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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-24

Prosecuting Attorney Gives Notice
60 NoPdstroM's Lawyer.

Prosecuting Attorney McEiroy yesterday
served notice upon James Hamilton L-ewta
attorney for Charles w Nordptrom the
condemned murderer. that upon June 3
motion viii be made before the superior
court At Olympia 10 dismiss the appeal
taken by Nordstrom from the order OF
Judge Jacobs adludg!ng him sane ana sem
fencing him 10 be hanged on AuKust II.
ton that there il no merit in the appeal
and that the court for that reason should
dismiss II and allow the execution TO take
place on the date fixed by the lower cour;
II the appeal 10 allowed to stand II cannot
be dhposed Of until the fan term OF the
aurreme court cpmmenS4nR In Qcfohe.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-24

ADDITIONAL sleeping car scrysce has
t>er tnauxarate3 nv the Northern Pacific
between Seattle AMI Spokane and Seattle
ard Portland. thereby providing ample ac-
eomrnctatiens fo- the patrons Of that
popular line
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-24

WINE olney. aged u y~ars Tommy
Averr - and John Jonee II. were ar
rested Yesterday afternoon by Sergt. Peer
ana ofscrr fr~~rman for stealing brass
nom the Kiordike Roller Works. The
property was rceovsgcd.
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TO TOW BARGEs NORTH.

Steam Schooner Brunsvgick VIII
Leave About June 1.
The steam schooner Brunswick arrived
In port yesterday afternoon from Hooper's
bay. She was used there as cahnery
tender. She has been chartered by the
Empire Transportation Company to tow
two OF their steel barges, recently built on
the tide fats. to st. Michael
The National City. also q steam schoon-
err. il expected In few days She viii
St. Michael. This fleet, as well as the now
tug for the Yukon recently built here
win start north about June l. taking the
inside passage.
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DR. BRAGDcN. Mutual rAfe Crowns,
bridge wsrk.
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CHICAGO Ms~aukes d 81. Paul Rail-
way. We carry the NAL Tea eAat e~>'
lhAA
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CRESCENT ssex ciee--Tsss r~oers -hssAk-
<~ IN mast yearst the ssAser xEasn sSr $50
Ssssgvr 4 Eertaat ssik-fsss s@Soss
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EXCELLENT lunches served daily from
u TO Geek Cafe Halle 50 second
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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-01

the tomato vines with roots attached
from the field after the crop has been
shipped. These vines should then be
burned so as to be sure to destroy the
root-knot. The tomato crop should
then be followed by crab-grass, or
some crop other than beggar-weed
cow-peas or velvet beans. AS the root
knot worm cannot live upon plants be-
longing to the grass family, they
starve in the meantime and the field
is more or less free from them for the
tomato crop to begin in it's season.
Figures / and were borrowed from
the Experiment Station; figure from
Dr.. G.. V. Riley, figure 4 from photo
graph.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-01

quotations l sent before you will see
that bees were quite plentiful in the
southeastern part of our country as
early as 1878. and also at Philadelphia.
1t is reasonable to suppose they were
in New York equally as early, and if
so the date referred to 0793) in the last
paragraph, said to have been taken
from \. B. Jour. is Incorrect
believe that, IN reality. honey bees
were introduced into this country at
4 much earlier period than any known
authentic Records Indicate. and that in
all probability they were brought here
on various occasions by early colo
niSts-that in fact they were spread
all along the coast east Of the Allie
&hanics at least as early as 1900. 1t
would seem rs though such IN import
ant source Of Sacchal'ine matter. when
sugar was a much Scarcer article than
now. would surely have received the
attention Of the early colOnists, and
would also have been mentioned by
early colonial chr0niclers. | think we
will sometime find such records No
one has probably ever thought the
matter Of sufficient Importance to
trace it out and such early records are
not we'll indeXed.
| will endeavor when occasion per-
mits, to see what | can find in the
congressional library here, which will
throw any further light on the matter.
Very truly yours,
Frank Benton.
As the date of the introduction of
the honey bee into America is not at
present obtainable through the Gov
eminent archives, it must be left for
Others to ascertain if possible The OPP
pOrtunities afforded for the preserva-
ton and protection of the honey bee is
nowhere better afforded than in the
cypress SWampS of the South; where
the water standing at the base of the
trees gives ample protection from the
large red ant; and the absence of the
moth at that time did much to multi
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-01
BY j. w. DETWILf r.
Smyrna.

