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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL., 



down she goes. I take everybody to be 

 my friend who corresponds with me, or 

 has dealings with me in any way. Then 

 why call people nick-names ? 



There are only two things that every 

 person can be towards me or any other 

 person —xhese two things are — you are 

 either my friend or my foe. Then, if you 

 are my foe, do I expect you to do busi- 

 ness with me ? No. Then you are my 

 friend, and I have a right to call you 

 such. You are for me or against me. 



Then, again, I have before me a little 

 book that lies on my table most of the 

 time, and this little book I take as my 

 guide through life. It is the Bible (a 

 small one), and I have read and re-read 

 its pages, and I can't find "Mister" in 

 it. I do not find Mister Christ, Mister 

 John, Mister Abraham, etc. Then, as I 

 do not find it in my guide-book, I do not 

 care to pick it up outside, to use in a 

 general way. I do not object to the 

 word, particularly, and must admit that 

 it comes in nice in speaking of nobles 

 or strangers, sometimes. But Mister is 

 only a picked-up word, or what we some- 

 times call a "by-word." 



I wish right here to relate a little in- 

 cident in life where I used to hear the 

 word "Mister," and it sounds to me 

 spiteful to this day. It was at the forks 

 of the road, that I used to walk through 

 the woods to school three miles, when a 

 girl. Well, at the forks of this road, 

 which was about half way home, a good 

 portion of the school parted, and right 

 at that spot I have often seen and heard 

 little childish rows — such as school chil- 

 dren used to have about little, trifling 

 matters, just such as we are now having 

 about Mister; and that word still rings 

 in my ears to-day, when I think about 

 it, as the offended ones parted and said, 

 "Never mind, Mister! I'll tell the 

 teacher on you in the morning !" 



Now, do you see the proper place for 

 Mister, in a common way ? Never did I 

 hear, "Never mind, my friend," etc. 



Ah, my friends, let us quit being stuck 

 up, and let the people all know who read 

 our bee-papers, that we are friends ; 

 and whenever a bee-keeper does not 

 wish me to call him or her " Friend," 

 I will always say Mr. or Mrs., if they 

 will let me know it. 



Why, I have read somewhere, that 

 our noble George Washington would 

 rather be called "George" than "Mr. 

 Washington." I have noticed lately 

 that Rev. W. F. Clarke and Dr. Miller 

 have been wrestling over something of 

 the same nature. Friends, let's stop 

 this business in print. Where are we 



drifting? If you are Bill Jones, and 

 somebody writes about you and calls 

 you Bill Jones, for the sake of good peo- 

 ple, laugh about it, and in a good, old, 

 friendly way call him Dan Smith back, 

 if that's his name. 



I love good company and good society, 

 but when I see some one trying to be too 

 polite to be comfortable in society, then 

 I feel tired. (By the grace of God I am 

 what I am.) Jennie Atchley. 



Another Fine Bee County. 



Mks. Atchley : — I have taken five 

 tons of honey from 50 colonies so far, 

 and expect more. J. B. Case. 



Port Orange, Fla., June 25. 



Bro. Case, let us feel proud of our 

 Southern homes. Some bees here have 

 gathered more than 200 pounds, ts 

 date, of fine honey per colony, and four 

 months yet to work in. Good for Sunny 

 Southland ! Jennie Atchley. 



Random Paragraphs. 



We have had a steady honey-flow since 

 April 1st, and still it comes. 



Did you notice how bright Gleanings 

 shines lately ? Gleanings has always 

 been good, but it seems to be getting 

 better all the time. 



We would like to have bee-keepers 

 enough here to produce ten carloads of 

 honey next year, that has gone to waste 

 this year, just for want of bees and peo- 

 ple to take care of it. 



There is no rose without its thorns. I 

 do believe there are more ants here than 

 any place I ever saw. We are obliged 

 to keep our honey in almost air-tight 

 vessels to keep them out. Then we have 

 what is termed here the "third party 

 flea." These fleas come about the time 

 the third party started out, hence they 

 are termed third party fleas, and they 

 do bite, sometimes. But, all in all, we 

 have a pleasant country. 



Now, Dr. Miller, you have upset my 

 work again. It just looks as if you are 

 not satisfied unless you are opposing 

 somebody. Now, you ought to know 

 that our bees in the South cap their 

 honey sooner after the nearly full super 

 is raised on top of an empty one. Yes, 

 Doctor, I think the bees down here do 

 seal up the top tier of sections a heap 



