THIS CLT1ZICN, WKDXKSIIAY, DUO. 28, 1010.
i :- BEE KEEPING
FENCING OUT THE QUEEN BEE.
Beekeepers Consider Use of Excluders
Indispensable to Success.
Though a few extracted liquid
honey producers cltUm to be able to
do without queen-excluders, most bee
keepers producing this kind of honey
find excluders Indispensable.
With me and most others. If nn up
per story of extracting combs Is put
on, the queen will enter and lay eggs
In It. I havo always considered It a
bit nasty to extract honey from combs
containing unsealed brood. If tho
pockets of the extractor are revolved
so Blowly that the larvae are not dis
turbed, it will take more time to throw
out the honey. Now, time is money,
especially with hired help demanding
present wages. I consider it cheaper
to uso queen-excluders than to fuss
irlth a super full of combs containing
brood.
Of tho various kinds of queen-excluders
in use, perhaps tho best is tho
wood and line excludor. It consists of
trips of zinc, punched full of holes
ef such size as to let worker bees,
but not drones and queens pass
through, between strips of wood. This
Is the most expensive, but also the
most rigid excluder. It docs not bend
down In tho middle and thus destroy
bee spaces, as sometimes Is the case
with excluders mado of a single sheet
of zinc. Single-sheet excluders have
one advantage they glvo more holes
per square foot than the wood and
xlnc sort. This makes It easier for
the bees to ventilate the top stories
during hot days or when hives are not
shaded.
Another form of excludor is mado
to bo used directly on top of the brood
frames, but they are difficult to re
move when once glued tight by tie
bees.
Recently another excluder has been
put on the market. Instead of tho
strips of zinc between the strips ol
wood, galvanized wires, held the cor
rect distance apart by small pieces of
metal, are substituted. This gives
much moro space for the bees to paBs
through. A prominent honey-producer
of Michigan thinks that during
some seasons the swarming tendency
of bees Is Increased by the excluders
hindering free communication between
tipper and lower stories. That to
some extent would be overcome by
the more open excluder.
I have only one fault to find with
these wood-and-wlre excluders or,
rather, with their patentee and manu
facturersthey are nearly again as
expensive as the ordinary kind.
Comb-honey producers should bo
able to do without excluders. Queens
very seldom go up to lay into sections
when there Is a full set of combs be
low. When, however, the brood cham
ber, for reasons that cannot be de
tailed here, is contracted to five or
six frames, all fairly proline queens
will deposit eggs in the sections. Here,
then, excluders must be used.
Queens will also lay In sections
when there Is no drone comb in the
brood chambers. Of course, queen
excluders are a remedy. There is,
though, anothor less expensive way
to fill sections with full sheets of foun
dation. In tills case, there being no
chance for the bees to construct
drone comb, there will be no incentive
for the queens to go above.
Some bee-keepers do not object to
the hatching of drones in the sections,
as such sections, after the hatch, are
filled with honey and sealed. Such
sections ought not to be put on tho
market. After a bee has emerged, a
fine cocoon Is left In the cell not a
fit thing for human mouths to chew.
Another case whero an excluder
must be used Is when a swarm is put
Into an empty hive, and a super at
once put on top. If the super con
tains drawn out comb, the brood nest
will bo established in it. Tho exclud
er forces the bees to establish tho
brood nest below whore It belongs.
F. A. Strohscheln, in the Country
Gentleman.
The Stlngless Bee.
Tho apiarist of tho Department of
Agriculture, Frank Benton, has start
ed on a tour of Asiatic exploration to
discover and bring back the best
varieties obtainable of honoy bees.
Mr. Benton lately Introduced a so
called stlngless bee. While this in
sect possesses a sting, It seems to
havo forgotten how to use it, at least
It never does, and It Is believed that
It Is an acquisition of great value.
