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Ddb FANCIES ABOUT BEES.
HdvTima Belief That Honey Was of
• 1 Celestial Origin and Other
- V Queer Notions.
I& 1 Uese days of scientific bee cul
ture, ! hen bees are trained to pack
thefr liney in pound boxes ready for
marlce! and are as much under the
control! f the beemaster as sheep are
of thei! Shepherd, it is difficult to
realize ! kt quaint delusions prevailed
only a ! \ centuries back in every
thing reMo'ng to the hive and its in
habitantSnsays the Chicago Daily
News? A \ sources and composition
of honeyA ve subjects for many in
genious sA Rations. One old writer
affirms it A pe “made of the ayre.
most of alA the rising of the starree,
chiefly t.he ACge shining out early in
the morninA Ithough he admits him
self in doutA to "whether it be the
sweate of tA ^ ravens or a certaine
spittle of theAr res or a juyce that the
ayre purgethM^. 1 himselfe.'* This be
lief in the (At* al origin of honey
runs throughAgSyae old treatises on
apiculture, fr®X,le time of Virgil
downward. iA o supposed to be a
kind of m&nnA* n heaven, and ita
quality depend^^^fctly on the favor
able or unfavor^^''xtaposition of the
stars at the linA,^ ts descent
Although the ue in each hive
of one bee mucB*^ er than all the
others was genei^A Cognized in old
en times, this waA red to be mere
ly a ruler or klng^A he rest. That
the large bee wa^A tjy the mother
of the whole cold^^ er seems to
have occurred to <» pntil recent
ViUiV/U. AUIO tci; lauv^t
fully described as l^Eg 'a lofty pace
and countenance'e^Bssing majesty,
and a white spot in^B forehead glis
tening like a diade^B In each hive,
also, there were “su^Binate govern
ors and leaders an^Bptains and
colonels, marked by c.^B tufts or tas
sels on their heads, sc^Eellow, some
murrey." Among var^Bother duties
it was the king's part^Eo out each
evening in search of an^Es that had
not returned to the hiv^Bunset, and
to show them the waj^Bne.
From the earliest tim^Eney ap
pears to have been hel^B extraor
dinary favor as a univera^Beciflc for
human ills. As a hair rAr it was
largely recommended, rub^Bn plen
tifully night and morning,^^Bf dead
bees were dried, pounded ^^Br
up into a thick paste with^Bb
its hair-producing capabll^A
much enhanced. This mes3^B
plastered on the bald places aflB
ever night, with infallible lA
the morning, If one may crsA
tain fifteenth century wrilt^^
weak eyes the same authority^B to
take a handful of the heads ^B>s,
burn them, and mingle the ash^B ‘
honey gathered in the dog daya^B
lyes were then anointed liberall^B
the mixture, and clearness of
was the invariable reward
In the old days the situatio^^^B
beehive was a matter of prime ^^B
tance. It was to be placed alwaHBj
the south side of a stream of
and never in a place where there^B
echoes, as an echo was very inju^B
to bees. A little gravel was to beB|
down in the neighborhood of the hfl
as in windy weather the bees neeB
small stones to carry about in tlB
Bight as counterpoises. The beekeeB
was recommended to shave and kl
his head close-cropped, long hair 9
head or face being extremely offenstu
to his charges, and in attire he was t'
: avoid anything of a red color, as thi
{ was detrimental to the bees. ^
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CURIOUS WORMS OF NORWin
They Gather in Great Numbers For®
ing a Serpent-Like Mass jfe
When Migrating. fl
The Sciaras. of the genus Tiplux, a tizfl
wormlike creature which is found ifl
the forests of Norway and Hungary durl
ing the month of July or early in August*
gather in huge numbers preparatory tol
j migrating in search of food or for s|
I change of conditions. When setting out
on this journey, says Nature, they stick
themselves together by means of some
glutinous matter, and form a huge ser
pentlike mass, often reaching a length
of between 40 and 50 feet and several
Inches in thickness. As the scaria is
only on an average of about three-thir
ty-seconds of an inch in length, with no
appreciable breadth whatever, the num
ber required to form a continuous line
of the 3ize above mentioned is incal
culable.
Their pace is, of course, very slow,
and upon meeting an obstacle, such as
, a stick or stone, they either writhe over
or around it, sometimes breaking into
two bodies for the purpose. A celebrated
French naturalist says that if the rear
portion of this snakelike procession be
brought into contact with the front part
I the insects will keep moving round in
1 that circle for hours, never seeming to
I realize that they are getting no further
i on their Journey. If the portions be
' broken in two the procession will unite
! in a short time. When the peasant meets
[ | one of these processions he will lay some
j obstacle in front of it. If it passes over
j It it is a good omen,
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The Leopard of the Snows.
When we look at the leopards in a
menagerie our minds instinctively turn
* to pictures of the hot tropics and the tor
! rid lands of the equator. But there are
leopard* that love the snow, and never
willingly descend below the levels
where snowstorms occur in summer aa
well as in winter. The New York Zoo
i logical park possesses, at present, a
beautiful specimen of the “snow leop
ard," whose Jhome is among the lofty
mountains ibo&t Thibet. Thousands ol
c tanned skins of: tfee snow leopard are
tarried to Shanghai’Tor-sale, but the ilv
ing animal is rarely seen away from hii
j cool mountain home.—Youth's Compaa
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ASPARAGUS HAS A LINEAGE
Homans Held Vegetable in High Es
teem Many Years Before
Christ.
