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causing them to adhere to a smooth sur
face. The hooks help the insect to walk
over rough surfaces. The female house fly
lays her eggs In fresh manure, the warmth
of which hatches, out the young larvae
These footless qaaggots, after few days
contract into small brownish objects called
'puparia." fropl (which the perfect flies
emerge later on. Bred in filth, the insects
never get oves their nasty habits mas
much as every manure heap is propagat-
ing bed for flies, II is obvious that such re-
fuse ought not sof be permitted to accumu-
late unnecessarily,
Oriental Flies.
In Egypt and other countries bordering
on the eastern Mediterranean eye troubles
are extensively propagated by certain small
flies which carry germs from one individual
to another, being attracted by the moist
ure of the organs, Recently two American
entomologists, Schwarz and Hubbard, have
discovered that similar complaints are oc-
casioned quite extensively in this country
by flies of the same kind, or at all events
of nearly related species. At least two
species of these insects are found in great
numbers in the south, and there is one
species in the neighborhood of Washington
Where the flies abound they may be seen
on any sunny day lowering about the heads
of dogs. One species is very plentiful
in Florida, where whole schools and com
munities sometimes suffer from epidemcs
wang
serious and lasting.
Dangerous Relatives.
OF the same family as the common house
fly is the terrible "tsetse," which renders
parts of Africa practically uninhabitable.
1t is one of the greatest obstacles to civili-
cation in the dark continent, because 1T
makes the keeping of domestic animals i'm
possible. Horses and mules die in night
from a single bite, and cattle likewise.
Even the elephant succumbs to the poison.
The nature of the latter is unknown, though
happily 1t is not fatal or even very serious
to man. This abominabIe insect, which is
somewhat smaller than the house fly, fire.
Quents marshes and watering places. Its
loud and peculiar buzz will render a cara
van panic stricken in an instant.
1t is known that the house fly acts as a
distributing agent for some diseases of
plants. Another interesting thing recently
ascertained is that the complaint known
as Texas fever depends for it's propagation
upon the common cattle tick, which con-
veys the germs from one animal to an
other. A point worth noting is that the bite
of any unknown insect is apt to be laid TO
the spider, owing to popular superstition.
You get up in the morning with a small
swelling on your person, and nine people
out of ten will diagnose it as a spider bite.
The house fly seems to be a comparat lively
new insect. At all events. no specimens
have been found fossil. RENE BACHE
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circles. Marble columns grouped In pairs
rise to the height of the third floor The
ceiling frescoes represent the gods Of all
Olympus, great attention being paid to
the Triumph of Harmony and the 1nstruc-
chariot
This splendid entrance way which is
the great possession Of the opera, Is free
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nights dear baccarat. Between the acts,
instead of being called upon to be wise in
the things of Dresden, Milan. Berlin and
Vienna, it Is more pleasing to stand up,
put on ones hat, adjust ones opera glasses
and pounce or the ladies in the boxes with
prolonged and comprehensive stares.
They talk aloud now, having whispered
through the act To do otherwise is to
show that you have no acquaintance
around you; and to be alone in the parquet
indicates that you are not subscriber to
the season Now for subscriber to be oc-
cupied with the music is to lack the per-
feet tone
The second division of the public COM
prises the great world" of the boxes.
The parquet circle is a line of boxes,
naught but boxes, gorgeous frames for
beauteous ladies eating caramels; and as it
Is below, so on above, dress circle, balcony
and second balcony, all boxes, boxes filled
with toilettes claires, stout, bare-armed ladies
sleeping; slim, bare-armed, agitated maid
ems peeping, and plump. bare-armed wives
and mothers listening demurely to the
compliments and anecdotes of gentlemen
who come to pay an evening call.
If regular subscribers abounded in the
parquet, here then do they superabound
And as these latter pay some ten or fifteen
thousand francs a year, and the black coats
below pay scarce two thousand it is but
just that there should be more chat around
the circle of the boxes. Of course, you
Know, they do not really own their boxes,
and have but the right to occupy them on
set nights. These nights most occupied are
the most brilliant And. as the romance
searching tourist does not cross the deep
70 hear lie Prophetic" nor yet Romeo ct
JuHette," he naturally seeks these brilliant
nights for his own visits. Can he obtain
possession of a box he should be happy
and his wife and daughter, too. Bare but
Joyful, with their hair dressed by a man
who charged s125 each to come and do 1t
ut the boarding house, they sit with dukes
and countesses, French, Russian and
Italian, half-breed diplomats from southern
republics, Jewish bankers, unwashed Turks,
with JeBeled rings on their fat hands, and
MOBILES from Roumania and Montenegro,
with finger nails in mourning.
The last section of the public consists of
people of no consequence, packed away in
single seats in the fourth balcony and also
the fifth, and all those crowded and per-
spring groups who have found saven-franc
seats back back in the parterre on the
ground floor.
For all the curtain rises on a maximum
Of grand opera as understood by our IA
theirs and a minimum as understood in the
Paris Of today. The opera of the future"
may or may not be, as defined by the Phil
fstine, Emusic which is really better than it
sounds; but certainly it would be moth
ing but a compliment to tho expensive and
celebrated ballet of the Paris opera to ex-
plain its vague -flutterinss as dancing,
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First Impression of Chicago.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Uncle George" said the little boy from
the country, "are these the buildings they
call sky-scrapers?'
'They are, Tommy" answered his city
uncle.
Tommy took a comprehensive look over
head.
1.-THE sky does need scrapin' here pretty
bad, don't 1t, Uncle George?" he rejoined.
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came and went, but
it will be here again
soon, and with it will
come those inevitable
pests, the mosquito
and the house fly.
They are ancient enc
mics of mankind, but
only recently has 1t
been discovered that
they are dangerous
as well as annoying.
Late Investigations
haua nrovc6 hax-opI
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is not only a mag
niflcent palace; it is
a palace so magnifi-
cent that Frenchmeu
long ago ceased to
consider whether 9TH
er nations have good
music or good artists.
1t Is a temple for
music so SURPRISING
all the others, with
such troops of priests,
all decorated with
the ribbon Of the
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in Tertiary times, being contemporary with
the mastodon and megatherium. To it has
been given the appropriate name of "culex
damnatorum," meaning ''gnat of the
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PARIS, May Z, 1895.
~HE PARIS OPERA
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Summoning the Jurors.

