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Won’t Fail to Cali Ua ff. A. MOTION, Who has Special Bargains in Various Lines of Goods. eotDS ' 1 NOTIONS, * ... HATS, J ETC, -—ALSO— nimminw REDWAPvh Of An ALL KIN ITS nuu lunwa, I atmers Fools, Wagon and Buggy Ma¬ ler ud, blacksmith s Fools, Sash° llingcsj Locks, Bolts, D >ors and —EVERYTHING IN THE — MAPFUVAD? “Z •sf Fti I L. IMD I INI si ■ • • cm* * LOOK *vf.0VE3. t STOVE FIFE, AND WOODWARE, -ALSO - DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINES. TOCCOA. GA. ... m J D v i'i The T‘iai r in,' tli rue f tnnd p:-c- ninecUv he tli ■t rank, <• eorceiled to 1 hi;; ii-n-t rt plat o r-ree. lTi l r 1- ct plar sH T'i f’ltia n r \( TfON v. t k ~a i KA;;ii.m Ti.ro . x \ < r. 1 . 1’. N ici.l n.MMl And are u ted 1 url murfetan.' nud inu l> 'The f ■r I. i 3d Ui<- skiil of the v\ Tin II ••• 1 heir r stmcUon, also lonir i 111! US to s the pianos re fi , ry v X 0 I N USE. SHONINGER ORGANS Aro the Loading Organs of tho World Because they are the best. '1 heir purity < t oicing, prompt; sneecb, >iulck- no* of lunch, ! h. full unit orgtm-liko tone 1ms wen tor them tie highest, praise nnd admiration ■f all who hat en nd heard them — *‘.v contain many valnal. o improvements, zr ih n I'**! features Folrtii g* l’etLils r* ernding Boards, Book Clouets aud a raa&uffieoiit Chimo of Bvrisr, Follr. creating the i l Imrrnor.i ih! wliicu can be used with or without tin rec*ci These in- st.i nmen is 1 toUen Medals find Kir>t i'remium Wild vei A t'ents wanted iu tenitory nr»t already prov ided for. Send for t atftkunie to B. SHONINGER CO., 8G Fifth Avo.. New York. Factories New __'a.ven. U Conn. A Man! ft VOICE portrait from Ohio Mr. fieri* Garri- if a of Ml , Salem, Ohio, $20 Ul * NY lit c.x ; “ W as at wA*rk on a farm for !#?50 a month; I non have an agency lav Mien A, IV* all urns uml publi- ions a n • fte inaki a day." A (Signed) H. (.AKKISON Wi Ilium Kline, Harrisburg, Ta., . writ*** “I have never known anything to st*ll like y our album. Yesterday l took orders enough to V •«' J ovei W. J. Hi¬ re, Hunger, Me., writes: *‘l m take nu order for your album at aimost every house 1 visit. Mv lit is often as muchas m f o r a single day’s work." Other* are doing quite as well; we have not space to give ex- tracts fi m their letters. Every one. who takes hold of this grand Iruslnesa piles upi grand profits. Shall we stiirt VOIJ in this li iisiness. reader Write to us nnd h all about it 1 your self We starting many we will start you if you don’t dt ■lav until Knot m rrgets ahead of you in your part of the country If you fake hold you will he able, to pick up gold fast. tftF -U.-JMl- On account <0 a forced manufacturers sale 1 ,Om> ten rfollai* l*l!otugni)di A ll»mi»s are to l e sold to to tho people Flush.’Charmingly for cacti. Hmuid in Koval Crimson Silk Vel Velvet 8ice. decorated insides. Handsomest albums in the world. Largest Greatest bargains ever known Agents w anted. Liberal terms. Uig money for agents. Any one can become n successful agent. Sells itself on sight—little or no talking necessary. '\Y4ierever shown, every one wants to pur¬ chase. Agents take thousands of orders with rapidity never i foreknown. Great profits aw ait every worker. Agents are ma king fortunes. Ladies make as much as men. You, reader, can (It as well as any one. Full information amt terms free, to those who write for same, with particulars and terms for our Family Bibles, Books and Periodicals. After you know all, should you conclude to go no further, why no harm is done. Address E. i ALLEN &, CO.,* AVGUSTA, Mains. W • H . B R U U , One of the Oldest Mercantile Houses in Toccoa, Here you can find bargains STAPLE DR* GOODS. Boots, Shoes Provisions of ail Kinds. ILVCOX, FLOUR, FEED. ALSO THE BEST VARIETIES f m m txmze m Ho Double VDe/i- 7>/ocA\ loecoa , Georgia. ^ mmvsow s> TOCCOA, GEORGIA iliistMfili fit tint And Machinery Supplies, Also, Kepairs All Kinds of Machinery. Peek less Engines* BOTH PORTABLE & TRACTION GEl'SER SEPARATORS Farmers and others in want of either Engines or Separators, will SAVE MONEY by using the above machines. 