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jjkntind. • • HARLEM. GEORGIA PVBl.lkllKb EVERY 1 HI'RSbAY. B*ll«rcl «** Aililneon, PBOPBIKTOKM- The Into C3loncl Ru hard M. Hoe i« m ntioned by Harper's Uttar a» the “modern Faint, ” Ire.ntiv the art of printing n rehwl such an im|H'tU( through h.» inarrcllou* invention* of Cylinder and rotary pr- •■•* end other dcv.ee* that he idrno ' cr -nted it anew. The ancient city of T*r»us, where the Apoatle Paul wa« born, hat a railroad. British capitalist* are constructing it. The first section from Mcrscns to Tarsus, has just been offi-ially inaugurated, The opening was made the occasion of a grand jubilee. A dozen sheep were sacrificed, there were religious benedic tions, speeches and then a free excursion tn the notabilities. Cocoanut growing in Florida seems to lx- a success. In the region of Lake Worth there are 20,000 trees growing, and a part of them are fruiting. In 1878 a vessel loaded with these nuts was wrecked on the Dade coast and floated ashore near Lake Worth, most of which were gathered and planted. The nut begins to bear in about seven year* from planting, and the crop average* from 100 to 200 nuts per tree. Very many more are being plant'd. A Boaton newspaper man named Mc- Nally, although only 21 years old, hnl rescued from death by drowning between thirty-five and forty persons, some of them under circumstances of the utmost danger and difficulty. Recently he re ceived from the Mi- icbusetts Humane Society a very handsome modal. Mr. M< Nally began his < arocr as a rescuer at the age of seven years, and has been an expert swimmer since his fifth year. Hi* playmates dubbed him a ‘‘water dog,” and from the number of hours he spends in the water at a time and the distance* ho will swim it I* rather diflcult to be lieve that nature really intended him for a land aminial. In one of the graphic novels the elder Dumas d< lilies the stratagem* of two rivals cutthroats who have to pass the night in the same cabin, and vie in the euuiuintion of pious sentiments, while under i over of the blankets each whets a aixteen-lnch dirk knife. The govern ment* of Fr mec and Prussia says Dr. Oswald have played u similar gismo for the last eighteen months. Tiny •trengthen their frontier posts, improve th' IrJ breechloaders, subsidize an army of spies, mid strain every nerve to pre pare for the more ami more deadly, in evitable scrimmage, and yet all the while imbricate one another with amil- Ing sssuram es of mutual good will am] respect. _____ According to advices from Port Town •end, Or., the Port Discovery Mill nt that place has received an order from Japan for railroad ties, aggregating 120,- 000,000 feet of sawed timber. An ade quate conception of the size of this order tnny be had from our authority, who tay* this mill has never cut more than 80,000,000 feet in one year, hence it would take four years of steady work to fill the Japanese order. Moreover, it is claimed that if ties can be produced at that point more cheaply than nt other places, tho same must be true of large timber, and further extensive orders may !«• accepted. Snell an order must create bettor times on Puget Sound and leud a Iwlti r feeling to business gener ally. Such an order must have its effect upon the value of lumber nt all (hipping points, not only by re i >n of tho amount absorbed in this single order, but as in dicating future large markets for Ameri can lumber. Mr Boyd Winchester, the Consul General of the Vnitcd States to Switzer land, has complete 1 some exhaustive re aourcho* in regard to tho cheese indus try of that country. He ha* mails' cer tain discoveries that the cheesemakers of this country will be a lilt .e slow to be lieve. Ils' claims to have Men cheeses that are more two hundred years old. One of the customs that formerly pre vailesl in the chee* • regions of that country, Mr. Winchester aays, was for th ■ friends of a bride and bridegroom to join in the presentation on their wed ding day of an elaborate checae. This cheese was used us a family register and heirloom, on which tho births, marriages and deaths are recorded. Ils' says that lie has mh’ii souls' of these old cheeses that slats' back to 1080. In many |sarts of Switicrland cheo*.' forms the princi pal d ict of the people. Ils' says that new cheese often cause* sickness. When this is the case the patient is treated, in the homer spathic fashion, with obi ehlMe, which generally effect* a cure. He says that dairymen in Switaerland believe that it is a good thing to use cow* for draft purpose*, especially for a limo in the morning, and they nearly all do thia, scarcely ever employing bullock* in this way. "CltAßMlSti little pink tipped shell like errs you have, MissTotty. Did you l ever have them picrvwdt” "No, but 1 Lavs' had tbsui bored." Alaska I* a country of negative*. Say* a recent tourist: ‘ There is no agricul