When the clerk of the court has drawn
the names of the men needed for the new
juries he forwards the lists to the marshal
Of the District, and that official formally
notifies, as he is required by law to do,
each man drawn by serving on him. at
least five days before the beginning of the
term Of service, written notice of his Sc
lection as a Juror, designating the court
he is to attend and the day and hour he is
to appear. Such notice must be given to
each juror in person, or be left at his usual
place of residence. The marshal makes a
return to the clerk Of the court, stating
what men on the list were served and in
what manner. The clerks of the respective
courts have the returns before them on
the day the new report, and if any
ms n who was duly notified to attend fails
to do so without sufficient cause he rem
ders himself liable to a fine of not more
than $40 for every day he IS absent. This
matter of sufficient cause" does not mean
the personal Inconvenience of the juror or
a pressure Of business, or even mere inds-
position, and now and then a man who
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stiferOus House Fly.

1t is not true. by the way, that flies are
enabled to walk on the ceiling by means Of
sucking disks. Each Of the six feet is pro-
vided with pair Of little cushions and two
hooks. The cushions are covered with
hairs, which are kept moist by secretion,
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Those Affections, the Mosquito and
House Fly, Will Be Here.
THEY CARRY DISEASE s
Some Equally Wicked Relatives Of
Theirs Which Do Much Harm.
PESTS OF THE HOUSEHOLD
Written for The Evening Star.

wv YARN w E A T H E r
WW came and went, but
Kansas City daily journal., 1895-05-04
BICYCLE or 1869.

here in 1860. The wheel rode was one
of two which were brought here and
placed upon exhibition. They were the
first bicycles ever seen here. Both
wheels of each bicycle were of the same
size, with a spring connecting them. and
there were pedals upon the front wheel.
The picture shows what I mean.
"The bicycles We're brought here by a
representative of an Eastern house, who
hired u hall on the east side of the mar
ket square and gave riding exhibitions.
fIe charged admission, but he always
had big crowd. The bicycles were
thought wonderful. At that time my
father and Mr.. Hood were keeping the
Sheridan hotel. and | was II boy IL
years old. / was much interested in the
bicycles, and one time / stayed after II
performance and obtained permission to
ride one of the wheels upon the streets.
/ rode it from the east side of the square
to the west side. At the corner of Fifth
and Main streets 1 had to stop and get
off. the crowd of men and boys who had
gathered was so great. Afterwards l
bought the wheel and rode 1t for year.
I have ridden bicycles ever since, and
am now the possessor of iirst-class
wheel. All of the old timers here re-
member the Sheridan hotel"
Kansas City daily journal., 1895-05-04
Deaths md Funerals.

