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THE BEES.
How the Eight Frame Hives Can Be
Made at Home.
If It is the intention to make hives
of tl ity of the ciuht-frame
?ill iran, thor?
oughly dry pine boards planed on one
or both sides, nine a.id a half inches
in Bidth.
<13y I get boards at>out ten
tachas n.de. an ? plane them down to
the rffjhl width :,?
?awed ii: of tl?
Keep
I Farm '
The length? are 20 inches for the
! 12'? tach?e for the end of
the 1
I rabbet these hive ends without the
Secticn of Hive.
ose of nn; fBBChlBery or power ????
a commiir;
bet sawe I ? B'nrk of making a
hi\e body Is lone.
The Balling B^sOaM be started upon
a perfectly flat sal I
It is best ?.. ame? a kind of platform
a little larger than th.
ugly nailed a?
a bumper to nail ngalnst; and a
cleat strongly nailed at on?
s to the first one.
The nailing can be finished by turn
lng the hive on I: I the hive
corners can be kept at right angles
by using a square. When I
nailed together, then pas in the tin
rabbets.
You need not ?rouge out any hat J
by which to lift the hives. It Is
easier to make cleat? six
inches long, planed on their u;i?>er
edges, and slanting outward and down?
ward; with the ends whittled round so
that they will shed water. One of
nailed 01 :id of the hive
Vili make lifting the I
For cover and bottom boards I
lumber 14 inches in Width, using the
beet for covers and the poorest for
bottom boards. Sometimes I make
the bottom of two pen?
All of the co-iers and bottom are
?awed exactly two feet long, and have
cleats two Inches square nailed under
and The cleat at the back end
of the bottom boari le nailed about
ilf Inch fruin th. con
venience in lifting, and ti?
the front Is Bailed flush with the end
for the convenience of the hers The
cleats for the Dover should be nailed
so as to give a play of about one
eighth inch.
Lath can generally be found of the
right thi. ? make the three
eighth inch baa space for the '
hoard. If too *h!ck it is not much
work to reduce them B/ith a plane.
I have Bevor adopted t! ?
way of making a hive cap of the aame
elze as the h
Our ???? are all nude larger than
the bodies, and telescope on them in
the old way. The hive is a little more
expensive, bal Be have a better fit.
and a much better protection aj
Tobbers, moths, ?o?d. etc.
An open joint wiil do ?n the sum?
mer, but In ?it !.?
in spring, we want a well c!.
A slight variation In the Width and
depth of the hive? I. pro?
vided, of con ..es do
not come too bottom of
the hive. The Important point is the
inside length ?? freni to the
hack. This mu?t be accurate or the
frames will nor fit. The two end
pieces aasOals come between the sides,
and, if necessary, be placed a little in
or out to secure exact length. The
supers are constructed In a similar
way.
The lumber for the hive frames
should bo bonghi in long strips; elm
ply ripped out of some boards. This
is much cheaper and is Just as ust-fnl.
Provide a mitre-box; fit it at the
*>nd of a bench and adjust a stop
block at the ?????? distance; take a
few strips at a time, put them in the
roitrebox. then push them until they
Teach the stop, and saw off. Keep on
repeating until you have enough
frames cut.
Cut the top and bottom pieces
sonare, and these should come be?
tween the end pieces. It is necessary
co make the frames of an exact size.
so that they will be uniformly alike
and can be changed from one hive to
another.
Prevent Roup.
Roup should be prevented, for It 1?
?exceedingly difficult to cure. More?
over, many of the birds that are
treated for roup never amount to
anything afterwards, even if they are
cured. To prevent roup keep the
poultry house dry and aegregste
?very bird tlat oems to be ailing
from snv aaVSje fa pane of glass
Ja broke?, see t I ii is rinded ?J
once, as otherwise :t my be the means
of starting roup ia the flock. Ths
farmer should be careful about Intro?
ducing new blood In the flock, as this
la often s means of bringing in the
disease.
POULTRY HOUSE.
> Description of One by a Practical
Poultryman.
