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FACTS ABOUT BEES.
They Are Interesting to Folks Who Lii
Bread and Honey.

| They Are Interesting to Folks Who Like
Bread and Honey.
The breeding of queen bees for market
has grown to be an important industry
in this country. In every hive are de-
| velOped each summer from a dozen to a
| score or two of queen cells, each of
which is destined to produce a queen
They are bigger than the ordinary six
sided cells and are of an elongated
shape. The queen mother lays the same
sort of eggs in them that she deposits in
the other receptacles, but the worms
Matched from these eggs are fed by
the nurse bees with such extra rich food
that the winged insects into which they
are metamorphosed become queens in
stead of ordinary worzers-that is to
| say, big females, fully developed, sex
ually 1t is purely a matter of diet.
Bat inasmuch as there can be but one
queen in a hive, after the old queen
mother has gone away for good with
a swarm, those of the workers left be-
hind guard the sealed cells of the young
queens that are about to emerge, only
permitting one to get out at time. If
two escape at once, as sometimes hap
pens, they would kill each other Per-
haps one or two of the new queens fv
out of the hives with swarms. but the
workers which finally remain allow the
next queen who comes out to stab all
the others to death in their cells, even
helping her to perform this cruel but
necessary operation. Thus it happens
that comparatively few queens are per-
mitted to live. The bee-keeper, how
ever, saves their lives by cutting off the
superfluous queen cells from the combs
selling the queens produced from them
for five dollars each and upward.
Agents nowadays travel around the
world to seek new varieties of bees.
very excellent and popular stock of in
dustrious honey-getters has recently
been introduced from Cyprus. When
the Venetians owned the island two
hundred thousand hives were kept there.
People used honey for sugar in those
DAYS. Now there are only thirty thou
sand hives, owing to oppressive taxes
levied upon the industry of the Turks.
The residents are usually unwilling to
sell any of their bees, believing that
those left behind will fly away after the
ones which are disposed of. According
ly, the purchaser is commonly obliged
to buy fifty hives in order to secure fifty.
queens. This is apt to be bore. DIR.
Benton found it so on one occasion when
he tried to carry number of earthen-
ware hives across the country on mule
back. Some of the hives were broken
by an accident, the bees attacked the
mules, and the doctor was SO badly
stung that he swelled up about twice
his normal dimensions. If he had not
been thoroughly inoculated with bee
poison in moderate doses during previ-
Gus years he would undoubtedly have
died.-N. o. Times.
-Jenks--''Is weakness weak?" Blenks
of course" jerks - Then what
makes it take so much strength to over
come ifoD
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FUN WITH WILD GOATS.
An Old Hunters Lively Experience In the
Cascade Mountains.

