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HARLEM. GEORGIA
rim.i.-nnb every t/hirsbay.
Enllnrd «*- AtUlueoii.
raonticroaa
EurofM in cultivator* pny much atten
tion t<> cdm.iiitg the mi.**-. concerning
in«c<t«, both injurious mid useful. A*
on<- nr nn« to tln» end, exhibition* of
in*' < t* lire m ule nt fair*mid »how«, being
atimul ted I y pretn.um*. Thin in a
nr.titi .1 and valuable tiint for adoption
in Him << u try. Many * moth or butter
fly that ia now admired and allowed to
escape wculd be destroyed if it* true
nature were known.
•——.—, a.
Women hare not yet l»een employed in
the department* in Washington a quartet
of a< < ntury. The first female clerk em
ployed by tho government wan Mine
Jennie Dottglmin, who wan appointed in
Ute troaaury department in the nummer of
1862, uitontbo recommendation of Treaa
un r Spinner, and wan put to work trim
ming the flrnt issue of legal tender United
Staten note*. In the fall aeven ladies
were appointed as counters.
Things are not always what they seem.
A Philadelphia physician says that a
gre.it deal of what passe* for h-art dis
ease is on'y mil l dyspepsia,that nervous
ness commonly in bad temper, and that
two-thirds of the so-called malaria is
nothing but laziness. Imagination, he
any*,is n ponsiiile for a multitude of ills,
and he given nt an instance tho case of a
clergyman who,niter preaching a sermon,
would take a teiispoonful ot sweetened
water and doze off like a liabc, under
tho impression that it was a bona fide
aedat ve. ___
The lot of the average monarch is not
an extremely happy one. An English
statistician has recently compiled a
statement of the nuinlrer of sovereigns
who, within the historical era, havo
come to violent or Ignominious ends. On
hi* lists are 2550 king* and emperors,
reigning over 74 tuitions. Os these <3OO
were overthrown, 04 were deposed, 28
committed suicide, 23 became insane or
imbecile, 100 were killed in battle, 123
were captured by the enemy, 25 were
tortured to death, 151 were assassinated,
and 103 were hanged, shot or beheaded
by tin ir subject*. Li ss than one-third
lived out their reigns prosperously.
Alfred Cowles, Jr., son of the rich
publisher of the Chicago Tribune, is, after
Robert Cook, ns remarkable an onrsman
a* Yale ha* ever had. Ho has done
more racing for the university, witli that
one exception, than any young man in
tho last twelve years. He is not yet 21,
more than 0 feet tall, deep cheated, and
he Im* thi' sloping shoulders admired by
rowers mid pugilists. In college slang,
he is a “bone* man," mid his graduation
this year i* extraordinary, because very
few student* are graduated nowaday*
before 22. Year* ago students got
through in their teens; for then tho
freshmen requirements were not nearly
ao severe as at present. Young Cowles
returns to New Huven to study law, mid
has relinquished the oars for some time
to come. His father docs not wish him
to ent< r journalism, because he regards
it ns an unremunerativo profession, ono
in which very few attain any prom
inence, mid when they do it is of small
avail.
Horse growing, according to the St.
Paul O'/iJv, is becoming one of tho im
portant industries of Montana. It is
now where the cattle industry was ten
years ago. Then the road to the East
ern maiket had just been opened, and
cattlemen where only just beginning to
realize tho importance of their occupa
tion. Horsemen have only just now
realized that they can market their stock
profitably in tho States, ami are begin
ning to understand that tho horse inter
est is liable to develop into oncof scarce
ly le-s importance than cattle growing.
They arc not quite so sanguine as beef
growers were, for horses arc not mirket
cd for their flesh, but a few more years
of success will allay their fears. The
hoc* • shipments of last year are estimated
at 1000 head, but when they reach 20,-
000 or 30,000. which will not be a great
many years, things will look quite dif
ferent. It must lie remembered, also,
that the quality of our horses will im
prove, says the G.’oAe, and that, too, as
rapidly as the numlw-ia increase, ami by
the time our output reaches 10,000 head,
instead of ten and eleven-hundred-pound
horses being the best, there will scarcely
be an animal shipped that docs not
weigh above these figures. The horse
interest of the territory is moving rapidly
along, and will increase in importance
tnoie rap d y than either sheep or cattle
did at the dates referred to. Tho Mon
tana horse will soon cut as important a
figure in the industrial world as do <ur
wool and cattle n the leading trade
centre*, ami the horse’ growers will lie
growing wealthy quite as rapidly a* any
class >n the territory that i< follow
ing any safe and legitimate calling.