1 am also prepared toguc Lowest Prices and Best Terms on the celebrated «IESTEY 0RGANS.i> Cardwell Hydraulic Cotton Presses, Corn and Saw Mills, Syrup Mills and Eva porators. Will have in by early .Spring a Full Stock of White Sewing Machines, McCormick Reapers, Mowers and Self-Binders Which need only a trial their Superiority. Call and see me be- cre you buy. Duplicate parts of machinery constantly on hand. TOCCOA MARBLE WORKS. The Undersign d Is Prep tred to Furnish VlR/ltB, Wi • J. , dTc>, M HIGH ARM $25.00. m W , &S&aiBi "rr-S"":-;;': *•»*its fore ?»,,>n™ payment is asked. Buy direct of the Manu- facturers and save agents’ profits besides getting certificates ofwawan tee for years. Send for S S?iA O( ? P p!JSdS5!2 f i2 MaChn0 Co CO., 2M 269^ O ATARRH I I We hare a remedy that will CURE CATARRH. BRONCHITIS and ASTHMA. Our faith is so strong that we w'H send treatment on trial. Send for Treatise and full particulars. Address, fhe Hall Che mical Co., 3860 Fail-mount Av., Phila., Pa or Tallin! Sites ! SUFFER ANY LONGER! Give Post Oi- ficc, state and County, and Age plainly. Address, THE hall CHEMICAL CO,, 3S60 iainuount Avenue, Philadelphia, a. LEWIS DAVIS, \Trmj\TVV M IU^iMLY al * r r -Li i \ W TCCCOA CITY, GA., Will pracf ic ■ in tire counties of Haber •bam and ltdrua of the N • rtliwes’ern Circuit, ami Frank’ 0 an 1 Banks of the West, rn Circuit, l‘r mipt attention will be g ven to all busi ss entrusted to h:m. The collection of deb w 11 have spe c- ial attention. i ~-o- MAKE MONEY! a ~~~rp3^ l >!»t \ l.t.yingatwhole and lifting- 5 m ’ as \L f‘>r tt.eChCHp* 6 «s! rt-liable house no earih. On rc- < G t tif 9$ ct9. in -tjn,, . •ATJiplffftTie complete set of fa mi! as « i io£iie of Watches. . .looks. ] Gnr and >1 on which w fffcr groat in 4g*nu am Scales a. o accurately fitn I .-.nil i in pvpry respect iiiii rue f •nlv.iffi ‘ixicefoi t •ent encourage agents aud others to handle our good* uiiUar cash order fMin oar curular w< set of soatps free, <.r allow t!.ft ■ * A.T. KVANS& CO., you price p.ti-1 for isi 1st Slate Sc., ( HI; At l iGSas, l ( The 1 FINES'! Tme^ ^ (g WOOD WORKERS / $imo m7c* c ,?' 20 UN AT ION LANTA SQUARE NY C ^sir. AL.“ ^ciTcj ST.LCUIS MD, .Ga . mmsmm dauastfx J-. A. J/A7!‘J?r. BLACKSM 1 TKING 3 HORSESHOEING J Manufacturing and Repairing WAGONS, BUGGIES —AND— FftRIVI IMPLEMENTS Of all kinds. J4RRETT & SON. TOCCOA. GWIimiA. States!! facials Of All Kinds and Styles from the plainest and lowest prices, up to the m st elaborate and costly. All work delivered, set up and satisfaction guar- airteid. C -.'l at mv yard, examine sample* and learn prices 1 efore | ur- chas ng elsewhere Addres-, D. P. COOK. TOCCOA. GA. THE GOOD OLD TIMES. , .. . .... f .. rOUSht ... ? e dew^ale ._« , ’ ™ T^emilk-maid came tripping home, l^! meIT7 S ° n l and Z a *** “• v **** 1 »“*“■**«»««•* w** The plashing churn, and the squeaking curds. j n the good old times, rosy Ruth in the field Drank butter-milk out of a jug; But EOW pale Pauline, in the parlor con- ce^ed, 8unk deep in a chair all cushioned and v.hi-eled, With her fingers beringed, and her cheeks cochineal ed Is making darned dogs on a rug. Oh, the good old times of the scythe’s keen ring-, And the purple flash of the barn-swallows wing! And their lips over vards of candy to smack, A \vhu« ' hl19 th thpv ^ lau g hed at the ^ md and tbe snow But now they, alas, can chatter and play PmVVr™TJI, ' 9ez;ns nd tha,w eSn0 ins T by re mght ’ - u* and . , ‘ ay : And , shoving