All Via hunters Lively Experience In the
Cascade Mountains.
Wild goat hunting has begun again
in the Cascade Mountains. John Ber-
nard, of Lake Chelan, and one of the
oldest residents of the region has ar
rived here, and the news that he brings
is that the country is fairly swarming
with wild goats, especially on the north
side of the lake.
"Au the goats are very white" he
said, land it is only lately that they
could be distinguished. There has till
now been a good deal of snow, and this
has made it comparatively safe for these
wild animals. However, all winter long
expert shots have been picking them
off
The greatest rendezvous is on The
ridges of mountains between the lake
and MethOw, west of the Columbia
There from 100 to 200 can not infre-
vuently be seen in single band. Bur-
dering the lake a dozen at time can be
seen all along there, md groups of four
to ten are very common.
Lately they have been killed for
their meat as well as their skins. The
meat of the male goat is tough and
strong, but that of the kids and ami
mails, say year old, is sweet and nu-
tritious and altogether very pleasant. A
man has 10 be very hungry. though
who will eat the flesh of the ancient
mountain climbers, of which there are
many there.
They are as fleet as anything that
can be imagined. l have lately been
hunting on the Methow river This is
rapid-running stream, putting into
the Columbia about fifteen miles north
of the Chclan river The latter river is
short and very rapid torrent with
many falls. coming from Lake Chelan.
Almost anywhere between these wild
goats may be found, but the country is
cut up with terrible high mountains
and deep gorges. There are also small
lakes held in the businesses OF these
mountains, some of which have been
discovered in the last year
Myself and two companions left the
Methow only eight days ago. We had
been in there from Lake Chelan for
three weeks, and in that time we
killed los goats. Some of the time the
sport was very exciting. We had to
camp on the steppes, and once we got
caught in furious storm 1t blew up
very cold We had only our blankets
and tent We found patch of forest
and there we pitched camp and re-
manned for three days without moving
In this time nunberless goats came
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ute consisting OF goose and a fan (the
badge OF servitude) to a HoneSs seated
on the throne, the lotus flower indi-
eating royal rank. The point of the
caricature seems to be that the fox is
holding back weapon, while the lioness
is, in good faith, offering wine to the
treacherous subject.
To give human beings the form and
attributes of animals has always been a
favorite form of caricature. In Roman
comic art no subject was too sacred to
be burlesqued, and even the Roman
gods and goddesses had their foibles
pictured.
In Pompeii have been found many
well-preserved specimens of caricature
intended for permanent preservation
These were frequently mural decora-
tions, gorgeous in color and heightened
with gold and silver.
Ancient Greece was the home of all
the fine arts and the caricature which
usually follows. There is more point
to Grecian pictorial joking and the ideas
are worked out in a more finished way
Many of them greatly resemble Japanese
caricature of the present day.
To go even further back into antioui-
ty, the East Indian mythology offers
many instances of pictorial joking. The
Hindu caricaturist treated the subject
apparently for the purpose, not of rails
ing laugh, but to awaken different
emotions-as admiration, horror, awe
or sense of power In the observer. Most
of the Hindu caricature are crudelv
expressed; but in portraying the career
of Krishna, the god of love and iollity,
the artist introduces much grace, and
what passes current with his people as
humor.
The humor of these, as well as most
ancient caricatures, is that which would
only appeal to a very young child of the
present day, but becomes interesting in
tracing the development of the art
down to our time.
If any one wishes to see caricature in
its primitive state, he may consult the
drawings of the Indians of the west.
notably the Zunis. In pictorial liking
they are not more advanced than the
Egyptian of three thousand years ago.
w. ). Bates, in Golden DAYS.
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CHECKERS AS MONEY.
incident OF Plains Lie Occurring "Whe
Denver : Now,

