Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 266, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1911 — Page 4

BEED AND BEE KEEPING

A very curious and Interesting invesmale. It has been found that in most these are very different from tfurs, and it cannot any longer be denied that instances occur in which spe#ai senses that are hot possessed by woman beings are developed in anljphfe.- One of these, called ’The sense 'IS fflrtcUen,” enables bees to return from long distances to their hives, unaided by any of the live different ways have of recognizing our surroundTo test this matter thoroughly, the |srtlle honey makers have been taken Considerable distances from their hives, to localities which It was certain that Itoy had never before visited; yet when set free they flew a» unhesitatingly, as directly and unerringly home as from places perfectly known to them. 3 A few years ago it occurred to a well known bee keeper that this remarkable ability on the part of bees might be made useful. Convincing himself that lm could rely upon their speedy return from anywhere within the range of tone or four miles from their hives, whether they had ..ever been at the .Vhtoe from which they started homeward or not, he set to work to test toelr ability to carry messages, as do toming pigeons. He accordingly procured a few bees from a friend who lived on the further side of a barren, Je&dy tract of land, which, offering no .Inducements in the way of possible food supplies, was never visited by the toaects, and crossed over to his own Going to his garden with his children ‘le touched certain tiny packages, prepared for the occasion, with bird lime. %pen these were written, in minute handwriting, certain messages from bli two little girls. The packages consistCd of the thinnest paper fastened with toe thinnest of thread and done up in the smallest parcels possible. Releasing the bees, one by one. from the pasteboard box in which they had been Imprisoned, he fastened with a trained hand each of the little packetß to the back of a bee, which be then allowed to fly away. Like homing pigeons, they started off at once across the unfamiliar desert for their home, arriving there in an incredibly short space of time with their packages secure upon their backs.—St Nicholas.

Method of Removing Honey.

In removing comb honey from the hive, the Porter bee escape has proved to be invaluable. The old term for this process was formerly called robbing. As every bee-keeper knows it Is not an easy task to rid the surplus arrangement of bees when he wishes to remove some honey from the hive, bat with this bee escape the thing is done so quickly that not even a flutter is seen among the bees, and it can be done at any time whenever the honey Is ready to come off without danger of robbing. All that is necessary is to slip the escape board between the super and brood nest on each of the colonies before taking the honey. The next morning the supers may be removed off the hives practically free of bees without disturbing the colony below, and the honey will be free of punctures and the smell of smoke.—lndiana Farmer.

Ripening of Honey.

While in some localities and from cetain sources honey only partly seated may be extracted without a sacrifice of body and flavor, yet tbe most of our producers advise strongly against haste in removing from the hives. In no instance should honey be extracted before it is thoroughly ripened. The only difference of opinion so far as we know ia as to what signifies a thoroughly ripened condiion, due altogether to the different localities and honey resources of each grower. Well ripened honey does not granulate so quickly as that which has less body, and when it does it ia of finer and smoother texture.— Field and Farm.

Bees’ Multiple Eyes.

Every bee has two kinds of eye*— two large, compound ones looking like hemispheres on either side and three simple or single eyes, which crown the head. Each compound eye is really an immense aggregation of eyes, composed at 3,500 facets, which means that every object seen has its image reflected 3,500 times In the bee’s tiny brain. Every one of these facets Is the base of an in'verted hexagonal pyramid, the apex of which is fitted snugly to the head. Each ■ of these pyramid facets may be termed a perfect eye. for it has its own iris and optic nerve.

Honey from Raspberry Bloom.

