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from distant States should chance to 

 meet — but sometimes they do. Walking 

 along the streets of Chicago, I heard some 

 one shout, "Hey! Hey!" I did not sup- 

 pose any one was shouting to me, but I 

 turned about to see N. E. France stand- 

 ing in the door of a restaurant and beck- 

 oning to me. I went in and we had 

 breakfast together. We had scarcely 

 started out after breakfast before we ran 

 up face to face with the genial S. A. 

 Niver, he of York State fame. Notlii ng 

 would do but we musi go up to his office, 

 where himself and son-in-law were manu- 

 facturing an improved pyrograph. I pre- 

 sume that most of ni}^ readers know some- 

 thing about pyrography, but for fear that 

 some may not I will explain that it is the 

 making of pictures on wood by means of 

 lines nude with a heated metal point — 

 usuall}' heated by gas from gasoline. The 

 work is often used in decorating the wood 

 work of rooms or furniture. Mr. Niver 

 and his son-in-law have made a decided 

 improvement over the ordinary pyro- 

 graph, in that, near the end of the heated 

 point they have an opening through 

 which the heated gas can escape, and this 

 gas is so hot that it can be used to scorch 

 or brown the surface of the wood. The 

 hot point can be used in making black 

 marks, but the hot gas can give almost 

 any degree of color from a slight brown 

 to black brown. In the hands of a skil- 

 ful operator, the combined tool can be 

 made to perform wonders^give bold ef- 

 fects or the most delicate shading. We 

 were shown some specimens that were 

 truly pictures. An\- one interested can 

 secure further particulars by addressing 

 J. G. Tyssowski & Co., mi Schiller 

 Building, Chicago, Ills. 



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MAKE YOUR OWN HIVES. 



There has been a very sharp advance in 

 the price of bee supplies — notably in 

 hives. As a result, if there ever was a 

 time when it might be profitable for some 

 kee-keepers to make their own hives, it 

 is now. Nearly all bee-keepers are loca- 

 ted within reach of a planing mill, and at 



such a mill the bottom-boards, covers and 

 bodies of hives can certainly be cut out 

 more cheaply than they can be bought of 

 some supply manufacturer — to say noth- 

 ing of the freight. A bee-hive does not 

 need a lot of fancy fixings. A plain board 

 for both bottom and cover, with cleats at 

 the ends to prevent warping, is all right 

 for a large majority of localities. It is 

 exactly what I should choose for this lo- 

 cality. Some ^ strips sawed from Ji lum- 

 ber can be tacked around three sides of 

 the bottom board, (on top, at the edges) 

 to raise the hive from the bottom board, 

 and just the plainest kind of a plain joint 

 at the corners of the hive, just as a com- 

 mon box is nailed together, is all right 

 for the body of the hive. A plain rabbet 

 for the frames to hang in is all right here. 

 Such a hive as that can be cut out at any 

 planing mill or may be cut out with a foot 

 power saw, and the veriest tyro can nail 

 it up and paint it. 



As for frames, I ask for nothing better, 

 in fact, prefer simple all-wood frames, 

 the stuff cut from the edge of a % board; 

 the end-bars and bottom-bars being y% 

 thick and the top bar yi inch thick, the 

 pieces being nailed together with the 

 right size of cement coated wire nails. 

 Such frames all nailed up ought not to 

 cost over jf r.oo a hundred. 



With the prices in view that bee-hives 

 are likely to reach, it will be well for bee- 

 keepers to be rigging up or buying a 

 buzz-saw, building a horse power, putting 

 up a wind mill or buying a gasoline en- 

 gine. Foot power will answer if there 

 are not too many hives to saw out. 



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TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOURSELF. 



In a newspaper that I picked up the 

 other day, I came across the following: 



When a man comes to sixty years of 

 age he then begins to realize on his early 

 investment of good sense in .spending the 

 years of young manhood in a right wa3\ 



It struck me quite forcibly. While I 

 not yet 60, being in the early 50's, jet I 

 so often meet men of my age who are all 

 broken down — old men before their time. 



