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Bee Superstitfons.
from the London Standard. |


There probably is no insect in which
mankind takes more interest than the bee,
and there certainly is none around which
so many superstitions have clustered from
time immemorial. The important part
the busy little bee has ever played in our
domestic life. how its deeds have been
sung by our poets and moralized on by our
preachers, it is not proposed to dilate on
here. but some of the current supersti-
tions connected with it, though very anus
ing, may not be generally known. Prima-
rily, quarrelsome people, if inclined to
live in the country and keep bees, are
warned to mend their ways, or their hives
will soon become deserted. Bees may be,
and we believe are, very pugnacious among
themselves, but they strongly object, so
saw the country folk, to belong to con-
tentious household. A querulous family,
we are assured, will get no honey, keep as
many bees as they may. Another good
example set by them is that they object TO
thrive if dishonesty come by; on the con-
trary, they forthwith pine away and dle,
thereby showing highly commendable re-
| spect for the eighth commandment. And
| IL they must not be stolen, neither must
u.
considered most unlucky proceeding, but
they may be bartered away, and all will &c
| right. A bushel of corn was always con
| sidered fair equivalent for a swarm, or /
small pig would be taken in exchange. 81
| long as the bees are bartered they are hap
DIV, but to be .sguilty of selling them is
rrievous omen indeed, than which nothin,
can be more dreadful." evidently thei
self respect is touched, and they refuse +
work for an owner who has bought then
into slavery. Their sympathy with man
kind and his troubles is shown in a varis
ty of ways. 1t is common saying i
Hampshire that the bees do not succeed q
all in storing up honey whenever there al
wars abroad. A large beekeeper says /
has constantly noticed this during the La
European wars; though ordinary peop
will reflect that they cannot remember m
great scarcity of honey at those particuli
, times. But the most commonly accept.
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beware OF snafIs.
beware Oh SnaliN.
paris Correspondence of the London Tele.
ry-aDh1

paris Correspondence of the London Tele-
g-aph.l
A dainty dear to the palate of Parisians
is in danger of disappearing from our Ia
bles. ''Beware of escargots." is the latest
warning to epicures, unless you know
where they have been gathered The
escargot is the edible snail, the consump-
ton of which has often been used as a
reproach against Frenchmen by those who
have never tasted the dish. Burgundy is
the district where these luxuries are sup
posed to be found in their prime, and
when a boastful bourgeois gives = dinner
party he is generally careful TO inform his
guests that he las had the escargots
brought direct from Bourgoyne- They are
fattened in the vineyards of that delight
full province: bnt since it has become Gus
to- : to use sulphate of iron to protect
the vines from phylloXera and other pests,
the escargot has become harmful and dam
gerous. 1t has been found from expert
msnts that after eating leaves which have
been treated with this decoction the snails
are poisoned and die in two days. In fu-
ture a careful host will not set this dish
before dinner party unless he is assured
that the mollusks which form part of it
have been reared on non-poisonous food
and this again will increase the cost. which
already nearly reaches the price of aver
age English oysters. OF late years large
quantity of spurious escargots, made of
milk and -four, and favored with the re-
quisite seasoning, has been palmed of
upon the market. There is little doubt
that this industry will be extended cOnsid-
erably by this new curtailment of the sup
ply of the real article.
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SORROWFUL.

