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MR. SIMPSON AND HIS BEES. .A. Visit to the Honey-Making- Mills in York CoLinty. Yarkville Enquirer The little honey bee is, of course, a very common institution io York county. There is scarcely a neighbor hood, in which there are not a half dozen or.more colonies, and there are just lots of people who know more or less about how to manage them with, success; but most readers of the En quirer will no doubt be surprised to know that York County has one of the largest apiaries to be found in the Piedmont section. Such is the fact, however. This apiary is located at Catawba Junction. Mr. H. C. Simpson, a well informed, well read gentleman, is the proprietor. Mr, Simpson's house fronts the Caro lina and Georgia Extension railroad, and his bee hives, which sit on the v southside of a hill to the rear, look from the railroad like a big cemetery. In fact, most passengers on the trains take the apiary for a cemetery, and they do not know any better unless some of the trainmen, or others who know, inform them to the contrary. Haying heard from different people, at different times, of the extent of Mr. Simpson's establishment, and also of his thorough knowledge of the bee and its habits, I went down to Cataw ba Junction last Saturday for the pur pose of getting material for a story that will probably i rove in t?resting to a great many people. I had the good luck to find Mr. Simpson at home, and when I told him my business, he as sured me that it would give him pleas \ ure to show me everything that was to be seen and to answer such ques tions as I might see fit to ask, pro vided he knew how. This last pro visoy however, was unnecessary. Be fore I left, I was convinced that he surely knows about all that is not torn out of the book, and that my principal disadvantage was in not understand ing che subject sufficiently to admit cf its full development through proper questions. Taking his smoker-a little bellows like arrangement, through which smoke'is projected with facility--Mr. Simpson told me to follow close be hind him among the hives. He had no gloves, veil or other protection, and the proposition was one that I did not relish particularly; but I remem bered to have heard Mr. W. J. Waters remark once that Mr. Simpson knew the age of every bee on the hill and could call it by name. I was inclined to repose the fullest confidence in Mr. Simpson. I am now almost inclined to believe Mr. Waters7 statement, but I do not like to say so in print. Opening up several hives, Mr. Simp son showed the honey that was in process of manufacture. He explain ed that the bees have not done very well this year, so far as surplus is con cerned. Only a few combs have been partially filled, and only a very small per cent of the honey cells have been capped over. This, Mr. Simpson says, is on accoan fc of the unfavorable sea son. After showing the surplus hon ey department of one of the hives, he went into the brood department, moved and took out several frames covered with worker bees and drones, and finally located the queen. "I found her a little too late," he* remarked. "If I had surprised her sooner, she would have laid several eggs on my hand after I picked her up. It is her business, yon know, to lay the eggs; she keeps at it continually, and that was what she was doing when we found her." Then holding .up the comb to the light, where I could see to the bottom of the cells, Mr. Simp son showed me newly deposited eggs, little worms representing a develop ment of a day or two, and other young bees in different stages up to eating their way cut of the cells in which they had come to maturity. "Although all thc eggs in a hive are laid by the same queen," Mr. Simpson explained, "they may be de veloped either into workers, drones or queens. The drone matures in 24 days, the worker in 21 days and the queen in only 16 days. The bees can make a queen themselves whenever they want one. Suppose the present queen should die, for instance. The bees would immediately go to work and build a cone-shaped cap over one of these cells in which you see an egg. Then, by feeding her a different kind of food-royal jelly,' the bee men call it-they will bring her to maturity within lb' days. As to whether they really give her a differ ent kind of food I do not know. I am inclined to think that they merely give her the same kind that they feed to others, only more of it.'' While on the same subject, Mr. Simpson said that the worder bees live from about three to six weeks in summer time, and from three to six months i-* the winter time. The aver age life of a queen is from two to three years, although sometimes they live five or six years. 'Mn keeping the purity of your stock." he *aid, "of course, everything depends upon your ?"