Evening Star Newspaper, August 15, 1896, Page 15

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1896—-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. 15 HONEY eee REES. Worker, Carniolan variety of Apis mellifica—twice natural size. Giant honey bee of East India (Apis dorsata), worker—twice natural size. Giant honey bee of East India (Apis dorsata), drone—twice natural size. Drone, Carntolan variety of Apis meilifica—twice natural size. Queen, Carniolan variety of Apis mellifica—twice natural size. BUSY HONEY MAKERS The Interesting Occupation of Bee Culture Explained. ae QUEENS, DRONES, WORKERS, ROBBERS Human Conditions Reproduced in the Hives. SS GREAT PROFITS MADE Written for The Evening Star. sie tD YOU EVER ie hear of robber bees, that wage fierce war Val on other colonies of bees and relentlessly carry off every drop of honey belonging to thevanquished? Well, there are such, in real truth. Their only cbject is plunder. When they set out on a robbing expedition they select as their point of attack a neighboring defenseless colony, that has been disorganized through loss of its queen or demoralized through bad management. ‘The burglaries of robber bees are especially frequent when forage !s scarce in the field, and when they see stores of honey in hives other then their own, poorly guarded. In such attacks they kill thousands of the de- fenders, and leave the remainder to starve miserably, while they themselves make off with the spoil. They seem to have no code of morals that inclines them to select ax opponents forces equal in strength to their own. With them “all's fair in war.” A great stir and loud buzzing in the hive of the conquerors attest their rejoicing over their 1ll-gotten gains. It is always to the interest of the bee-owner to stop this demoralizing business, and the quicker the better. An Interesting chapter on robber bees, as well as a great quantity of other quaint and curious facts about bees, 1s contained in a timely bulletin just issued by the di- vision of entomology, United States De- partment of Agriculture. The importance ward indications immediately preceding the phenomenon are a partial cessation of fieki work on the part of colonies that have hitherto been industriously gathering honey, and the loitering of these workers in squads and clusters at the entrances of the hive. Apparently many are await- ing the signal to strike or migrate, while some seem not yet to have caught the spirit of unrest, but remain at their work. Sud- denly great excitement seizes the workers tkat happen to be inside the hive. They rush forth pell-mell, accompanied by the old queen, and, after circling about for some minutes, cluster on some neighboring tree or shrub. The immediate conditions that incite a colony to swarm are an abundant secre- tion of honey and general prosperity of the colony, with combs crowded with bees and brood. As the bees before swarming usually fill their little “knapsacks” with honey and are quite peaceable, there is seldem much difficulty in hiving them again by the use of a little smoke. If the cluster should be on a emall limb that can readily be cut off, it can be laid down in front of a new hive. The bees will then go trooping in contentedly, but if they do not move fast enough a little gentle urg- ing of the rear guard with a feather will hasten them. CUpping the Queen's Wings. To prevent swarms from absconding and to facilitate the work of hiving them, as well as to keep track more easily of the age of queens, many bee culturists prefer to clip the wings of the queens as soon as mated. The first season one of the large cr primary wings is clipped half way; at the opening of the second season the other large wing, and the third season an addi- ticnal clip is taken from one of the large wings, and with it a portion of one of the secondsry or smaller wings. The loyalty of a colony to their queen is proverbial, and it Js principally by operating upon this instirct that bee culturists manage the work of a colony. Each colony of bees in good condition at the cpening of a season contains a laying queer and some 50,000 to 40,000 worker bees, er six to eight quarts by measure- ment. Besides this there should be four to six combs fairly stocked with developing brecd, with a good supply of honey about Several hundred drones may als> present. Under normal conditions the queen lays all the eggs that are deposited in the hive, being able to deposit as many as 4,000 eggs in twenty-four hours. Ordinarily she mates but once, flying out from the hive to mect the drone—the male bee—high in the air, when from five to nine days old. If the eggs are fertilized they develop into work- ers or queens, according to the character of food given and the size and shape of the cells; if unfertilized, into drones. The queen's life may extend over a period of four or five years. Aetive Workers. Upon the workers, which are undevelop- ed females, devolves all the labor of gath- AN APIARY IN MARYLAND. of the bee industry In the Untted States to- day is not generaily realized, for despite it has developed chiefly within the last forty years, {ts present magnitude is sutpris- ingly enormous. It is shown that the pres- ent annual value of bee products in this country is not far from $20,000,000. The honey and wax alone produced in 1890 and sold at wholesale rates netted $7,000,000. An Army of Apiarist It fs calculated that 300,000 persons in the United States are engaged in the culture of bees. In the year 1889 nearly 64,000,000 pounds of honey were produced by them, as compared with 14,000,000 pounds in 1860. There are now running in this country fif- teen steam factories, besides a large num- ber of smaller establishments, for the man- ufacture of bee hives and aplarian imple- ments. It is estimated by the experts of the Department of Agriculture that the present existing flora of the United States could undoubtedly support ten times the number of colonies that {t now