VOLUME XV.
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A. J. BOY I', J. W KKI I)
P. B. UOIINBTON, JULIUS JTANSToN
no YD, RE ID s• JOHNSON,
Attorneys - at - Law,
WENT WORTH, N C.
Messrs, Reid and Jolinslon will reg
liUrlv attend the Superior Courts of
Stokes county.
R. L. HAYMORE,
ATTORNEY ATLAW
Mt Airy N, C.
Sjsvial attention given to tin* collect ion of
claims.
W. F. CARTER,
& rTOa.Y&Y'stT-J'.l IT*.
MT. AIUY, BUIIKY CO., X. C
Practices wlierevev hisservices arc wan i«l
THE MCADOO HOUSE,
(lIiEENSUOItO, N. 0.
CIIAS. I). T 'ERA ON, Pro'r.
lias the largest, most elegantly furn
ished and best ventilated rooms of any
Hotel in the city.
P. I>AY, ALBERT JONES
JD&y & Joaes,
iiuuitifacturfirs ot
lADDLKUT.UARNCSS, t;oI.LAUS,Ti;I'NKS
No. 3;w W. llAltiiii'irvitltflel, Baltimore, Mil,
HH'UAUH WOOD KAM I. I". (.IIODWIX.
IIKNIIV IIKNHEHSON. Itlllll'll ». ilAfoN
WOOD. BACON & CO
Importer* aud Jobber* ut
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS,
WHITE GOODS, ETC.
No*. 3011-311 Mulkvt St..
raiLALBLPHIA, FA.
l'urties having
CUT MICA
for sale will find it to their interest to
{"-respond with
A. O. SOHOONMAKER,
15S William St., New York. f
O. E. LEFTWICK.
with
WIXCIO, ELLETT Si (UHll*,
RICHMOND, VA.,
Wholesale Denier, iR
BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, &C
Prompt attention paid to orders, mid saliu
«tiou gauranleed.
pO~ Virginia Slate Prxton GooJi a tpteially
March, 6. ««
BOBKttT W. POWKRP. RDOAK D. TAVI.O .
B W. POWERS & CO.,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
Dealers in
PAINTS, OILS, DVKS, VARMBHKB,
French and American
WINDOW GLASS, PUTTY, &C
SMOKING AND CHEWINO
CIQARB, TOIiACCO A BI'BCIALTI
1306 Main St., Richmond, Vu,
Auguatt*m26—
GEO. STEWART.
Tin and Sheet Iron Manu
facturer.
Opposite Farmers' Warehouse.
WISi.HTm*, W. €'.,
ROOFING, GUTTERING AND SPOUT
ING
done at short notice.
Keeps constantly on hand a line lot o
Cooking and Heating btofes
Brown Rogers $ Co
Wholesale and Retail
HARDWARE
Larges'. line of STOKVS in Winston.
Agricultural Implement!-?
MACHINERY of all kinds
HARNESS AJ\ D SADDLES Ac-
PAIJiTS, OILS, VARNISHES, Ac
Special altetUii i« tntiled to their If'Aitei
I'tipper I'tmps,
AgeMs Duponfn oltl and well known
Rift, Powder,
ept 26-ly
Unfailing Specific for Liver Disease.
ftVMDTMiftf fitter or had U*to In
°■ "•« ■ umif i mouth; tongue coated
white or covered with abrov n fur; pain in
i the back, aides, or lylnts—often mistaken
, for Rheumatism: soar stosischi iohr of
appetite; sometimes nausea and water
brash, or Indigent lon ; llatuleney and acid
eructations; bowels alternately costlvo
and lax ; headache; lons of memonr, with
a painful HPUHUtfoii of ha vine fhlb»f to «le
something which ought to have been done;
debility; low spirit*; a thick, yellow ap
{warance of the skin and eyes; a dry
rough; fever; restlewmesH; the urine la
scunty and high colored, and, If allowed to
stand, deposits a sediment.
SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR
(PURELY VEGETABLE)
la generally used In the Booth i» arouse
tho Torpidlilver to a healthy action.
