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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Nov. 10. 1904 



BEE-SUPPLIES § 



Root's Goodsi Root's rrlces Jj 



Everything- used by Bee-Keepers. 



POUDER'S HONEY-JARS. Prompt Service. 



I^ow Freight Rates Catalog Free 



titled to Special Discounts for Early Orders till April first. 



WALTER J. rOUDER, 





513-515 Massachusetts Ave., 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



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DITTMER'S FOUNDATION 



RETAIL AND WHOLESALE, 



Has an established reputation, because made by a process that produces the Cleanest and 

 Purest. Richest in Color and Odor, Most Transparent and lougli- 



est— in fact, the best and most beautiful Foundation made. It you have never seen it, don t 

 fail to send for samples. Working wax into Foundation for Cash a specialty. Beeswax al- 

 ways wanted at highest price. A fSu line of SUPPLIES, retail and wholesale. Catalog 

 and prices with samples free on application. 



E. Grainger & Co., Toronto, Ont., Sole Agents in Canada for Dittmer's Foundation. 



QUS. DITTMER, Augusta, Wis. 



The Novelty Pocket=Knife. 



Your Name and Address on one side— Tbree Bees on the other side. 



[This Cot is the ifvyiA. Size of the Knife.] 



Your Name on the Knife.— Wbeo ordering, be snre to say Just what name and 

 address you wish put on the Knite. 



The Novelty Knife is indeed a novelty. The novelty Ilea In the handle. It is 

 made beautifully of iadestructible celluloid, which is as transparent as glass. Un- 

 derneath the celluloid, on one side of the handle is placed the name and residence of 

 the subscriber, and on the other side pictures of a Qneen, Drone, and Worker, as 

 shown here. 



The Material entering into this celebrated knife Is of the very best quality; 

 the blades are hand-forged out of the very finest English razor-steel, and we war- 

 rant every blade. The bolsters are made of German silver, and will never rust or 

 corrode. The rivets are hardened German silver wire; the linings are plate brass; 

 the back springs of Sheffield spring-steel, and the finish of the handle as described 

 above. It will last a last-time, with proper usage. 



Why Own the Novelty Knife ? In case a good knife is lost, the chances are the 

 owner will never recover it; but if the " Novelty " is lost, having name and address 

 of owner, the finder will return it; otherwise to try to destroy the name and ad- 

 dress, would destroy the knife. If traveling, and you meet with a serious accident, and are so f ot 

 Innate as to have one of the -'Novelties," your PocketKnife will serve as an identifier; and in 

 case of death, your relatives will at once be notified of the accident. 



How appropriate this knife is for a present! What more lasting memento could a mothej 

 five to a son, a wife to a husband, a sister to a brother, or a ladv to a gentleman, the knife having 

 the name of the recipient on one side? 



The accompanying cut gives a faint idea, but cannot fully convey an exact represeutation of 

 thls^autiful knife, as th^ " Novelty " must be seen to be appreciated. 



How to Get this Valuable Knife.— We send it postpaid for $1.25, or give it as a Pren: um toth« 

 one sending us a HKEE NEW subscribers to the Bee Journal (with fa-OO.) We wiUclnb i Noveltj 

 Knife and the Bee Journal for one year, both for $2.00. 



of ; no original tht ^ lit,". □ Why, your 

 poetry shows you ae — rather starchy. 

 Gee, the bees will get all stuck to- 

 gether. No, I can't accept your effu- 

 sions. They do not put high enough 

 value on such early and vigorous 

 swarms as we have here in March and 

 April. Then, I want something for 

 those occasional February " bee-off- 

 shoots " we have. Let me see : A 

 swarm is " worth a chunk of cheese " 

 — say IS cents worth, and the maggots 

 thrown in. It's too cheap, and I won't 

 have it. And the starch ! Oh, ye bees, 

 stay in till May, and you will be worth 

 a ton of hay— $12 the ton just now. 

 That makes the April bees as small as 

 30 cents. Oh, Hasty, how cruel of you 

 to libel our pets in so unbecoming a 

 manner 1 Try again, but leave me 

 out ; I may not be worth 10 cents, and 

 can not cut much of a figure, any way. 



FREAKY WEATHKR. 



Talking of climate a little way back 

 now reminds me to get in a few words 

 of the wonderful climate we are hav- 

 ing here about the bay. And this has 

 nothing to do with what I may have 

 heretofore said about the weather in 

 recent issues of the " Journal ". I sup- 

 pose it has not often fallen to the lot 

 of Eastern people to see fruit and orna- 

 mental trees blossom twice during the 

 same year. Such things happen some- 

 times here in California. Lilacs are 

 in full bloom in March, cherries in the 

 latter part of the same month and early 

 in April. Well, these trees bloomed 

 last spring and .matured — that is, the 

 fruit-trees— a fair, or, in most places, 

 a full crop of fruit. To-day it is no 

 uncommon thing to find lilacs and 

 cherries in full bloom. The sight is 

 an odd one, to say nothing of its being 

 abnormal. And the bees are gather- 

 ing nectar from the blossoms, as I 

 took occasion to find out. The season 

 is a peculiar one. I would write more 

 on the subject, but as I have already 

 mentioned the unusually heavy early 

 rains (we have had 7 inches hereabouts) 

 I shall not say more of them, or how 

 rapidly vegetation is springing sky- 

 ward. Suffice it to state that calla 

 lilies are now bursting into bloom, just 

 as we find them in February and 

 around Laster. 



Well, Mr. Hasty, you have caused me 

 to inflict a long letter upon the " Old 

 Reliable ", but I hope you and they now 

 know more of our wonderful climate — 

 and eccentricities — than you did be- 

 fore. W. A. Pryal. 

 San Francisco Co., Calif., Oct. 25. 



[f " That poor compositor " wants us 

 to tell Mr. Pryal to be a little careful 

 about the way he refers to her craft. 

 This also includes the proofreader. Both 

 are ladies. Mr. Pryal had it " cea- 

 tury ", and not " //a//"-century ", in his 

 first article. . If those two ladies ever 

 get after him, he'll hop further and 

 faster than a California jack-rabbit. 

 We believe he is still a lonesome man, 

 never having found his " better half ". 



* A "swarm rhymer " is respectfully 

 referred to Dr. Miller to work up for 

 the next edition if some^^big^diction- 

 ary.— Editor.] 



GEORGE W, YORK d CO. 



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