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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-07
BIGGEST BEEHIVE ON EARTH.
1t is Natural Cavern in a CaIifOr-
mia CIiE-iBuxz OF the Insects Can
Be Heard Mile.

mia CIiH-Buxz of the Insects Can
Be Heard Mile.
From the San Francisco Call.
Did you ever see a bee tree, with
swarm of bees around it? Well magnify
this about 10000 times and you will have
slight idea of a natural beehive in Mende-
elmo county, California. It is a rift in the
face of a cliff, and tradition has it that
there is a large cave on the inside, where
the myriads of busy insects make their
homes
This great natural curiosity is known to
residents of the adjacent country as Bee
Rock,' and they have grown to look upon
it as commonplace, when in reality it is the
only beehive of the kind in existence
There is no danger of a person getting
very near to this natural beehive without
knowing it, for at all hours of the day
swarm of insects hover about several hun
dred feet in all directions. An incessant
maddening buzz fills the air that can be
heard an eighth Of a mile and serves as a
warning not to venture too near But
men do venture near after having first put
on a suit of leather clothing, fastened a
mask of wire screen around their hat brim
n.
cautions are absolutely necessary
1t takes nerve to approach close to the
opening in the rock and the experience is
a never-to-be-fo forgotten one. Bees to the
number of millions of millions will light
on the intruder, humming flendishy. and
endeaVor to sting him to DEATH They
form perfect cloud and the air is filled
with a fetid smell and fine dust that
gets through the wire screen and causes
an irritation TO the eyes. The tiny insects
really show signs of viciousness and fly
into the flames of the torch in countless
numbers, as though they intended to ex-
tinguish it, Round and round they fy
with a deafening buzz, and strong, indeed
is the man who can stand the onslaught of
the tiny foes for more than a few min
utes.
1t is almost impossible to make out lust
where the entrance to this natural bee
hive is. There is a sort of cavern i'm the
cliff that seems to have a crack through
the inner wall from top to bottom. but
most of the bees hover around a hole about
eighteen inches wide. and appear TO make
that the point of ingress and egress. MANY
days it IS impossible even to see the cliff
so thickly covered is it with the insects,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-07
TRASHY MEDICINES,

Many such food the market. Botanic
Blood Balm is conscientiously com
pounded medicine, the result of forty
years practice by an eminent physician.
IL Is the best blood purifier ever offered
to the public, ana is guaranteed to cure If
given a fair trial. Try 1t for all skin ami
blood diseases, including catarrh and
rheumatism in It's worst form. one bot
tie of il contains more curative and build
ing-up virture than dozen of any other
kind. Price 81 per large bottle
HOW IT STANDS AT HOME. III
our retail demand is such that we buv
Botanic Blood Balm (B. b. b in gross
lots. 1t sells well and gives our custom
ers entire satisfaction. Our sales have
increased 800 per cent. within a few
months. We attribute its rapid sale 70
its size, price and merit. We are selling
four or FIVE bottles Of it to ONE of ann
other preparation OF the kind II has
failed in no instance to give entire salts
faction. JACOBS PHARMACY.
Per Fred b. Palmer NJ. D.,
Atlanta Ga
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-07
CITY BRENITIES.

John Dove, alias John W. Watkins was
brought down to Savannah yesterday and
placed in the county Jail by the sheriff of
bingham county. Watkins is a negro
who is wanted in Coffee county for as
sault and battery, and the authorities
there seem determined to have him.
The Alpha Debating Society will cele-
brate its second anniversary tonight at
the residence of Mrs. Barr No. 119 Cor
don street. Toasts will be the order of
the evening, with music and refresh
ments. a pleasant evening is anticipated
by the society and its invited guests.
Live Oak. Haupt and Concord Lodges of
Odd Fellows have united 10 give ball at
Odd Fellows hall Wednesday of next
week. The bali is given for the purpose
of raising funds 20 be used by these three
lodges in entertaining the members OF the
grand lodge upon the occasion of the an
nual session OF that body here i'm May.
MIR. Leander Butler is chairman of the
committee in charge.
James Lane, a small negro, was arrest
ed yesterday by Policeman Lovett for
cruelty to animals. Lane was first repri-
manded by a citizen, who dealt him sew
eral rough touches with his boot. The
boy made a great noise and attracted the
policeman who first arrested the young
man who kicked him. The young man
In turn requested the arrest of the boy
for cruelty to animals and both were
taken to the barracks
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-07
cIrY's THREE MONTHS EXPENSES.
Most of the Commissions Slightly in
Excess of Their Appropriations.

