AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



631 



THOS. G.NEWMMi ^SON, 



ONE DOI.I.AB FEB YEAR. 



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THOMAS G. NEWMAN, Editor. 

 GEO. W. YORK, ASSISTANT EDITOR. 



yoLXXIX. May 12, M 1,20, 



Editorial Buzziiigs. 



The Glad Spring-tide is here again ; 



The thrushes sing all day ; 

 We've violets in the sheltered glen, 



And gorse-bloom on the brae ; 

 Along a green and daisied world, 



The lights and shadows flit ; 

 The cherry trees with buds are pearled, 



The crocus lamps are lit. 



Xhe Board of Lady Managers 

 proposes to erect near the Woman's 

 building a children's home, or public 

 comfort pavilion for mothers and chil- 

 dren. The estimate for the building is 

 $20,000, and for the maintenance 

 $10,000, which sums it is proposed to 

 raise by subscription. It is believed 

 that such a place where young children 

 can be safe and w6ll cared for while 

 their parents view the sights of the 

 Exposition, will prove to be a great and 

 appreciated convenience. 



So Universal has the grippe held 

 sway this Spring, that to chronicle all 

 the cases is nearly impossible. The 

 latest one recorded is our friend James 

 Heddon, who has been confined to his 

 residence by it for three weeks, and has 

 been disabled for six weeks more. We 

 are glad to report that he is now con- 

 valescing. 



Among: the Many bee-keepers 

 we met without apppointment during 

 our late trip, was Mr. J. B. Hains, of 

 Bedford, Ohio, whom we saw with his 

 son, Dr. Hains, at Kent, O. It is a 

 pleasure to meet such an enthusiastic 

 bee-keeper as Mr. Hains anywhere in 

 the world. 



While riding on the cars, we saw 

 many apiaries, large and small, dotting 

 woodland and valley, awaiting the com- 

 ing of the blossoms soon 'to beautify the 

 face of Nature, and give the bees a 

 chance to gather honey for feeding the 

 coming generation ; and still later to 

 store it for their keepers, and do their 

 share towards supplying the marts of the 

 waiting world. 



Tlie Friends of Mr. George E. 

 Hilton, of Fremont, Mich., are trying to 

 get him to represent them in the Legis- 

 lature of that State, as we notice by the 

 Fremont Indicator. Friend Hilton is a 

 popular man, and worthy of any good 

 thing that his countrymen can bestow 

 upon him. 



Mrs. Jennie Atcbiley, of Floyd, 

 Tex., we are sorry to say, has been sick 

 with " slow fever " for 20 days, and 

 was just getting able to be up again on 

 April 29. We, as well as many of our 

 readers, can sympathize most fully with 

 our sister apiarist, as so many of us 

 have been more or less afflicted recently. 



Farming has not paid as well as 

 bee-keeping for the past few years, is a 

 statement in the Canadian Bee Journal. 



