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II. S. RANDALL, LL. D., EDITOR, 
Of Cortland Village, Cortland County, New York. 
WOOL MANUFACTURERS. 
ProN‘filing« of the National Asaociation. 
The wool growers of the country will, 
we think, read with interest the following 
synopsis of the proceedings of the annual 
meeting of the above named Association, 
held at the St. Nicholas Hotel, in New 
York, in October. We find the tirst, report 
of its proceedings in the Manufacturers’ 
Quarterly Bulletin, recently published, and 
have space only for a very meager account 
of them. President Bigelow declined a re- 
election, but on being unanimously re-chosen 
and earnestly pressed to retain his position, 
consented to serve until the vacancy should 
be hereafter supplied by the government of 
the Association. A number of new mem¬ 
bers were admitted. The Secretary reported 
a highly prosperous condition of the affairs 
of the Association. Hon. J. Wiley Ed- 
mands, in behalf of the government, offered 
resolutions, which were passed seriatim, 
with one dissenting voice to the first resolu¬ 
tion. The first resolution approved of the 
present tariff on wool and woolens, and ex¬ 
pressed the “ desire that no modification of 
its provisions shall be made until it has been 
more fully tried.” The fifth resolution re¬ 
affirmed the resolution passed at the last 
annual meeting, in opposition to the renewal 
of the Reciprocity Treaty with Canada, upon 
the ground that to favor it “ would he a vio¬ 
lation of the spirit of the understanding 
■with the wool growers, upon which the 
present tariff on wool and woolens was 
founded.” 
At the evening session, which followed a 
banquet, a desultory but highly interesting 
Berios of short speeches and discussions took 
place. The chairman first called on Mr. J. 
Wiley Eu.uands of Boston, one of the 
ablest and best informed gentlemen in the 
United States who is connected with woolen 
manufacturing. After congratulating the 
Association on the high success of its ex¬ 
hibition, under the auspices of the American 
Institute, then in progress, Mr. W. said : 
•* We need only to refer to the past, to got nil Idoa 
how rapid bus lieon the advance of the woolen iititnu- 
faoturo In Ihi* country. Going bunk only twenty 
years, an exhibition made at that time would show 
bo v narrow wan Uie range of the product# of that 
period in clothing goods, itannels, fancy com! mere*, 
satinet*, Kentucky Juans, formed the chief products 
of oik loom* : and few were Lhu mills that went be¬ 
yond i* comparatively low order of skill. Shawls 
might have 1 1 uon scon, tint In dross (roods the shoot, 
would luive boon meaner Indeed, as delaines only 
were then f airly • stabfishoil. How grout a contrast 
between an e ildbltioii of that tlmoand what wc have 
been to-day ’ 
Constrict- how rapid has been thoad vnncclnnatngle 
denude. No AimiulsWn ear pi it, such ft* wo hitvn 
soon tn the fair : canal to the foreign In perfection: 
no popllun : no Italian cloths nor lasting* • no ladles' 
no poplins : no Italian cloths nor lasting* • no ladles' 
fancy cloakings: no upholsteries; nor many of the 
description* of dress no-,ds, which nppear to-day In 
such variety and Iri uinh bounty, could liavo appeared 
\}t jfcprariatt. 
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FEAELESS, 
THE PROFEKTY OF JOHN F. RAY, HEMLOCK. LAKE, N. Y., AND WESLEY RAY, HONEYOYI5, N. Y. 
IS 
description* of dress gind*, which appear to-day In 
such variety and In such bounty, oonlil have appeared 
In an exhibition uf .Vmorleun nraiiufacturea even ten 
years ligo. 
Tbo exhibition of to-day show*. not only the groat. 
prn«rc,;n which has boon made In Uio production of 
new varieties, hut also In regard to their perfection. 
11 magi iio that many a Indy, utlendlnii the fair, liu-a 
learned that she ha* been unconsciously encouraging 
American Industry, by wearing articles which she 
had bought as foreign fabric*. And 1 would say hero 
that it 1* quest burn hie, whether that course which 
many of onr manufactories adopt, of stumping their 
Roods with labels representing them as foreign fab¬ 
rics, l» a wise one. Tim excellencu of Amurloan 
fabrics 1* now admitted, «nd they cun stand on tholr 
own merits, I believe It Is for ten Interest of every 
manufacturer. In the Ion* run, to stamp hi* (food* 
with hts own name .-—discardInn all gulstis.and vend¬ 
ing them as American products. 
