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also made use of the soap of tlie diseased 

 larviP, mixing the same in a small quantity 

 with the beef gelatine. Jnafew days the 

 test-tube became cloudy. From last reports 

 he was not certain that this cloudiness in 

 the test-tube was foul brood, although the 

 bacillus as seen in the microscope resembled, 

 as I now remember it, (juite closely the bacil- 

 lus I saw in Mr. Cowan's microscope. You 

 say that the bacilli move around under the 

 field of the microscope, and that every 

 thing is lively, much like a skating-rink. As 

 1 witnessed them, both mounted and from 

 fresh specimens of diseased larva', they 

 looked like miniature walking-sticks, and 

 every thing was quiet. From the last I 

 heard froni Mr. Sargent, he reported that 

 the carbolic acid apparently had no effect 

 upon the cloudy appearance, as seen in the 

 beef gelatine in'the test-tubes. As he is not 

 at all certain that this cloudiness is the ba- 

 cillus, neither he nor myself consider it 

 proof that carbolic acid is not a destroyer of 

 foul brood. I am satisfied, however, that 

 the acid is an antiseptic. 



A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF 

 D. A. JOKES. 



BY THE REV. WM. F. CL.4RKE. 



T TA KE much pleasure in writing- a brief bio- 

 (M graphical sketch of our Canadian " llec King," 

 ^t to accompany tlie engraving, a proof-print 

 ■*■ of which is now before me. A picture of Mr. 

 Jones appeared ou page 187 of Gle-A-NINGS for 

 1881; but while it would be recognized by any one 

 who knows the man as like him, the resemblance 

 was rather distant, and it was especially defective 

 in expression. The wood-cut now produced is a 

 very great improveinont on the former one, and 

 does much credit to the artists who have been em- 

 ployed on it. It is one of the best I have ever seen, 

 and is, perhaps, as nearly perfect as human skill 

 can make a picture of that kind. It excels precise- 

 ly where the other failed, and gives a most life-like 

 representation of the original when the counte- 

 nance is in thoughtful repose. There is another 

 expression characteristic of Mr. Jones which 1 sup- 

 pose can not be given in a picture. It is a peculiar- 

 ly good-natured and even merry twinkle of the 

 eyes, which you notice in his happy moods, and 

 most of his moods are happy ones. He does not 

 borrow trouble. On the other hand, he is a lai-ge 

 borrower of enjoyment, and discounts the future 

 heavily, with an indorsement of hope written large. 

 In the engraving now to be published, the eyes ap- 

 pear to be lying in ambush for something cheerful 

 or funny, and are evidently ready for the merry 

 twinkle which can be shown only by the living 

 countenance itself. 



Mr. Jones is a Canadian by birth; the county of 

 York, of which Toronto is the county-town, being 

 his native place. His great-grandfather, Abel 

 Jones, was a native of the State of Rhode Island, 

 and married Kuth Greene, the daughter of a Qua- 

 ker preacher, and a near relative of Brigadier- 

 General Greene, famous in connection with the 

 American Revolution. The dash of Quaker blood 

 in his ancestral pedigree accounts for some of his 

 peculiar characteristics; and bis love of bees and 

 taste for bee-keeping may be traced to a like 



soiii-ce, for his greatgrandfather aforesaid, after 

 his removal from Rhode Island to Petersburg, in 

 the State of New York, became an extensive bee- 

 farmer, and was thoroughly possessed with the 

 ideas of his time about these little inseet.s, believing 

 that he could conveise with them, that they under- 

 stood hiiui and that they took an interest in family 

 matters of importance. It speaks well for the 

 healthfulness of bee-keeping, that Abel Jones lived 

 to be past ninety-four, and cared for his bees un- 

 til within a few weeks of his death. During his 

 last sickness his bees dwindled, and at last became 

 extinct; but this was probably for want of the at- 

 tention they had been accustomed to receive, rath- 

 er than sympathy with the declining energies of 

 their owner. 



Mr. Jones's father had also a great liking for bees, 

 but the moth proved too many for him. There were 

 no Italiian"_bees in those days to fight this pest, and 

 the moth-traps then in vogue were helps rather 

 than hindrances to the ravages of this marauder. 



CUB friend D. a. .JONES, OP THE CANADIAN BEE 

 .JOURNAL. 



The subject of this sketch was born Oct. 9, 1836, 

 and remained on the farm with his father until he 

 became of age, when lie launched out for himself. 

 For sometime he was variously engaged— five years 

 with a stockman in Illinois, where he contracted a 

 severe fever, on bis recovery from which he en- 

 gaged in a book agency, and afterward in the sale 

 of fruit-trees. In this last-named employment he 

 was moderately successful; and, having acquired a 

 little capital, he embarked in matrimony ana mer- 

 cantile business. The two worked together very 

 well; for while he othciated behind the counter, 

 Mrs. J. ran a millinery establishment. This matri- 

 monial and commercial partnership was established 

 in Beeton, Ontario, where the hapiiy couple have 

 resided ever since, and now enjoy the fruits of 

 their early labors in the possession of a comforta- 

 ble home, where peace, plenty, and a bountiful hos- 

 pitality may always be found. 

 Soon after opening a general store, Mr. Jones be- 



