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T1IK THAVVLS OF AX AXAItClITST. JParsons' Hiding l'lnrr In Omaha and J'.i Vltllon. CTilcngo special: An account is mndo public tljis morning ol tlie travels niul doings of tlio anarchist Parsons, Irom tlio tinio of the Hnyinnrkct riot to bis return. It nppenrs when the bomb was thrown Parsons leaped from the wagon ami ran hurriedly home. Here he held a consulta tion with his wife, nnd deciding upon llight took the early Hock Island train for Omaha. Parsons' hair nnd moustache are iron-gray in color, but personal vanity has ever led him to tho use of dark dye, and even his most intimate acquaintances have known and described him as a dark-haired man. Uefore leaving home ho removed the dye from his lin r and moustache. Tho re sult was a thorough change In his nppear nncc. On renching Omaha Parsons went direct to tho homo of Anton Kuhe. keeper of tho rond-hottse which sheltered Hull dur ing his sojourn in that city. Up to that time tho desire to apprehend Parsons had not been known, but lie soon learned through the newspapers of tho progress of public sentiment and the yearning tho po lice had for a glimpse of him, nnd ho be came greatly alarmed. Through the modi tntion of llulie, it is stated ho secured refugo on n farm near Papillion. There ho remained uutd Friday last, when, yielding to tlio advice of Captain Muck, he started for Chicago. Ho boldly entered Oinuha, purchased a ticket and mnde the journey of 500 aides without mi attempt at con cealment. His board during his nbsenco covered his face and when lie appeared bo fore his wife Mond.iy morning she scarcely knew him. In the afternoon iie secured tho services of n barber, and after taking din ner took a cab for tho criminal court. It is now certain Jiallhnznr Kan's mission to Omaha was partly to see Parsons, but as he lias said in a previously published letter, Ran was so soon shadowed by the police in Nebraska that he abandoned his project. Paisons constant'y communicated by let ter witii hU wifo and later with Captain Black. llltOUaUT TXTO PIIOM IXKXCV. Washington special: Tlio Folsom family liavo been brought into prominence, by tho presidential mnrringe. Somo of tlio other ladies of tho Folsom family contracted well-to-do alliances, although none of them quito so distinguished ns tho Puffalo young lady. There was an Amelia Folsom who lived at Keokuk, la., who wedded a promi nent man who will live in history quito as long as Cleveland. Amelia Folsom is a cousin of Mrs. Cleveland's mother. She went west somo yenrs ago, probably attracted thcro by tho same im pulse tbnt led Grandpa Folsom to Omaha, whero ho bought hinds when they woro cheap. Amelia Folsom went to Salt Lake City, wlicro she mot tlio saints of the Mormon church. It is sa;d that inf.ico nnd form she much resembled the lady now mistress of the white house. She was tall willowy, with sparkling eyes and hixuiiunt linir. islie was much admired hy JJngliain Young, tho Mormon bishop, and consented to become his sixteenth wife. Uiigham Young and Amelia Folsom were joined in celestial marriage in tho temple. She was followed in tlio succession of marriage by Ann Klizn, the seventeenth wife, who has since become famous by renouncing poly gamy and revealing tlio secrets of tho church. Amelia was the favorite of all Uiigham Young's wives. TIIIC M'lIlTK llOVSK l'UP. The Canine Presented to Mrs. Cleveland Ar rives Safely. New York special: "When tho steamship Westernlind arrived at her wharf yester day it was evident to those around that something unusual was on board. Tho enntain seemed worried and tho first oflicer's ruddy face was pale. They watched with anxiety tlio movements of two sailor who woro carrying a largo wicker baskot down tho gang plank. Tho captain lifted tho lid and out jumped a black French poodle, with fierce looking whiskers and beautiful tult on the end of his tail. "Ho is alive." said the captain, thank fully. "Thnnk heaven," exclaimed tho first ofliccr. "If it had died, whnt then?" said the cap tain. "Yes, what then?" echoed the first officer. The poodle was a present to Mrs. Clove land from Mr. Von Derbock, the agent ol the lied Star line, and the captain had re ceived special instructions to look out for its safe transportation, along with that ol n hundred-vonr-old Dutch clock that had been sent as a present to President Clove. laud. Mrs. Cleveland, then Miss Folsom had scon tho dog in Antwerp and had mnde mends with it. Von Ucrhock doterimn?d that it should bo her's. Ho didn't think it right to neglect