These bees can bo handled like so
many flies, scooped up by tho hand
ful and manipulated precisely as
though they possessed no stings. As
every amateur bee-keoper knows, there
Is a wide difference In tho amlablllty
or gentleness of the various kinds
of bees; tho Italian bees aro gentle,
while the black bees are usually de
cidedly vicious. However, Mr. Benton
says that probably the most savage
becB aro certain crossos between tho
black bees and tho Italian. Ho will
also attempt to secure some of the
large Kast Indian boos, which have
especially long tonguos, enabling thorn
to roach tho nectar In deep-throated
(lowers not available) for tho ordluarj
honey bee.
Best Moth Remedy.
Moths will not bother strong col
onies of bees If they have a gc-od
queen, so tho best remedy Is to keop
ydur colonies strong and see to It thai
hey havo a good young queen.
A WALKING
BATTERY
By JULIUS D. WALKER
Copyright. 1310, by American Press
Association.
When Johnny Barker was eighteen
years old ho enlisted In tho United
States navy as electrician. In the navy
Johnny lenrned two things. lie learn
ed all about electrical contrivances, nml
he learned what were nnd what vero
not his rights. Moreover, he associat
ed with men who were trained to light.
When Johnny's term of enlistment
expired ho entered the service of a
company Interested in laying a trolley
lino In the far west. Tho road ran
between two towns, either of which
was bad enough, but both together
were frightful. They nro cities now,
helped to become such by the improve
ments put in by Johnny Barker, but at
that time they had not put away Judge
Revolver, who dispensed nil tho lnw
there was In tho territory. Every one
told Johnny that he must go nbout
nrmed If lie wished to live, but Johnny
said ho wouldn't be quick enough with
a revolver If attacked nnd he might as
well be shot without ono as with one.
Indeed, without one he would be saved
tho labor of carrying about so heavy
a weapon.
Johnny went to a danco ono night, nnd
among tho girls he asked to dance with
him was Nora O'Neill, a red headed
Irish girl who worked In n house where
meals were served to workmen on the
trolley line. Whllo tho couple were
standing on the floor wnltlng for the
piano and fiddle to furnish music a
young man indigenous to tho country
stepped up to Johnny nnd said:
"I want you to understand yer Jump
la' my claim. Don't you do it ng'ln."
Having thus put out a warning, the
fellow went away. Johnny asked the
girl what he meant.
"Oh, he thinks he owns me, but he
don't! I wouldn't have nothing to do
with such a low down feller."
Johnny danced with Nora several
times after that. Jim Turkic, who
claimed her for his own, glared at him,
but committed no overt net Johnny
wns unarmed, and those who knew
Jim averred that he would never kill
a man without giving him a chance for
his life. Since he had killed half a
dozen nnd no ono had killed him this
didn't seem to be much of an ad
vantage to his enemies.
But before the dance broke up Jim
served notice on Johnny that he had
better be prepared in the morning
either to give or to take a dose of lead.
When 0 o'clock came and Johnny had
not been killed the people of the town
lined tho main street to see the work
done. They wouldn't havo arisen early
to see a fracas of this kind; but, being
up, they didn't mind looking on. John
ny had not yet come out of his quar
ters, and some said he had gono nway
during the night. Others declared that
he was at homo and one who had
served Uncle Sam wouldn't run away
from nn enemy.
Meanwhile Johnny, who had made
friends with the better class of citi
zens, was Informed by them that Jim
Turkic meant what ho said nnd, since
he had given notice of his intention,
would not spare his enemy because be
was unarmed. They advised Johnny
to sit up all night and practice firing
at a mark and especially at doing quick
work with a revolver. But Johnny
said he didn't think thnt he could equal
his enemy in that line If he practiced a
year. But, though he didn't seem to
relish the position he was in, lie said
he had thought of a method of pro
cedure that would make the chances
more equal.
It was about half past 0 that Johnny
left his quarters and with his hands
In his pockets sauntered down the
street, lined with people waiting to
see him killed. There was no evidence
of n weuiKin anywhere about hlni. He
wore an ordinary business suit that he
had brought with him from the east.
If he had carried n weapon under the
short sack coat It would havo been
apparent. Only ono change was to be
noticed In his apparel. Instead of tho
sombrero of the country he usually
wore he had ou a derby. Around It
was n very singular band, pierced at
every Inch by a hole about a quarter
of an Inch In diameter.