At the request of the editor Of the
Florida Agricgllturist and other par
ties, | have assumed the labor Of pre-
pairing a statement, $50 far as is pos
sible at this late day. Of the resources
of this section in honey production
during the past twenty-five years.
ture have been called hence, and in a
few years at most our places will be
occupied by others, and the records of
the large yields Of honey produced will
only be preserved in the report of some
newspaper correspondent or ambitious
keeper of bees in seeking his own per-
sOnal advancement at the expense Of
his more successful ne1ghbors.
1T is most imperative that facts be
recorded so far as can be aScertained
to counterfeit erroneous statements
made in the past and give credit to
those to whom it is justly due. AS to
the veracity of the writer and his api-
those who know him best by long
years of association and acquaintance.
In the subject before us, the Ques-
ton arises, when was the honey bee
first introduced into the new world?
In the early history of America, so
far as our means of investigation go,
TO Xyrhi of
necessity implies the presence Of bees,
is in "lrving's Conquest Of Florida, )"
page 2 3, date 1910, entitled "The Jour
ncy of neSoto."
''.JUne %. They came in sight of
lchiaha, thirty leagues from QuaXali.
Here among other things they found a
quantity Of bears oil preserved in
pots, likewise oil made from WalnutS
and Il pot of honey. The latter they
had not seen before, nor did they ever
again meet with it during their wan
derings.''
Not having works of reference per-
tanning to this subject, | made inquiry
fRi0TlNe 10 the INTRODUCTION VI Tie
honey bee into America, of the Z. S.
Department of Agriculture at Wash
ington. The matter was referred to
the Division of Entomology and as
signed to Mr.. Frank Benton, assistant
entomologist, whom l had previously
met in Northern Agricultural COnven-
tons His letters and citations are as
follows:
Washington, Jan. IS. 1898.
Mr.. John Y. DetWiler,
New Smyrna, Fla.
Dear Sir: | have been absent-On
official business for the Department
for some time, and, though your let
ter addressed to me personally was
forwarded, l have had no opportunity
until lately to look the matter up.
Your letter of last August has been
hunted up. | find that it arrived dur
ing my absence and, not being adj
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-01