Of all food plants there is none which
has been so long known or been pos
sessed of so distinguished a lineage as
the asparagus. Its records reach back
almost to the beginning of authentic his
tory, and it Is mentioned by the comic
poet Cratlnus, who died about 436 B C.
The Romans held the vegetable in high
esteem. The elder Cato wrote a work
which Is still extant, “De re Rustlca,"
and it treats at length of the virtues and
proper cultivation of asparagus. Pliny,
in his natural history, written about
60 A. D., has much to say about it. He
feelingly observes: “Of all the products
of your garden your chief care should be
asparagus," and he devotes several
chapters to its many good qualities and
the best methods of raising it He as
serts that the soil about Ravenna was so
favorable to its production that three
heads grown In that district had been
known to weigh a Roman pound. This
pound seems to have been about equal
to 11 ounces in our day, so It would ap
parently have taken four of the stalks
to have reached a pound ef our weight.
The asparagus being essentially a
southern plant, It Is possible that the
stock growing In Italy wae of a more
vigorous growth than that of our north
ern dime. It is found all around the
shores of the Mediterranean and
branches oft Into four or five distinct
species besides the one ordinarily used
for edible purposes.
WON BY ORDINARY TALK.
Lack of Arm Gestures and Conversa
tional Tone Wins Heart of
Doubtful Maiden.
Congressman William H. Jackson, of
Maryland, was engrossed in discussing
with a number of colleagues the deca
dence of oratory, says the New York Her
ald. “Sane people are not emotional,”
declared the congressman, “and the con
versational delivery of speech carries
as much weight with an intelligent
| audience as does the effort of a declaim
er who indulges in brilliant periods with
an arm-swinging acompaniment.”
“You are right,” said a listener, "and
your statement reminds me of a young
lady who had two suitors. Both men
had about the same advantages and
; prospects, but gossip declared that the
■ girl would decide in favor of the man
■ who was a lawyer, for he knew better
how to present and win his ease. Gee
sipe erred; the lawyer wae rejected.
Later it was learned from a friend 1b
whom the betrothed had confided her
reason for her choice.
“ ‘Harry is convincing, but John la
just as convincing and does not have to
Stove his arms every dime he wants to
iky something.' ”
<*IG BEE RANCH IN ’FRISCO
Public School Principal of Coast City
Harvests a Third of a Ton
' of Honey a Season.
ere is a bee ranch with more than
(,000 bees in the heart of one of the
est residence districts of San Fran
>. It 1b owned by Philip Prior, prin
of a public school, and Is in the
back yard of his home. For ten
3 he has kept his bees there, has
ested about a third of a ton of
y each season and has been at no
ase for food for his interesting and
strious pets. Although it is a dis
, tance of two and one-half miles from
the Prior bee ranch to Golden Gate park,
die bees make the trip there, collect
loads of honey and get back to the hive
In two minutes, making a bullet-like
Bight at the surprising rate of ISO miles
an hour. Mr. Prior has demonstrated
this by having an observer watch cer
tain bee-favored places in the park and
Ixactly timing the arrival there of bees
Be purposely sprinkled with flour aa
Bey issued from a hive. He has also
Bpt time on the absence of the whitened
Bs,
Hu PROFIT IN BATHHOUSE
s^Brage New York Seashore Resort'
^Beceivea Nearly $2,000 a Day
B for Rooms Alone.
^^B _
B-y. doubt that the nickel and quar-j
t^^Biuess doesn’t pay, consider the
m^^B-making propensities of the aver
ag^^Bghore bathhouse around New
Y^^Bud make over your opinion. A I
re^^Btative bathing pavilion has j
1.5<^^Bth compartments. It costs 20
cen^^B rent one. On a medium hot!
sum^^B day some $800 are derived!
fron^^Bing these rooms, for the com
part^^B are used In the course of the
day ^^B)0ut 4,000 persons. Bathing
suits^ 25 cents each. There
woul(^^Booo of them for such a pavil
ion, |1,000 a day If half of
them ^^Bated once; and it is fair to
assum^^B three-fourths of the 4,000
bather^^B gve cents for the use of s
comb a^^Beh-}l50. A total of near
ly $2,OO^^BL. nothing or the proceeds
from re^^But, bar, barber shop and
tndoor bj^^B
'fSB>s Emigrants.
In the years Italy has sent
more ^ persons to the
United St^^Buys tbe World’s Work.
A number^B3e)]lTereturned in the
course of king with them care
fully hoan^^Brings x -very large
majority in the United
States.
Japs ^^BMucb prater.
A gallon a day is drunk by
every Japane^^B practlces .^nearly
all do, the gY^^BgkDOWn as jujitsu
! Tb" populat^B^*' now
; l 685'000’ whu:^Bincreasent
1 than ten per ceiqBB ^
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j Pain in the
Head
Is a danger signal, warning
you that the brain nerves are
exhausted—irritated, and are
undergoing an unnatural strain.
Frequent and prolonged at
tacks of pain weaken the gen
erative power of the nerve
cells of the brain, and lead to
loss of memory, melancholy,
spasms, epilepsy, and frequent
ly insanity.
When the brain nerves are
weakened they are unable to
supply sufficient nerve force
to the nerves that control the
lungs, heart, stomach and
other organs, and these organs
are thus robbed of energy, and
unable to meet the demands
upon them,and they get sick.
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can go about mv home duties."
MRS. A DM A GATES.
R. F. D., No. 4, Geneva, Ohio.
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Oklahoma, Texas and New Mex
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