and , crowding .. each , other , away, Huddled round a warm hole in the floor. "h, the good old times of simple contents, O t e back-log fires, and the common sensei In the good old times ere the day begun, The mother was up with the bird; And all day long, till the set of sun, She wove at the loom oa the soft yarn spim, And of all her cares left nothing undone, And never a murmuring word. Oh, the good old times of the home-made wares, Of the pewter plates and the straight-back chairs. r a 10 go<K (>tiaie ® tlie father Ayed P r Forgraceat hrs daily board; Although by his plow, and his hoe, and his spa l e ’ It r . seemed that . himself by his own labor ma e A ° ri I >9 c ” rn grow fiom the tender blade, And his . barn with abundance stored. u novi ’ w 0 0 1 care &r aieful hands to upraise While he thinks he is blessing himself ? As graceless he feels on the bounties of grace, And breathes not a thank nor a whisper of praise, Believing no ways are above his ways, And heaven on the pantry shelf. Dh, the good old times, and the thanks that were said I 10i ‘ the honest flutter, and the warm brown ’ bread! — Rev. John B. L. Soull. THE OLD STOVE. “Nancy!” said Mr. Moppet. “Sir?” responded Nancy. Mr. Moppet was coming in from the garden path. Nancj*, with plump white ' arms bared to the elbow, washing breakfast dishes was the in a deep pan of hot soapsuds. Mr. Moppet was a hard featured elder- ly man, with whitish bine eves, a staff gly fringe of white beard beneath his square chin, and a bald cranium. Nancy was fresh colored and bright eyed, with silky tendrils of auburn hair drooping over her freckled forehead, and a certain dimple perpetuallji playing at hide-and- seek on her left cheek. The two com- pletely realized Shakespeare’s ideal of “Crabbed Age and Youth.” “I’m a-goin’ to town,” said Mr. Mop- pet. “It ou won t need to bile no pot victuals for dinner. Waste makes want, A cup o’ tea and a biled egg and what’s left o’yesterday’s pork and greens— that 11 be all you need.” “Yes, father, acquiesced Nancy. She was thinking of something else all the while. “And, talkin’ ’bout eggs,” added Mr. Moppet, “you may take four dozen up to Peach Farm. Mrs. Wixon wants plenty on em to make cake for her niece's party, Better go early this morning’.” Nancy colored scarlet under the auburn rings of hair. “Can t I send 'em up by little Bill Becker, father?” said she. “Webster Wixon will be there, and—and I like W ebster Wixon, with his red nose and his compliments. Mr. Moppet frowned. “Nancy, said he, “don't be a fool. I can see through ye, like ye was a pane ?lass. Mobster Wixon's a well-to-do man, with money out at interest, and y°u’d oughter be tickled to death that he s took a notion to you.” “Not “^ut, another father— word,'* ’ Moppet. “I know grumbled Mr. comin jest exactly what's . It s that foolish nonsense about Absalom Parker, that I hoped you'd got over long ago. Absalom hain’t no prop- ei 'ty, and ain t like to have none, and no daughter o mine ain't goin’ to marry your Grandfather Atkins's hired man,not if I know it. ’ He paused with this multiplicity of double negatives. Nancy set her small, pearl-white teeth together ; her eyes flashed with hazel fire. It was a clear case of true love versus money. “ Take them eggs straight up to Peach Farm,’ reiterated Mr. Moppet, shaking his forefinger at Nancy, “ an’ don't ar- gufy the p'nt no further. I'm your father, and I know what's best for you!” “ But your going right past the lYix- ons' door. ” “No, I ain’t, neither. I'm goin’the Horn Hill Road. I've been app’inted by the Supply Committee to buy an air- tight wood stove for the church,” he added with some complacency. “The ed one's rusted clear out. so there's danger o’ fire every time its used, and the brethren have subscribed twenty dollars for a new one—leastways, a second-hand one, if its jest as good. ” Webster Wixon, a fat, middle-aged bachelor, was out helping to gather the October apples on the north side of the house when Nancy came up. He made haste to welcome her. “Good mornin', Miss Nancv,” said he. “As bloomin'as ever. I see.”