St. Augustine, Fa, is building a
<2, *0,000 hotel.
Eternal vigilance I* one of the prices
of prohibition. Temperance women in
tic prob.bition vi.lnge of Marshalltown,
I wa, watched the dnt; store salci of
liquors for a month, a >4 a*c< rtained that
the six drugg st* so! 1 112 1-4 gallon* of
whisky, 2197 bottle* of beer, SI gallons
of alcohol, fl gallons ot brandy, 8 gallon*
of gin, 1 barrel of ale and 5 gallons of
wine. It wasn't n very sickly month
either, the It ndiestcr *»y*.
Farmer* in Wyoming and Livingston
counties, New York, have within a few
year* been surprised by remarkable dis
coveries that their land overlays an im
mense salt bed, making it very valuable.
Halt work* arc springing up in var.o.ui
place*, and even tho-e whose land is not
yet bored for Halt find in the large popu
lation culled by this new manufacture
one of the best homo markets for surplus
produce. Twenty-five years ago farmers
in Pennsylvania had a similar surprise
over the discoveries of oil. Large for
tune* have been and will continue to be
imide by the-" and like enterprises; but
those who only aim at the incidental
benefit* of n surer ami better market for
their product* are on safer ground, and
will be richest in the long run. It is a
common experience in gold and silver
mining communities that those who sup
ply the miners retain most of the money
made.
The city of Pari* has become lately
the possessor of n remarkable collection
of documenta, which will have great in
terest in year* to come for historical in
vestigators. This wa* the scries of death
warrants, extending from April 7, 1808,
to December 8, 1832, belonging to Ham
son, the notorious headsman of the rev
olution. The collection was bound up
in niiK'tc. n volumes, and Hamson ha* pre
fixed to each volume a summary of the
contents. It appear* that during twenty
five years he executed 7143 capital sen
tences, being an average of 217 execu
tions in each year lather a busy life.
During the twenty five years he only as
cended the scaffold twice without a fatal
result—once in 1815, w hen General Count
Lavalette wa* to have been executed for
compileity in the return of Napoleon,
but escaped the night before his intended
execution through the heroism of his
wife. The second time wa* in 1817,
when Philippe Jean Antoine, n noted
coiner, wa* respited at the last moment
by Louis XVIII,
A Boss Girl mid a Bass Word.
Mi*.* Carrie has her Boston cousin
staying with her just now. It rather
jarred on her refined cur to hear her
American relative speak of the ‘%oss"
this, the “boss" that, and tho “boss"
the other thing. She had expected such
different language from u girl from
Be nnt own.
“Is that a good word, Kitty?" she at.
length inquired. “That ‘boss’ you
know.”
“Why, of couse it is; it is a boss
word,” promptly replied Mis* Kitty.
“Didn't the Pilgrim Father* use it when
they called our place Bos* town?”
Gold wn* nt a Premium.
“One of the amusing things about tho
fight," said Col. Goodnow, as he gazed
nt the panorama Bittle of Atlanta, “hap
pened under my eye. Sergeant King of
my command, in the heat of the fight,
came on to a set of false teeth that had
dropped out of the mouth of a poor fel
low who had been shot. II ■ picked them
up, showed them to me, and said he
didn't propose to let anything of that
kind get away from him while gold was
worth |1.75. He was as unconcerned
about it as though death was not being
dealt on every side." -St. Louis Pioneer
Preu.
The Spider and the Fly!
A fly was gaily disporting himself upon
the ceiling, when a spider, who had been
watching the fly in the vain hope that ho
would come in hi* direction, finally
called out:
“I any, Mr. Fly, won’t you drop in
and lie a little sociable thi* morning?"
"Thanks,”said the fly; “modesty for
bid*. I'm not in your line this morn
ing.”
Moral: All folks are not fools, even if
their head* are turned upside down oc
casionally. Life.
A Good Reason.
Colonel Bagly (to Colonel Smith)—l
see you passed Maxey without speaking
to him. I thought flint he and you
were the best of friends.
Smith We used to be. Wo roomed
together a longtime, you know.
Bagly Yes, I know, but why did you
fall out.
Smith We didn't exactly fall out,
but 1 have no use for him now.
Bagly Why?
Smith He's a bill collector .4ri<»n
nv Tntre’er.
Fanny Ainti-cmnnt.