Man proposes, but-sometimes to his
sorrow.-Dansville Breeze.
Customer-''Seems to me that razor is
rather dull" 'Mought be, sab.
1t was to pahty las night, sab. New
York Weekly.
A heavy shower of frogs fell near Lon
don the other day. That shower was
probably intended for Paris and misdirect-
ed.-Philadelphia Press.
1t is too often the case that n trip to a
vacation resort simply results in making
one very sorry for the people whose homes
are ethere.-Washington Post.
Many men fall in love and claim to have
lost their heart, whose experience after
ward convinces them that they had lost
their heads instead.-Atchison Globe.
Indignant woman to milkman, ''There
is water in this milk, sir" ''That's
what the chemists say. l never an
alyzed any milk myself. New York
World.
Lotteries have no chance nowadays" !"
said Hicks. s'What with legislatures sitting
on 'em and Tolstoi jumping on marriage,
there are very few chances to be had"
| New York Herald.
Mrs Cumso-Why did you discharge all
your white servants and employ negroes,
Mrs. Fangle! Mrs. Fangle-My husbands 8
sister died last week and I'm in mourning
now.-Munsey's Weekly.
| Mr.. Fogg having had the misfortune to
| fall into the fountain basin of the hotel at
| a watering place, finds on his next week S
bill the following entry: ''To one cold bath,
$1."-Fiegende Blatter.
'Architect-Have you any suggestions
for the study, Mr.. Quickrich. Quickrich
Only that it must be brown. Great
thinkers, / understand, are generally
found in a brown study.-New York Sun
When man has made up his mind tc
run for Office, the next thing to do is tc
hold such opinions as are likely to be pop
ular with the prejudiced virtuous and tbs
reckless hummer. 1t is hard job.-Nev
Orleans Picayune.
Father-Amy says that there are no mel
at Eden beach. She thinks they have al
taken to the woods.
Mother-Dear mel Then why didn'
we send the girls to the woods instead o
the seaside!-Munsey's Weekly.
Applicant-You advertised for man,
believe, sir. Merchant-Yes; 1 want
collector. 81 have had great deal @
experience collecting bills, sir" 'sIf tina
is all I'm afraid you won't do. It's cash
want collected. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Colonel Zilimboff of Siberia claims t
, have discovered in ordinary eggs an o
, by which he can greatly increase the fore
of explosives. But there is nothing whic
will SO increase the force of the explosive
indulged in by the recipients as egg
: which have been kept an extraordinar
: long time--Boston Transcript
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XOLAPUk.

Volapuk, the world language invented
by Priest Jahann Martin Schleyer, of Ba-
den, Germany, is making astonishing pro
gress, as the national convention at Boston
has already shown. The grammar of the
language has been translated into every
modern tongue of importance, there
are about thirty magazines and newspapers
devoted to its interests in nearly as many
countries, and the year book issued by the
French association keeps a closely printed
list of more than 175 pages of the names of
people all over the world who have shown
themselves sufficiently proficient in the
language to be granted diplomas by the in
ventor or some of the Volapuk societies
scattered everywhere. This list includes
the names of persons not only in
Europe and America, but in Chi
ma, Japan, New Zealand, Turkey,
Egypt, Russia, India, and many of the
South American countries, and it is
estimated that the students of the language
in the eleven years of its dissemination
number no less than two million. More
than thousand books and pamphlets, ex-
elusive of the magazines and newspapers
already mentioned, have been printed in
| volapuk; hundreds of thousands of news
paper articles have been devoted to the
language; six hundred societies throughou
the world are spreading its mission, ant
several hundred European business houses
are using it in their commercial transac
| tions.
What will finally happen is impossible
to forsee. The new language has much il
its favor. 1t is simple and regular and no
very hard to learn. 1t does not seem to b
a very poetical language, but languages ar
not chiefly used for poetry. Here is tn
Lords prayer in Volapuk:
o Fat obsik in suls; nem olik pasanuko
mos; lekinan olik komomos; vii olik jenc
mos asliko in sui, su tai. Givolos adel
bodi delik obes; forgivolos debis obsi
obes, as forgivobs debeles obsik; no mir
dukclos obis in tenud, sod dalivolos obis d
bad. Jenesod.
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THE SNAKE OF FIRE.
Red Blazes and Death Emanated
From His venomous Skin.


Among the Indians of New Mexico there
are told many legends of q nature so weird
that the blood of the white listeners often
runs cold at the recital of them. Among
them all there is probably not another so
startling as the tales they tell of the cule-
bra de lumbre, or snake of fire. This rep
tile, according to the natives, overcomesits
enemies by emitting from its mouth long,
thin streak of fire, which pierces the vital
of the being against whom it is directed
and actually scorches the life cut. Many
persons, say the Indians, have been scared
by the flames and in nearly every instance
death ensued instantly. 1t was the good
fortune of member of the United States
| geological survey, who was recently trans
| ferred to post on the California coast, af.
ter having spent many years in New Mexi
| co, to meet with an aged Indian who main
tanned that such reptile really existed il
years gone by, and who related tn,
! circumstances of personal encounters hat
with the the serpents. The narrative of tn
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EASY NATURALIZATION,

