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I\e\v Year Oreetin^s. 



Rejoice, my fellow-soldier ! for anotlier long 

 campaign 



Is ended, and its dangers have not been met 

 in vain ; 



Some enemies are driven back, some ram- 

 parts overtlirowu ; 



Some earnests given that victory at length 

 shall be our own ! 



Rejoice, my fellow-travelers ! for another 



year is past ! 

 The heat and burden of the day will not 



forever last ; 

 And if some ties are breaking here, of 



earthly hope and love, 

 More sweet are the attractions of the better 



land above. 



The liglit that shone through all the past 



will still our steps attend. 

 The Guide who led us hitherto will lead us 



to the end ; 

 The distant view is briglitening— with fewer 



clouds between, 

 The golden streets are gleaming now, the 



pearly gates are seen. 



Fire Has Destroyed the first edition 

 of the "Revised Laugstroth" book, which 

 was to have been delivered last week. The 

 following from Dadant & Son will explain 

 the matter : 



A fire has destroyed the first installment 

 of the "Revised Laugstioth," in the bonk 

 bindery of Becktold & Co., St. Louis, on the 

 night ot the 1.5th inst. We were called to 

 St. Louis by a telegram, but found, ou ar- 

 rival, that they had already handed the 

 job to another firm. This tire will cause a 

 delay of about three weeks. 



There were some 400 publications de- 

 stroyed by the fire, and the pile of half 

 burnt paper that was thrown out of the 

 windows last Wednesday, filled the street 

 up to the second story. 



We regret to hear of this accident and 

 consequent delay— but of course it could not 

 have been foreseen or avoided. It is fortu- 

 nate that the books were insured, and this 

 shows much thoughtfulness. 



The excellent engraving on the next page 

 is from this book, by favor of the pub- 

 lishers. All will recognize it as the famil- 

 iar face of our friend, Trof. A. J. Cook, of 

 the Michigan State Agricultural College. 



Those who have ordered this new book 

 will be obliged to wait until the middle of 

 this mouth for its arrival. All orders will 

 be filled as soon as possible. 



Xlie "KicU " I>a-vrsiiit is still pend- 

 ing in llobart, N. Y., and Mr. Rich expects 

 it to be reached iu the general term of the 

 Superior Court. In a letter dated Dec. 25, 

 1888, he says : 



The Union is doing a good work, and why 

 more do not join is a mystery. 



It is strange, but the failures of the honey 

 crops for the past three or four years has 

 much to do with it. We hope for a pleas- 

 ant change next year. 



Scientilie Legferflemain. — Under 

 the above heading, the 'fable Talk for De- 

 cember prints the following, as a supple- 

 ment to the W^iley lie, about the making of 

 comb and filling it with glucose. It says : 



In these days of adulteration 



" When all things are not what they seem, 

 And everything is something else,'' 



it is no more miraculous that olive oil 

 should be squeezed out of a peanut, than 

 that Java coffee should be ground out of 

 the chicory root, or that black pepper be 

 only another name for pulverized cocoanut 

 shells. Science is making such rapid 

 strides toward helping us in our gastro- 

 nomic needs, that Nature herself must get 

 out of the way, or she will be run over. 



Even the poor honey-bee was accused, 

 not of laziness, tor that would have been 

 too palpable an injustice, but of being too 

 slow, and spending too much time over the 

 clover heads. 



" I will remedy all that," said Science. 



And she did. Shutting up the bees, she 

 knocked the head out of' a barrel of glucose 

 and told them to go to work and help them- 

 selves, which they did faithfully. Their 

 long journeys to and from tlie flowering 

 fields being done away with, they had noth- 

 ing to interfere with their getting down to 

 actual business. The scheme was a suc- 

 cess, for the honey was piled into the combs 

 iu treble abundance, and in one-third the 

 usual time. 



And yet Science was not satisfied. Greed- 

 ily she put her wits to work. " What is the 

 use of going to the expense of buying bees ? 

 I can make the comb quicker and quite as 

 well as they ; and as tor the honey — well, 

 glucose is honey !" 



And so the occupation of the lioney-bee 

 being gone, so far as it had any hand in 

 what is known as the "honey of com- 

 merce," it now confines itself in a small 

 way to home manufacture, samples of 

 which, if the reader particularly wants, he 

 must particularly search for. 