In thehUtory of American manufactures, there has 
been no time whan so many new descriptions havo 
boon Introdnoed as In the Immediate post, and when 
the products of our looms have been so qlvanilfled. 
If there arc an r who do not bike pleasure In viewing 
those great strides of improvement, who nro not 
elated at every triumph of American skill In this 
directum, they arc those who opposed, and arc still 
opposing, thu legislation which has produced thi:.s« 
results; they are tlo-so who would prefer that wc 
should bu still depondcot on England and thu Conti¬ 
nent for our worsteds and line woolen*. To perfect 
the manufacture of a familiar fabric. Is one think; 
to Introduce and successfully establish a new one, is 
quite another; and the pioneer 111 the Introduction 
of any new brunch, In this country, I consider a pub¬ 
lic benefactor. * • • 
Tim consumer a of our goods were never so fastidi¬ 
ous In the selection Of their styles»» how. Ordinary 
and poorly made goods no longer satisfy the popular 
dem iud. Tlnwe who have the least to spend, have 
now :* higher taste to gratify than formerly. Every 
one must be struck with the bounty of style, and, in 
point of taste, with the high order of American goads 
which are now furnished our people. 
We often hoar tlm protective system denounced, 
bocua.se It deponds on class legislation. Now all we 
huvu to answer to that l» this: —If class legislation, 
us It is called, produce* such results, if It m Courages 
and promotes the Industry and enterprise of the 
nation, as onr imsl history shows to be the ease, de¬ 
veloping onr resource*, augmenting our wealth, in¬ 
creasing our power, then the more we have of such 
legl-datum the hotter. It is said that President Lin- 
coi.v replied, when some One brought to him the 
Ptorv that General GRANT, |u one of his successful 
bat tic#, had been taking too much whisky : — Let 
up- know tho brand Of this whisky, that I may order 
more of the same for each one of my general*." 
•• When we consider t hat the original substance* of 
man's clothing are drawn from the three kingdom* of 
Nature,-the vegetable, animal are! the mineral,— 
ami that In prdisirlng these substance* for their 
specific uses, end In transforming the crude material 
into the tttilihed article, there Is brought Into requi¬ 
sition. not only the labor and skill which munlpu- 
late*, but the ingenuity of the Invontor, theknowl- 
edge of the engineer, the science of the oherajst. and 
the various appliances of art; when we consider the 
f, ijVi-s to tm employed,—tho tnauual. meoba.n1viU.ttnd 
I mleht add Clie tntslleotual.—wo begin to realize 
ln>» i u l-ij is that clay* which thW legislation affect*. 
If It he a cht<»- It Is a class of classes which reaches 
beyond any detiuatiie limit*. 
•• Onm efforts arc now b dug made to turn the pnhlln 
attention against that policy which look* to the en¬ 
couragement of domestic manufacture* through dis¬ 
criminating duties upon the importation of foreign 
tuuitu raptured goods. Many of the journals uf this 
cUv are almost dully portraying tbn evils of the pro¬ 
tective system ; and one might Imagine that the 
writer* of those articles deemed that this system was 
tin- cause of llle present anomalous slate of the 
tiiuHH. ,vn,1 that tlm cure was to bo found In the 
adoption of free-trade measure*. These theorists 
tell us that free trade Is now the ono thing needful. 
N,iw, 1 consider that the burdens of heavy taxation, 
which wc all feel, and tbo disorders and troubles 
nri-lng from our irredeemable paper currency, which 
Du til el Webster unue truly said would prove a curse 
to any nation, are of but very little account corn 
pared with tlm evil to thU nation which would fol¬ 
low free trade legislation, whether It be the theoretic 
free-trade of the perfectionist, the excellence of 
which he see* in hi* millennial visions, or whether it 
im that commercial free trade which would bring 
upon us a horizontal revenue tnrlfT, which Is of Itself 
and In itself a positive discrimination ugalnst Ameri¬ 
ca;; Industry. 