maintains. ‘Worker Cells of Common Honey Hees. This branch of agricultural industry does not tmpoverish the soil in the least, but, on tho contrary, resulis in better seed and frult crops. Recent investigatiors by the Department of Agriculture show that certain varieties ft ‘3 are nearly or quite sterije until eg pollen from other distant va- rietios for their cross-fertilizat: on. These busy Uttle producers of “the nec- ter of the gods” are truly wonderful enttires, aud their methods of life and activity offer a fascinating study in the gountry, <r ‘ty In these long August days. Many of their habits and instincts = strikingly suggestive of human na- ure, Like a Workingmen's Sirike, Thus the swarming of an increasing golony closely resembles a strike of work- {ngmen or operatives in a mill, The out- ering honey, pollen and glue, bringing wa- ter, secreting wax, building combs, draught- ing designs, stopping up crevices in the hive, nursing the brood and defending the hive from invasion. To do all this, they are furnished with highly specialized or- gans. The drones seem to have no other office oxcept that connected with reproduc- tion and contributing to the general warmth of the hive, necessary to the devel- opment of the brood. ‘The liquid secreted in flowers is usually quite thin, containing, when just gathered by the bee, a large percentage of water. The bee sucks or laps it up from such flow ¢fs ag it can reach with its flexible tongue. This nectar is taken into the honey sac, lo- cated in the abdomen, for transportation to the hive. It {s possible that part of the water Is eliminated by the gatherer before {t reaches the hive. However this may be, evaporation takes place rapidly in the heat of the hive after the nectar or thin honey has been stored, as it is temporarily, in open cells. Besides being thin, the nectar has at first a Taw, rank taste, generally the flavor and odor peculiar to the plant from which it was gathered, and this is fre- quently far from agreeable. To make from this raw product the delicious and health- ful table luxury of cured honey 1s one of the special functions of the worker bee. ‘The first step is the stationing of workers in lnes near the hive entrances. ‘These, by incessantly buzzing their wings, drive cue. Tents of air into and out of the hive and over the comb surfaces. If the hand be held Sietorss the entrance at such a time & rong ourrent of warm al: sieved oure Ir may be felt Ripening the Nectar. The loud buzzing heard at night during the summer time is due to the wings of workers engaged chiefly in ripening nectar. Instead of being at rest, as Many suppose, the busy workers ‘are caring for the last lot of gathered nectar and making room for more. ‘This may go on far into the Right, or even all night, the aotivity ang loudness being Poet to the amount and thinness of the liquid. Frequently thé pees honey 1g removed from one set of cells and pce in otharg, incidental to the manipulation the bees subject it to. When finally the process has been complet- ed, the water constituent is found to have been reduced to 10 or 12 per cent, and gll disagreeable odors and Aevors Pol ly been Gfiven the due to volatile oils, have off In a great measure by the heat oi hive, largely generated by the bees. Dur- ing the manipulation a subtle antiseptic, formic acid, secreted by glands in the head of the bee, has been added. The queen, by a natural instinct, fites out to mate. Should she be lost, no: more fer- tilized eggs would be deposited in the hive, and the old workers gradually dying off without being superseded by- young cnes, the colony would become extinct in a few months or meet a speedier fate through ‘ntruders—wax moths, wasps or robber bees. The production of many drones is accordingly provided for, so that young queens flying out to mate will not incur too many risks from birds and insect ene- mies. But the loss of queens while ffying out to mate is evidently one of tne pro- visions of nature to prevent bees from un- due multiplication, for were there no such checks they would become a pest in the land. On the other hand, the risk to the queen is not uselessly increased, for she usually mates but once during her life. Shipping Queens by Mail. Queen bees are transported nowadays al- most invariably by mail, and sent to all parts of the United States, and even ‘to distant foreign countries, in a cage of di- minutive pattern constructed for the pur- pose. The food usually employed in these cages by queen breeders is a soft candy made by kneading fine sugar and honey tegether until a stiff dough is formed. The food for the journey having been plae- ed in the end of the cage opposite that con- taining the ventilating holes, a bit of hon- eycomb is pressed down over it to assist in retaining the moisture. The cover, with a bit of wire cloth between it and the bees, for greater security, together with the ad- dress and a one-cent stamp, completes the transportation arrangements for a queen and eight or ten attendant workers for a journey of 3,000 miles. A special postal regulation admits them to the mails at merchandize rates—1 cent per ounce. A re- cent estimate by cne of the apiarian jour- nals places the number of queens sold and thus transported through the mails an- nually at 20,000. The different races of bees vary material- ly from each other in :ndividual qualities, such as temper, spirit, tractability, pug- nacity, industry, courage, honey-getting capacity, endurance of cold and character and flavor of product. Besides the common or brown Germ.in bee, imported from Eu- rope to this country some time in the sev- enteenth century and now widely diffused from the Atlantic to the Pacific, several other races have been brought into the United States and acclimated—the Italian in 1860, and later the Egyptian, the Cy- prian from the Island of Cyprus, the Syr- ian, the Palestine, the Tunisian and the Car- niolan from Carntola, Austria. Of these the Comb of Tiny