I believe In the tightly built house,
j but I do not believe in thick walls nor
| air-tight sleeping places for fowls, ani?
mals or human beings. Within a
? atone's throw from where I am writ
I ing there Is a poultry house which Is
l in use ?or trie second winter. Three
sides and the roof are made of ordin?
ary rough lumber. Over these Is a
thick coating of building pai>or of the
kind that stands exi>osure The south
side is simply thick muslin, tacked
on two frames which are hinged at
the top so dsSJ can be swung back and
hooped to the roof In warm weather.
Over the opening wire netting ?
to keep the fowls In and the maraud?
ers out This house has been used as
a residence for a flock of fowls which
' went through last winter, cold as it
was. without a touch of frost
The hens laid regularly last winter
to the creat profit of the owner, and
this winter they do not scorn to have
discovered that winter has come at
all. When it was built a curtain was
la to drop down In front of the
perches daring sery cold weather, but
it was not ? '
( This Is Just a Ml of my experience
NT tin an east
j era ? see that
' he ball! t wo h alike, with
had glass win
. dows. !!<? divided ?* r'ock of fon
? put half la ea< H,. found that
j the difference in Inside temperature
| was only or.? <?. the
I cloth window : ng the warmer
of the two. He f und that there was
no dampness, or foal odors where the
cloth Windows were, while the glass
window en '? "stuffy" and the
walls were dan.; \t the
I the fowls In the house with
cloth windows were healthier and ap?
peared thriftier In ?\< \ ana] than
those in the glass wind His
houses we?.? salit S same
plan as the one I can so?? from where
I write this
If a poultry house Is built on
dry premili It ne\cr gets damp
from without. The dampness al
ways originates in th< being
from the
hreathln? of tl ? front
? or cloth win?! ? nts this damp?
ness from gal bare is al?
ways a ? rh the
cloth, but it is such a gentle one that
no drafts are forti.? loth front
or cloth wind. tiled
the question of ventilation perii
A house with a cloth front or cloth
windows ; . with foul air
or un? i:11er Purvis In
Breeders I
THE MELANCHOLY DAYS.
"Why do they call these melan?
choly days?"
"Because they are the days when.
Just as you have finished paying up
your debts for your summer vacation,
you re I have to be?
gin 8-ivlri? up for the holidays."?
Cincinnati Kn |u : or.
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IleSS
You can cure yourself at home
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directions how to use it. The full
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mente of any kind; no receipts; no
promises; no papers to sign. It is
free.
All we want to know is that you
are not sending for it out of idle ci?
riosity, but that you want to be well
'and become your strong, natural
* self once more. Man Medicine will
I do what you want it to do?make
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Your name and addresa will bring
it; all you hare to do is to send and
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bile. Ale. and Penascola FU
Feb. 7-12, 1??7.
Very low rates ria Southern Rali
way from all pointa to the above
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February ?th to lltr. Incluais?, re?
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2nd. 1S07. Buy deposit of ticket at
destination and payment fee of fifty
rente. These tickets embrace stop
over prlTtlegee at many points. Two
through eehedules dally. Drawing
room Pullmans, dining cars
WE INVITE THE ATTF> TION OF THE PUBLIC TO OUR
JOB DEPARTMENT
It is thoroughly equipped
to do all kinds of printing on
short notice. We make a
specialty of Society printing
and work for Insurance Com?
panies, such as Financial
Cards, Policies, both straight
life and benevolent, Physl
claa's Certificates, Sick Cards,
Application blanks, Agents
Report Sheets, Rate Cards,
etc.
We print Wedding Invita?
tions, and High Class Sta
' tionery for Balls, Parties, Pic?
nics and ail entertainments of
/ a social nature.
We print Church Envel?
opes, Note and Letter Paper?
Bill-heads, Monthly State?
ments, Business Cards, Ft?
nancial and Order Books,
Circulars, Check-books, Pam?
phlets.
EXCURSION WORK OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS
We print Handbills, Quarter-Sheets, Half and Whole
Sheet posters, Tags, Tickets, Placards, Society Cards, Min?
utes, Visiting Cards, Mourning Stationery.