We regret we have not space to publish 
Mr. Edmandh’ speech entire. Mr. Lyman, 
Agricultural Editor of the Tribune, was 
next called out, and made some very sensi¬ 
ble remarks. In conclusion he asked wh it 
class of wools tho manufacturers most 
needed. Mr. Secretary Kayes requested 
Mi*. Edmands to answer this question; and 
Mr. E., amongst other things, said : 
" One difficulty wo meet wtth I* from the fickleness 
of the demand for good* from the changet* of fash¬ 
ion, ami tin- different requirement* of our customers 
a*to the Stylos uiid eh.i rioters of goods to bo fur¬ 
nished to them. Wo have to meet the demand: und the 
change* required of us w« must require "f the wool 
grower. It, I* true that It Is but a few years .since wc 
called on tbo wool grower to ruenuh us the finest 
wools : because then tho products from the tlno wool* 
were In demand by our customers. But, now, all this 
has changed triirn tho changes of fashion; and tile 
present demand I* largely uu the coarser wool, for 
the staple that make* tho Scotch tweed, and the 
cloths dint predominate In the.fashions of Midday. 
To Illustrate i lie ileklenoss or tbn demand. In my ex¬ 
perience as a manufae-.urer of dress goods. It has 
been, until very recently, our almnnrl art to bring 
out our delaine fabric* soft to handle, and, In finish, 
to Imitate the all-wool French merinos. Now, as the 
fashion Is. many stylus of those good* must be made 
us Hllll and hard a* possible. Wc have to accommo¬ 
date onr fabric* to the changeable taste* of tho 
hullo*, and thu consequence Is that we now require a 
large supply of the long, haul wool*." 
The Chairman, Mr. Mijdoe, of Boston, 
whose genial humor added much to the 
amusement of the evening, delivered a short 
and pithy address on the rapid progress of 
American wool manufactures, mentioning 
the extension of worsted manufactures by 
the company lie represented. 
Mr. Bigelow, being requested to offer 
some remarks, replied further to the question 
of Mr. Lyman. lie thought that card-wool 
industry constituted about four-filths of all 
wool manufactures — extreme line grades 
forming only a small percentage. Combing 
wool industry had recently assumed consid¬ 
erable importance. He thought card or 
clothing wools were produced in superabun¬ 
dance, and that there was a deficiency in 
long combing wools. Ho thought that our 
farmers, especially on tho Atlantic slope, 
near large towns where mutton found ready 
sale, would find combing wool a source of 
immediate and permanent profit. 
Mr. Hayes said improved machine* and 
protn e a es enable waiiui’actnrers to make 
cloths from wool of a lower grade, having as 
handsome appearance as those formerly pro¬ 
duced from finer wools, and therefore ex¬ 
tremely fine wool cannot he produced with 
profit even in Germany. There were manu¬ 
facturers who believe that all our card-wool 
machinery can he supplied with American 
wools of sufficient fineness to meet the de¬ 
mands of consumers. 
Mr. J. W. Stitt of New Jersey fully con¬ 
curred in the latter view. He had tried 
Mestiza and other foreign wools, and was 
continually having claims made against him 
for imperfect goods. On abandoning these 
and resorting to American wools, this diffi¬ 
culty was entirely obviated. Our country 
had every condition for growing good wools 
of every description. 
The Chairman-" All the lack now of permanent 
prosperity to the sheep culture ami the woolen man¬ 
ufacture of this country—and you will ho horror- 
struck when 1 soy It I* due to tho want of patriotism 
In this country In England, to-day, we neo the lord, 
the nor-''"”'’* - ”.nd the artisan clad In one fabric: 
and thftt i* —,-mC of wool grown upon the Island of 
Great Britain. I new speak of the usual n very-day 
habiliments of prince and peasant. It 1* Of long 
wool, and what- we should call ft Coarse wool,—tho 
C,b”viot wool, the Scotch wool. You *«e membersof 
Parliament In tho morning almost universally clad 
In what, wc call fustian hanlt*. and all the business 
men. all the mechanics,until we descend to the lower 
grades of socHotv, and they are chid In cotton. All 
who went wool ftt Jill about their every-day t*u>-i..ees, 
wear the wool that tbev grow on their own (aland, 
q'hcy have l>v the force hr their "dll. In netting thin 
fashion, obtained wealth for the leading men of 
England, Instead of their spreading W over the whole 
Continent of Europe, When (bey travel, they wear 
thotr own clothes. They do not go to Paris to buy 
their coats to travel In: but they take their own 
home products, and show them to the rest of tlie 
world, The custom la spreading here; fur vtc all 
know Troni our 'two observation that for the last, live 
or ten years, those who pretend to he the lenders of 
society here, use for thotr morning One tunics the 
sum * cl a-- <t Clothing wools. Let us bring that fora 
moment home to ourselves: If we would bn true to 
ourselves.If wb wouldubly wear in thlscountry what 
wc can produce from our own wools, there would ho 
no cry that we want wools Iroin abroad. Our manu¬ 
facturer* nan make from our own wool* fabrics Ihut 
ought to satisfy the requirements of fashion." 
