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s(foluntbia sciitind. 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.