Pierce, chief consulting physician OF the
Invalid's Hotel and Surgical Institute, OF
Buffalo, N Y, telling him of the benefits
received from his wonderful prescriptions
and the careful professional advice which
he sends by mail without charge.
lady living in West Eaton, Madison Co.,
NJ Y, Mrs Matte A. Walker, in a recent letter
to DR.. Pierce, says: II write to inform you
have Helped me so much that know not where
to commence or where to leave Oft, as had such
a complication of ailments. For three years l
had such bad spells thought that II dying was
only lust a sleep did not want to wake and sui
fer again; would be glad to have death come
any night got so discouraged it seemed as If
1 could never be we'll and happy again. had
asthmatic spells towards morning. SOMETIMES
1 felt as if could not get breath enough to live;
had dreadful pains in the top of my head, and
was so nervous felt as if something dreadful
was going to happen-,I could not tel why
either l could write dozen sheets full and not
tell all the dreadful things I suffered, from te-
male weakness, constipation, asthmatic spells,
and rheumatic neuralgia.
~ advise all who are suffering not only TO use
Dr. Pierce's medicines, but to get his advice also,
for it has helped me 50 much cannot say
enough in praise of both the advice and the
remedies look on your medicines as being
God-send, and will ask God to guide suffering
humanity to the right relief"
For nervous troubles and ailments pecu-
liar to women DR.. Pierce's Favor1te Pre-
scription is the only proprietary remedy
desiened bv a regularly educated physician.
For bronchial affections and digestive diff
culties his "Go1den Medical Discovery " is
the one permanent cure. HIS Pleasant
Pellets - are the most effective natural non
gripping laxative for constipation.
Send to DR.. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y,
for a free copy of the " Peoples Medical
Adviser" For paper covered copy enclose
81 one-cent stamps to cover mailing only.
Cloth bound 81 stamps.
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only, and it having been supposed L
would prepare fuller reply after my
return to Washington.
Unfortunately even at this late
date. cannot give you any lnforma-
ton as to the first importation of the
honey bee into this country. l have
searched through a good many vol
umes of early travel in this country,
but without finding much alluslon TO
the subject of honey bees or their
products. Such early publications,
YOU are of course aware, are not well
indexed. and even if there should hap
pen to be mention of the existence OF
bees or honey it might escape the at
tentiOn of any one who, though search
ing for it. did not read the books from
cover to cover, especially as in most
such works it would be but a mere
mentiOn-in line or two perhaps.
do not know of any old works on bees
which give anything authentic regard
ing the first impOrtatiOns to this cOun-
try. Nevertheless all indications seem
to me to point to the fact that they
were imported, and were not natives
Of this country. If they had been in
America many decades before the rec
0rtls made about the middle of the last
century--at least had been generally
spread along the east coast, 1T seems
to me they would nave reached the
Mississippi valley by natural swarm
ing and wandering, even without
mans agency. 1t is very possible that
their first importation was to Florida,
through early Spanish colonization.
The ouotations-seven in number
which | send, together with that from
Irving's Conquest, which you have, and
those found on pages 28O-2ol or
'Langstroth on the Honey Bee" as re-
vised by the Dadants, are all that L
can refer you to at present.
Regretting that did not get hold of
your original letter sooner, but hoping
the little | can add to it may still be
| Of some service TO you L remain
Yours truly,
Frank Benton.
=. S.-The subject, I might add, is
to me an interesting one, and | shall
be Oh the lookout for additional infOr
nation. and if possible | will investi
gate the question Il little more fully.
Possibly | may come upon some early
work which will settle the point as to
whether honey bees were indigenous
to this country or not. f. B.
From 'Travels through North and
South Carolina, Georgia and Florida"
Ry VIM. Bartram. Published in Phil
ndolDhia in 1892 An account of jour
ncys made in those colonies in 1773.
CITATIONS.
"Rartram's Travels" page 1874
'HOney: The repast is now brought in,
consisting of venisOn, steWed with
bears oil. fresh corn-cakes, milk and
hOminy: and our drink, honey and wa
ter, very cool and agreeable. Visit
| to CuScOWilla. near Alachua savanna
and the capital of the Alachuas, allies
on the Greek Indians.
"Bartram's Travels" page 21O.-|
"Honey and Wax; The hides of deer
| hears floors and wolves tOUatbor
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aspera, etc., Bartram says: ''The
powdered root mixed with warm wa
ter and sweetened with honey, makes,
when cooled, delicious jelly"
"Bartram's Travels" page 244.-
Honey and BeesWaX: In his notes
made in TalahasOchte Ton the Little st.
Juan River) in 1913, Bartram says in
reference to Indians that had returned
from trading expedition to Cuba:
'They deal in the way of barter, car
rying with them deer skins, fJlrs, dry
fish, beeswaX, honey, bears oil, and
some other articles''
"Bartram's Travels" page 411.-
company with DR.. Grant physician
Of the garrison, VIM. Bartram says:
'IIoney bees: In the course of CONVEX
sation with the doctor, | remarked
that during my travels since leaving
the Creek nation, and when there, l
had not seen any money bees. He re-
OF the Isthmus of Florida, and but one
hive in Mobile, which was lately
brought there from Europe, the English
surprising that there were none in the
country, not finding any when they
took possession of it after the Spanish
and French. | had been assured by
IM
West Florida. which to me seemed eX-
traOrdinary and almost incredible,
since they are so numerous all along
the Eastern continent from Nova SEQ
tia to East Florida, even in the wild
forests, as to be thought by the gener-
atty of the inhabitants, aborlgines of
this c0ntinent''
Bee hives.-From "NeW Travels in
the United States Of America" by J.
Z. BrissOt de Warville, Dublin 1892,
page $50, it is learned that at SPRING
mill. near Philadelphia, a farmer had
in his gardens "a great quantity of
bee hives''
From "Langstroth on the Honey
Bee" revised by Oh. Dadant & Son.
Chap. IN, page $50. paragraph 545.-
",l'he Honey bee is not Indigenous to
7,-mcrca. Thomas Jefferson, in his
Notes on Virginia. says:
3'Le honey bee is not native of
or country. Marcgrave indeed men
items Il species of honey bee in Brazil
But this has no sting and is there
fore different from the one we have
which resembles perfectly that Of
Europe The Indians concur WITH us
in the tradition that it was brought
from IfUIoDe: but when and by whom
we know not. The bees have general
~ extended themselves into the cOun-
try little in advance of the white set
tiers. The Indians therefore call them
the white mans fly
"'Whcn John Eliot translated the
scriptures into the language of the alb
0TiginCS of North America, no words
were found expressive of the terms
WAX and honey CA. B. j.. July, 1862
Paragraph 546. According to the
quotations of the a. B. j., common
bees were imported into Florida by the
SDaniards previous to 1863, for they
were first noticed in West Florida in
That year. They appeared in Ken
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-01