ture, and never <an be. The soil is shal low au<l covered with mosa from two to three feet d'-cp, which hold* the snow an'l ice far into the summer. Neither vcg”table* nor cereals can ever be grown in any part of Alaska. It has no lumber. From Vancouver I*l an! to Mitka there is not n log growing that is fit for the saw. The jioor stunted pine* that cling to the hill* arc only fit for firewood. Thnt it has valuable minerals ha* b- n proved, but it is doubtful whether the short sea sons that work i* possible in will ever allow any extended development of it* r. sours —in that direction. As a region for pr > p : sit is th: most barren, Go i forsaken < ountry that ever a miner put hi* foot unon Joseph Ho *ar I, in the New York World, thus lets loose the vials of sar casm upon one of the fashionable follies of the day : “Come with me to Central park, where everything is bright and beautiful and where even sail irnvalid* sitting on the benches draw funny pic tures in t ie d rt with their canes or para sols. and little children lame from their births emulate the gambols of their Sturdier companions. Come to Central park, where the birds sing mid the cows low, and the monkeys chatter and the sheep wiggle-waggle their little tails, while the robiiins jump red-breasted her" and there, and squirrel* and chip munks and wild cats, startled from their resting places, leap across the path, skirting the carriageway, burying them selves in th- grass or mounting with lightning speed the bark of some mag nificent tree. Come, I say, nnd see to what extrme idiotic degr e fashion tempts its votaries. Standing near the mall, my attention was attracted by a pair of spanking bays sturdily coming down the road, drawing a superb lan dau in which sat two ladies—oh, how black, how sombre, how dismal, from the onyx tip of their black bice parasols through hot. thick v.-il and heavy mourn ing costume! The cote liman and the footman on the box; my eyes! but they ar.'a sight, wide mourning bands upon their huts, black gloves upon their hands and the wide tops of their professional boots absolutely covered with crape, while on the long tapering handle of the whip stood forth an invitation to the gaping crowd to see how bad the mourners felt, a huge black rosette, whose long, heavy ends fluttered in the breeze as the horses champed their bits ami waved their tails nnd darted down the drive. Os all the idiotic displays, of nil temptation* to redicule, of all pro vocatives to what our reportorial friends call “derisive laughter,” that picture caps the climax,” Haw Hurs <* are Trained. Tn nn interview with a trainer of hor ses, he said to the reporter: “As for Rarey, the most of his busi- 1 ties* was trickery done by locusting and loading. Horses are awfully fond of locusts and carrots, nnd they will do \ almost anything for them; but loading is the great trick." “What is loading?” “L lading is slipping about an ounce : weight of lead down the ear of tho horse. You slip a load, to which n small piece of string was attached, down the horse's cure, mid no matter how vicious the beast may be it becomes dazed and stupid when the load plugs its eirs. Tile horse does not understand what has hnp pened to the world when he cannot hear wi 11, and he becomes as docile ns you could wish. When a horse is loaded you .an yoke him or do anything with him nnd he will not object. It is u thousand times more merciful and far more effec tive than the horrible plan < f putting n ' twitch upon the car or upon the nostril, a practice still indulged in by ionic horse coupers. Louden weights are made for the purpose. Any small weight will do, but it is better to have one ma Ic to tit.” CAwogo Herald. At The Table. I was at a New England farm house not long ago, where the guests and family made up a party too large to be seated at one table. Tho worthy host had been told by his wife to invite the guest* from abroad first, rather than those that lived in the same town. This was the way ho announced it before the parlor door: “Supper is ready. All those from off will cat first." It was at the table I heard the remark of a youngster, who had eaten through all the course* down t > the cherry pie and with half a plateful of that delicious article in front of him undevoured, sat staling at the cherries in a sort of des pair. Ween some of h.s elders asked him, what was the matter, he heaved a a sigh aud remarked: “I feel so bad because my stomach is s > full and my mouth so hungry. .Veie lari Tribune. The D ff.rence. “Well, 1 wonder what you are think ing about now," snapped Mrs. Fangle, as her husband bad bee 1 maintaining a rigid silence during a long curtain lec ture. “I wa* just thinkingof the difference between a woman and an umbrella,” re plied Fangle. “And whit is it?" asked his wife, very unwisely. “Yon can shut an umbrella up.”