Tnrkle had been all the morning
stnndlng In front of tho Alhainbra sa
loon wultlng for his victim. Seeing
Johnny coming, ho advanced to niect
him. Jim scowled at his enemy
keeping his hands In his -wekots, since
he should have kept them In readiness
to defend himself. Jim could not see
a weapon, but supposed Johnny had
ono concealed. When they came at a
fair range Jim sent a bullet at his ene
my. Since it failed to hit and Jim
wns n dead shot, thoso looking ou sup
posed that It had been fired to warn
Johnny thnt the fight wns on.
Then commenced the most remarka
ble firing that crowd had ever seen.
From the holes In Johnny's hatband
enmo a series of smoke puffs, accom
panied by Bluup reports, johnny's
head wns seen to bend slightly, as
though he wero aiming, no also turn
ed to tho right or to the left that ho
might bring other holes In his hat
band to bear on his enemy. Jim wns
so astonished that he forgot to firo till
ono of the bullets sent from his ene
my's hat pierced his sldo nnd par
alyzed nil effort. He fell nnd was
picked up by his friends, nnd Johnny
passed mi.
ne had rigged short pistol bnrrels in
his hat; also n battery with wires
leading from It to circuit making keys
In his pocket.
OADM AKIN
IMPORTANCE OF GOOD ROADS. I
By Professor W. C. Palmer, Agrlcul- J
; tural College, North Dakota.
' Tho value of good roads Is ofton I
not appreciated by tho farmers aa
much as It should be. Of courso tho 1
burden of making tho better roads
falls directly on them, which Is an
other sldo to the problem. Tho nver
nge cost of hauling a ton ono mile on
tho ordinary country roads Is 25
cents, whllo the avcrago price of haul- j
lng one ton one mile on tho railroads
Is three-quarters of 1 cent. In other
1 words, tho cost of hauling is thirty
1 three times ns much with team and
I wagon ns with steam. This has been
1 accomplished by a number of factors.
Some of these can be and must bo
considered In mnklng good roads, that
is, to havo a good hard road bed and
to eliminate grades. Tho railroads do
' not as a rule have a grado of moro
1 than 3 per cent.; some of them have
j adopted 2 per cent, as tho maximum
grade. Two per cent, would mean a
riso of two feet in 100 feet. This
would not be considered much of a
grado on tho ordinary road, but this
Is tho way It works out:
j A team can exert a pull of a short
distance of one-half Its weight, but
for ordinary work the load It can pull
should not be over one-tenth tho
! weight of tho team. For Instance, a
team weighing 3,000 pounds can ex
ert a pull of 300 pounds that la,
when It 1b to continue the work for,
say, ten hours; whllo for a small
1 stretch It would be able to exert a
' pull of 1,500 pounds. This, however,
Is putting forth all the energy of
' which they are capable. It has also
been found that the pull required to
I take a ton over the ordinary roads Is
160 pounds. Supposing, then, that
the load is one ton and tho wagon
weighs 1,300 pounds; this would make
a total of 3,300 pounds, and at the
rato of 160 pounds per ton would
' make a total of 264 pounds a little
less than the team is capable of haul
ing. In fact, it could very nicely han
dle 500 pounds moro, which would
bring tho pull up to 300 pounds, and
making the load 2,500 pounds. This,
however, is for the level. As a grade
is approached this, of course, will bo
Increased. A 5 per cent, grade would
Increase the draft of the wagon and
load of 3,300 pounds by 315 pounds,
bringing it up to 579 pounds, which is
, almost twice what the team can han
dle as a regular thing. If the grade
is increased to 20 per cent, or twenty
feet In a hundred feet, the draft on
this same load would come to a lit
tle over 1,500 pounds, or the maxi
mum that this team could pull when
exerting Its utmost power. Any grado
beyond this would mean that the load
1 would have to be reduced, and In fact
no team should be required to have to
pull to Its maximum capacity. From
1 this, then, It is evident that increas
ing the grade Increases the draft very
fast, and hence grades should bo
eliminated as far as It Is possible.