The funeral of Mrs Susan Mitchell, moth
er of Frank S. Mitchell, who died Thurs
day noon at her home. 1925 Grove street
Will take place to-day at 2 p. IN. at the
home. The services will be conducted by
Rev IL. C. Stanton. The burial will be in
Emwood cemetery.
The funeral of John Dixon, aged G4, who
died late Wednesday night at his home, 49,
West Thirteenth street, took place -yester-
day at 2 p. m. at the Cumberland Presby-
terian church. The pastor Rev Bushnell
ofiiclated. The burial was in Union ceme-
terry.
The funeral of Harriet Butner. wife OF
John w. Butner who died Wednesday
night at her home, Eighth street and For
est avenue, took place at the, First Chris
tian church at 3 p. m. yesterday. The fri-
neral was largely attended. The pastor,
Rev. W. r. Richardson, ofIiclated. The
body was buried in Illmwood cemetery.
The funeral of John Reass. the 1l-year-
old step-son of NJ. o. Williams, of Cos East
Fourteenth street, took place yesterday at
II a. m. at the home. Burial was in Union
cemetery.
George C. Branhan. aged 81 years, died
Yesterday morning at the Fort Scott &.
Memphis hospital from the effects of in
juries received at Oiathe on last Wednes-
day, by falling between the ears OF a moving
train. The funeral will be held this after
noon at o'clock at the residence OF j. w.
Sanborne, 30l0 East Tenth street, The bur-
ial will be in Union cemetery.
Kansas City daily journal., 1895-05-04
SUNDAY SERVICES.

At the First Universalist church, hal
No. 1910 East Ninth, services will be con,
Quoted at IL n. IN. by the Young Peoples
Christian Union. Topic. what Am l Do
ing for Christi" Sunday school immedi,
ately following.
Services will be held In the Second
clid avenue and Fourteenth street, at Il
a. m. and p. IN. by the pastor DIR. James
White. Subject in the morning "rhe Bat.
tie of the Gods" In the evening. Jesus
in Gethsemane."
Rev. j. FWiillams. of Indianapolis Ind
will preach in the Olive Street Baptist
church, Ninth and Olive streets. morning
and evening.
At the clyde Congregational church. cor
ner of Seventh street and Brooklyn ave-
services at 1O:45 q. m Sacrament of bap-
tism and the Lords supper, with recep-
ton of members; Subject of sermon. For
ieet, ''Bowing in the House of Rimmon-A
At the Western Church of Christ, Sci,
corner Ninth and Locust streets, there viii
be services at II o'clock a. m.
At the Roberts mission. No. 106 East
Third street, there will be a Gospel meet,
ing Sunday evening at o'clock, conducted
by Dr. e. shaufiier. Miss Ella Crawford
will sing.
and Locust streets Rev. w. Il. Richardson
pastor, will hold the usual services at 1873
a. m. and p. m. Rev. A. =; Phillips will
preach in the evening on 'The Revival in
Jerusalem" the first of a series on New
Testament Revivals." Christian EndeavoI
Rev. W. A. Findlay. of Independence
Mo-, will occupy the pulpit of the First
United Presbyterian church Sunday morn
ing. No service in the evening.
At the London Heights Methodist Epis-
copal church there will be preaching by
the pastor, j; A, Simpson, at II a. m. and
TAI =, m Ia school n M
At the First Church OF Christ, Scientist
in the Coates opera house. Tenth street
and Broadway. services will be held at
At the Second Presbyterian church. cor
ner of Thirteenth and Central streets,
Rev; H. Q, Minton, ID; d.. Of the Califor-
There will be services at Vineyards hall
IN The mSrniRE KeY K5 DSssb Mfs a. L Ma,soR
Subject, 81 -Four chariots." Rev. J. ". VIII
son, OF Kansas City, kas.,, viii preach at
BREACH q M in Hfy ihe evening T a. at l. S asGR subsa g
At the chlldren's Memorial Lutheran
faSr'F Rev Frank % B. Altman % pastor. & Win l4ps preach
at ii a. m. Subject, Lying" At s p. m.
the anniversary of the Woman,s Home and
consist of reports of the work presidents
address and paper. interspersed with nlu-
Rev. ]. NJ. Cromer will observe the
eleventh anniversary of his pastorate in
this city Sunday morning, In his church.
corner of Fourteenth and Clay streets. In
the evening he will give an illustrated
lantern service.
Rev. B. Q. Denham, of Kansas City.
Kas., will preach at the West Side. Chris
tian church, corner Twentieth and Penn
streets, on home missions at II a.. m. At
7:45 p. m, the pastor, r. s. Muclxley. will
preach on what Christianity is For"
There will be baptizing at the evening
At the First Presbyterian church. corner
Forest avenue and Tenth street, Dr.. Hor-
"The Silver Trumpet of Israel, or God in
Everlasting Remembrance" At ?. m.
he Will preach on 1.-The Propulslye Power
AT the summit Street NJ. L. church, the
pastor. Rev. II. T, Smith. will preach In
Kansas City daily journal., 1895-05-04
VERBAL NOTICE SERVED.
Treasurer and Auditor Not to Collect Tax
on Foreign Insurance Companies.

