1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



407 



* Ratio of acid number to ether number. 



In closing the writer desires to leave for the reader's perusal a table embodying the analytical data of a number of samples 

 of adulterated beeswax, interspersed with data from a few genuine samples, by way of contrast : 



Results of Analysis of 21 Specimens of Yellow Beeswax. 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



Xbe Tornado in St. L,ouis a few weeks ago 

 was a terrible destroyer of both life and property. In the last 

 Progressive Bee-Keeper (which is published in Missouri), Edi- 

 tor Leahy says : 



"The tornado which visited St. Louis last week is without 

 parallel in the history of our country. Hundreds of lives were 

 lost, and millions of dollars' worth of property destroyed ; 

 homes laid waste, and hearths made desolate, while sad-eyed 

 mourners watch and wait in vain for those who never come. 

 In a recent card, Mr. E. T. Flanagan, of Belleville, III., states 

 that the report of the storm was not in the least exaggerated, 

 and that the destruction of life and property is simply awful. 

 He also informs us that the tornado destroyed over ."j^SOO 

 worth of fruit for him, but his bees escaped, and he is thank- 

 ful that the lives of his family and himself were spared." 



Chicago, as well as other cities, have done much to aid in 

 relieving the suffering in East St. Louis and St. Louis, caused 

 by the devastating tornado. How quickly suffering levels all, 

 and calls out generous sympathy. 



Sacaline. — In reply to several inquiries, Mr. A. I. 

 Root, in Gleanings for June 15, has this to say about the 

 plant called sacaline, which was mentioned a year or so ago 

 as a honey-plant : 



"Sacaline, at the present writing, even in our rich plant- 

 beds, is only 4 or 5 feet high. I thought if it grew 17 feet, 

 as the catalogues claim, on ordinary ground, possibly it might 

 grow 25 or 30, or possibly as tall as the giant bamboo In 

 Florida, if I put it in the rich plant-beds. Of course, it did 

 not do much last season, but I supposed it was getting rooted ; 

 but the present indications are that it will not do much better 

 this year. Perhaps I gave it too good a chance. A plant that 

 I put in hard ground near a slop-drain seems to be of a little 

 healthier color ; but none of them so far come anywhere near 

 what the catalogues represent." 



See " Bee-Keeper's Guide" offer on page 412. 



