AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



587 



ONE DOI.I.AB FEB YEAR. 



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THOMAS G. NEWMAN^ EDITOR. 

 GEO. W. YORK, ASSISTANT Editor. 



VoiniX, April 28, 1892, 1.18, 



Editorial Buzziiigs. 



I May Not Triumph in success. 



Despite luy earnest labor ; 

 I may not trrasp results th:i.t bless 



The ellorts of my nei^libor. 

 Butthou^li my g'oal I never see, 

 This thought shall always dwell with me- 

 I will be worthy of it. 



Up in tlie Iflountains, near 

 Falling Springs, Calif., raspberries 

 bloom in December, at an elevation of 

 4,000 feet above the sea level. 



Dr. J. W. Vance, of Madison, 

 Wis., editor of the apiarian department 

 of the Wisconsin Fanner, has just re- 

 turned from visiting in Indiana, Ohio, 

 Washington, D. C, and Philadelphia. 

 Our faithful friend and co-laborer reports 

 the trip as being one of the most enjoy- 

 able events of his life. Mrs. Vanc^o ac- 

 companied the Doctor, thus helping to 

 enjoy the refreshing and rejuvenating 

 vacation. 



Mr. X. L,, ByerSjOf Monroe, Iowa, 

 died suddenly on April 11, 1892. He 

 was found on the road as he was driving 

 home, about seven miles from his resi- 

 dence. Death, which must have been 

 instantaneous, resulted from a rupture 

 of the valves of the heart. Mr. Byers 

 was about 60 years old. He was a 

 skilled apiarist, and the leading honey- 

 producer of the locality where he lived 

 for years. He kept 300 to 350 colo- 

 nies of bees, and shipped his honey to 

 market by the carload. In his sad death, 

 the bee-fraternity of Central Iowa loses 

 one of its best and most genial mcnnbers. 

 The Bee Jouknai. desires to express its 

 heartfelt sympathy to those who wore 

 thus so unexpectedly called upon to 

 mourn the loss of a loved one. 



Bee - Paralysis is becoming so 

 common of late that it threatens to be 

 <iuite a serious affair. Prom quite a 

 number of sources comes the report that 

 common salt is a specific remedy. Mr. 

 Ernest Root says that in the home yard, 

 where the grass was kept down with 

 salt, no cases appeared, while in the out 

 yard, where no salt was used, there were 

 two cases. I have almost always kept 

 the grass down with salt in front of my 

 hives, and have never had a case in my 

 apiary. — Review. 



Cliildren have very queer ideas of 

 the actions of their elders ; sometimes 

 they are not far wide of the mark, how- 

 ever. Here is a case in point that can 

 be appreciated by all honey-folks : 



"Did you hear the news, Katie?" 

 asked the little girl of another. 



" No," was the r(!ply. 



"Well, my Uncle George and his wife 

 are going to Delaware on their lioney- 

 comb." 



'Whenever you find any one ad- 

 vertising to sell articles below their 

 value (unless damaged or out of date) it 

 is very evident that the article is an 

 inferior one. 'First-class goods always 

 command their full value in any line. 



