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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



October 



that bees work in them no better nor 

 fill them any fuller than the 41^-414 

 under the same conditions, as to flow 

 of honey and strength of colony, and 

 my full ones weigh only three-fourths 

 of a pound. How they will take in this 

 market is yet to be tested. 

 Yours truly, 



CHESTER BELDING. 



Literary Note5. 



baknum's midland farmer. 

 The latest acquisition to our ex- 

 change list is Barnum's Midland Farm- 

 er, published at St. Louis, Mo. Though 

 Vol. 1, No. 5, indicates its present in- 

 fantile period of existence, its contents 

 tell as plainly of ripe experience upon 

 the part of its editorial manager, W. 

 M. Barnum. The name is not new to 

 readers of apicultural literature, and is 

 doubtless the same "Will M." who for- 

 merly dated his contributions to these 

 columns from Denver. We wish the 

 Midland Farmer success. 



WORK OF THE ARCHITECT. 



We are in receipt of a large book of 

 designs of 190 studies of houses from 

 W. J. Keith of New York and Minne- 

 apolis, who has become famous 

 through his own merits and his arti- 

 cles in the Ladies' Home Journal. The 

 designs are for houses costing from $1,- 

 500 to $3,500. The book sells for $1, and 

 will be sent to any one by the author 

 upon the receipt of the stated price. A 

 book containing eighty designs of 

 houses costing less than $1,500 will be 

 furnished for 50c. If you are planning 

 to build you will save money by pur- 

 chasing one of these two books. 



Another good offer of Mr. Keith's is 

 to submit a sketch with exterior and 

 interior planned of any house concern- 

 ing which you can give him your per- 

 sonal idea as to what is desired. His 

 charge for this service is but $5. Of 

 course the sketch submitted is not the 

 complete architect's working drawings, 



but will give you a definite ground 

 work. If desired he will furnish the 

 estimates and complete architect's 

 drawings from the submitted sketch. 



TABLE TALK. 



For reliable and new recipes — for a 

 cursory and condensed outline of the 

 many interests of the woman of today, 

 read Table Talk. The September num- 

 ber gives the usual departments, 

 menus, decorations and suggestions for 

 the dining room and kitchen — fashions, 

 entertainments and so forth to aid the 

 hostess; and among its leading articles 

 are "Amateur Illustration," by Mrs. 

 Burton Kingsland; "Treasure Trove," 

 by Martha Bockee Flint; "The Dollar 

 Luncheon," by George Y. Kerr; "Be- 

 low Stairs," by Minna C. Hale; "Cata- 

 lina Sea Food," by Isabel B. Winslow, 

 and an article on Books, by Miss Mary 

 Lloyd. Truly the home-maker should 

 not be without it. A sample copy may 

 be secured free, by our readers, if they 

 send their name and address to Table 

 Talk Publishing Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 



WHEN THEY WRITE THE PRESIDENT. 



The state department has given over 

 to The Ladies' Home .lournal for pub- 

 lication its "Royal letters" addressed 

 to the President of the United States 

 by Napoleon I, Queen Victoria, the 

 Prince of Wales, Napoleon III and Em- 

 peror William I of Germany. Na- 

 poleon announces such events as his 

 marriage to Marie Louise; the birth of 

 his son, the king of Rome; his return 

 to the throne of France from Elba; 

 Victoria announces her acce';«ion to 

 the throne of England in 1836; her 

 marriage to Prince Albert; the birth of 

 the Prince of Wales; the death of the 

 Prince Consort; and the famous letter 

 thanking President McKinley for his 

 congratulations on her Diamond Jubi- 

 lee will also be given. The whole col- 

 lection, in fac-simile, will be presented 

 in the October number of the maga- 

 zine. 