Most of the Commissions Slightly in
Excess of Their Appropriations.
The first quarterly statement of city ex-
penditures for the present year was sub
mittod by Clerk of Council W p. Bailey
at the meeting of Council last night. to-
gether with comparison showing the
amount appropriated and the amounts re-
naming incorporating to the credit of the
various departments.
The financial showing is a good one. The
city's expenditures are usually larger dur
ing the first quarter of the year than for
any other quarter. The expenditures for
the quarter just ended only slightly exceed
one-fOurth of the total appropriations.
The commissions ore slightly in excess
of one quarter of their several appropris-
tons. with the exception of the Water
Commission which is within one-fourth of
its budget. The fire department has ex-
pended nearly $1,000 of its $4,000 appvopri-
alton and the police $1,000 of its $4,000
appropriation. The Police, Park and
Tree Commission has expended one-third
of its appropriation of $4,000. but this in
cludes $l.62091 of debts brought over from
1897. Opening streets and street paving are
considerably in excess of their quarterly
proportion hut as these are appropriations
on which the expenditures cease when the
appropriations give out and besides are
never adhered to strictly, this is not
matter of importance. The street opening
committee will receive an additional allow
ance from Council out of the money re-
eeived by discounting the Indebtedness OF
the ground rent lot owners. The state
meut is as follows:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-07
LOCAL Personal.

DIR. ]. L. Hers has returned to the city
and resumed his practice.
DR.. b, F. Foye of Hardeeville. S. c., is
in the city on business and pleasure.
Mr. w. S. Smith came over yesterday
from Hampton, S. c., registering at the
Pulaski
Among the visitors who spent yesterday
In the city was Mr.. w. b. Rogers of
Ridgeland.
Mr.. f. II. Robertson Of Woodbne was
among the guests registered al the Screw
en- House yesterday.
Mrs. +. r. Bryan and Miss Jennie
Bryan have returned home after an alb
senae of several months.
Mrs. M. A. Kenny of Johnstons s. c..
Is visiting her daughter Mrs. Marcus Fl.
Barr, No. 119 Gordon street, west
AR. ". ]. Yeomans of Dawson. a prom
inent lawyer Of that place. was among
the guests registered at the Pulaski yes
terday,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-07
KANSAS CITY ON LONGS LIST.
May BE Purchased for Government
But Has Not Been Yet.

The announcement of the purchase
by the government of tho
steamship Kansas City of the Ocean
Steamship line, with nine other ships of
the Morgan, Old Dominion and Red ID
lines, seems to have grown out of the rec
ommendation TO the navy department by
the board on auxiliary cruisers of the
ten ships as available for Immediate pur-
chase in case they should be needed.
The government has a price on all the
vessels and is kept advised just where
they are in case they are required. 1t Is
not known at what price the Kansas City
was offered
The plan is whenever the vessels are
purchased, if at all, TO distribute them be-
tween Norfolk, League Island and Brook
lyn navy yards, where they will be trans
formed into protected cruisers and armed
with as heavy rapid-fire batteries as they
can carry.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-07
and they roll in and out of the opening like
a stream of molasses

and they roll in and out of the opening like
a stream of molasses.
During the summer dead birds can al
ways be seen on the ground around the
month of the hive. They have been stung
to death while attempting to fly through
the swarm of insects. Four-footed crea-
lures never venture within half mile,
seeming TO know that death turks there
In front of the mouth of the hive there is
a pile of dried honey that has flown from
the interior. 1t looks Ike heap of mol
ten lava that has been hardened after be-
ing discharged from volcano.
A party of men living in the vicinity
claim TO have entered the beehive several
years ago. They selected cold day in
winter, when the bees were half dormant
and poured coal oil and benzine around
and into the opening. Then they made
big fire of wood. SO that the whole cavern
was filled with flames. Then they poked
the red-hot embers down into the opening
and so killed every bee in it.
But there was not much to see after the
men got inside-only a large cave. with
the walls covered with wax and dried
honey and enough OF the sweetness In
pools in the bottom to last a big city for
several years. OF course the honey was
unfit for use on account of being full of
dead bees and ashes from the FIRE. The
men, however. did not linger in the cave
any great length of time, as it was foul
smelling and sitting. Although countless
millions Of bees must have been DESTROYED
on this occasion, the next summer they
were as numerous as ever and just as vic
ious.
Indians of the neighborhood say that in
the good old days" the bad men of their
tribe were bound hand and foot and car
ried TO within short distance of the bee
hive by men wrapped in blankets. There
the helpless creatures were left to suffer
the agony of being stung to death.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-07
TALKED PHoTOGRA Apply.
Camera Club Elected Several New
Members.

