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NEW USE FOR BEES.
How Their Sense of Direction May
he utilized by Man.


A very curious and interesting inves-
tlgation has been going on for some
time past among naturalists with re-
card to the senses Of the lower ami
mails. 1t has been found that in most
cases these are vcy different from
ours and it cannot any longer be de-
MED that instances occur in which spe-
cial senses that are not possessed by
human beings are developed in ami
mails One Of these, called the sense
Of direction enables bees to return
from long distances to their hives I'M
aided by any Of the i've different ways
we have of recognizing our surround
ings.
10 test this matter thoroughly the
fertile honey makers have been taken
considerable distances from their hives
10 localities which it was certain that
they had never before visited, yet when
set free they few as unheSitatingly as
directly and as unerringly home as
from places perfectly known to them.
A few years ago it occurred to a
we'll known beekeeper that this re
/ narkable ability on the part of bees
might be made useful Convincing
himself that he could rely upon their
speedy return from anywhere within
the range of three or four miles from
their hives. whether they had ever been
Of the place from which they started
homeward or not, he set to work to
test their ability to carry messages, as
do homing pigeons. He accordingly
procured a few bees from friend
who lived on the farther side of bar
rem. sandy tract of land which, offer
ing no inducements in the way Of pos
sible food supplies, was never visited
lv the insects and crossed over to bis
own home. Going to his garden with
his children, he touched certain tiny
packages. prepared for the occasion
with bird lime. Upon these were writ
ten. in minute handwriting, certain
messages from his two little girls. The
packages consisted of the thinnest pa
rer fastened with the thinneSt OF
thread and done up in the smallest par
GELS possible.
Releasing the bees. one by one, from
the pasteboard box in which they hac
been imprisoned, he fastened with
trained hand each of the little packets
TO the back of a bee, which he theI
allowed to fly away.
Like homng pigeons, they starteC
of at once across the unfamiliar des
ert for their home, arriving there II
q an incredibly short space of time Wit
their packages secured upon thei
backs.-James B. Carter in St Nicho
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THE BRIL-, ~--DiER.
His Life Seems TO BE One Round Oh
Misery and Filth.


Misery and Filth.
Some of the reasons why Great Brit
ain finds it difficult to get recruits for
the army are told by an English writer
I'm cold weather the coal supply for
each room for the week rarely lasts
half that time, and it becomes neces-
sarv for the men to buy coal for the
rest of the week out Of their own pock-
cts In food, clothing and almost
everything else the free issue IS far 100
.mall. TO provide tea, sugar, milk,
butter, vegetables and other luxurles
the soldier is allowed threepence
day. The greater part Of mans pay
is swallowed up by the purchase OF
food. In addition to this, the soldier
has to pay out of his own pocket Tor
the keeping up Of his kit as well as lot
all the necessary articles USED LOT
cleaning if. such as backing, pipe clay,
brass polish, and, in the case OF cav
airy. saddle soap and burnishers. Then
there are innumerable other charges
put upon him.
"Nhen a soldier first joins the serv-
ice he is supplied with free issue OF
everything, including a tiny piece OF
SOAP. which, like the greater portion or
his kit, is supposed to last him MS
seven wears. or twenty-One years, II he
extends his service. The same remark
apDlies to his socks, undertaking and
all his small kit while his uniform and
boots are supposed to last two years,
and all repairs have to be betrayed out
Of his own pocket However careful a
man may be, it is impossible for him to
make such things as socks and shirts
{ last for seven years.
another evil is the scarcity of eat
ing utensils. Rarely are there plate
and basin for every man. Many re-
cruit after leaving a comfortable home,
has found himself sitting down to
breakfast at a table where there are
twenty-five or thirty men with half a
dozen basins between them. Cups and
saucers are not known. Nor Is it at al
an uncommon thing to see two men eat
ing their dinners off the same plate OF
even off the bare table itself For the
most part, meals are eaten In shir'
sleeves with hats on, while in every
room q few men will be short Of knives
and forks. for which, as substitutes
they use their fingers, old razors anC
pocketknives.
"Most disgusting are the uses Il
which bedding is put Whenever an!
equipment is to be drawn from store
it is always carried in blankets of tn
beds. Then, previous to all inspec
tons Of barrack rooms by the com
handing officer, the floors are scruD
bed, after which, to keep them cleal
until they are dry and the command
ing officer has been around, it Is custom
airy to spread blankets over them. L
wet weather the blankets get into
fearful condition by being trample
on by men coming in out Of the mu
and stables. The same blankets ar
used for drawing rations. The reg
, ment that has its blankets washed ono
= in six months is the execution"
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

