New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-28

But le, the first disgust be overcome, and the
fruit fairly fastened upon, and 1t Yields 70 the
COURAGEOUS eater flavor surprising in rich
ress that OF all other fruits In one luscious COM
bnaton.
Constantine Pobedonos,seff Is In many respects
n politico- social DURHAM w T. Stead trpped over
some OF his wires when his visit To Russia 10
write up the Car and the English vocabulary
is not fruitful enough OF cpithets properly de-
scriptive Of the real personality Of the Ober
Procuror The story which Ugolina told In the
Sea of Everlasting Ice. after he had wiped MS
bloody lips on the SCALP Of his murderer. can
hardly compare with Mr.. Sieads datrlhe on the
unfortunate head OF the Most Holy synod.
But when one becomes calm. and ~ able fnily
10 understand this lend incarnate and Mt
Stead is not the only one in the ranks ~ the
Mortified It will be found that there IS an III
creasng purpose underneath ana behind MS
outrageous and PERSISTENT prosecutions u Jews
and Stundists: that ~ has gigantic plans Tor
Russian progress. that he fosters momcntous
and far-reaching Pan-Slavlc projects: and that
what he has done. and = doing IS 80 to speak
conscientiously performed as The best and quick
est means f. grea, end-an evil done tina, good
may come ~ n.
In other words VI Pobsdonostseff has n
strongly an,lthetcal character which Is not by
any means superficial which Will repay patient
exploration. and which In It's profound and gcnu-
inc impulses strives only after what he regards
az the greatest good ~ mighty state.
At Mount Airy. "A suburb OF Philadelphia IN
IN. grounds II an old Colonial mansion. there
occurs what may be plcturcsqueiy described as a
arboreal freak Far back IN Revolutionary times
the original Huguenot owner planted larch tree
near his house. and On either side spruce ana
a Norway nr Thirty years ago his grandson
60; out "A wlsiaria vine at the roots 81 the larch
Timidly and blinily It gropci with it, delicate
crccpers. took hold and courage In the same
breath and then. as is It's wont. wound round
and round the tree in close, snaky folds NJ n
height OF ten fc.t. whore the trunk hranched. ia
ociopus-like arms slipped m. some stormy day.
and falling against the great branches OF tho
spruce and mr. clutchcd and cnvclopcd them
And. having thus secured fresh hold on younger
material the wire set to work 10 squeeze It's old
support 10 death. just AZ the boa stranges Its
prey The Iarch died slowly. leaves and highest
twigs first: then large branches. then trunk IT.
self: until the folds ~ the wistaria came go clos"
against each other A. 10 form a tgh' spiral cage
FOR the old tree
To-day wha, remains ~ the larch IL mere
she'll with rotten contents Some day the Who'll"
relic will dlslniegrat- into dust But mean
while the wistara decks Itself each spring with
it's pale violei-h ucd odorous clusters. and hides
the crumbling. dead husk Of its whiiom supporter
with A fantastic veil :airy-likc fragrance and
beauty.
The simile e. perfect; The larch IL Russian
Liberty. The spruce is Au,ocracy-thc car. The
fir is Orthodoxy-thc Greek Church. The method
ical inevitable. soulless adroit. bewitching Wis
taria Is the ODER Procuror Of the Most Holy
synod Constantine Pobe lonostsen.
Constantine Pobedonostself born In 1927
the son OF university professor His youth and
early manhood were spent in the dry. dwarhng