The Savannah Camera Club met last
night at it's club room at Bull and New
Houston streets. Some very interesting
exhibitions of x-ray photographs were
made and the members exchanged ideas
or this feature of the art.
The Camera Club has taken some ad-
vanced steps during the past two or three
months and is proving quite source of
pleasure and profit to its members. Much
valuable information concerning photogra-
ply and the latest in taking pictures is
talked over for the mutual benefit of mem
bers. Experiments are made from time
to time and the results are given to the
other members by those conducting the
work.
Several new members were received last
night and the growth of the club in this
respect is quite encouraging to those more
deeply interested in it's welfare.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-07
ROADS GRANT Low RATES.
Delegates May Travel CheapIy to
Conventions.

Excursion rates have been announced
by the commissioner of the Southeastern
Passenger Association for delegates and
members attending the following meetings
and conventions: Alabama State Proaibi-
ton Association, Mont gomery, April 1913;
Alabama State Dental Association, Mont
gomery, April 12-16; Knights of Honor of
Georgia, Macon, April 1916; A. M. e.
Church, district conference, Savannah,
April 1918; Alabama Fire Underwriters
Associa ton, Mobile, April 14-16; Woman's
Foreign Missionary Society, North Geor-
gla Conference, Forsyth, April 20-2S; In
dependent Order B'nai BIRTH, District
Grand Lodge No. z, Vcksburg, April "a
26; Alabama Sunday School Conference,
M Il. Church, South, Prattville, April 25-
q; Alabama Commercial and Industrial
Association, Birmingham, April 27-2S; Ala
bama Federation of Women's Clubs, Sell
ma May "a; Knights of Pythias, Grand
Lodge of Alabama, Montgomery, May .;
Knights of Pythias. Grand Lodge OF Ten
nessee, Nashville, May 9-12; Knights of
St John, twentieth annual convention,
Detroit, June Is to July !.
Among the visiting railroad men in the
city yesterday was Mr.. NJ. II. Connally,
general agent at Jacksonville for the
A special rate of one first-class fare for
the round trip has been authorized by the
conference committee of the Southeastern
Passenger Association for the delegates
and members attending the Southern Bib
lical Assembly at Knoxville, June 1928.
Secretary of State Clifton has granted
charter to the Naldosta and Albany
Railroad Company, which intends to build
railroad from the city of Albany 10 the
city of Naldosta. The application for a
charter states that the road will be sew
enty-fve miles in length ana win pass
through the counties of Lowndcs. Brooks,
Colquitt. Worth, Mitchell and Doughsrty.
The incorporators ask for a capital stock
of 100000 with the privilege of increasing
it 10 100000, as they may see fit. The
incorporators are all citizens of Valdosta
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-07
LATE MARINE INTELLIGENCE.


Per steamship d. II. Miller, for BaIu'
more.-SO0 bales upland cotton; 200 pass
sea island cotton, 5T barrels rosin' so
casks turpentine, 216,S59 feet lumber LIZ
crates vegetables, 800 barrels vegetables
barrels rosin oil, 70 tons pig iron ]"
casks clay, S62 sacks clay, 252 packages
merchandise, Is bundles hides and WOOL
21S barrels syrup, 202 barrels pitch, ode'
linters, 209 packages domestics and yarns
so cases canned goods, 70 bales sweeplnss'
60 barrels cotton seed oil, barrel tar.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-07

Among the visiting railroad men in the
city yesterday was Mr.. NJ II. Connally,
general agent at Jacksonville for the
Nashville, Chattanooga and st. Louis.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-07