her husband and Kcntalo-og tlio JJUtCll ClOCK. ha rm da vis DYixa. Bloominctok, III., June 'JO. "A point has been reached in the Illness of cx-VIce Presi dent David Davi?," said the physician to-day, "when It Is thought best hy his family to irivo the public a ttatement ofthegreat gravity of uis coiiumoii. .Mr. Davis is very in mueeu, and It will he little less than a miracle if he should rallv." Judge Davis Is believed by his friends to bo slowly but surely sinking1 to death. He was taken ill with a carbuncle on his shoulder at Chicago May 2. Up to two weeks ago his con dition, thougn at tunes alanninir, seemed to ho one of gradual improvement. Two weeks ago severe erysipelas set In, and Is growlug worse. r or some wecKs ins suilerings nave been In tensitled and coinullcated by Hriirht's disease of the k.dneys. Several Chicago doctors have been summoned, and a consultation will be held to-inurrow. ciriT. ami ncis ix jiostox. Boston dispatch: Governor Hoblnson, tliiSnftornoon, vetoed the Lobin bill giving prefarnco in appointments to office to lionorably-discliarged soldior.s and sailors, without civil servico examination. The veto message contains over 2,000 words Tlio governor reviews the operation of tho civil service reform law during the two years slnco its enactment, and declares the same hns worked effectually and smoothly mm is Husiniut-u oy punuc sentiment, and ne reiuses to participate us nny move "which shall tend to the improvement of me system or tear down by piecemeal in responso to n claim, unfounded and insup portable, that full nnd just recognition is not Becured to the veteruns of the late war. The governor reviows nnd combats every argument advanced against civil Bervicelaw. TAKISO TIllSTIt OWX MKDICTXE. At Euu Claire. Wis., ns a retaliatory measure against the Law nnd Order league which Iins cnusd tho enforcement of the Sunday law as npplicnblo tosnloons, forty three warrants were issued for the arrest of employes of the Delia Improved com pnny on the charge of sorting logs on Sun dny. Florenco M. Bufllngton, secretary oi tho company, is included. The leading members of the coinpnny are active in the Lnw nnd Order league. The Dells com pany sets up us defense that Sunday work is necessary in order to protect IU vast lumber Interest). A ST. ,JOi; r.DTTOH ASSASSIXATED. Shot Doirn fit; an Insane Patent Medtctnt Man Without Moment's Warning. At St. Joseph, Mo., nt 11 o'clock oft the morning of the lSth. ns Col. Strong, mana ger of the Herald, was sitting in the count ing-room with his back to tho door, Dr. Richmond entered, drew a rovolvcr nnd fired one shot Into Strong's neck. Strong jumped up nnd stngcered towards the back of the office. Richmond fired two moro shots anil Strong fell. Dr. Richmond then turned, walked outsido nnd shot himself in tho temple. Strong was struck by two bullets. One struck him in tho neck rang ing upward into the brain, another struck his back nnd is believed to have penetrated his heart. Ho died in fivo minutes after. The bullet took effect in tho left templo of Richmond nnd it is impossible to tell whether it will prove fatal or not. Rich mond is believed to have been insane. Col Strong leaves a wifo and three sons. Ho originally lived at Jacksonville, III. From nil that can be learned a carriage drove up to the Herald olhco and Dr. Rich mond leaped out, ran into the Herald counting room, wlicro Col. Strong, 13. 1; Hnrtzcll nnd another man were talking. Tho colonel was sitting in an arm chair in the northeast corner of tho counting room ns Richmond entered. Ho slightly stooped nnd tired the (list shot, which evidently struck lot. btrong in the small of tiie bud; The colonel then arose just as another shot was lired and tlio third ono quickly fol lowed, striking tho colonel in tlio neck passing through and coming out at tho back. It was this shot that evidently proved fatal. A bullet was afterwards picked up on tho lloor that had evidently struck the wall without hitting its intended victim. When the reporter reached F.dmond street an immense croud had already gathered around the apparently lifeless body of I)r, Richmond. As tlio reporter forced his way through tho crowd tho eyo- lids of tho doctor fluttered slightly and a moment later he was taken up nnd carried into Bergman's furniture store and laid on a table. An examination was mndo of the wound, which was found to bo but slight, having only stunned tho man. Tho reporter then forced his way into tho Her ald counting-room, where n pool of blood marked the spot where Mrong had fallen