It act* with extraordinary efficacy on ths
TIVER, kidneys,
1 and Bowels.
AN EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC FOR
Malaria, Bowel Complaint*.
l>y*pepsla, Hick Headache,
C'oimtlpittlon, IlillonsiwN-4,
liidney Affections, Jaundice,
Meulat l>eprt»sslon, Colic.
Endorsed by the use of Tf Millions of Bottles, as
THE BEST FAMILY MEDICINE
for Children, for Adults, and for the Aged.
ONLY GENUINE
has our Z Sump in red on front of Wrapper
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ton nuruiiuu. Frlee, 91.00.
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TISE 151,0JIv,
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FOR GOOD
Tobacco Flues, Sheet Iron and Home
made Tinware at
1 Prices
Also Hoofing and Guttering at shore
notice, at mottom puioes.
pt 10-ly
IF YOU INTEND TO BUY
Anything in tho
HARNESS LINE
LOOK FOR THE
BIG RED SADDLE,
Southeast Car. of Court House Square
Nest to Mjss's. Pfahl & Stockron,
IIAHSKSS. URIDI.KS.COI.I.AUK. II AI.TKKK
WHIPS. LASIIK.S. SITUS. lIAMKS. HACK
hanks.iiousi: mtfsiiKs. niT.s.rt'it
BY COMHS, LAI* MI'KKAIM. KI.Y
NfTS AMI KVKItVTHINII IN
'l'll K IIAUNKKS 1.1 NIC.
Home mido Collars a Specialty.
Received first premium at Slaio Fair
llaleigli, N.
Yours Truly,
J. W. SHIPLEY.
Winston, N C.
Doors, Sash, Blinds.
o
Having rebuilt our Planing Mill,
Door, Ka-.li and Ulind Factory, nnd fit
ted i: up with all new luichiniry of the
latest and most approved patterns, wo
are now prepared to do all kinds of
work in cur line in the very best style.
We manufacture
DOOKS, SASH, BUNDS,
Door Frames, Window Frames. Brack
ets, Moulding, Hand-rail, Balusters,
.Newels, Mantels, l'orch Columns, and
arc prepared to do ali kinds of Scroll
Hawing, 7'nrning, &e We carry in
stock \\ catheihoarding, Flooring, Ceil
ing, Wainscoting and nil kinds of Dress
ed Lumber; also Framing Lumber,
Shingles, L.tths, Lime, Cement, I'laslrr,
Plastering Hair and nil kinds of Build
ers' supplies. Call ana see us or write
for our prices before buying elsewhere.
MIIIER BROS-, WINSTON. N. C.
Mr 3 Stanton & Morritt,
Winston N. C.
DK.VLERS iN->
Millinery
and
Fancy Goods
DIK.IL TRIMMED lIATS, LACKS KM
DUOIDERIES, &c , Jtc.
Maia Streat nearly opposite the Centr
Hotel.
"NOTHING SUCCEEDS T.IIvK SI CCICSS/'
DANBURY, N. C., THURSDAY. JUNE 23, 1,887.
MY NATIVE STATE.
fN*inth ('aj'olina.j
1.. B. 11.
IMy naltve State! I hi.hi her dear,
I Above all favored lands of earth;
. With warmest pride I know that hi TO
| The joys of freedom had their birth,
i I love her rivers, brooks and lakes,
j Tliat dot her surface o'er;
They one and all have dearest ell aims
I From mount to oecan shore,
! How dear her mountain forests, too,
i The home of timid deer;
| While down amom, the fields of pine
! The breath of peace seems near.
I I love to wander o'er her vales
j Where nature's favorites grow,
| Ami ijucneh my thirst from crystal springs
i Where purest waters llow.
1 know the fragrance of Italy's air
! And the glories of her Home;
But I love my native Stale,
And there i want my home,
The Swiss may ho.ist his mountains grand.
And France her sunny sky,
But nearer to me my native State,
O, there I want to die.
—Star.
