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The Winslow mail., 1899-08-31
SPONGES FOR HoNEYCOMBS.
A Maine Man Thinks He Has Solved
Knotty Problem in Bee
Culture:

If the honey bees are wise they will
refrain from stinging Tom Kyah, of
Veazie, Me-, during the remainder OF his
natural life, because he has lately
adopted labor saving device that en-
lDles the industrious occupants OF the
hlves to accumulate double the amount
Of honey they could before Kyah
turned his energies to bee keeping.
Tom is barber by trade and raises bees
as a fad, so as to keep his mind occu-
pied. As a result he entertains his Gus
toners with tales of the apiaty instead
of trying to sell them a new hair in
7igorator, and finds that his patronage
is increasing every week. He reads
whatever books on bee culture come to
1and, besides doing a fair amount of
thinking and close observation on his
own hook
According to TOMS idea bee is
we'll meaning and poorly educated in
sect that needs the guiding hand of
man TO bring it to fullest perfection.
The making of honey is a secondary
consit grafton in the economy of bee
life The stuff which costs time and
IOp0n % lpO OOmp MplCp q WgDGISc-
tabor is the comb, which is manuiaG-
tured into storage vaults, in which the
honey is preserved in air tight sealed
packages, stamped and labeled with
the trademark of the queen bee who
Dresides over the destinies OF the col
ony. Different men have constructed
machinery for the stamping of beeswaH
into crude imitation of the genuine
comb, and the bees have accepted this
as passable substitute for the real
thing. but Tom is the first apiarist
who has done away with beeswaX IN
any form and satisfied the bees.
One day last June after washing his
buggy and sponging it off he threw the
sponge, which was large and porous,
into an empty bee hive that was in his
stable. Here it stayed until thoroughly
dry. A swarm of bees coming out,
Tom housed them in this hive without
thinking to remove the sponge, which
had clung to a nail in the top board.
Two weeks later Tom looked into his
hive and found it was almost filed with
nice white clover honey. AS the swarm
was not large one, the great store was
a surprise to Tom, who thought it
would not be full before September.
On closer observation he found that his
bees had utilized the porous sponge as
storehouse for their honey, filling it
cell by cell and sealing it up as if sponge
was the very article that progressive
bees had been seeking all their lives.
1t was too late to continue the expert
ment, as all the bees had swarmed, but
this year Tom has equipped all of his
new hives with sponge comb and be-
lieves he has solved a problem that has
mystified bee keepers for years. In
stead of compelling his bees to waste
three-fourths of their time in chewing
vegetable gum and making it into wax
for cells, he will now furnish them with
ready made comb, thus multiplying his
honey output three or four times
When he wants some new honey he will
remove a sponge, put it in cider press,
and having squeezed out the liquid
sweetness he will replace the sponge in
the hive to be filled again.-N. Y. Sun.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-31
He knnW.

Mrs. Spriggs-I wish that Mrs. Flip
leigh would quit bowing to me. hate
to have people know that we are Oh
speaking terms. But she never misses
an opportunity to rush up and gush-
Mr.. priggs-That's where you wom-
en- are at disadvantage again. If you
were men you could stop hervery easily.
''How?''
by lending her dollar or two.
She'd never see you after that."-Chi-
cago Times-Herald.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-31
They're Different.

Perhaps few Bible readers make a
distinction between ''bewray'' and "be-
tray" The two words are, however, diff
ferent, both in origin and meaning.
Bewray is to reveal. An old writer
says: ''Weil may he be hurt and die
that will not bewray his disease, lest he
betray his credit" In Proverbs 1924,
we read: "He heareth cursing and be-
wrayeth not" passage from which
the revised version gives: HE heareth
the adjuration and uttereth nothing
Again in Proverbs 21:16, we find: The
ointment of his right hand bewrayeth
ITSELF i. e., proclaims itself; and so
also in Isaiah 1873, and Matthew 26:73.
"Betray," however, means the action of
a traitor. OF course, to betray man
often involves his bewrayal, but by no
means necessarily. = Philadelphia
Press.
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Julius Describes a Gown.