?on T won't have anything but the Italian bee if I can help it; but I find it yery difficult to keep them ab solutely pure. I bought my first queen in August, 1SS0, from Dr. Brown, of Augusta, and paid him $2.50 for her. After that, about four years ago, I imported a queen bee direct from Italy. She cost $6, and was ll days coming over. She lived until about a year ago, and by means of her, I have been enabled to main tain my colonies at a high standard." Here Mr. Simpson called my atten tion1 to a dozen or more bees that were posted on the platform at the entrance of a hive, buzzing their wings with a humming noise. "These," he ex plained, "are engaged in ventilating the hive. During weather like this, there is a great deal of heat inside. If you should stop up the entrance for 10 minutes, the whole interior would collapse a sticky mass and kill the entire colony. With their wings these bees are creating an outgoing current that serves to keep down the tempera ture. They work for about 15 min utes that way, when they, are relieved by as many fresh bees from the in side. This is kept up all during the hottest part of the day." I expressed surprise at this remarkable piece of sagacity, and Mr. Simpson went on to relate another peculiarity of the or ganization that was no less interest ing. "In seasons like this," he said, ' "when not much honey is being made, there is a disposition on the part of the bees of one colony to go out and rob the stores of another. I can show you at each hive guards that are es pecially placed for protection against robbers, and whenever a bee of another colony attempts to enter where he has no right, I can show you a fight." About that time an angry bee com menced buzzing at my ear. It was the first time that I had been molested in the least, and I began to fear that maybe her business was to drive away unwelcome newspaper men. Mr. Simpson sent a puff or two of smoke at her; but she paid no attention to that. I was tempted to ask him tc tell her to please go away; but, in stead, he concluded, of his own ac-, cord, that the only thing to be done for her was to knock her down, which he did. After that I felt more com fortable; but at the same time it oc curred to me that I could just as well get such further information as I wanted up nearer the house. Mr. Simpson explained that there are three honey-making seasons dur ing the year. The first is from about the middle of April up to the 20th of May. During this season bees depend upon fruit and flower blossoms, soft maple and poplar buds. They don't usually begin to make any surplus until May, and then the quality is not of the best. From the 20th of May until about the middle of' July, there follows an idle season, during which not much surplus honey is made practically none. The first good honey of the year is made during the month following the middle of July. It is made almost entirely from cotton blooms, and is usually so transparent that objects may be discerned through a quart of it. The flavor is also de lightful. But there are some pecu liarities about this cotton honey, ac cording to Mr. Simpson's experience. The little brow bee cannot make hon ey from cotton at all. She is not strong enough to get into the blooms right. Only the Italian bee is equal to thc task, and except under certain conditions, the cotton bloom honey is out of her reach also. When seasons are good and the cotton plants are vigorous, there is no honey to be had. When, however, the cotton is back ward and droopy, the Italians have a picnic. The next and most reliable honey-making season of the year is during the month of October. The honey of that season is made princi pally of the aster or iron weed. It is of a splendid quality. I asked'Mr. Simpson as to the aver age yield of honey to the colony, and he answered the question in a very satisfactory manner, "One year I got an average of only 4 pounds. Last year the average was 5? pounds. An other year I got 60 pounds: some of the colonies yielding over !K) pounds each. I would say, however, that the general average, taking one year with another, is about 30 pounds to the colony.'' He went on to say that last year he sold only $100 worth of honey. Year before last he sold 2,000 pounds for $224, and another year he took from his different colonies a total of 3,600 pounds. From the bes. infor mation at hand, I am inclined to the opinion that this last yield is seldom equaled by any other single honey producer in this State. On this same line. Mr. Simpson Iso related another interesting inci dent. During one very fine honey making season, he left a hive on the eales and noted a production of 53 pounds in 26 day3. One day the bees made ll pounds, and during the night evaporated a pound and a half of water or other undesirable material out of it. But I shall not undertake to repeat in this article all that Mr. Simpson told mc about bees. I was not with him more than two hours; but to re peat it all would require more than a page of the paper. I'll give one more interesting point, however, which but few people have probably thought about. Though Mr. Simpson has 80 colonies in all, he only has 50 at his home. The others are at another point several miles distant. When