incident OF Plains Lis Occurring Where
Denver Is Now"
Squatting on one of the lower steps of
the post Office building the other after
noon, newsboy unloaded his pockets
OF miscellaneous collection of small
change, marbles, string, chalk and glass
and proceeded to count up his earnings.
bringing separately and in quartettes
MS unique collection to light a couple
of very dirty round pieces of wood, evil
IDENTIFY used as checkers at distant pc
Rod of time, finally rolled forth. After
critical examination of the museum the
boy cast the checkers to one side. gave
howl to inform his patrons that he
was still on earth, and started down the
street Near the door leaned an old
man-spare and gtunt, a two DAYS
growth of beard on MS face. and this as
white as snow. He had watched the
boys proceedings with considerable in
terest, and when the youth had left he
stopped and picked up the discarded
checkers and examined them critically.
They ant worth much now" he said
to bystalder, retrospectiFely, but I
can remember when such as these
passed as good coin right in Denver
here"
The person addressed naturally
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The above is cut of the instrument used by
DR.. TERM in the examination for tatnrrh and
all Nose and Throat Diseases. Il enables the
| Doctor TO snow his patient the condition of the
| affected parts, ana II needing treatment OK
! piainlng Its necessity. The doctor viii guaraII-
tee cure in every case OF Catarrh he treats.
GU can be treated at home, instruments and
medicine furnished.
DIR. 1erriIl has lust returned from Chicapo
where he has been taking course in the Post
Graduate school, also a special cousc in cleo
! tricity, this being the second conrse of the
| kind the doctor has taken within the last two
| Years The doctor is the only physician in the
| southwest who has taken these special courses
| III electricity, and * consequently the only one
| familiar with its latest scientific application.
DISEASES or WOMEN-Dr. TerriIl has
| made disc ses of Women a specially for 20
years. and has all the late instruments. Batter
les, electrical appliances etc. for their sue
Gessful treatment including Fibroid TumOrs,
decorations. displacements, EnlHrgements
Pr"iapsus. Ulceratiuns. LeucOrrhea, dseas cs
OF The Ovaries. Painful, Irregular or prufusc
hcnstriiation. etc.
nervous DisEASES-Dr. TerrilI wishes TO
call the attention of those suffering FRI IN merry
Gus diseases, Paralysis. Nervous Proetr ition.
seminal Weak ness, etc. TO the wondcri al cur
awe effects 10 he derived from electricity
when scientifically applied. and desires To state
that he fully restores lost power and vigur in
either sex. and positively guarantees cure ia
the last mentioned disease.
The Doctor has nc four different batteries
used ia medical treatme at. viz: A ~ inch four
p static Bdrters. also bfty Cell tabinet
Galvanic and faradic Battery also the Anglo
= NJ r.can Cautery Battery and the Caldwell
or AneShettic Battery with which the Doctor
viii cure Head Ache or any ain Din minutes
Tree of charge. These batteries the very
best manufactured.
TO young and middle-agcd ca:
q SURE CUBE. effects hnf Of s~ shr
~ ice y hich brings organic Weakness destroy
ing both mind aud body, with all the dreaded
Ills. permanently cured.
SKIN DiSEASES-AlI kinds cured where
atEers have failed.
HYDoCELE AND vARICoCILE-A cure I'm
every case. No cutting.
MISUNDERSTANDING cured by the aid
81 electricity.
PILES. FI@TULA-And all rectal diseases
cured. Nc knife. no pain. \ cure guaranteed.
URETH l. STRlC TURE quickly ana per-
. anentlY cured by Eiectroysis. No cutting,
o % n, no money until curcei
81 FHlLlS-That drca'ied disease OF man
hifid quickly and permanently cured ~ the
re's 'reat aent without the p,sisouous aruEs
Of oygGIl- days.
ijr. Tefrilfs success Is based upon facls.
practical expei ieUce. 1ecoud-EYfrv
ctt-t- l. silt cially studied :bIs starting right
h'Td-AeGiciDe are PFC pared fl mis- iabratoTy
Cx1 city to suit each case.
/ Examination and consolidation free.
Correspondence viii receive prompt atfen-
tiG,l.
Twenty furnished rooms for the accommo
dafion of patients from distance. in Office
budding.
ISo North Nan ST. Wichita Kansas.
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Itaa to the right
medicine, if you're a weak or ailing
woman. It's DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. If you're overworked
or rundown" it builds YOU up !;
if you're afflicted with any of the
distressing arrangements and dis
orders peculiar to your sex, it
relieves and cures. 1t improves
digestion, invigorates the system,
enriches the blood, dispels aches
and pains, melancholy and nervous
ness, produces refreshing sleep, and
restores flesh and strength. In the
cure of all functional disturbances,
weaknesses, and irregularities, it's
guaranteed TO give satisfaction, or
the money is refunded 1t does
all that's claimed for it, or it
couldn't be sold in this way.
1t is Legitimate naeaicine-not
a beverage. c, ntains no alcohol
to inebriate ; no syrup or sugar to
sour or ferment in the stomach and
cause distress. AS peculiar in its
marvellous, remedial results as in
its composition.
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down the mountains to our sheltered
nook, and we could pick them off as
fast and as easily as we wished We
did not kill all we could, not feeling
like taking advantage of them at suck
time. Besides we had al we needed
OF the latest goats to eat, and did not
care to kill any more.
The skins are worth very little in
thatcountry, they are so numerous, but
they are very soft, white and beautiful,
and once you get them to Spokane or
Puget Sound they are worth So or q
apiece. In the vicinity of Methow 81 or
~ is big price. Here they are worth
easily IS to SO. 1t is perilous work
climbing those mountains and it must
be done very carefully. Several persons
have been injured, some of them quite
seriously, this winter San Francisco
Examiner
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SURE DEATH FOR BOTH.