REST.
TltE BOON THAT .MANKIND .SEEKS.
"O, some seek bivad—no more—life's tuere
subsistence!
And some seek wealth and ease—the com
mon quest ;
And some seek fame, that hovers in the
distance;
But all, at last, seek rest!*'
Aye' when we are finishing up this
: Hook of Life, as we sec,with eyes grown j
misty with a nameless longing, tho last
page completed and gontly press the!
eternal blotter of Death over tho last j
lino when out pleasures have palled i
when life's fairest and biightost charts '
of flowers aro withered aud dead, leav
ing only '-a«hcs of ro.-es'' to mark the
spot where they oneo bloomed, so sweet
and fragrant, when life's fruits aro bit
ter as the apples gathered from the
Dead Sea shore; when we seatch in vain
for the walcrs of Lethe to steep our
senses in a draft of forgotfulncs —a'!
that day, even those to whom change
aud excitement and gayety were exis
tence, nt last turn away their weary eyes
their drooping limbs, and sigh foi rest.
Yet, 'tis sweeter to have earned that
guerdou—that calm and repose which
! ! follow tail, whether it be of tho body or
mind, the tired hand or tho tired brain,
each arc glad to luy down the burden of
tho day and SCCK a rest. Forgetting
the toil, the task behiud, dark though
they may have been—they aro of the
past —and steeping all in the dreamy
oblivion of sweet rest. For the nonce
. too happy to look ahead and trouble the
mind with the cares and toils that liii
before us, we rest peacefully and sweet
ly-
"l am tired. Heart and feet
Turn from bust mart aud street;
I am tired; rest is sweet."
Hut what of tho outworn heart ; la
, den with anxious care, and busy, wan
dering thoughts ? Only can it breathe
a prayer in words such as Richtcrs:
, "Oh, Best! Thou soft word! Autum
■ nal (lower of 1 den ! moonlight of the
: spirit! when wilt thou hold our head
) that it may bo still, and our heart that
f it may cease beating ? Thou eoiucst
• often aud gootli often, but only down
belnw with sleep and death thou abid
c'.li!"
It is not fur us—this blessed privi
, logo—lo oflen indulge our senses so
1 blissfully We can uut tell why, and
' yet 'twas ever so :
. -'Some find work when! some find rest.
 And so the weary wi rid goes on :
, j 1 sometimes wonder which is best,
, The answer comes when life is done.
, "Some sleep oil while others keep
The vlgiU of the true aud braw;
They will not rest till roses creep
A rot i nl their name above a grave."
And yet all our wonderiugs can but
be answered at best by vaguo conjec
tures, sometimes wild anil utterly im
probable Wo can not know why this
is so. Wo can only say and are con
scious of tho fact, in :hc beautiful words
of our lamented Southern I'oot-Driest,
Father Ryan :
"My fret are wearied and my hands aiv
tired,
' ! My soul oppressed
Aud I desire, what 1 have long desired—
liest—only rest.
My way lias wound a -ross the desert years. I
• j And cares Infest
' My path, a.id through the flowing of hot
i
tears .
I plnwfur rest."
Wandering far away from home, from
our native land llic—pl»co of our fath
' QXS, the feet of our mothers—the mind
may for a tunc become so engrossed by
the sight of new scenes and faces, sew
friends and acquaintances as to forget ,
but soon, ah! too soon, we aro longing
| for "Rest—only rest." And to the
I returning traveler, tho sweet vision of
\ his own dear boiue has beguiled aw .y
j the fatigue of many a dreary mini, wiVu.
the stars have sung for restlessness as
they cheered his lonely path or the ma
riner, homeward bound, long watched
and waited for—all his past toil and
danger aro forgotten as ho ncars that
sweet haven of rest.
And upon a final rest let us listen to
Father Ryan :
'And I aiu icsljcss still; 'twill soon be
o'er;
For down the west
Life's sun is si'ttliiL,', and 1 suo t!i ; shore
Win'io 1 shall lest."