30 many OF us have another guess
coming.
II things were only as good as the
samples.
Town people should do less quarrel-
ing. and country people should use bet
ter seed corn.
A man who has all he knows at Ms
tongues command Is a prodigy or ne
doesn't know much.
Men are always trying to XIII TWO
birds with one stone. They VIII 90
pretty well If they get one.
Girls prefer evening parties whlcr
the men can attend, but married WON
en- prefer afternoon parties which bal
out all men.
When a girl is two her father Il
pleased when she goes into his pockets
when he comes home nights. when sn'
is ten he Is irrltated. and when sne Il
thirty he gets mad.-Atchlson Globe.
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savaRes and leads.

Beads and tobacco are the open
sesame TO the affections of a savage.
An Australian official who has been
Waiting British New Guinea brings
back with him gorgeous headdress
made Of the feathers Of birds OF para
disc, the many colored plumase of par
rots and various other Of the brilliant
birds of that region, all securely sewed
together and bound with beautitul
shells. Two axes and a pocketknife
were at first offered for the treasure
but the Papuan owner shook his head
A strip Of calico was added, with the
like result, but the owners eyes gils-
tened at the sight Of string OF Deaos
and a plug of tobacco, and the bargain
was clinched.
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r,.-o,vinr the handkerchief.

Statement copied from an old manu-
script: "In the Founding Hospital the
Bows are bound apprentices, the Wo-
men when manageable are conducted
IN procession thro We streets, and any
Young Man who sees one He wd WISH
for q Wife is at liberty TO marx her oy
throwing his handkerchief" The fur'
,her formalities required previous to
matrimony are not stated. Perhaps
fbis. peculiar custom is the origin OF
the expression throwing the handKer-
chief" -Nineteenth Century.
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ORIGIN OF PIXIES PEAK.
Indis1a Legend of the Formation OF
This Famous Mountain.

This Famous Mountain.
The quaint Indian legend OF the for
nation Of Pixies peak is as follows;
"At the beginning OF all things the
lesser spirits possessed the earth and
dwelt near the banks Of the great
river. They had created race of men
to be their servants, but these men
were far superior to the present In
hahitants of the earth and made end
less trouble for their creators. There
fore the lesser spirits resolved to de-
stroy mankind and the earth Itself, SO
they caused the great river to rise I'M
I'll II hurst its banks and overwhelmed
everything They themselves took each
q large portion Of the best of Il earth
that they might create a new world
and a quantity Of maize, which had
been their particular food, and return
ed TO heaven. Arriving at the gate or
heaven. which Is at the end OF the
plains, where the sky and mountains
meet. they were told that they could
not bring such burdens OF earth into
heaven. Accordingly they dropped
them I'll then and there. These falling
masses made a great heap on the top
Of the world which extended FAR
above the waters, and this is the origin
of Pixies peak, which is thus shown to
be directly under the gate or heaven.
ut was formerly twice as high as now
buy lost its summit, as is told In an
other legend.)
1.-THE rock masses upon II and all
about show that they have been
dropped from the sky. The variety
and extent Of the mineral wealth ID
the region prove that the earth's choic,
est materials are deposited there. And
still as the consultations move across
the heavens and vanish above the
mountain SUBMITS we may see the
spirits rise from the great river and
pass to the gate OF heaven. The fall
ing stars are their falling burdens Of
the dropping grains of maize"
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A wonderful Escape.

