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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
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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
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- 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
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| 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
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)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.
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Anderson, May 5.?The body of
Mrs. Sula Mulliken will be disinter
red Friday roornng, by order of So
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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
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