Tho body of the murdered mini lay on the carpet in his private room, homebody had placed a coat under his head. Tho eyes were partly closed and tho faco with its crown of iron grey hair and full beard looked us though he had fallen usleep. Tew friends, the reporters and surgeons were in tho room. A son of the colonel lay across the body moaning in deep, keen an guish. A (I ni l; pall had fallen upon all aroiin and as they gazed upon the cold rigid form of ono who but a few moments before had been in full enjoyment of health even strangers could not "ivoid a thrill sorrow at tho awful tragi-Jv that had de prived a strong, bravo man of his life. The history of the Richmond sensation is yet fresh in tho minds of tlio people. will bo remembered that tho first clmptorof this remarkable case was tho sudden and mysterious disappearance of Dr. S. A. Rich mond from tho city several months Kince, and tho subsequent discovery of his Bilk hut upon the river hunk. Tho brothers of tho doctor wero summoned to St. Joe when a reward of $500 wiim offered for th body, dead or alive, which was increased finally to S1.000. Tho river was thor oughly dragged, and every possible effort mndo to discover Ins whereabouts, bearch was kept up for some time and finally iibiiu doned. But new interest was added to the matter by the publication of certain letters written by Dr. Richmond, which wero sent homo in a valiso tho night beforo he disap peared. The letterswerebighlysonsntional and created great excitement l i the city In t lem Dr. Richmond accused Col. btron and two other attorneys of St. Joseph of having ruined him while uct-ug as his attorney. Ho said that on several occn hious ho had mndo up his mind to kill them all, then kill himself, but never could get Ins own consent nt tho critical moment, Several weeks sinco telegrams wero received from Chicago announcing that tho doctor had been apprehended and wns in tho custody of tlio police. The doctor's wife went to Chicago immediately and in a day or two returned with her husband. Tho medical authorities of Chicago pronounced him insane. After his arrival hero Dr. Bancs wns employed as his physieinn. After a thorough examination of tho doctor's con ditiou Dr. Bancs was positive his patent's mind was almost destroyedthat ho was nearer an inibecilo than a lunatic. Tho doctor has been kept at his houso under tlio strict watch of his family and friends siuco that time, but to-day ho eluded their vigilance, with tlio results stated, llo is nt this writing becoming rational, but is in very enfeebled state. The former nhyscian of King l.udwlg do clares that the deceased monarch was not In sane. A Vienna concspondent hints that the truth as to tho king's condition and death win never oe known, i lie remains were seut i .Miiuicn under escort of cavalry. THE MARKETS. OMAHA. Viii:at-No. 2 11ahi.i;v No. 2. Ryk No. 2. (out, No. 2 mixed. Oats No. 2 Buttck Crenmorv HrTTi:n Fair to good Vmuh Fresh i'iiickkvs Old per doz I ilR'KKNS Spring per doz... 1,i:mons I iioice OiiAMiKM Mesinii. Hu.ink Navys Onions Per bbl 2 HO Potatokh Salt Lake. Wool. Kino, per lb Ski:ds Timothy r-KI.KH Jliue U dish , Hay Baled, per ton.., Hav In bulk COO Hook Mixed packing !f 70 Hi:kvi:k Choice steers ... 4 f i Siiki.p Hoavy grades N1JW YORK. Wiii:at-No. 2 red 85 Vi iiKAT Ungraded red 70 ( oitx No. 2.... 45 40 35 9 25 G 35 4 50 4 75 75! 35 an o 00 o 20 4 40 4 50 4 50 Oats Mixed western JiUJ I'OIIK u ou Laud 0 32 CHICAGO. Fi.ouh Winter 4 25 Fi.ouit Patents 4 40 Whkat Pcrbushel ISMfa, coii.v l'or bushel .llJ-jC wATs 1 or bushol 27 Poiik 8 1)0 Laiiii 0 15 Hoijfr PackiPi: .tshinnina. 4 20 Cattle Stockurs 2 75 fcui:ui Natives 2 00 ST. LOUIS. Wheat No. 2 red 78 78V 3lg 20 4 15 5 CO 4 00 Coii.N Perbushel 30 Oats Per bushel 20 Hoos Mixed imeking 3 00 Cattle Hxports fi 10 Smeei' Common to choice 3 00 KANSAS CITY. Wheat Perbushel ED CO 20 22J 4 20 a oo 3 75 Coils Per bushel 24a uats 1'er bushel U2 Oatti-b Stockera 8 25 Hoos Good to choice a 00 Bhlkp Common to good., S CO on ar 41 4:1 r.5 no 20 (ci) 22 24 25 1:1 15 7 f.j) 10 VAhit 8 2 00 fit 2 50 1 50 (5 2 00 8 00 fa) H 50 4 00 50 1 40 (ft 1 00 01 3 00 .1." 