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Show b.i. CCLLARS. niitt Cnd Mai. Tl.lr.U. Akout nlllllon tot lit c. A few jeara ni;j "mbearth" Acntllv ilonof brocellara waanlinoatunlveraiilly rrcounuemlcil. Nearly eiory ouo whu built n bro i cllar nho burled 200 or SJOJ ftetof tlrilntlloj the outer end open to tho air nnd tho Inmr end ontirln tlm cellar. To n. tim o tho nlr from tho ci ! lar n i Ipe, t ouncLtln w 1th n nto pplpo In tho room above, ixtindcil doun Ihroupli tlio floor tu within a fow IncliMof tin cellar bottom, Tho tlruft In thoftoo-I thoftoo-I Ipe "pulled up" tho nlr from tho cellar, and moro flowed In through tho unb-earth unb-earth pipe to tal.o Its place. On pawing through tlio aubearth plpo thaulrwtu warmed, If thero w as no rtovi plpo Ith which to connect tbo outlet plpo It n estended upward until It retched tho (pin nlr The nir in tho collar, U lug former thin the outsldo nir, llowcd out of the upKr tontll itor. Iu onlur to l.iep tho temperature c en thero wus muih opi uhu nnd lovln ; of theteutllatlug tnbu. I u cold weather It wc often l ecowary to len o tho oiwn. lnga closed Fcieral da a, or ccn wcels Atauchtimca It wit) noticed that tho beea turtcrel no inconcnIt.nco. Not hly till", but It won oftiu notlcod that Mhen tho M'ntllltom vero ojwneiltho Inrush of fresh, cool air aroused tho bees ml mado them uuiusy, riually tho vonlllators went opened less nnd less Hill nu lad result and nt Inst they wcro loft cloned nearly nil tho tlmo, Tho amount of air nooiled by bees varlM irettly, according to clrcuu-stances clrcuu-stances When the) uro oicltfol and full of honey, as Is tho onto M 1th a w orl.. ing snnnn, tho amount of nir needed Is very (.rent If thoytiinboLeptiilet very llttlo air will sufilco. In wlnh-bets wlnh-bets aro Inn semldonuant otate, clore lordcrln upon hlliornatlon, m that word Is ropularly nndrrstool,and the Iotnount of nlr ntcossary for thoir main I teuanco Isteryfliolit. 1 bolieoltMa I Mr. I). U Adlar, who, a number of j earn I ego, rcmovccl a box of surplus honey I from n hire, nnd leaving tho beta In IhxscsiIoii pasted n crol laj ers of paper ocrthocntrnmotothobox. As nil tho i cr.nlts niul enn lcoav.no stopppd with propolis tho liox Mas prattlcally nlr-' nlr-' tlglit. Tho bcCB wero kept coaflnod sev eral days, ) ot did not appirontly suffer ' for want of nlr. 1 Mr. Hodden tells of sono man wlio, j wishing to"rikoup" oomoof his colo- Blcslniliofall.plastoredupthocntranco (with Hue ilay, cxpe,ctjnj; to bill tin J w by still , Hun I p n oiicnlng tso hue a fe a later tu busllew tlht merr.ly, to ih dl mi ifliuro rf ih Ir ownei I bavo fereral tlmos rlutertd les tueeesFfully in "clumps-1 where the bee v. ere burled two fcot deep nndtr i I ntfn ennli Profeftor Cooit even went I an far ns to hermetically neal up two colonies by throwing w iter over Iho hivea nnl allowing It to freeze, thus forming a ciwllug t f Ke over Iho hlcs. Tho lieis tarrltcd this treatment. Bpiclal srnlllatlon, almply for tho eal.o of securing frenhcr or nrcrnlr, teems to Iw rlnost unneceMar). TU few beekeepers who plead for tpoclal tentllitlou ilu so nlmost whollj upon tbo ground that they enn then. by moro readily control the temptrature If iho beo ripositurles nro built aulIlcUutly vnderground It does not seem n-s tliouiji tcntllatlon would bo cry much nee led for controlling temiieraturc. When boes rcttlo down Into that iruletcmt eta to f s-sentlnl s-sentlnl fur successful wintering tluir need of nlr l very slight Indeed. When their winter nsp Is tnded,nnd rjirlng nrones them to ntth ity ami brood rearing, rear-ing, more nlr Is needed. It Is then, If ever, that special tcnillntlonlj n benefit, bene-fit, but fl-l nil that Is needed can lie so ctsll secured by tho occasional opening open-ing of doors or windows ntnl'hl, If it c ir becomes really necessary , It scarcely scarce-ly seems wortli while to go to tho u-peno u-peno of Inyirur snlwarth pipes. I should not do It or nth bo It. Exchange, A (Irest Ills lllnf.. "A few jfctrs ngo n bully bnown as 'Dig Jiiko' was tho terror of southern Ucoinin," said Patrick O rarrell. "l!lg Jllio Mas t3uuiri.li of nil ho aune)cd, ntiil bis rights thero was nono to tlis-julo. tlis-julo. Jjujeavllle lli Jolt and Wnnkealui wero h'i favorite htunts. JIowin M-v.nja M-v.nja spoiling for n lli'ht, and as he stood C fi et 0 Inches nu lwas put up Illtu a IlcrcuUj nobody enred to nccommo-dnto nccommo-dnto hiit, an 1, llko-Arbainutw In Merit Twain s o'urt rue tnlo.ho traclcd chl lly on his bluir nnd bid looks. ' One nlsbt Mike was In n Waukesha saloon kept by n Herman w 1th the p.itri-ctlo p.itri-ctlo immo of Yankee. Mike mos hnnr) for trouble. Ho Insulted iverjboly I n sent, Impose 1 on the btrteuder mil made himself a illsagrcetblo nuUunce generally, I'resi utly n trll, gaunt, ion sumptiro looking thap driflol In. Ho loobel as though n good stiff breexo Monl'. blowldmnway. IIo lounged up to the Utr, nnd in a olco nueot mid deftrentitl as that of n bashful schoolgirl school-girl celled for sodt Mllo snegg nil up to blin nnd announced his intuition to drink nt tho stranger s expense. 1 he latter ilj no attention to him. Jllko Uvintno nbuslre. lie folloned him about tho room curclug him and uukln pugillstlo ilemonstrntlons. "Finally tho lonsumptha loobing strangir turned nnd sweitlj said! 'Mj Christ Ian f rlcnd , yoti a ppcar to bo ) ctrn lug for a thrashing, lio II id inougli to gheine ;our address rnd I Mill s nd )ou homo to)our family when I git through Tilth 5 oil.' Ilu handid MIUi) a notebnuk nnd luncll nnd cuu'fult) n-uioiedhls n-uioiedhls coat. The cool nudnilty of tbostrunger parol zo.1 JUlc. Hetried tocraw&sli, but 11 o stranger wouldut buro It. "Tiii heard of on for two jetrs past, and I camo to WaukchtOfi.l ill) tu whip tho Insolence out of )ou,'ho Mid, 'and right hero wo mix.' "Hut the) didn't. Ml-o mado a break for tho door nnd Iins not bi en in Watt-Leslia Watt-Leslia rlncv. It was n beautiful bluff. Tliothln rtrangur could not lmahurt bim with n hammer. lie died two Metis later of consumption." Chicago Tribune. |
