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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-05

IN the Spring colonies OF bees vary
much in strength II the bcekeeper
is 10 get the best results from his bees
ne must equaiize colonies. q process that
consists In taking from the strong and
adding 70 the weak.
The equalizing must be wisely done. or
more harm than good viii result Sup
pose that early In the season one hive
Is found 70 contain mere handful OF
bses and q queen. while another has
three frames o! brood with plenty OF
bees TO cover them. II two frames Of
brood with the adhering bees are taken
from the stronger colony and giVen N
the weaker. IL may be that In an ordi-
nary season neither one VIII build Itself
up enough 10 store any surplus. where.
as II the colonies had been left urdis-
tuybed the stronger a. gi1t haze yteldtd
fair crop Of honey. II TOO large pro-
portion Of strange bees are added al
one time, ~ In the case just mentioned.
there IN danger that the queen may oe
killed and the colony ruined.
ia the cold weather Of Spring II IL
ali that weaklirg colony can Go 70
develop hfat enough 70 hoic It's own
Indeed, IL Is nothing strange 70 md Il
growing weaker instead OF stronger. uf.-
other hand once 1oi0ny has fearned
! the point where IL has four frames u
: brood with plenty Of bees u cover
/ them II seems W make steady progress
unit! II reaches the full capacity u tts
queen. say seven OF eight. or more
| frames of brood Sofns queens IAN ke3I
/ ~ " Is frames Of brood occupird.
Nothing should be done In The va,
(; III eutlalizlng until nome colonies hael
"a many al five or xix frames II brood
and each frame haS al least three.
fouTths of is area fiiied General.
.ais equaIizing should not begin IN TN
North before May. and II may c,Intiiinl
until the bees begin 10 store honey from
clUyer IN June, uniess oil thu GOiDn;.1
are built up 10 their proper strength b.
fore that tiDlk.
Suppose that on the first examina
ton the strongest colony Is Iouno u
have brood In nvs frames. four o
| which are we'll fliikd, while he flftl
has Lest brood than the Others Their
10 nothing 70 DO but 10 wait Hrtii al
flye are equally filled, When thai tim
comes. find the frame With ths Gueel
on IL, sst IL al one side, and take on
II the ilt9e the frame that has the mos
advanced brood. This viii usually b
The one that has ths largest scale
Dr00c In IT, place. between the nile,
frames, put q frame N empty comb. q
ffsIae That has 4 little honey and per
i.sps q little brood, taken from som
weak colony Return the frame Will
the queen shd eiese the hive
More thar one frame can be tskei
from a hive. provided that al isss
tour ffsmes we'll fiiied with brood AZ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-05

In the evening. when We camped
everything that could be dispensed
with was packed in boxes. which we
slowed between two dunes. we KEEP,
only enough food for few days: All
the LIQUID timed food was distributed
among the men. In the evening
drank my last cup of tea. Only two
small iron Jars of water were now lett
The gale subsidized during the Night
! TWO DAYS later the camels got all the
butter that was left. There still re-
manned a few cups of water In the
last iron jar. While the camels were
being laden. we came upon folchl.
with the jug to his mouth. Foaming
with rage. Islam and Kasim fell upon
! him, beat his face. threw him to the
ground, kicked him and would nave
killed him on the spot. had not IN
tervened.
Hardly one cup of water remained: !
told the men that at noon l would oip
the corner of a hadkerchtef In II ano
moisten my lips and theirs. and that
the last drops would suffice for small
mouthful for each.
At noon moistened their lips, but In
the evening the jug was empty. 40
not know who the guilty one was ana II
was no use holding q trial. The desert
was endless and we were all headed To-
ward certain death.
l. Yolchi was missing again ana the
others were furious. They thought ne
had deliberately understated the dis
lance after he had stolen the water
from us that night in the hope that We
would die of thirst and that afterward
he could steal our Chinese silver and
lind refuge in the woods along the Kho-
tan-daria, But think their suspicious
were groundlesS.
The day before. had not had a
single drop Of water. and the day before
that only two cups was suffering
from thirst: and when. by chance. ]
found the bottle in which we kept the
Chinese spirits sor the Prinus stone /
could not resist the temptation Of
drinking some of it. It was a foolish
thing to do: but nevertheless drank
half the bottle.
That treacherous drink finished me.
I tried to rise. but my legs would not
support me- The caravan broke camp
but I remained behind. Islam Bal led
compass In hand, going due east. The
sun was already burning hot.
My men probably thought would die
where lay They vent on slowly, like
snails. The sound of the bells grew
fainter. and finally died away alto
gether.
exerted all my will-power. got up.
reeled. fell. crawled for a while along
the trail. got up again. dragged myself
along and crawled One hour passed.
ard then another Prom the ridge Of q
dune. ] saw the caravan. It was stand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-05
COLONIES OF BEES.

