1890 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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pool of business as ours, and help things 

 along, are not very plentiful anywhere. 

 The objection to having a great stock of 

 things ahead is this : Only two years ago 

 we had so many things in our warehouse 

 that were not used nor wanted, that we had 

 to cut our working force down to eight 

 hours a day, right in the montli of May. 

 Worse still, a good deal of the work made 

 up ahead was superseded by something bet- 

 ter, and had to be sold at a loss, or thrown 

 away. We did not anticipate this present 

 great rush this season. We are, however, 

 now planning a larger warehouse than ever 

 before, with a railroad track on each side of 

 it. One train of cars fills it with material, 

 and the other unloads it as it goes to our 

 customers ; and another railroad is now in 

 process of construction, which passes 

 through our grounds, giving us an outlet 

 east and loest as well as north and south, as 

 heretofore. The burning of friend Lewis' 

 plant has had something to do with this 

 present rush. Another thing, friend E., 

 you sent your order in April— the very 

 month when the great rush of the season 

 usually begins. You know we have cau- 

 tioned you in our price list about waiting 

 until the great hurry of the season came, 

 before giving us your order. Your goods 

 were not shipped for a month and two days 

 after you ordered them ; and if you will tell 

 me what will make the matter satisfactory, 

 I will try to adjust it in a Christianlike 

 way ; and I wish to say to all the other 

 friends, tell me in a Christianlike way how 

 much you have suffered by our apparent 

 bad management, and I will ti-y in a Chris- 

 tianlike way to make the matter satisfacto- 

 ry. But please do not do it until we get a 

 little out of our present fearful crowd and 

 jam. I do feel greatly and deeply thankful 

 for your kind confidence and encourage- 

 ment, of years past ; and even though many 

 of you have been badly used for a short time 

 back, I venture to subscribe myself, not- 

 withstanding. 

 Yours in brotherly love, A. I. Rooi'. 



EDITOl^I/IIr. 



The steps of a good man are ordered of the Lord.— Ps. 37 : 23. 



EXHIBITS FOR THE WORLD'S FAIR. 



Dr. Mason sent us the following, which he de- 

 sires us to add to his article on page 371. As the 

 latter has been made up, ready for the press, we will 

 add the same here: 



I wish that all who are thinking of making an exhibit wouUI 

 let me know soon about how much space they will prol>ably 

 need ; that is, about how many square feet of floor sjiaoe. An 

 average of over 230 feet each was occupied by the six principal 

 exhibitors at the Ohio Centennial in 18,S8, wliere our friend A. 

 1. Root's exhibit was crowded, although he was assigned a 

 space of about 400 square feet, and some exhibitors with less 

 than 70 feet made nice exhibits, and secured their share uf 

 premiums. Should the six or seven States nearest tn Chicago 

 make creditable exhibits, to say nothing <jI other States, there 

 will be a grand display; but it is to be hojied th.at California, 

 with her usual energy and vim, will not be one whit behind 

 other States, and that Maine and sunny Florida, and that mon- 

 ster State. Texas, and all between, will (hi their share toward 

 .showing to the world a goodly sample of the sweetness within 

 our borders; and we expect tn he nc.hly hacked by our Canadi- 

 an friends, and we ought not to let them ouUlo us. I am cor- 

 responding with some of our leading exhibitors, to get their 

 views for the Ijenetlt of all; and 1 have already written to 

 some parties in the Old World, in the interest of the hoiuy 

 display; and when I speak of the honey display, I mean every 

 thing connected with our industry. A. B. Mason. 



Auburndale, O.. May 9. 



DOUBLE TOP-BARS, ETC. 



On page 380, mention is made of a top-bar having 

 openings made with a wabble-saw. In my hand is 

 a similar top-bar from E. M. Tennent, Willett, 

 N. Y., only, instead of having slots made in it hori- 

 zontally, there are eight J^-inch holes bored. These 

 holes will serve as a passageway for the bees, and. 

 very likely, as a Hill device, or any thing of that 

 sort. Ernest says that he has gathered from sever- 

 al letters, from those who have used double top- 

 bars, that a narrower top-bar, if made double, will 

 answer equally well in preventing burr -combs; 

 that is, a top-bar ?i inch square will answer all 

 right, providing it is slotted so as to make it equiva- 

 lent to a double top-bar. If not slotted, it must be 

 fully an inch wide to give us good results. Are 

 there others who have used double top-bars, who 

 have noticed this? The idea seems to be this : The 

 opening forming a bee-passage produces some- 

 thing of the conditions of a slatted honey-board. 



SELLING SECRETS FOR A SUM OF MONEY. 



Our older readers remember how often I have 

 denounced this custom, and how often I have in- 

 sisted that nothing valuable ever comes in this way 

 —that is, nothing that can not also be found in 

 books and periodicals. Of late, several good friends 

 of mine have called my attention to the wonderful 

 discovery of Dr. A. Wilford Hall, editor of the 

 Microcosm. Dr. Hall, so it is eaid, has discovered a 

 method of treating disease without the use of medi- 

 cines; and so wonderful were the results that it was 

 claimed that one could live to be 100 years old or 

 more, by this drugless remedy. The price is $4.00, 

 and the purchaser must sign a printed agreement 

 not to divulge the secret of the treatment. I was 

 quite willing to furnish the $4.00, but very reluc- 

 tant to sign such a pledge. I did so, however, and I 

 am glad to be able to say that the treatment is, 

 in my opinion (at least In my own case), valuable. 

 Notwithstanding my pledge, however, I feel that I 

 can, with a perfectly clear conscience, say that the 

 treatment is not new, neither is there any discovery 

 about it. It is simply a revival of one of the lines 

 of water-cure treatment, known, nobody knows 

 how long ago, and the whole thing is well known to 

 our physicians, and fully described in our medical 

 books. In fact, I can, if our readers wish, copy the 

 whole thing from Dr. Kellogg's book, entitled 

 "Rational Medicine," page 663. And Dr. Hall 

 himself gives a lot of quotations in regard to the 

 value of his discovery; and these quotations are 

 copied from '■Chicago Medical Society Traiin." What 

 has already appeared in print, of course any pub- 

 lisher is at liberty to copy, giving proper credit. 

 Now, although good may result from reviving this 

 branch of water-cure treatment (and I feel sure it 

 will result), I think that Dr. Hall should be publish- 

 ed as a swindler for taking money from those who 

 are out of health, for something that is already well 

 known. The most lamentable feature in the case 

 is that Dr. Hall claims to be a Christian, and would 

 persuade suffering humanity that (Jod has revealed 

 this wonderful drugless treatment to him, that he 

 may take $4.00 apiece from his fellow-men, for a lit- 

 tle pamphlet of only a few small pages. I am told 

 that he has already received a good many thousand 

 dollars in this way. I am sorry to say that many of 

 the testimonials come from ministers of the g ospel , 

 and I do think these ministers ought to be ashamed 

 of themselves. 



