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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-08-04
WOMAN IN ODD BUSINESS
Makes Fair Income by Depriving Bees
of Their Stings, for Sale to
Druggists.

A correspondent of the Boston Her
aid tells of a woman beekeeperi In
Auburn. Maine, who for more than
quarter of century has derived
good income, not from marketing the
honey, but from selling the stings.
Manufacturing druggists buy them'
for each sting contains an infinitesl-
NAL quantity of fOrmic acid, which
druggists extract and sell.
When the woman begins the days
work she lights peculiar lamp. which
throws off a dense smoke. That stupe-
fies the bees, and she collects i'm box
as many as she thinks she will need
for the day. She works In her dining
room with all the curtains drawn ex-
cept the one at the window before
which she sits. Firmly fixed in front
Of her Is high-powered magnifying
glass.
> She opens the box, gives it a shake,
and the bees come out. The light OF
the window in front of her attracts
them, and they swarm upon it. She
reaches out with her left hand, plucks
a bee from the window and, holding
1t under the glass, takes a small pair
Of tweezers in her right hand and
draws the sting. She drops the sting
into a cup of sugar of milk in order
to preserve it. Then she kills the bee
by dropping it into cup Of soapsuds.
for stingless bee is of no worth In
the world. The .stings are shipped
in glass bottles that hold five hundred
each. Iii .. ....s@
The woman keeps count Of the stings
that she draws each day. On the
average she daily draws about nine
hundred. The greatest number she
ever drew in one day is fifteen hun
dred. Once she took the stings from
one thousand bees in three hours.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-08-04
DENIES WOMAN is MYSTERY
Man Is PuzzIino Himself for Nothing,
Is Assertion Made by Writer
of Gentle Sex.

After declaring to the reporters who
met him in New York that the women
Of today care for nothing but having
a good time and have assumed an atti-
tude of pagan enjoyment, the English
essayist, Gilbert X. Chestertoh, Is re-
ported as moving majestically along
the pier shaking hands with the Gus
tom officers and leaving Mrs. Chester.
ton to see about the baggage. r
MY wife understands these things;
I don't" he said, with sweep Of his
stick. . --.. ..... II -
It is evident from the report that,
although woman may have changed
much since before the war, as Mr..
Chesterton says, some Of the Oldtime
masculine attitude toward them re-
mains, May Stranathan writes In the
Pittsburgh Dispatch. In further proof
of this. the Englishman goes on to
speak In the same old prewar way
about the psychology Of women, using
the familiar words, 81 speak reverent-
ly as Of mystery, for a man never
knows what woman will do" and
then he tells how she will act under
certain circumstances.
The mystery about 1t il not in the
psychology Of woman, but in the fact
that, having supposed that woman
would act In the way most natural to
all humanity, he thinks 1t is mysteri-
Gus because a woman does II. He
describes a man as likely to act the
same way under similar circum-
stances, but does not see any mys-
terry In the masculine point Of view.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-08-04
Making OF q Language.

That the slang and idioms Of today
will be correct English tomorrow Is
the opinion of Prof. II. Glicksman Of
the English department, University of
Wisconsin. "Our language is made up
Of what was once slang, idiom, col
'loQuialism and jargon," he said lately.
and warned that the only deplOrable
feature about slang was its tendency
to produce mental slovenliness. Pro-
lessor Glicksman then referred to the
word mob" as slang Of 200 years ago
and as such denounced In the "Spec-
tator" by Addison. 1T Is an abbrevi-
alton Of the word mobile Even so
the word pep is vital and virile and
will survive with the word 'mappy.'
But to gain recognition slang must be
free from vulgarity and cheapness"
aaid Professor Glicksman.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-08-04
Testing Material in Cloth.

