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Mom: ABOUT BEE CULTURE. Second Article-How to Muk? a Start lu the Business. (By J. Wade Dickson, Westminster, 8. C.) Any ono can keep bees success fully If ho or she has a Ukin? for this pursuit, and ls not too timid to follow thc directions given in this treatise. Even ladles can and do manage largo apiaries successfully without much ht/lp. Now, there are three Important things for the beginner to consider: 1-Location of Apiary. Almost any locality will yield a surplus of honey in an average sea son that ls not already overstocked. C. P. Muth, of Cincinnati, Ohio, with 22 colonies of bees on his house top, in the heart of that large city, har vested a surplus honey yield ot' 198 pounds pet colony. That honey was gathered altogether from clover. We have never taken over !)G pounds of surplus honey from any one colony in our yard, and we were never able to obtain more than half that amount until we had had several years experience with bees. Inex perienced persons will seldom lind lt profitable to begin on a large scale. We would suggest that a novice be gin ordinarily with live to ten colo nies. By using movable frame hives they can rapidly Increase their stock after they have acquired a lit tle skill, and have ascertained, not simply that money can be made by keeping bees, but that they can make it. While large profits can be made by careful ami experienced bee-keepers, those who pu* ttielr bees In some out of the way, remote cor ner of their premises and expect to go there once or twice a year and take out a lot of surplus honey will be almost sure to lind their outlay result only In losses. Wherever the apiary is established the hives should. If possible, face the south or southeast, so that the cold winter winds will not blow directly In at the entrance. The more comforta ble bees are kept the less honey they will consume In the winter and the faster thev will build up In the spring. 'I ne beeyard should not be annoyed by colts and should never be near where horses have to stand. If managed on the swarming plan lt is very desirable to have them In full sight of the room most occupied, or nt least where the sound of their swarming will be easily heard. It ls also desirable to have them near water, though a good watering place may be made near the apiary by getting a tight, shallow box, and nil ing lt with pebbles, then with water. It will only be necessary to do this In the early spring, ns bees do not consume much water except In brood rea ring. 2-Buying the Bees. lt is economy to buy bees In the ordinary box gum. They can be had at from $1 to $2 per colony. Get them home when the weather is just cold enough to keep the bees from flying; see that the top ls well fast ened or put a sack over the mouth of the gum, and lay the gum down on the side in a wagon bed about half full of hay. When you have them safe at home set them .in the place you have selected for the bee yard. Never put the hives too close together, but place them in rows, say six by twelve feet, and about six inches from the ground. :i-Buying .lu- Hives. Xever try tc? keep bees in the old fashioned box gum, nor try to make your hives because you think von can make them as good and as chen|) as you can buy them, for you CANNOT do il. Unless one is fa miliar with the spates th it ii is nec essary for a hive lo have e will only succeed in getting a moth-trap made, which will be Iii only for kindling wood, for il the spaces are too (dose thc bees Will glue theil) Up With propolis, and if they are too large they will be lilied with burr combs. Either is a nuisance io the bee keeper. A few years ano when we decided to begin bee-keeping on a small scale we undertook lo make our hives, used a lot ol' lumber, put in some ? hard work, bough) paint to paint them, and so on. and pretty soon we lound thal Iii order lo handle bees for profit, all parts ol' ihr hives should bo interchangeable: so we had to buy standard hives, and trans fer our hees al a loss ol' brood, honey and comb inst what we should have done to begin with. We could say a good deal more along this line, hut a word to the wise is sufficient, liny the standard inachino-innde hive, paint t hem. and thev will last almost a life-time and make bee-keeping a real pleasure as weil as profitable. Now, lo sum up: We will assume thal you have decided to take an In terest In bee-culture; thal you have subscribed for one or more good journals on bee-culture, and have be gun . . Inform yourself of some ol the w :.dorful nails of the honey . bee, and have selected n nice place for youi- beeyard, hough! a few colo nies of bees in old-fashioned box gums and en< ilgh standard size hives, complete with foundation comb and section boxes to transfer your bees Into. So much for that. Our next article will bc on transfer ring from box gums to movable traine hives. 