A Challenge That Proved the Mild Young
TenderfOOt a Man of Nerve.
II once saw challenge to duel is
sued and accepted, and the time, place
and weapons nominated. The affair.
however, did ne come to any issue"
The speaker was Dan Quinn" the
well-known writer of wild and woolly
western character and dialect stories.
1T was in Deadwood, " said he, "about
eight years ago, and the two men who
were TO have been the participants had
been snarling at each other for many
days One of them was young, con-
sumptive-loolIing fellow from some
where east, and, of course, was held in
much contempt by the old-timers. In
some indefnable way, however, many
OF these seemed to have a kind of
respect for him, as on one or two occa-
sions he had given evidence that per-
haps, after all, he was not to be laughed
at. He was, to these semi-admirers, an
unknown quantity, and while they
were all anxious for some opportunity
TO present itself in which he would
show what he was made of, yet not one
OF them cared to furnish the looked-for
chance.
THE man who did the snarling was,
perhaps, the only man in the select
Clique that hung around the saloon
where the quarrel finally materialized
who did not believe that the tenderfoot
had any nerve, and he never missed an
opportunity to intimate as much. On
the night in question the two men had
been unusually spiteful, and it was a
cinch that there would be trouble be-
fore the daylight broke in.
FINALLY the old-timer made a remark
to the other that there was no mistak-
ing. 1t meant business. The young fell
low heard it, and, without moving a
hand, announced to the other that he
had proposition to make The crowd
was in the right humor and the boy was
allowed to go on.
HE said that he was tenderfoot. He
was aware of it, he declared, and he
felt sorry, but he also said that if the
other would give him a fair show he
would fight him. Then he made what
was considered a remarkable PROPOSE
tioR.- He asked his antagonist TO Law
aside his gear, to make no play, but to
issue him a challenge to battle royal.
He had, he said, conscientious scruples
against being the aggressor in quarrel,
but he was perfectly willing to do the
square thing when the showdown
came.
"Well, after much parley the big fell
low agreed to the deal and the chal-
lenge was issued The boy at once ac-
cepted it, named guns as the weapons,
the place the saloon the time right
then. But his condition under which
the duel was to be fought was the re-
markable part of it. He insisted that
he and his opponent should stand face
to face, with the toes of their right
boots touching. Their guns were to be
in their belts, and at the word they
were to draw and fire There could be
only one result. 1t was daring pro-
posal, but whether it was bluff or not
was never known. The other craw-
fished, bought all the liquor on hand
and apologized, and the outcome of it
was that the men became partners. But
nobody in Deadwood ever intimated
again that the young fellow was lack
ing in nerve. He showed that he had
something about him."-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
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SWEARING-IN A PEER.
How and When the Lord Chancellor's
Hand Is Kissed.