Passengers per steamship D. Fl. MihgT
for Baltmore--Miss Ensign, Mrs. D, "a.
Jones, Miss Laura M. Carpenter W. VIZ,
Lola M. Carpenter, r. Butler, Jr, JOSEF"
Sullivan, Joseph Myers, r. e. Roberts,
w Saulsberry, j. e. Middleton, +, o.
Whitney, c. e Stearnes, Roy Ford -, r. %
Parkison, Mrs. Dwight, Miss r. X Ni SIs
ers Miss Rosa Elliott, E. b. Du Val NJ W.,
e. B. Du Val, Miss Grace Du Val ME-
McKie, Miss T. M. Blondell, Thomas a.. .,
Elliott, Miss Dina McGuffin, Miss Lu ~
McGuffln. u. H. Curry, O. M. Denails l,ni.
t. Bart, Mrs. r. r. Shreve, Miss NH9 -.
Garnett, Miss Battelle, Miss W. GO
wan, Prof w. II. Shelly. George W. mi oT,l.
c. II. Carpenter, and thirty-one
grants.
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-Success.-"His success in nnan0'1'
way has been something marvellous
"Yes?"
Eyes, sir. I've often heard him ten Iii
when he came here fifteen years asv,d 4
he owed in The world was dollar an, NH.
quarter, and last week he failed Tor '-'
lion. "--Detroit Journal.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-07

and are as follows: Thomas Crawford, ].
K. Dasher. T. F. Shaw, T. w. Shaw,
f. w. Lane j. f. Lewis, J. NJ. Briggs,
c. r. Ashley. e. P. Rose J. A. Dasher,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-12-30

qualities Of the water are particularly pow
erful, and where wood, bones and many
other things, when placed even for a short
time in the water, turn into stone. The wood
siciied in Lough Neagh is considered very
valuable for sharpening knives and other
tools,
Michael found little difficulty in reaching
the bottom of the lake, but his search for the
treasure vaults OF the ancient Irish proved
vain. Repeated divings, during several days.
in different parts OF the lake, were also
fruitless, and Michael was obliged to give up
the search, discounted and exhausted
Imagine his surprise, when two days after
wards, he awoke and discovered that both
his legs were so stiff that he could only hob
BILE along with the greatest difficulty. A
closer inspection revealed the dreadful fact
that his shins were petrifed. While bis
body had been protected in the diving bell,
his legs had been exposed to the action of the
water.
Think Of the horror of the wretched man
as he gazed at his black and fossilzed ex-
tremties. He limped aroucd as best he
could until he met his son Brian. lie told
him, while tears streamed down his cheeks,
how each of his shins had been transformed
into hone. Brian was amazed, and MUIR
INJURED, in sympathetic tones: ''Ohonel
What will become av We, father?
The grief of Mrs. O'Doherty may be sur
missed when she realized that her dear spouse
was wearing pair Of petrifed legs; for, thus
disabled, he could not work. While his
limbs might be ornamental, or valuable as
curiosities or as bric-a-brac after he was
dead, yet they were otherwise useless, Pow
erty stared them in the face, until happy
thought came to Mrs. O'Doherty. She con-
ceived a plan by which Michael might still
continue to be the support of the family.
She suggested to him the desirability of let
ting out his legs as knife-shurpeners.
At first Michael was averse to the project.
He would have resisted, but Mrs. O'Doheity
was firm, and a three-foot hone is poor
thing with which to kick. Concluding that
it was his only means Of earning livelihood,
he advertised himself as hone, guaranteed
to give keen and superior edge to any ar
ticle Of dohestic or farming cutlery, from a
razor to scythe.
People Cooked from all quarters to see
the petrifed man, and brought variety Of
edge tools to test the quality of the unique
whetstones, 1t was an astonishing sight to
see Michael stretched daily on block in the
little yard behind his cabin, surrounded by
gaping visitors and customers, while one of
their number dexterously sharpened a chisel
or hay knife on one Of his fossil legs i is
said that even invalids came from far and
near to whet their appetites As be charged
sixpence a whet. be soon became rich. His
earnings increased with his fame; and so.
after all, the words Of the gypsy woman came
true.--.I. Annoy Knox, in I.ppincott's Mag
azina
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-12-30