A very good grade of honey has been made frqm raspberry bloom when thor-'-oughly ripened. It is then so thick that It cannot readily be removed from a jar without warming, nor will it scarcely spill from a vessel turned upside down for a time In' only moderately 000 l weather. Although raspberry honey M a rule Je noted for quick granulation, it does not do so whsp ripened properly. Wben small pieces of thin, surplus foundation are used they should be cut triangular in shape. The bees naturally extend the comb most rapidly in the middle, so we should Imitate their methods so far as possible in affixing tits foundation wben fall sheets are not iiasA ■ ; >/-' •** ' V

FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH

If you enter Mme. Bergnes’ cottage you see on a black column just inside Gw door a stuffed flog which seems to gUftffl the house. '* hat Is Clarine, anfl It you pat the flog in passing by, you will win toe undying gratitude of dtp old lady, and that is worth having, at ifltot if ton are s child, for Mom. Tmifgnes’ larder is fun of pots of delicious jam and tor dining room is a veritable paradise to all the children of the neighborhood. „ '"^ft Mma. Bergnes was a widow even to my childhood and lived alone with Marton, her old servant maid, her jam pots and her rosaries. The priest and a few people of the village occasionally visited her, and every spring, flaring the month of Bt. Mary, all the little girls were invited to pick roses in her garden to decorate the altar. y One afternoon when the servant bad gone to the village, Mine. Bergnes* doorbell rang. She opened the door and found herself facing a young, and rather good-looking man, who asked florwotfc ... -Work, my boy,” the old lady replied; "what kind of work do you suppose 1 can give you? I have only a small garden which the Swiss tends to during his leisure hours, and 1 have no need of any other help.”

‘But I am dying with hunger and can hardly stand on my feet” "Then come Inside and I will give you something to eat." The man entered and Mme. Bergnes had him ait aown in her dinning room and give him some cold chicken, bread, Cheese and a bottle of wine. He looked around et everything in the room. At his feet he had a little dog, which Mme. Bergnes, who did Hot care for animals, kept a close eye on. When he had finished examining the dining room and admiring the beautiful solid sliver-ware, he said: “And do you really live here alone in this lonely place?” “Oh, no,” Mine. Bergnes replied. "I have Marion, my servant girt, and her nephew, the Swiss, who sleeps here several nights a week.” “Not every night then! You are certainly right in being careful, being so close to the highway." "8o many crimes are committed,” said the old lady with a sigh. The vagrant took a big swallow, praised his charitable hostess, wine, and rising from the table, said: “1 thank you, madame, for your kindness' to me, and wish that all honest men in search of work might be treated the same everwhere. I shall have to go now, since you can give me no work. There is nothing to be had in this village, so 1 must go farther, but before 1 leave you I ask you to accept this dbg as a present." He whistled and the dog jumped to its feet.

“Bub 1 ? do not like dogs," the old lady objected. "It la not a question of liking, bnt of making them useful. This dog will guard your house better than a man; It would rather be killed on the spot than let anybody pass it. 1 love it my. self, but baving no work or shelter 1 would rather give it away to somebody who will be good to It than drag it around with me. It is dying with hunger." Mme. Bergnes was moved. Marton, of course, would growl a little, but after all the man was right, she did need a watchdog. She decided to keep it “It’s name is Clarine, , ’said the tramp as he left An hour later when Marton came back from the village the dog would not let her enter the housb until Mme. Bergnes had petted it and formally Introduced the maid. Marton dtd scold some, but she saw it might be counted on to keep intruders out so she quieted down. She was always a little afraidthenights when her nephew' did not sleep in the houfee. He was not coming tonight, so it was really a blessing to have a dog. In a closet she found an old traveling rug, placed it near the door, and Clarine, after having been well fed, laid down to sleep on her post. Thus it was every evening—at the slightest noise Clarine was on the alert. At last it almost ruled the house and was treated like a queen. A few nights later at midnight Mme. Bergnes was awakened by the dog barking furiously. “Marton," *be cried with trembling voice. The servant came rushing in, her teeth chattering with fear. ’They will murder us; we moot cry for help.” She opened the window and screamed: “Help! Murder!" at the top of her voice. „ In the hall outside there waa the mdse of a struggle. The dog barked, and pudging from the oaths of the Intruder ft bit him too. “Help! Mtarder!” the old woman screamed. An answering shout came from n neighboring farm. After another hoarse bark and growl the dog grow •dent, and Marton saw a man running away through the garden. Mme. Barghee thought she recognized her tramp. Then the farmer came with two of his sons, and Marton lit a lamp. On the threshold, bleeding from many lodfe, wounds, tbe dog was found dy- > Two day* Inter burglar was arrested—tt was the tramp, and Mme. Bergnes told all who would listen tie •tsry of the brave little dog who had fefendm her at the cos* of Its Ufa •van against He master of a few days Clarine deserved a statue, and Mme. Bergnes bad it stuffed. ; ?