Mr. L. W. Wentworth, of Searsport, Me., 

 sent us the above on Dec. 3i, 1888, and re- 

 marks as follows concerning it : 



I began keeping bees three years ago for 

 pleasure and profit. I have had the pleas- 

 ure, and lots of it— but the profit 1 have 

 failed to get. How different it might have 

 been, if I had only known the wonderful 

 way of making honey mentioned in the 

 Table Talk which 1 send you. 



What does it matter to the sensational 

 reporters, whether Prof. Wiley has admitted 

 the untruthfulness of the "story" started 

 by him as " a scientific pleasantry " or not ! 

 They neither know nor care anything about 

 it. They are after a sensation, and must 

 have it. They state as if it were truth, that 

 " the occupation of the honey-bee is gone," 

 and that genuine houey is so scarce on the 

 market that it must be searched for! The 

 fact is that there is not a pound of mnnu- 

 facturcd comb honey to be found. We dare 

 Tabic Talk to produce it ! Jt ought to be 

 ashamed to publish such falsehoods ! 



Xlic Farmer'.s Iiisliliite for the 



Eighteenth Congressional District of Illinois 

 is to be held at Greenville, Bond county, on 

 Jan. 15 and 10, 1889. A lecture is to be given 

 upon "Bee-Culture" during the sessions, 

 as we are informed by the Secretary, W. E. 

 Robinson. 



I>'ew Bee-Books.— Mrs. L. Harrison 

 thus notices in the Prairie Farmer the new 

 edition of "A B C of Bee-Culture," by our 

 friend A. I. Root, in these words : 



The wise man said truly : " Of making 

 many books there is no end ;" and had he 

 lived in our day, he might have said that in 

 the making of bee-books there was no end. 



The " A B C of Bee-Culture" is just the 

 thing for beginners, grandpa and the chil- 

 dren who will climb up on his chair and 

 peer over his shoulder to see the pictures. 



The busy bee-keeper, who is all hurry 

 and drive, can quickly find what thousands 

 of bee-keepers say on any subject, for it is 

 gleaned from them all. 



In the back part of the book are twenty- 

 one short biographies of noted bee-keepers 

 of this country, with engravings of each, 

 led by the father, L. L. Langstroth, while 

 his friend and co-worker, Moses Quinby, 

 follows in his wake. 



Xlie Prosramme of the Maine Bee- 

 Convention is on our desk, and presents 

 many interesting topics. Here are some of 

 the themes : " Bees and Fruit," by E. P. 

 Churchill ; " Experience in Apiculture," by 

 I. F. Pluaamer ; " When and how to pre- 

 pare bees for winter," by F. F. Graves ; 

 "flints and Suggestions," by Mrs. W. M. 

 Hiukley ; " Retrospective View," by John 

 Reynolds; "The production of comb 

 honey," by L. F. Abbott, editor of the 

 Lewiston Jow-nal ; and "Creating a Home 

 Market," by Mrs. W. A. Crockett. The 

 convention will be held in the Town Hall, 

 Brunswick, Maine, on Jan. 8-10, 1889. All 

 the bee-keepers in Maine should be there. 



Mrs. A. E. Maniini, of Bristol, Vt., 

 died suddenly in the City Hostipal, Boston, 

 on Dec. 11, ISSS, aged 48 years and 11 

 months. The Bristol H'c7'fl;c7 of last week 

 contains the following notice : 



In the sudden and unexpected transition 

 of Mrs. Manum to the higher life, a loving, 

 tender-hearted wife and mother, a kind and 

 sympathizing friend and neighbor is taken 

 from our midst. We mouru her loss, but 

 rejoice that she is free from pain and suffer- 

 ing, and with smiling joy will meet us when 

 we, too, shall lay aside tlie mortal and cross 

 to the other shore The remains were fol- 

 lowed to their last resting place by a large 

 number of relatives and friends on Friday. 



The Bee Joui!nal tenders its condolence 

 to Brother Manum in this hour of bereave- 

 ment. 



A Modern Bee-Farm and its Eco- 

 nomic Management, by S. Simmins, of Rot- 

 tingdean, Brighton, England, is the title of 

 a new book of about 300 pages, printed on 

 excellent paper, aud nicely bound in cloth. 

 Price Sl.OO. It can be obtained at this 

 office. 



Wlien you send us your subscription 



for 1SS9, please send the subscriptions of 

 your neighboring bee-keepers, and to pay 

 you for your trouble, we will send you, as a 

 premium, anything you select from our 

 Catalogue to the value of 25 cents on each 

 dollar subscription sent. 