And now, just one tender, touching
quotation from ills. Drowning, and I
am done. Hoar her :
"Oh, princely lot! Oh blissful ail.'
E'en widle by sense of change opprest,
Thus to forecast in heart
Heaven's age of fearless rest;
And I joy to think (.oil's greatness
Flows round our ftllliful quest,
And for earth's restlessness,
lie gives his lost!"
—Greenville Reflector.
A FAMOUS WOMAN FAIi.MKR.
A correspondent ot the Geriuautowu
Telegraph gives a brief description of
Mrs. Barney Newell, who is nearly 70
years old, aud resides in Greenfield,
Franklin county, Mass. Her husband
died tiO years since aud loft her with a
farm of 110 acres, a part of it under
mortgage. She is entirely alone, never
! having had any children to assist hir.
| She has kppt tho farm, paid up the luurt
| gage, made repairs ou her buildings,
I and, at the present time is halo and
I For tho past U yuir®
had her house filled with summer board
ers, and all who oneo enjoy her hospital
ity are auxious to come again and biing
their friends with them. At tho pres
ent time she employs 4 servants, li on
the (arm aud the same indoors, except
during the summer, wheu more help is
needed in tho house. Her barn-is well
stocked with nice oows, from which she
makes, aud sells for the highest price,
her gilt edged butter. Shi also keeps
poultiy, having kept through the pass
winter 1 10 fowls which she herself nev
er failed to feed every morning. Las!
autumn, in October, a hen stole hor uesl
and brought off 16 chicks. Sho raised
tbem all and now they pay her in uico
fresh eggs. Sho has '2OO liens and obick
ens all hatched tho natural way. She
keeps '2 horses aud any number of all
kinds of pet animals, who follow her
around as she walks over her faru.. I
spcut a pleasant day with hor not long
siuco and I said to iier : 'Why do you
' keep this farm and burden youi soli with
all these cares aud work so hard your
selfl" Laughing sho replied : "Oh,
lam happy ; I enjoy it all. It ts mine
own." And 'tis tunc that there is oc
casionally a woman who ca i take care
of herself and Jinnagc a farm.
GUARDING AGAINST DROUTH.
With the continued, unremitting de
struction of forests, and tho consequent
change in the general character and con
dition of tho surface of the earth, there
appears to bo a tendency to increased
drouths. It may not be a fact that no
less rain falls than in previous yArs,
but it may be that the season of rainfall
is somowhat changed. It it is so that
duritig the summer season, the period
when the want uf moisture is most need
ed, there is a decrease of rainfall, injury
must result. The question then arises,
how can this be avoided, or partially
guarded against ?
In the first place, it is known that in
forests whore there is a largo quantity
of vcgotablo matter in the shapo of de
cayed leavos, etc., moisture is much
• longer retained lliati in a soil that is
sandy. Now if soils are well suppplied
with vegetable matter or humus, it pos
scsses a power of absorbing and retain
ing moisture that a soil without it would
i not. lor that reason all the animal
i manure that can be employed assists,
I being largely yegotablo in its o!>aractur.
On tho other hand, (ho omplopment of
ci muicicial manures will have a teuden
j cy to increaso the forou of a drouth, and
their exclusive use should be avoided,
j — (irrmantown Telegraph Pa.
Wester Uiiiou declared a dividend of
one per cent.
A DESPKRATK FIGHT.
' '-When I was a boy," said Judge
woods in Vermont were mighty thick
' and the settlers were few. At that time
the woods were full of catamounts or
loup-ccrveir—'loo sevee," the hunters
1 called llieni and ilie farmers had great
J, to do to keep the fierco beasts from car
rying off their shoep and killiug their
cattle. A loup ccrvicr is pretty nearly
• as big as a mastiff", as fierce as a tiger,
and as strong as a lion, nnd is altogeth-
er about as uncomfortable a creature to
I deal with as ever lived. My father had
with him on his farm then a man named
Jonas Shepherd, a fellow of prodigious
strength aud such great courage that 1
don't believe he over knew the sensation
ot fear. My father had not lost much
by tho loup-cerviers, boeimo ho had
kept his stock securely closed in a strong
shed, which none of the prowling beasts
bad yet succeeded it breaking into.
