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The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-02-20

vent the anger Of bees than to stop
it after 1t is begun. If you misman-
age a colony Of bees and arouse their
anger, it is quite likely that this dis
position will remain with them for
few days.
A bee away from home, or laden
with honey, never volunteers an at
tack. This is 20 well known and es-
tablished by apiarists that if I we're
not writing mainly for beginners, !
would not think of mentioning it.
Thus, in order to render bees harm
less, it is only necessary to cause
them to fill themselves with honey,
and this is done by frightening them
with smoke. When smoke is driven
into hive through the entrance, the
bees at once begin filling themselves
with honey.
But with them. as with human be-
ings, it is the most experienced which
are slowest to take fright, so when
the old bees are all at home it is
more difficult, and takes more time to
compel them to fill themselves.
For this reason it is much safer to
handle bees during the warmest part
of the day, or at time when the
greater part of the old are in the
field.
The bees which compose a swarm
are usually filed with honey for the
Journey which they expect to take,
and they are harmless unless crushed,
or very much irritated by the anger Of
others and the smell of the poison. 1t
is not absolutely necessary to smoke
a colony of bees until all the bees fill
themselves with honey in order to
handle them safely, but it is certainly
the safest method.
An expert may open hive without
smoke and without danger, and may
handle the combs, and return them to
the hives without getting a single
sting by being quiet, steady and fear
less.
It Is a fact that the fearless apiar-
list may often be entirely unframed.
while others a rod away may be stung
by the very bees which his manipu-
lations anger
His quiet, determined demeanor is
his safeguard, while the uninitiated
strike at the angry bees until they
are stung.
When you wish to open a hive of
bees, if you wish to be perfectly safe,
arm yourself with smoker, cover
your head with a veil, and step bold
ly to the front of the hive; send the
smoke through the opening for half a
minute, then stop, and repeat the op.
Grafton after another half minute, or
until they make steady hum, which
will show that they have given up
the desire to fight. Then open the
hive, smoke gently and you may lift
the combs one after another.
Many people have kept bees, but
did not succeed en- account of the
worm-moth, but worms very rarely, if
ever, destroy colony of bees in nor
NAL condition.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-02-20
The Tricorne.

Three-cornered toques never go
quite out of fashion. They are too be-
coming. Not to all, however. A face
like Jove, an eye like Mars, nose
like distant mountain range, do not
20 well with the coquettish sugges-
ton of such a form of headgear. 1t
suits a saucy face, a mutinously def
ant expression such as youth wears in
some Of its gayest moments. The lat
est edition of the tricorne has the
point in the center, set on quite
straight, material black velvet of felt,
with a white feather rising high above
the point. The hair is pushed down
under 1t and appears in curls all
round the face.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-02-20
State Exhibit at Dallas.

Wisconsin has one of the finest and
largest exhibits 1t has ever shown out
side of the state, at the sixth national
corn exposition at Dallas, Tex. Bar
ley, oats, wheat, rye, clover, alfalfa,
corn. timothy seed and beans are in
the Badger exhibit, which includes
about 20 bushels of grains and 600
ears Of corn.
Wisconsin exhibits include not only
the winners of first and second
awards in the recent Wisconsin Elk
perimental association show at Madi-
son, but other choice grains exhibited.
Among Wisconsin farmers whose
grains were selected are H. P. West.
Ripon, pedigree oats, Swedish select
oats, mammoth clover, Alsike clover,
green soy beans, Wisconsin rye and
buckwheat; Schwartz Bros, Wauke-
sha, sheaf Swedish select oats; AS
semblyman H. e. Kruger, Beaver
Dam, Wisconsin pedigree barley,
Oderbrucker barley, black soy beans,
brown soy beans, alfalfa seed, winter
wheat; s. p Markell, La Crosse, ten
ears Silver King corn; Charles How
lit, Randolph, ten ears Wisconsin No.
8 corn; N. H. Raessler, ten ears Gold
en- Glow corn, spring wheat: j. R..
Thorpe, Trevera, ten ears yellow dent
corn; w. L. lillian, Adell, medium red
clover seed, sheaf alfalfa hay; H. P.
Grebe, Ripon, timothy seed.
Wisconsin's exhibit also includes
the first prize single ear of corn, won
by j. r. Thorpe, Trevera, at the re-
cent Madison state show. Profs. r..
A. Moore and L. F. GRADER, agricul-
tural college, have gone to Dallas to
serve at the state exhibit Professor
Moore is one Of the judges for grain
exhibits.
The Wisconsin exhibit will compete
In the majority of events in the north
ern zone, which includes exhibits from
North Dakota, Michigan, Minnesota,
South Dakota and Wisconsin. Be-
sides competing here it will also COM
pete for worlds prizes in sheafs and
grains.
At the exhibit year ago Wiscon-
sin won eight worlds prizes for bar
ley, rye, clover, buckwheat seed, in
thrashed grains; barley, oats, wheat
and alfalfa in sheafs; also the best
ten ears of white and yellow corn and
the best single ear Of corn.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-02-20
To Protect Arms.

