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ABOUT WORKER COMBS.

One of the most necessary things
| in managing bees is to have plenty
of straight worker combs. These
are combs containing no drOne
cells, consequently the bees hatch
ed from them will be workers in
stead of drones. By using fOunda.
ton, which is the machlne-made
backbone of the comb, with the
base of the cells impressed on each
side of the sheet Of beeswaX of
which it is composed, you will in
sure these combs in the brood
chamber; but as this costs about
ten cents per sheet large enough
for a brood comb, it becomes de-
sirable to know how to get brood
combs without cash outlay.
Quite frequently we have several
queens hatch out at once and de-
sire to save some of them, so we
take frames of Matching brood from
a colony and put the young queen
with the brood IN a new hive small
enough by means of a division
board. BY the time the young
queen has been out and met the
drone, most of this brood will be
Matched and will want something
to do in the hiye. Then is the
time to put an empty frame with a
comb guide OF wood or wax on the
underside of the top bar, into the
hive, between the combs which
had brood in them. The desire to
increase will be so great that the
young Dees, if some honey is com.
ing in, will proceed to build nice
straight worker comb in that frame,
which when pretty we'll filed can
be removed and replaced with
another empty frame. The honey
they gather in making combs ls
thus used until, at the end of the
season, you will find that these
weak colonies which were never
strong enough 10 store any thing
in sections, have yielded fair re-
turn in brood combs for next sea
sons use.
Care must be taken in working
tor combs only, that you do not al
low much room for brood, yet you
must allow them 10 raise some
brood or they may get discouraged
and desert the hive. With four or
five Of these combs to hive a strong
swarm on at the commencement OF
the honey flow, and a crate of sec
tons oyer them, you will be sur
priscd how fast these sections will
be filled with honey. One of the
future possibilities in bee culture
j. raising worker combs instead OF
honey, and If a colony divided into
three il the spring can be induced
to build thirty conbs IN the sea
son, which is a fair estimate. and
the combs be worth twenty cents
each when drawn, it would look as
though there was as much in it as
IN producing section honey.
Orange Judd Farmer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-03-01
SAD, SITUATIONS.

l remember being taken by my
mother when ! was a child to see a
poor woman who was dying of a
cancer. The disease was eating its
way to a vital part and her doctor
had given her a month as her ut
most limit of life. She was pre-
pairing for her end in a way that
seemed practical and prOsaic
enough, but that struck me as pa
thetic in its self-fOrgetfuluess. She
was sitting mp IN bed, with a bas.
ket beside her, finishing up the
family mending, showing her eld-
est daughter-on whose thirteen
year-Old shoulders the burden Of
household care was soon to fall
how to fell down seams in the
little brothers. knee patches and
how to darn the heel of fathers
sock 80 that he would never feel
the difference. She had impressed
upon the girl how to make her
fathers favOrite potato pOne, how
to manage her young sister when
she got into the sulks, what to do
for her father when he had his
periodical fit of cramps-and ev-
cry thug else she could think of
that would insure comfort in the
humble home she was leaving. She
had all tue work planned which
she would do DUNG the short span
of life that was given to her. Her
burial clothes were folded away in
a drawer with sweet basil leaves
amOlg them. was reminded Of
the incident by reading in a paper
recently Of a man In Milwaukee
who is preparing for something
that Is even more terrible than
death Insanity. He will be VIC
lently insane in few weeks, and
he lnoNs It. Some time ago his
skull VAS fractured "A gTistle was
fast forming about the cracked
edges, which will surely press upon
the brain aud make him maniac.
lie talks calmly and nationally Of
his approaching fate, and spends
every moment Of his brief term Of
sanity in making provision for his
family when he shall no longer be
able to care for them.
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Don't 20 Where Not Wanted.

An exchange says: "Never go
where you are not wanted. II a
man wants you to go to his house
be will invite you to do 80, and If
a merchant wants you TO visit his
place Of business he will invite you
through tue columns of your news
paper 1t is wrong to Untrue on
privacy ; don't do it.'-YOakSrs
Gazette.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-03-01
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
BETTER FARMING NEEDED.

