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The Van Buren press., 1903-07-11
WORLDS WAX SUPPLY.
=. w, Obtnined from Bees Alone,
q. Most of Us Have Always
Been Taught.

Bees are by no means tie only pro-
ducers of animal wax, although prob
ably 80 persons out Of lGO would say
so if asked.
The very biggest animal in the world
is one of the most important wax pro-
ducers, and a fine wax il is. ltis sperm
aceti, and il is obtained from the head
of the sperm whale.
When a sperm whale has been killed
and is brought alongside, the hrst
thing that the whalemen do after tho
chains are passed around the fukes 10
hold the big creature alongside of the
whaling ship, is to cut the head from
the body.
This head alone often weighs several
tons, and it is no light job to raise II
from the water. Immense tackles are
used. and as the whalers, who stand
on the whale and on stagings rugged
over it, cut through the vertebrae With
their keen cutting-out spades other
men on the deck of the ship heave and
haul on the tackle until the mighty
head is clear of the body,
often a head like that will be so bis
that while part OF it is still in the
water the tip OF the mouth will be
high in the air, as high as the spars OF
the whaleship.
Then the whalers begin to cut into
the head until they open what Is known
by them as the case" This contains
the spermaceti 1t is a beautiful clear,
whitish fluid, and It is dipped out with
buckets and put into special casks. It
is stored away in the hold in separate
place from the whale oil, and ii brings
a good price at all times, for the de-
mand for spermaceti is unceasing
The Chinese obtain a great deal Of
extremely fine wax from a small in
sect called pela. II lives on trees, and
the Chinese cultivate the pela just as
other races breed th~honey bee. The
pela, however, produces nothing ex-
cept wax.
This insect produces small masses
Of pure white wax, and il is used by
the Chinese and japanese for making
candles TO be burned in Buddhist tenn
pies The wax is used also for me-
dicinal purposes,
Another wax insect lives In certain
districts of India Itis not propagated
as the Chinese pela is, but it produces
a very valuable wax, which will be
made an article Of considerable COM
mercial importance some day.-St,
Louis Globe Democrat.
The Van Buren press., 1903-07-11
STRANGE DWARFS OF SPAIN
tnciyiliycd Nomnds of the Mountains
Who Have Descended from
Phoeniciun slaves.

One Of the strangest races OF dwarfs
in the world dwels among the noun
tains Of Asturias, in the north Of Spain,
They are a standing puzzle TO scien-
fists, says Il London paper.
a Spanish physician, DR.. Rubo,
claims to have discovered that they
are descended from slaves brought to
Spain by the Phoenicians 1900 years
before the birth of Christ, TO work the
mines from which the vast wealth Of
Tyre and Sdon was drawn.
The Phoenicians had to abandon She
mines, but they left their dwarf Stoves
behind, TO this day they remain
there, still wandering about the mo,n-
tains where they were planted by their
masters 1000 years ago.
They are called Naqueros The WON.
en- are rarely taller than four fee.
and the men four feet six, They are
utterly unlike the tall, athletic race of
Spaniards among whom they dwell,
The Naqueros are uncWil2ed no
mads who never settle down in bny
permanent abode or till the soil They
move about from mountain TO noun
tain, pasturing their nocks and herds
as their ancestors did thousands of
years ago, The Spauiards despise
them as barbarianS, apd they hate The
Spaniards so bitterly that they will
not even speak TO them. They have
only recently been Christianiled.
As they have never mingled or ihuer.
with their neighbors, the
racial peculiaritie, ofthc Vaqucros are
as strongly marked as they were in
Phocniciau days, The race is dying
out, owing to intermarriagc between
n few families for many centuries
Most Of the Naqucros left to-day are
IDIOTS or dcgencrates.
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THREE ANTLERS INTERL0CKED
Owned by Indian of flnm-
benu, Wisconsin.

