TTH® mmium-icKn mmm jovimf^Riu. 



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a kettle of cold water over the lire. 

 As the water heats, the eomb melts 

 and rises to the surface, while the iiii- 

 piuities remain in the bag." 



" To make the teeth white : Rub 

 tliem with a mixture of pure honey and 

 charcoal." 



" HoxEY Cake : — 3i pounds of Hour, 

 IX pounds of honey, A pound of sugar, 

 .] pound of butter. J of a nutmeg, 1 

 tea-spoonful of ginger, and 1 tea- 

 spoor.ful of salarratus (I keep the old 

 spelling). Roll thin, cut in small 

 cakes, and bake in a quick oven." 



Mrs. Madison's Whim : — 2 pounds 

 t)f Hour, 2 pounds of sugar, 2 pounds 

 of butter, beaten to a cream ; Ri eggs, 

 the yolks beaten with the sugar, and 

 the whites to a froth ; 2 wine glasses 

 of rose-water or brandy, in which 

 lemon-i-inds have been steeped ; 2 nut- 

 megs grated, 1 tea-spoonful of salarra- 

 tus or volatile salts, dissolved in hot 

 water. Beat well together, add 2 

 pounds of raisins, stoned and chopped; 

 bake in a quick oven. This cake will 

 keep for three months." 



In the " American Frugal House- 

 wife" (1836), by J,ydia Maria Child, 

 we .are told that " honey and milk is 

 good for worms." 



The noces.sity of frequent eating in 

 these hot, oppressive days, sometimes 

 becomes very Nvearisome to the house- 

 keeper. For the benefit of such, and 

 for the sake of adding dignity and 

 grace to such a humdrum thing as 

 getting breakfast and dinner, I give a 

 few quotations from known Literati. 

 Here is a recipe for " Salad Dressing," 

 by Sidney Smith : 



To make this condiment, your poet be^s 

 The powdered yellow ol' two hard-bc)iled eg(?a ; 

 Two boiled pot.atoee, passed throutrb hitchen sieve, 

 Smoothness and softness to the salad give. 

 Let onion atoms lurll within the bowl. 

 And half-suspected animates the whole. 

 Of mordant mustard add a single spoon- 

 Distrust the condiment that bites too soon ; 

 But. deem it not, th()U man of herbs, a fault, 

 To add a double quantity of salt. 

 Four times the spoon with oil from Lucian crown, 

 And twice with vinet'ar procured from town ; 

 And, lastly, o'er the flavored compound toss 

 A magic sbupcon of Anchovy sauce. 



Some anonymous writer declares 

 that bread is 



The very staff of life, 



The comfort of the husband, the pride of the wife. 



Another thus sings of cake : 



With welehts and measures just and true, 



Oven of even iieat. 

 Well buttered tins and quiet nerves. 



Success will be complete. 



Again, "To make a salad one must 

 have a spark of genius." Also, " The 

 proof of the pudding lies in the eating;" 

 and, "A hasty plate of soup." 



.Solomon said : "All the labor of 

 man is for liis mouth." 



Owen Meredith writes : 



We only live without friends, we may live without 



books. 

 But civilized man cannot live without cooks. 



Longfellow said: "Who'll dare 

 deny tlic truth, there's poetry in pie ?" 



Shelh^y vvrites : " (bustards for su|)- 

 per, and an endless host of other such 

 lady-like luxuries." 



Cicero : " Hunger is the best sauce." 



Ma.ssinger : " Cheerful looks make 

 every disli a feast." 



Shakespeare : " And then to break- 

 fast with what apjictite you have." 

 "Now, good digestion, wait on appe- 

 tite." " What say you to a piece of 

 beef and mustard ?" 



I will close with two seasonable 

 recipes : 



FiiuiT Salad (for dessert) : — "Slice 

 3 oranges, 3 bananas, 1 lemon, and 1 

 pine-apijle, and add 3 cups of sugar ; 

 let it stand 3 hours, and serve with 

 cake." 



Small Fruits Preserved withodt 

 Cooking : — " Crush the fruit and add 

 :| of a pound of sugar to 1 pound of 

 fruit. Stir several times from the bot- 

 tom. When all the sugar is absorbed 

 b}' the fruit, put it in air-tight cans or 

 jars." 



HONEY. 



^Vlial is II. 



if It ifs IVot "Dige»ited 

 XeoJar ?" 



Written for tlic^-liiicrican Bee Journal 



BY prof. A. J. COOK. 