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OUR AIM
is to please our patrons and to
give them the best service at
the lowest prices, consistent
with satisfactory work._
We furnish "cuts" when desired and we will arrange to
complete special work in our line. When in need of any work
in our line, call and see us and estimates will be furnished.
WE HAVE AN ELEGANT LINE OF SAMPLES
WHICH WE WILL SHOW ANY ONE DESIRING TO SEE THEM.
?ur Stock IRoom Embraces a full %ine
OF THE LATEST STYLE BOND, FINE WRITING?FLAT AND LINEN PAPER, ENVELOPES.. ETC
WE CAN PRINT A BILL AS SMALL AS A DODGER.
A Three-Sheet Poster
AS LARGE AS A FRONT DOOR.
* i
WE HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST ASSORTMENTS
OF WOOD-TYPE
Of Any Job Printing Establishment in the city.
Our Present Corp of Employees arb Competent and Quick-working. Our Office
is within Easy Reach of the Public. Being within Fifty Yards of Broad St.
~n
Our street-entrance is retired and has no objectionable features, the most
fasddioms lady bein? able to enter without embarrassment or annoyance^ FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, APPLY TO
am
Lovo Distance Telephone, 2213.
John Mitchell, Jr.,
811 N. 4th St., Riehmond. Va.
A CONSTANT WATER SUPPLY.
Convenient, Labor Saving Device for
the Stock and Poultry.
? constant supply of B-ater can be
maintained fo? >r poultry
plan similar to th.
illustrateit herewith, o?-vised on the
plan of 'lie siphon and printed some
time ago in the lows 1! All
?^l?'d is a it barrel, and
er-tlght box with six or seven
Inch sides The barrel is filled with
and al; . vi the
side at a point just below the top of
Siphon Water Trough.
the box. If the supply hole in the top
la aecurely plugged and there Is no
other opening : >> admit air the water
will flow from the barrel until It cov?
ers t! when further How will
caa?C until inasa vsater is removed
from the tank. A level will he main?
tained as fast as the water can pass
through the vent, or as long as there
is any water in the barrel In filling
all that will be necessary will be to
plug the vent until the barrel Is again
full.
POULTRY NOTES.
Unless chicks are wanted, males
are useless.
Householders sto;, buying eggs
when they lose coittul-'nce in them.
Leg na? .ittacks cockerels
more frequenta than i? .lleta.
In cold | the time
good shelter la a. I by the
fowls.
For best ree alta, the food, care and
conditions must ??? -?! (he best qual?
ity.?Farm Journal
Green eat bone is ? 2reat egg pro?
ducer and can I.?? afeen to the hens
two or three times a week
Water fowls can be made both use?
ful and ornamental, under the proper
kind of envlroufnents?Farmers* Re?
view.
The hens should always have a
duat bath handy, winter and sum?
mer. This will help keep the fowl?
free from lice.
Are your hens roosting in the tree
top?, on fences, old sheds and the
like exposed places? If so, please
I don't expect many egg? thia winter.
The noisy coop Is where the egg
! laying business is going on. Cack?
ling, crowing and einging indicata
that the hen? are healthy and happy.
?"Farm and Home.
We Ulk of Idle curiosity. There ??
no auch thing; curiosity is never Idle.
Try to take things aa they come, but
at any rate grab them before they go.
TICKLED TO SLEEP;
SLUMBERS FOUR DAYS
Even Doctor Couldn't Awake Team?
ster Till He Tried Tickling Him
Back to Consciousness.
Machias, Me?An odd story, which
is said to be true, comes frOBa the
Chase logging caini . Dae north?
east of here, where a teamster by the
name of Hlankburn is alleged to have
been tickled tO Blet ? BBd remained in
an unconscioi; ion for four
days.
hlankburn. atomi ng to the report,
ia an extrem? . ?s man and ad?
. , uting
of a Auge riba will set him
gurgling with !naghtcr and a delicate
prod will send him Into hysterics.
This failing : ?:,?\?? to the
woodsmen, BOa - ht they decld
They Tickled Him Into Unconscious?
ness.
ad to give their comrade a good
? tickling.