An Indian from the Flambeau resN.
vation in northern Wisconsin recently
came into the fishing resort OF Squaw
lake with curiosity in the way q
deer horns he wished TO sell. Failing
TO make sale he took the horns back
to the reservation and has not been
seen by white men since then, saps
report to the New York Sun.
His treasure was three sets OF an
tiers ineyplicably interlocked, and
they were worth considerable money
TO horn collectors. Two sets of antltn
30 locked are rare, but not unknown
II is believed that the Flambeau Chip
pewa has the only set Of ,hree-locket
antlers in the world,
This accident could have happened
only in one way, Two bucks of equal
strength were fighting in the forest
and became locked. Then, while they
were still struggling, third buck ap
peared in the usual angry temper Of
these animals in the mating season and
charged them both, probably repeated
ly, until his own horns became fast.
ened. The spectacle Of three hug.
bucks mated TO each other until death
would have been n great one II there
had been anybody there 10 see,
The Indian said he found the horns
north Of FlambcOu lake, about a mile
from the water They were lying on
the side Of n HILL and there were no
bones near them. The condition Of
the horns proved that the fight oc'
Cured not more than two year ago
and probably las, fail,
The antlers were all Of full.growp
bucks, showing eight and ten points
each. The third pair had been driven
into the others just above where they
Joined, and the branch Of them were
about equally locked with the branch
es Of the others.
They were not broken or chlpped IN
any way, proving that when the third
buck had made his last charge he was
fastened 80 firmly that there was no
room for any one Of his points to play
In the forks OF the Others, Indeed,
all Of the horns were 80 stou,ly joined
that they could not be moved q, all
being nS rigid as II nodded IN that fash
ion from east steel.
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NUT TREES FOR TIMBER.
An Industry which Promises Large
Returns In Cash ProHts as Well
Ns in Pleasure.

Much is now being accomplished in
educating he public to the importance
of timber preservation and the re-
facilitating of our forests, but some
thing more seems necessary, as the
preservation of what remains Of our
native forests only postpones the day
of reckoning.
The especial value of hickory, chest
nut and walnut lumber is our occasion
for urging the consideration of the
planting of nut trees for their timber
value, which will incidentally produce
a valuable by-product in the nuts
grown, thus making such plantation
valuable property years before its
maturity for lumber. This harvesting
of annual crops also obviates, TO
great extent the chief impediment in
the way of planting for lumber only
by the long time investment BY this
plan the man who plants and cares for
his nut grove is rewarded during his
own day by the annual crops and his
children have a veritable heritage in
the lumber.
The present is none too soon to be-
gin planting for such purposes. The
consumption of lumber of all kinds is
increasing much more rapidly than in
proportion to the increase of popula-
ton In 30 years the United States
may have double its present popula-
tion, and who can predict what the de-
mand for black walnut, chestnut or
hickory lumber may be by that time?
One thing is certain; If consumption
continues as at present there will be no
lumber of these kinds on the market
unless the trees are planted by this
generation.
Besides this, there are great tracts
Of land in many sections which are not
well adapted TO ordinary agricultural
operations which are peculiarly suit
ed for growing timber. Our noun
tain ranges are the natural home Of
the chestnut. Bottom lands which
overflow too frequently for farming
are often well adapted for the rapid
growth OF hickory and walnut. 50 that
the waste places seem to be intended
for such benefcent uses as growing
timber and food. +. Wilson, in Nut
Grower.
The Van Buren press., 1903-07-11
ABSURD DAIRY LAWS.
Legal Ennctments Won't Make Good
Butter Nor VIII They Make
Clean Farmers.

In commenting on the clamor OF
many creamery butter makers for
more rigid laws relative to the de-
livery Of good milk TO the creamery,
Mr.. A, w. Trow, of Minnesota, in the
St. Paul Farmer, well says:
at may seem an advantage TO some
butter makers to shirk the RESPONSE
bility Of refusing bad milk or cream,
and have this responsibility carried
by the state, but laws have not the
required elasticity nor exceptions.
They cannot discriminate on quail
ity Laws can never step in TO take
the place of the tact and Judgment
of butter maker, II good milk,
good cream and many other good
things could be obtained by making
laws We would now be subsisting on
the angelic diet Of the millennium,
instead Of milking COWS TO make
butter II is as difficult TO legislNtc
cleanliness NJ godliness into us farm
ers. Better results will be obtained
by politely, kindly but firmly refus.
ing all unwholesome milk or cream
be Il one day or week old, The
greatest requisite 20 creamery sue
cess il cooperation among patrons,
directors and butter makers; and the
enforcement Of drastic laws without
great discretion is the quickest way
Of destroying cooperation. Three
years ago we heard the head man Of
new creamery say that the easiest
way 90 get along with crowd Of
farmers was 20 lay down a set Of
iron clad rules with severe penalties
attached draw n distinct line and
whenever one Of them failed 10 toe
the scratch In complying with the
rules 90 uncercmonouSly nnnhilate
him, with the aid of this policy IL
took this man but two years 20 com
plctely nnnihilatc the creamery. The
farmer will stand coaxing and rea.
touing but no blufr,"
II Is almost universally true that
those crenmcrics are the most sue
cessful that possess butter makers
that have n kindly patient tact and
the disposition TO get out among
their patrons and convince them OF
the great value Of better methods
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Cause OF Dniry Prosperity.

