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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



September 



In another column we publish a 

 short report from one of our subscrib- 

 ers, Mr. S. S. Sleeper, which shows 

 that his bees have certainly ' ' broken 

 the record " in honey gathering in 

 this part of the country at least. 



" How TO Manage Bees," a 50c 

 book, and the American Bee-Keep- 

 er- a year for only 60c. 



The crop of buckwheat honey in 

 this locality will be very large this 

 season. 



"We are in need of articles for pub- 

 lication at all times, especially cor- 

 respondence. Write us a letter de- 

 scribing your experience the past 

 season. 



Reduction of Prices. 



Foundation has been reduced 3c a 

 pound from prices in our 1896 cata- 

 16g. This is owing to the lower price 

 of wax. 



Our No. 1 Falcon Polished Sec- 

 tions we now offer at $2.50 for 1000, 

 $4.50 for 2000, $6.40 for 3000, $10 

 for 5000. Less than 1000 same pric- 

 es as formerly. 



Beeswax is lower. We are now 

 paying 23c cash or 25c in trade, per 

 pound, delivered at our railroad sta- 

 tion, (Falconer, N. Y). This price is 

 not guaranteed. We will pay highest 

 market price when wax is received. 

 Prices are liable to be reduced again 

 within a short time. If you have anj^ 

 wax to sell it is advisable to send it 

 now. 



THE MORMON TEMPLE. 



It was only four days after the arrival of 

 the Mormon emigrants in the basin of the 

 Salt Lake that Brigham Young marked out 

 the site for the great Mormon temple. The 

 people of the colony labored on the edifice 

 for many years, hauling the granite of which 

 it is constructed from a quarry twenty miles 

 distant. At last, after the expenditure of 

 several million dollars, it has been com- 

 pleted, and is one the most solid and im- 

 pressive buildings in America. Its walls 

 are sixteen feet thick, and will probably 

 stand without a crack for a thousand years. 

 The temple and the Mormon tabernacle are 

 architectural buildings of which any city 

 might be proud. — From " Wonderlands of 

 the West," in Demorest's Magazine for Sep- 

 tember. 



Apropos sf Cornelius Vanderbilt's disa- 

 greement with his son, the latter's marriage 

 to a woman very much older than himself, 

 the editor of 'J'he Cosmopolitan, in the 

 September issue, seriously discusses the ed- 

 ucation most useful to modern life, and sub- 

 stantially, if not in words, asks : " Does 

 modern college education educate?" The 

 September Cosmopolitan, as if to show 

 what a magazine can do, gives four com- 

 plete stories in this single nnmber, by such 

 noted authors as Frances Courtenay Baylor, 

 Maurice Thompson, Gertrude Hall, and 

 John J. a'Becket. Louise Chandler Moul- 

 ton, Mrs. Lew Wallace, Francisque Sarcey, 

 ,1. Zangwill, Agnes Repplier, Norman Kerr, 

 M. D., H. C.-Chatfield Taylor, Wm. Eleroy 

 Curtis, Robert E. Strahorn, Colonel Tillman, 

 and Ruth McEnery Stuart are also among 

 the contributors to this one issue of a mag- 

 azine that is sold for ten cents. Nor is this 

 all. Among other writers not already men- 

 tioned is Camille Flamaiion, who has an ar- 

 ticle on " The Wonderful New Eye of Sci- 

 ence." which alone is worth the entire price 

 of the magazine. The Cosmopolitan has 

 been gradually perfecting its engraving and 

 mechanical dep:irtments, uulil the publish- 

 ers believe that, in the September issue, they 

 present a nutuber unrivaled. in artistic and 

 mech;inical excellence. 



