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vention. The prices of these photof;raphs are 75 ceots each, postpaid. 

 We can supply them at the price mentioued, should auy desire either 

 one or all of the pictures. The (irand Canyon picture is the best we 

 have ever seen of that wonderful spot. 



Henry A. Kunzb, of Monroe Co., N. Y., wrote us Oct. 5, when 

 renewing his subscription : 



" The honey crop was a failure here this season ; 400 pounds from 

 18 colonies, spring count. We hope for better results ne.\t year." 



General Manager N. E. France, of the National Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, seems to be a very busy man these days. He has a case 

 to prosecute in Colorado, one to defend in New York, and one to 

 defend in Texas, besides his annual report to get out. We saw enough 

 of the General Manager business under the late Thomas G. Newman, 

 to know that it is no easy job, if properly taken care of. And Mr. 

 France will do his best, all can depend upon that. 



Mr. W. a. Prtal, of California, sent us the following clipping 

 from the San Francisco Examiner, dated at Ventura, Calif., Sept. 2J: 



" Mrs. .J. M. Owens died this morning from blood-poisoning. For 

 several weeks she suffered intense pain with neuralgia, and decided to 

 have several teeth removed. The teeth were extracted and blood- 

 poisoning set in immediately. Her condition rapidly grew worse 

 until death came. She was the daughter of the late R. Wilkin, who 

 was one of the wealthiest bee-men in this section." 



Mrs. J. F. Mclntyre is a sister of Mrs. Owens, the unfortunate 

 lady mentioned in the clipping, both being daughters of the late R. 

 Wilkin, who was noted for his famous yields of honey. The case of 

 Mrs. Owens certainly is a sad one. 



A Big Basswood Loo Contract was reported last month in a 

 Wisconsin newspaper, to the effect that a certain manufacturing com- 

 pany of that State had arranged with parties at Escanaba, Mich., for 

 1000 car-loads of basswood per year for seven years. " To complete 

 the contract will require 40,000,000 feet. As logs are becoming scarce 

 the contract will no doubt prove profitable." So says the report. 



We suppose none of this lumber will be used for sections for bee- 

 keepers, as the firm mentioned does not manufacture bee-supplies. It 

 seems a pity to use up the scant supply of basswood left in the coun- 

 try for anything else but sections, when, perhaps, some other kinds of 

 wood will answer about as well for the other purposes. But no one 

 can interfere with the general use or destruction of the basswood 

 timber. 



A Monkey- Wrench Story has been sent to us by Mr. C. E. 

 Kemp, of Maryland. It is " respectfully dedicated " to our " Svede " 

 friend. Yon Yonson, who has written for the American Bee Journal 

 some wholesome nonsense, which some one has said is " relished by 

 the best of men, now and then." Well, here's the 

 ^j_) monkey-wrench story: j~ ^T- CZT IZT" C~ 



The American Machinist is responsible for the publication of the 

 following story, reporting it as received from a Canadian friend. The 

 source of the story is unknown, but the occurrence is credited to the 

 Pincher Creek district. Two travelers were (Iriving through that sec- 

 tion and met with an accident to their buggy. One of the two went 

 to a near-by shanty, the occupant of which happened to be a Swede, 

 and asked if he had a monkey-wrench. The traveler was astonished 

 to receive the following reply: 



" No, ay got a cattle-ranch : may brother, Ole, haf a horse-ranch : 

 Nels Nelson haf a hog-ranch ba de crick ofer; and a Yankee feller haf 

 a sheep-ranch but 5 mile down de road; but ay bet no feller fool 

 enough to start a monkey-ranch in dose country." 



thought the Grand Canyon was outside the jurisdiction of the fourth 

 commandment, or if they thought it was worshiping God to tramp all 

 over creation on Sunday, that's their affair, not mine; but please, Mr. 

 Editor, don't say that I nifssed the one chance of a lifetime to see the 

 Grand Canyon just because I "decided to take things easy, and rest." 