1 ll* you will take Foley's Orino Laxative until the bowels become regular you will not have to take purgatives constantly, as Foley's Orino Laxative positively cures Chronic constipation and sluggish liver. J, w. Bell, Walhalla; Stone cypher Pharmacy, Westminster. Imperialism Costs .Money. Washington. Jan. 21.-Brigadier Gen. William Crozier, chief of ord nance of the army, appeared be fore the House Committee on Appro priations, which ls considering the fortifications appropriation bill. The estimates of this year for fortifica tions in the Insular possessions are nearly $2,out),hon, as compared with less than $1.000,000 last year. The appropriations sought for this year In the fortifications bill aro nearly three times tim amount appropriated I A POEM OF THE PAST. John Hawkins' Parody Recalled by His Tragic Death. The recent tragic death of John Hawkins? formerly of Newberry, re called to the mind of one to whom he gave lt, the following poem writ ten hy him about the year 1882. It wat; published In a periodical of the day. While lt will be readily rec ognized as a parody, yet lt evidences much talent for a young man of about twenty years: The Devil. ( A Newspaper Idyl. > Late one summer's evening dreary, I was sitting, weak and weary, .Malling papers to subscribers be hind a year or more. Suddenly I heard a rustle, Something like a paper bustlo. Wielded by a man of muscle, just outside the office door, " 'Tis the foreman," low I mut tered, "standing at the ofllce door, Wanting money-nothing more." "Or perhaps 'tis some blue-stock ing," And before I heard a knocking Up I sprang, and quick unlocking, open wide I Hung the door. Hut I scarce maintained my level, For before me stood the Devil, With his tall crooked like a bevel, trailing on the omeo door; Hanging on h's arm and trailing down behind him on the floor; 'Twas tho Devil-nothing more. For a moment I stood gazing At the feet of this amazing Spectacle, then raising my dazed eyes up from the floor, I perceived his teeth were gnashing, And his burning eyes were flashing, And he frightened me by dashing his pitchfork against the . door Frightened me by madly dashing this against my ofllce door; Slightly seared me-nothing more. "Say!" he cried in tones of thunder, While I slood in silent wonder; "When your papers every Monday are sent round from door to door. Do not some-tell me, 1 pray you Who subscribe, refuse to pay you Do not some of these delny you, prizing not your wondrous lore, Having no appreciation for your labors long and sore? Tell me truly. I implore." Quickly then before him kneeling (I will own a slavish feeling). Secret, sacred thoughts revealing, all my griefs 1 did outpour Told him timi, with all my saving, I could scarce allay the craving Of my stomach, unaccustomed to the Tanner-life 1 hore. This 1 told him while before him I was kneeling on the floor Told tho Devil this-and more. "Rise!" said he, "dismiss your sor row ; Try to live-beg, steal or borrow Means to live until the morrow, In which time shall be no moro. Then shall all hell's fiercest Aros Burn eternally the liars. Sisters, mothers, sons and sires, who owe for a year or more Scorch and bake and burn sub scribers who u/ld nothing to your store. I'll torment thom evermore." Now, forgetting how I'd smarted, l p in gratitude I started, Hut his Highness had departed, as he entered-through the door ; And the sunlight on me streaming Proved to me that I'd been dream ing; Hut within my heart, Hope beam ing, breathes: ..They'll binn forevermore." Slowly I resumed my labor-clos ing ii ist the office door Mailing papers- -ns before. - .lohn Hawkins. Torturing eczema spreads Its burning area every day. Donn's Oint ment quickly slops its spreading, in stantly relieves the Helling, euros it permanently. Al any drug store. Cots Nu Automobiles. Washington, Jan. 21.-The urgent deficiency appropriation bill, report ed lo iii?' Senate to-day, carried $ 1 , fiGO.200. The Senate committee struck oui the Item for the purchase of automobiles tor the uso of th" President, which the House had In serted upon the expressed wish of Pri aident-elect Taft. Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with Hypo phosphites should always be kept in the house for the following reasons: First-Because, if any member of the family has a hard cold, it will cure it. Second-Because, if the chil dren are delicate and sickly, it will make them strong and well. Third-Because, if the father or mother ls losing flesh and becoming thin and emaciated, it wilt build them up and give them flesh and strength. Fourth- Because it is the" standard remedy in all throat mi lung affections. No household shot'd be with out it. _ Send thl< advertisement, together with name of paper In which lt appear?, your address and four cents to cover postase, and we will send you a "Complet?llandy AUAS of the'World." I&COTT fi ?io^c, rv?c ' si *?i * 1t?t?t FAMILY VISITS RICHARDSON. Wife and Children Go to Lexington Jail and Spend Several Hours. Lexington, Jan 21.-Surrounded by Ma wife und Tour children, the first lime he has seen them since the night of his arrest several weeks ago, S. L. Richardson ls to-day seemingly a happy man. Mrs. Richardson, ac companied by her four children, ar rived on the late train from Colum bia last night, and went direc t to the jail. The meeting of the husband and wife and the Innocent little chil dren was very affectionate. The children, brim full of joy at the sight o: father and the sound of his voice, broke down and wept, but the mo ther, who seems to be made of sterner stuff, did not shed a tear, hut it could be seen that her joy was complete. Deputy Sheriff Miller was not. at home when the party arrived, and the large Iron bars of the jail window divided the mother and children from the husband and father. Upon the arrival of Mr. Miller, thc first to meet him was little Paul, and with tears streaming down his fresh, rosy cheeks, he asked the tender-hearted jailer to "please, slr, hurry up and let me see my papa," and Innocently Inquired: "Who told you to lock him up?" The children, and especially little Paul, watched the big key as lt caine from the jailer's pocket, and as the large door swung open the anxious little party marched In, and the scene that followed was enough to touch the hardest heart. Crowd ed around their father's knee, the bright little children, unaware of the meaning of the grave charges with which their father stands accused, al. most shouted, while the mother's embrace was Indeed pathetic. It was not long, however, until the jailer announced that supper was ready, and the mother and children marched Into the dining room, while Richardson was served with his meal, as usual, In the jail. After supper, at the earnest re quest of Mrs. Richardson, her hus band was allowed to accompany her and the children to one of the cells on the upper story, where they were allowed to remain until 10 o'clock, I when Richardson was taken hack to his cell on the lower floor. While upstairs a long prayer service was held, Mrs. Richardson leading off with an earnest appeal in her hus band's behalf. "*'rs. Richardson, like her husband, ls a strong believer of the sect known as the 'Unknown Tongue," and lt ls stated that she ls sincere In the be lief that her husband will soon be free. Mrs. Richardson is a strikingly handsome woman, with large, pierc ing eyes. She was dressed in a black suit with hat to mutch. From her appearance, one would not judge that she has suffered a great deal by the long separation from her hus band. The children are all bright. Mrs. Richardson will remain with her husband for a few days, and will probably not return to her home un til after the Court of General Ses sions, which convenes on the first Monday in February. CU RFD SWFFXF.Y AND RUMOVRD A SPAVIN. Dr. Sloan's Liniment and Veteri nary Remedies are well known all over the country. They have saved the lives of many valuable horses and arc a permanent institution in thousands ol* stahl 's. t?. T. Roberts, of Resaca, e.a.. R. F. D. No. I, Box 43, writes: "1 have used your liniment on a horse for sweeney and effected a thorough cure, i also removed a spavin on a mule. This spavin was as large as a guinea egg. I regard Sloan's Lini ment as the most penetrating and effective liniment I have ever known" H. M. Gibbs, of Lawrence, Kans., It. F. D. No. :!, writes: . Your lini ment is the best that I Lave ever used. I had a mare with an abscess on her neck and one r.Oe. bottle of Sloan's Liniment entirely cured her. I keep it around ail the time for galls and small swellings and for everything about the stock." Dr. Sloan will send his treatise on the horse ; ree to any horseman. Address Dr. Karl S. Sloan. Posion, Mass., Station A. Report on Tuberculosis. According to a report issued re cently by the Local Government Hoard of Loudon, the number of deaths from tuberculosis in England and Scotland has decreased by one third in the last Bf ty years, falling from 54,918 In 1853 to 39,746 dur ing the past year, while the death rate per 10,000 ol' population has fallen more than one-half, or from 20.8 to 11.16. In Ireland, on the contrary, the death rate per 10,OOO has increased in 40 years from 24 to 27. Dr. Arthur New; holme at tributes tho decrease in the mortality from consumption in England to ef fective segregation and Institutional treatment ot the advanced cases of the disease, which are known to be Hie centre-- of I n fee I ion and spread of tuberculosis. The Irish medical authorities attribute the increase- in the amount of tuberculosis to a com bination of poor housing, Insufficient and unnourlshlng food, had sanita tion, especially in the schools, and the large Irish emigration. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Cures Colds, Croup and Whooping Cough. .Mexican Editor Sentenced, San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 21.-? Convicted of violating the neutrality laws. Antonio de F. Aranju was sen tenced to-day In the Federal Court to two and a half years' Imprisonment. Araujo was charged with starting a movement against the Mexican gov ernment, which terminated last June In an engagement with Mexican sol diers at Las Vascas, when twelve sol diers were killed. Ile edited a Mexi can newspaper at Austin and plead ed the right of free press In defense. The alleged conspiracy was hatch ed In Wilson county, and the testi mony was to the effect that Araujo was general delegate of the revolu ti, . ffy il titi? te TE Th? I909 Subsor.ptlon Offer ?t I "TC 4>l?/9 XHo Elvum*. 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O'JK OL^EIA-r PROPOSSTiON Remember, our paper one year, and THE TRI-WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, Mon day, Wednesday and Friday, three times a week, lor one year, and your selection of one from the three alternate free offers, ah for $1.75: or the whole combination (except that The Weekly Constitution is substituted for thc Tri-Weekly) for only.$1.40 Send at once. Get right on. Dun't miss a copy. Address all orders for above com bination to THE KEOWEE COURIER, Walhalla, S. C. VETO MESSAGE OVERRULED. State-Wide Prohibition Now a Cer tainty in Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 20.-The Senate refused to sustain the Gover nor's veto message on the Ilollailay prohibition bill this afternoon by a vote of 20 to lil. The reading of Governor Patter Bons veto message in the Senate this morning called forth some caustic criticism of the Chief Executive. Senator Lane, of Williams, led oft' in a discussion of the message and charged that it contained a slander upon the Senators, the manhood and womanhood ol' Tennessee. The gal leries and lobby of the Senate were Ulled with Interested spectators. The passage ol' the bill over the Governor's veto was the occasion of the wildest demonstration on the part ol' the Stnte-widers. The House at 5.40 p. 111. passed State-wide prohibition over the Gov ernor's veto, (11 to !?l>. The over-riding ol' the Governor's voto means that State-wide prohibi tion will be the law ol' Tennesse?; on ?Inly I_ I)o You Orton Your Mouth Liko a young bird and gulp down what- ! liver food or medicine may ho offered you? ? Or, do you want to know something of tho | composition and character of that which j you take into your stomach whothor as . food or medicino ? Most intelligent and sensible people now-a-days insist, on knowing what they employ whether as fond or as medicino. Dr. Pierce believes" they havo a perfect right to l/ixi.st upon such knowledge. So ho publlshos,**iuiU(kvist and on each bottle wrapper, w h atJjjTTrM?d4oines aro made of an?Tvet^c8jttrn"^^ ThlsJiy fools ho can we^Ju'ord tojlp because the, mqr_q riie_ inured ien>!?_of which his medicine s are made are studied and understoodT??o mor'~ will tlijir superior c ii ra five virtue ? For tho cure of woman's peculiar weak* nessos, irregularities and derangements, giving riso to frequent headaches, back* ache, dragglng-down pain or distress in lower abdominal or pelvic rogion. accom panied, ofttimes, with a debilitating, pelvic, catarrhal drain and kindred symp toms of weakness, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Proscription ls a most efficient remedy. It ls equally effective in curing painful periods, in giving strength to mirtina mothers And in preparing tho system of tho expoetunt mother for baby's coming, thus rendering childbirth safo ariel com paratively painless. Tho "Favorite Pro scription" ls a most potent, strengthening tonio to tho general system and to tho organs distinctly feminine In partlculnr. It ls also ? Mottling and invigorating nervine and ^iircs nervous exhiiiistion, nervous prostration, neuralgia, hysteria, spasms, chorea or St. Vitus's dance, and other di.tressing nervous symptoms at tendant upon functional and organic dis eases ?