On a macadam road a team can pull
three times as much on the level as
on a good earth road, but tho in
creaso in draft upgrade remains tho
same as on the earth road so that a
grade would be more objectionable on
a macadam road than on a poor road.
On tho level a 3,000-pound team could
easily handle four ions, while tho
maximum grade that it could pull up
with such a load would be a 10 per
cent, grado, and even that Is mora
than should be expected from the
, team.
! Thero Is n very marked tendency
in tho west of running roads on tho
section lines. This Is good where tho
land Is level, but where there are hills
it is usually advisable to go around
rather than to go over them, at least
whero this can be done, and thus
avoid a steeper grado. There is also
this objection to cuts and tills that It
brings up a soil that Is not good for
roadmaking and one that washes
easily, and tho expense of cutting
down hills Is usually greater than
would bo the cost of buying a right-of-way
around the hill and thus avoid
the grade. Railroad engineers will
make considerable curves in the roada
In order to -avoid grades, nnd they
havo tho problem very carefully
studied out, and they will often mako
a detour of a good many miles In or
der to avoid a grado.
1 Having to haul tho produco from
tho farm to the market over a poor
road adds to tho co3t of production,
and again a good roaa that can be de
pended on in all seasons brings tho
farmers several miles nearer town,
and It also Increases tho value of tho
I land considerably, as the buyer will
pay quite a bit moro for land that
ho can reach with a good road than
, for land that Is hard to reach on ac-
I count of poor roads, due either to
steep grades or to the poor quality of
1 tho roadbed. Tho main thing In a
new country, howover, Is getting tho
I roads laid out in tho right place, as it
Is not nn easy matter to change them
after they have once been established
and money exponded on thorn.
A Poor Excuse,
Poverty Is a poor excuse for not
making an investment which is suro
to double capital. Some counties, un
able to accomplish what tboy wished
otherwise, have issued bonds and aro
putting their proceeds into this most
substantial of improvements. Atlan
ta Constitution.
SIIKKIFF'S SALK OF VALUABLE
UHAL KSTATK.-By virtue of process
issued out of tho Court of Common
Picas of Wayno county, and State of
I'onnsylvanln, nnd to mo directed
and delivered, I havo levied on ana
will exposo to public bbIo, nt the
Court HotiBo in Honcsdnlo, on
Kit! DA V, JAX. IK, 1011, ii 1 M.
All thoso two parcels of land, sit
uate In Mount Pleasant township,
Wnyno county, Pennsylvania.
Tho first: Beginning nt tho south
easterly corner of lot of land In tho
possession of Thomas Meagher, Jr.,
nt a point In the middle of said road,
running thenco by tho said Meagher
land north eighty-four degrees west
two hundred twenty-eight rods to a
corner; thence south six degrees
west seventy rods to a corner; thence
south eighty-four degrees east two
hundred twenty-eight rods to tho
middle of said road; thenco along
the mlddlo of said road to place of
beginning, containing 100 acres more
or less.
Excepting nnd reserving from
above described lot about two and
one-fourth acres as reserved In deed
dated Aug. G, 1904, from C. F.
Wright et al. to Marian R. Huga
boom, also excepting 285 perches of
land which Marian R. Hugnboom et
al. by deed dated Sept. 2, 1904, re
corded In Wayno county In Deed
Book 93, page 24, granted to Morris
Meagher.
The second lot: Beginning at the
southwest corner In center of the
Belmont and Oquaga Turnpike road,
and the south line of land of James
Dalphen; thence north eighty-two
degrees east ono hundred forty-nine
and five-tenths rods to the middle of
west branch of Lackawaxen creek;
thence southward along center of
said creek sixty-live and two-tenth
rods to corner of land of Oscar
Bates; thence south eighty-two de
grees west by said lino of Bates to
a corner In the center of said turn
piko road; thence north along said
Turnpike road sixty-five and two
tenths rods to place of beginning,
containing 50 acres, more or less.
Being same lot which Oscar Bates
sold to Marian R. Hugaboom on land
contract dated Nov. 8, 1901.
The first lot is unimproved and the
second lot Is Improved with a frame
.house and barn, and a portion of land
Is cultivated.
