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WffSttN IN ODDBUSINESS Makoe Fair Income by Depriving Bom of The* Stings, for Sale to L. uggitta. A of the Boston Her m?.; ui'x ?!' n vvnniau beekeeper in A'ii??!ir. Mh'ho. uho for more than a < {? ! <<) :i century, has derived a ,v?s*} <* not from marketing the ? ? >>* from selling the stings. i.; i,i druggists buy them. W . .-.eh ? contains an Infinitesi ij...-' ?; ?;:??U.v of formic acid, which ilniKS^ts ox tract and sell. Wi.-u ?! t- woman begins the day's kIic lights a peculiar lamp, wlilcb Uirtf-.-. c oft' a dense smoke. That stupe fies t!;e t)?;s, and she collects In a box as many as she thinks she will need for {he 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 a high-powered magnifying glass. She opens the box, gives it a shake, and the bees come out The light of t^e window In front of her attracts tUera, and they s*arm upon It* She reaches out with her left hand, plucks a bee from the window and, holding It vnder the glass, takes a small pair of tweezers in her right hand and draws the sting. She drops the sting fnta a cup of sugar of mlllf in order to preserve it Then she kills the bee by dropping It into a cup of soapsuds, for a stingless bee is of no worth in the world. The sting6 are shipped in glass bottles that hold five hundred each. The woman keeps count of the stlngK that she draws each day. On th? 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. 0LD BREWERY ON MARKET t , I Institution of the City of London, Cetv turies Old,x Has Been Offered for 8ale. . ' A solid piece of history lis for sale, announces the London Times. It Js 1 the site in Thames street, next to j k Cannonstreet station; of the City cf London Brewery, known since the i rifiYft of Oneen Elizabeth as the only I brewery In the city of. London. The date of the foundation of the brewer Is so remote that it is difficult to fix the year. There are proofs In various ancient documents and archives of the I brewery that it was flourishing in 1580. Stow mentions It. The Calverts, a I family of brewers celebrated In the . ' annals of the trade for the quality I of their porter, were the most notable men who brewed beer with Thames water on that site. In 17G0, Sir Wil liam Calvert was the fourth brewer In London, and Calvert and Seward, of Whitecross street, were the first, the - former brewing 51,785 barrels, and the latter 74,704 barrels in that year. Lit tle of the old .buildings remain save an old mill loft and a part of the wall of the Watermen's ball, which had been burnt down in the fire of London in 1666, rebuilt on the site of the Allhallowes churchy and after ward incorporated with Calverts. At the end of the eigtheenth century im . portant additions and alterations were made and some of the walls of the present buildings date from 1772. . I i , 1 - Dresses Made of Dope. Soon women will be able to dress themselves entirely in varnish?and with perfect propriety I The varnish is opaque and becomes clear as glass if rolled into a thin film; but It Is still varnish, for all that. This new dress material, in Its liquid days, was called "dope," and was used to protect air plane wings from fire and water. Now It Is being spun and woven for worn en's dresses. The only difference be tween a film of dope, a sheet of this magical varnish, and a skein of "silk," Is that the first Is laid on with a brush, the second pressed out on a plate, and the third forced through a tiny hole. This material can be used for practically any article of wearing apparel. The articles so made can not be spoiled by water, and are also completely fireproof. Dyes of all shades are readily absorbed and retained, and the material washes, beautifully. 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 70 of chlorine was used. This was allowed to escape over an area of 900 square feej. Fifteen rats were on the area, and they all died from the effect of the deadly poisonous gases. - * \ They were killed at a cost of 40 cents. Within 15 minutes the phos gene had dissipated, while the chlor ine gas required 30 minutes to diffuse beyond the danger point. In view of the millions of dollars' loss caused yearly by these pests, any means of destroying them is welcome. Airmen Find Volcanic Crater. Discovery of a huge volcanic crater surrounded by a great lava lake, in the Mojave desert, has been made by D. D. France and John 6. Montijo, aviators and pilots of the plane known as the Desert Rat Flying over the wastes of the desert the two air men, mapping a region little known