The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-14

mucked'.
And II you haven't yet, beware
For Maudie's muck rake's everywhere
Nashville Tennesseean.
Bees Make Fruit Grow.
Honey producing is only one of the
missions OF the bee. Indeed, for actual
profit, the honey is but a minor
ITEM, says writer in Suburban Life.
Some years ago / moved to a small
place up the Hudson river 1 wanted
bee farm. and selected for that pur-
pose spot among apple cherry ami
plum trees, some of which had never
borne fruit, others none for years past
My landlord told me / might cut down
certain trees, as they, were worthless
and he intended putting out some fine
nursery stock
Being busy, did not cut the trees
down, They blossomed freely and of
course we paid no further heed to them
than to break blooms by the armfuI
when we wanted floral decorations.
The cherry trees were much to the
owners establishment, loaded with very
large. perfect fruit. He could not un-
derstand it; such a thing had not hap
pened for years.
Early in the autumn while waiting
for swarm of bees to settle 1 observed
a number of fine apples upon one of the
smaller condemned trees. When the
landlords attention was called to them
he was completely mystif1ed and called
In his neighbors to see the wonder.
Later we gathered from this tree nearly
a barrel of the finest fall pippins ever
seen in that vicinity
No argument would convince the
man that them pesky bees had any,
thing to do with the yield of fruit on
the place. He insisted that some sort
of fertilizer must have been used.
Since that time I have demon
strated by scores of experiments that
trees which had for many seasons borne
little good fruit, or possibly none at all,
have been brought up to high stand
ard of productiveness by the presence
of bees. They carried the pollen. fer
tilted the blossoms and a bountiful
harvest was the result
Regardless of the honey crop every
fruit grower should have a few colonies
of bees. If when the bloom season is
past there is so little nectar in midsea-
son flowers that the bees must be fed
as in cases where a strict account has
been kept the cash value of orchard
products alone has been doubled by
their assistance"
IN Letters a Century Ago.
All Hawaiians read and write their
language. They write with facility, and
most of them are graceful >penmen.
Rev. Sheldon Dibble in his History of
he Sandwich Islands, relates exper- |
THE people were amazed at the art |
If expressing thoughts on paper. They |
started back from 1t with dread, as
hough 1t were O sort of enchantment of |
'orcery. A certain captain said to
xamehameha: I can put Kamehameha |
IN the slate and proceeded to write |
he word Kamehameha. The CHIEF |
replied: That is not me
lot Kamehameha.' The captain then
aid: BY marks on this slate I can |
mn yho G OF fGf0 ~,
END me his handkerchief and pro-
,eeded to write the order. Kane |
lameha gave the slate to a servant, |
Who carried it to the mate and brought |
he handkerchief Kamehameha s-en
ook the two-the slate and the hand |
lerchief. He looked at the writing and |
It the handkerchief-they old not look |
like. He felt of the two-they did not |
eel alike. And what connection there |
ould be between the one and the |
ther he could not imagine. With this
ignorance it is not strange that the
'eople formed very wild conceptions
f the power of letters. They imagined
hat letters could speak. Every article
vas for a tirae safe; no one would steal
tor there were letters there, and
hey did not know but they might tell
he owner where it was."-Paradise Of
he Pacific.
Draws the Crowd.
at must confess" growls the dis
atisfed tourist "that can't see why
o many people want to come here.
10 scenery, no amusements no good
hings to eat-absolutely no attrac-
Ions!"
"Ah, signor" said the innkeeper
zey come because we ave re gran
abel to stick on re luggage. Sue
ess Magazine.
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
IF,rom the Philadelphia Record1
Freezing politeness is not a characters
c Of the iceman.
If hell is paved with good intentions.
ley should be hot stuff Il
The epileptic is not the only person who
pes by fits ana starts.
When q man is his own worst enemy 4
a. IL II