Dorothy, 1 saw beautiful gown II a
shop window to-day"
What was it, Julius?'
"Weil-it was that zigzaggy kind Of
cloth--and it had those braided things
across tie front and down the back;
and some awful stylish pointed things
on the skirt wish yql Yeuld get one
just like it,"-Tit-Bits.
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Queer Taste
script.

Bill--It's hard to understand some
women.
Jill-Why?
The other day a woman in Brook
lyn court refused to kiss the Bible. but
caressed her pet dog Il dozen times
:s;h!le on the witness stand. ''-Yonkers
statesman.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-31
The Kidnaning Trust.

"What have you done with the child?"
asked the chief kidnaper;
"Just boxed his ears" replied the eighth
assistant accompllce.
"Good" exclaimed the chief "Now, ad..
dress the box to that yellow, journal, and
write the editor that we will furnish .exclu-
sive cews to the whereabouts of the re-
mainder of the child for $4,000, less two per
cent. for spot cash. standard and Catholic
Times.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-31
"HglQ 0R'' (HGEGl N0N 90 j0a Nu0n Il

was cooked hat?'' Witness-e>Because
l. wint off livery tonne tn wind blew,
sor. Chicago Daily News.
Humiliating Experience.-Cholly-
II was mawtified almost to death lawst
night" Geowgie-"What happened"
Cholly-'-A bold wobbah demanded me
diamond stud or me life, and to save me
life | had to confess it wasn't a dia-
mond!''- !''-Jewelers' Weekly.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-31
[ W ,MEElEgN [EgWDlEN[ ID h2T R[R[l

~ EWds. NIeTICan champagne IN haH plnts,
without ice, and of all the kicking and hol-
lering! One fresh gent told me # was the
only, thing he had had that night that was
good and warm, and he had hardly said it
cidentally poured about quart of boilin'
coffee down the back of his neck. Say, YOU
ought of heard him cussl Between YOU and
me, good many walters got to hitting the
wine, and they found one of 'em with Is
empty bottles in his pants leg. That's hon
est. saw it myself. 1t was the hottest ban
quet l was ever at."-N. 0. Times-Demo-
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-31
Two Standards

a man always picks the best man he
knows as a standard when he measures
his neighbor, and the worst when he
measures himself.-Chicag Daily
News
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-31
Not News TO Him.

81 see some doctor puts forth the
claim that rheumatism is infectious. .
'Oh, I've known for long time that
it was catching. 1t always catches me
IN the left shoulder. .''-Chicago Times
Herald.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-31

Jobson-"L Lightning never strikes twice in
the same place" Bildad-"How do you
know?" Jobson-'1'm lightning calcu'
lator." Town Topics.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-31
Taking ana stealing.

It's just as much Of crime to taks
a walk as it is to steal q march.-Chi.
cage Daily News.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-31

Daughter-"Papa went off in great good
humor this morning" Mother" My good
ness! That reminds me; forgot to ask him
for any money."-Boston Traveller.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-31
A "HOT" COLD BANQUET.
Some Inside Information by a Waiter
from the BOwery Who Helped
Serve 1t.