An italian of the name OF RoDarto
was painting some OF the iron work OF
the bridge that spans the great gorge
at Victoria falls. Africa, the other day.
The plank on which he was standing
tilted and preclpltated him down the
side Of the gorge. He struck the rock
three times. turning half somersault
on each occasion, and eventually land
ed among the foundations hundred
feet below. Beyond three scalp WOUNDS
and a severe shaking and bruising ne
was none the worse for his adventure.
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+,., --,--o-1 aq the
Hordest KNOWN substance.
80. .,... .-.....,-- has boon
'Oi $500. 80 an l,,,o,rn
recoghlzeu DIS llie H''-'-- A.
substances Inc p''-7" i'o'0- w.
mOnd dust and the UotiN7 power W. '-l0
diamond drill are familiar facts. 20
Is the fact that nothing can polish or
cut q diamond except another diamond.
DIT now substance has made ifs ap-
,,oororoo which If # can 30 obtained
:, sufficient cu.nt-fv. -..u probably re-
IL .,.- ...o-.,-
pace 'l0 D...--.-' H.. Law,
tons OF ur"I Oo-.-7 ~
dary's workshop lof i- i' -.'-' 'D,D
diamOnd-so hard n TACT. --"' '-.0 on. -,
effect produced by IL Ila-l'N' C'--'.
worked day ana hlsu' io' 'll '.''
on sheet OF the substance 0--0 W. ---' %
h1th Oh an lncH 'n'0N' ''-- ... ID,
5000 revolutions per u-iH"'0' Voc -
slight dent III the SHeet anu ''-0 w 0'''''- 80
out of the diamond InlS s~Ds ''-'O0 30
pure metallic tantaiuln'
Tantalum IS not Il cO-li-Ho" i'iS.''''
yet it is also not one O. ie I"leoC' 40
existence was discovered more IMAM d
cehtuI! o5o' Ou' ~ ~ ,..,l,..s.ra7
it from its COMPOUNDS ma" ~, "
prior TO I9O5' NHeu N-e's7''I ~ ~ ~
a sample IN the eieclflc furnace ~
metal when ne lsold'eu as ,D's .,.-'V -
and brittle ana we no" 49, ..-.. --' o.,..
was so much con."lii'''''t' ' .-.....o
bon that most OIL Tue o-''', ~ ne.
properties OF the pure A'0''' -'''-'
appeared --...-.,..,a l,-
Pure tah'alun was HI - l .1'. -
DR.. Bolton 4 HeIno9I vi VI '-S -.
electrlcaI ensiiieei ~ ~ -. &C. A.
" HaiSAe. One vi NJ, -s r.t...,.,,,
fuse the uouoie luz ''.1 ~ l,..t,gs;,,,,
ana tan'"iuin W. -,'' -. $50 I,,t h.
IN an elec.l-o -, u ,l''r ro I sir,r'er oroc
seems " - PiIi Htol,ing nm The Okla.
trlcdl nne'rou' -1 1'1lt5,. l,.o +,,o+ ~
mto ni .lollsoS e,l,' ior,n Ina mace
NernSt lnc"iiue''0 '., ' 49, on nv. MN
:, and d turns on the current The ozid
- docomnosed and. the oxygen bciu,
- ',ro ~ removed 10y tie pump, tn
g. .'e 49,. &c reduced TO the metali
a ni"I,'
Tantolum differs from all other know
substances in combining extreme HARD
noSs with extreme ductlity. OF it
hardness we have already given an c'
annie so need only add that when re-
hot it is easily rolled into bars an
sheets or drawn into wire. 1t is scarce
" affected by the oxygen OF IAe
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AMPUTATED LIMBS.
Some People Bury Them and Keep
Flowers on the Grave.

Some People Bury Them and Keep
Flowers on the Grave.
'What becomes Of the hundreds OF
legs and arms of unfortunates ampu-
tated at the Louisville hospitals annual
ly?o was asked of the superintendent
of one Of the large Louisville hospitals.
"Whateyer the owners want done
with them.
ar you had to lose your right arm
what would you want done with IT.
asked the superintendent, glancing ca
ter cornered over his spectacles with a
uuizzlcal air.
when / die. which l hope won't be
soon, want my body to be decently
hurled. and | think l wouldn't feel
right II my arm wasn't there too. Be-
sides, want it handy on judgment
day"
Exactly So" said the superfntend-
ent. land there are great many ike
you. They exhibit the greatest afrec-
ton for the doomed member and give
minute orders as to how 1t shall be
disposed Of.
II have known people who had their
limbs embalmed and placed In little
lead collins and stored away IN q
vault. so that when they died the limb
could be buried with them.
81 knew of one man who had his leg
buried In the yard where he could look
out of his window and see Its grave
He would each day place a bunch Oh
flowers on the mound and stay by 1t
for hours"
81 was asking for facts" said the re-
porter.
''You are getting them" replied the
superintendent. IL could enumerate
q number of instances where limbs
were buried In the grave with their
former owners.
81 think that the sentiment Is beau
tiful and righteous one," said mem
Der Of the group. "and one that
should adopt II such bad fortune over
| took me-"
"Ihave also known people" resumed
the superintendent "who displayed tne
utmost indifference as to the ultimate
fate of their amputated members. nc
thought Of their limbs seems to enter
their heads. They go under the knlI'
without asking any questions and come
from under the influence OF the etnel
and 80 far as know go through hr'
without inquiring what became o.
their legs or arms.
These people come from the lowe
rlasses. who have no fine sensiblitie
or sentiments. It's generally the cul
tured and refined man who gives OF
ders as to the disposition of los
member"
"Well, what do you do with the limb
Of these don't care peopleT asked IN
reporter. whose curiosity seemed neve
to be appeased.
BURN them generally. That's IN
most sanitary and least troublesom
way."-Louisville Herald
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Patience is virtue for which there
is no substitute There Is often no 9TH
,er way out Of a difficulty than the way
of patience. But really this is a most
gracious way when the sufferer finds
II. Nor is It way which any one need
be ashamed to take, for our Lord rec
ommends it, ''In your patience We shall
Kin your souls" He knows there Is Of
ten nothing left to us but this one
thing patience. We must use it. We
must win our souls, our very lives, by
n
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Cured His Mother Of Rheumatlsr1s

