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September, 1914. 



American Hee Journal 



both agreed that we had not seen a 

 single beggar there. The Swiss chalets 



Dr. U. Kramer 



are the most tasteful looking houses in 

 the world. Their factories look like 

 large homes, and I would not assure 

 that I did not see lace curtains in some 

 of their windows. 



Another pleasant thing is the furni- 

 ture, even in low-priced hotels. There 

 is no " ginger-bread " about it, but it is 

 of European walnut, and the panels 



nearly always correspond with each 

 other. That comes from the method 

 at the lumber mill of piling the boards 

 in exactly the same order as the wood 

 was in the tree before it was sawed. 

 You can notice it at every saw-mill. So 

 you may readily buy two boards that 

 match exactly, because they have 

 grown side by side and the veins are 

 the same, and they have been kept to- 

 gether. That would be too much trou- 

 ble, in America, and two boards that 

 have been parted by the saw may never 

 get near each other again, unless some 

 fastidious person insists on regularity 

 and good taste and has the money to 

 pay the extra cost. 



The floors are laid in lozanges, of 

 two or three kinds of wood, even in 

 ordinary country homes. They use 

 stoves of earthenware, enameled in 

 blue or green, which look like big clos- 

 ets, with brass doors. They are very 

 slow to heat, but preserve their heat a 

 long time, when once warm. 



We went up the Rigi, as all tourists 

 do. The weather looked dubious in 

 the morning, but when we got half way 

 up, the clouds disappeared and we had 

 a magnificent view of the snow peaks, 

 the Lakes of Lucerne, of the Four- 

 Cantons and of Zug. Had dinner up 

 there and good sunshine. Back by 

 Arth-Goldau, we had an hour to visit 

 that town which was destroyed by the 

 landslide of the Rossberg in 1800, 

 which buried four villages and killed 

 4o7 persons. The town is rebuilt on the 

 scattered rocks, some of which are 50 

 feet or more in height. Human beings 

 are like the ants and the bees, who re- 

 pair their nest as soon as it has been 



Gathering a Swarm in Zurich 



torn down. The danger which lurks 

 above their heads is unheeded till an- 

 other catastrophe comes. 



I forgot that I am writing for a bee- 

 journal. But, honor bright, we did not 

 see any bees or have any bee talks for 

 at least four days. 



A model house apiary in the mountains above Zurich, visited by Mr. and Mrs. Dadant. 



bearded gentleman in the center 



Mr. Spuhler. our correspondent, is the 