One of the walters at popular local res
taurant is bird of passage from the Bow
cry and was a member of the small army
that served the famous Dollar Dinner" in
New York last April. A good many stories
have been told of that memorable event,
but none of them surpass his own in point
of picturesqueness and inside detail. ct
was the funniest push | was ever in in me
life," he says, confdentially. ''The kitchen
was so small they had to cook everything
on the outside. and when it got there it was
dead cold. The second course was haddock,
and each fish come served in a linen bag,
so we could put 'em in tubs of hot water
and warm 'em up-see? Well, some of the
boys got ratified and served em bags and
all, with egg. sauce over tn outside. Say,
you'd of died laughing seeing them fellers
tryln to carve their FISH. This is the tough
est auld paddock | iver tackled in me life,'
says one Iammany man at the head table;
1t got skin like rhinoceris,' says he.
In the Kitchen there was a riot all night
long. 1t was so small the walters couldn't
reach. the dishers-up and they got to scrap
ping for front places in the line. One man
was knocked stiff with turkey, and when
they picked him up | thought he was dead.
| did, on the level. But it wasn't blood. 1t
was only cranberry sauce Another hunkey
tell into the salad and one of the cooks put
can OF ice cream in the oven, thinking it
| the square,7just I'm telliT1' you, But tn e
| MM.orsC OF al was when we came to the wine.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-31
WIT AID WISDOM.

Advice is seldom welcome. Those
who need it most like it leas..-John-
son.
Don't play another mans game.
This is old but good advice.-Atchison
Globe.
Some men are good only when they
are watehed-but even they are better
than some others.-Somerville Journal.
''I don't think you are man of strong
PASSIONS Mr.. Mildly" You are wrong,
Miss Fortescue. l have remarkable
passion for pie" = Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Mans Inconsistency" are the
apple of my eye, my DEAR" he said.
"And only yesterday" she sobbed, ''you
told me that L was a peach!"-Somer-
vile Journal.
Husband--"I am going to join an
other club tonight" Wife-''I don't
suppose L shall see you at all after this
Husband-''Oh, yes! They have la.
dies day."-Puck.
II always aim t'tell tn TRUTH" re.
marked an old farmer. $50 do l, Silas,
replied neighbor, but then felle1
will trade hosses once n awhile, yor
lnow.-Ohio State Journal.
Nitness-esHis, sor. tn prisoner h oc
| on cooked hat vvhin-'' Lawyer
Hold on, there! How do you know i
| IIllIn nTIf
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-31
ALMOST A BURGLARY.
By Fred Small, Jr.

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The Advocate and news., 1899-01-11
Odda and Ends Dor Women.

The trailing skirts seem 10 be favored
by most women; a few sensible ones,
however, refuse to wear them as street
sweepers.
Miniature painting has become quite
a fad, and many women are taking II up.
They do not stop to question whether
they have any talent In that line. II Is
a fad and to some women this means
everything.
Some clever women have at last dis
covered that bright lights are not be-
coming, so we find lamps In demand.
They must be shaded with a soft, pretty
shade, which can be made OF silk or
paper The glass and porcelain shades
are also very pretty.
Now that '99 Is here all the women
are curious to know what new fashion
he will bring with him. He Is so young
that he has not as yet told us much, but
one thing has leaked out, that the hair
is to be worn low In the neck In grace
full coils. This is becoming TO most
women, and is inclined to make one
look younger.
The servant girl question in Japan is
not q hard one to solve. There are
plenty Of good experienced girls to help
the mistress in her household. Two or
three servants are required TO do the
work there that one efficient girl could
do here, but they are paid so little that
one can afford to keep a number. It Is
said that the servants never get angry
when found fault with, a virtue the SER
wants Of America might well copy.
Some one has laid down a few laws
Of health for women which are very
good. They are:
Don't worry. Don't hurry. Don't overeat.
Don't starve. Breathe fre h air every day and
night. Sleep and rest great deal. Spend less
nervous energy every day than you make. Be
cheerful. Work like woman, but don't be
worked TO death. Avoid passion and excite
ment. Associate with healthy people. Health
is contagious as we'll as disease. Don't carry
the whole world on your shoulders, far less the
universe. Never despair. Lost hope 10 fatal
disease.
The Advocate and news., 1899-01-11