INV mother has been a sufferer for
MANY wears from rheumatism,' says
w. Fl. Howard, of Husband, Pennsyl-
vania. AT times she was unable to
move az all, while at all times walk
ing was painful. l pr esented her with
a bottle If Chamberlain's Pain Balm
and after a few publications. she de-
cided l. was the most wonderful pam
reliever he had ever tried, in fact,
she is never without it snow and is at
all times able to walk. An OK aston
al application of Pain Balm keeps
away the pain that she was formerly
troubled with" For sale bYs
B. S. Ashby & Co.,
Accomac, All County Agencies.
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The wonderful
growth of our busl,
ness has surprised
even ourselves, and
but emphasizes the
fact that our business
policy is correct.
Reliable goods,
low prices,
liberal terms,
and courteous treat
ment are the factors
to which
we owe our success.
This policy has won
for us fully two thou
sand patrons in the
short period of five
years, and the fact
that the majority OF
them are in the city
of Baltimore, where
competition is very
sharp, shows that we
have lived ny to our
Obey.
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Chronic Dlarrhoea While
In the Philippines.

seWbile with the U. S. Army in the
philippines, contracted chronic d.
Irboea. suffered severely from this
q trribIe disease for over three years
NC o d tried the prescription of numer-
ID snhvsicians, but found nothing that
III S;6 me any good until 1 tried Chamber
IDS Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
IT,smedv, two small bottles of which
llitirely cured me and 1 have since
aad no return of the disease. Her
man Stein, 212 N. Union Ave. Pueblo
B. s. Ashby & Co.,
Aceomac, AL County Agencies
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In a Glass House.

1om-Didn't Grace's father call you
down for staying so late? Dick-No;
he didn't find it out till I was leaving
He was just coming in as l was gong
out.-Detroit Free Press.
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In the spiders web it is the glutinous
heads that catch the victims.
The daily sentinel., 1906-08-07
DOES IT PAY