Five or six ?? ? got him in a cor?
ner and th eg began. At first
I hlankburn laughed ana yelled as he
tried to break away, but suddenly he
flopped over in what appeared to be
| a sound sleep. The raen left him ly?
ing on e lounge, and when at nine
o'clock, the car.i;> bedtime, he had not
awakened, they covered him up for
j the night.
Neat morning when Hlankburn
could not be aroused the lumberman
became frightened and sent several
! miles for a doctor. He had no sue
? cess, although he tried all the means
at his command. Hypodermics were
administered, th? man was pinched,
slapped and cuffed and finally strong
ammonia was placed under his nos?
trils.
The fumes had no effect other than
to make the sleeper cough, and in
desperation the doctor tried tickling.
Rearing R lank bum's feet, he took a
hen-feather and anplied It gently.
The man half opened an eye and
rolled over. This satisfied the physi?
cian that he could be awakened by
the same mcajie that pnt him to s\eejt
and be left the ! complete
the job.
Little by little the tickling took ef?
fect and at the and ?>f three more
days Hlankhurn was able to sit up
and eat a bserty meal. He appears
none the worse for lilt? ? \
ed ak
RATS FULL OF DYNAMITE.
Rodents Eat Deadly Explosive and
Now Terrorize Farmer.
Worcester. Mass -Charles H Dana,
an Oxford fanner, would Ilk?' some ad?
vice as to how to Ret rid of a family
! of rata f.. of dyna?
mite.
DsaS Uvee in mortal terror of the
"animal bombe,'' as he calls them His
Darn is full of them He can't kill
them, for fear they will explode while
being assassinated. And If he lets
them stay In the barn he Is afraid
! one of them will commit sulci.?
' falling from the haymow and distribute
his barn, farm implements and live
stock over the surrounding country.
Dana stored a box of dynamite in
his barn for the winter A few days
j ago he discovered that rats had -
every bit of it. He said that sin.
dynamite disappeared be has
more rats and larger enea Iban ever
before in his life.
"I'm atraid to throw a brick at the
pesky critters, for fear they will ex?
plode and blow up the barn.'* he says.
"I can hardly sleep nights thinking
that one of them may fall out of the
hay mow to the barn floor and
my horses and cattle to kingdom come.
"When I go out to lead the stock I
handle the hay and bedding as ginger?
ly as I'd handle eggs. What if one of
?those animal bombs should be in it?
The shock I'd give him by throwing
him about might Mow up everything."
Dana is trying to entice a rat away
from the barn for experimental pur
I poses, but has had no success.
I How Microbes Can Be Killed.
Microbes cannot be killed by great
violence, as large animals can. and
the blow of a hundred ton steam ham?
mer would not kill one of them. They
are, however, subject to subtle formed
of violence, auch as rotary motion,
tapping and vibration Dr. Samuel J.
Melzer placed bottles of germs In the
vibratory machine of a soda water
manufacturer, and found that they
were killed by the motion. The aj>
j paratus produced vibration a:id a
strong centrifugal tend? ?
Proof of Economy.
Husband?You are not economical.
Wife?Well, if you don't call a
woman economical who savea her
wedding dr?.o? for a possible second
marriage. I'd like to know what you
think economy is
Rival Candidates.
**I understand your opponent isn't
rery popular,'* said the family friend.
"You bet he isn't'" replied the can?
didate for office. "Why. that fellow
wouldn't even get a laudatory sentence
an his tombstone!"?Chicago Dally
News.
IF AT ALL.
Oh. bUS? Afterthought. I wish
Tou had not com?? to me.
Tor with myself I otherwise
Quit? aatUried ?hoi.:
Tou're ?r*c
That you should not have come before.
Why Is It that you are not prompt.
Mut saunter In Iratead,
When all the thlna*a I've don? are dona.
And all :
Of nui>
Don't rom* tiret!
An Artful Dodger.
Mr Ketchau r boy get
( ting along at ?
? Mr Cheat?
ly ' I tell you, i.
mine w il!
don't you f.
year?!
have had
.
