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did before. But why should the doctor or 

 the editor be the last to be paid. A good 

 doctor is your best friend — then why neg- 

 lect him ? The editor of your helpful 

 paper certainly deserves good treatment, 

 for he usually works hard enough for what 

 he does or doesn't get. But some day 

 things will be different, for you know the 

 "Good Book" says, "The last shall be 

 flrst" etc. Then the editors and doctors 

 will have their turn. 



Oh, but the doctor and the editor have 

 use for the grace of patience! What a 

 blessing — to be patient. 'Tis said that "all 

 things come to him who waits." But 

 another also says "things come" much 

 quicker if they're gone after. 



Propoli!i» for Corii!$. — Dr. Peiro has 

 kindly translated the following for the Bee 

 Journal : 



The Jievne IntertiatioiiaJe D^Apicnlteur copies 

 the statement that propolis has been found 

 an effective remedy for painful corns. The 

 sufferer made small plasters by spreading 

 it on pieces of linen, warming the same 

 slightly, and applying. In a few days all 

 pain was gone, and the wearer could climb 

 the mountains with perfect ease. 



All Motliers should carefully read Dr. 

 Peiro's department this week, and heed the 

 wise suggestions he offers there. His ar- 

 ticle on "The Mother and Daughter" 

 should be widely copied and read, for by 

 following the hints it contains, many a 

 daughter's life will be made happier, and 

 her future welfare assured. Oh, so much 

 responsibility rests upon mothers ! Let us 

 hope they will assume them, and discharge 

 the duties faithfully, and with great profit 

 to their children, who in after years will 

 rise up and call them truly blessed. 



Bro. Allen Priiigle, of Canada, oc- 

 cupies two pages of Gleanings for Aug. 1st, 

 with a very interesting article on " Honey 

 Tariffs." This sentence will show the 

 stand he takes: 



If any foreign producer of the United 

 States or any other country, can bring his 

 honey here, 100 or 1,000 miles, paying 

 freight, insuiance, etc., and can afford to 

 sell my neighbors and customers pure 

 honey, as good in quality as mine, at a 

 price lower than I am charging them, then 

 I say, "Well done; welcome, stranger ! you 

 are the people's friend if not mine — you are 

 either an abler man than I am, or more 

 honest, or perhaps both." 



California IIoney-PIa,nt!«. — Prof. 

 Cook gives in Gleaivinys the principal 

 sources of honey in California, so far as he 

 has observed this season. They are as fol- 

 lows: 



White sage, Audi.hertia polystaclda. 



Ball (or black) sage, Audibertia stachyoides. 



Ball (or black) sage, Audibertia Palmeri. 



Ball (or black) sage, Audibertia Clevelandi. 



Blue phacelia, Phacelia tanaceti folia. 



California clover, Hosackia glabra. 



Small blue phacelia, Phacelia dreinatax. 



Wild buckwheat, Eriyonum /ascicu.latnm. 



This last and the sages are the important 

 honey-plants. They yield enormously, re- 

 main in bloom a very long time, and the 

 honey from them is unsurpassed in appear- 

 ance and flavor. 



Of course, the fruit-bloom is very impor- 

 tant. Much of it comes so early that the 

 bees are not yet strong enough to secure 

 much surplus from this source, though fruit 

 honey is not infrequent in the California 

 markets, and is far more important aside 

 from mere stimulation than is the same in 

 the East. 



The above report of flowers is not full, 

 but contains the most important. I ought 

 to have included a small strawberry, or 

 blackberrylike flower, HorkeUa CaUfornica, 

 which is constantly visited by bees. 



Save!^ Bi^ Uoctor Bills.— Bro. 

 Leahy gave "Our Doctor's Hints" this 

 much appreciated editorial notice in his 

 spicy little monthly, the Progressive Bee- 

 Keeper : 



The "old reliable" American Bee Jour- 

 nal is trying to supply all needs of the bee- 

 keeper and his family, "Our Doctor's 

 Hints" being the last department added. 

 It is quite instructive, and if heeded will 

 save much suffering and big doctor bills. 



II ustking: Bees.— Here's another one 

 on the "city chap," taken from the Youth^s 



Companion : 



"Bless me, my boy," said the country 

 uncle, " there's no end of fun down at our 

 place ! You must come and see us in time 

 for the husking- bees." 



"Deah me!" said the city nephew, nerv- 

 ously. "I shouldn't care evah to husk a 

 bee, unless some one would first wemove 

 the stwing!" 



Rambler says in Gleanings that Prof. 

 Cook recommends fumigation with burnt 

 coffee to take skunk odor out of clothing ; 

 and suggests that the Professor " has been 

 there with his Sunday clothes on, and 

 knows!" 



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