R; Rus4Is Sns Ta1zs, BaaIsaaD, Secretaries
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Republican State Convention.
THEATER, NEW HAVEN, sEPTEM
RER 1R

Republican State Convention.
HYPERION THEATER, NEW HAVEN, sEPTEM-
BIER 16.
The republican electors of the several towns of
this state, and all other electors who believe in
the principles of the republican party as set forth
in the national platform of that party, hereby
notified to send the usual number of delegates to
the republican state convention to be held in the
Hyperion theater, New Haven, on Tuesday, Sep
tember 16, $780, at o'clock pm, for the purpose
of nominating candidates for state officers
In accordance with the rules adopted by the
republican state convention in 1886 the following
additional notices are given:
First-An primaries in the several towns fol
the appointment of delegates to any convention
shall be held at least five days before the meeting
of said convention, upon at least two days notice
but if any town committee shall fail to call pri
maries under the provisions of this rule the mem
ber of the state committee for the district in
which snch town committee resides shall call the
necessary primaries upon reasonable notice.
Second-It shall be the duty of the chairman Of
each town committee to send copy of the ere
dentials of the delegates from his town to the
secretary of the republican state committee al
least four days before the convention.
ERAsTUs S. DAY, Chairman.
r R,S1Ix SAn MA,sH, "a Secretaries
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

One Chicago physician says that he has
treated twenty-five cigarette-made idiots
within the past year.
1t is quite probable that the New York
Central strikers will receive good deal of
sympathy from the Terre Haute gathering,
but not much else.
Merchant John Van of Macon may have
enough knowledge of human nature to en-
able him to do business, but he doesn't
show it. For instance, he offers SO, 900 to
the homeliest woman in Georgia to ride or
his float during the trades display at the
| State fair.
Pawnbrokers flourish in China. Tn,
Chinese 'lenders'' are authorized by thei
government to extortl as much as 270 pc
cent year. The official limit until few
months ago was as high as 2SS per cent.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-25

belief is that the bees in certain cases
share our troubles. and this is more par
ticularly noticeable in connection with
death. In some districts the entrance of a
humble bee into a cottage is looked upon
as a certain sign of death, and in Others
their swarmiug upon piece of dead wood
is regarded as equally ominous. A story
is told of the wife of a respectable Gotta
ger, living in Sussex, who died in child
birth, whose husband accepted the blow
quite philosophically, because he said they
had been warned of the event fortnight
before her confinement. The woman went
into the garden and saw that their bees, in
the act of swarming, had made choice of
dead hedge stake for their settling place.
This is considered an infallible token of
approaching death in the family, and in
this instance it is more than probable that
the prediction brought about its own full
filment
Informing bees of a death in the family
Is custom still, we believe, practiced in
many parts of England. The necessary
formalities We're very precise, and If they
were not fully conforned with the bees
would certainly take offense and leave
their hives never to return. So universal
was the custom few years ago that an in
quiry after cottager's bees would occa-
sionally elicit some such reply as this:
They have all gone away since the death
of poor Dick, for we forgot to knock at
the hives and tell them he WAS gone dead"
The answer would be given with as much
gravity as if the speaker were relating
how her hen roost had been devastated by
a fox, or her pigs had died of swine fever.
If neighbors were talking of the death of
a friend, some one in the company would
most likely wonder if the bees had been
informed of the sad circumstance, and
would be comforted by a reply in the af-
firmative, and that piece of the funeral
cake had been deposited in their hives. A
correspondent writing on the subject says
this superstition is common among the
small farmers in Devon. He once knew
an apprentice boy sent back from the fun
eral cortege, by the nurse, to tell the bees
of it, as it had been forgotten, and to
make up for the omission little wine and
honey was put in front of the hives as a
solace to the inmates in their presumable
sorrow. In some districts the country
people go even further than this. Not
only do they on a death occurring deck
their apiaries with Grape, after duly in
forming the inmates of the cause, but they
| invite the bees to the funeral
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9nitrna1 aud Courier.