Members of Congo King Co.

Coming to the jßSilis Theatre Saturday flight are if. A. Thomas’ refined colored comedians, who have never , failed tip please Rensselaer theatre goers. —'"j./rr —fwrri The company is called the “ConMo King,” and in H are a number of '% £ ■ -sto- Jm—•-

THROW OUT THE LINE

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Leeture Coarse Bates.

Nov. 27.—Parlette, leetare. Jan. 23.—John Bberly Go., concert Ibh. 23.—London, impersonator. March SA—Beulah Buck Go., ladies' quartette. Feb. S.—EL V. Adams, lecture. A Classified Ada. will rent It

colored singers, dancers, and comedians of far more than average abilitr 1 • ;* On Monday night, Manager Ellis will have Cal Stewart, a well-known comedian, in a side-splitting four-act comedy, entitled “in Polities.” y-‘i?o-'-• 1 - —;r" »" »■ . 'V.i- : . :

Sleep Well Tonight Don’t let constipation. Indigestion, or lazy liver rob yon of tbe pleasure of refreshing sleep. Take mspß| a\# borne wtth you a box \i M A If l tonight. Purely of w la wmr\e\\J , vegetable,mild, bnt effectual. Tones and Invigorates , the entire system. All druggists, 25 cents. DeKalb Drug * Ghent. Go., Dekalb, 111.

VIRGIE.

Preaching here next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. - * Mrs. Mary Petty has sold the property here to James Hill. A wagon load of young people from here attended the literary at Center Thursday night Mrs. Emma Stamp and little child were here last week visiting Mrs. Jasper Cover. Mr. and Mrs. John Reed and two children accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Dave Davidson in their machine to Goodland Sunday. Miss Floy Williams, Mr. Hammerton, Miss McFarland and Mr. Beal, township teachers, spent their visiting day at our schol.

Cal Stewart, of phonographic fame, the maker of the funny phonograph records, the best known and the beat liked comedian in America—and comedians are known better and loved more in America than In any other country in the world—will appear at the Mills Theatre, Monday, Nov. 13, in the highly amusing four act comedy scenic production “In Politics.” Tons of scenery and electrical effects, a cast of sixteen prominent players, a beautiful story that abounds with quaint comedy of the highest type, a play everyone should pee. It*s the season's biggest event. f , > - T' II ' * V ’ A big bundle of clean old newspapers for a nickle at The Republican Office. *Jt 1 r* f • *• yk<F'%

A NATION SAVED

“What stnmp?” asked Mirs Merriweil, heedlessly. “The great stump of American education,” said Mr. Merriwell, becoming oratorical. ‘“The nation is rotten to tfye core. The great common jieople”— i! 4. “ are happy digging ditches, raising corn and dodging automobiles,” tbdk up Mrs. Merriwell. “You’d better let them alone.” Mr. Merriwell was set in his purpose. The campaign was in progress. , Mr. Meniwell’s appointment was for the densely populated eleventh ward. He found awaiting him probably a thousand Lithuanians, Czechs, Hungarians, Slavonians and and . Finns. As*Boon aa',he mounted the goodsbox from which he was to declaim, other hundreds of Greeks, Bohemians Syrians, Armenians and Turks came run: hg up. Mr. Merriwell bowed in his most pleasing manner. “Pipe do swell guy!” cried a shrill voicp in front of him. Mr. Merriwell smiled benevolently and waved his right hand an encompassing gesture. “Friends, fellow fljtizens,” he began, in a voice into which, he endeavored to put feeling, “I am for-the man in harness, the man with- the hoe, the man.” There was a roar from the assemblage. “We don’t care a ting about yer men with hoes and bridle,” cried an auditor. “Are youse for Gas Hov-e McConnell? Are youse for Slippery Heel Dineen? What yer tink of de wharf gang?” Mr. Merriwell did not ceaae to smile benevolently. He raised his large fat hand, palm outstretched for silence. It was well that he did so. In his early dajyj Mr. Merriwell had been a splendid sand-lot baseball artist The outstretched hand was just in time to seize and neatly hold a far-flung turnip.

