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Show Insects Not Prohibitionists. There are no prohibitionists among ihe Insects, says a correspondent. Hundreds Hun-dreds of wasps were recently observed among the fir trees of Keston lake crawling eagery over spimUes atid sucking at drops of turpentine which form at Ibis time of year. A vast humming came from rhe trees, reminiscent reminis-cent of the midsummer rug over the heated hay fields. I .r ge flies and hlue-hottles were also seen. In many cases the insects consumed so much of the firewater that they fell to the ground in a drunken stupor, or clung haznrdly to the trees. The wolf-spider wolf-spider chasing its prey through the grass like a dog was having a rich harvest. Other Insects came to the bacchanalian repast. A species of aphis was much In evidence and al.-o Its keeper, the nnt busy diking It of Its gathered HoJjor. |