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.
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