C. C. MllXER. 



We think Dr. Miller did just the right thing for him, in not going 

 " all over creation on Sunday." There were also other men of our 

 party who did not go down into the Canyon. We believe we indicated 

 all who did go down, however. And so far as we know, none of them 

 regretted having gone. But we would not attempt to decide for 

 others as to the right or wrong of going down into the Grand Canyon 

 on Sunday. As for ourselves, we do not think it was wrong for us to 

 go. Had we thought so we would have remained above with Dr. 

 Miller " and the other women." We certainly would not object to 

 taking a long walk at home on Sunday, even when there is nothing 

 special to see ; and to take a long walk down and up the Grand Canyon 

 on Sunday, and see " one of the greatest wonders of Nature "—well, 

 we did it. But it's too long a " walk " for every Sunday ! 



That Sunday at Grand Canyon. — Dr. Miller writes us as fol- 

 lows concerning his conduct on that day : 



Mr. Editor : — I must enter a mild protest against being held up 

 as a frightful example of laziness. On page 612, in telling about that 

 Sunday at Grand Canyon, you say, " Dr. Miller and the womeu-folks 

 evidently decided to take thmgs easy, and rest." Now, if you had 

 said I was a Utile bit lazy, or just '■ mejum " lazy, I could hardly 

 object, for I must confess there are times when I have more or le&s 

 longing " to take things easy, and rest," albeit the opportunity for 

 such a thing seems to be a constantly receding quantity. But the 

 idea of being so outrageously lazy that, after having traveled 'iW 

 miles from home, I should miss the chance to see one of the greatest 

 wonders of Nature just because I had "decided to take things easy, 

 and rest'' — well, Mr. Editor, I must draw the line at that. 



I can't say just what was in the minds of the other women, but 

 the one and only reason I did not yield to the strong desire to " go 

 with the multitude," was because it was Sunday, and I didn't believe 

 it would be the right thing to spend it out among the rocks and coy- 

 otes in a way I wouldn't dream of spending it at home. If others 



The Delineator for November. — In the November issue The 

 Delineator sustains its recognized position as the foremost fashion pub- 

 lication, and one of the high-class literary magazines. Excellent 

 reading and refined art supplement, the display of Winter fashions, 

 which are more charming than at any previous time. In fiction there 

 is the second installment of The Evolution of a Club Woman, the bold 

 narrative of a woman's experiences in clubdom, purporting to be 

 fact; a clever short story by William MacLeod Raine, entitled An 

 Unpremeditated Engagement; An Interrupted Honeymoon, by Lillie 

 Hamilton French, a pathetic incident of a little Yorkshire terrier; and 

 a Western story by Minna C. Smith. In the second of his remarkable 

 photographic articles, .J. C. Hemment relates some of his thrilling 

 adventures with the camera. N. Hudson Moore has a strikingly-illus- 

 trated paper on Chrysanthemums, and in the "Miladl '' paper Clara 

 E. Laughlin writes of Conflicting Tendencies in early married life. A 

 House Small but Artistic is pictured and described by Alice M. Kellogg, 

 and in " Carlotta and I " Miles Bradford tells the story of an old- 

 fashioned Thanksgiving. For the children, there is a Firelight Story, 

 by Livingston B. Morse ; entertaining Pastimes, by Lina Beard, de- 

 scribing the construction of the Statue of Zeus atOlympia; an amus- 

 ing story by C. V. C. Mathews, called, We Meet Monsieur Daguerre, 

 and a Sewing Lesson. In addition there are numerous articles by 

 experts treating problems of the home and household. 



Honey as a Health-Food is the name of a 16- 

 page leaflet (3>^x6 inches) which is designed to help in- 

 crease the demand and sale of honey. The first part is 

 devoted to a consideration of " Honey as Food," written 

 by Dr. C. C. Miller. The last part contains " Honey-Cook- 

 ing Recipes " and " Remedies Using Honey." It should be 

 widely circulated by every one who has honey for sale. It 

 is almost certain to make good customers for honey. We 

 know, for we are using it ourselves. 



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