to man, sighted the huge crater not far from La vie. Although the dry lava lake is shown on maps of the desert the fact t'jat a volcanic crater existed in u>? i-cgion was unknown until the airmen reported their find on thelt nturu.?Los Angeles Express. i"CHINESE STUDENT WAS CALK f ???? # | Slightly Disturbed by Soiled Necktie but Not at All by ComfnQ Im > portant Debate. j It Is only 15 years ago that Wei \ lington Koo?to whose efforts are largely attributed the election of j China to the council of tlie League of Nations?entered Columbia university, New York. In definite preparation for j a diplomatic career he specialised In } international law trader Prof. John ' Bassett Moore, and it was In this eub | ject that he took his Ph.D. degree, witb a thesis on "The Status of Aliens in China." He was one of the most ac tive and distinguished of the Columbia undergraduates of his time, says the Detroit News. Not only was he elect ed to the Phi Beta Kappa, tne most famous of the American college fra ternities, but he became editor in chief of the Columbia Spectator. As a debator, too, Mr. Koo made his mark among hfs contempararies. In 1908 his speech turned the tide In favor of his own university In a de bate with Cornell. The story Is told that when the Columbia team reached Ithaca, the seat of the rival univer sity, most of its members were in a state of blue funk, owing to the high reputation of one of their opponents. This attack of nerves was at Its height when they sought out Koo. "Yes," he told them, "I, too, am worried. I Vbave brought only one evening dress tie with me, and look at it?soiled! What is to be done?" His fellow de baters fled to the nearest haberdash er's and returned with half a dozen ties of assorted models. Koo selected | one, arrayed himself, and in it went forth to the fray with a light heart. OVERLOOK BEAUTY OF FERNS Choice Varieties Seem Not to Be as Greatly Appreciated as They Should Be. One of the things which the florists of the United States have neglected to a great extent Is the growing'of ferns. Tu be sura we see many beautiful specimens in the windows of city es tablishments, but very few of the more choice varieties, which are reaiiy jusi is easy to grow, provided a little care is taken with them. How many know, for Instance, that there are scores of varieties of the "maidenhair?" ' The baby maidenhair is one of the dainti est of these. Its leaves being but little larger than the head of an ordinary pin. Another variety which Is espe cially beautiful is the New Zealand maidenhair. The stem of this fern flattens out as it neurs the leaves, and the leaves themselves art superim- i posed one on another, which gives the effect of several shades of green. Of course there are also the gigantic tree ferns of the tropics, which have fronds from five to fifteen feet, in length, the trunks sometimes being four or five feet in diameter, but these would hard ly do for a lady's bouquet. First American Airway. The. "cornerstone" of America's first airway from Washington to Dayton, Ohio., was laid at Boiling tield, Wash ington, with appropriate ceremonies, designed as a part of the celebration of the annivel-sary of Lincoln's birth. High officials of the army, members of congress and aviators of note at tended. Army aviation officials described the event as a "milestone In the progress of American aeronautics." A feature of the dedication was the first public appearance of the Ameri can messenger airplane, one of the smallest in the word), which Is planned to take the place of motorcycles for certain messenger work. The plane has a wing spread of only 20 feet and stands 7 feet high. It will carry a load of 240 pounds and with Its 60 horse power motor makes 95 milea an hour. , Remarkable Belgian Gun. One of the most curious products of the Belgian gunmakers' art, says Pop ular Mechanics Magazine, Is now In the possession of a Colorado sports man. This gun is remarkable for Its arrangement of seven barrels-in one. thfc composite tube with Its cluster of parallel bores being about the size of a heavy-gauge shotgun barrel. Seven I .22-callber rifle cartridges are inserted ' -- - 1 j j ^ )n the Dreecn openings, uuu mcu o??