To prevent my arms from being
burned which reach into the oven to
haste meats or move baking dishes. I
wear an arm protector. This is long
narrow bag made of an old piece Of
heavy bedticking large and long
enough to slip on the hand and arm
easily, up past the elbow. 1t is of
more than one thickness, and is some
what larger at the hand.-Kansas City
Star.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-02-20
CAPITOL Contract Let.

A contract to do the structural work
on the new north wing of the capitol
was awarded the other day by the
capitol commission to T., G. McCarth!
of Madison, for s7S,474. There wa
but one other bidder, the Wisconsin
Construction company of Chippew;
Falls. It's bid was $4,000. There is
one other big contract to be let foi
the new state house, that for the int
rior finish In the north wing. All mem
bers were present at the meeting ex
cept George H. d. Johnson Of Milwau
kee,
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-02-20
Highway Commissioners Elect.

At the meeting of the Wisconsin
Highway Commissioners association
In Madison officers were elected as
follows: President, H. J. Knelling,
Milwaukee; vice-president, Robert
Smith, Clear Falls; secretary-treasur-
er, G. H. Mainwaring, Gotham. Messrs.
Knelling and Mainwaring are re-
elected, but Mr.. Smith succeeds S. S.
Crownhart of Ellsworth.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-02-20
Census on State institutions.

Census on State institutions.
There are 1928 insane patients in
the state under public care, according
to compilation prepared by the state
board of control for the close Of the
calendar year. Of this number 4,070
are males and 3,059 are females. There
are incarcerated in county asylums
$3.50 patients, of which 1911 are males
and 2,309 are females.
In ali of the state institutions, In
Guiding the state hospitals for the in
sane the state public school, the home
for the feeble minded, the state re-
formatory and schools for the deaf and
blind, 4,166 persons are cared for.
There are GA patients at the state
hospital for the insane at Mendoza,
Insane at Winnebago, 172 in the
School for the Deaf at Delavan, As in
the School for the Blind at GAINESVILLE,
381 in the Industrial School for Boys
at Waukesha, 1853 in the state prison
at Waupun, 1873 in the state public
school at Sparta, 22S in the state re-
formatory at Green Bay, 1,070 in the
Home for the Feeble Minded at Chip
pewa Falls and 145 in the State Tu-
berculosis sanitarium at Wales. The
census is for December 81, 1913, when
over two-thirds of the population OF
the State School for the Blind at
GAINESVILLE were home for the Christ
mas vacation,
Out of the total of 75S in the state
prison % are females. There are $40
patients in the Milwaukee Hospital for
the Insane, of which 331 are males
and 2S9 are females.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-02-20
Honor System at University.

Honor System at University.
The honor system has been adopted
at the University of Wisconsin. Fol-
lowing discussions extending over a
period of five months, the faculty of
the university recognized the petition
Of the students and devised rules OF
procedure in examinations under the
new system. The system will apply
in all colleges except the law school
and covers both graduates and under
sraduates. According to the new
cheme it will be the duty Of the stu
lent to refrain from giving aid as well
from receiving it.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-02-20
Renoyatinu Black Gloves.

Ink mixed with the white OF an egg
win make old black gloves look like
new.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-02-20
State Telephone Elect.

