settled in the San Luis valley. COL;
and for the past nve years or more mas loloWeu
ranching and mining. meeting with great sue
Several months ago he. obtained a clue to the
whereabouts OF his family: He found his son
in Albuquerque. arriving here yesterday. ana
the meeting between him and his son was al
When Mrs Cundlfr left Kansas City she came
West,and was one Of the early residents OF this
place. About three years ago she was
married AGAIN. sr
another son. Will Cundlr Several times
during the eighteen years the vile and chill
dren lived within 300 miles OF m the lost hus-
and seT M he W % To co
orado ranch, but will not molest his wife and
her present husband.
The sun., 1891-11-16
n.-ro.ch Sunday Concert.

The first Damrosch Sunday concert which
took place yesterday evening at the Music
Hall, was an immense success with regard to
the quality Of the music and the large audi
ence nearly every scat in the capacious con-
cert hall being occupied. The programme was
an excellent one. including Goldmark's over
ture to "Sakuntala." the "Theme and Naris-
tions" from Tschaikowsky's Suite" No. Ill:
"Larghetto from Dvorak's "Terzetto:"
Burgmein's "serenade Frnncaise" which won
an encore; Sounds from tho Forest" from
"Siegfried:" and the Finule from Das Rhein-
The solo singers were Signor Antonio CALAIS
ri. who gave the "Credo" from Verdfs
"Otsllo," and Nine. Selma kronold kaert. WING
sang an air from Gounod's Queen OF Sheba-
Siynor Galassi sang with much fervor and eX-
preston and being encored gavethe popular
.Torcador Song " from :" Carmen and when
the orchestra played the opening bars OF this:
the audience broke into rapturous round oi
Perhaps the number that gave the most de-
light WAS the duet from the second act OF the
Flying Dutchman," which was sung by
Sipnor Galausi and Nine. kronold koer-
The orchestra wns in excellent form. and
Mr. Damrosch conducted with energy and
earnestness. The string orchestra was most
effective in its Interpretation OF Burgmeins
"Serenade" which resembles III its dainty
themes the old minuets Of the classic sch0oL
Mr. Damrosch's work bids fair to be OF a nigh
order Of excellence this season.