The remarkable increase in the
production OF milk and butter In the
United States In the last decade was
due far more 70 increased yield per
COW than TO increase in the number
Of COWS, There is plenty OF oppor.
tunty for an equally great increase
in the production per COW during the
present decade, As farmers become
more careful and accurate in deter.
mining the relative production Of
their cows, the cullIng Of their herds
becomes more rigorous. This mmc.
diately raises the average standard
Of production aud tends, by aid Of
the laws Of hcrcdtty, 60 increase tho
producing capacity Of the descend.
ants " COWS retained for dairy pur.
poses Midland Farmer
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T,bscco for Plant lice.

Conrsely ground tobacco Is good Tor
nothing ~ an ineecticlde, under ordl.
nary circumstances, When finely
ground, II can be used dry with good
effect against plant lice and soft'b0dled
insects generally
In the form " q decoctIon, II mn,
be prepared by using one pound of
coorsely ground tobacco or chopped
stems or refuse and pouring through
=, enc gallon - bell!Bg water Thh
detection viii he effective against
plant lice of almost all kinds aud IA
the clconest material that eau br used
on house plants,--J. H. Smith, In Farm
and Home,
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TO be; mine was four feet, letting the
bottom droop slightly so the hay
would always work to the front so
she could get it all easily, and 1X1
piece b same length as A fastened at
each end back two feet from c. and
to this and the bottom A nailed 1X2-
inch slat to make the bottom of
rack; six to eight inches apart makes
a good distance, as they can't pull
out and waste feed so easily. At d,
] nailed a box in right hand corner
near the floor to feed grain in. and
at + bored a hole to fasten chain in,
making it so she could reach her feed
Dor easily and also step back to reach
up to eat out of rack. Then as she
stood when tied, ! took a 4X4-inch
piece long enough TO 60 across the
stall and fastened securely just in
front of her hind feet. Thus all eX-
crement fell behind this 4X4-inch
piece. and when she went to lie down
she put her head under the rack and
laid in front of the piece in the dry.
] bcdded her thoroughly in front of
this piece with chaff, and it kept dry
all winter; didn't need to change it
at all, and she was not out of her
stall from November 1st until April,
for had no place to turn her out,
living in town.-Ed S. Mexican, in
Euitomist
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surroundings and made herself at
home in one corner Of the shop. Itwas
a cold, clustering afternoon, and the
workman who had charge Of closing
the shop didn't have the heart to put
the cat out into the storm when he
went home. Since then "Tabby' has
lived at fire headquarters, and is con-
,idercd an attache Of the department.
"Tabby" has no long pedigree, and
has never won blue ribbons in cat
shows, but for intelligence firemen are
willing to wager their month'spay that
there is 30 cat-show feline who de-
serves higher marks. She knows every
man attached TO headquarters, and al
most every superior officer in the de-
partmeut. Ike fremen and horses, she
has learned 20 count the alarm bells
which ring in the station, and Is said
by fremcn to know the boxes to which
tower wagon No. . responds. Lieut.,
Porter has charge, and she looks upon
him as her master She will obey
commands from him, but has been
known 10 ignore frcmen in his squad.
The Oliver street blaze was the great.
est that "rahby' ever witnessed, and
the distance was the longest she ever
Travelled on a fire wagon, but it was by
no means the first fire she had been
to, Fircmen tell stories Of the cat
following the tower for blocks u year
ago, not daring TO mount the drivers
seat for fear Of being driven back 70
the station, and having remained m-
der the tower until the fire was out,
During the past few months she has
been to number Of fires and ridden
beside the driver.
The other evening the excitement
was so intense in fire circles that
"Tabby" almost lost her head. II was
The night when seven bell alarms were
sounded inside Of two hours and fire.
men were kept on the jump. The con.
stant ringing ot bells caused "Tabby"
to run back and forth in the station
and cry 70 so out
When the bell came Tor the tower
company "a start, "Tabby" made leap
% the drivers seat, She was there be-.
fore the horses had left their stalls.
The driver knew that a big fire wae in
progress, and that there was some dis.
t0nec 60 travel His first thought was
60 ten "rubby" that She couldn't 90.
He pushed her of the seat with n
command to remain behind, But "Tab.
by" was not 20 be laft brhnd She
seemed 10 realize that something out
OF The ordinary was going on and want.
ed ~ be AZ the scene.
Just Ns the tower was leaving lhc
house "labby" once more leopcd to the
drivers seat. This time she remained,
because the driver had his hands fun
taking care of the horses, She rode 20
Che fire with her foropNws on the driy.
or's knee and her head between his
arms, While the tower was In use she
remained ON the seat Notwithstanding
thc fact that the towcr was located
close 20 the burning building, where
the smoke WNs the Gcnscst and whore
sparks were falling frequently "rob.
by got bock 10 the station unharmcd.
She appeared to have enjoyed herself
10 much that In the future fhoNlllnol
be molcsDcd when she expresses q de,
sire to accompany the tower 10 a fire,
Boston Globe,
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tom may be used The sieve Is filled
with u dry mixture Of paris green and
land plaster or -four, one pound TO 100
thoroughly mixed, The handle is car.
ried in one hand, the weight being on
the neck and not noticed, while the
other hand carries very light stick,
with which the sieve is lightly tapped
when over each potato hill The poi.
son is very thoroughly, economically
and rapidly applied, and above all the
work is very light The sieve Is held
over a pan while filing, 20 avoid
waste n, y. Barrett, in Epitomist.
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VIII say when you Offer 10 do IT, but
Jet us show you how easy 1t Isaud then
you can show them,
Having laid down the first match,
place the II nstridc Of II, with tho
phosphorous ends In the air aud the
other end resting on the table, These
ends should point alternately right
aud lctt and the matches must be
clorc 10 each other side 10y side,
Now II you NE the Awt match tho
others will fan oN, Of course, md
tcu,ief on the tables therefore Son
viii not Try IT, But lay an eNtrn match
along the top of the H. where they
cross the first one, and you can pro.
cccd confidently with your experiment,
For when you lIft the first match tho
II will be held IN place by the one you
have placed on top II thcm, and thu.
the system viii be made irm,=Brook.
ku Earle.
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KILLING POTATO BUGS.
An Excellent Way of Applying Pois-
onous Substances Thoroughly,
Cheaply and Rapidly.