* “Here's your eggs,” spoke Nancy, cujtly. “Set down a spell, won't ye?” sim- ered Mr. Wixon. “I'm in a hurry,” said Nancy. * “But, Nancy--” ‘Gly name's Miss Moppet, sir?" *‘Pve got something very particular to say to you. Nancy," urged the middle- aged suitor. •‘It’llhave to keep," said Nancy. “I've got to get right home.” “Can 11 walk with you a piece?” ‘Td rather go alone,” she persisted. .‘Nancy — Miss Moppet _ I must speak!” blurted out the old bachelor, ‘ t]E love I° u better’n all the world! I ^ “Is it me, or father, you're a-courting?” sa ^ g be. “Why you, of course!” “Then take my answer—No!” And without waiting for the return ber basket, she hurried away, her cheeks blazing, her breath coming quick and Cast. “Father’ll be awful mad,” she thought, •‘bull'd sooner die than marry Webster Wixon stood a minute gazing after her in crestfallen silence; then he went back to apple harvesting with an ominous compression of his lips. s,^ f lor nr psBsid’.h^ consicl ab.e. » - -- Mr. Moppet drove leisurely on to Horn Hill, drove an excellent bargain for a highly ornamental wood-stove, after hav- ing successively inter\-iewed every hard- ware dealer in town, and set forth to re- turn with it in his wagon just at dusk. “It’s a warm day for the time o’ year,” sa id he, “and it’s easier traveling for the horse arter dark. It ain’t a bad day’s work, come to think on’t. I beat Brother Piper down pretty well on the price, and it’s worth a dollar'n half to cart the thing home over these bumpy roads, They ’lowed twenty dollars for it, and I got it for fifteen. Takin’ my time and wheel wear and horseflesh into considera- tion, I guess I won’t say nothin’ the odd five dollars. Business is busi- ness. It’s a proper pretty pattern, too— thistle leaves and acorns. I’d like one the same fashion in mv best room, and” -with a long whistle—“why shouldn’t I have it? There’s that second handed stove Gran’ther Atkins took for a debt f rom Solon Grubb. It’s jest standin’ rustin’ away in his back wood shed. I'll fetch it home to-morrow and black it up, and let E l der Meachan suppose I got a bargain from somebody; and I'll have the nice new stove for mj'self, and nobody’ll be none the wiser, now' that Gran’ther Atkins is confined to his bed with creepin’ paralysis and Absalom Parker’s up in the wood lots, choppin’ down trees for winter firewood. It’s a good idee. I’m glad I happened to think of it!” He drew rein opposite the Atkins house. All was dark and quiet there save the one red light that burned in old Mr. Atkins’s bed-room. At that identical moment, had he but know it, Absalom Parker—the old man's general factotum—was hanging over the garden gate of his own place, talking to pretty Nancv among the purple dahlias and quilled asters. And it was no difficult task for a man of John Moppet’s physical strength skill- fully to lift the old stove out of its place in the outer shed into his wagon. “Git un Prince ” he muttered to his horse, shaking the reins, and away they went. Elder Meachan was not quite satisfied with the bargain. The church brethren, too, would have preferred a new stove, considering the money they had spent; but Brother Moppet was a man in author- ity, and they were compelled to acquiesce in his choice. Nancv was delighted with the new acquisition for the best room. “Oh, isn’t it pretty?” said she. “Yes,” nodded Mr. Moppet, rubbing his hands, “it’ll sort o’ dress up the ‘ room for your weddin’.” “My wedding?” “Jest so. I’ve arranged