Directors of the Wisconsin State
Telephone association were elected at
the annual meeting in Madison as fol-
lows: John A., Pratt, Menomonee
Falls; P. J. Werlich, Monroe, and w.
F. Goodrich of La Crosse, all for three
years.
After the election the directors met
and elected the following officers ::
President, w. l.. Smith, Neillsville;
vice-president, J. A. Pratt, Menomonee
Falls; treasurer, w. F. Goodrich, La
Crosse
Wisconsin stands at the forefront of
the states of the union in telephony,
said John A. Pratt in his address at
the annual convention. Throughout
the country there is one telephone for
every thirteen persons; in Wisconsin
one for every eight, or nearly one for
every family.
Speaking of the state situation, Mr..
Pratt recounted that there are 578
telephone companies, and in 1910 the
total investment in plants was $751;
144,890. The total revenue from 246,-
7O4 telephones was $3,260,320, or an
average of less than $14 per telephone.
The total expense for operating and
maintaining was $2,468,415, of which
IS per cent. was expended in the
wages and salaries of employees. In
the three years from 1910 to 1913 the
number of telephones had increased
from 246,704 in 1910 to 267,768 in
1913, gain of nearly 10 per cent.
Evening star., 1914-07-18

nature to take care Of child's car
riage. Marcia stared in puzzlement.
Then slow red came over her face.
Marcia bought underwaists, heretofore.
ing that buttons and buttonholes were
tolerably stout she had not fretted over
them. And child's carr!age-well,
Marcia TO. a moment thought that Mrs.
cia.
She looked wistfully at Mrs. Henning.
slim. proud faced woman who went
by OCCASIONALLY in limousine with three
slim. naughty children beside her. Mrs.
Henning called once on Marcia. 1t was
an uncomfortable period Of time. Mrs.
Henning almost was taciturn. Marcia
was i'll at ease. Sometimes she feared
bratny. planning women who devoted
30 much thought to their children's s
welfare. Poor Marcia sometimes wished
she would forget her children for half
loved them. but somehow it had been
easier Just to be poor and manage
poorly than to be comfortably fixed and
have to take SO much thought.
told her. had been reared along scien-
tific lines. Her mother knew Froebel
by heart knew calorics and the first
principles Of moral suasion and the
properly reared child would be-
So it was with doubt and misgivings
that Marcia prepared to return Mrs
Henning's call. She wouldn't have re-
turned 1t at all. but that would have
been discourteous. The night before
Lii. aged six. asked inquisftively,
What are you reading. mother?
Marcia blushed and involuntarily put
hand to cover the title page; as, though
small. Lily could read. What is it?'
asked Fred. curiously. stopping in a furi-
Gus knee bobbing which had as its OBJ
Ject the amusement Of Fred, tr., aged
four.
''Mone-no, Montesorri," Marcia stum-
blingly pronounced. "It is about develop
ing children.
Fred was mildly amused. "Oh, don't
train 'em into their graves" he laughed.
Il never knew you went in for that,
Marcia" he said. admiringly.
Marcia sighed. II the children hadn't
been listening she would have told him
that she was merely reading up to be
able to converse with Mrs. Henning, and
that she knew she couldn't pronounce the
name right IL she practiced all night.
And the next day, with a self-conscious
pink in her cheeks that was becoming,
although she was far too miserable to
realize it. she went to call on Mrs Hen
ming.
Mrs. Henning received her in a pretty
rose and green parlor and they chatted
amicably about the weather and the con-
dition Of the country. touching on politics
At least Mrs. Henning did. Marcia
nodded assent. Inevitably their talk got
to their children. The topic was has
tened by the sight Of Mrs. Smith with
Evening star., 1914-07-18

