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THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. 



July 



selves; besides having a siguificaut 

 application, as an object lesson, in the 

 animal kingdom, he must acknowledge 

 that as in the case oC jessamine and 

 (perhaps) laurel, there are §some 

 questionable links in nature's chain of 

 harmony. 



In Pretoria, Johannesburg and 

 other places in South Africa where 

 there is any demand for honey, the 

 price is quite high. :^ Comb honey 

 which is somewhat of a novelty, most 

 bee keepers producing extracted only, 

 has been selling of late for 40c a 

 pound. There is very little bee past- 

 urage, excepting what may be found 

 in cultivated gardens. 



We are receiving a great many new 

 subscribers and renewals, but our 

 subscription book is large and we are 

 far from satisfied. We are endeavoi- 

 ing to provide for our readers articles 

 by the best talent, and we believe 

 ever}' one will receive the full value 

 of their subscription. 



Prices of Sections. 



Prices of sections for the season of 

 1897 will remain as follows: 



No 1. No. 2. No. 1. No. 2. 



Per 100-8 .50. $ .40. Per 1000 @ S3,00 $2.50. 



'' 251!— .85. .75. " 2000@ 2.85 2.35. 



" 500— 1.50. 1.25. " 3OO0 @ 2.75 2.25 



5000 @ $2.50 per M. 



Large quantities will be quoted on 

 application. 



The above prices are the same as 

 will be charged by all manufacturers 

 of and dealers in first class sections. 

 Further changes of prices of supplies 

 will be found in our 1897 catalog 

 which is now read}-, and will be mail- 

 ed free to anyone asking for it. 



Vbe Ways of Indian Mediclue Men. 



Major A. E. Woodson, agent of the 

 Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians of Ok- 

 lahoma, says that the reigu of the med- 

 icine men is one of the greatest outrages 

 of the present day, and as a direct re- 

 sult of their laernicious practice one-third 

 of the children born of Indian parents 

 die every year. 



Two of Black Coyote's children were 

 taken sick, and, instead of taking them 

 to the government hospital, he sent for 

 the medicine man, who blew a green 

 powder into the lungs, ears and the 

 nostrils of one of the little patients. 

 That medicine failing, the medicina 

 man made an incision with his knifa 

 under the tongue of the child, with tho 

 result that death soon followed. When 

 the green powder failed to restore the 

 child to health, the medicine man de- 

 clared that there was a ghost under the 

 child's tongue, and it was to kill the 

 ghost that he made the incision. 



The medicine man then adopted he- 

 roic measures in order to save the other 

 child. He took it into a tent, stripped 

 it naked and laid it on a cot. He then 

 heated a big pile of rocks in the tent 

 and when they were hot he threw water 

 on them, filling the tent with steam 

 and causing the child to sweat copious- 

 ly. When the child was covered with 

 perspiration, he took it out in the cold 

 air and sent it home without having 

 taken any precautiiDn to keep it from 

 getting cold. Next morning the child 

 was dead. This is only one of the hun- 

 dreds of such outrages against the health 

 and life of innocent people. The big 

 medicine man of the Cheyennes is Little ^ 

 Man, who lives near Cantouement. He S 

 makes his medicines every year and dis- 

 tributes them to the other medicine 

 men. — Bosto n Transcript. 



Political Prtjudices. 



"Say," ob.'^ervea the shade of Sir 

 Walter Raleigh, "why didn't you finish 

 thiit giuue nf poker with Thomas Jeffer- 

 son iind Patrick Henry?" 



"Berause," answered the shade of 

 George III, "I couldn't stand Pat. "— 

 Kew York Press. 



In the »ar Future. 



First DoiHor — Good photograph, isn't 

 it? 



Second Doctor — Fairly good. Flatters 

 the left lung a little, I think. 