matters with Webster Wixon, and-•” Nancv burst into tears, and ran out of t hp rnn ^ Mr. Moppet glared balefully after her. “She shall marry him,” muttered he, “or she shall be no darter o’ mine! I won’t, be set at defiance by- Why, helloa, Absalom Parker, what brings you here?” “Mr. Atkins is took wuss this after- noon,” said Absalom, standing at the doorway, like a rustic Apollo. “Wants to see ye—right off!” It was a Saturday afternoon. As Mr. Moppet drove by the church door, he saw the load of wood being delivered for the first fire of the season. “Jest in time!” said he to himself, “There’s a frosty feel in the air.” Grandfather Atkins lay among his pil- lows, like a wrinkled ghost. “*John,” said he, “all I’ve got in the world is yours; but I think I’d ought to tell you where I’ve hid it, sence the bank robbery give me such a scare.” “Certainly, certainly!” said his son-in- law, with eager eyes, like those of a bird of prey. “I’ve hid it away-” John Moppet placed his ear close to the pallid lips. bills-” “Six five-hundred-dollar “Yes. yes—goon!” “Folded up in an old number of the Horn Hill Gazette -” “An old number of the Horn Hill Gazette —I understand!” repeated Mop- pet. shed!” “In the old stove out in the gasped the old man. “I knowed no- body wouldn't be likely to look there! It's yours, John Moppet—every cent of it. And mind you. don't spend it in no extravagance!” So speaking, the old miser closed his dim eyes and went where there is neither money nor counting of money. John Moppet uttered an exceeding bit- ter cry as he remembered the lighted match he had put to the crumpled papers in the stove, to make sure of a draught when it was put up in the northwest cor- ner of the church—the roar of the blaze through the lengths of Russian pipe. In his excellent management he had con- trived to overreach himself. He went home and sat all the evening in a sort of stupor, with his head in his hands. Nancy, busied about her household tasks, watched him with hazel eyes of surprise. he thought much of “I didn't know so Gran’ther Atkins." pondered she. “Six times five is thirty—six times five is thirty.” mused Mr. Moppet, rocking to and fro. “Six five-hundred-dollar Three—^thousand—dollars—and all gone u[f chimbly in one breath o' wind, and. me as done it! I shall go crazy. I shall lose my mind. Three— thou—sand—dollars! It's a judgment on me. Fve been a mis’able sinner, and cheated the church. I've tampered with my own conscience. Six times fire is thirty! Six five-hundred-dollar bills! Oh, Lord, there ain’t no calculatin’ what a mis’able sinner I’ve been!” As the old kitchen clock struck nine, S*/- jm ra k 8 «. “If it’s about Nancy, it ain’t no use,” said Mr. Moppert, rousing himself to the affairs ot the world with some petulance. “It mn't about Nancy,” Absalom an- swered, with a smile. '“It’s about Mr. Atkins's money.” Mr. Moppert gave a start “Oh, you needn’t jump so,” reassured Absalom. “It's all safe.” He took » flat parcel out of lit, pocket, Count em, said he. “Six, ain t there? Mr. Moppert stared at Absalom Parker as Aladdin might have started at the Genii. “ cminert, uwt a human magpie as he was. I knowed it wasn’t safe, so I quietly took ’em out, arter he’d had that last stroke,and locked 'em in his black leather trunk up in the garret. And you may thank me that they wasn't all burned up in the first fire you lighted in that identical stove!” 