East Indian Honey Bee (Apis Florea); One-Third Natural Size. brown or black German, the Italian and the Carniolan are probably the only races existing pure in the United States, the others having become more or less mixed. Egyptian bees were tried here some thirty years ago, and, like the Syrians and Pales- tines imported in 1880, they were condamn- ed as inferior in temper and wintering qualities to the other races, despite their greater fecundity and greater energy in honey collecting. Different Races. Native Cyprian bees have produced the largest yield of honey on record from a sin- gle colony in this country—1,000 pounds in a single season. They winter well, and de- fend their hives against enemies with grcat- er energy than any other race. But they are extremely sensitive, and when aroused are decidedly energetic in the use of their stings. Yet, unlike Italians and common bees, they never volunteer an attack when undisturbed. Italian bees of pure strain were introduced into the United States direct from Italy in 1860, through the agency of the Department of Agriculture. They are gentler under manipulation than black bees, though they do not winter as well in severe climates. The Carniolans, from the elevated Alpine province of Austria, are the gentlest of all Taces, and also winter the best of any. By crossing Carniolans with Italians, or with Cyprians, a yellow type with silvery rings is produced, and by continued selection in breeding the gentle disposition of the Car- niolans can be secured with the greater heney-gathering powers of the Italians or the Cyprians. ‘The German or common black and brown bees. are found nearly everywhere in this country, both wild and domesticated. It is not known exactly when they were intro- duced here from Europe, but evidence ex- ists that there were no hive bees in this country for a considerable time after the first colonies were founded, and that they did not reach the Mississippi until near the close of the last century. They possess good wintering and comb-bullding qualities, and when the flow of honey is abundant they generally equal the Italians in gathering. ‘When the flow is scant, however, they are easily discouraged. The same care and skill applied in the selection of breeding stock of this race that are devoted to the more at- tractive yellow races would doubtless re- salt in a great improvement of many quali- les. a eg cee a Eyesight in Town and Country. From the London Telegraph. Shortsightedness and other defects of vision are happily not so prevalent among cbildren attending elementary schools in London as was feared two years ago, when irquiry into the subject was initiated by the education department. Mr. Brudenell Carter, who voluntarily conducted an ex- tensive investigation, observes, in his re- Port, that the great cause of alarm to school managers has now for some years been progressive myopia, but he has failed to find evidence of any extended existence of this condition. He points out that “vis- fon, like every other nerve function, must be cultivated for attainment of a high de- gree of excellence. The visual power of London children is not fostered by their environment. They see the other side of the street in which they live and the carts and omnibuses of the thoroughfares. They scarcely ever have the visual attention strongly directed to any object which it is difficult to observe, and hence their seeing function is never exerted, or at least is not habitually used, to anything like what eae be the extent of its powers. With a country child the case is widely different. He has an expanse of landscape before him, presenting numerous objects rendered small by distance. He finds attractions in every hedgerow—flowers, insects, birds, nests, many of them disguised by their re- semblarce in color to their surroundings, and requiring close scrutiny in order that they may be distinguished. His eyes are exercised beneficially in his daily life, and bis vision would probably be found some- what to exceed the very moderate standard of normality, uae as that of the town child is apt to fall befow it.” He recommends that an effort should be made tn London to cultivate “‘the art of seeing,” and suggests that public competitions should be held for excellence of vision, for which prizes should be awarded. = The Best Man. From the Melbourne Times. Pretty Housemaid- the O'Flaherty wedding Coachman—“I wor.” Pretty Housemaid—“An’ who was the best man? Soachinan—‘It wor Dennis O'Toole. I seen him wallop three of the biggest chaps in the room afore the plisintries wor over.” —__———_+o- Explained. From the Somerville Journal.¢ Ned—“Why, I never saw a lovelier girl than Miss Atherton, and she seems to be very fond of you. What do you mean by saying that epete. are weighty objections to ‘Have you ever seen her father?” Jace Fuck—"well, ‘he welghs 240 pounds. THE YELLOW ENVELOPE — Fred. L. Cowles, in “Short, Stories.”” It was in what le picturesque, gray- hatred clerks now too often term “the good old spoils days,” in,gbe gepartmental ser- vice at Washington. He was not much more than a boy wheh he €ame to us, and was assigned to a dgsk next to mine. He had come from some impossible place away out west, “just to knock off the corners a Uttle,” he said to me in a burst of confi- dence, truly western} warranted by our one- hour acquaintance. | “Got tired of being hemmed in by thé old: mountains, you know, not seeing the sun’ more than four hours a day, when It’s directly overhead— always lived out west, never-east of the Missouri river before; just wanted to see- what it's like to live in the east awhile; going back next spring to develop the Gen. Grant mine that I've an interest in; wouldn't live here longer than sf< months for the White Heise.” He was a frank, winning boy—a little wild at times, but we liked him none the less for that, for he was always so repent- ant in the abasement of the next ‘day’s headache. He did chatter a good deal, it's