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inside of tlie forearm, will-fdrive me to 

 shelter. Imag-ine, then, what it must be 

 applied to a tender, swollen joint. Any- 

 one who will apply such a remedy is 

 worse than a quack, he is a heartless 

 fool. 



There is but one form of rheumatism, 

 which is rheumatism itself. 



There has not yet been discovered a 

 radical cure for rheumatism. 



Rheumatism is a self limited disease. 

 It continues from one to six weeks, then 

 abates without treatment of any kind; 

 but may assume the chronic form. It 

 very often does, whether treated or not. 



Chronic rheumatism may hold a person 

 bedfast for weeks, then may apparently 

 leave them, but in a week, month, year 

 or decade, it may return, and all so- 

 called "Cures" and "Reliefs" depend on 

 this peculiarity of the disease. 



"Patent Medicine" men know this 

 well, and guarantee to cure. Hum. 



For a year past the bee journals have 

 been filled with alleged cures by bee 

 stings. Why do not the editors write to 



some doctor of repute, say one of each 

 school, and, getting the opinion of edu- 

 cated men, print that instead of articles 

 by men who do not know myalgia, 

 plumbism, gonorrheal and syphilitic 

 pains from rheumatism? 



After reading Gleanings, the Review, 

 the British Bee Journal and scores of 

 newspaper articles, I wish to go on record 

 as saying that there is not a well 

 authenticated case of rheumatism cured 

 by the poison of the bee. 



An Iowa Country Doctor. 



Buck Grove, Iowa, Aug. 31, 1910. 



[The general public and many physi- 

 cians, have classed as rheumatism 

 several forms of aches and pains: and 

 judging from reports, some of these forms 

 have been relieved by the application of 

 bee stings. Dr. Bonney asserts that, ac- 

 cording to strict medical science, there is 

 only one form of rheumatism, and that is 

 never relieved by bee stings. It seems 

 to me that the argument is largely in 

 regard to terms rather than facts. — 

 —Editor.] 



A Veteran's Views on Selling the Honey Crop to 

 The Best Advantage. 



J. E. CRANE. 



K^"riend Hutch- 

 inson:— I fear 

 M m 1 can add but 



m W little to your in- 



■rsm dMmm structive and 



stimulating edi- 

 torial in the May 

 number of the 

 Bee Keepers" 

 Review, on 

 "Selling Honey 

 to the best ad- 

 vantage." The fact of working for 

 months to produce a crop of honey, and 

 then selling it in fifteen minutes, looks on 

 paper as though something were wrong, 

 but I think not so much so as would 



seem; at least in this part of the country. 

 Those bee keepers who read bee journals 

 usually know what honey should sell 

 for. and those who do not read them, are 

 not slow, hereabouts, in inquiring of those 

 who do. In fact, I think those who do 

 not read nowadays are apt to ask more 

 for their honey than those who are well 

 posted. 



The production of a crop of honey re- 

 quires months of manual labor, while the 

 selling is a mental process, and can be 

 done by a person of active mind in a 

 very few minutes. 



The great problem is, how to get our 

 honey to the consumer with the least 

 possible cost. 1 have said to myself. 