Mixtures of cotton and wool may
be tested by travelling a bit Of cloth
and burning two Of the threads, one
running with the selvage, the other
crosswise to 1t. The cotton thread
burns quickly with a flame and smells
like wood; wool chars slowly without
q flame and smells like burning hair.
Shoddy, or remanufactured wool, Is
often used with wool. This can be
detected by travelling out bit Of the
material, when short broken fibers
may be seen. In general, wooden
material which has cotton In II will
become more wrinkled when wet than
sll-wOOl goods.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-08-04

Daniel H. Hawn, 80, shot himself at
Grandview, expiring in 80 minutes.
The state supreme court has upheld
the right OF cities to regulate motor
buses. .. ...
Road work in the vicinity Of Morton
has been started in number Of places
and is progressing rapidly.
The Washington state anti-alien land
law has been declared constitutional
by the federal court at Tacoma
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-08-04
What Every Small Town Paper
!; Means to Its Own Community
return Won sure results.

return you sure results.
Or, do you think that few bust
ness and professional men should car
ry their share of the towns publicity
while some others evade their respon-
sibility? -
The newspaper is civic asset and
a civic responsibility. That burden
of responsibility should be borne by
the business men of the town, as they
are the ones who benefit most. And
that burden should be divided in strict
proportion to the benefit possible of
attainment.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-08-04
Wisdom Of Betty.

We had family picnic. When We
had eaten our supper We sauntered
slowly out of the park toward the
car line. Suddenly. Betty turned and
ran quickly back toward the spot
where we had eaten.
"Betty, come quick" said mother.
Betty ran faster, without any ex-
cuse for her conduct. D..
"What are you going back fort
Why don't you come when I calf"
cried mother to Betty's retreating
back. ~ ~. - r.. ct. .s=F II ee- -
"Just a minute, mother" replied
Betty. 81 want to get my gum. I
parked 1t on one Of the benches."-
Chicago Tribune. s. -st j. eas.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-08-04
Lymph for Infectious Fever.

DR.. Artault de Vevey told the So
c1ete de Therapeutique Of Paris at q
recent meeting that he had had great
success In treating nearly a thousand
cases Of infectious diseases such as
influenza and puerperal fever by in
jecting the patient with his own
lymph drawn from a blister. He had
also succeeded with it in rheumatism,
cholera, facial neuralgia, appendicitis
and other such troubles.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-08-04
Gas Warfare on Rats.

The chemical warfare service has
recently demonstrated that rats can
be killed with poison gas. A mixture
containing 30 per cent Of phosgene
and 10 of chlorine was used. This
was allowed to escape over an area
Of 800 square feet. Fifteen rats were
on the area, and they all died from
the effect of the deadly poisonous
gases. '- -s- e.. s.
They were killed at cost of 40
cents. Within Is minutes the phos-
gene had dissipated, while the chlor-
Inc gas required 80 minutes, to diffuse
beyond the danger point. In view Of
ne millions of dollars loss caused
yearly by these pests, any means Of
destroying them is welcome.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-08-04
Airmen Find Volcanic Crater.

Discovery Of. a huge volcanic crater
surrounded by great lava lake, In
the Mojave desert, has been made by
d. d. France and John G. M0ntijo.
aviators and <tnots of the plane
known as the Desert Rat. Flying over
the wastes of the desert the two air.
men, mapping region little known TO
man, sighted the huge crater not far
from Lavic. Although the dry lava
lake is shown on maps Of the desert
the fact that a volcanic crater existed
in the region was unknown until the
airmen reported their find on their
return.-Los Angeles Express.
Princess Buys Watches.
The Begun (princess) Of Bhopal, In
dia. who bought 1900 silver watches
to take back to her people In the Gen.
trail Indian state when she visited
Switzerland in 1911. has just sent for
another lot Of $500 timepieces. She
wants her subjects to be punctual and
not rely on the sun for the time OF
day.
She probably is the only woman
ruler of a state in India and is also
called sultan. The throne Of Bhopal
has descended In Il distaff line fol
more than IS years, and many Of the
begums have displayed modern tenden
cies In looking after the welfare OF
their subjects, who number 665,OOO. The
Sultan Jahan Begun succeeded to the
throne in 1901. BhOpal is the princi
pal province Of central India and 1t:
capital, the city of Bhopal, has abou
$4,000 inhabitants. japan Adver
tiser.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-18
SCOUTS AS TRAFFIC AIDS.