— MW. A Puzzle. Old Nathan was out in tlx- garden One l-siutlful flower-swoet day, When Dorothy, golden hair el maiden, Came pensively wand'ring that way; •'And isn't this very fine weather! I never saw finer," said he; But »h« ma<ie reply, “Why, I think i. As cheerless a morn os could be. " “An cheerless!" ro;>eat>»d old Nathan, Half in doubt if he'd heard tier aright Then he muttered, “She*daft," tor be knew not She had quarrelled with Robert last night Tho dav was departing; it* sunshine Hail vaniahrvl; the wind whistled shrill; The birds hurried home to their nestlings, And the air grew quite heavy and chill. The gardener hastened to shelter Hi* tender young plants, when again Dolly jiaaxxi him—thia Ums with light foot steps— And she called in the merriest strain, “Oh, i«n't the weather just lovely f While her face fairly shone through tho mist. “She’s daft,” said old Nathan. He knew not 7be lovers had met and had kissed. —Margaret Eytinge, in Bazar. Dom Pedro and Leander, BY HE.XKY NEWPORT. “This it Dom Pedro. There is no finer lion in a cage.” Dom Pedro lifted himself from the floor of his den, looked at u* out of half shut eyes, and then, with tho quiet dig nity of the leonine race, walked to the opposite end of his prison, where he lay down, with his head resting upon out stretched paws. “With the exception of a couple of front teeth which were broken off the night ho escaped he is absolutely perfect from tip to toenail." “Escaped?” “Oh, yes. Rats let him cut of his den one night last winter and our big elephant, Leander, caught him and put him back.” I looked at the ring master with os cynical a smile as I could muster. “Quite an improvement on the old fable of the lion and the mouse," I re marked. “I sec you don’t believe it, but it is I true, all the same. Look at this.” He drew closer to the den nnd placed his hand on a corner of it which had, apparently, been broken and then re paired with a sheet of half-inch iron, firmly rivited to the heavy bars and heavier wood floor. “It was at this corner that ho forced his way out, and it was in tearing these bars away that he broke his teeth. Our tight-rope walker—Lilliputian Louis,one of the well known Lascelles children— was responsible for it all. He bad a little black terrier dog which was actu ally a terror to rats, and nothing pleased the boy more than to see that dog in the centre of a bunch of the little pests. Ho kept traps set for them all about the stables, and when about fifty was got together, he would invite all hands out to the practice ring and for half an hour fairly revel in bloodshed. The stables had to be cleared of the vermin in some way, and so everybody rather encour aged the boy. “There was a little tool box on the top of Pedro’s den. It is there yet,and safe ly nailed up; and this box Louis utilized as a storage place for tho rats while he was collecting enough to make a Roman holiday. “Well, sir—but let's sit down; it comes just as cheap.” We took seats on the edge on a broken band wagon,and, idly twirling a piece of straw,the ringmaster (ringm ister in sum mer, but now boss of the stables forming the circus’ winter quarters) went on with his talk. “Well, sir,” he continued, “one night the rats took it into their heads to do a little gnawing. They gnawed through the floor of the box, which was, of course, ' the top of Pedro's den, and one by one ; slipped down through the hole into the | lion’s quarters. As usual, I slept on a bunk in the ticket wagon, which stood | •Ju n practically where it stands now.” He pointed out the gaudy ticket wagon, as nearly in tho center of the space as was possible to place it, where it commanded a good view of the animal .lens ranged end to end about the stable walls. “At about 3 o'clock in the morning I was iv.iiki-neertiy the lion’s deep growl ing. He had been restless all night. Ever since 11 o'clock I had heard more or less scratching in his neighborhood, but nothing worried me until I heard tha‘ growl. Then I knew something unusual was up. I slipped out of my bunk, and was just turning up ;he name which always burns dimly in a lantern near my head, when I heanl a roar that woke every beast in the place; felt a shock as though a padded battering ram had struck one of the dens, and then the corner of Peilro’s den gave way w ith a crash and I saw his huge shape fall out and roll over on the sawdust. He was on his feet in a second, and with another roar, he made two bounds across | the stable and went through that door there h ading into tin- elephant house. I ■ thought I saw a couple of rats running . ahead of him. and Io this day I believe he went into the elephant house in chase of them. There is no doubt in my mind that when the rats found themselves caged by the fine-meshed wire net which ran all around Pedro’* den they bunched tb.emselve* in the weak corner and began gnawing their way out. Their presence irritated the lion. After he