hardy chrysanthemums and of growing
varieties that would be suitable to oil
sorts Of gardens, and II now says
To-day there are numerous varieties
offered in the trade, and any one who
desires to make his garden beautiful In
the dying months of the year, with a
minimum OF energy, has at hand an
abundance Of material. There are a
great number OF varieties which can be
used for this purpose.
"Of the pompOns, pure Trevenna may
be taken as a good type, and 1t is known
In white, yellow and pink forms, the
latter being exceptionally delightful.
LA soeur Melanie Is one OF the most
charming Of the hardy chryanthemums
Its delicately formed flower and It's pur-
ity Of color, the prOfuslon with which 1t
blooms, all entitle it to notice.
"In Jules Lagravere, properly belong
Ing to the group which our European
brethren specialize as rehexed, we have
an intense dark red. The plant is q
strong grower, very foriferous, and car
ries It's blooms in dense masses, very dis
tinct in character from the two to which
WO AoANV JuoS 1AuACN 1DONCs WI hSo
richness Of color It Is unsurpassed.
OF type which is as yet but very
rarely seen, the Pompon Anemone, the
title is sufficiently descriptive Of the
characters that should be looked for, ac-
cordlng to the authority quoted, which
further remarks:
The great charm Of these hardy chry-
anthemums, and II Is indeed O wonder
full charm to many, rests largely in the
fact that they are good natured, as with
out amy special care they will, from year
to year, In due season, repay careless
ness with an abundant crop Of flowers,
but, let 1t be remembered, the results
that the careful cultlVator and skillfull
gardener will obtain by judicious care,
will amply repay Whatever extra atten-
ton Is bestowed. The best method Of
growing these hardy chryanthemIms,
in starting new plant, Is to take
newly rooted cutting and plant II out
I'm the border where II is desired to
flower. In good soil, the growth will
be rapid, and the only attention that will
be needed will be the continual pinching
out OF the growing tips up to about the
middle Of August.
The Advocate and news., 1899-01-11
This New Year.

The old year Of '98 has passed. We
loved that old year. but we love the
New Year more 1t means so much; we
feel as If we could put away the old
mistakes, the old bad habits, and start
once more with spirit Of hope and
renewed energy. We welcome the New
Year of '99 with open arms and deter
mination to make this year better than
any before.
We have all made resolutions year
after year. and sometimes they have
meant much, sometimes nothing at all,
but we will keep on making them just the
same. After all what really counts Is to
go ahead and do--dO the very best we
can each hour Of our lives. Let this New
Year be q glorious one, glorious In our
work for others, glorious because we
can forget ourselves and look about for
some one whom we may help. There are
many to be helped in this busy old
world OF ours, and there are so few will
ing to help, but If you make but one good
resolution let that one be to "l0OR up,
lift up."
we WGlGOLu0 JuC INGW 4OdE III Will
music and much rejoicing, we deck our
homes with the bright holly and mistle-
toe and all Is light and beautiful. Let
us resolve now to bring into some life
a little brightness, little love, little
Of all that Is good and sweet. Won't '99
mean great deal to you then? OF
course It will, but 1t will mean still more
to the one you help.
This New Year Is our friend, he comes
to us with hope, good cheer, best wishes
and much Joy.
Full knee-deep lies the winter snow,
And the winter winds are weaFily signing;
Toll We the church-bell sad and slow,
And tread softly and speak low,
For the old year lies a-dying.
Old year you must moe die;
You came 70 US so readily,
You lived with as 30 steadily,
Old year, You shall mot die.
How hard no breatheS over che snow.
hear just nov the Growing cock.
The shadows flicker TO ana fr0
The cricket chirpS, the light burns low;
IT'S nearly twelve O'Clock.
Shake hands, before you die.
Old year, we'll dearly rue for You.
What Is iS We can do tor your
Speak out before you die.
His face IN growing sharp and thin.
AlNck, our friend Is gone.
close up hlg eyes; tie mp his chin;
step from she corpse, and let him In
That gtandeth there alone,
And W@iteeh at the door.
There's new foot on the floor, my friend,
And new face at che door, my friend,
A new face at che door,"
The Advocate and news., 1899-01-11
Helen Keller.