For the Florida Agriculturist
Early Agriculture at and Near New
Smyrna.
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No wonder

No wonder
S o NJ women
feel as if the
disease which
constantly pur-
sues them is
just a nalig-
II mt de vii
booming them
to CT 1less mis-
cry. Thousands
of women who
could get no re-
lief from any
other sou r c e
h We written
grateful letters
to Doctor r. V.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-10

looking for floating straws and I turned to
assist my trembling charge in beside the
others
Forgive me. l whispered rs | half lifted
her upon the cushions, but she would not
raise her eyes TO mine. When l murmured
in my sisters ear, FLO, be kind, I will eX-
plain" she turned her face away with a low
order to the driver, which set the carriage
spinning toward home at a rate that threat
ened to cripple every slow footed pedestrian
along our track. But II my bride would not
look at me, nor my sister talk, Miss Thomp-
son did both and to spare. Heavens how
she scourged me with her merry speeches.
And to think Flo, you naughty girl she
cried, turning a vengeful glare on my poor
sister, who writhed beneath her just attack,
that you passed him off upon us as gay
bachelor. What II / had lost my heart -
And she glared at me, while l wondered to
think she dared to claim TO own such an
organ.
/ don't suppose we were more than ten
minutes making that drive, yet seemed to
grow old and gray before it ended. Help
less to retaliate on Miss Thompson, my man
hood seemed to desert me- and l sat huddled
up upon TIE seat like some poor relation
out for an airing
At last We were at home once more. Some
one, only the coachman, | think, drove off
with Miss Thompson, and after more con-
fusion l was standing before my brother-in-
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-10

from comforting her the survey OF my per-
son seemed to iu l,' mind with renewed
CONSERVATION.
Miss Brandon ! cried softly whole
world OF respect and compassion ringing in
my voice, and then ! remembered that she
was no longer Miss Brandon, and she re-
membered 1t too, and the good work was all
undone. Up rushed the scarlet to my face
and to hers, too poor girl, and with a child
ish motion she pressed one hand across her
face to conceal it from me-
ITS going to be a chilly day" / gasped
with an attempt at unconsciousness she
could not second, and so we sat in silence,
awful to her, knew, while my heart
thumped away at my side like a hammer.
No sooner had the carriage stopped than
she was upon her feet with down-bent head
and had scarcely time to get the door open
and be ready to receive her before she
slipped down, avoiding my extended arms,
and stood beside me like bird ready for
flight
Good bye" she murmured feverishly,
you don't need to come in with me. | can
take care Of myself now" with a little
catch in her voice. She would have bsen
gone, but, forgetting where | was, | caught
her hand and made her raise her eyes to
mine. "oh, forgive me-" she faltered, "you
have been so kind but"
But l shall not obey you now" finished
for her firmly, and then | dropped her hand
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-10

