The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, March 23, 1917, Image 8
HYE'S STUDY OF THE BEE
'Humorist Went Almost as Deeply Into
His Subject as His Subject Did
! ,< Into Him.
' I love to study bees, and once kept
bees myself. 1 often think of what a
late writer has said, "that within so
small a body should be contained an
apparatus for converting the various
aweets which It collects into one kind
of nourishment for Itself, another for
tbe common brood, glue for its carpentry,
wax for its cells, poison for its
enemies, honey for its master, with a
proboscis as long as its body Itself,
microscopic In several parts, telescopic
in Its mode of action, with a
sting so exceedingly sharp that were
*% uiKcuiugu ox int same (lass wblch
make* a needle's point icem a Quarter
of an inch across. It would yet itwaif
b? invisible, and this, too, a hollow
tube?that all these varied operations
and contrivances should be Included
within half an inch of length,
and two grains of matter, is surely
enough to crush all thoughts of atheism
and materialism." The queen,
during the propagating season, lays
as high as two thousand eggs in a
day, and I have given much thought
to the grafting of the queen bee upon
the Plymouth Rock hen, with a view
to better egg facilities, but so far met
with but little success. My experiments
have been somewhat delayed
by the loss of time in taking the swelling
out of myself after each perusal of
the bee character in his or her home
life. A writer says the best way to
ascertain the location of the queen is
to divide the swarm, after which it j
will be noticed that the one having
the queen will quietly settle down
again, while the other portion will become
very restless indeed. I tried
this myself, and noticed that they
were very restless. They also communicated
their restlessness to me.
All of ub got restless. The drones are
the male bees of the hive. They do
no work, except to act in a parental
capacity and vote. They have no
stingers, but in its place they have a
good appetite and baritone voice.
Th^r are destroyed by the workers
soon after the honey season, and the ,
iwidows have It all their own way.
About nine-tenths of the hive are
workers, or females, say, twelve to
fifteen thousand. These are the busy
bees referred to in books. They get
up early in the morning, eat a hasty
?uei?i, una go oui loomng ror Honey.
J They fly with great force, and as
atralght as a bullet. Sometimes they
try to go through a man on their way
|to the hive, but only get part way.?
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KUiHT OF SHIP'S PEOPLE
UNITED STATES CITIZENS
New York, March 22.?Eight of
the officers and engineers of the
Standard Oil steamer Healdton are
American citizens, an officer of the
company said tonight at his home.
He was unable to supply any further
details.
The steamer Healdton is a tanker
of 4,480 tons gross and is owned by
the Standard Oil company of New
Jersey. She was built in 1908. The
Healdton was last reported sailed
from Philadelphia January 26 for
Rotterdam.
The Healdton sailed from Chester.
Pa., January 26 for Rotterdam with
2,137.711 gallons of fine petroleum
valued at 8106,886. She was last re
ported three days later 720 miles
east of Delaware Breakwater. Btae
was commanded by Capt. Christopher.
She carded a crew of 38 men.
| She was built at Greenock, Scotland,
In 1908. Her home port was New
York.
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Hl'NDItKDS OF VILliAC.ES
RESCUED FORM GERMANS
Paris, March 22.?The total amount
of French territory liberated from
the German invaders by the Somme
offensive up to March 21 is 853
square miles, situated in the four departments
of Pas de Calais, Oise,
Aisne and Somme. It-includes 366
towns and villages, the homes of
181.935 Frenchmen. The Germans
rtill occupy 7,126 square miles of
France.
Dr. Henri de Rothschild has given
100,000 francs for the relief of the
inhabitants in the liberated sections
of Picardy.
Dr. Henri de Rothschilds is a
grandson of Nathaniel Rothschilds,
the founder of the famous banking
house. He is well known as a philanthropist
and had taken a prominent
part in the war against cancer.
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FOR HIS GALLANT ALLY.
London, March 22.?The German!
emperor has bestowed the Order of
the Rlack Eagle on Talaat Hey. the
Turkish grand vizier, according to a
Berlin dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph company by way of Amsterdam.
The order is an honor usually
reserved for ; jyal princes.
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London, March 22.?The Americanj
steamer Healdton has been torpedoed.
according to . an Amsterdam
dispatch to the Central News.
A boat containing seven ot the
Healdton's crew has reached TersIchelling
(North sea) the dispatch
adde.