*. ultaneously by a single firing pin and hummer. The shell ejector is a re nlovable disk with seven holes, which swings back when the lock is opened. Oak in Hall of Fame. Before Basking Ridge, N. J., took its place in the world an oak stood there. The people of this New Jersey town can trace the tree's history for 400 years, but the church is only 200 years old. It has Just celebrated that event. Miss Margaret Hitch cock of Morristpwn, and Mrs. Wil liam D. Baneker of Basking Ridge nominate the tree for a place In the Hall of Fame which the American Forestry association Is compiling of trees with a history. The tree has a circumference of 15^4 feet 6 feet ubove the ground. Indian Chief Drives Auto. An Indian Chief, Tony Tommy, of he Florida Semlnoles, who still wear :he garb of their forefathers, is tne irst of his tribe to buy und operate Mb own automobile. After a cours< )f instruction at a garage in Mlar-i he chief now rolls Into town eaeli veek from his village, near Fori Vwuderdal?, at the wheel of his ma hine. ?>ut with a pair of horn-rlre classes as his only other concesslor ? the ways of the palefacea. LONGEVITY ON THE DECREASE University Professor Thinks It la, ami Give* 8ome Cogent Reasons Why It Should Be. Prof. Raymond Pearl of Johns Hep kins, after an exhaustive study of life probability extending through a histor ic period ef two thousand years, ai^ rives at the conclusion that while man's possibilities of life at birth awl in earlier stages has been steadily im proving, his expectation of life at ad vanced age has been steadily decrean ing. Comparisons ranging from the Romano-Egyptian to the present day offer statistical proof. The theoretlciil explanation Is that in early times, with less provision for the protection of hohloc onH Infnnfa nnlv thft more njK ged pulled through. Nowadays with increasing care for childhood, the weak are carried Into adolescence and adult hood. Where formerly only the fittest or toughest managed to reach the shady slope of life, and were conse quently more likely to hang on to/ripe old ages, the salvaging of the weaker brings them into the fifties and sixties with less hope of prolonged life. It sounds plausible and may explain the apparent decrease of longevity. Inci dentally, his statistics brought out the fact that while women formerly had less expectation of life at all ages, this has been reversed?another blow to the tradition of "the weaker sex." W?men now appear to have the great er probability of prolonged life. KNOWS MACHINES HE BUILDS tycad of Great Locomotive Work* Has Mora Than Business Acumen te j . His Credit On a hot day last summer an ex press train between Philadelphia and New York came to a Jolting halt, lays Nation's Business. The passengers flr6t Joked, thcu grumbled, then grew impatient. A big man, white-haired, but youthful in motion, climbed down from a chaircar and marched up to thfe engine, which web the center of j a ring of passengers. "What's wrong?" he asked. In effect, the engineer said that the I engine had quit and he didn't know "what the several things was the mat ter with it. ? The big man peeled off his coat and j waistcoat and rolled up his shirt sleeves. Then he sort of disappeared in the interior of th^ unwilling engine and the ring of watching passengers grew. Half an hour later he emerged with a smudged face and grimy hands, and said, "She's all right now," pot coal ana waistcoat over hie arm and walked back to his chair car, wiping his hands on a handful of waste he'd picked up in the cab. She was all right, and the man who made her all right was Samuel Mat thews Vauclaln, millionaire president, of the Baldwin Locomotive works; unci 'a real boss of their 20,000 workmen. Airplane an Essential Now. In 50 minutes after the Birmingham office of a Shelby county mine opera tor had gotten in touch with the mine rescue station at West End, extfferts at the station had engaged an airplane and with special life-saving apparatus had bebn landed at the mine, 30 miles distant ' This marks a new field of useful ness for the airplane. Physicians, life saving experts and mine-rescue ap paratus may be carried through the air to the scene of a mine disaster and many lives may be saved by this quick service. , When the airplane has evolved into a medium for the saving of human life, it may Indeed be said to have entered the class of the essentially i practical.?Birmingham Age-Hereild. Work of Y. W. C. A. Abroad. Secretaries of the newly orgauized t. W. C. A. in Krawok, Poland, were surprised recently to have a member ship card of the Cleveland (O.) Voung Women's Christian association presented to them by a young girl who was on her .way to America. The girl proved to have a sister living In Cleveland who had taken out mem bership in the International Institute of that city, und then sent the cerd to the traveler as a guarantee of as sistance along the way. Girls