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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



How much longer must we wait before we 

 hear the sweet peal of the bell on tliat Cana- 

 dian locomotive? We were warned some 

 montlis ago to "look out for the enjjine wlien 

 the bell rang " Well, we have waited a long 

 time but nothing has materialized thus far. 

 Show up, Brotlier Clark, don't keep us in sus- 

 pense so long. Our faith in such matters is 

 not equal to tlie strain put upon it. We eh.ill 

 give up, if something does not turn up pretty 

 soon. 



Honey as Food. — We desire to 

 commend its daily use to every family 

 in the land. We believe it to be one 

 of the most healthful sweets that can 

 be found, and well adapted to common 

 use. It seems to us very desirable 

 that Micliig'an should produce a large 

 share of her own table sweets. Could 

 lioney be brought into general use, 

 thereby creating an extensive home 

 market for it, we believe it would tend 

 to encourage the culture and produc- 

 tion of honey. 



It is a healthy sweet for children, 

 and children must have sweets just as 

 the Irishman must have potatoes. The 

 honey-bee feeds npon the healthy juices 

 of healthy plants, and honey partakes 

 of the quality of the blossoms of the 

 plants and trees from which it is gath- 

 ered. The use of this article should 

 become so common and general tliat a 

 honey store or depot would be found 

 profitable in every large town. We 

 believe in encouraging the bee-men and 

 VFomen, and if every family in the 

 land would make honey an article of 

 daily use, in place of the unhealthy 

 syrups, then all concerned would be 

 benefited. — Michigan Farmer. 



To Detect Glucose in Sugar. — 



It is s:iid that the presence of glu 

 cose in sugar can be detected in this 

 way: Take a handful of the mixture 

 and drop it into a glass of cold water. 

 Slir it a few minutes and you will note 

 that the sugar-cane is entirely dis- 

 solved, leaving the grape sugar undis- 

 solved at the bottom of the glass, in 

 the form of a white, sticky substance, 

 not at all unlike starch in -looks, and 

 quite bitt(!r to the taste. It will not do 

 to use hot water in your test, iiowever, 

 for if you do the wliole thing will dis- 

 solve. — Exchange, 



not the time to spend in indexing the bee- 

 jounials fur M. M. Baldridge, evuu though I 

 am I'cqiiested to do so. 



If he wdl look over the old numbers even 

 of the Ari moie (larefully he will find tlie 

 theory in question just as 1 did. lie will also 

 find tiiat 1 aui not the only one who has no- 

 ticfd it; Ijiit that in various issues (including 

 Oct. number) two or more apiarists of good 

 authority have discovered this tlieory and 

 thought it worth wliile to write against it. As 

 to putting one's ideas on paper, it is nobody's 

 business what I write. And, as to wasting 

 time and space, if :iny editor sees fit to give it 

 a place in any journal, I am relieved of most 

 of tlie responsibility. 



Finally, as to the uselessness of my articles 

 when tliey do appear in print, I do not want 

 to intrude them on anyone; and Mr. Bald- 

 ridge will not hurt iny feeling in tlie least if he 

 conserves his invaluable time by skipping 

 them. 



A. Norton. 



Gonzales, Cal. 



A SHARP REJOINDER. 



Allow me to observe in rejily to the article 

 of M. M. Baldridge in Oct. An, that I have 



[Space is given tlie above merely 

 to show one correspondent liow 

 another feels when his opinion hon- 

 estly expressed in print are at- 

 tacked, as Mr. Baldridge attacked 

 the article of Mr. Norton. The 

 former took a ''forcible" method 

 to show his disapproval of the 

 ideas set forth by the latter. Mr. 

 Baldridge did not intend to be 

 ungentlemanly in his way of ex- 

 pressing himself; nevertheless 

 friend Norton is displeased as will 

 be seen by the above. 



The manager of the Api does 

 not hold himself responsible for 

 the opinions expressed by those 

 whose articles are printed in the col- 

 umns of the Apiculturist. All 

 correspondence worth the space is 

 printed, but the reader is expected 

 to separate the wheat from the chaff. 

 The weak points in any article 

 should be met by facts to show the 

 wrong ideas and not by sharp and 

 witty sayings. Don't try to spoil 

 the effect or good points in another 

 })erson's article by sharp thrusts or 

 by ridicule. Show wherein a writer 

 is wrong tind then you will do a 

 good thing lor all concerned. 



Referring again to Messrs. Nor- 

 ton and Baldridge we leel bound to 

 say that they are both well al)le to 

 instruct and interest the readers of 

 the Api and we hope soon to hear 

 from them again.] 