Treasurer and Auditor Not to Collect Tar
on Foreign Insurance Companies.
Verbal notice was served on Auditor
Bishop and Treasurer Green yesterday not
to collect any of the taxes levied against
insurance comp.nies doing business in
this city. not organized under the laws of
the state. 1t was served by Assistant
City Counselor Palmer, who told the two Of
iicers that the new law regulating taxation
of insurance companies is in effect. Mr..
Palmer thought the notice would be in time
to prevent the making of the extensions
on the books. but this work was completed
last week. The books in Mr.. Bishops Of
flee charge Mr.. Green with the amount of
the taxes. AS he will not be allowed to
collect the money. the auditors books will
be corrected to give him credit for the
amount.
Mr. Green said that this would relieve
him Of the collection of S9,76iT. The books
show that the assessments against fire
against life Underwriters. ssi 80. '1R The % to-
tai taxes levied against this assessment
are given above, but the old law says that
the companies should pay on the net in
year. Many of the companies have had to
pay heavy losses. and the revenue might
be reduced materially by allowances for
these.
He thinks that the city will be the gain
er by the new law 1t simpiiies matters
by having the money collected by the
state. As the city has 20 per cent of the
school population of the state, he thought
sas City and st. Joseph will receive proba-
bly, four-ilfths of the total revenue. but the
three cities furnish nearly as much in the
taxation. Under the new law, the levy is
against the gross earnings of the compa-
MES and the amount collected from the en-
tire state IS apportioned This city will
derived from premiums collected in other
cities and counties.
Kansas City daily journal., 1895-05-04
POLICE REORGANIZATION.
ft VIII BE Begun To-day by the New Com
missioncrs--Chief specrs IL
Slated to Go,


Slated to 60.
The board of police commissioners will
meet at o'clock this morning, and
after the transaction of other business
will begin reorganizing the force. Not
withstanding the fact that there has
been great deal of talk about re-
movals and the giving of places on the
force TO new men, no one except the
commissioners knows to what extent the
reorganization viii be carried on. The
opinion is general that Chief Thomas
NJ Speers will not be reappointed and
that Colonel L. Il. Irwin will become his
successor Many people also believe
that Inspector Martin Moran will be re-
duced to captain or lieutenant or SER
geant and that Cornelius Murphy will
be made Inspector
How many of the captains, sergeants
and patrolmen will be dropped has not
been stated by either OF the commission
ers. They have said that their intention
Is to so reorganize the force as to great
ly increase its efficiency, and that ii Is
their Intention to eliminate politics from
1t as far as possible. The men they APP
point. from chief down to patrol wagon
drivers and turnkeys, will be required
to do their duty, and If they fail In this
respect they will be relegated to private
life.
All the members Of the force have
made application for reappointment,
some of them for the positions they now
hold and others for higher positions.
Several of the sergeants would like to be
promoted to lieutenant. There are four
lieutenancies to be filed, the board
having created these Offices at Its last
meeting. There were four lieutenants
upon the force, but the old board abol-
ished the offices and reduced the men
who held them, Ahern, Schrumpf, Camp
bell and Boulware, to sergeants. Over
250 citizens have filed applications for
appointment upon the force.
Kansas City daily journal., 1895-05-04