Poisoning potato bugs by hand on
large plants is generally considered
hard work, For the easiest way-and
the best il one does not wish to use
Bordeaux at the same time, for blight
is this; Take an old-fashioned -four
sieve holding six or eight quarts and
attach it to a crooked stick with two
branches, as shown in cut. A short
search in almost any tree will find
one Of the right shape. 1t is fastened
TO the sieve by three small bits Of wire
through Rimlct holes in sieve. A stout
piece Of twine reaches from the two
ends Of the stick around the operators
neck to support the weight. Instead
Of sieve light box with w!recloth bot,
The Van Buren press., 1903-07-11
How 10 MAKE Pine woods,

Farmers in the white mountains
have discovered, or learned, what
farmers elsewhere are slow TO @
certain, /, lS that " you lop of th'
lower limbs Of basNms when thV
are young the limbs will not grow.
ngnin. Thus the tree as lumber WIN
be improved; II will be freer OF
knOts, Part Of the income Of farm
crs about Jnckson and Bartlett, ana
IN districts on the southern edge OF
the mountains, is derived from s''
Ing b0lsams and brchcs, cut in,o
fvc'foot lengths, 10 mills that .rlP
the logs into excelsior for cnshlo"
and mattresses Certain hotel OWN
crs desiring pine lands near 'be"
hotels on account ~ healthfulncsh
asked II government forester how '.
got them, The reply wosl Cut %"
the hard woods, then turn the cN,''
IN To pasture for three years nav
VIII keep down the shoots ot inv
hhfdwoods, and the pines, when ear
tie avoid, will grow mp ANA thtn
needles viii keep down o'n''
grow tbs. N Y. Post
The Van Buren press., 1903-07-11
DAYS AND NIGHTS.

II days were only twice as long,
'Twould be a splendid thing!
Cause. don't you know. fore you're quite
dressed
The breakfast bell will ring;
And then it's time 10 go TO school.
And then run home al noon
And back TO school; and four O'Clock
Most always comes too soon;
And then you just begin 10 play
And then it's time for tea;
And then. in such little While
Your bedtime comes. you see.
II nights were only twice as long.
'Twould be a splendid thing
Cause, don't you know, when you're tueKeo
up,
Sometimes your motherll sing;
And first you lie and watch the stars,
or maybe there's a moon,
And then you set all nice and warm
And sleepy pretty soon;
And then, perhaps, you shut your eyes,
And then your motherll say:
"Have / a little boy who means
To lie in bed all day."
--BOston Budget.
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SOMNAMBULISTIC PFAT
4 Writer stricken with T.
Fever Writes an Article WI"
In = Troubled Dream