40 10 14 2 20 2 50 1 !I0 feu 1 40 5 50 fiti (I 25 7 00 .'1 HO 4 70 4 25 HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Vnrn h is d.ath to the most offon Mrh known hot:i bug. A lit I lo snltpotro or c.trbonato of coda niixi'il with tho water in which llowers are placed will keep them fresh for many days. Asparagus boiled as usual ami al lowed to get cold, makes a good salad, served with mayonn'se over it, instead of tho usual drawn butter. Cold rain water and soap will often take out machine grease from fabrics .vhen other means would not bo ad risablo on account of colors running, etc. Strawberry Ico Cream Tako a pint of freli, ripe, good llavorod straw berries, put them in a bowl and strew over them half a pound of pulverized sugar. Then mash them well with a wooilen spoon, rub the pulp through a line hair sieve and mix tlio juieo with a pint of thick cream and tlio juice of a medium sized lemon. Now put the whole into a freezer and freeze in the ordinary way. Shoulder of Lamb Roust Have ready a clear brisk lire, and put down the joint at a sullleient distance from it, that the fat may not burn. Keep con stantly busting until done, and serve with a little gravy made in tho dripping-pan, and send mint sauce to the uibVe with it. Peas spinach, or cauli flower are the usual vegetables served with lamb, and also a fresh salad. Time, rather moro than ono hour. Strawberry plates como in pretty china, with three eompartmonts. The smallest holds a spoonful of sugar, the second is for cream, and tlio largest holds Iho berries, with their caps on. iCach berry is eaten from tho stem, being first dipped in tlio cream and then in sugar. It saves tho fruit from io much handling in stemming, and is considered tho most elegant way. When using the pretty square glas uerry plates, a corner is kept for tin sugar. Liver and Parsley Sauce for Poul try Tho liver of a fowl, ono table spo infill of minced parsley, half a pint af melted butter. Wash and score the. liver, boil it for a few minutes, and .ninco it very lino; blanch or scald a small bunch of parsly, of which there should be sullicieut when chopped to .Hied a tablespoon; add this with the niinecd liver to half a pint of smoothly niad'j melted butter; lot it jiiit boil; ilien serve. Time, ono minuto to sim mer. Persian Shcrbat Take of sound, ripo strawberries, ono pound, and bruiso ;hein in a bowl with a wooden spoon. Then add a lemon, cut into slices, and i teaspoonful of orange-llowor water. Now pour over the whole a (mart of old water, and allow the ingredients to land for four hours; then strain tho juieo through a piece of muslin and add :o it ono pound of loaf sujjar, stirrinjr t well until tho sugar is entirely dis solved. Then strain again into another aowl and place on the ieu till wanted. Cayenne Cheeses Half a pound of jutter, half a pound of Hour, half a Douiid of crated cheese, one-sKth toa- ipoonful of cayenne, one-third tea spoonful of salt, and water. Hub the uutler in the Hour; add the grated sheoso, ca cnuo and salt, and mix these ngredients wjII together. Moisten Willi sullleient water to make tlio whole nto a paste; roll out, and cut into .mcors about lour inches m kiicth. Hake them in a moderate oven a very light co'or, and servo very hot. Tim . tiltuon to twenty minutes. Canary Pudding Tlio weight of hreo eggs in sugar and butter, the weight of two eggs in Hour, tho rind of one small lemon and three eccs. Molt Ac butter to a liquid slate, but do not dlow it to oil; stir in this tho suirar mil finely inineod leinon pool, and gradually dredge in tho Hour, keeping Jiu mixture well stirred; whisk the 3ggs. add these to the pudding; beat ill the ingredients until thoroughly blended, anil nut them into a buttered mold or basin, boil for two hours, and servo with sweet sauce. The common practice of having night lights in tho bed roimsof childron of ivell-to-do parents is deprecated by Dr. Itobert II. Hakowell. Ho says that it has a most injurious ollbct upon the nervous system of young childron. "In stead of the perfect rest tho optic nerves ought to have, and which na ture provides for by (lie darkness of tho night, tho nerves are perpetually stimulated, and of eotirso tho brain anil tho rest of the nervous system suffers. Children thus broucht tin are excessive- timid for years after, on coinc into the dark." Rico Soup An ounce of rice, the yolks of four eggs, half a pint of cream, and rather moro than two quarts of stock. Boil the rice in tho stock, and rub half of it through a tammy; put tho stock into a stew-nan. add all tho ric -. and simmer centiv for iivo minutes. Heat tho yolks of tho eircs. mix them with the cream previously boiled and strain through a hair sieve. Take th" soup oil' the lire, add tho eggs and cream, stirring frequently. Heat it radually, stirrinc a 11 tho timo. but do not let it Don or tho oitl's will curd o. Time, two hours. Sleeping Cars. A physician, referring to tho custom of traveling on sleeping cars