The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-06-15
BEES ARE ID
ON Isl, E OF WIGHT
And No Drug Has Been
Found to Combat MaIa-
dy Successfully.

LONDON, June 15.-The third re-
port Of the Board Of Agriculture on
the Isle of Wight bee disease, eager.7a
" anticipated by beemen and orch
ardists who are threatened with ruin
by present epidemic of the disease
among British bees, does not inspire
them with much hope.
Discussing remedies for the mys-
terious malady, the report concludes
that at is exceedingly improbable
that any Of the drugs in use win be
found to be of value in combating
the disease" The disease has been
clearly traced to that ancient foe OF
the beekeeper, Nosema apis, which is,
also known as the May sickness,
often epidemic among bees in other
countries.
The report advises the removal OF
healthy stocks from their present 10
cations, for the germs evidently re-
main in the ground, and, although
a hive may be Immune itself, It can
transmit the disease. Tie only safety,
therefore, is an entirely new start
for the beekeeper.
Bucdnghamshire is planning to
raise, on June 81, in the Vale Of
Aylesbury, memorial to her favor
lite son, John Hampden, who, accord
ing to 'Macaulay, would have been
the George Washington of his coun-
try If he had survived the terrible
wounds received in a fight with
Prince Rupert's cavalry at Chalgrove.
Posterity has placed Hampden first
iamoasg the Parliamentary party
opposed to Charles :, and he began
the fight In Parliament as a repre-
sentative of Buckinghamshire.
Some curious old documents offered
for sale recently by a London dealer
prove clearly that the wild fowl
which occupy the lakes in the Lon
don parks were in occupancy there
in the reign of James 1. One docu-
meIt is Lord Rochester's bill of
charges stor keeping the fowl and
beasts at the st. James Park and
Gardens for April, May and June,
1911"
1t ID signed by the Earl of Sails
bury. Another document is for the
charges layed out on St. James park
and the spring garden for keeping
and feeding his maiesties forrayne
bestes and fowl there 1611-12," and
this is signed by Sir julius Caesar
The new London museum has
shown its enterprise by adding a
hanson cab to its collection, although
there are at least 400 of these vehic-
les still in use in the London streets.
But the last maker of hansoms closed
his doors three years ago, and the
museum authorities are no doubt an
ticipating its rapid extinction.
In 1905 motor taxfcabs first ap.
peared on the streets under the hum
bic title OF "Clarences-Nfechanical
Power" there being nineteen Of them
as compared with about 1000 han
SONS In 1910 the hansoms had de-
cined to 1908, while the taxicabs
had risen to 6,3s7. The exact figures
for today have not been compiled,
but It is safe to say that there are at
least 11,OOO taxicabs to 400 hansoms
Internationally employed. The re-
.fusal Of the hanson drivers to ac-
eept the taximeter accelerated their
end. for II they had accepted 1t they
might have made a longer fight, as
the Paris aacres are doing.
Decorativefy, the London streets
have lost by the passing of the han
som. for the tall. deIicately poised
carriage. shiny black, with the driv-
eE commanding cab and horse from
his lofty seat and with the slender
whip rising above all was an out.
standing picture Of London traffic.