>f tho distinctly fcminlno organs. A host of medical authorities of all the several schools of practice, recommend each of the several Ingredients of which "Favorito Prescription" Is mado for the cure of the diseases for which lt ls claimed to lie a cure. You may read what they say fox yourself by gon.ilng a postnl card request for a free booklet of extracts from the loading authorities, to Dr. H. V. Pierce, Invalids' Hotel and Surgical In stltnUi. Buffalo, N. Y., and it will coma to you by return post. TENNESSEE STOPS MAKING ALSO Governor May Veto, Hut House und Senate Will Over-Hide. Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 22.-The bill to stop the manufacture of li quor in Tennessee has passed both houses of the Legislature and brew ers and distillers will KO like the sa loons. There is this difference: Sa loons will close their doors next July, while the breweries are given until the first of next year to stop opera! ions. True, the bill to stop the manufac ture of liquor has not yet been acted upon by the Governor, but it is con sidered certain, If he vetoes the mea sure, lt will be passed over his head. The consideration of the bill yes terday precipitated a hot debate, which opened al 1 1 a. m., and with the exception of a recess from 12 to 2 o'clock, lasted until 5.50, when the vote was taken. There is no case on record of a cough, cold or la grippe developing Into pneumonia after Foley's Honey and Tar has been taken, as it cures the most obstinate, deep seated coughs and colds. Why take any thing else? J. W. Bell, Walhalla; Stonecypher Pharmacy Westmin ster. To Investigate State Hospital. Columbia, Jan. 22.-The House Started business to-day with about lt? bills on the calendar, but n point of order was raised and sustained that the printed copies ol' these bills had not been on (he desks of the members twenty-four hours, blocked business and only a few of these bills, local matters entirely, passed to their reading. The most important matter brought up to-day was tho introduc tion of a bill both in the Senate and House for an Investigation of the af fairs of (he State llorpltal for the Insane. Along with the bill was a letter from W. J. Gooding, president of the Hoard of Regents, calling ?li ten Hon to the crowded condition of the Stiite Hospital and urging this investigation for the purpose; of rec ommending changes. Mason h Tribute to ,1. M. Cobb. Inasmuch as it has pleased Al mighty God to take from our midst our deceased brother, J. M. Cobb, we mourn his loss, yet We how our heads In humble submission to him who doeth all things well. Therefore, be it resolved 1. That we have lost a worthy brother, a good Mason, a saunch friend, and our country a loyal citi zen. 2. That In expression of our es teem we request that our lodge dedi cate one pago of tho minutes to his memory, and that this resolution be published In the county papers and a copy sent to tho bereaved family. S. H. Marett, I. S. Pitts, J. L. Singleton, Committee. Wost ni I nsf or Lodge. No, 200, A.K.M. A NEW MESSINA. Stricken City, Phoenix-Iixe, is lieing Ki -hull! on Ashes nf the Past. Rome, Jan. 25.-in the course of the removal of the dead at Messina on Tuesday last, the soldiers dis covered a survivor, whose faint breathing was the only sign of life displayed. He was taken to a hos pital where the doctors said such a case of complete exhaustion and re sistance \\!?s unparalleled. A new Messina may rise very soon, a short distance to the northward of the old city. Hen. Masera, commanding in the earthquake era, reports tlint the houses built there for the survivor^ by thc ere?., of the warship ReginJP [Diena are not only substantial enough to be permanent, but the site is suitable for further buildings, from which, a new center ol' l'.fe could be developed. Oiric'"- and stores are being built. The observatory here since Decem ber has registered 227 earth quake shocks of the first degree, 29 of the second degree, IS of the third, 19 of the fourth, four of the fifth and two of the sixth. - f O.A. ? TORIA.. Boar? the ^8 Kind YOU U?V8 Always Bfl'^' I To Reimburse St. Andrew.-. Washington, Jan. 22.-Senator Tillman has Introduced a bill pro viding for the payment to the Went worth Street Lutheran church, of Charleston, an amount not to ex ceed $15,000. During the war this church was badly damaged by Fede ral troops, and lt ls proposed to have the government reimburse lt to the amount named. 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