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tion of honey, we do not claim our honey is 

 better than that of Michigan, New York 

 State, and the country with the same flora 

 and climate as our own, but we claim it is 

 better than Southern, etc. ; in other words, 

 better than the average. 



We never object to the United States 

 making the most of their situation — we 

 even make a, little allowance for blunders 

 caused by self-interest, in other words, that 

 country's interest. We must be allowed to 

 make the most of our circumstances. We 

 are justified in doing this under all circum- 

 stances, and particularly when we are try- 

 ing to get our governments to do some- 

 thing for the industry. 



I am not responsible for any statement 

 not absolutely true. A letter of mine was 

 printed in one case in which the printer 

 made a mistake as to the number of 

 awards — my original letter will show this. 

 We are using every honest effort to develop 

 the industry. R. F. Holtermann. 



As nothing is to be gained by further 

 discussion of this subject in the Bee Jour- 

 nal, perhaps it will be just as well to let it 

 rest here. Messrs. McKnight and Holter- 

 mann have now each had the " last word," 

 so doubtless they will be satisfied that all 

 fairness has been accorded them in the dis- 

 cussion, and everybody can now pursue the 

 " even tenor " of their ways. 



W»lle<l ill l»y ISees. — A Western 

 newspaper reports a singular discovery 

 made by some farmers who found a " bee- 

 tree " and cut it down to get the honey. 

 The honey was in a hollow midway of the 

 trunk. The men split the trunk, and to 

 their surprise took out not only some 

 eighty pounds of honey, but a dead duck 

 and eleven duck eggs. It appeared that a 

 wood-duck had made a nest in the hollow, 

 and that after she began to sit upon the 

 eggs the bees stopped up the entrance with 

 comb, so that she was unable to get out. 



It^" A merchant has well said : ' ' Com- 

 mon-sense is the least common product of 

 human ingenuity. Brains make capital. 

 Capital does not make brains ; it can eat its 

 head off if one lets it. Capital requires 

 feed and exercise. The demand for men of 

 ability is greater than the supply. The 

 world does not stand still ; changes come 

 quicker now than they ever did, and they 

 will come quicker and quicker. New ideas, 

 new inventions, new methods of manufac- 

 ture, of transportation, new ways to do 

 almost everything, will be found as the 

 world grows older. The men who antici- 

 pate them, and are ready for them, will 

 find advantages and opportunities as great 

 as any of their fathers or grandfathers 

 had." — fielected. 



No. 69 —Miss Elsie BurJen. 



Our picture and short sketch this 

 week will likely more particularly in- 

 terest the younger members of the fami- 

 lies who receive the Bee Journal. 



ELSIE BURDEN. 



Although not yet 8 years of age, Elsie 

 Burden, a little girl in the town of Bird- 

 sail, Allegany Co., N. Y., has accom- 

 plished something as a maker of honey- 

 boxes. As soon as she was large enough 

 to handle a hammer she began nailing 

 together the waste pieces in the shop of 

 her father, who is a bee-keeper, so he 

 finally set her to nailing honey-boxes. 

 She succeeded so well at this that she 



