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Show llrtiwnaJn-ir !'. Tra. i pit Browu, who works In tht li mix r woods near Ualrtou, Tt., ramo itto town and gut William Sfjuirea to fso wtU htra to lluld Hill to holp him gsthr the stores from a lo ttcn he said he had Uncovered on hiiwayinfromtheuoods. "I hard the bees buzzing In the tree bllol wis flro rods nv.txy from It," Hrown ald. "or I wouldnt have dls .erM it - I he men took with them thn e patent pnUstohuli Ihehoiift), nil as to cut the tree down, and n lot of Milphur to burn in the hollow for the purie of stnotli trtag the Nvs. Drown led tlte way to the tree, but they coul 1 not hear tho humming The tree was hit with the nx ami the hamming struck up fmmedl itety and so lond as to startle the two nun Theyfounl mar tho bottom of The trunk a holo whero the occaptnls of t he tree hid made tin ir cntrnnco and the ulphurllre was started there, nnd IU Aiiflmgfumm went up into the hollow tree t or a timo the bowing in.lde was t rrlfic, but gndually y,nt fainter and fainter as the sulphur had its doadly effect ef-fect and fin-illy rt turd t-ntircly. "Now wo'll cut her dqwn and gobble that slock of horn T said Drown. The trco w m rhcppwl Cow a, and w In n It Ml and diapU)nl its liollow inlorio thetwouuo hunten were not onlyanr prlseil bnt cliautd. In -.tend of hyers of rich honey they were greeted lythe , light of a tangled maiarf rUtlfsnakes, , which had Urn suffocated by llnsnl phur fume. The snakes had chuacn tho hollow tree for their winter limne There wero fifty -eight large ratihrs and e!(,ht UaLkatiakea, a puff allir, and , threo copperhead lu the collecllcn Tho iioIm. Drown had thought was th buzzing buzz-ing of wild. wis was mile by the rat tllug of tattleauikes In cLurni ns be waa p.iwlng Drown nnd Hquliei will get about two g-tllous nf oil out of tin r-itile snakes, which will mt them at Imst 100, ao their imeer bee tree will pan out a good d ty's work oftur all Cur. Now York Bum |