Some newspaper man who has been
there says : Newspaper editing is a
very funny amusem nt. If you give a
man a puff he never see* it ; but let one
line against him appear and he sees it
before the paper is off the press ; and
while he would not have time to stop on
the street and say “think you," he has
time to run all over town to denounce
tlie editor who seeks to print the news.
•'Twa* ever thus."
’ INFANTILE_MODELS.
*4l tea of Humanity WhoPoso
for Metropolitan Artiste-
Beautiful Litte Girls* Able to Etrn Two
Dollars a Day.
There are several hundred person* in
New York whose bu*inc*a is to sit as
mode » tor artist*. Young girl* who are
particularly beautiful arj engaged every
day in the year, and may earn from
|1.50 to |2 a day. They must keep
still f>r hour*, and often stand or kneel
in tiresome positions while preserving
their gracefulness. An artist who has a
handsome studio uptown was visited by
a reporter for the Mtil and Repress. He
was found drawing design* for Christ
mas cards. A small blonde-haired boy
half naked was s tting in a small chair
made fast on a table, which is called by
painters a throne. Hi* mother, a hand
some woman of 25 year*, stood near the
throne with a pair of reins tied a ound
her waist, the other end of which the
little cherub held in his hand*.
“What is the purpose of this arrange
ment?" asked the reporter.
“Don’t you see?” said the artist. ‘‘We
make the little fellow think that his
mamma is a horse and that he drives her.
I have to keep two things in mind—first,
to make the picture; second, to amuse
the boy. That is not so easy a task as
it might seem. At first, perhaps, during
the first sitting I only play with the
child or get his mother or brother or sis
ter to play with him, until I see some
pretty or natural movement or catch
some striking expression on the face.”
“He doe* not look particularly pleased
at present,” the reporter remarked.
“When I wish to see him laugh,” re
joined the artist, “I request his mother
to caper around like a wild horse. Some
times she must make a car horse of her
self, and stop every moment and let him
take up passengers, and whenever she
stops I get a good chance to put in
some good touch.”
"Don’tmany of the artists paintout of
their heads, so to speak ?”
“No artist who docs not paint ordraw
from life, as painting from models is
called, ever gives his picture a look of
reality. We may be able to paint a mar
ble floor from a small piece of marble, or
a brocade dress from a yard or two of
the material; but even to do this we
must have made studies of large surfaces
of marble when oportunity has offered,
and we must spend several days in study
ing the fold* of drapery in a dress worn
by a living model before the special ma
terial of the brocade can be copied into
it.”
“How do you procure your models ?
“There is no difficulty in obtaining
. any material or substance, for we can get.
at any time at least a piece of it. But
the most important of all things th it can
be painted or drawn are the forms and
faces of men and women and children ;
and for that purpose we must employ
people to pose for us. As a rule the
models form a caste and are usually
known to each other."
“How old are your youngest models?"*
“Some begin to sit when they are mere
babies. I have often wished that some
rich children could see how patient
these little ones can be when they under
stand that they are earning money to buy
food and clothes. There is a little girl
. who lives in a tenement house on the
west side who is very proud to sit for
me. I make a chalk mark on the throne
where her little feet should go, and she
will carefully keep on the mark. She
has a few minutes for rest at intervals
during each hour, and along rest at din
ner time, but she will keep very quiet
while I am working and not move with
out leave.”
“What other expedients do you resort
to in order to keep the children models
quiet?"
“Patience will accomplish almost any
thing. I have a little boy who found a
stuffed bird in my studio, and he is al
ways quite happy for an hour if I let him
I play with it.”
Expenses of a British Election Candi
date.
A most important provision is con
tained in the statute of the 25 and 26
Victoria, chapter 29 : “No payment
shall be made by or on behalf of any
i candidate, otherwise than through his
authorized agent*." This rule still holds,
and the little paragraph is practically
the basis upon which the British elec
tion laws stand.
When a person wishes to stand for a
constituency, he first secures the services
of an election agent, through whoso
hands must pass every penny spent by
thiucandidate to secure his return, who,
at the eml of the campaign, must ac
count, upon oath, for every penny he has
expended on behalf of his employer.
Nor are his expenses capable of indefi
nate inflation. Statute after statute has
fixed what shall be paid by the candi
date for tach step hi* agent takes in his
bchal'. Although the allowances, in
view of the cheaper rates of living in
England, are calculated on ant >*t liber
al scale, yet almost any candidate in this
country who "gets off” as easily as his
English brother might congratul ite him
self on his good fortune.— Xeic York
1 Sun.
CLIPPLM,.* FOR l HE ULUIOLS.