In Fort Smith, Ark, scouts were
recently put on the job of recording
their observations as to how well
driy els of automobiles were obeying
traffic laws and reported that one
third of the motorists observed did
not slow down for railway crossings
and were otherwise criminally negli-
gent. AS result of this report more
stringent watch was set on traffic
and safer conditions enforced.
Another traffic job which won much
praise locally was the aid rendered
by boy scouts to the police depart
ment of Detroit In handling holiday
crowds on two of the city'ss busiest
corners. Squads carried long ropes
preventing pedestrians from crossing
streets during vehicular traffic; when
the traffic direction changed a squad
leader signaled and the boys hurried
to block the other intersections. The
police say this work was never so
well managed before and greatly min
imized the number of accidents and
the prevalence of jay walking.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-18
SAFETY FIRST REQUIREMENTS

Every first-class scout who qualities
for the merit badge In safety first
must pass the following tests:
i. State four or more dangerous
conditions In the average home and in
dictate what steps should be taken to
correct these conditions.
2. Produce satisfactory evidence that
he is personally responsible for the
application of at least two constfuc-
tive safety first principles in his own
home.
3. Name the most serious violation
OF public safety principles which has
come under his observation, and pro-
duce satisfactory evidence that he has
done all within his power to correct
the same.
4. State In writing Mt least six Of
the most important regulations cover
Ing street safety to meet the condi-
tons Of the nelghborhood in which he
lives.
5. State in writing at least six of
the most important regulations cover
Ing street safety to meet the condi-
lions of the school he last attended.
6. Submit In writing an outline of
his own plan for school fire drill and
explain the method Of properly carry
Ing 1t into effect.
7. State in writing at least six vio-
lations of safety first principles which
are responsible for accidents in con.
nection with railroads.
s. Stand a satisfactory examination
showing knowledge of the important
principles 1t involves, and satisfac-
torily demonstrate his ability to as
sumo leadership in case of a fire, panic,
or other disaster. Badge, green cross
on white ground.)
In 1919, 1908 boys passed this test.
How many Of you adults who read
this test could pass it? How many
accidents do you suppose could have
been prevented In your town last year
If the adult population took as intel
ligent an interest in this kind of thing
as the boy scouts do,
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-18
When the Tape Wrote AGO."

Years ago, when a newspaper man
finished his article, he wrote "30."
which signiied to editor and printer
the end had been reached. When q
newspaper man was spoken Of as go"
it meant he was dead.
Many active securities after the
drastic decline in last year held
their ground around the level of 80.
These included A. |. C, Anaconda,
Central Leather, Shelters, Kelly
Springfield, Writing Paper preferred,
Goodrich, Inspiration, yanadium and
Replolge. .-.-...
Some Wall street men familiar with
old newspaper parlance wondered
whether the tape was writing 80"
on the bear market. And apparently
1t was.-Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-18
A Refuge of Strength,

He who never connects God with his
daily life knows nothing of the spi&-
itual meaning and uses of life; moth
Ing of the calm, strong patience with
which ills may be endured; Of the gen
tie, tender comfort which the Fathers
love can minister; of the blessed rest
to be realized in His forgiving love.
His tender Fatherhood; of the deep.
peaceful sense of the Infinite One ever
near, a refuge and strength.--Farrar.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-18
SCOUTS JOIN SAFETY LEAGUE.

Scouts IN Terre Haute, Ind, are CO
operating with other local organiza-
atlons In promoting safety" League.
the purpose OF which will be to keep
constantly before every person In the
city tho fact that the prevention Of
accident Is largely "up to them,' and
that a little common sense and eau
ton may help avert q big disaster
Tho reporting and removal Of unsaft
conditions and panic-prevantion meth
DDS. VIII be the other features Of hi
league.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-18

Gilbert Parker,
British novelist,
was born Mt Adj
dingtOn, Ontario,
on the 23rd Of
November, 1862.
He was educated
at Ottawa and at
Trinity university,
Toronto. At one
time he lived In
Australia. an d
while there was
editor Of the Sgd
ney Herald. In
the early nineties
he began to make
a reputation ms n
writer Of roman
tic fiction.
He took for the
subject Of some Of
the most inpor-
tnnt of his stories
the history and
life of the French
canasllaua. tHiS
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-18
NEW MEMBERS OF BOARD.

