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EDITOR. 



VoinV. Dec. 211889. No. 51. 



CHRISTMAS. 



" So now is come our joytulest feast, 



Let eveiy one be jolly ; 

 Each room with ivy leaves is dressed, 

 And every post with holly." 



Dr. C. C. Miller was nut at the In- 

 ternational, and his genial face was sadly 

 missed. 



At the Paris Exposition, the awards 

 to Americans were very numerous. Among 

 them we notice a Silver Medal to Chas. 

 Dadant & Son, for " Appliances in Bee- 

 Culture," and a Bronze Medal for " Honey." 

 Honorable mention is made upon honey 

 exhibits to E. R. Newcomb and Maiy E. 

 Ross. 



1^" The now officers of the "Interna- 

 tional " are men of extensive experience in 

 honey-production and practical manage- 

 ment of the apiary. We may reasonably 

 expect that the next Convention will 

 eclipse all former gatherings of American 

 apiarists. 



We understand that the members 

 of the •' International" were photographed, 

 and that an engraving of it is to appear in 

 Gleanings soon. The "Life Members" 

 being absent, will lose their places in the 

 engraving. 



l»resents are now in order. Can you 

 think of anything more welcome to your 

 friend, than a year's subscription to the 

 Illustk.vted Home Jouunal? It would be 

 bard to find any better present for the 

 money — or one that would bring more 

 pleasure throughout a whole year. 



Xo Our Friends.— This is the sub- 

 scription season, when people generally 

 select their periodicals for the coming year. 

 May we ask you, dear reader, to exert your 

 influence among your friends, in order to 

 induce them to take one or both of our 

 JoiiK.NALS? They aim to benefit all who read 

 them — they are practical, and their tone 

 pure. In price they are so low that none 

 can say they are too poor to subscribe for 

 them. We desire to place the Illustrated 

 Home JoiiiNAi, in the home of every person 

 in America, and the Bee Journal in the 

 hands of every one interested in bee-keep- 

 ing. We ask our friends to help us in this 

 ondea%'or, and in return we wUl help you. 

 If sent this month, %!l.50 will pay for both 

 JoiRXALs for 1890. Now is the time to 

 get your full money's worth. 



E^" Dr. A. B. Mason, ex-President of the 

 "International," has been selected to have 

 charge of the Bee and Honey Exhibit for 

 the United States at the World's Fair of 

 1892, and Mr. R. McKnight is to superin- 

 tend the Canadian apiarian exhibit. These 

 appointments are excellent ones — in fact 

 we do not believe better selections could 

 have been made. Both men are experi- 

 enced in that line of business, and we may 

 look for something creditable for North 

 American bee-keepers. 



The Canadian Bee Journal has our 

 thanks for kind mention and regi-ets at our 

 enforced absence. Just at that time Mrs. 

 N. was much worse, but now she has rallied 

 again. It is a very treacherous and fitful 

 disease. We should have enjoyed the rare 

 treat of meeting our Canadian brethren, 

 and much regret that we could not have 

 done so. 



Our Preniinni-I>i!«t Snpplement 



describes many articles of great merit, and 

 that are useful in every family. We have 

 carefully selected them to offer as premiums 

 for getting up clubs for our Journals. We 

 do this to induce our friends to devote a 

 few hours of labor for us. Our Journals 

 are first-class in their lines, and are needed 

 everywhere. We do not want any one's 

 labor without remuneration,and the articles 

 offered will pay for the labor of getting up 

 clubs, and thus the arrangement will prove 

 to be for our mutual advantage. 



The Bee Journal gives 52 dividends 

 in a year on an investment of one dollar. 

 Can any one desire a better investment, or 

 richer returns? 



Postal Notes are no safer to use in 

 letters than bank bills. Any one can get 

 the money on them. A Money Order can 

 be obtained at the post-office or at the ex- 

 press office for 5 cents (only 2 cents more 

 than a Postal Note), and is perfectly safe; 

 fi lost it can be re-issued. 



Xhe Report of the International Con- 

 vention occupies nearly all our space this 

 week. It is the newextnews extant, and as 

 such will be read with great interest. The 

 essays are excellent, and the discussions 

 "are timely and good." We shall shortly 

 publish the Report in pamphlet form, with 

 the new songs and music, and also jjortraits 

 of the new and retiring officers. It will 

 make quite a complete and useful book for 

 reference. Price 25 cents. Or with a brief 

 History and Report of all the 19 previous 

 sessions, 50 cents, postpaid. 



Cliristnias Presents. 



A novel and pretty way of distributing 

 Christmas gifts is to set your dining-table 

 as you would for a meal. Put on your 

 choicest cloth, and at each one's accus- 

 tomed place set a soup-dish. The center of 

 the table may have some pretty decora- 

 tions arranged to suit the fancy ; a pot of 

 tall ferns would be lovely. Festoons of 

 evergreens and holly may hang from the 

 chandelier or lamps, as the case may be. 

 AH the small gifts can be put into the 

 dishes, while others may be neatly arranged 

 in front. Such gifts as sleds, rocking 

 horses, etc., should be placed where the 

 chair usually stands. Let some one have 

 special charge of the arrangements. When 

 all is ready, the bell may be rung, as at 

 dinner time, and the household called to- 

 gether. In this way the older folks may 

 share the surprises and pleasures. 



Let me whisper a word or two more to 

 my young readers, before I lay down my 

 pen. Perhaps you are happy; perhaps you 

 have all that you can wish to make your 

 cup of joy run over; but stop and think a 

 moment. Do you not know some one who 

 may be less fortunate; whose Christmas 

 will be empty and dreary, unless some one 

 else (which may be you) brightens it? 

 Remember, even in your gladness, that "it 

 is more blessed to give than to receive." 

 The giving of one little token to some poor 

 child will bring you much additional joy. 

 — American Agriculturist for December. 



Xlie Union. — Here is what Brother 

 Heddon says when sending his Vote and 

 Dues for 1890: 



I know the value of promptness. The 

 Union has done so well that I vote for all 

 the old officers except James. When you 

 want more money than these dues amount 

 to, I trust every man of us is willing to be 

 drawn on for another assessment. Is it not 

 strange that we have so small a member- 

 ship? What can our brother bee-keepers 

 be thinking of? Is it any wonder that so 

 many fail ; We have a rule declaring that 

 the Union will defend no member against 

 a storm whose clouds were gathering hefore 

 he joined. This is as it should be, I feel 

 sure. I consider this the main point to in- 

 duce apiarists to become members. 



James Heddon. 



The Works of Scott and Dickens are 

 not like the "novels" of to-day— both are 

 founded on facts— and are well wTitten in 

 excellent English. 



