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few of us watched the trail from the 

 brink of the chasm, and, occasionally, 

 we coidd catch ijlinipses of the tour- 

 ists. It toolc nie (luite a while to see 

 and find them. I was iookinj? for 

 somethinjj; lar;;er. It was actually a 

 strain upon the eye to keep them in 

 view. Once they were lost sight of, 

 they were found only by prolonged 

 effort. Try to see a house-fly walking 

 upon figured wall-paper 30 feet away, 

 and you will get something of an idea. 

 Those who walked returned almost 

 exhausted, and it was several days 

 before they resumed their normal 

 gait when walking. 



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BE CAUTIOUS, BUT DON'T STOP INVESTI- 

 GATING. 



Out at the California convention I 

 was greatly interested in the discus- 

 sion on foul brood; particularly in 

 one portion of it. 



General Manager France had been 

 describing foul brood, and question af- 

 ter question had been fired at him, 

 many wisliing to know if it was safe 

 to use combs that had been treated 

 with formalin, or to use those that 

 had been used only for storage in the 

 upper story, or if it would be possible 

 to eradicate foul brood by cutting 

 out the diseased cells. Mr. France 

 thought an affirmative answer might 

 be given to all of the questions, but 

 there was need for great caution in 

 such cases. Prof. Cook then arose 

 and advised against thus temporizing 

 and taking chances with the disease. 

 His advice was to take no chance. 

 As an illustration he cited a case of 

 a father begging to see liis boy who 

 was sick in the hospital with diph- 

 theria. At last lie was allowed to see 

 the boy and shake his hand. In three 

 days the father was dead from dipli- 

 therla. He would look upon foul brood 

 among bees the same as diphtheria 

 was regarded among humans, and 



take no chances. At this point, Dr. 

 (". C. -Miller arose and asked: 



'•IMofessor, wouldn't you save the 

 beesV 



I'rof. Cook: "Yes, I would save the 

 bees." 



Dr. Miller: "Was there not a time. 

 Professor, when you would have de- 

 stroyed the bees, too?" 



Pi'of. Cook: "Yes." 



Dr. Miller: "Professor, would you 

 save the hiveV" 



Prof. Cook: "Yes, I don't know l)Ut 

 I would save the hive, if it were boil- 

 ed or thoroughly disinfected." 



Dr. Miller: "The time was when 

 everything was burned, bees, hives, 

 combs, brood and all. Finally we 

 learned that we could save the bees, 

 then that we could save the hive, then 

 we began saving the healthy brood, 

 and melting the combs into wax. Had 

 it not been for investigation we would 

 still have been burning up everything. 

 Now we are investigating and trying 

 to learn if it is possible to save melt- 

 ing up nice combs. It may turn out 

 to be a failure, but it is worth the try- 

 ing. We can exercise caution, but 

 let us not lay aside the spirit of in- 

 vestigation." 



EMERSON TAYI^OR ABBOTT BEHAVES 



UNSEEMLY. 



The Rev. E. T. Abbott went to the 

 Los Angeles convention with a set of 

 amendements to the constitution that 

 he. apparently, wished kept very much 

 private. When invited before the 

 committee on amendments, he not only 

 refused to allow said committee to 

 pass upon his proposed amendments, 

 but so forgot his good manners as to 

 reflect upon the character of the com- 

 mittee and the President of the Asso- 

 ciation. 



After the committee on amendments 

 had reported, Mr. Abbott turned 

 over to the Secretary his amendments, 