' | Tho house stood ou tho edge of the
| clearing, anil back of it for miles and
| miles there was nothing but the moun
tains and woods. One night tho family
had all gone to bed except Shepherd,
who sat up by the big pint fuo shelling
corn with a jack knife stuck in a log of
wood. All of a sudden he heard a crash
from the cattle shod and a big noise
among tho cattle, lie dashed out in
his shirt-sleeves and found that an enor
mous loup ccrvicr, tho biggest of Ins
kind ever seen in tho country, had bro
ken in the roof of the shed aud was in
among the sheep.
"As soon as he heard Shepherd ap
proaching he jumped to the roof of the
shed and, crouching for a moment,
sprang ihrough the air for the intruder.
Shepherd jumped aside and the big cat
landed harmlessly on the ground. In
au instant he was up again aud furijus
battle between the man and tho savagu
biute began. Shepherd bad a knife,
and for a while he tried to make it reach
i ?ital spot, whilo the 'loo' screamed
and bit aud toro its tremendous claws
through the ttiau's flesh. Tho noiso of
the first awaked the rest of the family
aud father, grabbling up a pine torch
j from the fire, ran out of the house, lie
was just in time to see a curious spec
tacle. Shepherd, without a shell of
clothing on and covered from head to
foot with blood, was holding the scream
ing, struggling 'loo' by the tiuoat and
heels high above his head, and running
as fast as ho could towards the woods.
We all dashed after liini, and wore just
in timo to see tho end of the contest.
Shepherd ran iuto the brook until he
was in up lo bis waist, and then plung
cd I lie ferocious brute in and out of
sight. There was a tremendous strug
gle for a few minutes, during which
Shopherd's blood died the brook red,
aud then everything was still. Tlion
Shepherd came out, dragging the drown
ed body of the -loo'alter him. Wo got
him to bed a 9 soon as wo could aud did
everything possible to relieve him. but it
was more than thiee mouths before lie
was able to stir, and he never quite rc
| covered from his injuries. My father
said ho counted more than '2OO distinct
wounds on his body. Old hunters said
that if ho hadn t had sense enough to
drown the brute he would have been
killed sure. The fight took placo where
olio of the fiucst churches in New Eng
land stands to-day."
. KLKGANT" HEAD.
"There," said tho young wife, turn
ing from tho mirror lo her husband aud
giviug him a sweet smile, "what do you
think of these bangs, Charles ! Do they
become me ?"
Charles, who was at that moment en
grossed in the task of reckoning up tho
total cost of bonucts, bangs, dresses and
so foith answered with a clouded brow .
"I should think you would be asham
ed to ask such a question, Mary. Your
vanity is becoming absolutely msuffcra
; bio."
"Charles," sho said in a tremulous
j voice, "if lam vain it is for you You
j wonld not love me if 1 was a slat torn
! and a dowdy. It is lor your sake that
1 tr,v to make myself as at raetivo as
possible."
Having said this she burst into tears
Tbon Charlos arose and gathered her
into his arms and kissed her fondly, and
said :
"Your bangs are lovely, dear, nnd
! you are lovely, and if all wives were as
I neat and as desirous of attraction the
admiral on of their husbands as you aio
I there would bo a great deal more eou
jugal happiness in the world than there
!is at present. There, my love. Now
forgive me for my rudeness.—Hoslon
| Conner.
i TUB DUDE AND THE BEAR.
Under the Inter-State Commerce law
i a dog cannot ride on tho elevated road,
but this does not apply to other wild or
: domestic animals.
' ' That is the reason that a dude yester
i day accompanied by a young bear,
weighing forty pounds, successfully cva
■ ded the ticket taker and rode down
■ | town on ono ticket.
The dude wore one of those sliort
, ' waistcd and sawed-off ulsters, coiutuvn
■ ly called Norfolk jackets, but the cu j
 i wore nothing but an air ot defiance.