Seized and taken In execution as
the property of Marian Hugaboom
and H. C. Noble, M. D., at tho suit of
Wayne County Savings Bank. No. 11,
March Term, 1908. Judgment, ?400.
Kimble, Attorney.
ALSO
All that certain piece or parcel of
land, situate in the township of
Scott, county of Wayne, and State of
Pennsylvania, bounded and described
as follows:
Beginning at a pine stump on the
bank of the west branch of the Dela
ware River and running south seven
three degrees east twenty rods to a
to a stake; thence south seventy
three degrees east twentyrods to a
stake on the river road; thence south
one and one-half degrees east fifty
two rods to a stake In the creek
road; thenco south twenty-flvo de
grees west thirty-four rods to a
stones corner; thence south seventy
three and one-half degrees west
fourteen rods to a stake; thence
south eighty-three and one-half de
grees west twelve rods; thence south
seventy-five degrees west, fourteen
rods to a stake; thence south seven
teen degrees west fifty rods to a
hemlock tree; thenco south eighty-
seven degrees east thirty rods to a
stones corner; thence north seventy
degrees east forty rods to a stones
corner; thenco north fourteen and
three-fourth degrees west forty-six
rods to a stones by tho creek;
thenco north sixty-one degrees east
fifty-one rods down tho creek to a
stake; thence north sixteen degrees
east twenty-nine rods to a stake
down tho creek; thenco north two
degrees east forty-six rods to a
stake; thence north fifty-six degrees
east eight rods to a stake; thence
north twenty-llvo and three-fourth
degrees cast ten rods to a stake;
thenco north forty-three degrees
west, sixteen rods to a stake; thence
south eighty degrees west, thirty-live
rods to a stake and thence north
eighty-five degrees west twenty rods
to the place of beginning; containing
forty-six acres of land moro or less.
Being the same land that Marvin
Wheeler conveyed to Rebecca G.
Moro by deed recorded In D. B. No.
41, pago 398. Also part of Lot No.
10 upon which Rebecca More now
lives, containing 10G acres, excepting
one-half acres fenced for burying
ground and about one-half acres sold
1). L. Demoney. Said lot being situ
ate in Buckingham township. Also
excepting ten ncres sold to the Ball's
Kddy Chemical Company.
The land intended to be convoyed
being same which is described In
deed from Wm. H. Stone, ndm'r of
Rebecca G. Moro to Clair E. More,
D. B. 85, pago 94. Upon said land
Is a frame house, two barns and over
ono hundred acres of tho land Is im
proved.
Seized and taken In execution ns
tho property of Clair E. More, nt tho
suit of Leauder Howard assigned to
C. V. Moro to tho uso of Edwin N.
i lumenfelt. No. 95, October Term,
1910. Judgment. ?94&.
Kimble, Attorney.
TAKE NOTICE All bids and costs
must bo paid on day of sale or deeds
will not bo acknowledged.
M. LEE BRAMAN, Sheriff.
Honcsdnlo, Pa., Dec. 10, 1910.
M. LEE BRAMAN
EVERYTHING IN LIVERY
Buss for Every Train and
Town Calls.
Horses always for sal
Boarding and Accomodation:
for Farmers
Prompt and polite attention
at all times.
AliliEN HOUSE BARN
NOTICE !
A meeting of tho stockholders
of tho Honesdalo National Bank will
bo held In tho banking hotiso of tho
said bank In tho borough of Hones
dale, Wnyno county, Tuesday, Jan.
10, 1911, between tho hours of 2 nnd
4 o'clock p. m. for tho purposo of
electing directors and transacting nny
other business that mny bo brought
notoro tno stockholders. E. F. Tor
rey, Cashier. Honesdalo, Pa., Dec.
14th, 1910.
NOTICE OK ELECTION.
Notice Is hereby given that the
annual meeting of THE WAYNE
COUNTY FARMERS' MUTUAL
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY will
bo held In the olllco of tho conipnny,
in Honesdalo, on
Monday, January 2, 1011,
at 10 o'clock a. m. for tho transac
tion of general business, and that an
olection will bo held at tho same
placo of meeting between tho hours
of one and four p. m. of said day,
for tho purposo of electing ten mem
bers of said company to sorvo as
Directors for tho ensuing year.
