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in their use, or it can not be done at all ; but 

 when you do reach the proficiency to be able 

 to do it, you can do it laster than you can 

 make the ungainly things tliat a good many 

 of us have used and called sections. Per- 

 haps 1 might add, tliat. in Hling the saw the 

 teetli are to be liled almost exactly straiglit 

 across ; but the hler first files every other 

 tooth, then turns the saw over and tiles the 

 remaining teeth. Yon will need to take a 

 new saw that has never had the teeth set at 

 all. Our ten-inch rip saws are just about 

 the proper gauge; and when they come 

 from the factory without injury or bruise, 

 tliey are perfectly flat. Mdy be your man- 

 drel will have to be trued up before you can 

 do it ; but it will pay well to have a man- 

 drel and saws kept in just this trim. 



Since the above was written, our saw-filer 

 has liled another saw, so as to do as well as 

 the first; and we are not only using it on 

 four-piece sections, but also on the one- 

 piece, making, 1 think, finer sections than 

 we everj made before, without tiie use of a 

 planer at all. It takes an expert man at the 

 saw-table, however. A new man woidtl be 

 pretty apt to get the sections thin at one 

 end, or, worse still, get them to bowing. 

 Jhit I feel sure that almost any man who 

 runs a circular saw can, by steady practice, 

 learn to cut sections in the way 1 liave men- 

 tioned. It is a great saving of lumber, sav- 

 ing of time, and a saving of expensive ma- 

 chinery. Another thing, a good many sec- 

 tions are spoiled by being put througli the 

 planer. All this hJss will l)e saved. The 

 man who files the saw must also be an ex* 

 pert; but 1 believe the friends wlut own 

 saws can manage it if they try hard. 



SHALL A BEEJOUKNAL BE CONNECT- 

 ED WITH THE SUPPLY BUSINESS-* 



INION OK A CORKESPONr)KNT OK TUK C. 11. .1. 



E extract the following from<he Can- 

 («li<in Ike-Jourmd of June 8: 



T think it is very fortunate that its editor 

 LI). A. .loiu'sl is ill the supply liusinoss, as I 

 maintain that we are t)eiielite(f liy this. 

 Gi.KANiNGS is a jfood example ol this. I say 

 that (Ji.KANiNCJS is worth more than any other 

 journal to-day to any American bee-keeper, i1' lor 

 no othi'i- reason than siieli iirtielcs us ari' iiselul to 

 liee-keepers arc (•■iiit inniilly Ihmiiu' liroiijilil hi their 

 notiee. It is ail iiunsciise iilxnit a lue .iinirnal hc- 

 inf4- lietter, apart I loiii a suppl.\ Imsiiii'ss. Its edit- 

 or is therel)y enalileil to yive liettcr \ aloe lor the 

 price. In answer to the i|nesti(in ol' A. I. Uoot, 

 when in ashort editorial yiviiiK the redui't ion in g-lass, 

 he says: " Now it seems to me, Iriends. it is a prt-tty 

 g-ood'idea to have a liee-.joiirnal that is able to tell 

 you twice a month all aliout the decline in price ot 

 such things as keepers are otiliged to liii.\ more or 

 less. Don't you think so'.'" I reply, most deciile<ll.\. 

 '!'() persons li\iii<;iii Canada t lit re is not so much 

 advantage, but 1 have otteri thought that the bee- 

 keepers ot the liiited Stales should be \fv\ grate- 

 ful to A. 1. Kool tor what lie has <lone ami is doing 

 in this way. 1 might sii.\ that e\eiy ailii'le I have 

 purchased from him has betii well woiUi tlii' price 

 charged. Of coursi', having to pay a lieavj diiij on 

 some lines of goods is against us. Now I look upon 

 the ('. if. J. as I look upon Gleanings, that your 

 position enables you to take the same place in Can- 

 ada that A. 1. Root does in the States, and 1 am in- 

 deed grateful that you have undertaken its pub- 

 lication. 



We thank friend Deadman for his kind 

 words ; but I would suggest that, by 



way of variety, we have one or more bee- 

 journals not connected with the supply bus- 

 iness ; that is, providing there is sufficient 

 demand for such a journal. No doubt there 

 would be some advantages in having such a 

 journal. But now may I be permitted to 

 make a little protest of my own? When 

 new bee-journals start up (and doitbtless 

 they will start, as they have started), will 

 they please to bear in mind that it is neither 

 courtesy nor policy to commence pecking at 

 old established journ.ils V Suppose you 

 should attend an evening party, and you 

 should commence light out. before all those 

 e, abusing some one who is present. 



What would be thought of you, if you per- 

 sisted in dragging your personal likes and 

 dislikes into the presence of a well-bred 

 company? Y'ou would probably be severely 

 let alone, and you might possibly be shown the 

 door, in some circles. Well, whatever ap- 

 pears in a public journal is, in one sense, be- 

 fore the people, and in a place where every- 

 body is bound by all rules of etiquette to be- 

 have himself as becomes a gentleman. I 

 have sometimes thought that the opinion 

 seems to have obtained a lodging in some 

 iiearts.that a man might build himself or liis 

 journal up. by saying sneering and insulting 

 tilings of those who had acquired at least a 

 tolerably fair standing by years of at least 

 tolerably fair service. 



MORE SWINDLING NOTICES IN RE- 

 GARD TO ADULTERATING HONEY. 



ALSO SOMETHING AHOUT NEWSPAfEK EOITOIIS 



THAT I'EHSIST IN I'll BI.ISH I NO THESE 



KAI.SEHOODS. 



E clip the following from the .1. li. J.: 



MiSUEl'UESENTATlONS ABOITT HONEV.— 



Mr. A. I". Uobson, Italv, N. V., writes thus: 

 1 clip the following from the Yates (N. Y.) 

 County C/H()ii(((<, mill send it to the lifr 

 ,/i<i//)i((i as a specimen of lying: "The Al- 

 bany correspondent ot the Trihuuf sa.vs: Some curi- 

 ous facts were revealeil by the packers of canned 

 goods in private conversation. • You would not 

 think the parings and cores of apples of any use, 

 would \()ii.'' said one (f tlie packers toalrieiid. 

 He then continued: • Well, a fruit-packing (^tablit.li- 

 nieiit makes use ol I'very thing: like the poikpack- 

 ing lactones, which sa\'e evei> thing except the 

 pig's grunt. When wi- are packing and drying ap- 

 ples. \\ e lia\e Ions and tons (.f iiarings and ccjk-s. 

 riiese we sell to the makers of .ielly. All kinds of 

 .jellies are made of 1 he material. ^ ou can not buy 

 real currant jelly in the groceries. Every bit of it 

 is apiile with some essence in it. But that is not 

 the soli' use of apple - parings. Occasionally we 

 keep them so long that they can not be converted 

 into jelly, 'i'hen we sell them to the makers of 

 strained' lioiie\ . .1// tin sUoiiml hinnu that you see 

 in the market' is nuule of U—tlnir is nut tt liil i,f hi»i- 

 ifiitlioiitit." What iie.xfr Does there not seem to 

 lie a demanil for this kind of lies'/ 



And so all this litiuid honey to be found 

 in the markets is maile from apple-parings. 

 is itV The above extract does not state 

 clearly whether the statement was ptiblished 

 in the X. Y. Tyibum- or not; but 1 should 

 like to know for certain whether any of our 

 readers have seen the above in the Xeir 

 Voik Tribune, or in any other newspaper. 

 Well, instead of sitting down and folding our 

 hands, and saying there is no help for it, we 

 propose one means of helping the matter as 

 follows : Keep a standing notice in the col- 