her two plump. pretty sons. Marcia re-
membered that Mrs. Smith had said knee
dandling was terribly unhealthy for the
child. and Marcia asked Mrs. Henning' 9
opinion.
ITO dandle baby on your kneer'
Mrs. Henning repeated. well. Froebel
says
There came an interruption. Two
black-stockinged legs seemed to shoot
into the room. followed by two brown
black. were mingled in screaming con-
fusion. Two blue serge dresses were
wound together.
Dora! Esther" rebuked Mrs. Hen
ming. What's the matter"
Dora knocked me down and kicked me
In the stomach" walled Esther.
Didn't. You done 1t. I amt story
teller"
Children: Such language" cried Mrs.
Henning. She rose, led them from the
the sound of a spanking hand
Mrs. Henning returned in confusion.
Her face was flushed. She would not meet
Ma1s,as nasiW ,ys; eye: ~ am SO ashamed she
understand. After all that every one
says about your well beha"ed children.
But ! can't keep mine good all the time.
sometimes they behave simply angelically.
And then they have q streak
Marcia gazed at her in amazement. OF
course her children were tolerably good.
They had learned to be. She had been
too busy to make them good by rule, SO
she had simply tried not to scoid too
much. Although it had been hard. when
things went wrong and Fred was more
than usually discouraged.
I've tried every method Mrs. Hem
ming said, discouragingly. First one
kind one week and another the next. the
same as my mother did. And what
method do you use?" she asked. eagerly.
I'll try 1t: don't care how much both
er it is
'I never used any," Marcia confessed.
honestly. Her face was crimson. but
under her confusion ran great pity Tor
the woman before her. Il never had
time. So 1 just gave them the best l
could in the way of food and clothes and
tried to keep them happy,
1t was Mrs. Henning's turn to blush.
DO you know" she said. dolefully. i
never thought Of that"
A month after Fred said, curtously:
Marcia. thought you were afraid you
wouldn't like It here! You said the
women were different and you didn't
seem to measure up to their standards"
Marcia blushed. Her husband had met
nine women leaving the house and one
had said: Il don't care what her method
Is. 1t works"
You see I was 30 busy all those
years" She paused.
YES" said Fred, puzzled.
We'll, I didn't have time to know"
ITO know how much I KNEW" she
laughed.
CTHE END)
Evening star., 1914-07-18

ing of linotype machines-these are the
things that strike the visitor when he
enters the governments immense pub
fishing house.
The infinite detail Of the government
printing of1ce-for that is the official
title of the publishing establishment
comes afterward. 1t is only after the
confusion Of first impressions has
cleared away that the comp1exity of
the public printers problems are ap-
parent. Perfect system, a knowledge
of arrangement so that the minimum
Of time may be lost in transporta-
ton. and individual efficiency are some
of the requirements.
What publishing house. putting out
hundreds Of new editions in all sorts
OF elaborate bindings, and running a
newspaper on the side, would not feel
that 1t was straining itself? That is
what the governments printery is do
ing. An insight into the immensity Of
the work Is Cleaned from the figures
Of the post office showing that ap-
proximately s5 per cent Of the total
weight OF mail disposed Of in Wash
ingtor Is mailed under q government
frank
Perhaps the rush work of the print
cry is the most spectacular. Congress-
must have its Congressional Record
every morning as regularly as the
suburbanite must have his newspaper.
Evening star., 1914-07-18

baster too. was cut down in its youth
by reason of the fact that the sharp eyes
of its editors and the reckless freedom Of
its own type made the life of every viii
lager a burden Of fear lest he any morn
ing face himself in print of the most
damning and explicit character. So.
through the ingenious inventions that
only a boy can muster. these three boys
good boys their sponsor calls them
pursued varied and general good time"
at the expense of every live thing in
and roundabout the village where they
lived. The whole book is a breezy.
laughable account of the boyhood days
from which Judge Shute himself has
happily. never recovered.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
THEEvEN|NGSTORY.
HER CHILDREN.
Copyright. 1914. by W. werner.)

Copyright. 1914. by W. Werner)
Marcia had never really had much
time to spend rearing her children till
Fred got a legacy that enabled them
to buy a house and lawn in suburb
so close that he could get in to work
every day, and yet having all the In
timacy and sociableness Of a small
town. And there. from the other
mothers, Marcia learned and was
ashamed.
She was only twenty-four then. The
children had come fast. and. as she
explained to herself-she didn't like
to tell any one else-they had rather
awed her. the first especially. The
first was six years old and named Lily.
Marcia hadn't been very old when she
and Fred got married. And Fred
wasn't making enough by one-sixth
for a sensible couple to marry on. And
So between paying the rent and buy,
the doctors bills. and making rompers
and little waists and blouses. and
washing and ironing. there wasn't
much time to rear children properly.
shoes are SO expensive-except the
paper soled cheap things. OF which
you have to buy two pair to one OF
good. so really they va are re No 19. economy:
shipping clerk in a wholesale grocery
house, and he frequently had to work
at night. So that evenings. when he
house quiet for him. Quiet could only
be had by putting the children to bed.
and though Fred said It was hard on
the poor youngsters. Marcia insisted.
Especially after there were four. and
Freds fine gray eyes took on a cob
webby frame of lines trying to figure
how they could manage. Sometimes
Fred and Marcia figured all evening.
But that was before the legacy came.
An aunt Of Freds died and left him q
Evening star., 1914-07-18