How and When the Lord Chancellor's
Hand Is Kissed.
The swearing-in of new peer is al
ways the earliest function performed on
the day for which it is appointed. The
first intimation of the event strangers
receive is to behold passing under the
| doorway to the left of the throne a lit
tie procession.
The sponsors of the new peer lead
him in the first instance to the WOOL
sack, whereon is seated the lord chancel-
Tor in full-bottomed wig and gown.
The lord chancellor is always on these
occasions discovered staring straight
before him, and when addressed by the
sponsor of the new peer, gives little
start OF surprise as who should saw,
Really, who'd have thought it?" The
new peer hands the lord chancellor a
document purporting to be his summons
to sit as peer ofparliament The lord
chancellor, brought up in a school
which accepts nothing as evidence till
it has been properly put in" waves
the new peer towards the table. Thither
he goes, being met by the clerk, who
looks over the summons and administers
the oath.
Then garter ng-at-arms-splendid
arrayed, with the royal standard of
England emblazoned on the back of his
gold-embroidered coat-who has hither-
TO brought up the rear of the procession,
now takes the lead. Surprising, as
most frequently happens, the new
conner is baron, he is lead to the bar
on's seats, situated near the bar, remote
from the woolsack.
All this is done in dumb show. Safely
landed, the new peer and his sponsors
seat themselves on the bench, turning
their heads, which they have covered
with their three-cornered hats, in the
direction of the woolsack
Catching the eye of the lord chancel-
Tor, they gravely raise their hats, the sa-
lutte being returned from the woolsack.
There is pause while you count
twenty. Then, with increasing gravity.
if possible, up go the three-cornered
hats again, and, as if it were all done
by pulling the same string, the lord
chancellor raises his hat.
Another pause, and for the third time
the hats are raised In what is meant to
be solemn salute, but which looks much
AhOiC AlNC oCAhbPIOIC SlBudllluR Jndn
anything else.
This done, garter king-at-arms bus
ties out of the gangway where he has
been standing, and the procession, re-
forming, moves down at quickened pace
towards the woolsack. The lord chan
cellor's manner is now entirely changed.
Everything is evidently all right, and
with winning smile he extends his hand
to the new peer, who, kneeling, kisses
it. and SO passes out of the doorway,
presently to reappear in everyday
clothes-a peer of parliament ready to
vote, peradventure to orate.-Boston
Globe.
Read the Figures.
The quadrennial appeal of the Car
negie statesmen to the workmen to vote
the republican ticket because high
tariff means better wages" is now due
and will soon be thrust on an innocent
people This reminds us of some fig
ures in Labor Commissioner Carol d.
Wright's last Seventh ANNUALLY report:
Germany England
9TH k0riT) (Rr IT.
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Important Information.

The class in natural philosophy was
being examined by Prof. Shore, of the
University of Texas.
"Can you give me an illustration Of
the law of gravitation9"
YES" responded Tom Anjerry, ona
Of the students. IF a letter weighs
more than two ounces it costs double
postage. Texas Siftings.
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Astronomical

Husband-Well. my dear, have you
seen the spots on the sun?
Wife-No, not yet; can see them
now?
H.-Yes, if you will run upstairs and
| rol at Wallace. He has the measles
Youth.
Employment Agent-NNhat's the mat
ter with that last place?
Domestic-The missus do have cut
glass tpmblers phwat cosht one dollar a
pace. an she says Oh must pay fur all I
break Sure Old niver have any wages
at all at an.-N. Y. Weekly.
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The Coming
Climax in the
DeStinies of America

BY LESTER G. HUBBARD. $50 pages of new
ammunition for the great reform movement.
The textbook for the Presidential cam
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The most remarkable contribution to the reform
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analysis OF the causes which have produced in.
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II the Peoples Party should scatter a million
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It would probably prove to be as good campaign
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THE COMING CLIMAX should be in the hands Of
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INDEX OFFICE.
Medicine Lodge. Kansas
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A Yacht was In Bath awhile ago
named psyche" A man upon the
wharf observing the name spelled 1t out
and remarked: "Well, may / be obfus-
ticated if that isn't the blankest way Of
spelling fish that ever saY?"-Bangor
Commercial
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Guttaline.

A new preparation for the purpose of
replacing India rubber and gutta percha
has been brought out and protected by
NM. Worms and Zwierchowski To a
quantity of Manila gum tempered with
benzine is added 5per cent. of Auvergae
bitumen, also mixed with benzine.
These are thoroughly mixed togethe
by mechanical means and by hand Bv
adding per cent. of resin oil and al
lowing forty-eight to eighty-six hours
to pass between each treatment, a pro-
duct is obtained having all the supple
ness, elasticity, solidity and durability
of the best India rubbers. If the pro
duct is too fluid, the addition of per
cent of sulphur dissolved by means of
bisulphide of carbon will remedy this.
The addition of per cent. of India rub
Der to this mixture makes an excellent
compound for certain purposes The
vulcanization of this product can be
carried out in the usual way.-Scientific
American.
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A Good Reason.

Caraway-Miss WitheFS used to give
3 birthday party every year. ! wonder
why she don't do so now.
Dingley-Well. her birthdays don't
.o,,,.. as often as that noyY.-Truth.