Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-21
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In the corn districts of the United States the English sparroWs have abandoned insects for gram.
 Though horses train best on hay and oats in many stables they are now be- ing fed hay, bran, vegetables and corn. mixed, steamed and then served after this cooking. Dogs have been induced to feed on vegetables in order that they may be milder tempered and the | dog biscuits fed them have taken the place of table scraps.
 Animals that live on one single food are growing more scarce among the highly organized creatures. There is evidence that the swan once fed on aquatic grasses. Once when ice de- stroyed the grass growing at the bot tom of the lagoon at Abbotsburg the half-wild swans starved in hundreds because they would touch no other food. Nowadays they eat grain and bread.
 Instances of earniyorous animals turning to vegetable diet are rare. \ One noted instance is Q Scotch deer baund, which is so fond of peaches +baS it will stand on it's hind legs to reao6 hem on the trees. In New zea- land na rrot took to sheep-killing and eatinq and some pigs evinced a prefer enee for . dket of young lamb, while some Australian sheep became not only carniyorous b5ue e%nn1NaA'
 C,ar.,tsr,st,cs .s sne onar.
 q-o Nicholas IT Iof+v. idealism comes natural. but education or nll0luon mas welded it to a rigorous sense O.. @hat is practicable and worth striving for, says Dr E. J. Dillon in the Contem- porary Review, He takes an eminent ly human view of all things human. and is a firm believer in the wisdom of adjusting means to ends. Hence his sensibility of intellect his susceptibi- lty to new impressions and generous Impulses, is rendered beneficial or I harmless by his tenacious adherence to traditional forms. He is keenly 1 sensible that no one man can grasp | all the elements of such a complicated machine as the administration of a mighty empire, and his relations to- wards his ministers are based upon frank recognition of this fact. The other day a petition or request of some kind was laid before him for his de. eision. He read it. as usual, very carefully, and as usual wrote his reso- lution on the margin. Having glanced at the date of this document, and found that it was some eight months old, the tsar wrote a few words to the effect that it should have reached him long before. His father would have l probably found out who was to blame for the delay, and would have had a warning administered to him on the spot,
 The Czar and His Carieatures.
 The czar of Russia is man of moral as we'll as physical courage. Recently the imperial couple had one of tho palace rooms done in black and white, which is the latest fad in decoration, and then the czar took a notion to have room decorated with caricatures of himself. So he gave an order that a collection of all caricatures Of his royal self that appeared in foreign journals should be procured, and it was done. It is doubtful whether an- other sovereign in Europe would have done the same. Some of the carica- lures were exceedingly malicious, and none was complimentary, and that the ezar could extract amusement from such display is proof that he is not the tyrant and oppressor so many per sons have been brought to believe.
 The Faster.
 Miss Greene-You sing in the Wes- ley street church, don't you? Miss Crochet-Yes. Miss Greene-Then you must know that gentleman over oppo- site. I have seen him going into the Wesley Street church Sunday after Sunday. Miss Croehet-0h, yes. he fills in the intermissions when the choir Is not singing. He Is the pastor of the church. Transcript.