had stood it as long as poaaible—long enough to ena ble them to thoroughly weaken the fas tening* of several bar*—he made a spring at them, and in go doing unexpectedly crushed out the corner of the cage, re leasing himself and them. “There was no need to rouse the boy*. The unusual thunderou* roars had done that—no man in the place having heard such roars since the fire in 1874—and presently lights began to twinkle all over the stables. The elephan s were trumpet ing and straining at their chains; the tigers were snarling, monkeys chattering, and altogether the place was a pande monium ; but the greatest noise came from the throat of a little gray jackass stabled along with the elephants. He had good cause to bray. When we swung our lanterns in at the door of the elephant house, Pedro w,as crouched on the sawdust, his tail swinging slowly from right to left, devouring the little jackass with his eyes. He paid no at tention to u', but made his spring, carry ing the poor ass to the ground with a torn throat and a shoulder literally stripped of flesh. “Now was our chance. I slipped in like a snake, ready to lasso him while he licked the ass’ blood. “Look out!” yelled three or four voices, nnd I jumped aside just in time to get out of Leander’s way. The big elephant had broken the chains that tied him to the ground and was running towards Pedro with his trunk raised in a double curve. I always knew that Lean der was game, and just now, when he was making love to a new lady elephant, gamier than ever; but I had no idea he would attack such a foe as Pedro. “He bore straight down on him all the same, and I tell you it was a sight for gods and men to see those big brutes coming together in the semi-dark ness of that little shed. “With his jaws and fore feet dripping with blood. Pedro had turned to meet the other, and made a jump just as Le ander’s trunk came down. He was too late. The trunk wrapped about his body like a snake and actualy whirled him through the door back into his own stable. Although he weighed over eight hundred pounds, he went as a cat would go if swung by the tail around a man’s head and suddenly released. I gave him up for gone, but luckily for himself and us he landed on the hay that had been thrown down from the loft ready for the camel’s breakfast. Like a cat he gathered himself up, and with his tail between his legs raced back to his den, and slipping in at the hole made earlier in the night, curled down in a far corner—a picture of fright. “We soon had the injured corner barred so that he could not reach it, and the next morning transferred him to an- ) other den, while his own was repaired as you gee. “Oh, yes, these little things are con stantly happening with us. Wild beasts ; are not tamed and trained without a de gree of danger even greater than is gen erally supposed. But that was a lively night. I often laugh when I think of the curious train of circumstances set in motion by the rat-killing propensities of a little black terrier—theescapeof a lion, the death of a jackass, the righteous wrath of Leander, and the lion sneaking back to his cage like a whipped cur.”-- Detroit Free PresK. So They Will Wed. “Alas, Estelle,” sighed Hubert, “I fear we can never marry. I love you devotedly, but I could never think of asking you to share my poverty; “But, Hubert,” said the dear girl fondly, “poverty would be happiness if we only were together. What do I care for wealth so long as I have you? I can do without luxuries if only I have your love. Bread and cheese and kisses are enough for me. I ask for nothing more. ” “Really?” asked Hubert excitedly looking fondly down into her eyes. “Really!” she answered firmly, look ing up into his with a tender smile. “Then, by Jinks,” exclaimed Hubert. “I’ll borrow a dollar and get the license this very afternoon. Y’our father ought to be willing to stand the bread and cheese, and I feel competent to provide the kisses. — Somrrrille Journal. Haw a Nuisance was Abated. “I was on a train out in lowa the other day,” said a traveling man, “which stopped half an hour at a dinner station. I A vain and dudish young fellow with a ‘ small hand-bag persisted in walking up and down the platform directly in front lof the coaches nnd gazing impudently I into the faces of the lady passengers near the open window*. He was so imperti nent that I soon found myself about mad enough to go out and give him a talking to. But before I reached that point a | roguish-faced young woman sitting near , me settled him a good deal easier taan I I could have done it She stuck her head out of the window ju t as he was going i by and calk'd out to him: “Say, sonny, are you selling apples or i peanuts:” “There was a titter the whole length of the ear. and no more annoyance from the > dudish young man on the platform— LADIES DEPARTMENT. Th*lrH*ar* In tire. The original occupations of prominent