Times are hard and we often hear
II said that "farming doesn't pay"
1t isn't the fault of the business so
much as of the man who conducts
it. Farming does pay; but 1t Is
the one business that has to stand
more neglect than all Others com
bined, and it is not fair to blame
the farm for the shortcomings OF
the farmer. what is needed Is
better methods in farming, ana
more attention given to details. IL
is often the great waste in small
things that puts the balance on the
wrong side. AS a rule, farmers are
too ambitious to cultiaaye larger
areas than they can cultivate and
manure in the best manner. ga
little farm well titled" should be
the rule applied, even on large
farms. If a large meadow has run
out and needs blowing, it will be
better to break up only just as
much as can be well titled and
fortified, than to pillow the whole
field and grow half a crop on lt-a
waste of land, labor and manure
The best implements are needed
on our farms, but care should be
taken not to buy tool unless II Is
necessary only when 1t can be
seen with reasonable certainty that
it will pay to buy It. Some tools
are only used for few days in the
whole year, and tools OF this class
must save much time and labor IN
order to pay for themselves.
Improved farming implies a sui
fciency of manure to grow good
crops. How to get plenty of ma
nure, is the question that is bother
ing farmers. 1t seems almost i'm
possible to make enough at home,
and recourse must be had to com
merclal fertilizers, and green crops
to pillow un der. In using CONNER
cial fertilizers there Is no rule to 90
by except the actual trial Of a
certain fertilizer on your own soil (;
and in making experiments, 1t is a
good plan to try the different ele'
ments of a fertilizer to experiment
with, containing ammonia, phos'
phoric acid and potash, let us ap-
ply ammonia on one plot, phos-
phoric acid on a second, and potash
on the third, then apply all three
on another plot and leave a strip
alongside unfertilzed for com
pansOn. This experiment will
show what the fields is lacking in,
and We can then buy fertilizers
knowing what We require.
One of the greatest improve
ments needed, is better class OF
live stocs. 1t costs no mOre--if as
much-tO feed a good COW, steer or
pig than it does to feed scrub,
and the profits are more than
doubled by keeping the good stock.
Improvement can be made in stock
with less expense than in almost
anything else on the farm. y
good sire is the first requisite, and
in these days of wide dissemina-
tion of thoroughbred stock, IS an
easy matter to buy cbeaply a bull,
boar or ram OF a breed suited to
the kind of farming we are en-
gagged IN.
Manures, stock and implements
are all important, and each, If of
the right kind, assists the Others
in making the farm pay. This is
the season of the year to make
plans for the future; let them be
we'll considered, then aim to carry
them out Observation-Disclosures
Farmer.
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An Honest Witness.
From the Louisville Journal.


Charles Theodore Russell was
examining witness in Cambridge
court one day this week. The
question was about the size of GER.
tain footprints left by horse in
sandy soil.
"How large were the prints 7"
asked the learned counsel. "Were
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"Oh, no." said the witness,
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AFRICAN WOMEN.
THE CHARMS OF THOSE DUsKY
BEAUTIES IN THE EYES OF
TRAVELLERS.

BEAUTIES IN THE EYES OF
TRAVELLERS.
The explorer, Won Francois, was
engaged a while ago sketching an
African village, which was a niue
ont of the common because all the
bouses we're built on platforms
which kept them out of reach oil
high water when the river over
flowed its banks. While engaged
with his sketch, he says, his at
tention was suddenly rivited by "a
black beauty" Many Caucasian
ladies', he thinks, could well envy
this primitive maiden for her skill
in the arts of cOQuetry as sue
Doised her head now on this side,
now on that, and paced dhinhly to
and fro along the shore, using her
big black eyes all the while to the
best advantage. One would hard
" notice the fact, he says, that she
was very scantly attired, so well
was the lack of clothing supplied
by elaborate and beautiful tattoo
ing and long strings of cowrie shells
which she wore around her neck
and body, while a girdle encircled
her waist. Altogether, he thought
she was one of the most picturesque
and attractive objects he had seen
in Africa.
Several recent travellers have
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and appreciatIye language Of some
of the ladies they have met in
Africa. Becker had not gone IN
land 100 miles from Zanzibar be-
fore he was expressing his admira-
ton for the "yOung and really
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tive FORMS OF course he had
plenty of opportunities to observe
that "their shoulders are round
and elegant, their arms are ex'
Quisitely moulded, and their forms
are quite perfect" "Our brown
Beauties he adds. "were not par
tlculerly shy, but at the same
time they were quite reserved.
They would ask US tln.idly for
permission to pass their hands
over our skin, whose Wilderness
astonisoed them, but thew retired
in good order whenever we offered
reciprocally to pat their shoulders
or cheeks
Another traveller, who has Just
written a description of several
African tribes, thinks that the
poorest taste in the way of orna'
ments be has seen is among the
Bayansi women, who wear brass
rings around their necks, weigh
ing twenty-five to thirty pounds.
The flesh under these rings, he
say g, is in many cases continually
chafed and raw, and for hours at a
time the women support their
rings on their hands in order to
relieve the pressure upon their
necks. And yet no well-tO.dO
married woman would think that
she could exist without her neck
ring, and when they are asked If
this ornament is not very uncOm-
Portable thing to wear, they always
pretend that they 10 not under
stand. Brass is money among the
Bryansl, and the men, in having it
forged in big Jumps around the
necks of their wives, have found a
safe but rather cruel method Of
money keeWng.-Nelc York Sun.
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hunters loaded themselves down
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The Helena independent., 1889-03-23
GERMANY AND SAMOA.


