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ODD FAi,c|ES ABQUT BEES<
°ld'T^® >Ue7^TH0ney Was ot
>1 Origin and Other
Queer Notions.
In these dk I ,
ture. when Q73 of sdeiltIfic bee cul
their honey id69 are to Pact
market, °ih I Pound boxes ready Jor
control
o£
lief in the celestial origin of honey
runs through all the old treatises on
apiculture, from the time of Virgil
downward. It was supposed to be a
kind of manna from heaven, and tta
quality depended greatly on the favor
able or unfavorable Juxtaposition of the
stars at the time of its descent.
Although the existence in each hive
of one bee much larger than all the
others was generally recognized in old
en times, this was believed to be mere
ly a ruler or king over the rest. That
the large bee was actually the mother
of the whole colony never seems to
have occurred to anyone until recent
times. This king bee is very fanci
fully described as having “a lofty paca
and countenance expressing majesty,
and & white spot in his forehead glis
tening like a diadem." In each hive,
also, there were “subordinats govern
ors and leaders and captains and
colonels, marked by crests, tufts or tas
sels on their heads, some yellow, some
murrey." Among various other dutiea
It was the king's part to go out each
evening in search of any bees that had
not returned bo the hive by sunset, and
to show them the way home.
From the earliest times honey ap
pears to have been held In extraor
dinary favor ae a universal specific for
human ills. As a hair restorer It was
largely recommended, rubbed In plen
tifully night and morning, and if dead
hooa warn A V-4 nr\nn A aA n wawIvaiI
up into a thick past* with the honey,
its hair-producing capabilities were
much enhanced. This mess had to be
plastered on the bald places of the head
ever night, with infallible results in
the morning, If one may credit a cer
tain fifteenth century writer. For
weak eyes the same authority says to
take a handful of the heads of bees,
burn them, and mingle the ashes with
honey gathered in the dog days. The
•yes were then anointed liberally with
the mixture, and clearness of vision
was the invariable reward.
In the old days the situation of a
beehive was a matter of prime impor
tance. It was to be placed always on
the south side of a stream of water,
and never in a place where there were
echoes, as an echo was very injurious
to bees. A little gravel was to be put
down in the neighborhood of the hives,
as in windy weather the bees needed
small stones to carry about In their
flight as counterpoises. The beekeeper
was recommended to shave and keep
his head close-cropped, long hair on
head or face being extremely offensive
to his charges, and in attire he was to
avoid anything of a red color, as this
was detrimental to the bees.
CURIOUS WORMS OF NORWAY
They Gather in Great Numbers Form
ing a Serpent-Like Mass
When Migrating.
_•» ■
The Sciaras, of the genus Tlplujjj, a tiny
wormlike creature which is found in
the forests of Norway aad Hungary dur
ing the month of July or early in August,
gather in huge numbers preparatory to
migrating in search of food or for a
phange 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*
nnnHII/n v*iooc rvftcn roo nh inc o Ion erfh
of between 40 and 50 feet and several
Inches in thickness. As the scarla ia
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 size above mentioned is incal
culable.
Their pace is, of course, very slow,
and upon meeting an obstacle, such aa
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
the insects will keep moving round in
that circle for hours, never seeming to
realize that they are getting no further
on their Journey. If the portions be
broken in two the procession will unite
In a short time. When the peasant meet,
one of these processions he will lay some
obstacle In front of It. If It passes over
It It is a good omen.
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
leopards that love the snow, and never
willingly descend below the levels
where snowstorms occur in summer &a
well as In winter. The New York Zoo
logical park possesses, at present, a
beautiful specimen of the “snow leop
ard,’’ whose home is among the lofty
1 mountains about Thibet. Thousands ol
■Ins of the snow leopard ar<
Shanghai for sale, but the Uv
1 Is rarely seen away from hli
tain home.—Youth’s CompaA
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6AR8ERS* SHOP DISEASE'S.
Patrons Advised to Have Their On
Brush and Comb—Carbolic Acid
for the Baaor.
The transference to hin etrn
tomers, by means of his hands and
kumen^ of many parusit
g been rec
ces sary
cessary
ections,
fie, are
'heic alo
_'a I SI tha f ia
type. Dr.
*e past five >^4®
circinati has been very £44^j
alent in Toronto, scarcely a month
passing without an outbreak of
from two to thirty cases, gener
ally traceable to a common
source. The barber shop is so com*
tnonly the source that he desig
nates the disease as “barbers' im
petigo." Quite recently Dr. W.
A. Hardaway has oalled attention
to a point which he believes, and
we think rightly, has been but lit
tle realized by the medical profes*
sion. That is the frequency with
which carbuncles are acquired is
barber shops. He has seen many
cases of carbuncle in which the
evidence of this means of trans
mission was to him indisputable.
The relative importance of tbis»e
rious affection as compared with
the other diseases mentioned
needs scarcely t© be Impressed.
For the prevention of contagion
in barber shops, Hardaway be
lieves that we will be forced to
rely upon am educated publls
opinion rather than upon compul
sory laws directed against the
barber. He recommends that
each patron of a barber shop pro.
vide himself with a box, contain
ing his own brush and comb, a
small package of absorbent cot
4a. _▲
IUU HUV* U U T « Ub» UUI I/VIIV
; acid solution. The barber will
then wipe hla shears or clipper*
with the solution, and nee the pa*
tron’s comb and brush. For the
mas who shares his owneosp, cup
and brush are necessities. These
suggestions are sensible. To ear
ry them out properly means some
Inconvenience, but it is worth
ufcile, especially to the aged and
debilitated, or to those suffering
from diabetes or similar dlathe*
sis. Physicians atending suck pa*
tients should extend them a warn
ing in this regard.
ANCIENT DOLL-LIKE IDOLS.
Were Found Imbedded in Walls el
Ancient Clift Dwelling* Near
Santa Fe.
_
!
While exploring the Pny* and
Bhuflnne cliff dwellings near San
ta Fe recently Dr. R. W. Scheusa*
ler discovered some antiques of
a kind not previously catalogued
by students of that region. No*
ticing upon the wall of an ancient
dwelling some spot* of an unn*
snal color, he dug into the soft
stone with his pocketknlfe and
discovered a hole 5 inches in diam
eter and 12 inches deep, partly
fllled with mud. Inside was im
bedded a stick on which was
mounted a. doll’s head. In the
same hole was a small, highly pol
ished turquoise.
ui\ ouuutrasier invtfsugtiieu lur
ther. He found three more of the
sealed openings, each of them
containing a doll and a turquoise.
One of the holes contained a piece
of petrified resin, in which tooth
marks indicated that it had been
used as the chewing gum of the
day. The probability is that the
doll heads were idols, but the sig^
niflcance of burying them in the
mesa walls and the presence of
lie turquoise are not explained.
In Sunny Florida.
Never shall I forget, write*
Julia Daniels Moseley, in the
Four-Track News, the magic of a
certain garden in the south, in
Bunny Florida. . . . The stare
down there have a way of seem
ing to hang out of the sky, like a
jewel placed high in the setting.
The moon was full and the magic
of her yeilow beauty bewitched
everything, enhancing the very
shadows. There Is an abandon
about that spot that takes away
the stiffness so 'often found in
large, formal grounds, and, as you
walk on and on, there seems to be
no end to it, but it is as though all
the world was a sumptuous gar
den; and when you lift your eyei
to the matchless night blqea^j
, seems as if the ^ery
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