Helen Keller.
Mute, Eghtless visitant,
From what uncharted world
Hast voyaged into life's rude sea,
With guidance ecant,
As II some bark mysteFiously
Should hither glide, with spars aslanb
And sails all furledP
In what perpetual dawn,
Child OF the spotless brow,
Hast kept thy spirit far withdrawn,
Thy birthright undefiledP
What views to thy sealed eyes RppeaPa
What voices mayst thou hear
Speak as we know not how9
OF grief and sin hast thou,
o radiant child,
Even thou, a shareS Can mortal taint
Have power on thee, unfearing
The woea our sight, our hearing,
Learn from earth's crime and plaint3
Not as we see
Earth, sky, insensate forms, ourselves,
Thou seest, bat vision free
Thy fancy scars and delves,
Albeit no sounds to us relate
The wondrous things
Thy brave imaginings
Within their starry night create.
Pity thy unconhned
Clear spirit, whose enfranchised eyes
Use not their grosser sense2
All, no; thy bright intelligence
Hath its own paradise,
A realm wherein to hear and see
Things hidden from our kind.
Not thou, not thou--'tis we
Are deaf, are dumb, are blindl
Edmund Clarence Stedman.
The Advocate and news., 1899-01-11
cuItlvatlng HARDY chrysanthemums.

cuItivatlng Hardy chrysanthemums.
The pOmpous, or hardy chryanthe-
NUNS, have not lacked many keen adj
mirers in the last few years. Yet It is
almost within the past season that they
appear with one bound to have gained
a place in accordance with their merits
in public esteem, as indicated by their
pervading presence and popularity at re-
cent plant shows, exhibitions, etc. Amer
lean Gardening has for some time urged
the advisability OF cultlvating the more
The Advocate and news., 1899-01-11

George D. Heron, who ls widely known
in this country and abroad, will act as
director Of the institute. He will be
assisted by other eminent educators and
lecturers. Prof. Heron win deliver the
same course OF lectures which have re-
Gently been given in the Monday
course at Chicago, and which created 80
profound an impression and such lively
interest. The full program and particu-
lars will appear next week.
The Advocate and news., 1899-01-11

twenty-fifth year, when he was elected
Mayor OF Cavite. On the Goth OF August,
1896, the Governor Of the Province Of
Cayite reported to Manila that every
thing was quiet In Cavite, and no in-
surgentS to DO found anywhere Aguln-
aldo, on his way home on the day after,
tine 2lst Of August, 1896, heard that q
warrant had been issued for his own
arrest on the charge Of siding with the
Instead Of going
home, according to Captain w. A. Har-
per, In HaFper's Weekly, he gathered
The Advocate and news., 1899-01-11

twenty Of his friends around him and
waited for the arrival OF the warrant.
On Che 22d q captain OF the civil guard
and two sergeants appeared to arrest
him, and were promptly killed. This
started Che revolution which has Gull
minated in making him President Of the
Philippine Republic.
The Advocate and news., 1899-01-11
Emilio AgulnaldO.

AguinaldO was born on the 22d day Of
March, 1869, at Cavite VlejO, and his
education was such as the schools Of the
little country town were able to provide,
and his life was spent in business to his
The Advocate and news., 1899-01-11

Wyseman-'T make It a rule never to ask
gentleman TO return money he has bor-
roWed OF me-" Pratt--"Then how do you
manage TO get itT' Wyseman--"Oh, after
wait reasonable time, IL ne fails 20 pay
up.T conclude that he Is not a gentle
man, and then / ask him. Tit Bits.
The Advocate and news., 1899-01-11
A Christmas Snowflake.

The snowflake is the ghost Of summers bee-
IL drifts unto her cheek and there repOGeS
And sighs witch JOY: "The winters May 20 me
When WlnteR boasts such dainty Christmas
roses" --R. X. MunklttFick.
The Advocate and news., 1899-01-11
The Commonwealth Club.