true; told slangy stories, and I am afraid our “efficiency record’ suffered, both in “amount of work done” and “correctness,” from listening to them—but, then, his stories were always breezy and had point, that is more than I could se?» for the army stories of Col. Mixsell, whose desk was on iry right; he, the colonel, was apt to be a Uttle prosy at times from mixing humor with pessimistic philosophy. The two rows of desks. in which ours were located had been dubbed “intellectual row” by envious clerks on the other side of the room, because in our leisure mo- ments we had chiefly discussed and specu- lated upon impersonal subjects, but with the advent of our young friend, John Brad- ford, or, as he preferred to be called, Jack Bradford, intellectual row soon degenerated into “fresh alley.” “They are always going back next spring or next fall,” the colonel remarked musing- ly, as he saw Jack rushing out at luncheon time to find “that place where you can get a bully plate of raws fcr 10-cents, better than we get cut home for six bits!" ‘They all say that, but they don’t go; it's a to- morrow that never comes; they're like the lotus eaters, gradually they lose the incli- nation, finally the strength. They stay here, on and on, until they die—or get the yellow envelope that contains their: dis- missal. He wen’t go back in the spring, the rext spring or the spring after that; his in- fluence is too good; he'll stay here as long as he can; see if he don't!” I made no re- ply, He v.as not talking to me, besides I did not half like {t; someway ¥ had faith in the boy. There is no doubt that for some time af- ter Jack came among us the “grind” didn’t seem so hard; his cptimism seemed infec- tious; he worked a8 fast as he talked, and seemed to regard it as pastime; never got tred or blue. I soun leained from him a great many things that I had orly thought of in a vague way befcre; how mines were located, the working of silver mills, that~ ‘Noble Red Men” would lie, steal and-heg,.. and weré very, very dirty. I became deeply in- terested in the Rough and’ Ready-heok and ladder team of Goldburg, of which Jack had been foreman when they won the sil- ver champion belt at the territorial tourna- ment in the unparalleled time of twenty-six and a half seconds. Think of it! they ran 500 yards or 500 feet—I am not sure which he said, but it was a lang way-—with a heavy truck, from which they snatched ‘a thirty-fogt ladder, stood it up in the middle of the road, started a man from the ground, and his hand touchéd the top ‘rung In twen- ty-six and a half ‘seconds! Magnificent, wasn’t it? Yes, Jack would go back and tell the “boys” just how: far behind the times the effete east was. Col. Mixsell doubted it, but I was sure of it, and I was glad that he had come; it would prove, an Interesting experiericé to him; besides, yes he was a little rough in places,-as, he: had said, and a little rounding and polishing might do him good in Mamie’s eyes. Ma< mie—I had come to knowj her, too, from him. She was a. geod littfe girl, with big brown eyes, and the played the organ _in the Presbyterian Church gt Goldburg. She would be plcased: when Jick came home, looking so handsome in the nobby suit of clothes made: for -him by ‘Washington's most fashionable. tailor. ‘Jack was to keep straight for two years; he promised her that a year ago; “and, by George,” he had dene so, barring, shamefaeedly, a few little lapsew that, like Rip Van Winkle’s, didn’t count. . ae In a short time he had to “do” society, “just to write her about it, you know. She's tead’ a’ good deal abpyt, receptions and the like, but my letters make thei seem different, somehow. Not. so wicked as she imagined. Wicked! well I should say they ain't. They are nothing but church sociables at a masquerade. I wouldn't go to the blamed things if it wasn't for the pretty girls—and the punch. They generally have a whole raft of nice looking girls; but I haven't seeri any as pretty as Méffite, excepting, maybe, Milas: Rignold.” Then, there was an exception. J was sorry to hear thht. But she helped to’make Jack's only winter in Washington. gay and happy: that was’ something. | ft’ would please Mamfe when Jack told her about it next spring: at least I thought it would, and sald as much to Jack. He re- plied, “Quien sabe?’ with a most expres- sive shrug of the shoulders, I do not know what he meant exactly," ab T Hever studied foreten languages, and we tyrn foreign letters over to the translator's desk; but I suppose he agreed with that view of it. It was in June when I straightened up my desk—by locking up penholders, pencils, paper-weights and other portable articles, preparatory to going away on my annual lJeave—that I mentioned to Jack how sorry I would be to find another man at his desk when I came back, and how much I would miss him. He laughed, a little constrain- edly, I thought, and said, ‘“‘Well, old man, I guess I won't say good-bye just yet; the fact 1s, I have concluded.to stay and take @ course at law school.” I am afraid that was the moment when my confidence in hit was first shaken— yes, it was a distinct shock, and I could not’ help murmuring, “But, Jack—Mamie— what does she think of that? does she censent to have you stay away so long?” Perhaps I should not have said so much, but I could not help thinking of her dis- appointment, and feeling sorry for her. He evaded the question, and gave me less of his confidence after that. Well, he went through.law school, but it was @ drag upon him,, any one could see that: he did not take ah honor, and I must own that I did not expect him to. I was at the commencement exercises the night he graduated, and for a moment I was again proud of him when he stepped forth to receive his diploma; surely he will go back to Mamie and his old home now, I thought. But he did not He was at his desk the next morning, looking a little seedy, which he explained was from celebrating his freedom. “Fresh alley” had now lost its