The wall* of Babylon were 350 feet
high—slave labor.
The word aryan, as far as can l>
made out means “one who ploughs o.
tills.”
The original meaning of the won-
Halifax i* red hair, of Colfax black hail
ami of Fairfax blonde hair.
There r.re thirty-two separate taxes o
wheat in Mexico from the time it leave
the field until it reaches the miller.
According tea Bombay physician, the
skulls of the native* of India are increas
ing in size. Tiii* change he ascribes to
the effect of civilization.
The agate was formerly cut in human
form, and wa* oaeasionally worn in the
hat by gallants. The chrysolite was sup
posed to posses* peculiar virtues, and to
be potent against fascinations of all
kinds.
All of the gold on earth to-day, in
whatever shape —that is, mined gold, or,
to put it plainer, the gold in use in all
nations, and the product of all ages—if
welded in one mas*, would b- contained
in a cube of le«.s than thirty feet.
The ancient Druid* of England kept a
good part of their religion a secret from
the common people. Some people think
there were Druidesses as well a* Druids;
but if there were, they were not told the
secret doctrine. The Druids seem to
havo been a kind of magicians.
Valerian and a tincture of opivu are
used in the manufacture of one of the (
most popular brands of cigarettes. “Ha
vana flavoring,” so-called, is made from
the tonka bean, which contains a deadly
poison called mellolotis, seven grains of
which are suffi lent to kill a dog. Many
other deleterious drugs are used in the
manufacture of cigarettes, and their ef
fect upon the health of those who smoke
them to excess, as thousands do, is often
disastrous.
According to the report of Dr. John
8. Billings, United States army surgeon,
on the mortality and vital statistics of
the Union, the deaths amounted in 1880
to 756,893, the most important causes |
of death being consumption, pneumo- ,
nia. diphtheria, typhoid fever, malarial
fever and various forms of infantile dis
eases. Consumption led the list, the
number of its victims being 91,270. In
proportion to population the largest
number of deaths from consumption oc
curred at Charleston, S. C.; from pneu
monia at New York, from homicide at
Richmond, Va., and from suicide at San
Francisco.
A Diet of Sugar.
A note appears in The Apotheker
Zeituny, by Dr. Phipson, on sugar as a
regular article of diet, in which the :
writer opposes the general prejudice
against that article. He declares that,
during a period of forty years, he has
eaten very largely of it, at least a quarter
of a pound daily, not including sugar
forming substances taken at the same
time. During all this period he has not
been under the necessity of taking medi- I
cine, and has not suffered from any
complaint, except brief attacks due to
irregularities in eating or in dress. He
declares that the condition of men would
be much improved if the use of sugar
should substitute that of alcohol.
The Crow a* a Forest Planter.
The crow, according to Mr. J. T.
Campbell, is one of the most industrious
and persistent seed-transporting agencies
known, and to its efforts are probably
due the founding of many a new forest. I
This bird has an aimless and mischicvi
ous habit of picking up and flying !
away with any small object xvhich hap-'
pens to attract attention, dropping them I
in an equally aimless manner. The
crows often gather by hundreds, holding ■
noisy conventions, and as they disperse
each drops something, the objects prov- ’
ing to be acorns, walnuts, hickory nuts, j
buckeyes, sycamore balls, sticks, egg
shells, pebbles, etc.
The Tide Down.
“Mamma,” said a scheming Miss, the
other day at the beach, “may I walk
along the strand? There is no danger
with the tide down.”
“Yes, my dear."
A short time later her mother beheld
her walking with a young clerk from the
city, and upon her return asked the
young lady what she meant by such de- -
ception.
“But I didn’t deceive you, ma," in
sisted the girl. “I said there xvas no
danger walking with the tide down, and
if a young clerk isn’t tied down, I don’t
know what is!”— Siftings.
Jost After a Serious Quarrel.
Mrs. Dusenberry (sobbing)—lt is just
dreadful to be disappointed in love.
Mr. Duscnberry—There’s something a
good deal worse than that.
What, pray?
To be disappointed in marriage.—
Philade’phia Call.
An Enjoyable Affair.
"Were you at tho sociable last night P’
“Yes; and I spent a very pleasant
evening.”
"I hear ! Miss X was to sing
there. 1 suppose you enjoyed that?” I
“Ever so much. She had a sore throat,
and couldn’t sing." Cal'.
lightning rods.
