Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-05
A 10 CENT QUEEN.
One Who Is Shipped All Over the World
In . HOE.

a ~ CENT QUEEN.
One Who Is Shipped All Over the World
In . BOZ.
Imagine queen travelling around the
world on 10 cents! It seems preposter-
Gus, and yet it is O fact. There is Ger
tain man, according to the st. Louis Re-
public. who will do this for any one
who will send him an order. whether it
comes from England, China or any 9TH
er foreign country, and he says:
II have frequent demands from all
parts Of the world. You see. I send
these queens as follows: You will notice
that there are two little circular apart
ments in this royal carriage" and be
produced a little wooden box, lone in
which the queen is kept and the other
for her suit. The little plug in the cen.
ter of the box is solidifed, candied
honey, which will furnish food to the
regal party until they arrive at their
destination.
1.-The compartments are covered with
fire wire gauze to prevent the escape
Of the insects.
This large one in the first compart.
ment, the one with the delicately shaped,
long body and beautiful markings, il an
Italian queen bee, and she is valued at
$40. have queens valued all the way
from 90 to s25.
1.-The others. in the second compare
ment. are the suit OF worker bees, that
will accompany her on the trip. not only
for company. but also for the heat they
will produce to keep her comfortable ON
the stormy voyage over the great, cold
seas.
AFTER we have the bees safely stow
cd away in their proper compartments,
wo switch the little lid around and
fasten it with a tiny screw at the ends,
and on its top surface the address of the
consignee is written, the stamp is affix-
ed, and away goes her majesty. q queen
sold into slavery for the trifiin4 sum Of
$40 and sent to her destination on 10
cent stamp
"Bee culture has grown so rapidly in
the United States that there are few
farmers now who have not substantial
apiary and who do not net handsome
income each year from the honey the
bees yield. and besides the farmers there
are thousands Of gentlemen and ladies
who are npiarists purely from the fas-
cination the hobby Affords
A Queer Egg Story.
An ostrich egg with romantic his
tory is the curiosity owned by Miss
Marie Lopez Of 4l5 South Fortieth
street. The egg was presented to Miss
Lopez by Joseph Pulsiver, to whom it
was sent by his brother, who is super
intendent Of an ostrich farm in South
Africa. Accompanying the egg was the
following letter from the sender: II
send the ostrich egg and know your
longing for peculiar curiosities will re-
ceive o boom when You learn its his
tory. We had man on the farm named
Carr, who was noted for his skill in
breeding and raising ostriches He had
raised the mother Of the egg send, and
she had been one Of his greatest pets. This
was thought strange, as she was known
to be q savage bird and would allow
no ono but Carr to 60 near her. Breed
ing time came, and the ostrich was soon
watching over a setting Of eggs. Our
farm matches artificially, the eggs being
removed from the mother and placed in
an incubator. Carr was the one selected
to secure the eggs, on account Of his
great command over the bird. He enter
ed tho pen and began picking up the
eggs. In an instant the treacherous pet
became furious and started to strike
him with her powerful feet. We had to
shoot the mother before we could get
her away and then found we were too
late, Cars skull having been battered
in. In the struggle all the eggs were
broken, with the one exception. which
! send to you. '-Philadelphia Record