Mr GEOKOE MAXWl’.t.l.; “Fine wool Is whftt wo 
want. and. for yeftr*. probably shall want. While l 
approve or whftt has been said In relation to Increas¬ 
ing the production of course wool, I do not, think the 
production of fine wool should be diminished, but 
should rather heJncreasod. • * * In traveling 
over tho country r~ og the farmers, I urge them to 
gor. Canada sheep, hat wherever 1 have been I have 
received th *u;nn answer-" We don't want the long- 
legged slit p.for we can’t keepthom on the farm,they 
will run everywhere; httt wc cun make brush fences 
to kt'cp the merino sheep In.' Yet 1 think there Is it 
strong tendency to enter Into the raising of the loug- 
wool sheep." 
Mr. George Roberts made some inter¬ 
esting remarks on the changes which have 
taken place in farming and wool growing 
within his recollection. 
Mr. GiCOROR W. BOND: “ A few minute* ago, Mr. 
Chairman, yon made some remark* u# to the want, of 
patriotism tn supporting onr own manufacture*. 
Not long since, I was In the cnuntlng-romn of a gen- 
tliMtmn who has done much tn Introduce the manu¬ 
facture of these very worsted fabric* to which you 
referred, and he showed me some beautiful speci¬ 
men* rtf the goods he had made, and mild. Isn’t It 
ton bad '/ I have showed these good •> to Jobbers, and 
they all admit they arc just us good ns tho English 
good h, ana much cheaper: lint they cannot sell them 
because people have such u prejudice again*!. Ameri¬ 
can products.' i said to him, ' Well, my friend, Vi 
that cloth of which your coat was made, Artier'"iin !' 
‘ No, sir.' • Your Vest?' 'No. sir' 'Your p.irttsf' 
‘ No, sir.’ » ♦ » We certainly have hud n great, 
change In the *tvles of wool,sought by onr umnotur- 
turers, mid the fashions have bad tint nol nil, 
to do with this Change In the demand, f r .ns'unco 
I heard the other day,of a very stylish urib b o‘ 
cloth made of course wool, jit n mill In which I form, 
erly was Interested. I went tosec them nod Immedi¬ 
ately recognized an article got up by myself over 
thirty years ngo for the negroes on the rice planta¬ 
tions of Hoiitli Carolina and Georgia. The present 
treasurer of the mill admitted, and remarked, that, 
the negroes now wanted something more showy to 
wear; and that In- was forced to close out Ills stock 
on hand to u fashionable tailor on Washington 
street, whore It was cugcrl; taken by our goutool 
youths." 
Mr. J. Earle addressed the meeting in 
respect to knit goods,, and stated the in 
provements being made iiu their manufacture. 
The Ham Fenrlcss, (sec Illustration.) two years 
old, bred by MAiUtrNK.it & Bronson of East 
Bloomfield, N. Y., was got by llmJow’ti Young 
Grimes, by Old Grimes, by Hammond’s Iwon- 
stakes. Dam bred by T. Hir.t.of Wont Corn waL, 
Vt., by Delong's Gen. Grant, by Hammond's 
Sweepstakes. Grand-dam bred by F. II. Df.an 
of West. Cornwfill, Vt. Fear loss’ second fleece, 
one year’s growth, weighed Iff),’*; lbs. Ho with ton 
ewes of htsgot took the sweepstakes premium al 
the OntarloCo. Fair this fall, also first promluin 
at tho Union Fair of Hemlock Lake. Three 
pons of owe lambs of his get, took first, 3ooond, 
and third prom in ms tit last named fulr. 
lorscimm. 