actresses have been curious and diverse, say* the New York World. Maud Gran ger, who was as fond of rolling up her pretty eyes as Mary Anderson now is, earned her first money by going out by the day ns a sewing woman. Jenny Lind used to help her mother to keep a board inghouse in Sweden. Clara Louise Kel logg’s mother used to give Spiritualistic seanc's to raise the money to train her daughter's voice. Sarah Bernhardt made buttonholes for a little, unfashion able dressmaker in Paris. Rhea was a harum-scarum French hoiden of 14 when she went on the stage in the provinces, and xvas continually in disgrace and down for fines because of her lively be havior at rehearsals. There was a stuffed tiger used in the play’, a French farrago of oriental impossibilities, and one day at the rehearsal she stole behind the leading gentleman with the tiger in her arms and clapped it on his back in the midst of his most impassioned love scene. He xvas so startled he fainted, and on the books of the Lyons theatre is still to be seen this entry under the head of “fines:” “Mille. Rhea, for frightening M. Blank with a tiger, 5 francs. A Mexican Cnitom. When a Mexican lady is widowed (says a correspondent of the Kansas City Journal) a family council is immediately called, her male relatives and those of her husband charging themselves with the education of her sons and the care of herself and daughters quite as a matter of course. Though the widow and her grown-up daughters may be accom plished as well as poor, nobody dreams of the possibility of their doing anything toward supporting themselves, and the proffered aid is calmly accepted as an hereditary right. Even if the widowed mother is healthy she can by no means be independent. Custom, which here rules with iron hand, prescribes that the entire superintendence of her property and the education of her children shall be delegated to her male kindred, and unless she is really an aged woman she must reside with her relatives. So thoroughly are Mexican gentlemen im bued with this idea of womanly depen dence that they do not regard'the care of any number of bereaved families as an unjust burden, but, on the contrary, when a man marries he virtually con tracts to befriend all the female kindred of his lady love and to provide for them, if need be. This sort of knightly courtesy makes matrimony a serious mat ter, and perhaps accounts for the num ber of eligible bachelors with which Mexico abounds; but, bandinagc apart, it is a beautiful custom, and a strong proof of the innate chivalry of Mexican gentlemen is found in the fact that the estates of widows and orphans are in variably administered with scrupulous honesty. Women Who Doctor Their flair. A fashionable New York modiste has given a Mail and Express reporter some points on women doctoring their hair to obtain certain effects in color. Said she: “Women are blessed with such luxuriant hirsute adornments they rarely ever be come bald. If they did not attempt to doctor their hair it would never fall out, ■nless some scalp disease caused it. In nearly every hair store you visit will be found a hair lotion specially prepared to do something wonderful either in the way of producing extraordinary growth or changing the color from a sandy to a golden, or as desired. Women have a fondness for experimenting with their hair, and cannot resist the temptation to try all the nostrums offered. I say nos trums; some of the stuff may be good, used in moderation, but moderation is rarely observed. Women are all allopa thctic in hair remedies. I have seen many a beautiful suit of hair ruined by applications of lotions. I know a young married lady who moves in the highest circles. She had long, wavy, blonde hair, the envy of nine-tenths of her friends. She concluded that she wanted it a shade lighter—some one had toid her that it would add to its beauty. She began by using borax and a lot of pre pared stuff, guaranteed by each person who sold it to do its work effectually and without harm. Her hair is now an ugly shade of sorrel and completely dead. It is also much thinner, and will all come out, I think, in a few years. Her case is but one of many. If women would only take into consideration the fact that health, as a rule, give, vitality to hair they would not use so many inef fectual remedies. It is enough to have a race of baldheaded men—may the fe males be spared.” The Department Women. There are 4000 women in the govern ment department* at Washington, and among them are some of the best-looking and most intelligent ladies of the capi tal. They come, as a rule, from good families. Many of them are the widows of noted generals, the daughters of ex fl ivernors and ex-Congressmen, and noxv and then you will find the relative of a President or a Cabinet Minister. Many of them have travelled widely and the great majority are educated and refined