We suspect that some millions of
American girls have read the story
of the late Lady Curzon, and have
sighed that such life was denied
them. But does such life pay?
At first she was given everything
bright mind. exquisite beauty, and
the wealth of an earldom. One of the
titled ones of the Old World became
her suitor and won her. Her mar
riage was the talk of the two contin-
ents. When she went with her hus-
band to exclusive old England, men
women, old dowagers and young girls
all admitted that her graces had not
been overpraised; that daintier
lovlier creature had never been seen
in England.
That was eleven years ago. The
next year her husband stood for par
lament, and her presence by his side
was more to him than all his titles
and his brains.
Eight years ago her husband was
made Lord Kedleston, and then ap-
pointed viceroy of India. Then the
Mary Letter. the daughter of the Chi
cago merchant, divided honors with
the queens and princesses of the
earth. But the strain of the position,
the necessity of standing by her hus-
bands side in land where the eX-
actions of court are never ending.
was too much for herr; her health
broke down: she was forced to come
away, and after dropping for a few
months. she died. The years of her
grandeur lasted for only eleven years,
and then her overborn life went out.
Did it pay? Was 1t worth while?
Was the charm of 1t all worth the
sacrifice? She did not know much of
domestic peace. Day after day. week
n nd
lie calls upon her life were inexorable
Every day had its public duties;
every night its eXactions and excite
ments. The result was that her strong
constitution was undermined while
yet she was young and when, under
normal conditions, there would have
been yet two-score years of enjoy
ment for her. Did it pay? After
all. there is not much for a true wom-
an except the heaven of her own
home. Many women do not believe
this, but it is true nevertheless. There
| is glamor about display; there is
no rest for a woman's mind when
every day there is excitement and the
charm of having an empire at her
feet.
But it is not just possible that des-
pite the praise and the attentions
| showered upon her. the task before
her became n torture, that thousand
times her soul cried out against the
| unnatural life she was leading, which
| was starving her soul, until she began
to covet the peace that has come to
her now?
And could she be restored to life
what would be her advice to young
er sister? Would she say Initiate
me-" or rather would she not say,
say, Marry the man you love. train
vine about the door of your cottage
consecrate that cottage to domestic
love and trust and faith in Gods
mercy. and do not believe in the out
side honors which may come to you.
They are but dead-sea apples to the
lips. Goodwin Weekly.
The daily sentinel., 1906-08-07
WILL LAST HOW LONG

What will be the length of the
present period of extraordinary pros
perity, is the query of almost every
individual today? To determine that
important question is a problem that
many an individual would be only too
happy to solve.
1t seems to be a generally accept
ed belief by the largest business in
terests of the east that there will be
continued prosperity, at least until
the arrival of the period of the next
national election. If the present
phenomfnal general prosperity can
be maintained beyond that period is
problematical.
That the last six years has been
the most wonderful period of develop
ment and accumulation of riches in
the United States, is undoubtedly
true. Vast fortunes have been made
in the iron and steel manufacturing
business and iron and steel unques-
tionably are the barometers of trade
in this country.
Large orders for steel rails and
bridge and structural steel have been
placed with most of the large mills,
which will keep them busy for the
greater part of the present year. so
there need be no apprehension at the
present time, of slump in business.
Again, throughout all portions of
the United States there will be ga
thered this year splendid crops of
cereals, fruit and the general pro-
ducts of husbandry so that together
with the prosperity indicated in the
iron and steel trades and the bounte-
Gus crops. we may believe that this
year will be even a greater year in
the gathering of wealth by the peo-
pie of the nation, than any previous
year.
In the matter of wages there has
been an upward tendency, especially
in the east, where heretofore the
minimum of wages for labor have
been paid. save in several restricted
trades and in special lines of manu-
facture, requiring the very highest
type of endeavor and skill. Men and
women are living better and dress
ing better than those who were ac-
credited as being wealthy several
years ago.
One of the admirable things which
is matter of extreme qualification.
is the endeavor upon the part of en-
ployers to provide more wholesome
quarters for their employees in the
pursuit of business and also main
tanning better sanitary conditions
in great manufacturing establish
ments, where before there has been
no attention paid to these matters.
Altogether there is every reason
to have the most optimistic views
upon the matters of general prosper
ity everywhere, and to feel no degree
of apprehension that there may be
slump in industrial affairs, which
will initiate against our present
roseate condition of general prosper
! ity.
The daily sentinel., 1906-08-07

The Silverton Standard suggests
that the last state ticket nominated
by the Democrats be placed in the
field again. 1t asserts that Govern
or Adams was not the only victim of
the contingent process. The tick
ct was most excellent one and the
argument of the Standard should find
some weight with the members of
the state convention. The Sentinel
would second the suggestion of the
Standard in the matter ard it is be-
lieved that 1t would meet very gener-
al approval throughout the state as
1t might tend to eliminate the Pat
terson-Speer factional fight, which
is bound to reappear again in the con
vention this year.
The daily sentinel., 1906-08-07

The press of Pennsylvania, several
years ago. took rare opportunity to
cast slurs at the people of Colorado
because there were fusion deals con
summated between the Democrats
and the silver Republicans, to rid
this state of the incubus of Waiteism
and populism. They seem to have
found that fusion measures would be
profitable for their own state and
now the disaffected Republicans,
known as the Lincoln Republicans,
which include in their ranks the real
ly respectable portion of Pennsyl-
vania's Republican party, seem to be
only too glad to make a combination