Thirteen members of the American
steamer Healdton's crew have arrived
at Ymuden, Holland. They say
^he steamer was sunk without warning
in the socalled safe zone and express
the belief that 19 men aboard
the vessel were drowned.
NOTHING KNOWN OF
FATE OF OTHER TWO
niiisiriuniii i via lionaon) Marcn
23.?The American steamer Healdton
was torpedoed Wednesday evening,
according to a Terschelllng dispatch
to The Telegraaf. Three boats .
were launched, one of which, containing
eight men, one of the men'
badly injured, was brought to Ters-'
'chelling by a torpedo boat. One of'
,the men died on the way. Nothing
'is known of the other boats/
It is believed that 14 men were
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killed by the explosion.
CHARLESTON TO IUTY
WATBRWORKS PLANT j
Charleston, March 2 2.?By a vote
of 1.718 to 122 the electors of the'
city of Charleston today decided on
the city's purchase of the property*
of the Charleston Light and Water'
company for the price of $1,360,000
and also authorized an additional
bond issue of $14 0,000 for necessary
improvements and extensions of the
waterworks system here.
J. Ross Hanahan. Julius H. Jahnz
and Leland Moore were elected commissioners
of public works to serve
without salary.
CAN NOT FIND MANN,
REPUBLICAN LEADER
Washington, March 22.?There .
was much speculation at the capital'
today over the whereabouts of Representative
Mann, Republican floor
leader of the house, who started on
a vacation trip without leaving his
address before President Wilson advanced
the date of the extra session
of congress two weeks. Mr. Mann's
secretary said nothing had been heard
from him since the new call.
Better Farming
WHAT THE CROPS
Feed the Plants Properly and the Soil C
While Increasing
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|V amounts of plant '
* foml from the soil J
/ *|f bale per acre will ,
'^ remove 'rom f^r t
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pounds of nitroJ.
N. HARPER potash 'and 28
Agronomist pounds of phosphoric
acid. A 40 bushel crop
of corn will remove in the grata, stalk
and fodder about 64 pounds of nitrogen,
64 pounds of potash and 34 pounds
of phosphoric acid. A 40 bushel crop
of oats will "remove in the grain and
straw about 35 pounds of nitrogen,
41 pounds of potash and 16 pounds oP
phosphoric acid. If, however, stalks,
bolls, straw, etc., are plowrtd under,
some of the plant food will be returned
to the soil.
Cotton Fertilizer Problem
With the present price of cotton and
other farm products, It will pay the
farmer to give mora attention this
Spring to the problems of soil baildIn*
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tilliern than aver before. Some of
the bent farmers of the South have 1
adopted the plan of returning to the
eotl In fertilisers, the money received
from all or part of their cottonseed.
Hilt is a good plan and should be
more generally adopted.
Enough Plant Food for Best Yields
It takes from 300 pounds to 400
pounds of fertiliser to make a good
weed la cotton, or a good stalk in
corn, and unless amounts above these
are used, full returns cannot be expected
because large amounts must be
applied te produoe the fruit aad the
grain.
The amount of fertiliser that can
he used profitably will vary with the
different soli typea, seasons aad with
the different crops grown. The most
Important factor, however, governing
the amount of fertiliser that can be
esed with profit is the price of the
article produced. At the preeeat price
ef cotton. It will pay to use on moot
of the soil types of the South larger
amounts of fertiliser than heratofora.
Te Meet Boll Weevil Situation
When grown under boll weevil conditions,
cotton should be liberally fertilised
and this fertlllear should contain
a large percentage of phosphoric
acid, which ingredient hastens Its maturity.
A fertiliser containing an ample
supply of ammonia should also bs
used to start the plant off quickly In
Ms growth. Tba farmer must rear
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Harvard's New Degree.
Anticipation aroused by Harvard's
announcement of a new degree, that
of Ph. D. in business economics, are
already being rapidly dissipated. Instead
of being a si-*n of proficiency in
standing Wall street upon its head,
the new degree turns out to be meant
for teachers rather than practitioners
of business. The academic trail,
as usual, Is over it all. There are
ominous remarks about the free use of
books in French and Oerman, and
something about being "well grounded"
in European and American history.
