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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



May 



was ripe for the introduction of 

 some more convenient, cleanly and 

 expeditious means of rendering 

 wax. 



"Persistence in the face of all discourage- 

 ments, which ard sure to confront inexpe- 

 rience, will surely triumph." 



LITERARY NOTES. 



The Satitrday Evening Post for May 11, con- 

 tains an article by Sir Thomas Lipton on The 

 Sports that Make the Man, written especially for 

 this paper. He places yachting high on the list, 

 and gives some interesting anecdotes of his own 

 career as an amateur yachtsman. Sir Thomas is 

 hopeful, if not confident, of '• lifting " the Ameri- 

 ca's cup next autumn. He says, liowever, that if 

 it were a certainty he would not cross the water; 

 for there is no sporting interest in '"sure things." 

 This article will apjiear exclusively in The Satur- 

 day Evening Post, of Philadelphia. 



The April A.mekicax Bov (Sprague Publishing 

 Co., Detroit, .Mich.) is brimful of good things for 

 boys, as usual. It contains 112 pictures. Its lead- 

 ing article treats of gentlemanliness. The stories 

 are: The Boy who Kode a Moose; Go It, Tom; 

 The Men of Might: or. The Lusty .Nine; The Great 

 Bicycle Race at Pultney; Splitting the Herd; 

 Three Boys in the Mountains: Lazy Jack: A Vege- 

 table Discussion, and The Cruise of the Yacht 

 Gazelle. Other items of interest are: Talks with 

 Boys and Their Friends; The Charleston Navy 

 Yard and AVisit to anOcean Liner; Turning Points 

 in a Boy's Life; The Boys' Picture (iallery; The 

 Boy's Library; What Boys are Doing; Boys as 

 Money Makers and Money Savers; April in Ameri- 

 can History; How to Make Your Own Tackle and 

 Something About Fishing; The Agassiz Associa- 

 tion; Boys in the Home, Church, School, Office, 

 Store, Factory and on the Farm ; The Order of The 

 American Boy; Boys in the Animal Kingdom; The 

 Poultry Yard; Boys in Games and Sports; The 

 Boy Stamp and Coin Collector, and the Boy 

 Photographer,. This is one of the handsomest num- 

 bers yet issued by this company. $i a year. 



The May Cosmoi'omta.v has an attractive and 

 useful article on The Art of Entertaining, by Lady 

 Jeune. Many women have been reproached for 

 living for the sole object of entertaining. No one 

 doubts that such an aim is petty and narrowing, but 

 it is equally certain that it is a woman's duty to 

 understand it. 



The Ladies' Ho.me Jockxal for May brings 

 to light the fact that there have been one hundred 

 and twenty-one generations of the human family, 

 beginnine with Adam. Alfred Judson Fisher, the 

 Cliicago historian, lias woven the highly interest- 

 ing results of a genealogical investigation into "A 

 Daughter of Adam." and traces the heroine of his 

 romance (in real life a well-known Philadelphia 

 woman) directly back to Adam, establishing with 

 corroborative detail every link in the long 

 genealogical chain. 



Modern CtTLTURE for May is a magazine for 

 nature-lovers. An Ohio May Time, by Austin 

 Matlack Courtenay, is a dainty bit of spring jioetry, 

 full of the rythmic music of the May. In the Gar- 

 den with Shakespeare, by Mrs. E. A. Matthews: 

 \Vood-notes, by Nora Archibald Smith, and Birds 

 in Literature, by C. A. I'rann, form a trilogy of 

 nature articles of enticing interest to the lover of 



birds and trees and flowers. Kambles Out of Doors 

 by Mr. Orlando J. Stevenson, takes the reader 

 with him into the deptlis of C.inadi:ui wilderness 

 through all his summer outing. Matanzas, the 

 City of Cuban Homes; Railroa ling in the Philip- 

 pines; the Future of the Bicycle, and many other 

 splendid articles by well-known writers, help to 

 form a very interesting number. 



"He who appreciates the beautiful and 

 marvelous will soon grow to love his com- 

 panions of the hive." ': 



"Bse-keeping is especially t(» be recom- 

 mended as an avocation." 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



Below we give the latest and most authentic re- 

 port of the Honey and Beeswax market in different 

 trade centers: 



WASHINGTON GRADING RULES. 



Fancy'. — All sections to be well filled, combs 

 straight, ot even thickness and firmly attached to 

 all four sides; both wood and comb unsoiled by 

 travel-stain or otherwise; all the cells sealed ex- 

 cept the row of cells next the wood. 



No. L — All sections well filled, but combs uneven 

 or crooked, detached at the bottom, or with but few 

 cells unsealed; both wood and comb unsoiled by 

 travel-stain or otherwise. 



'In addition to this the honey is to be classified 

 according to color, using the terms white, amber 

 and dark. That is, there will be "Fancy white," 

 "No. 1, dark," etc. 



Buffalo. Apr. 19. — Fancy 1-pound white comb 

 wanted, at 1.5 @ 16c. Dark comb, dull at 12 @ 8c., 

 according to grade. No demand for extracted. 

 Beeswax is always in moderate demand at good, 

 average prices. Fancy pure sells at 27 6 28c.; 

 other grades lower. Dark honev is dragging, but 

 fancy stock is needed. Batterson & Co. 



Removed to large, new store, '.12 Michigan Street. 



New York, April 20, moi.— We have to report 

 a small stock of comb honey in this market. Prices 

 rule about same as our last report, while there is 

 but little demand. Francis H. Leggett & Co. 



Chicago, Apr. 18. — Choice grades of white comb 

 honey continue to sell at Itic. per pound, and there 

 is no surplus in sight. Other grades ot comb sell 

 fairly well at the following jirices: No. 1 grades of 

 white, U ft' 15c.; off grades, IHc; light amber, 12c.; 

 dark amber, 10 @ lie; buckwheat and other dark 

 combs, SI &> 10c. ; candied and mixed colors, 7 @ 9c. 

 Extracted is dull and prices verj' weak, with the 

 exception of some fancy linden and clover grades, 

 which is quotable at 7 (§' 8c.; ambers, 6 @ 7c; dark 

 and buckwheat, 5 & 6c. Beeswax. 80c. 



R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Kansas City, Mo.; April 20. — Owing to the 

 late spring the demand for honey is good with g"od 

 supply. Price of comb, 15 ft lOc; Extracted (ifti8c. 

 Beeswax is in good demand at 80c., with light 

 supply. All stock of honey will be cleaned up at 

 good prices. Hamblin & Sappi.ngton. 



"There is a rare fascination in the study 

 of nature." 



"Nothing will take the place of real 

 experience." 



Heather, it is said, grow; 

 parts of South America. 



Ill many 



