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An Ant Kur n l*»t.
One of tbe queerest little pets ever
•ecu (s the tame ant belonging to o well
known scientist. Tills man keeps tribes
of unts In nests which be has made
himself and feeds them with honey or
sugar through a tube that connects
with the nests. One day he saw that
one of the nnts kept coming Into the
tube to eat up the honey In the gl.'.ss
bulb at the end. When he tools out the
cork that closed the bulb, the Insect
came to look for the food, and he offer
ed It some honey on the point of u
needle, says the New York Tribune.
The nut shrank back at first, then
drew nearer, feeling about with Its an
tenna;, until It reached the needle.
Soon It learned to take the honey oh
Its keeper's finger, although ants art
among the most timid of living things,
and a new odor or the lenst movement
outside their nests usually drives these
little Insects away.
This nnt Is now so tame that It quits
the bulb ns soon ns the cork Is removed
and goes to find the honey on the sci
entist's finger. When Its meal.ls over.
It does not try to hurry away, but
waits till Its master lifts It on a bristle
and carries It hack to Its nest.
A Rattlesnake Story,
In "Life and Sport on the Pacific
Coast,” Horace A. Vacbell relates one
of his nnrrow escapes from a friend’s
bullet: "My couslu and 1 had been
comping mid hunting for several dnya
In a sort of parndlse valley. One day,
during a long ride on horseback, we
had seen a grent many rattlesnakes
and killed a few, an exceptional ex-
perlcnce. Thnt night my cousin woke
up and saw, by tbe light of the moon, a
big rattler crawling across my chest.
He Iny for n moment fascinated, hor
ror atruek. watching tbe sinuous curves
of the reptile.
“Then he quietly reached for his six
shooter, but be could not see tbe rep
tile's head, and he moved nearer, noise
lessly, yet quickly, dreading some
movement on my part that should pre
cipitate the very thing lie dreaded, nnd
then he Raw that It was not a snake nt
all—only the black nud yellow stripe of
my blanket, which gently rose and fell
as 1 breathed. Had he fired—well. It
might have been had for me, for he
confesaed that his hand shook.”
Xnro Snperstltlop.
Many of tbe negro superstitions In
Kentucky are quite Interesting. An
old philosopher told me with great
gravity: “If you want pcppnhs to grow,
you must git mnd. My old 'onion nn
me Imd a spat nn 1 went right out
nn planted my pcppnhs. an they come
right up.” Still another saying Is that
.peppers to prosper must be plnnrcd
by a redheaded or by a blgb tempered
person.
The negro also says that one never
sees a Jnyblrd on Friday, for the bird
visits Ills satnnlc majesty to “pack kin
dling" on thnt day. The three signs
In which negroes place Implicit trust
are the well known ones of the ground
hog's appearing above ground on the
2d of February, thnt n hoe must not he
carried through a house or n death will
follow and that potntoes must be plant
ed" in the dark of the moon ns well as
all vegetables that ripen In the ground
nud thnt corn must be planted in the
light of the moon.
Lord Southey's Guillotine.
The most eccentric action of au eccen
tric man was Lord Southey's cool ar
rangement for auldde by means of a
guillotine. He had a magnificent one
erected In the drawing room of his
bouse In the Rue du Luxembourg nt
il'arl*. Tbe machine was of ebon., In
laid with gold and silver, tbe frame
work carved with artistic skill, tbe
knife, sharp ns a razor, was of polished
and ornamented steel. Preparing for
death, his lordship had bis batr cut
close, and. clothed In a robe of white
silk, be kneeled upon the platform
under the knife before a mirror nnd
pressed tbe spring which should release
the knife. But tbe spring failed to
work, and tbe would be suicide decided
to give the guillotine to a museum iu-
stend of making a second attempt to
end bis life. It Is said that be made
nn annual pilgrimage to see tbe guillo
tine until tbe end of bis life.
UtgMn Saved the Ship.
Humor has beeu credited with tbe
. saving of many things, but perhaps
never before lias a ship been saved by
its judicious application. In a great
storm mauy years ago a ship's crew
were all nt prayers, when a boy burst
Into a tit of violent laughter. Being re-
; proved fsr his 111 timed mirth nnd asked
the reason for It, be said, “Why, 1 was
-laughing to think what a hissing the
boatswain's red nose will make when It
.comes In contact with tbe water." This
.ludicrous remark set tbe crew laugh
ing. inspired them with new’ spirits,
.-and by a great exertion they brought
the vessel safely Into port.—Liverpool
Post
A Professor on Rowing.
A story Is told about a well known
•Oxford don who knew more about tbe
travels of Ulysses than about tbe boat
be sailed In. He went down to tbe
river one day to watcb tbe eight prac
ticing. He gazed for a while In silence.
"Yes," be said at last "they look very
nice—very nice Indeed. 1 may say—but
bow extremely awkward It must be for
them to learn to row backward."
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COi'NTY TAX-LEVY FOR 1901
Georgia—Decatur County:
It appearing to the board of county
commissioners for roads and revenues of
Decatur county, Georgia, from at,
inspection of the tax digest of said
county for the year 1901, that it
will be necessary in order to meet the
current expenses of said county for th-
year 1901. and to pay for the construe
tion of a new court house suitable aiu
adequate for the business of the county
that a levy of of live dollars and fifty
((cents on each one thousand dollari-
worth of property be made. It is there
fore ordered by the hoard th at there be
levied against all the property in t.he
county of Decatur for tbe year 1901. a
tax of five dollars nnd fifty 6 cents tor
each one thousard dollars worth of pro
perty held or owned in said county, for
the_ following purposes to wit:
1. To pay the legal indebtedness of the
county, due or to become due dnnng
the year, or past due ... $ 0.00
2. To build or repair court houses,
jails, bridges or ferries, or other
public improvements according
to contract (including tne amount,
to be expended during said year
for a new court house) - - - 8.58
3. To pay sheriffs’, jailers.’or other
county officers’ fees that thev
may be entitled to, out of the
county .... .go
4. To pay coroners all fees that
may be due them by the county
for holding inquests - . 0.00
5. To pay the expenses of the
county for bailiffs at courts, non
resident witnesses in criminal
cases, fuel.servant hire, station-
ery, and the like .10
6. To pay jurors per diem compen
sation .60
7. To pay charges incurred in sup-
porting the poor of the county
and as otherwise prescribed by
by the code - - - - .80
8. To pay for educational purposes,
to be levied only in strict com-
pljance with law ... 0.00
9. To pay _ any other lawful
charge agaiaet the county. - .50
$5.56
It is further ordered that a copy of
this order be published at the court house
door, and a copy of the same be fur
nished to the tax collector as required
by law.
Witness the honorable board of coun
ty commissioners for roads and revenues
for Decatur county, Georgia, this Sept
6* 1901. K. A. Litlk,
Joe H. Gilpin. Chairman
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