Under the auspices OF the Kansas
Commonwealth Club there will be an
institute OF economies ana school Of eiti-
Zenship held at Topeka, beginning Feb
ruary 5 and continuing one week. Prot.
The Advocate and news., 1899-01-11

Send 10 this ONCE for clubbing rates with
other papers. We can sava you money.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-12

this on Tuesday when It published car
toon showing the driver of the prison van
touching UP his broken down old rip ana
saying; "Try to put on little style. You
are going to draw gentlemen today VINO
know good cattle when they sec them
one thing that has rather disguised the
populace In connection with tho attack
upon the president is Baron Chrstianis
lack of snap.
De Roulede, far from seeking to mitigate
his ofIenso. gloried in It and tried TO aug
ment IT, Baron Christian it appears,
says that he had no intention OF attacking
NJ Loubet. and went into the president $
stand by mistake looking Tor an exit
He will probably find that mistakes arc
| punishable more severely than rebelioE1ss
! De Roulcde declared blunty that he had
intended and attempted to overthrow the
! government.
He was acquitted Christlani says he
was looking for a door He VIII probably
be convicted
The best thing before a French jury Il
TO plead guilty AcquIttal is certain.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-12
THREE KILLED BY A Tol ADO
THREE OTHERS BADLY Hue., ONE
OF WHOM MAY DIE.
widow and Seven Children Were
snved by the Cool Head ot
YOUNG Man.

,t,nneanol!s. Mimi, June ia special 10
~, tribune nom Sioux City says;
tornado at $50 this afternoon struck TWO
,,ios sontbeast OF the town OF saliX' sixteen
miles from here, and killed three people ou'-
r,gh. and one more will die
The dead.
John Malloy. farmer
Mrs. Mslloy, his wife.
Harry Miller
Miss Mary Malloy had her Skull lrae'u' "a
aud is not expected to 1--we .
Thomas and Fat Mslloy are badly nur''
90 far as can be learned at this hour ~
ore else vas L;led or injured. the t'n'S
as at supoer when the funnel shaped 'louu
as dot seen end Dick Maloy told his par
o,,s IN ga 10 the cellar. He ran to tue nome
! nj Mrs. Hassel, widow, across inc Io'u' -
warn her and her seyen children ne 'o'n
mem ia the cellar and the house was "nll '.u
80, iniuring no one. He had to holo
ora how by the legs as he was oel'r
.,,n,, I'm nv the suction of the wind bn
fbe Nalloy family across the foao ouS n,
NAMED in the cellar about hVe mlnu'es o.,
~ nd in an instant the house was dehui
hoo The dead and injured memnels W.
| erattered among the ruins. me cou uu.s "a
freight train saw the CLOUD ana stoPpeI ~, u,
ain before il got into the storm ana "ne
~ roacbod the town he held his tram ION
froueh TO bring the injured to the nn osp'' q
L. so,ix CITY. Wild rumors are auuaV
n,ore damage IN Woodbury. county Out '''
can not DO verified .,,,a, tent vas hlow
- - an unknown woman fatally ~
iured This is the sixth TORNADO III 'n'A
| trict this season.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-12

Casper wyo.. June 1.-THE Hole
in-the- Wall for years refuge Tor
outlaws. promises TO be cleansed OF
It's desperate inhabitants The daring
rohber band which looted the Union
Pacific express train at Rock Creek re-
Gently and escaped to the Businesses
OF their dens in the ole-in-the- WALL
in spite Of the fact that they were
closely pursued over plain and noun
tain. are to be Systematically hunted
TO their death. Several railroad man
ayers with interests in this state VIII
engage men to push forward this Dig
man hunt until the place is cleared OF
these outlaws. Large prices VIII be
placed on the heads of the robbers. \
tvplcal band of rough riders will he
enlisted, every man of them dead
shot. Many of them are cowboys oth-