title, for there was nothing distinctive about it, as Jack had become much the same as the rest of us. At times:he wotlld be depressed, then we knew he was in debt; and again he was facetious and happy, and then we knew ho was in love. 1 Six times had the sweet’ magnolia in La- fayette Park bloomed and shed its fra- grance since Jack first anounced.that he was going home in'the spring; but he had seen each blooming,,and gut off going, as he said, that he might see it bloom just once more. Rather # sorry joke, I thought, as I stopped under jit om! my way home from his wedding, gt the:residence of the bride, Miss Rignold, on 1th street. Although it had cen a pretty wédding, the bride and presents unexceptional, I felt as I stood under thé:old tree it would have been better had Jack gone home that spring, back to Goldburg,{where they were glad to sge young;:men succeed, back to the little Presbyterian chugch and its pretty. organist. 7 3 After he returned from; his wedding trip Jack worked harder, and seemed more as he did when he first came to us. He was going to buy a home, and by and by he was going ‘to get out of this grind,” and work for himself. Together we went over many plans for his new house; I was to board with him and have a room for myself, just as I had always wanted one. Helen, Jack’s wife, was a very likable little woman, I found, though to my mind a bit too frivolous to be a good balance for a man like Jack; not serious and helpful, as Mamie would have been, I was sure, though of course I did not say so to Jack. Then the beby came—and a fine he was, too—but he postponed the building of the house, so he kept on renting. I dop’t know how it came about—for I am an old bachelor with no ohe to look after but myrelf, and my salary, same aa Jack's, gives me every comfort and $10 every Christmas for my not too numerous nephews and nieces—but ‘they could not make their incomes and expenses meét. Perhaps it started with the $200 he bor- Gladness Comes Wit a better understanding cf the transient nature of the many phys- ical ills, which vanish before proper ef- forts—gentle efforts—pleasant efforts— rightly directed. There is comfort in’ the knowledge, that so many forms of sickness are not due to any actual dis- ease, but simply to a constipated condi- tion of the system, which the pheasant family laxative, Syrup of Figs, alia ly removes. That is hy it is the onl remedy with millions of families, andis everywhere esteemed so highly by all who value health. Its beneficial effects are due to the fact, that itis the one remedy which promotes internal cleanliness without debiliteting the organs on which it acts. It is therefore all important, in order to get its bene- ficial effects, to note when you pur- chase, that you have the genuine arti- cle, which is manufactu by the Cali- fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by all reputable druggists. If in the enjoyment of good health, and the system is regular, laxatives or other remedies are then not needed. If afflicted with any actual disease, one mzy be commended to the most skillful physicians, but if in need of a laxative, one should have the best, and with the well-informed everywhere, Syrup of Figs stands highest and is m dargely used and gives most general satisfac rowed at 5 per cent-a month, when he went upon his wedding journey, or he may have Lad responsibilities that none of us krew about—that 1s very often the case— anyway, they were sadly in debt always, and just es if they were not, within the year after baby Frank came Jack joined an expensive club, and spent most of his time there after office. It was none of my business, but I knew tbat he could not af- ford it, and I remonstrated with him upon the extravagance. He replied, with that Mexican shrug trat I was beginning to hate, “Why not? Must enjoy myself some time—somewhere. At home I am not in it with Helen’s baby, and see here, old man, don’t pay any attention to us for awhil things are not running very smooth just Of course it led to the old story; the butcher, the groceryman, the what-not <lamorous; a neglected ‘wife, strangely makirg herself less attractive by fault finding and sharp words; finally she went home to her mother. Then Jack took to drinking and became a chronic borrower. His friends fell off one by one until he had not an associate in the office. All last week he did not come to the office, and all last week a large yellow en- velope lay upon his desk. I tried several times to hide it behind his unfinished work, but as often as I did so some officious pe son would resurrect it and place it in full view. We all knew that it contained his dismissal, and it is hard to say whether we were glad or sorry. Last night 1 thought it best to look him up and save him the humiliation of com- ing to the office only to receive that letter. Yes, he was there. The old German saloon keeper over whose place Jack now roomed said: “Peen trinkin’ again, I Buesch, don’t it? Vos cryin’ and dakin’ on pretty padt a vile ago. I reckon he was haf dos yimyams; petter you gone on up. I peen dere directly of you vas need me I went up a pair of dark stairs to Jack's door; I knocked on it several times with- out a respgnse. Finally I pushed it open, and saw Jack leaning forward over the rough deal table, his face buried in his hands, apparently asleep. I went up to waken him. But as I did so a second glance told me he would never waken in this world, for in his right temple there was a small powder-stained hole, from which the blood was slowly trickling, and -still clutched in his hand a pistol. Upon the table lay a smail photograph, in one corner of which was written the word “Mamie,” and near it a large yellow en- velope. SS It Bent the Bike. Ficm the New York World Alongside the highway was an old farmer plowing out corm, and riding the razor- backed horse, man fashion, which drew the plow was a girl of sixteen. ““Say, you!” called the bicycle agent, as he stopped his