The national council of the Boy
Scouts of America announces the APP
pointment of the following new mem
bers to Its executive board: George
w. Perkins, the well-known financer
and conservationist; DR.. John H. Fin.
ley, former president of New York
state university and commissioner Of
education of the state of New York,
and Gen. George w. Goethals of Pan
anna canal and other fame.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-18
Not Bad Month to Be Born.

Persons born between April 10 and
May 20, when the sun is In Taurus,
are liable to have strong will, to
be courageous, and generous They
think a great deal of appearance, and
love the good things of life. They
lose their tempers easily unless Civ
en- their own way. The men especial
ly are domineering and selfish unless
principles to the contrary were In
stilled In youth.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-18
One Comfort. ANYHOW

Pitt-Which do you prefer. comedy
or tragedy?
Stall-That depends. Comedy, IL the
actors are up to their parts; otherwise.
tragedy. There Is SO much solid COM
fort In seeing them kill each other
of.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-18

A man that only translates, shall
never be a poet; nor a painter, that
only copies; nor swimmer, that
swims always with bladders; SO peo
pie that trust wholly 10 others charity
and without industry Of their own, will
.lways be poor.-S Sir Nv. Temple.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-18
MANDATE NOTE coNcILlAToRY
Reply From the League Delivered In
Paris

Parls-The reply of the League of
Nations council to the American man
date note was delivered at the United
States embassy for transmission to
Washington.
The note was described as concilia-
tory In tone. Some Of the context Of
the preliminary draft Of the reply,
which had been drafted by A. ]. Bal
four, had been opposed on the ground
1t might offend the United States.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-18
TEXAS ROAD TO ISSUE BONDS
Proposes to Put Out $5oo,ooo More
Common Stock.

Washington Authority to Issue ST.
0S4,300 of first mortgage bonds and
$4,000 Of common stock was request
ed by the Texas City Terminal Rail-
way Company In an application filed
with the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
The company proposes to use the
Issues In payment for the property Of
the Texas City Transportation Com
pany.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-18
GETS FOREIGN LOAN DOCUMENTS
Treasury VIII Turn Over Tons OF
Official Data.

Washington Treasury officials we've
preparing to turn over to the Senate
Judiciary Committee several tons IL
documents relating to the Gogern-
ment's foreign loans.
The documents will be submitted i
accordance with d resolution adopsse
by the committee directing sscresafz
Of the Treasury Houston u nfuz
for the committees inaneetion "a L.
correspondence. I
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-18
SCOUTS LEARN MILK TESTING.

The Pioneer division of the Boy
Scouts of America is organized for
boys who live In remote rural districts
or in small communities where scout
Ing Is not yet established. a great
number of farm boys are ayailing
themselves of the opportunity offered
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-18
Concerning Hobbies.

It Is well to have a hobby, says the
New York Medical Journal. 1t is
wen to have hobby which can be
used MS a faithful servant. 1t is well
to have a hobby as long as you can
ride 1t, but when 1t begins to ride you
1t Is better to look about for another
steed.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-18
Good Conscience Priceless.

A good conscience Is to the soul
what health is to the body; 1t pre-
serves a constant ease and serenity
within us, and more than countervails
all the calamitIes and Affections that
can possibly befall us.--Addison.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-18

llved--in London. of course. which
he knew best, first of all, but In like
degree all over the country.--viscount
Burnham.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-18

reputation rests largely ON the fine de-
scriptive and dramatic quality Of these
Canadian stories.
"Pierre and His People, was followed
by "The Trail of the Sword" "When
Valmond Came to Pontiac" "An Adj
venturer Of the North and "The Seats
Of the Mighty" (dramntixed In 1901.
The scene Of ''The Battle of the
Strong" Is laid In the Channel islands.
Pnrker's chief later books are "Thc
Right Of Way" published In 1901, "Don-
ovan Pnsha." "rhe Ladder of Swords"
and others. "The Right Of Way" IL the
story of n man who tried to "comc
back' after making a failure of his
life.
Parker's Canadian connections and
his experiences In Australia and else
where made him strong imperiaIist
In politics. He wns elected to parlia-
meut In 1900 tre-elected 1906 1870 as
conservative member from Gravesend.
In 1902 Parker WINS knightcd, and
he strengthened his position In the
party by his energetic work ON behalf
Of the tariff reform. He came TO rank
by 1910 ms one of the foremost men of
the Unionist party.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-18