Suclv articles as that on page 486, 

 surprise me very much ; especiall}' that 

 a person who subscribes himself "Dr.," 

 would do so. Perhaps we can excuse 

 a lawyer for such palpable ignorance, 

 but how, a doctor ? Nearly every asser- 

 tion there made is uutrue, as any doc- 

 tor ought easily to convince himself. 

 Cane-sugar fed to bees is changed to a 

 glucose-like sugar, and from a neutral 

 to an acid substance. 



Does the Doctor know what litmus 

 paper is ? If so, let liim dip such paper 

 into sugar syrup, then into honey, 

 which is the same syrup digested, and 

 he will see his error. 



Does the Doctor know of Fehling's 

 test for glucose-like sugar ? If so, let 

 him try it on the syrup, then on the 

 " honey " made from it ; he will find 

 that the first does not decompose the 

 copper salt, while the latter does. Now 

 this is all true of nectar and honey. 

 Nectar is neutral, and cane-sugar, with 

 this formula, C,.j H^o O,, ; while honey 

 is acid, with this composition. 2(Ce H,^ 

 Oe). To say that nectar and honey are 

 identical, shows a total ignorance of 

 the subject. 



Our friends, wlielher they be Lawyers 

 or doctors, should inform themselves 

 before they speak ; especially when 

 it is so easy to do so. We never gain 

 anything by concealing or misrepre- 

 senting the trutli. 



I woukl never lie to make people cat 

 niiire honey. Tims I shall coutinne to 

 speak the truth, and say that honey i.s 

 " digested nectar ;" and as long as 

 honey is so good, I shall have no fear 

 about l)eoplc rejecting it from tlieir 

 tables. because of this fact. Everybody 

 knows just what an oyster is ; 3"et who- 

 refuses to eat oysters ? 



I earnestly liope that the Doctor will 

 " post up," and then beg the pardon of 

 bee-keepers. I forgive him in advance. 



Ao'ricultural Colleo-e, Mich. 



C01«VEIVTI0i\ DIRECTORY. 



1889. Time and PLace of Meeting. 



Aug. 20.— Northern Illinois, at Guilford, Ills. 



D. A. Fuller. Sec, Cherry Valley, Ills. 



Auk. 31.— Ualdimand, at Fishervilte, Out. 



bi. (J. Campbell, Sec, Cayuga, Ont- 



Sept. 



-Maine, at I.ivermore Falls, Me. 



.1. K. Fuller, Sec, Oxford, Me- 



Sept. 3.— Iowa State, at DesMoines, Iowa. 



J. W. More, Sec. UesMoines, Iowa- 

 Sept. 5.-Erle County, at Buffalo. N. Y. 

 O. L. Hershiser, Cor. Sec, Big Tree Corner, N. Y- 



Sept. 14.— Susquehanna Co., Pt New Milford, Pa. 



11. M. Seeley, Sec. Harford, Pa. 



Oct. 16— 18.-Northwestcrn. at Chicago, Ills. 



W. Z. Hutchinson, bee, Flint, Mich. 



Dec. 4, 6.— International. atBrantford.Ont., Canada. 

 K. F. Uoltermann, Sec, Brantford, Ont. 



t3^ In order to have this table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetings.— Bd. 



SBl^^M^f^^ 



Melilot- Clover Honey. — Wm- 



Stolley, Grand Island, Nebr., on Aug. 



2, 1889, says : 



Notwithstanding the excessively wet 

 and cold weather that we have had 

 here in central Nebraska of late, the- 

 bees are doing very well, and from my 

 limited number of colonies, I have- 

 so far .already secured 1,000 pounds of 

 melilot-clover honej'. 



Drone-Comb, Biiekwlieat, etc. 



— T. F. Kinsel, Shiloh, O., on Aug. 3, 



1888, writes : 



As a result of experiment and experi- 

 ence I would say that " worker founda- 

 tion " will not prevent drone-comb, 

 though given in full sheets. Bees draw- 

 out foundation and cnlarqe the cells to- 

 accommodate tlrone-brood, if they 

 want drones. Bees gather honey antl 

 pollen from buckwheat and work on it 

 only in the forenoon; unless the weather 

 is lowery. damp or reasonably cool, 

 they work all day. I have 5 acres of 

 Japanese buckwheat sown and it is- 

 now in blossom. Bees work yet on 

 white clover, though through cool wet. 