left In the hive but II one OF the four
Ia only nall filled the hive should not
be disturbed.
No more smoke should be used th:n
will serve 70 keep the bees In Suotsc"
ton. Too much will start the bees
running" and then you cannot md
the queen. II will also prevent you
from taking with the brood the regu-
lar quota OF adhering bees. and that
Is a disadvantage: for with each rame
of brood you need oil the bees that
are on II when the colony Ii quiet. II
you do not take enough bees the brood
the weaker colony.
Having now secured your frame OF
brood with the adherins bees. strength
en- first the strongest OF the colonies
that have not yet reached four frames
o. brood. These. with o little help.
will Themselves become helpers In q
short time. When there are no longer
any colonies with three frames OF brood
TO help II win be time 70 help those
that have only two frames OF brood. or
three frames partly filied. After all the
others have been brought up To four
frames of brood II u time tO strengthen
those that have only one frame VI
brood. or Q frame only partly filed.
a time. tor with too many strange be- =.
there Ia danger that they may attack
the queen. But after you have given
one frame YOU can safely give another
. one o cay or two later. When II comes
10 helping 4 colony that has only o
single frame OF brood or. ~ more fire.
| ouentiy happens. two or three frames.
| with a small patch OF brood In each. the
queen viii be endangered BY even q
single frame VI brood with strange bees
| To avoid that give only queepieas bees
Indeed, It Ii not bad plan 70 have
q,iesniess bees 10 use In all cases. Put
into an empty hive the brood with tho
sdhering bees taken from the strong
colonies until the hive In full: II you
have more you can add additional
stories. This pile OF brood and bees car
be placed In any convenient place. In
~ hours the bees will have discovered
! that they are quseniess. and they car
then be given with safety 10 any col.
0ny. two frames Ut time II desired.
II you wish 10 avoid the trouble oi
finding queens, take merely the brood
from u colony and brush all the beea
back into the hive Over q strong col
0Dy put O queen exciuder, ana 0yet
that q hive body into which you ear
put the frames Of beeiees brood III
~ houis or less, bees VIII hsye gore
mp from the lower story 10 occupy thu
frames OF brood, and you can then Taxa
them with NO fesr that you will take
q queen. They can be used a. II taken
directly from the different htvek, Oi
q pile can be made Of them on a new
s., -. 10 be left q day or more and
then used ~ quseniess bees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-05
Wild Silk Worms.

HE world Is 1ndected 70 the Chinese
for the discovery of the virtues Of
the silk worm. Its product vas un-
known in Rome until the time Of julius
Caesar. and so costly was the material
that eFen the Emperor Aurelian re-
fused a dress of this lustrous fabric TO
his empress. Now 1t is nurtured in al
most every country. and its products
are within the reach Of all.
Besides the several domeSticated
species there is a wild silk worm. found
in Central America. which weaves a
bag-like structure two feet in depth.
that hangs from the trees. At dis
lance the nest resembles huge mat
ted cobweb.
The insect makes no cocoon, but
weaves the silk in layers and skeins
around the inside of the nest. From
Tegucigaipa there were sent TO Eng
land some time ago about SIX pounds
OF this silk. There il was made into
handkerchiefs. not easily detected from
common silk of equal strength and DELI
cate texture.
There is curious silk-procucing
spider in Central America. the arana
de seda. which may be seen hurrying
along with a load of fine silk on -
back. from which trail numerous DELI
cate filamentS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-05