NOtIce.
We cannot accept anonymous or return reject
ed communications. In all cases the name Of the
writer will be required, not for publication, but
as O guarantee of good faith.
Situations, Wants, Rents and other small ad-
vertlsements One Cent a Word each inser-
times).
Display Neutrality-suspicious. square Gone
inch), one insertion, S1.20; each subsequent in
Obituary notices, in prose or verse; 15 cents
per line. Notices of Births, Marriages. Deaths
and Funerals, 25 cents each. Local notices 20
cents per line
Yearly advertisers are limited to their own
immediate business Gall matter to he unobjec-
tionable) and their contracts do not include
Wants, To Let, For Sale, etc. =
Yearly advertisements at the following rates:
One square, one year, $40; two squares, one
year, $40; three squares, one year, 500.
Special rates furnished on application for con-
tracts covering considerable length of time or a
large space.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-04-16
GRAND LOTTERY OF JUAUEZ.
Under the management of the
Nexic an Inter naiionai Bank
Ing Com pany.

Ccncessionaries. | cnrporat, d by the State
If Oh huahua, Mexico.
For Charitable Purposes.
GRAND MONTHLY DRAWING
will take place in puh ic at the City of Juarez
formerly Paso del Norte)M xico:
WEDNESDAY. ArRsL23 1870.
under the personal supervision Of General
John 5. o-by aud Mr.. Ciunilo Argaeae', the
10 -mer gentleman OF such p oIninence in the
United stat tiiat his presence one l. su:fi-
cient gu lrantee to the PIb ii that the drawings
will b he'd with st ic honesty anil fitness
TO al and Gne latt 'r (the supervisor of the
NJ xicau Gpvernment)is Of equal standing and
integrity.
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ASSESSEEaT- EsTIcF.
rNYo CANAL CeMrANY.-Le-

IyYO CANAL CeMPANY.-Lo-
l. cation OF principal place Of bust
ness, Carson City, Nevada. al
works, Owens Valley, Inye county,
california.
Notice Is herebv given that
at q IA Getting of tie Board Of Directors
neia on the 4th day of Feb. 1890, an
sssessms 1T tNo.l0s of ten H0} cts per
share W: l = led upon the capital stock
or the corporation, payable inmedi-
ate y, In United states gold coin, TO the
Secretary al the anic. of The Company
corner of carson and Pro tor streets,
arson City, Nevada Any stock upon
whi IN this assessment shall remain
unpaid on the 4th day of March, 1890,
VIII be delinquent and adv rtised for
sale al pu bile auction. and unless pay
ment is made before e, will be sold on
Tuesday the 1th day of Apri,
$50. o pay ne Delinquent assess ment,
,ogether with cost or advertising and
expenses of sale BY order Of the
Beaid Of Directors.
, r. r. HOFER,
Secretary
Office Atthe Bullion and Exchange
Benk corner of Carson and Proctor
streets, Car son C:tv Nevada iune5t
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SITS. to $3.50. &c can : !. maize %:s WORK

ng for us, Agents preferred who canfurni
a horse aud Civ. their whole time to the
mes. spare moments my be prohtably
ployed a SO. few vacancies in town. aud cit
les. X. F. JOHNSON a CO.. 1909 NJ in ST g.
Richmond, Va.
N. B.-Stdte age and business experience.
Neuer mind about sending stamp for reply
B. FL. d. Co, dI0,6m
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CAPITAL PRIZE 100000
Only G0,OOO tickets. Only

1874 Prize. amounting to. S2597O
We the undersigned hereby certify that the
Brauco Madonna of Mexico, in chihuahua
has on deposit from the MexlcAn international
banking Company, the necess lry funds to
guarantee payment of all tha p'iZes drawn in
the rand Lottery of JuareZ.
the arrspgem ents and in person manage and
control ali the drawings OF this Lo terry, and
that the sam are condI cted with hon -sty, fair
ness, and in gooa faith U ards all pirfies
JOHN s. MosBY Commissioner.
CAM o ARGUELLEs,
Superv isor f5r the Cover ,ment.
If any ticket drawing p ize is seat to the
urdersis ell, Is ace vaiu; will be collected
and remitted TO the owner thereof free of
char e.
EDGAR 2. Bronson
President Ell Paso Nation,l Bank. E Paso, Tex.
AGE - WA FED.
For club rates, or any other inform ton
write to the und rsigned, stating your address
early, with St tie, County, Street and Mum
Der. More rspid mail de livery will be ASSURED
bv you enclosing an envelope bearir g your fnll
address.
MExIcA~ INTEl NATIONAL BANKING Co.,
City of Juarez, Mexico
NOTICE.
letter containing Money Order. issued by ali
Express Companies, ew York Exchange,
Bank Draft or Postal Note Address all regis
tered letters to
MEXICAN INTERN ATIoNAL BANKING Co.,
City of Juarez, Mexico.
ly Mar15
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DR.. C. D. Sal1eld
ais hearoey street,
AN FRAN oIsCO. GA

