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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



September 



Eight Thousand Miles Per Second. 



The telegraphers have never, to my 

 knowledge, r.iade but a single series of 

 tests for the purpose of determining the 

 actual amount of timewhieh elapses while 

 a signal is being flashed from America to 

 Europe along the Atlantic cable. The 

 tests referred to were made at th(^ McGill 

 university, Montreal, in June, 1891. In 

 carrying out these experiments a duplex 

 circuit was arranged on both land and sea 

 along the entire line, which connects 

 Montreal wl'h Waterville, Ireland. When 

 the line was "'cleaned," a chronograph was 

 attached to t!iO observatory wire at Mont- 

 real and everything declared to be in 

 readiness. The instrument clicked off the 

 signal, while the e::perimenters watched 

 the chronog^-^ph with breathless interest. 



It did not seem "like an age of sus- 

 pense," however, for within II3 seconds! 

 the chronograph recorded the return of the 

 signal, while it slowly dawned upon the 

 interested scientists prcssciut that the flash 

 had actually made the round trip from 

 Montreal to Ireland in a period of time 

 but little greater than one-sixteenth of a 

 minute. In that very short space of time, 

 infinitesimal and almost unthinkable, I 

 might say, that electric message was flash- 

 ed a distance ahnost as great as one-third 

 the circumference of the world, or, to be 

 exact, 8,0:23 miles. Other experiments 

 made the saine day showed a variation of 

 from 1 tol.l secondsforthesigual tomake 

 a round trip. — St. Louis Republic. 



Humor In Afghanistan. 



One traveler has described the ameor as 

 "delivering .justice with a hand on his 

 sword hilt." However that may be, Mr. 

 Wheeler tells tliat a grim sort of humor 

 not infrequently inspired the ameer's judg- 

 ments. "Once a man was brought before 

 him who declared, in a state of unrepressed 

 excitement, that the Russians were ad- 

 vancing to invade Afghanistan. 'The 

 Russians are coming?' said the ameer. 

 "Then you shall he taken to the summit of 

 yonder tower and shall have no food till 

 you see them arrive.' " It is not recorded 

 whether this heroic cure for a fit of Russo- 

 phobia proved effectual. 



The heaviest rain ever recorded in Great 

 Britain was in Argyle, Dec. 7, 1S63 — seven 

 inches in 24 houi-s. 



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 RUDY, Registered Pharmacist, Lancaster, Pa. 

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Java is the Malay word for "land of nut- 

 megs." 



Honey and Beeswax Market Report. 



Below we give the latest and most authen- 

 tic report of the Honey and Beeswax market 

 in different trade centers : 



Kansas City, Mo.. Aug. "24, 1895.— The demand 

 for honey is good. Price of white comb I4c per lb. 

 Extracted white HJ/^c per lb. to 7c. Dark 4^^ to ;> 

 cents per pound. Beeswax 22c per lb. 



H AMBLiN k Bearss, 514 Walnut St. 



Detroit, Mich.. Aug .21,4895.— Fair demand for 

 honey. Moderate supply. Priceof comb 13 to 14e 

 per lb. for best. Extracted ti to 7c per lb. The 

 demand for beeswax is dull. Good supply. 

 Prices 24 to 25c per lb. No dark or fall honey 

 offered. 



M. H. Hunt, Bell Branch, Mich. 



Albany, N. Y., Aug. 25. 1895.— Good demand for 

 honey. Receipts light yet. Price of comb U to 15 

 cents per lb. The demand for beeswax is quiet. 

 Receipts of honey so far are light. 



H. R. Wright. 



Boston. Mass., Aug. 2:i. 1895.— Light demand 

 for honey. New honey coining slowly. I'rice of 

 comb 15c tier lb. )■ xtracted 5 to (ic pe'- lb. It is 

 too warm for any demand for honey as yet. but 

 with the advent of cooler weather we exptct the 

 demand will be good. 



E. £, Blake ct Co., 75 Chatham St. 



Cincinnati. 0.. Aug. 27. 1895.— The demand for 

 honey is very good. Limited supply. Price of 

 comb 12 to l(5c per lb. Extracted 4 to 8c per lb. 

 Good demand for beewax. Fair sujiply. Prices of 

 beeswax 20 to 25c per lb. 



Chas. F. MuTH tt Son. 



Cor. Freeman .and Central Aves. 



Chica(;o, III.. Aug. 22, 1895.— Fancy white lib. 

 section comb honey in nice clean packages selling 

 at Hie per lb , other grades of white honey from 14 

 to 15c, amber from 23 to 14c. We are having a 

 gdOfI trade in extracted honey, soiling light amber 

 and white at from (i to 7c. dark from 5 to 5^20, 

 depending on quality and style of package. 



Kealy shipments to market advised so as to pre- 

 mit ot sale before cold weather sets in. Beeswax 

 28c. 



S. T. Fish <fe Co., 189 South Water St. 



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Chic;iKo, Ills. April, 14, 1892. 

 Messrs. John.F. Strattcm 



Dear Sir-.— I am pleased to be able to 

 Btate that I jai: highly recommend your Rus- 

 ciau Gut Strings f(,r durability and tone. 



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