n disbursing his monumental
| NA pension fund. there's small
! bit less than a thousand
dollars a month, TO be &C
curate-~that goes toward the upkeep OF
| an almost forgotten group-au remain
ing of the little band OF Mescaiero
Apache scouts. who served CALAMITY I'M
| der the stars and Stripes half century
ago. when Victorio and Geronimo were
| a scourge In the Southwest.
OF approximately 200 who TOOK the
field when their presence Was MVaiu-
| able 70 meet the guile and cunning OF
| their trtbesmen who had turned against
| the Government, only 80, so far as Is
| known. survive. With them are the
widows OF four comrades who nave
taken the Long Trail. and back in New
. Mexico. where their forbears were en-
| countered by the hosts OF spain Auo
years ago. they till the soil and live IN
| the rlories OF q past day. some after an
exile somehow decreed by the Nation
they had aided. whose justice was long
| delayed.
The story OF Geronimo is well known.
OF less note. perhaps. were his cotem"
poraries. Victorio. and before him. CO.
chise, who started what he finished.
The backbone OF their forces was from
the Chirtcahua Apaches. another OF the
principal divisions Of the tribe, related
10 the Mescaieros.
For nearly two decades after 1870
this trinity and their forces kept the
troops of both American and Mexican
governments on the hop and with them
settlers ON both sides OF the tnterna-
tional boundary
Cochise started warfare because some
of his people didn't care for the quar-
ters at Ola Calientc. In western New
Mexico. where they were assigned when
| this country set out on new segrega-
ton policy. He started out TO give eX.
preston To this disfavor and when the
| boys finally decided 10 be good and
| come back home. they found the set
| tiers aroused and the welcome sign OF
/ the door so the Government decided
that Cochise and his followers would
have 10 move again. and the same OPP
position was In evidence.
From then on II was move and fight.
with Cochtae refusing TO stay put, and
sporadieally raiding both sides OF the
| line, where operations were marked by
vy-handed cattle stealing
Cochise died after reign Of four
| years, and Victorio then took up the
march. Accounts indicate that he WAS
. toc v! Ho Htc"" "o'u1t I.iN"Na'y
| getting the decision over superior forces.
but prumisCuous murders began 10 mark
his operations, and Federal forces went
after him dead or alive" preferably
| the former
| Vietofio succeeded In winning some of
| the Mesoaleros To his side while his
operations were at their peak, and with
part Of this hitherto peaceful section
OF the Apaehes on the warpath, the
United 6tatea took leaf from Nc
tortos book. and apparently enlisted the
sympathies at those who remained un-
swerped from the path Of loyalty, Their
value may best be Judged from a letter
written many years later by Mai. Gen,
j. w. Duncan when the question OF re
! imbufaement for n couple Of the scouts
came up Gen, Duncan declared he
had talked with brother officers who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-05

began TO bulge. and Q faint southeriy
breeze moved over the desert. It blew
stronger, and after Q couple OF hours
1t was 50 fresh that ] rolled myself up
La my blanket.
A ND now q miracle happened! My
"a debility vanished and my strength
returned! II ever longed for the sun
set, II was now. I did not want TO die;
I would not die In this miserable. sandy
desert! could run. walk. crawl on
my hands and feet. Ny men might not
survive, but I had to find water!
The sun lay like a red-hot cannon
bali on a dune In the west ! dressed,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-05

been raving about water all the way.
Yolchi lay on the sand. as IL he were
dead
The sun was now glowing like an
oven. when the sun has gone down. i"
said to Islam. we will break camp
and march all night. Up with the
tent"
1t was only half-past . In the
morning. and we had hardly traversed
three miles I was absolutely done up.
and not able to move finger.
thought I was dying
About noon the slack flaps OF the tent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-05

we'll. but the spade slipped from our
hands. We had no strength left.
When the new day dawned We rose
heavily. and with difficulty. Kasim
looked terrible. His tongue was white
and swollen, his lips blue. his cheeks
were hollow and his eyes had dying.
CLASSY luster.
1t grew lighter. The sun rose. From
the top of a dune, where nothing OBJ
structed the view toward the east. We
noticed that the horizon. which for two
weeks had revealed a row Of yellow saw
teeth, now disclosed an absolutely even
dark green line. We stopped short. as
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though petriied. and exclaimed stimuli
taneously:
The foresti" And I added. The
Khotan-daria! Water"
At half-past S We reached the FIRST
poplars and. wearied. sank down in their
shade.
We we're too weak to move. Kasim
lay on his back He looked as he
were going TO die. The river must De
quite near. But We were as II nailed
down. A tropical heat surrounded US.
Would the day never come to an END?
Every hour that passed brought us
closer to certain death. We would have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-05