The Best Kind to Use in the
Protection of Buildings.
Practical Provisions for the Safety o!
* Dwellings and Othsr Structures.
A lightning rod, if of iron, should be
not les* than three-quarters of an inch in
diameter (an inch is better), or if of cop
per, from five-sixteenths toonc-half of an
inch; the iron rod should weigh at least
five pounds to the yard, and the copper
one. It makes very little difference
what the form of the conductor may be,
wbethr rounder square, or in fl it sheet l ,
though there is a slight advantage in
causing it to expose considerable surface,
since when powerful currents arc passed
through a wire its central filaments do
not perform quite their due proportion of
the work. It is not true, as many light
ning rod makers assert, that only the
surface of the rod is efficacious. The
lightning rod ought to be continuous
throughout, or, if jointed, the joints
should be so carefully made as to render
the continuity virtually perfect; other
wise, when lightning strikes a great
amount of heat is developed at the
joint, nnd the building may be fired or
the rod melted. The wire ropes that are
now much used as lightning conductors
admirably fulfil this condition of con
tinuity, and xvhen large enough are as
good as anything can be. Several of
small diameter, of course, give the same
protection as a single large one, and in
some respects are better.
Where houses arc prov.ded with metal
lic xvaterspouts, these ought to be in
cluded in the conducting chain; if they
are not they are really dangerous, the
danger being that a portion of the dis
charge will leap from the rod to the gut
ter upon the roof, doing damage there,
and then following the spout again pro
duce a dangerous discharge in passing to
the ground. The rod, therefore, should
be carefully connected with the roof gut
ter, and the terminal of the waterspout
with the ground. If tho rod at any
point of its course passes near (i. c., with
in three or four feet) the gas or water
pipes, it should be connected with them
at the remotest point from the ground,
where the approach occurs; it must be
connected to both tho gas and xvater
pipes if it comes near them both. If
this precaution is neglected the building
xvill almost certainly be fired by the
lightning striking from the rod to the
pipe through the wall. More than a
dozen accidents of this kind have hap
pened during the year. But the most
dangerous and, at the same time, most
common defect of a lightning-rod
lies in an insufficient connection
with the ground. Earth, even
when moist, is so poor a con
ductor of electricity that the conditions
of security can be fulfilled only by giv
ing a vastly greater surface of contact
between the rod and the soil than is
usual; indeed, a proper arrangement of
matters at the lower end of the rod in
volves more trouble and expense than
all tho rest, and is very seldom thor
oughly done. The rod should be car
ried horizontally a foot or two under
the surface at a distance of eight or
ten feet from the foundation walls.
Here a pit should be dug four or five
feet square, penetrating to moist earth.
Carry the rod down the centre of this
pit to the bottom, and throw in a cart
load of scraps of sheetiron and tin,
and you will accomplish the end as
well and cheaply as in any manner I
knoxv of. A cartload of charcoal will
answer the same purpose. There is
also a patent ground connection for
lightning rods which is very good,
consisting of circular disks of iron,
cast with numerous spikes and projections
so as to expose a larger surface. These
disks, each about a foot and a half in
diameter and perforated in the centre,
are strung along the underground portion
of the rod at the distance of a foot or
two from each other. Four or five of
them are sufficient if the soil is moist.
After the rod is once thorougly put up
it will require no further attention, ex
cept occasional examination* at the point
where it enters the earth. Here it is very
likely to rust off, and if it becomes seri
ously corroded must be repaired. Con
sidering the expense of putting up a
thoroughly protective rod it is certainly
a fair question whether in locations not
extraordinarily exposed it may not be
best to content oneself with a rod de
signed simply as a preventive, and leave
the insurance companies to meet the
greater but rarer risks.— Boston Budget.
Franklin’s Gallantry.
Dr. Franklin was one of the most gal
lant of men, even after he was well ad
vanced in years. I remember to have
seen in the government library at Paris,
the original in bad French, of a note
written by him to Madame Hclvetius,
wife of the illustrious philosopher: “Mr.
Franklin never forgets any party where
Madame Helvetius is to be. He even be
lieves that if he were engaged to go to
paradise this morning, he would make
application to be permitted to remain on
earth until half-past one o’clock to re
ceive the embrace which she has been
pleased to promise him upon meetinn- at
the house of Mr. Turgot.”— B-n-pJrleu
Poore. . *
Mucilage. ■
The best mucilage yet invented
is suitable for all common purpose’s
as joining paper, etc., is that made ■'W'
gum nrabic. Most of the add 'B
which have been suggested in the w
glue, dextrine, British gum, etc.
the purpose of making the m.-' ■
cheaper. The recipe book* ars
direction* for making "good" nr •
without tin? use of gum arable.
however, approaches the stiehi n
gum nrabic mucilage when first ap.