Steers of the dairy type do not
seem to feed out satisfactorily, and
feeders do not want them. 1t is we'll
to forestall this objection by dispos-
ing of such steers while calves as
veals. 1t Is discouraging to keep a
steer two or three years and then
be tainted with ridiculous offers for
it.
Among COWS the force of individu-
ality Is 80 great and the laws which
govern it so unknown that our only
way is tn "prove all things and hold
fast that which is good Full Sis
ters may develop the one into the
highest and the other into the lowest
extreme of usefulness.
A COW which gets fas while in
milk Is not being fed properly nor il
not worth keeping in the dairy.
Give less corn and more bran and
clover hay to the herd. A good
dairy COW is usually lean in flesh,
but she should be strong and vigor-
Gus, and he fed a ration which de-
velops vital force and plenty of
muscle. Such cow will turn the
fat in her feed into cream.
If the cows have access to a good
stream which does not freeze, there
will be but little necessity for warm
ing the water they drink during the
winter but if .he supply be so small
that it can not be kept from freezing,
the warming will be found profit
able. Therefore, the need of warm
ing drink for the dairy will depend
upon circumstances.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-12-30
AgrIenlture.


There is not much danger of los
ing any of the plant food in manure
hauled out to the fields and spread
on the frozen ground. 1t Is better to
risk this loss than to pile it up and
let it f1refang or leach away.
Feed the rats few times in a GER
tain place on pieces of bacon, until
you win their confidence, and then
sprinkle the bacon with rough on
rats. You may not succeed in kill
ing all of them, but they will leave
straightway a locality which threat
ems them with 90 much harm.
Upon our new Western farms there
is yet a great lack of suitable barns
There is reason forthis, but good
barn will save enough which would
otherwise perish or be wasted to pay
for itself in five or six years.
A poor place to live Is farm with
out an orchard, good garden or a
yard of shrubbery; and usually we
find poor sort of people living on
such farms.
Glover sown in March will almost
always grow and live. Often there
is'a failure to catch because 1t is
too late in the spring.
There is work every day in the
year for the good farmer. He who
can not find employment which is
profitable during the winter has
missed his calling, and should sell
out to some one else.
A cat or two kept about the barn
and never fed at the house will keep
On ~ MN hninn
made ready for market will eat no
more corn than a rat can waste.
The scientific farmer is simply the
one whOiworks by rule, and follows
the best methods to accomplish his
work, No other kind of farming
pays, nor will ever pay in the flu
Eure;the day is past for the old
ways.
No money brings larger interest
than that invested in drain tiles
Wherever water stands "a hours at
any time there the drain should
certainly go; now is good time to
mark these spots, that the digging
may be done early in the spring.
etready for the wire fence which
must be built this spring; the posts
may be driven with maui or sledge
when the frost first goes out of the
ground a good deal cheaper than
holes can be dug and posts planted
later. Two men can drive 200 posts
in a day, and they will be in more
firmly than where they have been
set in holes.
Itrsally takes all there Is of hlan
to handle 40 acre farm and make
lido its best without any waste. 1t
calls for good financiering, good
work and good sound judgment. Let
him who owns such tract never
think the farm will take care, of it.
self while he devotes part Of his
time to other pursuits. There are
too many complications to watch TO
admit of any such thing.
By constant watchfulness the time
and labor required to keep things in
a neat and attractive shape about
.he farm is never missed. While
the ground is so frozen that we can
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-12-30
PEOPLE WHO DIE.
Consumptive Travellers Are Not WANT
ed by the Riviera Hotel Pro-
prietOrs In France.

The hotel proprietors in the south Of
France and the Riviera, that land of
sunshine and roses, where happiness
and holidays are the business of life,
will not take in a traveller who has the
appearance of being i'll or is consump-,
tive looking. They would rather have
fire than death in the house any time.
For a death is the worst luck that can
befall them.
People GO to the Riviera to enjoy
themselves. and anything which re-
binds one of the dark side of life acts
as IN effectual damper to gayety. 1t
was found some seven years ago that
hotels where deaths took place got a
bad name and did not prosper.
So at the present day when, not
withstanding all precautions, death
does happen to occur at Riviera hotel,
the corpse Is taken out the very next
night by the back entrance and de-
posted in the nearest church or ceme-
terry. No mention is made of the death
by any of those who are aware of it,
and if one of the attendants should
chance to whisper a word of 1t TO an
other ii means instant dismissal, never
mind how old servant he is of the
hotel.
A very grewsome sight II is If you hap.
pen TO be returning late to your hotel,
and chance to meet one of these silent
professions bearing corpse to the
neighboring church. And under no,
conditions can you find out whose body
1t is, as strict silence is observed by the
bearers.