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OQ your lips are plain evidence of constitu- 

 tional taint. 



Who may number the ill results to babies 

 and little children through the promiscuous 

 kissing so many women indulge in, purely 

 out of compliment to the fond mother ? It 

 makes my flesh crawl when I notice what I 

 have so often seen, a woman full of decayed 

 and ill-smelling teeth clasp a pure, tiny 

 baby to that horrible mouth, to leave on 

 the innocent lips the moisture from that 

 poison-laden cavity? Is it any wonder 

 that the "sweet little thing" will soon 

 have sores on its tongue and gums ? Not 

 to me ! It isn't so many years ago when 

 the attempt was frequently made to impose 

 on our little ones in this outrageous man- 

 ner. Perhaps some succeeded when only 

 their blessed mother stood by — not when / 

 was near ! Visitors would feel shocked at 

 my supposed incivility, but I felt vastly 

 more interested in my little ones than in 

 their formal ceremonies. They were early 

 apprised of the fact that I did not approve 

 the act from them, and a second attempt 

 was not made. 



And so I might proceed in the applica- 

 tion of this lesson to older people — women 

 in particular — who feel it their duty to kiss 

 and be kissed by all the acquaintances for 

 miles around. If they will reflect to look 

 and see what cavernous openings they are 

 about to cover with their lips, they must 

 conclude that their sacrifice of feeling and 

 good judgment is utterly wanting, to war- 

 rant such an indiscretion. It is not even 

 best for some wives and husbands to at- 

 tempt the task too frequently, for similar 

 reasons. What nice, clean little woman 

 really cares to kiss the tobacco-stained 

 bristles of a husband's upper lip ? Whew! 

 Women, "be ye as wise as serpents and 

 harmless as doves '"—but, don't ! 



Hoiue-lVIacle liemoiis. 



Yes, as good as lemons growing right at 

 your door— is the common sheep-sorrel. 

 For any of the edible purposes for which 

 lemon is used, except in flavor, the sorrel 

 is an excellent substitute. A few plants of 

 it crushed to a pulp, water and sugar 

 added, then strained, makes as fine a lem- 

 onade as one wants to drink — during warm 

 days. 



It is even more healthful than lemon 

 juice, because not so intensely acid. Add 

 a few leaves of fresh peppermint out of 



your garden, and you have a " mint-julip " 

 that the oldest Kentuckian might envy. 



Sheep-sorrel in your apple-pies gives a 

 more tart and appetizing flavor. And 

 there is nothing that will make tough meat 

 so tender, or that will keep it from spoiling 

 like wrapping it in sheep-sorrel. It gar- 

 nishes a steak or fish as nothing else can, 

 and persons who chew a little of it are 

 proof against serious thirst. Indeed, there 

 are many more uses for it, had we space to 

 mention. 



<3o]iTentlon IVotices. 



Utah.— The Utah bee-keepers will hold their 

 semi-annual convention on the Oct. 4, 1894, 

 at Salt Lake City. Utah. Jno. C. Swaner, 



Salt Lake City, Utah. Sec'y. 



Wisconsin.— The next annual meeting of 

 the Wisconsin Bee-Keepers'Association willbe 

 held at Madison, on Feb. 8th and 9th. 1895. 



Madison, Wis. J. W. Vance, Cor. Sec. 



Minnesota.— The second meeting- of the 

 Southern Minnpsota Bee-Keeprs' Association 

 will be held at Winona, on October let, in the 

 Board of Trade rooms, commencing at 10 

 o'clock a. m. E. C. Cornell, Sec. 



Winona. Minn. 



Pennsylvania,— The Venango County Bee- 

 Keepers' Association of northwestern Penn- 

 sylvania will hold their 2nd annual meeting 

 in the City Hall at Franklin. Pa., on Jan. 28, 

 1895, at 1 o'clock p.m. All interested send 

 for program. c. S. Pizer, Sec. 



Franklin. Pa. 



The North American B.-K. A.— The Quar- 

 ter Centennial Meeting of this Society will he 

 held at St. Joseph, Mo., on Oct. 10. 11 and 12, 

 1894, It is the first convention oi' the North 

 American Association beyond the western 

 bank of the Mississippi, and large delegations 

 from the great West will be present. We 

 hope the East, the North and the South will 

 gather with them. Frank Benton, Sec. 



Dept. Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



*'Foh1 Brood; Its Natural History 

 and Rational Treatment," is the title of an 

 interesting booklet by Dr. Wm. R. Howard, 

 of Texas. It also contains a review of the 

 work of others on the same subject. It is 

 being sold at the office of the Bee Jour- 

 nal. Price, postpaid, 25 cents; or clubbed 

 with the Bee Journal for one year— both 

 together for $1.15. 



llie r^ovelty Pocket-Knife is 



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