‘‘Good ketch! Out at first!” shouted the crowd. Mr. Merriwell, in an effort to be funny and carry the crowd, bit into the turnip. Days had passed since it had been a good turnip. He frowned and choked and spat all over a swarthy Sicilicfian directly beneath him. “Ah, looka oust! Spitta lika da spreenkler!” sputtered the outraged one. Mr. Merriwell, stilj game, raised both hands and began anew. "The time has come” he shouted vigorously, when he was interupfed by a strolling street piano performer. When all good citizens should pause to think” shouted Mr. Merriwell at the top of his thin, treulvoice. * “Sling-clang-cling, ting-tang, >tee ooh!” chimed the nojsy,- gaudy piano. The crowd clapped hands in glee. A hundred young Americans in the making danced and shouted about the street piano. Someone kicked the box on which Mr Merriwell stood wildly gesticulating into the crowd he sprawled. By the time Mr. Merriwell reached the car line his face resembled a water-splashed checkerboard. “What is this large, blue spot, dear?” asked Mrs. Merriwell, as she tenderly dressed his wounds." “I think a Chinaman did it,” explained Mr. Merriwell. “Ah, the brawney hand of labor,” murmered Mrs. Merriwell. "And what is this?” ;/ “I believe that was a tfabbage,” be groaned. ‘ V "The fruit of American industry,” murmered Mrs. Merriwell . “And what about the country?" “Let the country go % to Topbet!” growled Mr. Merriwell. “Ouch, be easy that’s tender!”

The Wrong Recipe.

“What's *the matter, dear?” asked Mr. justwed as he came into the house and found his wife crying as if her heart would b:eak. , “I’m so discouraged,” she sobbed. “What has bothered my little wife?” “I worked all the afternoon making custards because 1 know you so fond of them and—and”—here she began weeping hysterically again. “And what darling?” “And they turned out to be sponge cake.”—Tit-Bits.

Physical Phenomena.

Hubby—Why didn’t Johnny shovel off the walk? Wifey (apologetically) The poor hoy’s back was so lame I hadn’t the heart to make him do it Hubby—Huh! Where is he now? Wifey—i don’t know, I'm sure. I guess—y«s, that’s he over there with the Brown boy, rolling those big snow balls to make a fort

He Sought Light.

"You are charged with trying to commit ouicide”, said the magistrate sternly. *T was driven to it, your honor, by a „* ■.«, Vv "By a woman, eh?” mused the magistrate. “Did she refuse you, or did she marry you?”

Reasonable Conjocture.

Teacher (at the nrfasion Sunday sofejol)—The voroe reads, ’■'And the prophet rent hi* clothes,” Johnny, yon may tell ns what that means Johnny—l a-pose ho didn’t have the Prtee to buy ’em. * V

“What la that ofteavtaotod recipe Car cooking *, rabbltf $ i ; * “First catch a cook, i believe.” ;