I asked him why this was, he explained that the ordinary range of a bee is about from a mile to a mile and a half, and that 50 strong colonies are about as many as eau live and prosper in this country within the radius indi cated. In certain other sections of the country, say parts of California for instance, as many as 200 or 300 colonies could prosper in this radius. The Deed of a Hero. Amongst the heroes who were at the reunion was Mr. John M. Nicholls, of Spartanburg. He is the soldier boy who, at the age of 19 years, was fight ing in a rifle pit at Spottsylvania. The Yankees had charged up to the Con federate lines, driving in the skirmish line, but had been repulsed and had retreated to their own entrenchments on the opposite side of a ravine. The firing was very active and the sharp shooters so alert that a hat lifted above the Confederate breastworks would be quickly riddled. But out side John Nicholls heard a wounded man whom the Yankees had left be hind in their retreat, begging for wa ter, and he made up his mind to ren der help. His comrades tried to dis suade him, arguing that the act would be suicidal, but Nicholls leaped over the breastworks and crawled down a corn row within reach of the wounded enemy, who proved to be an officer, a distance of twenty-five or thirty yards. He then tied his canteen on a broken pine limb, and handing it to the Fed eral told him to drink what he wanted and pour some in his own canteen. The grateful soldier thanked him and said, "God will bless you for this," and commenced to tie his watch on the stick, urging Nicholls to accept it. This Nicholls declined, and crawling back along the corn row he made an other jump back into the rifle pit, fol lowed by a shower of bullets. The incident is the subject of a stirring poem by J. J. Rooney. Mr. Nicholls is now a farmer and a man of family. His home is in Spar tanburg. He did not marry until about eight years ago., He is a modest man and as tender as he is brave. Up to the time of his marriage if any sick man was to be nursed, or dead to re ceive the last rites, John Nicholls was sure to be there. He keeps up the practice of kindness still whenever circumstances allow, and is more than seconded in all friendly services by | his good wife. Mr. Nicholls now regrets that he did not take the watch, as the Federal offi cer was evidently fast bleeding to death, and the watch, which he said his mother had given him, would have been returned to her. She may have never learned the fate of her son. When asked what made him take such j a risk to carry water to the dying sol dier, he said some words that his mother had taught him kept sounding in his heart: "I was thirsty and ye gave me drink."-Spartanburg Herald. 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A few doses of Prickly Ash Bitters will quickly remove this condition and make work a pleasure. Sold by Evans Pharmacy. Some Kgyptian boats made of ce dar, probably in usc 4,500 year3 ago, have been found buried near the banks of the Nile, and furnish an interest ing proof of thc power of that wood to withstand the ravages of time. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure completely digests food within the stomach and intestines and renders all classes of food capable of being assimilated and converted inu. strength giving and tissue building substance*. Kvans Pharmacy. Two ladies in Pari*, France, have succeeded in taming dozens ol butter flies. They eat frons their hand.-., alight on them, and show uo fear whatever. I Color aud Characteristics of The Eje. Blue eyes are said to be the weakest. Upturned eyes are typical of devo tion. Wide open eyes are indicative of rashness. Side-glancing eyes are always to be distrusted. Brown eyes are said by occulists to bc the strongest. Small eyes are commonly supposed to indicate cunning. The downcast eye has in all ages been typical of modesty. The proper distance between the eyes is the width of one eye. People of melancholic temperament rarely have clear blue eyes. Eyes with long, sharp corners indi cate great discernment and penetra tion. The white of the eye showing be neath the iris is indicative of nobility of character. Gray eyes turning green in anger or excitement are indicative of a cloleric temperament. When the upper lid covers half or more of the pupil the indication is of cool deliberation. An eye the upper lid of which pass es horizontally across the pupil indi cates mental ability. Unsteady eyes, rapidly jerking from side to side, are frequently inticative of an unsettled mind. It is said that the prevailing colors of eyes among patienrs of lunatic asy lums are bro.vn and black. Eyes of any color with weak brows and long, concave lashes, are indica tive of a weak constitution. Eyes that are wide apart are said to physiognomists to indicate great intel ligence and a tenacious memory. Eyes of which the whole of the iris is visible belong to erratic persons, often with a tendency toward insanity. Wide open, staring ^eyes in weak countenances indicate jealousy, bigo try, intolerance and pertinacity with out firmness. Eyes placed close together in the head are said to indicate pettiness of disposition, jealousy and a turn for fault-finding. When the under arch of the upper eyelid is a perfect semicircle it is in dicative of goodness, but also timidity, sometimes approaching cowardice. AU men of genius are said to have eyes clear, slow moving and bright. This is tue eye which indicates mental ability of some kind, it does not mat ter what. Blue eyes are generally considered effeminate, but this is a mistake, for blue eyes are found not only among Caucasian nations, and the white races rule the world.