Every person insured In said com
pany Is a member thereof and en
titled to ono vote,
At said meeting the members will
also vote for the approval or disap
proval of the following amendments
to tho Constitution, which were
submitted by resolution of tho di
rectors at a regular meeting on
August 31, 1910.
AMENDMENTS.
First Resolved that Article Flvo
of the Constitution which reads as
follows: "The Business and affairs
of the Company shall bo managed
by a board of Directors, to be com
posed of ten members of tho com
pany who are to be chosen annually
by the members of tho company,
n majority of whom shall constitute
a quorum to transact business; they
shall fix the compensation of all offi
cers; fill the vacancies occurring by
resignation and otherwise, until the
next succeeding election. The elec
tion for said directors shall be held
annually at Honesdalo, on the first
Monday of January of each year,
between the hours of 1 and 4 o'clock
p. m., said election to be by ballot,
subject to the directions and pro
visions of the Act of Assembly un
der which this company is incor
porated," be amended so as to read
when amended as follows: "The
business and affairs of the Company
shall be managed by a Board of Di
rectors, to be composed of ten mem
bers of the Company, who are to be
chosen annually by members of tho
Company, a majority of whom shall
constitute a quorum to transact
business; they shall fix the compen
sation of all officers; fill tho vacan
cies occurring by resignation or
otherwise, until the next succeeding
olection. The said election for di
rectors shall bo held annually at
Honesdale, on the first Monday of
January of each year, between the
hours of ono and two o'clock p. m.,
said election to be by ballot, sub
ject to the directions and provisions
of the Act of Assembly under which
tho company is incorporated."
Second And that Article 8 of the
Constitution which reads as follows:
"Buildings that are Insured In any
other insurance Company shall not
be Insured in this Company, and no
property outside the limits of Wayne
county, and Palmyra and Greene
township, Pike county, will be re
ceived for insurance by this Com
pany," bo amended so as to read
when amended as follows: "Build
ings that are insured in other in
surance companies may bo Insured
in this Company only when tho con
sent of the ngent and secretary of
this Company Is duly written In the
policy, and the territory for writing
insurance In this Company, shall be
Wayne and Pike counties and such
additional territory as the majority
of the directors at their regular
meeting may determine.
PERRY A. CLARK,
Secretary.
December 3, 1910. 97eoi4
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HONESDAIiK, PA.
How the Scarecrow Earns Warps.
As ho stnnda In tho middle of iho
flit Suffolk field there Is little tr
show that ho Is not tho ordlnnry 'n
anlmato scarecrow. Ho stands n n
tl mless for five tnlnutea nt a ti n,
rtnn only when a bird Is temptc 1 r
t. fresh corn Just nppearlng nbrvu
tVie ground docs ho show any sir.n rt
1 fp. But then it is that the som
Ferow moves; ho nits an old tin -n
with the rusty handle of n snove
frightens the blrdi and makej t
Py quickly out of night. i'
v rn-ls his day this old bent man
nt tho end ho Is paid 18 pence.
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Is tho vlllago scarerrow.
Daily Mall.
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Forest Fires.
Thero Is one fenture which ' t
not always enter Into expert r
mates of the world's timber supi' ,
and that Is tho terrible preva'on e
of destructive forest fires whle m
nually devastate enormous tra j
both In the United States and Canada
More destruction Is wrought by th 'a
terrible outbreaks In a few days, par
ticularly In pine and fir forests, than
.ould bo brought about by years of
legitimate felling. Timber Trades'
Journal.
An Epitaph.
Beneath this stone lies Mary Oreen,
In prlmo of life she quit this scene:
She died the victim of a cough.
Too soon, too soon, she took 'em off.
Detroit Freo Press.
Another Problem.
Why does the general housework
t refuse to wash windows on a sun
ih ny day? Why does sho Insist In
putting off that Job until cloudy
father?
If you already take this paper bo
sure that when the subscription runs
out that you will renew again.
mmam:aam:untttmamma
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