Knappe's Course CoSdemned - Klein
Wants to go TO Berlin.
BERLIN, March 22.-The government
has issued a white book ON Samoan affairs
II shows that March Bismarck wrote
Herr Strubel, the newly appointed consul
Of Germany TO Samoa, describing the con-
duct OF DIR. Knappe, his predecessor In Of
fee, as lacking in calmness and GOODNESS
and as contrary 10 the lines Of Emperor
Williams policy, with which Knappe had
been well acquainted. Knappe, Bismarck
wrote, apparently lost his head owing to
letters from Herr Brander, Tamasese's g
prime minister, published In the last white
book, aud the presence OF three
men OF war at Samoa. Re-
ferriDg to Knappe's subsequent proposal
10 annex Samoa. Bismarck reiterates his
view that 10 seek 10 effect change In the
political situation In Samoa without the
consent Of England and Ameria would not
accord with treaty arrangements.
knappe's action, reyerting 10 the question
Of annexation, Is inc0inprehensible, be-
cause his experience aud instruct Ons
ought 10 have shown him his desire TO an
mex Samoa was opposed to the policy con-
Quoted by the chancellor In conformity
with the emperor's intentions. knappe
justified the arrest Of the Englishman
Gailien ON the ground that the latter rec
ommended Mataafa 10 apply 10 Grey, ex.
governor Of New Zealand, for assistance.
Investigation proved that Gallien was not
aware of the significance OF his acts.
bismarck In a letter 10 Herr Steubel
further said DIR. Knappe was neither au
thorized TO declare war nor martial law.
In any case there could be no question Of
enforcing the latter against foreigners His
conduct both towards the agents Of other
powers and the natives was devoid Of the
calmness and cooness indispensable for a
correct official. The assumption that the
German government had authorized such
procedure on his part rests on a wllful
misconception or mistake which II was diff
fcult 10 explain.
The Helena independent., 1889-03-23
ENCORE CLUB MUSICALE.

A Pleasant Entertainment for the Asso-
oiate Members Lat Evening.
The musical soiree given by the Encore
club, last evening, 10 the associate mem
bers of the organization was an enjoyable
affair. The attendance was large, the au-
dlence filling the hall beyond the point OF
comfort An hour was spent In social
chat, and then the musical part OF the per
formance began. The orchestra, under the
leadership Of Prof. Yaeger, showed marked
improvement over It's previous perform
Ances, and considering its amateur charac-
ter and the short time II has been drilled, Il
did remarkably well. The audience APP
precla,ed lie work 80 highly that q repeti-
tlOn of the fret number, the
was necessitated. The club sang
two ch0ruses, an "Erminie" gayOtte and a
composition by JakObOwski. Both were
we'll rendered, and II all the chOruses In
"Ermlnie" are as well sung as the gayotte
was when The opera is given next month
lis success will be- assured. The male
voices last evening were perhaps too pre-
dominant, OvershAdO wing those OF the la
dies In the chorus, but this is fault which
can be easily remedied. Mr.. jackson sang
a baritone solo, "Tbe sentinel am I,n with
spirit and In good voice A very graceful
performance on the plano was glWn
by Mrs. @. n. Pitts Of u polonalse
and waltz by Chopin. Mrs. Mays rem
dering OF MendelssOhn's "SpTing Song"
was excellent, and showed her sweet cul-
tivated voice 10 good advantage. She WAS
The recipient Of a handsome bouquet, and
sang, In response 10 an imperative recall,
the ballad "TwickeDham Ferry A pot
p0urri by the orchestra concluded the con
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