The "fields" listed for the gen*
orai examination of the candidate for
the new doctorate are more to the
point, although economic theory la
required for everybody instead of for
thoee only who do not Intend to go
Into business, and there is nothing in
the description of the courses In marketing.
foreign trade. Industrial management
and labor problems, and
money and banking, about laboratory
work. It Is but too evident that our
most advanced universities still look
upon their business courses as they
have long looked upon their law
codrses?as convenient means of Imparting
knowledge merely. If Harvard
wants to make a hit. let her Induce
some millionaire to put up a
stock exchange In the Yard, which
may do for thousands what her medical
school and her courses In plav
writing are doing for a comparatlvo
handful.?N'ew York Post.
Tiny German States.
Some of the German states are of
lllllputlan size, as Is evidenced by the
fact that It Is quite possible to visit
eleven of them, including two kingdoms,
two duchies and three principalities.
In an easy walk of four and
a half hours.
A good walker, starting from Stelnbach.
In Bavaria, will arrive In half
an hour at Llchtentanne, which Is situated
in Saxe-Melnlngen. Thence the
road proceeds In one and a half hours
to RauBehengoBoes (Reuss, elder
branch), after which In a few minutes
rieima. In Sohwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Is
reached.
Half an hour's walk brings the pedestrian
to Altengesoes (Reuss. younger
branch). An hour farther on lies
Drognltz, on Prussian soil, and the
last stage is another hour's stroll, j
finishing un at Snnlthni
burs.
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Can Change Umbrella Cover.
A recent invention provides an um- !
brella frame or skeleton and any suit- '
able number of Interchangeable covers
therefor, whereby a new cover may
be substituted for an old, worn or i
damaged ens, or a. cover of one color
or figure may bo substituted for another,
according to the costume of a
woman carrying the same.
j in the South J
ARE ASKING FOR
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Crop Yields
bear in mind 'bat the host way he can
light the boll weevil is to force his I
!ottou to u quick growth and to an
uirly maturity. Many larmera iu the
loll weevil distrii . are finding that
peanuts and soy beans are splendid
-ubstHutes f r cotton. Unless these
:rops are well fertilized, however, with
Ihe fertilizer carrying high percentage
of 'phosphate, good yields cannot be
expected.
How to Tell What Is Necessary
The farmer can oftentimes determine
the element most needed in his
fertilizer by noting the manner of
growth of cotton ou iiis different soil |
Lypes. Wheu the growth is slow and
the plants have a yellow, unhealthy
look, nitrogen (or ammonia) should ha
applied in rather large amounts. If,
however, the plants look vigorous, hut
are not fruiting well, phosphoric acid
should be used liberally.
Generally speaking, for poor soils, tho
most important element of a fertilizer
io uiuuitmi, niiu iuu ucii muni, luiyun- ,
?nt is phosphorous. Therefore, for
poor soils we would recommend under j
present war conditions, which makes
potash source, a fertilizer for cotton |
and corn analyzing about 9 per cent
available phosphoric acid and 3 per
cent ammonia and 2 per cent potaAh.
For peanuts 12 per cent phosphoric
acid, 2 per cent ammonia and 2 per
cent potash. For fertile soils we would
recommend for cotton and corn, a fer- ,
Lilize: analyzing 12 per cent available 1
phosphoric acid, 2 per cent ammonia
and 2 per cent potash, and for peanuts,
a fertiliser analyzing 12 per oent phosphoric
acid, 1 1-2 per cent ammonia
and 2 per cent potash. For the sandy
loam soils of ths coastal plaip, pot-1
ash is the most essential and fer tobacco
and truck crops must be applied 1
in liberal amounts.
The reason that nitrogen or ammo- '
nia is so necessary an element for prao- j
lically all soils it because the nitrates
are soluble In water, and are, therefore,
consiantly leaching out of the !
land. The farmers should try to store
tap as much nitrogen la ths soil as |
possible by growing each crops as
beans, peas, ciovar, vetches, sto, which |
plants add nitrogen te the soli from
the atmosphere. Practically all satis
of ths South are well adapted te the
growing of these legumes.
K, however, crops ars grown la rotation
with legumes. It will still he ;
neoeesary to nee commercial forms of
nitrogen to obtain the beat results
While nitrogen is ths main element of
i fertiliser, on poor lead phosphoric
add Is ths most essential and in praotlcally
all of ths testa that have been
made hi the South, bettor results have
been obtained with soluble phosphoric
odd than with finely ground phosphate
rooks er loots.
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Boys' Pants at SSOc, 50c, 75c
up to $2.5O.
a Boys' Suits at OOc, $1.08,
^ $2.08 up to $7.SO.