-Pcarxoris Weekly. - Ex-Judge John II. Reagan, the only surviving member of the Confed erate cabinet, said thc other day at the laying of the corner stone of the monument to be erected to the Con federate dead at San Antonio, Texas, by the Daughters of the Confederacy: "The war is over and facts attending that great struggle and incidents transpiring since have demonstrated that it is better for the Southern peo ple to be in the Union than out of it. No other people could have gone through with what we did and so quickly recover. We are united in a Union sealed by the best blood of our land, under one flag, and with the glory already won and that to be added stand in our proper position as the foremost nation in the world."_ Repairing Tires Use -the best. In use for 3 years and stands the Test. Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co., Cambridgeport. Mass. FOE SALE BY SULLIVAN HARDWARE CO., ANDERSON. S. C. May 10,1590 46 S lt is Wiso Teaching. In his baccalaureate sermon to the students of the Missouri State Univer sity, thc Right Reverend Bishop Atwill of Kansas City urged upon the young collegians about to begin their real life work in the world the fact that money getting is not the highest mission of a scholar. Just at the present stage of the higher development of man it would be of vast benefit to society could this truth, ex tending beyond college-bred men and embracing all men of forceful and am bitious character, be so deeply im pressed upon the national mind as to leave its mark in the establishment of the truest ideals and in the direction of the wisest effort. The American people are in sore need of such teach ing, inasmuch as the greatest evils now menacing the country arise from the greed for gold. A sound belief in thc public miud that the safest and happiest social con dition is that where the greatest num ber of persons are reasonably well-oft' in this world's goods, and content with their moderate competency, is impera tive if the people of the United States are to fittingly fulfill their destiny. A popular government under which all men may strive hopefully for financial independence, where commercial and industrial enterprises are numerous and open to all, where business interests are fostered and protected, not for the aggrandizement of the few, but for the benefit of the many, should be logically inevitable in this country if the princi ples of its founders are faithfully maintained. In the ominous growth of the trust evil, a system enriching a limited num ber of monopolies at the cost of the business and industrial health of the country at large, there is disquieting proof of a tendency to repudiate those principles under the stimulus of that hunger for vast wealth which tends to create the sure contrast of vast poverty. American teachers may not be more ?wisely employed than in combating this tendency. American young men may not be more truly strengthened than by the fostering of higher ideals than those limited solely to the acquir ing of riches.-St. Louis liepvblic. - Some of the stars move with a velocity of fifty miles a second. The woman who mislays her hat and looks for it in her purse, among- other im possible places, is very* like the physician who looks in all sort of impossible places for the cause of a disease. The heart be gins to act irregularly and straightway there's an exam ination of the heart to find what is interfering with it. The liver gives trouble, and is dosed with drugs and pounded with pills to bring [to light the cause, and all the time thc cause of the trouble is in the stomach. The intimate connection of the stomach with the heart and the other vital organs, nec essarily results in the sympathy of these organs with any derangement or disease of the stomach and the organs of diges tion and nutrition. Thousands have been cured of palpita tion, liver trouble, shortness of breath, pain in the side, backache, and numerous other complaints by the use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. This medicine acts directly upon the stomach, the organs of digestion and nutrition and the blood mak ing glands, and the fact that it cures so many forms of disease is the best proof that these diseases originate in the stomach and must be cured through the stomach. 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