The two sat down near each other,
i but the bear was restless. Finally ho
jumped up on a seat near a lady, who
was riding down, town, aud she went
into another car. There was a good
j deal of room then near tho dude, but uo
-5 body wanted any of those seats.
There ought to be some ruling on this
question of bear transportation. It is u
matter that interests all of us. Can
wild beasts aud reptiles, be classed as
people, while dogs are ruled out ! Can
a man accompanied by a small dug be
barred out while, tho owner of an ele
phant or au active hornet's nest may
take his property with him ou his jour
uey !
Here was a clear case of u wild boast
: n'iiose youth aloue prevented his eating
people, for he looked hungry enough to
. cat the hind ljgs cf a railroad frog,
j The question to bo submitted to tho
[ Inter-State Commi.siou is whether the
I railways by Ibis leaving down the oars
j arc not, as common carriers, to admit a
I gentleman accompanied by a pot hyena,
i aguat, an alligator or a rhiuosoros. Uu
| just discrimination cannot bo made to
i the prejudice of anyone.
; It is to be hoped, however, that fur
! thcr complications may bo avoided by
leaving the bears at home, and if owners
! can tear themselves away from their
I during business hours and leave them
i at lioiuc, it will do much lo restore trav
-1 I el to its normal condition.
| TTTm, NTE. ~
NEW PROCESS WITH MAGNET
IC ORES.
Throughout Pennsylvania and the
. ! west a number of plants for the pneu.
) ! matio process have been recently cs
-1 tab ished, and in Tennessee extensive
• preparations are now iu progress for
, [ converting tho pure magnetic ores of the
North Carolina mountains iuto Bessemer
j steel. The trial of tho now process
! known as tho "dcphosphorization" or
! "basic" prosess by the Pottsdown Iron
| company has been very satisfactory, and
1.1 it can be profitably applied to tho irou
i deposits of the Appalachian system,
which contains phosphorus.—Now York
j .Mail and Express
JELLIED CHICKEN.
Boil the thicken until the meat slips
| easily froni the bone, reducing the water
,to about one pint in the boiling, l'iek
: off tho meat iu good sized pieces, taking
I out all the fat and bones. Skim tho
fat from tho liquor, add a little butter,
I ; pepper and salt to taste, and add ono
half au ounce of gelatine. When this
' dissolves pour it hot oyi i*tfc«' chickens
I Tho liquor should bo soasoued highly,
; as the chicken absorbs much of the fla
vor.--Ex. ,
PIG POINTS.
It cannot bo denied that ou too many
farms tho pig crop is a luck crop. If a
goodly number follow the dam out of
i the nest, it is good luck this time. If
, the leverfo, "Well, I had no luck with
my sows this spring. 1 have gave them
good care, but somehow or other, 1
cant fell why, thay did not pan out well.
1 believe 1 will fatten this lot of sows
off and buy a new lot anil try oneo
more." We arc well aware that the
;of care goes amiss sometimes. Wo are
i also aware that tliotc is a wide lane bc
; tween luck aud care, and it now crow
ded with travellers on the latter side.
A pig tdtuuld never bo allowed to stop
glowing ; iu fact, that rule holds good
duritig its cutire lit'o. A poor, mangy
pig is of uo value; close confinement in
filth and dirt wi'l chock tho growth,
however generous the feed; but, if star
ved at the same time, il would be a
mercy to both pigs and owner to send
them to the manure pile. 11 your hogs
begin to cough, look, out for malignant
lung troubles. If they mope and lio
about their beds, intestinal difficulties
may bo suspected Plenty of pure air,
, pure water and varied food will held to
! scare away malignant disease.— Country
' Homes.
I
NO. 50
PICKINGS.
i | from the Wilmiu;ttm Star.
, The President's bait Laving become
■ exhausted lie will return to civilization.
:
Mr. Corcoran rouiains about the same.