MEMORANDA FOE HORSEMEN. 
Gargling OIL — { nin now far advanced in li.’o, 
being more Gum oighty-lWO years of ago, and I 
to not know of any legacy that l can leave the 
public better than a recipe from the original 
recipe hook of Dr. Kortson to make gurgling 
Oil. Gargling oil is composed of three com¬ 
pounds— Hortron's Soap Liniment, Oil of Spike 
and Compound Tincture of Aloes, equal parts. 
Thecomponent parts of this oil arc compounded 
as follows (any druggist cuu compound them at 
a large profit.) 
Tn make Umtson's Compound Snap Liniment.— 
Hard soap, three ounces; camphor, one ounce; 
spirits of rosemary, ono pint. 
To make Compound Tincture of Aloes. — 8oer>- 
trlne and saffron, of each three ounces ; tincture 
of myrrh, one quart; digest seven days in a 
warm room. 
OU of Spike— (See American Dispensatory.) 
To matte Gargling OIL—Compound soap lini¬ 
ment, compound tincture of aloes, and oil of 
spike, equal parts. — 4. Townsend, Aurelius, 
Caguga Co., N. Y., 1809. 
P. S.—The present venders claim much more 
for gargling oil than did Dr. Hortson, tho origi¬ 
nal inventor; but. if any poreon wlshos to apply 
it for plies ho had bettor apply It to a cat; tho 
spirits of turpentine In tho oil of spilco uiay 
satisfy him whether it ia u good application or 
not.—J. T. 
-- 
A Distempered tlorae.— I wish information in 
regard tea mare I have which had tho distemper 
a year and a half ago, and never fully recovered, 
but wheezes or whistles so ns to bo heard a num¬ 
ber of rods; scorns to lie a great deal worse in 
cold weather; discharges white, watery, offen¬ 
sive matter from the nostrils; eats, drinks and 
appears perfectly well otherwise. Is there any 
remedy, and any danger of It working Into the 
glands?—A Sunscninnrt, Marshalltown, Iowa. 
Colts— Ringbone. A. W. Hinsdale asks if 
colts from one to t hree years old will have ring¬ 
bones If kept on a floor in winter. Not necessa¬ 
rily, especially if kept liberally bedded. But an 
earth floor Is better for young horses always. 
FRAME HIVES vs. BOX HIVES. 
Mr. A. Wilson (ace Rural of Nov. 18th,) 
criticises the article published in the Rural 
of Oct. 9tli, written by Mr. Baldridge, lie 
says: — “ Mr. Ba ldiudge’s correspondent 
had better use thu caps ou the top part, and 
not try to take out the under part before lie 
has more information, I think.” 
Mr. B.’s correspondent says:—“It is not 
my wish to pay henceforth any more atten¬ 
tion to my bees than simply to hive the 
swarms and secure the honey in the fall 
after killing them with sulphur.” Now, with 
his way ot keeping bees, how much more 
information docs he need for using the frame 
uive than for using the box hive? I do not 
think he needs any more for using the one 
than the other; for he tells us that he does 
not mean to give his bees much attention. 
Mr. Wilson says again:—“If ho does not 
choose to buy the patent and machine, but 
continues to use the box bive, I suggest that 
he make his hives seven inches higher than 
usual and at least twelve and tv half Inches 
square, and use the same small caps Unit are 
used in the patent hive.” Does Mr. Wilson 
mean seven inches higher than the box hive 
usually is ? If so, his hives will he too large, 
and especially too high, to get much box 
honey trow; and if he means the low frame 
hive, I am somewhat surprised to seu him 
advise them made higher, if I wished to use 
box hives, I should make them eleven and 
one-half inches high, twelve inches wide, and 
fifteen and one-half inches long, inside meas¬ 
urement. The top hoard should be but one- 
half inch thirl' and nineteen and one-half 
inches long, nailed nicely down. The great 
advantage of having them low is that six 
boxes can he ti.se.cl instead of four, which 
gives one-third more room for boxes. 1 know 
a man who took ninety pounds of box honey 
from a first swarm placed in an empty hive 
of the low class, and 1 am sure that lie could 
not have got as much if his hive had held 
but four boxes at one time. 