with tho borths made up with their heads to wards tho engine, said: "It is cortalri- ly bad for tho brain of tho sleeper as it is not natural, and It is no wonder that eo many travelers, especially those who have been on tho road exclusivelv, :nerionco bad ellccts from it. Take funis in baby carriacus and no sane woman will think of trundling the ve hicle alone so tho child coes head first. They always except the voting and in- oxperlencod mother- push them along feet first. Physician invariably advise such locomotion. It is the saino thine on tho can, and no one should hesitate about having his berth made up so as to move along feet lirst. It is much better for the orain." St. Louis Globe, nVIllKNCKM OK i:oi.utio.v. Blrdi Are Linen! Descendants of Ueptllcs of the Most lllileous Tjpp. Kvolutlon is a bugbear at which a great many minds take fright, think ing that it attempts to wrest from tlio Supreme Being one of His attributes, that of a creator. Those partly in formed regarding the theory, and from the nature of the case it can bo only a theory, think evolution teaches that man "descended from n baboon or a chimpanzee, or was actually ono of these animals. Tho theorv, of course, does not teach this at all, but only that every form of life existing at pres ent is developed or perfected from some earlier form as, for instance that man and the corrilla aro both do scondants of some common progenitor probaoiv verv unlike either. In the absence of light on tho sub ject, it requires no moro assurance to say that this reasonable way was Cod' way man to atlinn that it was any otner way. llio tact that somo other manner has been accepted for a lone time as tho rieht ono does not make it rieht. As tho Scriptures do not en lighten us one way or another as to the method of creation, then it seems just as presuming in us mortals to say mat it was uy special acts ol creation ! as that evolution was Co'ds plan. i I,lNi:.Vb IIKSCK.NDANTS OP ltiaTII.KS That the birds as wo now have them aro direct descendants of or modili I cations of tlio early reptiles every ono who lias siuuicd the subject believes t not descendants of any reptile existing l at present, perhaps, but of some pre existing species lrom which both our - birds and our reptiles havo descended in tact, tlio account ot creation giv ' en in uencsis nearly says so. it says "And God said, 'Let the water brine I forth abundantly tho moving creature I that hath life, and fowl that may fly above tlio earth in tho open firmament , ot heaven. ' " I The beaks of many earlv birds whoso . remains are found in tlio rocks wero of j a lizard-like character and boro true teeth. In our birds thoy aro greatly modiliod, and so diverse that it formed J the basis of a classification now nearly I gone out of use, the only true and safe ' elassiliction beiue known as the ; morphological ono, or that based upon tlio tonn ot tlio bird, especially ot its 1 skeleton. I Tho bill classification is very faulty i as for instance all of tho long, thin i billed birds were put into tlio saino I class. This included tho humming i bird in llio same class as tho nut hatch birds dill'oring so materially in form habits and skeleton that a moro tyro would not think of placing them in tlio same order. Although not a characteristic sufll ciently distintivo for a classification still tho terms used are of value in do scribing birds, and ono looking at a collection with this in view will bestir prised at the great variation in shape Laeh bird has that form of bill best suited to its habits and mode of ob tabling a livelihood. WHY TIIKY WFFKIt. Lvery one knows iho diU'oronco bo tween a hard and soft bill; tho former for cracking seeds, and tho latter for oaling insects. A glauco at tho robin nnd sparrow or finch bill will show tho distinction. There is also a simi lanty between the long bill of tho robin mid that of the woodcock or snipo, both of which boro into tho ground for insect?. The woodcock however, depends entiroly upon this method; consequently its bill is longer, thinner, and provided with a cover ing which is very sensitive, so much so that it can not boro into any but verv soft earth, and it is by the presence o"f uieso holes, or "borings," as hunters call them, that their presence is do tected. Iho bill of tho meadow lark is for the saino use, but tfioy also oat berries and trim, uoneo tlioy aro pro vided with the angle in tho beak which enables them to swallow quite largo substances. In 1'Ionda and other states whero vegetables aro raised in wintor, the meadow larks