| ing still. The bells had ceased tinkling
BY superh1naan efforts. I managed TO
reach =.
| Islam stood on a ridge. scanning the
eastern horizon. and shading his eyes
with his hand Mohammed Shah was
lying on his face, sobbingly invoking
Allah. Kasim cat In the shadow OF .
camel his fsce covered with his hands.
He told me that Mohammed Shah had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-05

w YHEN left Kashgar. / begar
n I q Journey which proved to bs
NV one Of the most difncult evel
undertook in Asia.
As we were on our way u
the large Desert Of Taklamakan. the
temptation to penetrate to its interior
increased day by day. and could moi
resist its mysterious lure. In every VII
lase where we halted I pumped the
natives for everything they knew OF the
desert.
We pitched camp in the village OF
Merket. near the right river bank.
This became our headquarters Tor q
islam, Bal bought eight splendid cam
els The bic bronze bells which three
of the cameis bore round their necEs
changed as they moved.
Besides Islam Bal. hired three new
men 70 so with me to the interior OF
the desert They were Mchammea
driver: Kssim black bearded. powerful
and dutiful. accutomed TO handing
carnels. and lastly q man. also named
Kas;ra. but whom We called Yolchi. or
"the guide" because he asserted he was
we'll acquainted with the desert
We camued one dusk. IS days out.
IN A small spot Of even. clay ground.
entirely surrounded By high SAND dunes
Here grew the las; two tamariskS, which
the csnels stripped OF their bark IN
few bites.
When the tanks came TO be RELOADED
IN their three bearers. after the NJ
tenth night camp the sound OF the
Smashing water was such that exam
ined the supply To my surprise. dis
coyered that il was sIrhcient for only
two DAYS. questioned the men. and
reminded them Of my order. wnen We
left the lake camp two days before. 10
hing water for 20 DAYS.
yoichi the guide. answered tnat We
we're within two DAYS OF Khot2n-cari
dared not scold them. for I myself
should hare watched how much water
wss taken from the lake.
could not bring mysef to 60 BACK
and reposed undue confidence In the
rz,,6e In the presence Of all. charged
Ts.am Bal with responsibility for the
water supply The water rations were
reduced for the men. and the camels
had 70 60 without o single drop
From that moment ]. as well as nv
men. went on foot. Entire ranges.
plateau and stretches Of sand extended
in al directions.
A camel became tired. and he had
20 be led along minus his burden. Dur
ing one Of the halts. he got u1outhful
Of water and an armfM Of hay. taken
from his own pack-saddie.
The dunes were still so feet high.
A heavy and omtnous mood prevailed
throughout the caravan. Conversations
had ceased There were no sounds but
the scughing OF the wind. the tired
breathing Of the camels. and the fu-
nereal tolling OF the bronze bells.
THERE Was q dying look In the
csmels' eyes the next night. Their
gaze was incident and resigned. They
breathed heavily and measuredly
Al 6 O'Clock. I said TO the men: Let
Us dig for water" Every one was In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-05

In an article last week the author,
Who is one of the foremost explorers
of this age, told Of q journey Of
1000 miles by carriage. Already he
had traversed CaucaSia. Mesopota-
mia. Persia, Bokhara and Russian
and Chinese Turkestan. In bitter
cold he conquered icy streams and
snow coated mountains. frequently
with death threatening at every step.
In the following article. the second
Of a series OF three. he tells Of hard
ships encountered I'm q desert journey
beset with misfortune.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-05

BY J. A. FON.
w WIEN Uncle Sam sets about
disbursing his monumental
NN pension fund there's small
bit less than thousand
dollars a month, TO be &C
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beSet With misfortune.
By SVEN HEDIN.
w YEEN left Kashear. / began
n I Journey which proved TO be
wv one Of the most difficult ever
undertook in Asia.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-13
CENTRAL yR. H. s. NEWS