at young as twelve and sixteen are pass ing through the Y. W. C. A. office in Poland on the way to America. Good Work la Costly. The remarkable difference in prices of tennis rackets is not so mucu uue to the difference in the cost of the raw materials of which they are made as to the kind and amount of labor on tttelr making, says the/American For estry Magazine of Washington. Best tennis rackets are works of ant, and the skill of the worker is reflected In the price as much as In any other article belonging to sport and ath letics. The Really Terrible Thing. Mrs. Gush?Too bad about your poor husband getting his arm broken In your motor1 accident yesterday. So sorry. Mrs. Swagger?Oh. thank you, but that wnsn't the worst; my new hat was simply ruined.?Boston Tran script. A Moving fcuestlon. Rfetiu?I uudersrand that obout 35 , per cent of the motion pictures shown in British India are American produc tions. Oreeu??But can the average au?Ji euce out there tell whether It's w American pie which 1b being thrown J a discuf? A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WAR "Now cough." "Sign here." "". "When do we eat?" "Haven't any 8's. Take a pair of LO's." "There's a soldier in the grass." "You're in tKe army now." "Treat 'em rough." "Read 'em and weep." "All we do is Sign the payroll." "It's great Kfe if you don't weak en." "The first seven years are tie hardest." "Where do we go from here?" "You can't stand there, soldier." "Oo-la-]a." "Lafeyetote, we are here." "Let's go." "Any seconds on goldfish," "Madelon, Madelon, Madelon." "Encore the vin rouge, see yoo play." "Toot sweet, monsieur." { "Is your right arm paralyzied?" "Mother, take down your service flag; your son's in the S. 0. S." "Bonsoir, ma cherie, on allea-l vous?", "Paint it with iodine and mark him duty." "Son fairy Ann." "Heaven, Hell, o?r Hoboken by Christmas." "Fini la guerre." "In the army, the army, the demo cratic army." , "So this is Paris."' 'JHinkv-dinky, parle::-vous?" "If I ever get out of this man's, army?." "Who won the war?" "There's a long, long trail a-wind ing." "When do we go home?" 'We've paid our debt to Lavette? who in the heck do we owe now?" "When the cruel war is over." | "Say 'ah-h-h' and sifrn here." "Let's eat." ?The American Legion Weekly. Ninety per cent of the world's to fol Anfrmf Af rool All r>nmoc from the "vicinity of Lyons, France. m Opera H Directed by Miss Ki Under Au BUTTERFLY D by Miiss Floride , INDIAN WAR E by Girls of Fifth Admission - J TELgPHONI J Our New Di to Press i! Subscribers conte of address or li31 should notify us n May 12th. <J Par phone connection should make appli der to be lifted jn Abbeville Te OFFICE PJ WILL TAKE UP BODY Woman Said To H?t? Died of Blow On Head. J Anderson, May 5.?The body of Mrs. Sula Mulliken will be disinter red Friday roornng, by order of So licitor Leon Harris. Mrs. MulHken was buried two weeks ago at a church cemetery in Brushy Creek township. According to information received this mornng by the solici tor, Mrs, Mulliken died from a blow on the head, alleged to have been given by Mrs. Bessie Mullekin, who lived near her. The report is that Wrs Slllln HllHitraTi Vpq/} cMYno f/\ a Clean-Up and Paint-l Roach Paste Abolish i Househo It can be done? tind let us We} make a specl Disinfectants at that are saf death to ' The McMurr V I ouse-Monc nsters Coi lgore-: Grea ispices Abbeville Chapte ANCE < ' V Gantt Miss I )ANCE Grade , - - - Children 2i i PATRONS rectory Goes l/Iay 14th mplating change :ing in directory ot later than noon ties desiring tele in the near future ication now in or the directory >lephone Co. WNE 500 V magistrate for a warrant for the ar rest of Mrs. Bessie Mulliken } after the two 'had quarreled. Upon re taming with the warrant, Mrs. Bes sie Mulliken is alleged to have struck her on the head with a stick f or piece of timber and that Mrs. Sula MuJKken was sick a week or ' more from the effects, suffering with"~hemorrhages. No physician was called and she' died and was buried, without a physician ever having seen her. Upon these reports it was de cided to have an investigation of the case. ?Watch the label on your paper' and renew your Mibccription promptly. ?* ; / Jp Week May 9th-14th : Rat Poison the Id Pests if you'll come in 4 show you* '? rr' . alty of Insecticides, nd Pest Poisons e to*use, but the pests ay Drag Co. lvention' * .j , ,t Cast of Local Stars r U. D. C. SOLOS BY Sdmunds Miss Tutt Mr. Smith ic : Adults 50c ?????????? t ?c For Advertising Space in the new di- | redtory see Glenn Kay or call PHONE 500