The Ann || G
Young Ha
year of at
economy s
saving a)>
do with it"
Ycun< ?
lioth ? a
ure r?
So '
Wife ?I
stood In li .- half an
hour t ?rs
HUS .: ? '
"Wh\ .
bedroom
PIANFT DF.Pirn
NEW YORK G???
P. Ritiheimer. 7 N. 134th St.
Oreeo and Bailey. 249 E 127th St.
J. H. Parker, 144 W. 26th St
Charlea Devan. 1.1 W. 30th St
07. J. Bnckner. 1B0 W. ?3rd 8t.
??. W. Slaughter. 312 W. 40th 8t.
W. W. Johnson. 247 W. 4 7th St.
R. H. Mitchell. 162 W. 27th St.
Turner R. Robinson. 12-etb Ave.
g A. William?. 200 W 63rd SL
?. ? Walker. 309 W. 37th St.
I H. Jsrrett. 46J-7th Ave.
Smith L afiles. 2 32 W. 41st St.
If. ? Wtneyglsss. 322 W Sath St.
PHILADELPHIA. PA
M Clsy. 1801 Fltxwater 8t.
J H. Oray. 12 33 Pine St
Bishop Robinson, 1234 Melon SL
R ? Mackena. 1116 Pins St.
James B. Warwick. 264 8. 11th St.
Mrs. B. Homaher. 1040 Pine St.
William Parker. 631 Pine St.
Mrs. Lavinia Aldrldge. 621 8. 12th.
f'haa. A. Georgs. 4062 Market 8L
P. A. 8tewart 17 3?. Federal St
PITTSBURG. PA
Toe. Evans, ?care Jonea ?ft Lough lin.
?. ?. Thumm,. 1402 Wylle Ava.
bOSTON MA88
Bran 11 m. 667 Shawmut Ava.
W White. ?32 Tre?- ..nt *a?
r?T> ?- I ' '
Joha Debona. 610 Church 8L
T. ?. W. Perry. 1 Jones Piane.
CHICAGO. ILL?.
1
'?, H. Panlknnr. 1104 State fft.
BROOKLYN. ?. Y..
ticks. 782 Fulton 8t. ,
William A Dabuey. 3 Qulncy eX.
William Pope. 174 Myrtle Are.
CHARLESTON. W. VA.
L. C. J* errar sul Brooke 8L
ASTORI a. L. I.
Frank R. Wood. 14 4 Broadway.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.
Hureej Bros.. 1217 Commerce ?t?.
BRONX BORDUOH. ?. Y.
J ? Barret? 60S-ie2d St.
PLA1NFIELD. N. J.
Tho* ? Brldg<-s. 614 W. 4th BL,
WASHINGTON. D. C.
L ? Singleton. 20th and E 3tav
noetaweetera Drug Co.,
732-2J StreeL ? W.
LAWRENCE. MASS.
\. E. Evans. 38Z Essex St.
SPRINGFIELD. MASS.
W. H. Brown. IS Stockbridge fat.
COVINGTON. VA.
Daniel Braxton. Box 91.
NEWPORT NLA'S. VA
? J Jefferson, 1211-SOth St..
rge ? Hall. 1332-30th St.
TARPER?. N. C.
V. E. Howard.
WILMINGTON. N. C.
William H Moere.
STA UNION. VA.
W?. C. Johnston. Ill la. Main BL?
LYNCHB?RO. VA.
Tharles Morgan. 702 Taylor St
HAMPTON. VA.
lohn M Phillips.
DANVILLE. VA.
O. P. Clark. 233 N. Union 8L.
PORTSMOUTH. VA.
H 8 Cooper. 1332 County StL,
JACKSONVILLE. PLA.
John H. Johns*s. S10 Bridge SS-,
PROVIDENCE. R- L
Douglass A. A. P. Ageaey.
OEMOPOLI8. ALA.
John W. Andersen.
MILWAUKEE. WIE.
J. D. Cook. SC Jnneee Ave..
OKLAHOMA CITT. a ?.
E. P. Feacsn
H ALTI MOR a. MD.
Henry Albert, t??