1 Tlie paralysis lias not extended as yi#
'I bus far a million ami a half lias been
, ; raised for tbe Kpiscopal Cathedral iu
i New York.
- I Gov. llua Jl_y thinks Mr Cleveland
- ■ will be renominated by acclamation.
Texas bus a splendid showing for
crops. It no blights come the crop will
' i surpass the great one of 1882.
, ; Virginia taik is that the Democrats
11 will carry tha State in the fall elections.
1 ! Prophecy of good is well but do good is
. belter.
Another man has teen shot at L*au
* ville,Va J off Terry was fatally woun
ded by James Mason. Mason claims it
1 was accidental.
Six llainbys and six Starncs in Gcor
gla married. '1 lie father and mother of
l the respective families wound up the
fun. A very rare business.
Mrs. Darling, a widow of a Confed
erate soldier, was roobed by the Federal
I soldiers of $25,000 in gold-bearing
, bonds aud jewelry. She brought suit
in the U. S. Court of Claims and «e are
glad to see that she gained it.
At West Point there were 04 gradu
ates. Three members of tbe third class
and ten of the fourth were found defi
cient aud will be dismissed. Among
them arc Leake, of Texas; Strickler, of
\ irginia; It. li, ( laikc and K. Il.liincs
of Georgia; Duncan, of Kentucky;
Lailley, of West Virginia: A.T. Lamb,
ot Teutiessec, McDowell, of Texts, ant
F Nicholson, of Arkansas. There are but
s 30 vacancies in the army.
, UKITNOTES. "
it cannot bo too often repeated that
cnangct ine position ot a"occ mve, even
if it is only a foot or two, is often fatal
-! to the eoluny. If a change is made, it
I should le done at night, while all of
| the bees are in the hive.
lices do not work as well iu a luvo
exposed lo (be sun. In mid-day, when
very hot, work on the inside, such as
couib-building and storing honey, has to
be suspended. Sometimes combs melt
down, and the brood dies in the heat of
the sun.
A successful apicukurist will take
one strong swarm, and by tall have four
or live colonics from it, and all with
honey to spare. Uy the old system of
natural swarming, only one if nod swarm
i would be hoped for. If a second or
third canm forth, they were weaklings
and not worth saving.
If a colony becomes qucenloss and you
do not wish to unite it with another givo
tiicin a frame of brood from another col
ony containing brood in its lirst stage,
and they will convert a portion of said
= broods into queens, which would liavo
otherwise all batched icto worker bees.
3 A l>ce-nian says that by placing your
„ ear close to a hive twelve or twenty-four
hours before the second swarm issues,
t you will hear tbe shrill voice of the
. qhecti. It is called voice, but it is tbo
vibration of the wings. Tlio sounds aro
"p-e-o-p p-c-e-p- peep—poop." Tho
next nearest matured queen yet impris
oned iu ihc colls with answer, "(juack
p quack-quack." Whenever you discern
[ these sounds, if the day is flue you may
f j look out for the swarm.
f '■ •»»
Mrs. Mary Mangin, wife of a Hobo-
| ken, N. J , telegiaph operator rescued
I a drowning boy when a dozen meu fail
ed to save biui. Tbe World says:
"The water was deep and the toy was
drowning. Mrs. Mangin ran boldly
| down ti tho river and jumped in. Tho
boy had suuk twice and was struggling
frantically. Mrs. Mangin struck out
| for Inui and with a vigorous effort git
him to shore. The boy was unconscious
when she pulled him upon tho land and
i 1 Mrs. Mangin set to work to resusciate
I him She rolled him about on the grass
until she got (he water out of him, and
i after awhile lie cauic to The men who
, ! bad permitted Airs. Mangin tbe boy
■ stood around with their hands in their
i pookets aud watched her efforts to rc
-1 store hint '.o consciousness with idle cur
s iosity, but without offering to help."
t j Such an act of noble heroism should
! : not go unrewarded. A handsonio purso
s i should bo presented to her
, i :: —
| It is said that the sight of a hump on
a camel's back gave the original idea to
' the inventor of the bustle.