realistic writers Of Scandinavia. a novel
ist who rounds into drama the common
things. the big and revealing common
things. that pass before his searching and
div!ning eyes. This story is a circum-
stsntial picture of the social life Of
Christania By way Of little group Of
friends-artists of one sort or another
the life Of the city. in its meanings and
implications as we'll as in its appear
The atmosphere Of this story is. to be
sure. local; an atmosphere of Norwegian
simplicity and austerity. But the human
element. in its nature and in it's idiosyn-
crasies. in its intertwined consistencies
Evening star., 1914-07-18

the best magazines in the country. II
Is the boast Of the hoto-engraving de-
partment that any picture In G. p. O:
publication can be rephotographed and
Of the tests Of good engravings.
The Congressional Directory, q volume
bound sometimes in green. sometimes in
blue and sometimes in red. is one Of the
most pretentfous of all the undertakings
which come under the head of routines.
In this volume are practically all the
general statistics relating to the three
branches of the government, including
cabinet and members Of Congress. An
error In a single date relating to the
happenings in the lives of any Of those
men would mean a storm Of criticism as
Consequently the proofreaders go over
the statistics in this volume many times
SO that they are assured that the book
and the copy" tally absolutely.
Talking with one Of the workmen In the
bindery department brought out a view
which many employees hold regarding the
reason for the remarkable efficiency
shown in Uncle Sans printery.
the conditions in the building are much
better than would be found in q private
publishing house There ts q spirit of
cooperation among the men. due largely
to the fact that they have confidence in
the higher officials and are not afraid
that politics will make them lose out"
Certainly the statement concerning the
conditions under which the men work is
absolutely true. Any newspaper in the
country could learn things II It studied
the government printing office for a
while. The main corridors are things OF
beauty, the rooms are wide and on the
warmest day the employees in most of
the departments don't seem to suffer at
ALL OF course, in the rooms where metal
is cast. heat is essential to the work
Many of the publications which are put
out by the governments publishing house
have regular subscribers who send in
their money. Notably there are the dip
lomatic and consular reports, which are
Of interest to every big business house in
the country.
Evening star., 1914-07-18

be laundered it is turned over to one of
these firms or individuals who make a
business Of such work. and the process
is more or less secret one. The leaves
are removed from the binding and each
is washed and treated separtely Soap
and water are the prime elements used
In cleaning books and manuscripts. The
finish to the paper upon which books
"size." or. to use more familiar term,
1t Is starched to make 1t stiff Repeated
handling wears of the finish Just as the
wearing of garment that is crisply
When the smooth surface is rubbed up
the paper gets soft and porous and alb
serbs dirt and grease readily.
Ink stains are usually removed by hot
size or hot water with little alum in
1T: but the process is delicate one and
frequently requires the application of
chemicals. permanganste of potash being
used in solution. For the removal OF
grease. the book laundress pours ether
over the spot and applies a warm iron
to it over a piece of blotting paper.
When the volume is thoroughly cleansed
1t Is given coat of size which serves
the purpose Of starch and restores the
leaves to their original crispness. after
which 1t is ironed. thus completing the
laundering of the volume It is at this
point that the book is ready for the
bindery.
A part of the repair work Of the book
iduNOIesS coues IN ODllteratlnR nOleS
made by bookworms. This is done by
boiling old paper into pulp in hot size
and applying the plaster to the pune
tured leaves. 1t Is a most difficult and
unsatisfactory operation, and one that
is seldom attempted excepting in the
case Of books printed on heavy paper.
Rare and valuable books which have
been acquired by gifts or purchased by
the library frequently have pages or
parts Of pages missing. When 1T is
possible to do SO the missing parts are
copied from perfect volumes obtained
by loan from other libraries. Sometimes
In the case of inconabula, books and
manuscripts printed prior 10 the six
teenth century. and in some later vol.
umes 1t is impossible to match the old
type exactly, but an effort is made to
have the supplied portion as nearly
Identical with the original volume as Is
possible. When q leaf Is simply torn 1t
Is mended by the application OF trans
parent tissue.
Occasionally an old book 10 SO price,
less that 1t is taken apart and each
sheet mounted separately on leaves OF
heavy paper much larger than that OF
the original volume. and where cor
ner or part of leaf is torn away the
passage Is printed on the mount OF the
page preceding that Of the missing
part.
Most Of the old books have been