I have used three kinds of hives,—the box 
hive fifteen or sixteen inches high, a frame 
:.vc '.bo’i' the same height, and a modifi¬ 
cation ot ...ie xjANOiiT'JOTH frame hive, anil 
prefer the latter on account oi toe extr 'ox 
room and the convenience of handling the 
frames. 1 do not see as the tall hives winter 
any better—on their summer stands or in the 
cellar— than the low hives. Neither have I 
discovered Lime the bees in the tail hives rear 
orood 'atrlier or faster. 
i am jot mtercsted hi maklne these hives 
for sale nor in selling the patent ngnts, nnu, 
therefore, believe that I am not biased in my 
assertions. 
Many do not use the frame hive on ac¬ 
count of the trouble of sawing out the strips 
for tho frames; out this c‘tiinc.:L'.y is verv 
easily overcome. A circular saw, four or 
five inches in diameter, fitted on a mandrel 
and run by a treadle will cut up inch lumber 
with great rapidity. The cost, including 
saw, mandrel and other fixtures, need not 
exceed five dollars. Since the Introduction 
of the comb-emptying machine the necessity 
of having the movable comb hivo is greater 
than formerly. The cry in boo keeping, as 
in other pursuits, is “ Onward 1” and let no 
one draw back; at least let no one persuade 
others to do so. Jacob II. Nellis. 
Cauajoliarlc, N. Y., 18«9. 
■-■ 
WINTERING BEES: 
Which ia thu Best Way to Do It. 
There are so many conflicting opinions 
upon the subject tha‘ .1 js very difficult for 
the incxperiencea bee keeper to arrive at 
any aatisficLwry eonemmon upon the ques¬ 
tion. Bees are natives of a warm climate, 
and as long as they are not so far removed 
from their nativity as to lie able to fly freely 
from time to time during the winter, it is 
probably better to winter them upon their 
summer stands; but when they are confined 
to tholr hives from the middle of November 
until the middle of March without being able 
to fly at all, as they usually are In this lati¬ 
tude, I think they can he more successfully 
and economically wintered by placing them 
in some warm, dry, dark place. Dryness 
and darkness are the two principal requisites, 
although tho thermometer should not be al¬ 
lowed to sink below 0S* nor rise above ASjP 
or 45° if practicable. 
Most of cellars are very well adapted to 
winter bees in, provided they are situated 
under a part of the house which ia not being 
continually used, and which cun lie properly 
ventilated from the outsh.e, so that, the in¬ 
ternal tempera*.mean he regulated by open¬ 
ing or Closing these ventilators, &c. Bees 
should not be confined at the entrance; all 
Hie holes at. the top of the hive stioulhe 
left open, which allows most o n ,ie moisture 
or vapor from the bees to pass off and les¬ 
sens the liability of tho combs molding. 
They should not be disturbed too frequent¬ 
ly, and never by admitting ciayiight; always 
visit them with a candle, and if at any time 
you And any stock is restless or uneasy, or 
discharging their excrement at the entrance, 
or at the top of the hive, the first favorable 
clay seize the opportunity to Bet them out 
and let them fly, and at night return them 
again. They should uot be perched up two 
or three feet from the ground, but spread an 
armful of hay or straw upon the snow or 
ground somewhere, out of the wind, and set 
them directly upon it. 
Weak stocks should he kept warmer if 
convenient, than strong, heavy stocks. There 
is next to no risk at all in wintering strong, 
heavy stocks; hut the nursing and feeding of 
weak und feeble ones usually only proves a 
useless expenditure of time and money, un¬ 
less they are taken early in the season, while 
the weather is warm; then they can lie made 
as heavy and strong as you choose. All lien 
keepers that have neglected to unite or feed 
their weak or feeble stocks, and wish to try 
the experiment of wintering such stock, can 
keep them from starving by placing pieces 
of sugar candy in close proximity to the bees, 
where they can cluster upon it. This is de¬ 
cidedly bett«r than liquid hee feed, especially 
for a winter feed ; but weak stocks are very 
apt to become diseased, and when you set 
them out in the spring, unless the weather is 
very favorable, they reduce in numbers so 
fast that they are tumble to mature brood 
enough to keep their numbers good, and 
hence must inevitably go up, unless they are 
reinforced, &c. 