spending the winter there make such havoc upon the peas and beans that considerable loss is sustained. Thoy can open a pea pod and seoup out tlio row of peas m short order. A cant Ionian in Florida who sullored loss through them, In answer to tho query what bird ho liked host thoro, answorod, "I like the turkey uuzzaru, oecauso no won t oat any- unng out. ineai." it no had consider ed, however, that the larks also oat iho insects which destroy his vegeta bles and orango trees, while tho buz zards only oats carrion and an occa sional chicken, ho would find the bal ance of good on tho side of tho lark. r 1 1 1 . f , . - I j I m Aiiis saino plainer hoard irom a noighbor that if ho would feed his chickens strychnia beans It would not hurt the fowls, but would poison any bird of proy whiolt would happen to steal the chicken. He tried it, and lound next to his surprise what? Dead ohiokonsP No, but dead hawks, aim uie cuiokoiis as gay aim nappy as over. Jho reason probably is that, boing grain eaters, tho fowls woro un- nfleetod, but as the hawks nto the en trails containing the poison, and be ing meat eaters, their digestive sys tems took iu the strychnine, 1'osultiu" in death. MADB TO OltllKlC Among the odd modifications of bills is tho cross-bill. This bird seem ingly would bo utterly unable to got any food whatever, and when first no ticed was thought to have udeiormity. but observation of its habits showed that it lives upon the seeds of pine coiios. and w th its crooked bill it can flirt tho seods out in a way that must bo a source of envy to other birds. Tho hook at the end of tho hue bird's bill enables it to snap insects whilo on tho wing and hold them securely. Tho bill is flattened und very wide at tho base, which also enables it to se cure its proy. This family very sol. doin nick up an insect, but fly through tho air, seize tho beetle or fly, and re turn to tho saino limb. 'Swallows have tho saino habits of capturing prey on the wing, as also does tho whippoorwlll Tho size of the hitter's mouth is marvelous, and bosldes bo ing a good bug-trap It makes a use of its mouth which probably no othor bird does. It lays one or two eggs, novor moro, on the bare ground, nnd, whon suddenly surprised, gathers them up In its wide mouth and flies to to a place of safety. Hills called dentirostral aro toothed This tooth may occur any placo from the tip back to tho rictus or anclo of the mouth. So many birds aro so pro vided that it was folly for the old classilicrs to put them all in the same order. With equal reason might par rots andoaelcs bo classed together bo cause both havo hooked beaks. Tho hook serves quito dlliorcnt purposes in these families. In birds of prey tlio hook is used in tearing pieces from the food, while in the parrot trlbo it is used for very little else than as a hand to grasp branches as the bird make his way among tree tops. It is with tho under bill and tongue that the par rot breaks into nuts or chows his tood as anyone who has a parrot can easilv notice. Tho blunt, strong bill of the wood pecker family, shown in the smallest of the family, tho ilownv woodpecker is most admirably adapted to the peck ing and drilling which ho loves to practice in uncovering a nest of ants or boring beetle; and as no othor bird can get at these lurkers the larder of this family is always full and safe from intruders, boino writers havo sym pathized with them because they worl so hard for a living, but thov like to do it, and no happier bird lives in the wood than tlio woodpecker. With his drill he can secure his food and dig a hole where his voung is safe, and where ho can retire himself in times of danger or inclement weather. Tho stumpy bill of tho tit family sorves them well in seed eating, eraok ing the shells of beetles or nipphtg oil' tender and piicy buds. Hi fact no in ventor could fashion for a family a hot tor shaped tool than each possesses m his peculiar beak which the ciroum stances of thousands of years and the guidanco of an Alhviso Heine havo evolved for him. Tom LtM, tt Pitts burgh Dispatch. Fruit Enters Need Mo Doctors. v o wero struck recently by tho re marks of a doctor friend of ours, who said no ono thine will do so much to make people independent of the met-i ical profession as the dallv free use of fruit. He bud noticed that those fanners in whoso families fruit was regularly and largely consumed sel doin needed his services. Wo thought what a pity that every farmer in tiie land could not bo convinced of these truths. It Is a deplorable fact that farmers' families