There was good sense in this and ! crept
down stairs, and, meeting in the hall my
gentleman Of the diamond pin, asked him
shamefacedly where | might obtain at once
a bath, a change of clothing and a shave.
Again was l led forth and once more we
We're knocking at peoples doors, and once
more did surly men peer at us through
stingy little chinks, and, by and by, half
dressed barber stood before us, mixing up
cold lather and stropping a razor with ii
sleepy blindness far from reassuring.
You'll have to get off them rags" he
said, with unnecessary rudeness pointing to
my bandages, and then he stripped them
from me with no gentle hand and fell at his
work.
BE careful of that jaw" I said, heavily,
and then / think that must have gone to
sleep, for, though l remember his asking
me snappishy, (Which jaw?" | remember
nothing else until a sudden application Of
bay rum to a cheek all but freed of skin
brought me to myself with a moan of pain,
Whatever have you had them rags on
for?" was the greeting OF my tormentor, as
he hastily covered the evidence of his
brutality with a dab of powder, and then
my eyes, straying about in sleepy wonder,
fell upon my reflection in the long glass be-
fore me, What indeed? Why, l was myself
again! How long had been masquerading
unnecessarily in those bandages? Why, even
my swollen eye, though a thought heavy
about the upper lid, wore only a look Of In
teresting melancholy.
I could have sung for Joy. sprang 10
my feet with such an Expresses Of artless
delight on my face that the man demanded
four times the usual rate on The spot TITS
too much to be expected to climb out at this
hour and sharpen up extra for what one
would get at midday when the trade is driv-
ing, he said in excuse OF his robbery, but
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-10
Judge is
sthe Prince'of
CariCafsy~act-c

they were kept busy dragging off the small
articles | wrecked about me; but no one
noticed my accidents. They were all in the
highest spirits, and laughed at my stutter-
ing remarks as though | was the funniest
creature living.
But ! am sorry you feel that you must
leave u.s." said Flo, when we had got back
to the drawing room, catching her train
from beneath my feet as she spoke, and
smiling upon me. "ThOmas says you have
packed up again ! wonder that you don't
wear out your clothing, changing it about
So" Then she melted from the room, and
William without even the decent preteXt
Of an excuse made haste to follow
] think my companion knew that they
were going, but when we were fairly alone
her courage failed her. A little cry escaped
her lips, and, had ! not quickly placed
myself before her, she, too, would have
vanished,
"Bernice," | cried, and / was on my
knees before her. "You must help me 10
save my honor. | said that | would leave
but l cannot. Oh Bernice! my little bride,
cannot"
Had | frightened, had ! shocked her?
dared not look up, but clasping tightly
in my own the trembling hands which
caught as they wound themselves nervously
together, pressed them close against my
down-bent face. There was long silence
while the small hands struggled feebly in
mine; Thea they grew still, and there camd
family: Il don't think that | want SOU
TO go-but you never had any wife-and-
you aren't a doctor at all-and-and"
If there are those who would prefer to be-
lieye that / remained upon my knees through
all that fatering speech they may do so,
but think there are many who Will ap-
preciate me better II they doubt that was
so passive.
(The End)
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-10

when my lunacy should break loose and he
must leap for his life. But, though clumsy
to the verge of brutality. l was firm with
him. and nothing he could say shook my
confidence in my reason or the reality OF
what had happened. So gradually, he left
off his feversh attention to the window and
began to really heed me, But when reached
that strange morning wedding, he sprang
to his feet and snatched the papers pertain
ing to the ceremony from me, much as one
would seize a loaded revolver from the hands
of a child
Our names he took down, and then my
companion must be brought in and ques-
toned, and when he had cross examined her
until the toe of my boot fairly tingled, he
bundled us both out of the office, telling us
when to call again, all the time muttering
to himself as though his nervous system had
sustained severe shock.
Once more in the carriage what was | to
do? We could not ride all day. Should I
take my companion straightway and place
her in my sisters care? Not for all the
world until the mystery surrounding her
could be cleared up.
What then? Timldly turned and looked
at her, but nothing was to be got from that,
save the disconcerting perception that she
too felt awkwardness Of our situation, was
crushed beneath it and covered away from
me, her head turned aside and her whole
attitude one of complete prostration.
"Well!" said l briskly, as my eyes noted
this, I'VE will drive to hotel, where you
may rest" and pretending had forgotten
something, / ran and conferred with the
driver as to some quiet retreat, the name OF
which he gave with a eer. so that | climbed
back beside my companion, Allied with yenge-
full longings, which were augmented when
detected my bride in the act of studying me
from beneath her lashes, and saw that, far