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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



A 1/>/!/st 



Pleased at the Outlook. 



The higher education is always to be 

 desired, but people sometimes have 

 strange reasons for taking it. For in- 

 stance, the baunterer hailed a nephew 

 the other day, and said: 



"I hear, Tom, you are going to the 

 Institute of Technology next year?" 



"Yes," was the prompt reply, and 

 the boy's face fairly beamed. 



"And why are you going there?" was 

 the not unnatural question. 



"Oh, so I can have four more long 

 summer vacations," was the unexpected 

 answer. — Boston Budget. 



At a French Wedding. 



A wedding feast is an important cere- 

 mony in France among all classes of 

 society. Even among the very poorest 

 of the Parisians a wedding banquet is 

 the occasion for a reckless expenditure 

 of money in the purchase of wine and 

 viands. In Brittany a wedding is even a 

 more gorgeous affair than in Paris. At 

 a recent wedding ceremony in Brittany 

 the guests numbered 1,200, and three 

 bullocks were slaughtered to provide 

 them with meat. Wine was consumed 

 in large quantities, and in addition 40 

 barrels of cider was consumed. 



An Enterprising Barrister. 



Lord Chelmsford relates that a friend 

 of his at the bar was once engaged in a 

 nautical case, in which it appeared that 

 a vessel had been exposed to a very se- 

 vere gale of wind and had been thrown 

 upon her beam ends. The barrister, ig- 

 norant of nautical matters, asked a sea- 

 man who was in tie witness box how it 

 was they did not lower the topmast, 

 upon which the witness said with a 

 sneer, ' 'If you knew as much of the sea 

 as I do, you would know that this ie not 

 a very easy matter. ' ' This incident led 

 the counsel to turn his attention to the 

 subject, and he invented an. apparatus 

 for loweriur topmasts, for which he ob- 

 tained a pr.tent and realized thereby up- 

 ward of !^ 100, 000 by this invention. — 

 Pittsburg Dispatch. 



Honey and Beeswax Market Report. 



Below we give tlie latest and must authen- 

 tic report of llie Honey and Beeswax market 

 in different trade centers 



Chicago, III., July 7, 1896 —Fancy white clover 

 loe. No. 1 white 12 to 13e. Fancy amber lU to lie. 

 No. 1 amber 7 to I'c. Fancy dark !l to 10c. .Vo. 1 

 dark 7c. Extracted white 5 to 7c. Amber '' to oj/o 

 cents. Dark 4'.; to .)c. Beeswax 25 to 27c per lb. 

 S. T. Fish A- Co. 



Cincinnati. 0.. July 10. I«f6.— No. 1 white 13 to 

 14c. Fancy amber 12 to 13c. No. 1 amber 10 to 

 13.- White extracted 5 to 7c. Amber 5 to f5e. 

 Dark 3)/2 to 5c. Bieswax 20 lo 2.5c. 



Chas. F. Muth & Son. 



St. Louis, Mo., July 9, 1S96.— We quote : Fancy 

 white 11>^ to r2c. No. 1 white lOVi to lie. Fancy 

 amber 10 to lO^c- No. 1 amber 9 to 10c. Fancy 

 dark S]4 to 9c. No. 1 dark 7 to .^c. Extracted 

 white in cans 5c, in barrels -J-o. Amber 3}4 to Ic. 

 D^irk 3 to 3I4C. Beeswax 25 to 25i^c. 



D. G. TuTT Gro. Co. 



Albany, N. Y., July 10, 1S9(5,— Fancy white 13 to 

 lie. Fancy dark S to 9c. No. 1 dark (5 to 7c. Es- 

 ti acted dark 4 to 5c. H. R, Weight. 



Kansas City. Mo., July 20. 1896.— Fancy white 

 comb 15c. No. 1 white 13 to 14c. Fancy auiber 12 

 to 13c. No. 1 amber 11 to 12c. Fancy daik 10 to 

 lie. No. IS to 10c. Extracted white 6 to 6>^c. 

 Amber 5 to 5',{c. Dark 4 to 4;^c. Beeswax 22 to 

 25c. C. C. Clemons & Co. 



Detroit, Mich.. July 13, ls96.— No. 1 white 11 to 

 12}4c. Fancy amber 10 to lie. No. 1 amber 9 to 10c. 

 Fancy dark 8 to 9c. No. 1 dark 7 to 8c. Extracted 

 white (i to 7e, Amber 5 to 6c, Dark 5c. Beei'wax 

 24 to 2.5e. M. H. Hunt, Bell Branch. Mich. 



Boston. Mass., July 15, 1896.— Fancy white 14 

 to loe. No. 1 white 12 to 13c. Fancy amber 9 to 

 lOe. Extracted white 6 to 7c. Amber 5 to 6c. 

 Beeswax 25 to 26c. 



E. E, Blake <fc Co., 75 Chatham St. 



A Great Chance to Make Money. 



I want to tell of iny wonderful success. Being 

 a poor girl and needing money badly, I tried the 

 Dith \\ asher business and hiive cleared S200 every 

 month. It is mure money than 1 ever had before 

 and I can't help telling you about, for I believe 

 aty person can do as well as I have if they only try. 

 Dish Washers sell on sight : every lady wants one. 

 The Mound City Dish M'asher < o.. St. Loui?, Mo.. 

 will give you all necessary instructions, so you can 

 begin work at once. The Dish Washer does splen- 

 did work; you can wash and dry the dishes in two 

 or three minutes w;ithout putting your hands in 

 the water at all. Try this business' and let us know 

 how y«u succted. Elizabeth C. 



Clubbing List. 



The muscltrs of the mocking bird's 

 larynx are larger in proportion to the 

 size of the bird than those of any other 

 creature. 



AVe will send the American Bee-Keeper with 



the— PUB. PRCE. BOTH. 



American Bee Journal, (SI 00) 8135 



American Apiculturist, ( 75) 1 15 



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' Gleanings in Bee Culture, (1 00) 1 35 