^ Boys' Palm Beach Suits at
^ $1.08 and up.
^ Men's Pants at 08c, $1.40,
Q $2.50, $3.50 up to $G.OO.
^ Men's Suits at $7.50, $0.08
^ up to $10.50.
9 Shoes
I.a'llca Slippers at Kile,
$2.00, $2.08 and up.
J Men's Viol Kid, Gun Metal
Slippers and Shoes at $1.08,
$2.08.
The Beacon Shoes and Slip^
pers at $3.08 and up to $5.00.
? Children's Shoes and Sllp^
pei'S at 25c, 50c, 75c, $1.25 and
$2.25.
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REPORTS FIGHTING
IN DESERTED LAM)
Berlin War Oflice Tolls of hlnKaKCmcnts
in Territory Evueuated
by Gcriimns.
Berlin, Mach '20 (via Sayville),?
There were several engagements of
infantry and cavalry detachments
yesterday between British and German
forces in the territory oh both
sides of the River Somme and the
kiver Oise abandoned by the Germans.
according to the official statement
issued today by the army
headquarters staff.
The French yesterday and last
right directed violent attacks against
the German positions on the left
bank -of the Meuae, the statement
adds, but everywhere they were repulsed.
FURTHER PROGRESS
BY BRITISH TROOPS
Had Weather Fails to Prevent llaig's
Men From Continuing Their
Pursuit.
London, March 20.?Despite less
favorable weather conditions, says
the official report from British headquarters
in France tonight, "we
made considerable progress again
today along the greater part of the
front of our advance south of Arras
and further, 14 villages have cleared
of the enemy.
"Our troops now have passed the
general line of Cnnizy, Estreen,
Chaussee, Nurlu, Velu and St. Leper."
OKOROIA LEGISLATURE
TO PA8H BONK DRY BILIX
Atlanta, Qa., March 20.?"Bone
dry" prohibition bills, which would
bar liquor absolutely except for medicinal
and sacramental purposes and
make its possession a crime were introduced
in both houses at the opening
of an extra session of the Oeorgla
legislature here today.
Both houee and senate committees
began work on the bills Immediately
and gave every indication that the
measures would be rushed to speedy
vote.
( ONORKHH CALLED
TO DECLARE WAR
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tary successes by the entente on the
western front and in Asia Minor; the
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Figured Striped Voiles at
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Skirts at 08c, $1.40, $1.08,
$3.50 and up to $0.00. ^
Ladies' Waists at 40c, 73c,
$1.00 up to $2.50.
Ladies' Dresses at 08c, $1.40,
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Millinery
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Misses' and Children's up-todate
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submarine campaign operating far
below the efficiency predicted for it,
lead to the belief among officials here
that possibly before congress can assemble
to meet the situution, the
world may be confronted with an entirely
different set of conditions.
While it has been generally assumed
that any aggressive action by
the United States against Germany
and in co-operation with the entente
allies would be purely of a naval
character designed to aid in the extermination
of submarines and raiders
preying upon commerce, state department
officials declared today that
this country might take any and all
military measures deemed necessary
to make effective its protect aepinst
Germany without actually entering
into a formal political alliance,
i Might Send Army to liclgiutu.
Kven the sending of an expeditionary
force to Kurope, It is held,
would not obligate this country to
all, the details of the allied program.
Officials say that an army could
properly be sent to Belgium, for instance,
to help In the restoration of
that violated territory and to throw
America's Influence in a real and
practical way on the side of international
law and order.
The armed neutrality status at
nresent in force i? hei#i Hv ??* /??_
national law experts to present many
points of weakness. Neither war nor
peace, it Involves the country in continual
misunderstanding with both
sides. It Is said to leave open the
door for anlimite<l litigation with
Germany after ;^tim war. In that
status, the United States is still
technically neutral and might be
held responsible by Germany for any
unneutral acta committed here.
Moreover. diplomatically, tihe
United States is in a most extraordinary
situation, semi-hostile to the
central powers and yet not aligned
with the allies. The government ii^
not taken into the confidence of nations
with which It formerly communicated
most freely. Especially
is this so as to the Far East, about
which the government's Information
is alarmingly meagre,
j Hopes that this government will
be able to take a leading part in the
! ultimate peace conference as a neutral
have vanished and the belief Is
'growing that only as an active par|
tlcipant will America be heard on 1
the great questions guaranteeing the
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