3Ir. Moppert turned a purplish red. “Yowknow about that stove?” said he, with a gasp. “It wasn’t likely 110 such conjuring could go on about Mr. Atkins’s place,and me not know it,” said Parker, drilv. “The stove wasn’t of no great conse- quence, though, except for old iron. I guess the church folks ’ll get sick of it before a great while. ” Mr. Moppet drew a long breath, “When they do,” said he, “I'll make ’em a present of a brand-new one. And, Absalom—” “Yes, Mr. Moppet?” “You won't say nothin’ to nobody?” “No,” said Absalom, “I ain't one o’ the talkin’sort.” “And, Absalom—” “Yes, Mr. Moppet?” “Since vou and Nancy reallv are at- tached to each other—” “We’re just that, Mr. Moppet.” “I don t see no objection to your get- tin’ married this fall,” said Moppet, with an effort. ‘You may tell Nancy that she has my consent!” Nancy cried a shower of happy tears when Absalom told her the good news. never imparted . to her the story of the stove. As he himself had re- marked, “he w T as not one of the talkin’ sort .”—Saturday Night. Sea-Wee<l of the Gulf Stream. fll , . e . S( F l ’?- ee Jn 1 gulf stream is . 1t lndb Crabs C %V1 T 1 ' e ° a and - , . . aud S 1J11 *P S ® ee v re ”g e 111 > * ee< 3 upon . mimuc . 1 0 a so K ‘ ie ' u safety. Ihe . heie § oose aruace is ount in great numbers attached to every floating ob- ? CC ' 1S ^. s V 3 auim ‘ l 13 1( ; b 18 sucb . sailing l m cri( j m ^ s- lpnustus from , ro F u a ,P or s ‘ 10 ug 1 G*e vessel s , 30 om . before leaving ]s scia P c J Ub P ° rt , ’ jmmg g00se barnacles attacb them- J? 1 ™ 3 m 8Uch “umbers that, owing to *L clr ! , hlI> !'T !. . d K rowtl ‘- 1 here ser !<>“ sI J remedy «ttld P 10 S TCa ®- is no , 3U . ° Sai .?, U e ie m g*°w as last ’ , V ., a1 ,' removing . them when ‘ i u? r G * orwegian sailors be- -T, „ “ )‘ l j° i 5arnac c goose latches out &' 00 ‘’ ( ' ,,uuac - e ) auc many have as¬ serted . that they + have seen the young just probably ! , of from Aymg the out. peculiar This belief arises scoop- “v; ™® ?, e tlon " , 11 ?/ e ^he 3 l!5 fringed 0 <ilnin feet g of food, the Lven v tben a S ood pagination . . needs soma stretching to be able to see a resemblance t0 a >? un S bxrd - p hen a barnacle is ! 1S 'pp'pnung, and resern- SlaTr’ / SC - ? 80mc mt aS ° lfc ) J ." LC r P’ 8 older a 8ort ltat ; - cement and n becomes so changed that, unless its anatomy is carefully studied, no affinities to a shrimp would be im¬ agined. Indeed, early naturalists con* sidered it to be a shell-fish or mollusk. Odd as it may seem, many kinds of ani¬ mals, at first possessed of free motion, voluntarily attach themselves to some ob¬ ject, and are from that moment impris¬ oned, having no power of moving from place to place .—Popular Science Monthly. How Bees t’liug to Smooth Boards. I have seen a single bee cling to a smoothly dressed board with its front feet, and supporting a living chain of twenty-five bees, thus supporting twenty- five times her own weight, for an indefi- nite time. There was a time when I was puzzled to know how the bee could hold onto the smooth board and sustain such a weight. But the magnifying glass re- veals a finely curved claw at the ex- tremity of each of the front pair of legs, these enabled the bee to cling to the wood in any positton, with its back down as well as otherwise. But how does the bee manage to run up a pane of glass or a sheet of polished metal? Her sharp claws will not serve in this case. nature has provided for that in a wonderful way. I once had a theory to account for this wonderful feat. But when I commenced to study the anatomy of the bee under the magnifying glass my theory was found to be wide of the mark. The glass shows an infinitesimal gland in the soles of the feet, which se- Crete a mucilaginous substance of suffi- cient tenacity to enable the bee to cling to the smoothest surface that it is likely to come in contact with .—New York Ob server. The World’s Coast Lines. William Hosea Bailou says in Frani Leslie's: The War Department, on appli¬ cation, has collated forme a table of the ex¬ tent of the coast line of the United States, including indentations based on coast sur- veys. To this is added the computed lengths of other bounday lines of our dominion. Side by side is placed the accurate table of the lengths of foreign coast line possible to secure. THE COAST-SVRVEY TABLE WTTH INDICA¬ TIONS. Atlantic Coast. ..