Notice was served on Crutcher & Welsh,
as agents for the owner of the Lands
court property, that the houses must be
The notice was served by the superintend-
ent of buildings and requires the immedi-
ate erection of twelve fire escapes on the
buildings. The houses are four stories high
and have been used for residence and ho-
tel purposes. and Superintendent Love de-
i'm case of fire.
The buildings affected by. the order are
Nos. 400 TO 42o and 4ol TO AZ Lands court.
ture of a fire escape and Superintendent
Love says that the owners must comply
with the law In this matter al once. AS
the buildings are now, he says that in case
of fire there would inevitably be serious
loss of life. The buildings are tenanted.
Kansas City daily journal., 1895-05-04

the morning on Eagle Flights and in
the evening on 1.-The Races"
AT the Arlington Methodist Episcopal
church, Seventeenth street and Prospect
avenue, the pastor, Rev. l.. c. Sappentield.
ing subject, Gods Call to the Individual -
Evening subject, Future Punishment. Is
1t Eternal?"
Rev. S. NJ. Neel will deliver a special
address in the afternoon az the y. n; G.
to-itiveness." The meeting will be espe-
cially for those who started the Christian
life during the Wharton revival meetings.
The meeting VIII begin at ~ O'clock correr
Troost and Linwood avenues, the. follow
ing services will be held by Right Rev.
Il. +. Atwill. ID. D.. rector, and Rev. s.
NJ. Holden. dean. Sunday school at 9:ij
communion at II a, M: evening prayer
prayer and lecture at p. m: The musical
portion of the services will be rendered
der the direction OF Mr.. c. L. Marsh. or
ganist and choirmaster.
At st, Johns mission EpiscopaD, end In
dependence avenue car line. Rev. S. NJ.
at 8 p. m; prayer and sermon at p. M.
There will be regular services at the
chapel of the Reorganized Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints, No. 1924 Wa
7:45 p. m; Sunday school at $50 a. M;
social service, 23O p m.
At the Independence Avenue Methodist
Epicopal church. corner OF Independence
Ayenge and 0ye street. ws shs
occupy the pulpit both morning and even
ing. Morning sermon at II a. M. evenin &
services at s p. m, Epworth League meet
ing at p. m, Sunday school at 2:3o p m.
Excellent musical programmes at all serv-
Kansas City daily journal., 1895-05-04
MORTGAGED CATTLE.
a Suit Grows Out of u Large Purchase OF
Live Stock,

a firm of Chicago packers Is the plaintiff
and two national banks and Kansas City
furniture house are the defendants in a
suit filed in the circuit court yesterday.
Five years ago Nelson Morris & Co, of
Chicago, bought from Webber ~ Wilson, of
St. Louis $40 head of cattle, paying SlO,-
l30.S2, not knowing at that Tine that the
stock had been mortgaged to q. A. Dunn
to partly secure debt of $4,000. The bank
sued Nelson Morris IL Co.. and got judg-
ment for $l1,979.O5. The packers paid the
money into, court, paying siSS.23 more for
at the first purchase. 1hey now bring suit
to recover from the Kansas City bank
$500, which they allege was the amount
over and above the debt that Nelson Morris
& Co. had to pay to the Kansas city bank;
j. Sam Brown, receiver of the National
Bank of Arkansas City. and the Alternately
Furniture Company, of this city. also
have claims against Mr.. Dunn, and by
means of garnishment have been trying to
secure the $500 for which the Chicago firm
now brings suit.
Kansas City daily journal., 1895-05-04
REGIMENT DRESS PARADE.
Owing to Stormy Wheather Not All of the
Members Turned Out.


The threatening weather did not prevent
a fair turn out of the members of the
Third regiment for the dress parade an
nounced for last evening. There was some
delay because OF the rain and 1t was !
o'clock before the formation was completed
at the rendezvous at Twelfth and Grand
avenue.
There were six companies present-Com-
pany A, in command of Captain Tayor;
Company b, Captain Stewart; Company
C, Lieutenant Lamb; Company d, Lieuten-
ant Taylor; Company G, Captain Teu;
Company II. Captain Collins; Company l.
Captain Lechtman.
Colonel Simonds was in command and
Captain kinneard acted as adjutant. The
regiment band was in attendance and the
boys marched and countermarched with
the precision of veterans. making very
creditable showing, to the satisfaction of
the officers and the large crowd that had
assembled to witness the event.
Colonel Simonds said to a Journal repor-
ter that he would call another dress parade
in a few weeks when he would expect a
fun turn out of the 5l7 members of the
regiment.
The officers of the regiment are very
much Interested in a state encampment and
full discussion of the subject will be had
at a meeting of the officers to be held
next week, when 1t Is expected that some
ditinte steps will be taken. The legisla-
ture made no appropriation for an encamp-
ment and If 1t is had the members of the
regiment will have to bear a large share
of the expense.