Consultation strictly confidential, by eteer
or a, Office, FREE For the convenience of
patterns, and in order tn insure perfect secrecy
have adopted a private address, under which
all pa ckages are forwarded
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rNERGErIo aENTLEMEN

NERGETIC GENTLEMEN AND
9 ladies' are making rom $50, TO
500 per month securing member for
our association. Thework is light ana
plea SAINT; one agent wanted In eacn
county. II you can oily devote two
hours per dav to our business, it will
paw YOU we'll dire~s !. r. slater,
western Manager. Gu cae0 Do-Opera-
tive Purchasing Association, Salt Lake
City, Utah
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syafTsas OF CAracEu.-DuIl, heavy
AeI.a....he. obstruction OF the nasal passages,
lis-;tsrScs falling from the head lit the throat,
sometimes proflse. watery. an ncriI, ct others,
NIT t,iscions mucous; par,uie;it, hiooay and
. ri .rsrg IN the ears, deafness, hacking or
oo1-ailg 90 clear the throat, expect ration Of
sEeasive matter, together with sc.l5s from III
esrs; the voice u changed and has n :. nasal
twarg": the breath Is Offensive; smell and
taste are impaired, there IL sensation uf oizzi
ness. with Iacntsl depression, "a hacking cough
AMI general Geoilsty. Oily n ftw OF tue above
nGned symptoms are likely to be present IN
any enc case. Thousands OF cases annuity,
withoEs nlaniieS,ing hllf CT the above symp-
toms, result in consumption a1d ea1 In the
grave. - discslse IL 50 C 5rnnon, more decep-
tive md dangerous, or less understood by pLv-
Ecia7s.
b. Its mild soothing and healing properties,
Or. Sase's Cafss.rh Remedy cures the worst
eases o. e. zarrls, cold I'm the Head"
coTsYl, ard Catarrhal Headache.
Sold oy druggists everywhere; 50 cents.
"UatoId AGONY from Catar-h."
Prof w. H,usvEs, the f.mous me merist,
Of ithaca, y. y, writes; some te1 years ago 1
suffered rntOl ! agony from chronic nasal Gu
tarTh. -dy iarlily physician gave NJ M as
such a had ONE that every dry, tow.-r.-, saHsst,
INV .lice W1..it become 50 El2rse I could
barely speak aoove whisper In tie I1oraini
almost I. ra.l..ie me. BY the use or d.. S2Ce'S
G .t..rrh Remedy. in three months. 1 WIS q well
man, eni the cute has been permanent"
Constantly Hawking and spiftin=."
TsTusrAs ]. RUSHING, ESQ.,, 2002 Pine Street.
81. I us. 1lO., writes: " was a greet S1ffcrcr
from catarrh for three years. At times could
hardly breathe, AMI was constantly hawking
an1 s;sistily anl flr the list ei hit mont could
not brea.he through the noStril5 thought
nothiar could be done for me. L1cl-ilv, ! was
advised to try DIR. Sa-e's Catarrh Remedy, AMI
an now n well man I believe IL ID be the
e-iy sure remedy far cStarrh now rna1ufac-
{rrsd' IN one has only to give It fir trial to
experience astounding results and permanent
cure"
A camnlete Treatise on Catarrh, giving valu-
able hints as t. clothing, ciat and other matters
or inpcrtaace will be mailed, post-Tail II cly
nddre5r, On receipt of q two-cent postage stamp.
Address,
Eofld's Dispsnssry Medical Association.
30. eco Main Street. BUFFALO. n. z.
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