•36.518 miles Gulf ..19.143 “ .. 8,900 “ Alaska ..12.830 “ COMPUTED. j^ e c oast Pacific!.! .. 3.400 miles From Lakes to . .. 1,700 '■ From Gulf ve Pacific-....... .. 1.400 “ Total... ..... .85,889 miles COAST OF OTSEB NATIONS Silica.. T:..40,000 miles .... ----- 1.000 •• ^ Europe..... _____ 20.000 6.000 “ exa 5°: “ ut •••:■• . . .15,000 “ “° men<a . Total 82,600 mile* About Honey Bees -- I have seen, writes G. W. Demaree dressed a single bee clinging to a smoothlv board with its front feet, and £SgE335g Srstsrssitsresii: curved claw at ^he 8 Extremity of each of the front pair of legs, and these enable the bee to cling to the wood in anv posi- tion, with its back down as well as otherwise. But how does the bee man- age ta run up a pane of glass or a sheet Pushed me al l Her sharp claws Berve he f * n this case. Well, bas provided for that m a won- count IS’ thfa“”mterfSl fe2T *°Ct when I commenced to study the anat¬ omy of the bee under the niagnifving glass my theory was found to be wido of the mark. The glass shows an infini¬ tesimal gland in the soles of the feet, which secrete a mucilaginous substance of sufficient tenacity to enable the bee to cling to the smoothest surtnoe that it is likely to come in contact with. The mandible (jaw) of the honey bee, when seen under the glass, is a real curi¬ osity. They not only open and shut, like the jaws of anv other animal, but they have a backward and forward move¬ ment, and each of the pair is independ¬ ent of the other in its movements. The old cla^s of naturalists believed that the honey bee, as an artist aud a builder, was a “mason.” But such is not the fact in the case. The honey bee is a “smith.” She draws out her work, us¬ ing her mandibles in place of the smith’s hammer. It would be a simple impossi¬ bility to build a wall ns thin as that of the honeycomb by any other process. Beeswax ‘is the ‘result of disgested honey, digestion just as tallow results from the of the food of the ox. But the beeswax, instead of adhering to the fiesh, as in the case of fat animals, passes of out the of six the false body of the bee, through side one of the pockets on the under abdomen, in the form of thin scales or pellets, and while they are warm and pliable the bees seize them with their mandibles and weld them to the rims of the cells, and cont line to draw out the combs untill tho proper depth of the cells are reached. The cell walls are as thin as the finest tissue paper known to the art of paper making, and would not have sullicient strength to support the tiny weight of a tiny bee quis were tely they not strengthened by an ex- formed rim around them, sup¬ porting their fra : l walls below, precisely as does the wired rim around the top of a tin vessel. That these thin walls are drawn out and not built on to, is proven by the fact that the rim around the cell is as well defined when the work is first begun as it is when the comb is finished, and is present through the whole process °f construction. A Wonderful Tree. A California man has just finished working up a fir tree which grew on his estate. He received twelve dollars for the bark, built a frame house fourteen by twenty feet, eight feet high, with kitch¬ en eight feet wide and twenty feet long; built a woodshed fourteen by twenty feet; made three hundred and thirty fence rails, ten feet long; made three hundred and thiriy-four railroad ties, and five hundred boards six inches wide and two feet long, and fifteen cords of wood, all from one tree, and has part of the tree left. 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