do not enjoy that ro bust health that country air and out door life, with plenty of oxeroiso, should give. It is also a fact that, liv ing on farms whoso rich acres aro aching to produce abundant crops of tho varied fruits, but very fow havo plenty, and many never havo any fruit, except it may bo an occasional apple. Tho standard food in a ma joritv of farmers' houses consist largo ly of bread, butter and moat (mostly pork) fried in greaso, and whore pas try or cake is used, It has lard iu large proportions in its composition and this food is eaten at least twice, and in many families, three times ti day, year iu and year out. Is it any wondor that thoy are not moro health', and that their prevailing (lis cases aro .such as indicate an over consumption of greasy food? If fruits wero expensive or dillicult to raise thoro would bo some excuse; but there is no part of tho country with out plenty of varieties adapted to its soil and climate, and just such as aro fitted by nature to both nourish and cleanse tho body, and no moro skill is required to grow Ilium than to grow corn or wheat. Why is it that so fow farniors make an attempt to provide an adequate supply of what would add much to their pleasure, and save many tunos its cost in doctors' bills, to say noth ing of the suHerings and loss of their dear ones. Wo entreat you, decide pist now not to lot tho spring pass without planting a fruit yard. Surely it is better to crow fruit than to be continually dosing with modioiuol Jittral New Yorker. A Fenmlo Gambler. "Seo that pretty girl over there, dim?" "Yes. She's protty, ain't slioP" "I should say so. Looks modest don't shoP" "I novor saw a moro modest girl in my mo. " "Well she is modest, but would vou think that she could iimko tho most successful foninlo gnmblor in Kvans- vlllo, and not half try?" "Ho. now could she?" "Well, you seo, 1 saw boron the street tho other day and mistook her for my sister, and I walked up behind her and put my hand on her shouldor, only once mind you, and gave hur a lime pat, mid hiio turned around and never saw such a Hush on a eirrs lace in my mo." "I don't seo anything rolativo to gambling in hor notion." "lou cau t see anything. Didn 1 1 tell you 1 only put my baud on her OllCOf" "Yes. What of it?" "Why, don't you seo she had a 'pat flush the first hand." Ho saw. Evumville Aryui. How to Ctiltivuto Fruit Trees. 1. Instead of "trimming up" troos according to the old fashion, to nuiko them long-logged and Jong-armed, trim them down, so as to make thorn even, sung und symmetrical. 2. Instead of manuring heavily iu small olrelo at the fool of the tree, spread tho manure, if needed at all, broadcast over the whole surfuce. whero the ends of tho roots can get it. a. ins'.oau oi spiunne a small oir- olo about tho stem, cultivate the whole surftico broad cast. 4. Prefer u well pulvorizod, clean surface in an orchard, with n moder ately rich soil, to heavy manuring und a surface covered with a hard crust and weeds and grass. 6. Kcmeinber that it Is better to sot out ton troes with all the nccossary euro to. make them live and flourish. than to set out a hundred troos and mve them all dlo from carelessness. G. Remember that tobacco is a poi son, and will kill insects rapidly K properly nppllod to them, and is one of tho best drugs froeing fruit treos , from small vermin. FACT AND FANCY. A public safety committco of ono hundred has boon organized in Now Orleans to reform the bad local gov ernment. About fifty thousand pcoplo visit the Whito mountains during tlio sum mer and fall. Tho hotels can accom modato about twelve thousand souls at ono ti mo. Tho guests avcrago a slay of two weeks. Tlio will of a merchant of Troy, after being beforo tlio courts for sov eral years on tho suit of a sister, has finally been established as valid. Tho cost of the contest has been $30,000 nearly half of the amount involved. "What did vou mean by telling that infernal Ho?" "What lio?" "You said you wero with Grant at the battlo of Hull Run. Grant was not at Bull Run at all." "Wasn't he?" "No, ho wasn't." "Well, thon, thcro ain't no lie out, for I wasn't there, either." A man in a smoking ear on a Dan bury and Norwalk railway train loan ed over to a man who sat in front of him and said: "Havo you a match?" "Yes but I haven't got any cigar," was the prompt reply. "Then you can't want the match," said tho man, sweetly. A young ininistor of Oglethorpo county, ticorgia, in order to raiso funds tor his Sunday scnool, requests the scholars In the school to bring an egg every Sunday, for