To my mind the greatest social re.
kamser that we ever had, and one Of
xeatest that the world has ever
"a man Of letters, one Of
eatest names perhaps q
nature Charles Dickens.
writer points out that all
ors Of that time--and we
heritors Of that ti1e--had
d lib the appalling circtlm-
which the working people
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-18
IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SUNlYSC[|O0L
LESSON

By REV. r, b. FlTZWATER, d. D.,
Teacher of English Bible In the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago)
tO 1921, Western Newspaper Union.)
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-18

Suffragists of Philadelphia are de-
termined that the women's Justice
bell shall remain at the Cradle of Lib
erty. City hall officials are equally
determined that it shall not. This
photograph shows the bell in indie
pendence Square. Harry T. Baxter,
chief of the bureau of city property,
says there Is no chance In the world
for the "Justice" bell to be placed in
independence hall, as 1t Is in no
way connected with American indie
pendence.
Evening journal., 1921-02-17

They realized that such a big army
was not necessary. first OF all be-
cause we have plenty OF trained men
at present. as result OF the war.
And then. too. they realize that.
most of all. II is time that we start
cutting down the expenses OF the
government, which have been so
tremendous.
you see. President Wilson bases
all his arguments on questions OF
this kind on his onc-tracked idea OF
/ a league OF nations and what he
thinks will happen TO this country
I II we don't join. Don't think for n
minute that the few friends OF the
world club plan have given up all
hope OF getting the United States
mixed up in IL. President Wilson
has been telling us ever since he
brought the peace treaty back with
the world club in Il that the world
would come TO an end II the United
States didn't agree TO that treaty
and Join the club.
well. Il hasn't" spoke up Jack.
no. far from Il. Jack" said his
uncle. The world has shown a
steady. well-founded recovery from
the war Each and every country,
with few exceptions. is gradually
getting back 10 the same status as
before the war. America has not
only shown that she has rapidly re-
covered. but she is in a stronger po-
sition than ever before. We have
the money. and the world trade Is
at our door. II we get busy and listen
to the knock OF opportunity, and We
lare more respected by Enrope thar
ever"
why more respected Uncle
Tod?" asked Jack. Il don't under
stand"
why. Jack. we are more respect
ed by other countries and In n mucl
} more powerful position today be
cause we have shown that we ar
independent. We are Independent
/ in that we have told the whole worll
that We will not under any circum
! stances sell our liberty TO a group o
81 men representing a combination o
D countries that would love TO get u
down.
{ "Yos. indeed. Jack. Countrie.
after an. are simply bodies OF peopl
{ and almost the same rules apply 4
\ both cases. II give in 20 Sam smit
s at my Office about some matter q
Z importance TO us both. but which
- unfair TO me. then he knows that
e am weak and easy. But II I stan
Il up and tell him that I am the be-
Il judge Of what Is good for me an
d that I have always managed to d
I. lprotty well in the past. he won
Evening journal., 1921-02-17
CECIL WOMEN WILL
TAKE PART in POLITICS

NORTH EAST, Md. Feb. i7.--Four1
teen women or the town met lere and
organized a civic association Miss L.,
\. McNamee was elected president !
Mrs. William Rutter. secretary, and
Mrs. l.. A Mahoney, treasurer.
The object Of This organization wila
be The botterment OF the community,
both by beautifying the town and inn
proving sanitary conditions First
efforts will be directed toward serur-'
ing at the approaching town election.
Board OF Commissioners w'1o will
cooperate with the association In its
work