I would strongly recommend all of those 
using a shallow hive of any form, and es¬ 
pecially the shallow form of the movable 
comb hive, to make winter passages through 
the conflict—at least one, about one-third of 
the width from the top and about the center 
from front to rear, I have devised n very 
simple and effectual way of doing this, with 
out taking out each and every comb. I bore 
a five-eighth hole through the side of iho 
hive opposite where tho passages should be 
made. Then T worm a sharp, hard wood 
stick of the same size through the combs 
until it strikes the opposite side of the hive; 
then withdraw and stop up the hole. This 
allows the bees to intercommunicate with¬ 
out being obliged to crawl over or under the 
com 1 is to do it. Tills should be done some 
warm day, when the bees are not closely 
clustered, as there is then less danger of 
killing the queen and but very few bees will 
suffer; or they can be carried into a warm 
room a few minutes, when they will loosen 
up considerably. T. S. Roys. 
Hampden, Col. Co., Wis. 
;ntomnIogical. 
IQfkatioah to tm unaworud lu tliin Dojinrtinont, xvhon Accompanied 
by Bpt*-(iiu*ns, fthould bo «ont dlroclly to C. V. Riley, J21 Worth 
Mwln Stroct, St. LotiU, Mo.] 
STUNG BY A TOMATO WORM. 
Much has been said in the Rural New- 
Yorker about the “ Tomato Worm ” not be¬ 
ing poisonous. I do not know as it is poison¬ 
ous enough to kill, but I do know by my own 
experience that its sting is poisonous, and 
very painful. Last fall, while picking Lima 
beans, in reaching up under the leaves, near 
the bottom, 1 felt something prick or sling 
my left hand near the root of the thumb, 
which I surmised might be the prick of a 
Canada Thistle, luit on putting my hand 
hack again was stung so severely as to call 
forth an exclamation of pain. I did not 
stop to see wlmt It was that hurt me, but 
went at once into the house and hound 
moistened soda on the wound, which was 
plainly indicated by a small red spot. Re¬ 
turning to the garden, I searched for the foe, 
and found it to lie a large tomato worm, 
which I destroyed on the spot. I could find 
no Canada Thistle or other cause to produce 
the sting. Renewing the application of soda 
several times, the effect was removed in a 
few days, though attended with pain. 
Aldon, N. Y. Mrs. D. W. White. 
♦ - 
“ Grnnff Daddy Loiifz-Legs." — The American 
Entomologist, in reply to an inquiry from a Mis¬ 
souri correspondent, says: “These long-legged 
spiders are likewise popularly known as Har¬ 
vest-men, and Grandfather Gray Beard*, In 
some parts of the country. They all have simi¬ 
lar habits, being carnivorous, and seizing tbdr 
prey very much aaaoat seize* a mouse; hut they 
differ from other spider* tn that they bodily de¬ 
vour their victims, Instead of sucking out thdr 
Juleos. Tho fact then, of your one night notic¬ 
ing a Daddy Long-legs pounce upon a honey¬ 
bee, which happened to come near It, is. not tt> 
bo wondered at. Yet it may l»e considered as nn 
exceptional occurrence, and wo should advise 
you to encourage, rather than destroy, tti”-) 
long-legged spiders, be cause they arc known io 
devour great numbers of plant-lice, and Mr. .1 u- 
TitCit Bryant of Princeton, III,, htt* found them 
devouring the larva of the Colorado potato bug." 
flag Worms.—The Entomologist says: —By 
nines log and burning the nuHosof the bug worm 
in tho winter time, tbo trees cun bo easily rid of 
them. If this Is done whenever the llrsf few 
bags aro obsorvod, tho task of plucking is light; 
but where it is not so done, the worms will con¬ 
tinue to increase, and partly defoliating the tree 
each year, slowly, but surely, sap Its life. 
-- 
Render, if you tike the Rural, please Intro- 
; duce it favorably to your friends. 
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