team, “can’t I sell you a bike for your daughter there?” “Agent, eh?” queried the farmer, as he leaned on the fence. “Yes, I have the agency of a $50 bike. How many daughters have you?” “Seven.” “Then you went at least three bikes, and I'll tell you what I'll do. If you'll take three—" “Don't want ‘em!” interrupted the old man. ‘You are a week too late. Seven or eight days ago them s2ven gals was jest dyin’ fer bicycles, but I've made ’em take turns ridin’ that ole hoss fer half a day at @ time and now you couldn’t give "em a ma- chine fer nuthin’. Say, Mary!” “What, dad?” answered the girl on the horse. “Want one of them bicycles?” “Good Lawd, no!” she replied, as she wriggled about. “Let’s finish gittin’ around so’s I kin go to bed fer the rest of the week!” —_+ e+ —___ Explained at Last. From the Cincinnati Enquirer. “I don’t see any reason for calling a low saloon a joint,” said the philosophical boarder. “It is so called,” explained Asbury Pep- Pers,”” because you can find a crook in it.” ——___+e His Substitute. From the Philadelphia North Americin. Upson—You don’t go to church very often? Downs—No; I find it much more co-n- fortable sleeping on a lounge. All the Same. From the Detroit Free Press. “Is it true that young Wilson has gone on a polar expedition?” Tourist—‘But we paid you a8 wo came over,,end you sai fare would bring EA back. Skipper—“Well, Well, and I telled ye noth- ing but the truth, an’ it’ll be no more than the same fare j'm wantin’ the noo for bringin’ ye back.” HOTELS. List Appears Every Saturday. HOTEL POCKET GUIDE FREE. For Information, Circulars, etc.,of any Hotel below, Call at or address (send stamp) HOTEL TARIFF BUREAU, ( 63-Fifth Ave., New York. J { 96 Regent St., London. (248 Rue de Kivoll, Paris. (A, P. means American Plan; B. P., European.) ALBANY, N. The Kenmore, A.P., $4 do. Stanwix Hall, E.P., $1; °A.P., $3 up ALEXANDRIA BAY, N.Y..The Edgewood, A.P., $4 ASBURY PARK, N.J...Coleman House, .P., $4 up ATLANTIC €ITY,N.J..The Garden Hotel,E.P.,$2 up Qfost magniticent Hotel on Atlantic coast.) BALTIMORE, MD. -The Stafford, E. P., $1.50 ‘The Carroilion, A. -The Louisburg, A. ‘The St. Sanveur, A.P., $5 to $4 ‘The West End Hotel, A.P., $8 up -Hotel Verdome, A.P., $5 American House, E.! -Hotel St.George, E.P..$1 do. .(J. W. Blake) Clarendon Hotel, E-P., $1 BUFFALO, to $4 ‘Prospect Park Hotel, A.P., $3 CHICAGO, ILL. Victoria Hotel, A.P., $3 to $5 CINCINNATI, Oblo. .Grand Hotel, E.P., $1; A.P., $3 EASTBOUENE Eng. (Wac’g sea)Anchor H.,A.P_,$3 up JERSEY CITY, N, J..Hotel Washington, E.! LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. - do. ++-++-The Marion House. A.P., $3 up LIVERPOOL, England ....Compton Hotel, A-P., $3 LONDON, England. Hotel Cecil, E.P., $2 do. The Langham, E.P. LONG BRANCH,N.J..U. S. Hotel, A-P., §3 to $8.50 MILWAUKEE, Wis. Htl. Pfister, E.P.,§1.60;4.P.,$8.60 NAKRAGANSETT PUI. R.LNewMathewson,A.P.,§5 MEW HAVEN, Conn...Hotel Majestic, A.P., $3 up Cex, palatial, roct garden concert.) NEW YORK -Fifth Avenue Hotel, A. --The Marlicrough, E.P., $1.50; A.P., $8.50 (L. L. Todd) ‘The Vendome, E. E --(N. B. Barry) St. Cloud Hotel, E.P., $1.50 Bway & 11h st.) The St. Denis,E.P.,81. - (Wm. G. Leland) Grand Hotel, E.P., $1 up i Hotel Westininster, A.! 0 up -(W.Jobason Quinn) The Ewpire, E.P., $1 up . (E.11th st.) Albert—Bt. Stephen, E.P.,$1 up do. .(Gth ave, & 10th st.) The Grosvenor, A.P. do.(Chas.E.Leland) Hotel Balmoral, A.P.,§3 up do. .(B’way&27th) The Meiropolitan,E.P.,§1 up do.(50th st.& B'way) Hotel Pomeroy, E.P.. NIAGARA FALLS......The International, AP. OCEAN CITY, M Atlantic Motel, A.P., $8 up OLD PT. COMFURT, Va.The Chamberlin, A.P., $4 PHILADELPHIA....The Aldine Hotel, A.P., §3.50 o....The New Lafayette, E.P., $1; AP., $3 do. -Hotel Hanover, A.P., $2.60 up PHILADELPHIA. Colonnade, E.P.,81.50; A.P.,$3.50 (The finest cufsine in Philadelphia. PORTLAND, Me. The Preble House, A.P., $3 PORTSMOUTH, N. H....The Rockingham, A-P., $4 QUEBEC, Can. -Chateau Frontenac, A.P., $3.50 RICHMOND, Va. The Jefferson, A.P., $5 up aes ER, N.Y..New Osburn House, A.P., $2.50 eseeseeeees ee ees Whitcomb House, A.P., $2 up SARATOGA SPR'GS.Grand Union H't'l, ALP., $4 up do. Untted States Motel, AP., $5 SPRING LAKE BEACH, N.J.Monmouth H.,A-P_.$4 ST. LOUIS,MO.(Orep’f) Southern Hotel,A.P.,88 to $5 do. -(Greproof) The St. Nicholas, E.P., $2 js ‘ates Hotel,E.P., $1.50; A.P., $4 WASE INGTON, D.C. Arlington Hotel, A.P., $5 do. Hotel Normandie, $2; AP. $5 do ‘The Raleigh, E.P., $1.60 up do. The Ebbitt House, A.P., $4 POTOMAC RIVER BOAT: WA} EFIFLD AND T. V. ARROWSMITH FOR POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS. STEAMER WAKEFIELD LEAVES WASHING- TON, D.C, Mondays and Saturdays, 7 a.m., for intermediate lsndings to Colonial Beach, Bushirood, Ttock Point,, Colton’s and Noniini creek’ arrives at "Wastington on about 4 pm. Wednesdays, 7 for interm. diate landings to Colonial Reach, Bushwood, I Veint, Colton's, Stone's, Howard's and Cobum Novant creck; "returning, arrives at Washington ateat 1a pam. Thursdays: STEAME: OWSMITH. Mondays and Weduestay: » for Coloutal Beach, Colton’ Abell’s, Leccardtown, Nomin! creck, Piney Potu! St. George's Island, ‘Smith creek, Goan and Yeo: comtncy rivers; returning, arrives at Washington eerly Wednesday and Friday morni Saturdays, G p.m., for Riverside, Colonial Beach, Coltoa’s, Piney Point. St. George's Island, Sniith's creek. Goan snd Yeocomico rivers; returning, ar- rives at Waszington Sundays about 10 p.m. Bee ecbeCule (in effect June 27, 1896). tite CW. RIDLEY, Generai Manager. THE WEEMS STEAMBOAT CO. SUMMER SCHEDULE. Steamer Potomac will leave 7th st. wharf every SUSPAY, at 4 p.m., for Baltimore and River Landings. Steamer Sue leaves every SATURDAY, at 9 pm. for Lower River Landings, and MO DAYS, ‘at'4 p.m., for Baltimore and River Land Ings, All river freight must be prepaid. Hates given on Baltfinore freight. STEPHENSON & BRC Agents, 910 Pa. ave. Telephone 745. $y7-tf B. 8 RANDALL POTOMAG RIVER LINE— Steamer Harry Randall leaves River View Wharf, th street, Sunday, Tucsday and Thursday, at a.m., lan at all wharves as far down as Mad- dox creek, Va., including Chapel Poiut and Colonial Bench, returning op, Mondays about 9 p.to.; Wed- nesdays and Fridays about 3:30 p.m. Passenger ac- cormodations first-class. Freight received until hour of sxiling. Telephone 1765. F. A. REED & CO., E. 8. RANDALL, Agents, Alexandria. Proprietor and Mat GEO. 6. CARPINTER Gen. et $089 Washington, . C. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY. Intewded steamships sailing from To Japan anv China: EMPRESS OF JAPA’ Aug 24, Nov. 9, Feh. 1 EMPRESS OF CHINA “Sept. 14, Dec. Mar. 3 EMPRESS OF INDIA. 77 /Oct. 12, "Jan 4. 'Mar, 29 TO HONOLULU, FIL AND AUSTRALIA: MIOWERA, pt. 8. WARRIMOO, Oct. 8. satin accomn.odations very low rates, ‘or tickets and freigut rates apply 35% Broadway, N.Y. For freight rates only, 69 Wall st., N.Y. fel5-eolyr 2 ETHERLANDS LIN! From New York to Rotterdam vig Boulogne sur Mer, France, 3% hours from Paris or London. For information app! Agency, No. Broadway, agents in Waskington, D.C. EF puOor® American Line. New York-Routhampton (London-Paris) ‘Twin-screw U. 8, Mail Steamsbips, Sailing every Wednesday. St. Paul...Aug 19, 10 am) Paris... ..Sept 16, 10 am Paris. .. Aug 26, 10am New York. 5 | _ Sat., Sept 19, 10 am Aug 29, 102m St. Louis: Sept 23, 10 am Le Sept 2. 10am St. Paul...Sept 30, 10 am St. Paul..-Sept 9, 10 am! Paris......Oct. 7, 10 am Red Star Line. EW YORK TO ANTWERP. LAND. August 19, noon K TAugust 28, noon NOORDLAND. “September 2, noon FRIESLAND.. September ®, noon INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION COMPANY. Piers 14 and 15, Korth River. ae ice, 6 Bow ‘ GEO. W. sent, mh21-6m i u W. R. Speare, Undertaker & Embalmer, 40 F Street Northwest. Everything strictly first-class and on the most rea- sonable terms. Telephone call 340. jal-te RAILROADS. _ WASHINGTON, ALEXANDRIA AND MT. VERNO} RAILWAY. From Station, 13% st. and Penna. ave. In ‘eftcet July 20. FOR ALEXANDRIA (Daily).—6:30, 7, 10, 10:20 ex., 11, 12 a.m.; 1, 2, 8, 4:15 ex. 5:80, 6:15, 7, 8, 9, 10, °11 and’ 12 p.m. DAYS—$:05, 6:05, 10:05, 11:05 a-m.; 12 BB Se seu eae ees ae 205 p.m. FROM ALEX re $:25, 1:05, 7:20 ex,, 8:00, 8:20 ex.. 9,20, 11, 12 am. 1, 4, 4 5: . 8, 9, 10, 5 SUNDAYS 7:36, 05, 10:21 am, ae 10:21, 11:21 p.m, FOR MCUNT VERNON (and Way stations.) (Dally except Sundars.)—10, @. 4:18 p.m. FROM MOUNT VER: - ARLINGTO! —10, 11, 12 a.m.; 1, 2 215, 7. 8 9 p.m. FROM ARLIN UERUCT BRING! 12:35 10:05, 11:05 11, } 205, . 5:05, 6:05, 73 205, 9: RIVERSIDE PARK (baliy.}—10. "11, 2, 8, 4:15, 6:15, 7, 8 p.m. SUNDAYS. 11:05 og 12:06, £105, 2:05,. 8:05, 8:05, 7:1 FS 9: .m. FROM RIVERSIDE -AKK.—11 ¥ j, 1:35. 2:85, 3:85, 4:35, 286, 8:80, 9:20, 16-80 pm. SUNDAY—I2 a.m. . 2 8, 4.5. 6, 7, 8 9, 10, 11 p.m. a. ABBOTT, EO. R. PHILLIPS, — 7 Gen. Pass. Agent. RAILROADS. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. Station correr of Sixth and B strvets, In Effect 12:01 a.m. July 27, ‘1896. TERrABURG ERPRS Parlor ‘Harris! 23) A.M. NANIA LIMITED.- Pullman Sleeping, “Dining. Swoking and Observation Cars burg to Chicago, Sincimmati, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cleveland and Toledo. ‘Buffet Parlor r to Harrisburg. AM. FAST LINE.—Pullman Butlet Gar to Harrisburg. Buffet Parlor Car Barr to Pittsburg. 2-40 P.M. CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS EXPRE Pullman Buflet Parlor Car to Harrisburg. ing avd Dining Harrisbarg to St. Louis, Cincinratt, and Chicago. lor "urs 7:10 P.M. WESTERN EXPIESS.— Pullman Sleep jog Car to Chicago, and Harrisburg to Cleveland. Dining Car to Chi 7:10 P.M. SGUTHWESTERN EXPRESS.—Pullman Sleeping and Dining Cars to St. Louis, and Sieep- ing Car Herrishurg to Cinciunat. 10:40 P.M. PACIFIC EXPRESS.—Pullman Slecp- ing Car to Pittsburg. 7:80 AM. tor Kane, Cananiaigua, Rochester and ingara Falls daily, except Suulay. E A.M. for Fimira and Kerovo daily, except Sunday. For Lock Haven weck-days and Will - Jamsport Sundays, 3:40 P.M. 7:10 P.M. for Wiitiansport, Rochester, Niagara Falls daily except Saturday. with, Sieep- ing Car Washington to Suspension’ Bridge via 1010 But. :40 P.3.. for Erie, Canandaigua, “Rochester, But- falo and Niagara Falls dally wlecping Car ‘Wash- ington to Elmira. Por “wae ja, New York and the P.M. “CONGRESSIONAL LIMITE ail Parior Cars, with Dining Car from Buffalo and Regular at Mining Car), 7:20, lating Gary. and 11-08 (Dining Car’ fro Brington) AM, 12:45, 8:15, 4:20, 0:40, 10:00 0 ten, “ and 8:15 P.M. dally. Saruteza Express (Parlor Car), 9:00 A.M. ir For Baltimore, 6:25, 7:00, 7:20, 7:30, 9:00, . 20:20 11:00" and 11:50 A.M., 12:45, 2:01, 8:15, 6:40 (4:00 Limited), 4:20, 4.36, 5-40, 6:06, 0, 00, 10:40, 11:15 and 11:35 P.M. 7:00, 20, 9:00, 9:05, 10:30, 11 1:18, 2:01, 3:15, 8:40 (4:00 Limited), <3: 205, 6:40, 7:10, 10:00, 10:40 und 11:86 For Pope's Oreck Line, A.M, nnd 4:30 PM, daily, except Sunday. odes For Ranapoils 9:00 aM, P.M. wy except Sunday. Sundays, 9:00 AM. and 4:20 P.M. Atlsntic Corst Line Express, 4:30 A.M.. 8:40 P.M. daily; Richwond ouly, 10:37 A.M. week days; A Irnta Special, via Hichmond and Se Line, 8:40 P.M. daily. theo. 7:45 AM. daily. and 4:25 7 For Alexandri 10:83 PM 10°52 PM. SEASHORE CONNECTIONS. For Atlantic City (via Delaware River rail reute), 11:00 A.M. weekdays, 3 P.M. daily; (via Market Street Wharf, AM. (Sctcrdare only), 10-00, 11:00 A.M.’ weok- days, 12:45 and 11:85 P.M. daily For Cape May. 10:00. 