Rye flour paste will hold paj*> r
after it has had time to dry, and f
scrap-book it has the advantage of
ing none of the discoloration o f
nrabic, but it does not hoi 1 as
first.
With the common gum retailin',
forty cents per pound in New Tors’
cents a bottle for mucilage is
a very high price. When the
in the bottle begins to get low, invest Ko:
half a pound of a common grade ol
arabic. Fill the bottle more than
fu l of the gum, and nearly fill th* I
tic with water. Shake occasionally
an excellent mucilage will result ‘
“stickiness” of which will surprise thoHu
who have only had experience with thK’s
which comes prepared from the stor^F l
When made in this way, it is the
cooling nnd pain-allaying
that can be made to a burn. Pai
on, and then apply a piece of the tl.in ne ß ::
tissue paper that can be found. It
be applied to the burn immediately
that the injured surface may be
protected from the air.
There is one addition which mav IM
made to gum arabic mucilage which wM.'
actually improve it. That is a
ful of common alum to a teacupful
the mucilage. If one happens to be neK®
a drug store, or has a photographer for H
friend, half the quantity of chrome ahuK:
may be used instead. Made in this
the mucilage must not be applied to
or cuts, as the alum might produce
tation. A thick mucilage kept
up does not spoil readily, especially if
ha* been made with boiling water.
when it moulds it will stick. Hot
gar, used to dissolve the gum, tend*
keep it. After all, the best plan is
dissolve small quantities, say a
full, at a time. H‘,i
Effect of Heat on Metal. B
Everybody who has used the
lyn Bridge must have noticed the
lapping slides at the middle of i
that allow the structure to grow short
long, as the weather is cold or hot,
the marks thereon that indicate
of several feet between the extreme'
contraction and expansion. Y'et
suspect that the bridge contracts or exM,
panda sideways from the heat of the
though the degree is so small as to ,beH
almost imperceptible, and not nearly soM
great as if the bridge ran north andH
south. The same phenomenon has becnH
noticed of late in structures of stone andM
iron. The Washington Monument leaujM
to the east in the morning and to theM
west in the afternoon. A plummet lineM
suspended in the interior of the dome o'H
the Capitol at NV'ashington was found
actual measurement to swing over aH
space of four and a quarter inches, mak-H
ing a total dip from the pcrpendieu.arß
of eight and a half inches. This move-B
ment involves the entire dome. Someß
years ago a learned monk in Rome sus-B
pended a plummet in this way from tließ
top of the dome in St. Peter's, and wsß
astonished to find this mysterious tnor-B
ment. He attributed it to a third anil
undiscovered motion of the earth, but itß
was afterward explained as the effect of ■
the action of the sun on the metal of the|
dome.— Scientific American. I
A Tarantula’.* Nest. ■
A tarantula’s nest is owned by a citizen ■
of Rome, Ga., who found it while travel-1
ling through Nevada. Its exterior is ■
earth, and at the first glance it has the ■
appearance on the outside of a potato, ■
being about four inches long and an inch ■
in diameter. The tarantula, which is a I
species of spider, makes this nest by I
scooping a pit in some dry, uncultivated ■
soil, and spinning a sort of web around the I
inside. This web is very closely spun. I
and forms a coating perhaps an eighth of I
an inch in thickness. The entrance to I
the pit is protected by a round corner or I
door, which is fastened to one side by a I
hinge or spider-web. The tarantula sits I
near the entrance to his nest watching I
for prey, which he carries, when cap- I
tured, into the pit to be devoured. I
The True R-ason, I
Corporal to Soldier —Why is I
blade of the sabre curved instead of I
st.aight? I
Soldier—lt is curved in order to gi’ e I
more force to the blow. I
Corporal —Humbug! The sabre is I
curved so as to fit the scabbard. I
it was straight, how would y OO
get it into the crooked scabbard, block
head.
A Genuine Lord.
Live American Girl—But you are a
real lord ?
Foreign Nobleman —Every inch, m..
love.
Live American Girl And no
one will ever question your title?
Foreign Nobleman —Never. I
more than any prince in Europe. — df. •
Graphic.