ladies. They do ail kinds of work and receive salaries ranging from |720 to I |IBOO a year. As money counters they I are much more expert than the men, and J the rapidity with which they can count I thousands upon thousands of dolla- I without making a mistake makes y OUr 1 brain whirl as you watch them. Th, . e money counters get about $75 a month and they count millions of dollar* every month. At one side of each one on th e ! table lie great piles of greenbacks, d one I into packages as they come from the press. I am speaking now of the tion bureau of the Treasury. These bills are old and dirty. The strip o f paper around each package of 100 bills states where they caine from and who ■ counted them in the country. The young | lady takes this off, and, moistening l ler fingers with a wet sponge in front of her j she counts the bills like lightning, and if the package is not right she reports to i the chief, and the banks from which the bill* come must stand the loss. The girk ' seldom make a mistake, and if they do lso or pass a counterfeit without notinc 1 it they must make the mistake good and the amount is taken out of their salary i They can tell, however, a bad bill simp'y ! by feeling it, and a bank cashier will make a hundred mistakes where they make one. Washington Letter. M.kinir llrr Thlnic. I.**t. Every housekeeper knows how careful treatment keeps table linen and house hold furniture. Girls do not always know or remember that great care of their own little possessions will often enable them to dress nicely on very little money. A lady , says: “When I was a girl there was one of . my young friends who was distinguished ! for ‘making her things last.’ Her dress hats, gloves and ribbons were a marvel of durability. I used to wonder how she managed to m ike them last so without their looking shabby, but I ceased to do so after I had visited her at her own home. The reason why her clothes wore so long was that she took such care of them. Her dresses were brushed and folded away carefully, and the slightest spot on them was removed as soon as it was discovered. Her hat was wrapped in an old pocket handkerchief, and put away in a box as soon as done with, the strings and laces being straightened and rolled out most symmetrically each time, Her gloves were never folded together, but were pulled out straight and laid flat in a box, one upon the other, each time they were used, the tiniest hole being mended almost before it had time to show itself. But the thing that impressd me | most was the care she bestowed on her ribbons. When making up bows she used to line the upper part of the ribbon w ith white paper, and this not only pre vented the ribbon from becoming limp and creased but kept it clean, so that when the bow was soiled on one side she could turn the ribbon, and the part that had been covered came out looking new and fresh. That girl married and brought ;up a large family. Her husband had to fight his way, and did so bravely, and was unusually successful, for he became wealthy. But his prosperity was due quite as much to his wife’s care and economy in saving money as was to his in making it. Fashion Notes. Lace mitts are again worn. Striped and checked materials are all the rage. Lace mantles are profusely trimmed , with beads. Egyptian and Oriental lace are used for i flounces over colored and white dresses. Satin duchess skirts are worn with bodices and draperies of escurial grena dine. i Cashmere and camel’s hair serge are i serviceable materials for travelling cos j tumes. Batiste and zephry dresses are trim ! med with bands of white or colored em ' broidery. Matinees of lace, lined with colored i silk, are worn with dark silk skirts with a demi-train. Lustrous silk-warp white materials are j employed for mourn’ng dresses for in formal occasions. Embroidered crape, gauze and mushn ara shown in most elaborate designs and beautiful coloring. Large buttons are used to trim dress panels. The rosary beads, now some what passe, are utilized as buttons. Brocaded sateens, in light colors and white, have delicate vine, bud nnd fem designs in the same color as the ground’ Beaded bodices glistening like Lohen grin’s armour, and made in cuirass form, are charmingly becoming to divinely tall beauties. j Lawn and cambric dresses have the skirts made with narrow flounces, with short drapery in front, that at the back being puffed. Coarse meshed nets have large or small polka dots. They are to be found in all the fashionable colors. They are made up over silk. Thin black tissues richly embroidered with jet and lined with some color, a* lilac, mauve, gray or red, are among tb latest Parisian novelties for mantles. Foulards are now shown in so great * variety of coloring and designs that they commend themselves to every person it taste. Their extreme lightness rende-’ them especially attractive for midsu® mer wear.