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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



December 



It is not often that a contributor to a 

 magazine spends five millions or so of 

 dollars in fitting himself to write know- 

 ingly of a subject. But, if popular re- 

 port be true, that is, approximately, the 

 sum which Joseph Leiter expended in 

 the acquisition of the information 

 necessary to prepare the article which 

 appears over his signature in the No- 

 vember Cosmopolitan on "Wheat." 

 TTiis is Mr. Leiter's first appearance in 

 literature, but he handles the pen with 

 a bold, firm hand that shows him a 

 man of resources. 



Another Cosmopolitan contribution 

 which will appeal to every man and 

 woman is the attempt of Harry Thurs- 

 ton Peck to analyze the component 

 parts of the modern woman of fascina- 

 tion. But what does woman fascinate? 

 Is it beauty, grace, spirit, charm of 

 manner, what? Evasive question! But 

 Mr. Peck goes at it as a man who has 

 studied and has had experience. 



The Youth's Companion promises to 

 surpass itself during the coming year. 

 Those who read it during 1899 will be 

 introduced to the foremost novelists, 

 explorers, naval officers, poets and men 

 of science in England and the United 

 States. They will be "personally con- 

 ducted" as it were, into the heart of 

 Africa by Henry M. Stanley; into the 

 Arctic Seas by such explorers as Perry, 

 Greely and Markham, and into spy-rid- 

 den Russia by Poultney Bigelow. Gen. 

 Grant, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Robert 

 Louis Stevenson, Gen. Fremont and 

 other celebrities wiir be pr-esented to 

 them through the medium of anecdotal 

 portraits drawn by their sons or 

 daughters," or- intimate friends. The 

 best of all stoi-y writers, including 

 Stockton, Howelle, Bret Harte, Will- 

 iam Black, James Payn, Sarah Orne 

 Jewett and Mary E. Wilkins, will en- 

 tertain them, and profitable advice on 

 the choice of a career, the care of 



children and other subjects will be 

 given by such authorities as Sir Clem- 

 ents Markham (President of the Royal 

 Geographical Society), the Right Hon. 

 James Bryce, Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi 

 and the President of the Art Students' 

 League. Among the other contributors 

 will be Rev. Dr. E. E. Hale, the Secre- 

 tary of the Navy, the Hon. Carl Schurz, 

 Andrew Lang, The Marquis of Dufferin 

 and the Marquis of Lome. 



"Table Talk" constantly grows in 

 value and attraction to the practical 

 housekeeper, in whose interest it is 

 published. It treats of the best meth- 

 ods of preparing, cooking and serving 

 food. It gives large space, also, to the 

 literature of home-making and home- 

 keeping. The November number is 

 filled from cover to cover with things 

 by Martha BocJcee Flint, treats of cook- 

 with the recipes of centuries ago and is 

 amusing and interesting. "Anticipating 

 Christmas," by Mrs. Burton Kingsland, 

 will be helpful to many. The House- 

 keeper's Inquiry Department is filled 

 with information on subjects that per- 

 plex the housewife. The Menus for 

 Thanksgiving Dinners will be sugges- 

 tive in preparing the feast for that day 

 of family home-coming. Other articles 

 are entertaining and informative to the 

 busy housekeeper. Sample copy of this 

 ideal housekeeping magazine will be 

 sent free to our readers by addressing 

 Table Talk Publishing Co., Philadel- 

 phia, Pa. 



Bees are an absolute necessity to suc- 

 cessful fruit-growing. 



Quinine desolved in amonia is said to 

 be a good specific for bee-stings. 



Comb honey should always be kept in 

 warm, dry place. 



The annual convention of the On- 

 tario Bee-Keepers' Association will 

 take place at Guelph, Ont., Dec 6 to 8. 



