The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-28
STRENUOUS SINGERS.
The Wasp Has More Real Executive
Ability Than Amy Other HOt-FoOted

Insect.
Il read in one of the magazines re-
Gently something about the sting of
the bee" said citizen, relates the
New Orleans Times-Democrat, "and l
was reminded of an experience l had
with a friend some time ago while in
the country. He was blowing over
behind a small clump of hills, and
they were well wooded almost down
to the fence line. 1t was a section
which is noted for making wildcat
whisky, and this fact threw me off
the track, as will appear hereafter.
1 was approaching my friend from
the hillside. was riding.
Suddenly l thought he glanced at
me, and at the time he rushed around
hurriedly to the singletree, unlocked
the trace chains, threw them across
the horses back, and the animal
struck out on dead run down the
turning row which split the raYine.
My friend followed, and it was a race
for who laid the rail, as they say in
the country. l could see through it
all in a minute. My friend had been
making moonshine whisky, and he
was IL ClIlIGu CldlCS IlttI
Shall. | split my sides laughing over
the thought of the thing, and then |
struck out down the ravine after him.
l Travelled some distgSlce before catch
ing sight of my friend and his horse.
Finally L found them close to a
branch, and my friend was STOPPING
| down occasionally, picking up some
thing and smearing it on his hands,
face and neck.
Hello, Bill I said smiling, q
guess you thought 1 was a United
States marshall United States h-'
he said, almost uncivilly; 'plowed up
hornets nest And sure enough he
| had, and both the man and the horse
were as knotty as a hickory limb as
| the result of it all. The bee NAV be
good singer, but the hornet is the
tieetest thing on wings when it comes
to using the singer with swiftness
and effect.
THAT reminds me of the curious
methods of bees and things of that
sort of singing" the narrator contin-
ued. Take the honey bee, for in
stance. Now, the honey bee is what
you might call lazy, clumsy, docile
sort of singer. Really, the bee is
awkward when compared with other
| insects. The humble bee is trife
more vigorous, and there is a deal
more of what one may call action in
| its movements. 1t is a striking sort
of sting, and l have seen children al
most knocked down by these heavier
members of the bee family. 1t is a
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not yield so quickly to treatment.
The hornet and the yellow jacket
sting on the wing, as it were. They
do their work quickly, but thorough
ly. and they generally leave a record
behind them that they would have no
cause to feel ashamed of if they had
this element in their makeup.
"But there is my old friend, the
wasp. l want to speak of him. He
is the prince of singers. You may
not forget him SO quickly when he
| stings you. He leaves a sort of
waspy taste in your mouth, and it is
anything but pleasant, and it is a
taste you will remember even after
the years have gone by. The wasp
is lingering sort of fellow. He low
ingly and caressingly stings, perches
for a while on ones neck, l may say,
and then huns about his business.
But really, while the wasp fingers
longer than other insects while sting
ing, he also shows more anger, and is
probably the most spiteful member in
the list of singing insects"
Teacher-"Yes, revive means to come
| to- Now make a sentence containing that
word" Bright Boy-"If one apple costs