ROADS AND ROAD MAKING

TO LESSEN THE WEAR ON ROADS. Broad Tires, and Pleasure and Freight Roads Separate. t j to**, stone roads would last muck longer if we would load,the wagons a» bur ancestors did, saysj J. J. Albertson in Good Reads Magazine. The ambition of an American Impels him to do just aJI he Can; thus, as the highway improves, just in that proportion he increases his loads/ This concentration Of a great weight in a small space dould be overcome, in a large degree, by distributing the same weight on a great surface by the use of broad tires. To this point our people are becoming slowly educated. Tto lives of our roads are greatiy lengthened by frequent light coatings of gravel dr even sand. These act as a cushion and take the first shock and wear. My twelve years’ active experience in road building near a large city has led me to believe it is bad economy to use the same road for freight and pleasure driving. It is just like a man using hla Sunday clothes to go gunning or surveying. He soon has a suit that is not adapted to either. Man in his development has passed through several periods or ages, beginning with the earthen, too stone, the bronze, the iron, and some say we are about to enter the cement or concrete age. So it has been with road improvement. We started with earth, and now are up to steel or concrete. Past experience has demonstrated that stone is not permanent as a road metal.

Using Cement on the Farm.

The use of cement In the rural districts is in its infancy. And there is nothing mat beautifies the home mor« than does nice, well built concrete walks through yards and lawns. For feeding floors and barn floors, it has no equal. For barn floors, feeding floors and the walk In the barn yard, where they are subject to constant heavy use, the following will be found useful: For yard and lawn walks it wljl not be necessary to have so heavy foundation. The work to be ,done should first be mapped out and lined off, being careful to get the lines straight the required width of walk. The work oi excavating should be done with tile spade to the depth of 10 Inches, keeping the sides cut down straight and the bottom cleaned out. This space should be filled within two inches of the top of the ground with gravel, or crushed stone, thoroughly tamped; the work can be easily and quickly done by fasteningkthe handle to a piece of plank two inches by 12 inches- wide by 15 inches long. When this is done the next thing is to fix for the mixing of the concrete by taking two planks 2 by 12 inches 18 feet long for sides and two‘pieces I Inches by 12 inches. 3 feet long for ends; nail together and nail on bottom, being careful to make mortar box tight so as to not lose the cement when mixing; this box would need three pieces 2 inches by 3 inches nailed on tom to keep from sagging. If not mads too hqavy, this box: can be easily moved along the work while in use. In mixing the grout, care should b« taken to use clean concrete gravel, clear of soil, Buch as may be had at any good gravel pit ; screening is not necessary in this part of the work If th« right kind of gravel can be had. We use six parts gravel to one oi good PbrtlSnd cement. The work if done by placing a than on each side at mixing box with road shovel In hand, the third man at end of box with good hoe vigorously used, is a great help. Thoroughly dry mix by shoveling the mixture from one end of the box to the other three times, and then shovel baqk again to make sure it is well done. Now apply the water and mix as before until you- have a good, thick mqrtar Before placing concrete make frame by taking 1 inch by 4 inch strips for sides; nail strip on end end commence the work of filling in the con* Crete; tack strip across top to keep sides from springing. Care should be. taken to tamp concrete good, within one-half Inch eff the top of strips. In mixing the one-half inch skim coat or top dressing, take 1 pert clear light plastering sand to 1 part cement, place, and trowel down, smooth top by taking strip 1 inch by 3 inches edgeways, let it stand two days and take frame away, and you have a walk or floor that will last a lifetime.—lndiana Farm«r> i 1 * 11 1 *"• 11 *

Prepare the Foundation.

•All roads built upon the old without due preliminary preparation, will, .soon reach the hammer and anvil stage. Even the foundertion course of a macadam road cannot be forced into an old gravel or shell bed so that it will have a perfect bearing, with no tendency to creep. The fallacy of supposing it possible to secure adhesion between other materials lees hard and old road surfaces shop!* be apparent to all, and the practice. lnstead of being encouraged, as it A should »e denounced. —Good Roads. :— mnmK

The Question of Cheap Roads.

The question of cheap, as against low priced construction, to a serious one, and, unfortunately, it to usually the low priced wad not the cheap conatrnotioa that wins out Cheap construction to that which gives the greatest amount of wear for the greatest, iQggtii of time Srt to-^fdS»?toW swnstva •i ‘ .i *t*4w** u -Afc. t; '