which ho pays tlieni, and by reselling the eggs so cures the needed money to meet tho expenses of the school. "I say, Longshot, whero's tho Irish setter you hunted with last season?" "Oh, I had to shoot hint. Good dog; cost mo 85 when a pup." "What was the matter with him?" "Hydro phobia; worst way." "Sure?" "Yes; howled and had fits every time a milk wagon passed tho house." A house at Schenectady, JT. Y., was for a long timo infested by roaches and water-bugs. Last fall a servant, hear ing that toads were an antidote, caught throe ordinary hop toads and put them iu the kitchen. Not a roach or water-bug can now bo found in tho houso. The toads have become domes ticated, never wander about tho house, und aro so cleanly and nioilensivo that thoro is no objection to their presence. A professional athlete prints instruc tions" "how to walk up stairs without getting tired." Pah! Any fool can do that if he'll only taku enough time. What the American peoplo want to know is how to walk up stairs, at 2 a. in. In tho dark without falling down twico, waklnguptho whole house, nnd taking ono extra stop after reaching tho top. It's stepping up the stop that isn't there that shakes man's faith iu tho integrity of tho human organism. "Lot us go back," said the sciontist, beginning his lecture, "into tho dim past of tho Tertiary ages." And his liudleuco arose as "one man, and loft tho hall. Thoy didn't object to going back to tho Tertiary ages particular ly, but thoy didn't proposo to start oil' on such a remote excursion with out fooling pretty certain that tho ro turn tickets wouldn't expiro boforo iho homo trip was concluded. Any body can go to tho Tertiary ages; it doesn't require a sciontist to tako us there. Tho trouble is to got back hero again. Two Kansas City young ladles woro lately mndo acquainted with grief through tho instrumentality of castor beans. Two goiitlomon wagered that they could eat moro of them than tho ladies, and swallowed two or threo; the girls ato a dozen or more eaoh. It was rather dangerous businoss. Tho symptoms of poisoning wero painfully sovoro, nnd lastod several hours, loav ing tho patients greatly prostrated. Riciniiio, tho toxio principle of tho bean, is an acrid poison. A numbor of writors report deaths from eating castor-beans. A Bridgeport druggist has discov ered a compound which, whon applied to a base-ball, roudor that object lum-, inous. Ono of tho drawbacks of play lug base-bull at night under the elec tric light is tho inability to seo tho ball whon thrown or bntted into tho air with tho black night background of sky behind it. By saturating it with the new compound tho ball while in motion is luminous. At rest it doos not givo out any light. Tho illumin ating ball rotaitis its meteoric irrita tion for forty-fivo minutos. Two or threo therefore, would bo required to play a gnine of nine innings, and sov- oral could bo kopt iu pickle to that cud. A. new summer "cottago" at Lone Branch shows to what extent of com- fort the modern resort has attainod. The interior of tho cottago is finished iu natural woods, olive, bamboo, chest nut, cherry, ash, English oak, ami othor woods richly carved by huud. Thoro aro no inside doors on tho lower lloor, with tho exception of thoso which out oil' the butler's pantry from tho hall and dining-room. Somo of tho elegancies aro Jargo panols con taining historical scenes in colored silk tapestry, a Hugo Moorish firoplaco surmounted with qualntly-dosfgned iron-work, stained-glass windows, in laid flooring, an electric-boll system through tho houso, and model plumb ing. Tho library is fitted up in tho Japanosu stylo, and has a heavy blue silk canopy colling, on which dragons and othor fabulous reptiles disport themselves. The ansortiou is made by tho Fhila. dolphin papers that fiction was re sponsible for tho tact that Odium dropped irom tho isrooKiyn urldgo. One of the story papers publishod a talo, iu tho first chapter of which tho horolno was dosoribod as attempting suieldo by falling from n considerable holght into the water below. Tho ro mance was udvortisod throughout the country by moans of huge postors con taining a big picture of tho doscond ing girl. There seomed to bo some thing fascinating in tho idou. Three suicides wero reported from as many inns oi mo couuiry in qioso imita tion of tho imaginary ono. Odium was men in rniiuueipniu, whore a girl undortook to realize the romance! and it was the reading of her o, it is declared, that put the 'p'mjeet iuto i. i. -i i : a - a map as i iwugui kiiiu mm. I....-- 4. fill 1 I .