Stories of wonderful sompamhu,
mind, but this was my own experia
mind, but this was my own experisa
and is beyond qeustion, says a VIZ,
in the New York Herald. 0
/ was being driven to comDle,a ,
writing of an article that had ,.t
considera BILE time and research
unfortunately, just as | had nv m1
terial all in good shape, along cams y
attack of typhoid fever. The v..
hour the physician ordered ma 10 h.;
| received letter from my publish
saying that he must have my copv ~
following day,
My good little wife tried TO remo,.
my anxiety by asking permission =
be allowed TO put my yolumjpn,
notes in shape for me. Sick as | va,
| laughed at the idea. Yes, she is cls,
er, but not clever enough for such
task as that. She had done some w,i,
ing, and though she insists on oo,
tinually falling into the absurd haha
of being prodigal with her capitalls,.
ters, and using them whenever 81.
could concoct the least excuse for |,
she had done some fair work. But \,
write my article was too absurd, and
l told her so. She apparently dropped
the matter, and | settled back with ,
1O3 temperature and dismissed Ii,
writing from my mind.
Then came the strange thing. I ION
into troubled sleep and dreamed. ths
article being the center ofmy magins.
tion. thought that my wife had leh
the room, and that | had wrapped nv.
self in a blanket, gone to my tyne.
writer in the adjoining library and
started to work. on my article. Rat.
tley, bang! click! click! click! I
pounded on the machine for hour afte,
hour, until my task was completed.
Then I returned to my bed, but tho
click of that typewriter continued 10
sound in my ears until broad daylight
For a few minutes got a profound
sleep, and when awoke, there was nv
written article on the table surround.
ed by my medicines, ] could not real.
ize that what | thought was a dream
was the yeritable truth and that while
asleep I had actually composed "
typewriter pages; but there they
were.
The best part OF II is that my pub
Usher said il was the finest work that
I had ever done; but the funniest part
Of it is that had fallen into my wifet
absurd habit Of over capitalzing,
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Apninst the Double IJl,r.

The double hive, or what is called
81 England the Wells system a hive
with two compartments side by side,
with perforated separating wall, nl.
lowing the workers, but not the
queen, TO pass from one side 90 the
othcr=hN now been on trial for sey.
trOl years, Aud while some speak well
Of II, the testimony In general has not
been such us 10 warrant It's general
adoption, One objection s. that when
the colony ON one side swnrms the
colony on the other side Is excited to
swOrmng, whatever 10 condition may
he Another objection IA that when
one side becomes Qnernlcss II il likely
60 remain 10, the presence OF n queen
on the other side preventing the bees
from feeling their queenlessness sum.
ciently 20 rear new queen Pacific
Homestead
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TABBY, THE FIREMAN.
Boston Cat which Attends Fires ana
Enjoys the Excitement as
Much as Boy.

"Tabby" is the name Of pet cat
which rode to the scene OF fire on
Oliver street beside the driver of tower
wagon No. 2 the other night. Some
thing like six or seven years ago Tab
by" strolled into the repair shop on
Bristol street near fire headquarters,
looked around, appeared to like the
The Van Buren press., 1903-07-11
Don't DicLer with strangers.

S-n me- papers for amy strangers
or on any preteXt in any circum.
stapces on uny promise OF profit, on
the ground that they are contracts,
or for any other offered reason,
Signatures are binding, You cannot
expect the courts aud jurcs to take
your word against your signature,
Simply refuse, always and absolutely,
to sign paper, FOR travelling strNn'
gers, who claim tu be able and viii
ing 10 enrich you suddenly aud cnor.
mously The bigger the promise, the
fukir, make, the surcr your sigma
turc will he to get you Into trouble,
Everything you need You can buy
from established business conccrns,
No not decker with travelling Sunns
gers. Midland Farmer.
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10 Make "A suunrr i,j,..

One Of the easiest to make, perhaps,
T. the square Kite, The frame IA con.
posed Of split bamboo, aud should be
covered with tightly stretched Scotch
cambrc, Although called Square"
Set # is not exactly 20, II being about
onc.hOlt longer than It Ia broud, The
frame should be bent backward, both
Of the top and bottom, This IA 10
make the Mte bulge outward, posi-,
,ion which should be maintained by
means uf Minr stretched from ,be
corners, both above and below, The
breastbahd should be attached In lhe
usual manner, ana the completed kite
should have two tails instead Of one.
one ~ each lower eorne