The eighth grades of the Central Junior High school did not meet in the auditorium this afternoon for the usual assembly.
 Tho score this noon between the Rcd team and the Blue team stood at 60-60. The Red division is slowly piling up points and leads in the aggregate score.
 The 9-c boys basketball league for this season will be ushered in today after school when [ double header will be played. 9-c.A will play s-2-B. The second game will be played between SAC and s-2-D. Tho players this year will be allow ed to wear suits and 1t is expected that the showers in the new building are ready for use.
 The Senior Dramatic club under tho direction of Miss Coombs. Eng fish instructor. will make its debut this evening in the school auditor ium when it presents Patty Makes Things Hum." . comedy in three acts. The Civic league will conduct a candy sale before the play begins. the proceeds to go into the treasury. Miss Whitmire has charge of the sale,
New Britain herald., 1928-01-13
STREET FUND EXHAUSTED
 BEFORE CITY YEAR ENDS
and Park Purc,aSo and Deveaopnaent Appropriations
 Als0 Goue,

The street fund of $24s,cSs.se has been completely exhausted with one quarter of the fiscal year yet to pass. . statement of city finances is- sued today by Comptroller Hanford l.. Curtis shows, The street sprink- ling fund of $15,000 and the park purchase and development fund of 5000 are also without balances on hand. The school department has expended $79s.545.sc in the first nine months of the year and has | balance of S8l6,705.0S. Comptroller Curtis reports expenditures of $S,- s26,s11.3S since last April and bal ances aggregating $1,046.5S3.l8.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-13
WESLEYAN CLUBS
 PRESENT MUSICALE
ProSrln t Normal School
 Warmly RMdYod

The motor coach bringing the singers and musicians of the wes- leyan musical clubs to the State Normal school auditorium last night broke down. but . little thing like that could not permanently halt the troupe from arriving at their destination. What if they got there some IS minutes late? The music was as good as if nothing had hap pened.
 The auditorium was we'll filled with glee club enthusiasts. including a sprinkling of Wesleyan alumni. who were also strongly represented. there being . high pressure interest in the abilities of the Wesleyan mu- sicians. who landed on top in m in- ter-collsge competition last year. The concensas was that the Wesley ans were good and we'll worth hear ing, Incidentally. the Wesleyans proved the concensus to be true.
 The combined musical forces on tour included the glee club. which has been coached to its present state of perfection by Edward F. Laubin. widely known director of choral bodies: an eight-piece orchestra which. though 1t comprises the regu- lation dance band Instrumentation did not contribute jazz to the pro- gram: m instrumental trio com- posed of . flute, violin and piano: a male quartet known as the Jibers; and a piano soloist. ..5.a
 The giee club was at the apex of its efficiency in Grieg's Land Sighting" the trio was most delight ful in the ''shadow March" of Pro theroe; while the pianist. M. D. Cas- ner. handled a Rachmaninon pre- Jude (not the hackneyed c sharp minoD in sterling style. Another fetching number by the glee club was Handel's "Where'er You Walk" while the Kreutzer. Ut is the Lords Own Day" showed . fine balance of tone and sorority.
 The Serenaders, an eight piece or chestra which included three saxo- phones, trumpet and banjo. did not iaxz 1t up at the concert, though they might have done 70 during the period of dancing that followed. They played their selections in cir cumspect manner and attained in- stant popularity.
 Tho Jibers male quartet easily edged their way into Warm.hearted reception. Indeed. they had to pro- vide many an encore, mixing humor and harmony with astonishing aban- don. When they sang the "Alma Mater" an invitation was extended 10 all Wesleyan alumni in the aud-
New Britain herald., 1928-01-13

iencs to step to the platform and assist in the singing. But the only alumni who had sufficient courage to accept the generous invitation was one lone individual.
 The concert was given under the auspices of tho Normal school senior class.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-13
DEsPONDENT KILLS SELF.

Philadelphia, Pa.. Jan. 13 R- Because the decline of the horse as a means of motive power left him without livelihood at his life trade, George Gallinger, 74. horse shoer, became 90 Respondent that he hang ed himself yesterday in his shop. A letter to . friend gave the reason for tho suicide.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-13

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