11:00 A.M., 12:45 P.M. week- Sore. NURS PM. datiy Ticket offices, corner Mifteent at the sirticn, Sixth and B «i can be left for the checking of tion from hotels and residences 8. M. PrEVosT, J. R. woo, General Manager. General Passenger Agent. BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD. Schedule tn effect July 19, 1506. Leave Washington from station coroer of New Jersey avenue and © street For aud Northwest, Veetibuled Limited trates, 1608 anon 8:0 pan. For Cincinnati, St. Louis and Indianapolis, buled Limited, $:45 p.m; eapress, 12.15 ul For Pittsburg apd Cleveland, express de. 3. apd 8:40 p.m. For Berkeley Springs, 8:45 p.m. daily, except Sunday. Special, 12:00 moon daily, and $03 p.m, Saturday o1 Vestt- it. 10:00 For Deer Pak, Mountain Lake Pak and Oak- Jand, 12:00, 8:45" p.m., 12:15 @.m., all dails, No West-bound ‘tratus stop at Mountain) Luke Vark Sun- day. fir Lexington and Staunton, 12:00 ne0n For Winchester and way stations, For New Orleans, Memphis, Biriaing! Boga, Kuorville, Bristol and Koawcke, 10.50 FM. daily Sleeping Carw through For Luray, $.45 p.so. dally. For Baltimore, ‘week daye, 5:00, 1:20, X7:05,27:10,x7:80, x8:00, 8:30, 9.90, x10 .212,05, 12:10, 312-35, 23:00, 3-35, 24:25, 4:82, 35:08, 25:10, 26:30, 5.85, 26:20, 6:30, a5 v0, 8.26, 59:20, 11:15. 211:50 p.m. and 212-01 wigiit. 37:05, 27:10, 8:30, x00, x12:35, 1:00, 33.00, 8.25, & 55:10, 6:30, 28:00, 29:20, 11:15, 211:°30 pm, 1 night. fo Anunpolls, 7:10 and §:80 am. 12:10 and 4:28 p.m. Sundays, 32 p in For Fredcrick, 112:00 noon, 1:15, 14:30, 15:30 p.m. For Hugerstown, 12:00 noon and 5:30 p.m. For Boyd and way points, weer days, 9:00 a.m., 4:30, 6:30, 7:05 p.m. Sundays, 4:00 am, 1:15, ete ok aa or Gaithersburg and way polnts, wee 1.50, 8:00, "4:0, 4.43, "0-30, BOS, 7:00, 9:00 a. . 7:05, 11:30 p. ‘Sundays, 9:00 ‘a.m.,” 1:15, 5.85, ington Junction and was potots, *9:00 EB 10:15 p.m. For Wi p.m, Express trains stopping at prig- tious only. 74:30, 15:30 ft AD. 9:45 a.m. and 4:28 *8:00 a.m, » cl : Bay Ridge, ek da; ‘or Bas Ridge, we 3, p.m. Sundays, 0:35 a.m., 1:90 and 3:15 p.m. From Bay Kidge, week days, 6:15 a.m, 6:50 and 8:15 p.m. Sunduys, $:00 and 8:15 p.m. For Cape May. 10 um. 12 moan. ROYAL BLUE LINE FoR NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA All trains iuminated with pintech Nght. For Palladelpuia, New York “Boston and the East, week days, 7200,” 7:05, 8:0) (10:00 a.m. Dini ), 12:00, 12:85, 8:00 05 Dining Cur, ns it; Sleeping Car open at’ 303 7.05, Dining Car), (9:00 a.m. Dining Car), 9:00 (6-08, Dining 200 12.01 night; r open for pate sengers, 10:00 p.m.). Buffet Parlor Cars on all day tratos. For Atlantic City, 10:00 a.m., 12:00 noon snd 12:35 p.m. wees days. 12:35 p.ai Sundays, Except Sunday." *Dally.” §Sunday’ only, XGxprese trains. Baggege called for and checked from hotels and resideoces by Unico Trausfer Co. on oiders left at Ticket offices, 619 Pennsylvania avenue n.w., New York a-enve and 15th street, and at De WM. B. GREENE, CHAS. 0. SCULL, Gen. Manager! « Js18) Gen. Pass. Agt. SOUTHERN RAILWAY, PIEDMONT ALR LINE. ye 14, 1898. All trains arrive and leave at Peunsyivania pas- senger station. 8:00 A.M.—Dails.—Local for Danville. Connects at Manassas for Strasburg, dally except Sunday, at Lynebburg with the Norfolk aud Western, daily, and with the Chesapeake and Ohio daily for ue Natural Bridge und Clifton Forge. 11:15 A.M.—Dally.-THE UNITED STATES PAST MATL. Carries Pullman Buffet Sleepers, New York and Washington to Jacksovville, uniting at Salia- bury with Pullman S'eeper for ‘Asheville and Hot Springs, N. C.; Knoxville and Chattanooga, ‘Tenn, and at Charlotte with Pullman Sleeper for Augusta? also Pullman Sleeper New York to New Orleans, via Moutgomery, connecting at Atlanta with Pull- man Sleeper for Birmingham, Memplis and St. Tor 4:01 P.M.—Local for Front Royal, Riverton and Strasburg, Gaily, except Sunda 4:53_P.M.—Daity.—Local_ for Charlot 10:43 1 ally. WASHINGTON A WESTERN VESTIBULED LIMITED, comp: Pullman Vestibuled Sleepers. Dining Cars and Day Conches, Pullman N ork to Tampa, and Jackse via Birmingham . Via Atlanta and Mon mery. Vestibuled Day Coach Washington to At- fanta. Southern Railway Dining Car Greensboro to Montgomery. TRAINS ON WASHINGTON AND ONTO DIVTS- ION leave Washington ® 1am. dally, 1-60 p.m. and 4:45 p.m. 4: ls. except Sunday, and 6:25 p.m. Sundays only nd HG, 4:29 daily, ex- cept. Randa Aatly tor Herndon. gion 8:28 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. daily. and 8:00 p.m. daily cept Sundes, from Round HIN. 7 m. daily, e cept Sunday, from 1. 8:34 a.m. daily,’ ex- cept Sunday, from Leesturg. rough trains from the sonth arrive at Wa ington, 6:42 a.m., 2.20 p.m. and 9:40 pm Manassas Division, 10:00 alm. doily, except. Bu ag, and 8:40 a.m. daily from Charlittesriile. Tickets, Sleeping Car reservation: nd ntorma- tion furnished at offices, 511 and 1300 Pennsylvania nue, and at Pennsylvania railroad passenger station. W. Hi. GREEX. General Sapt. 3M. CULP. “Traffic Manager. W. A. TURK, Gen. Pass. Agent LS. BROWN, Gen. Agent Pass. Dept. CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY. THROUGH THE GRANDEST SCENERY IN AMERICA. ALL TRAINS VESTIBULED, ELECTRIC LIGHTED, STEAM MEATED. ALL MEALS SERVED IN DINING CakS. sTA- TION SIXTH AND B STREETS. Schedule in effect May 17, 1896. 2:20 P.M. DAILY—Cincinnatt and St. Louts Spe- cri—Solid ‘train for Cinciunatt. Pullman. sleepers to Cinclunati, Lexington, Louisvill and St. Louis without change. Goi at Cov- for Hot Springs. Parlor cars Ciucin- Li sleepers witha Hot r to Virginia vesdays, Thursdays and man sli change, connection for ‘the Springs. Observation car Sleepers Cincinnati to Chicazo and St. Lonis 10:37 A.M., EXCEPT SUNDAY Via Richmond for Old Point’ and 3 Only rail line. 2:20 P.M. DAILY—For Gordonsville, Charlottes- Bille, Staunton und for Richmond, datiy, except Reservations and tickets nd Onto 818 and 1421 Penn 1110 F st. n.w., and at the station. BW. FrLrr, General Passenger Agen COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS ‘COMMISSIOD OF DEEDS AND NOTARY PUB. Hic for all ‘states and territories a SPECIALTY by K. H, EVANS. Office (oasewent), 1821 F gt, B office, office hot myil-tt CHARLES 8. BUNDY, COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS. Of all the States and Territories, aorghht HH At BA. (ew Equity butiding, elt 3JOMN E. BEALL, JOHN E. MITCH Commissioners cf Deeds for every state and "9 tory, Notary Public, Unit ‘States Commitsstoner, pe Ofica, 1821 Bat, inst Boon.