1897. 



THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. 



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poiut, mouth of Hoik river, aC 'tEie same 

 momeut, and at every point below the 

 York river and out at the Capes it is 

 ebb tide at the same time, and at ever}- 

 poiut froiu New Poiut Comfort to 

 Hoopers strait it is flood tide at that 

 time, and at every poiut between Saudy 

 poiut aud Hoopers strait it is ebb tide 

 at that time, or when the moon rises or 

 sets, aud at all points above Saudy point 

 it is flood tide, even to the head of tide 

 water in every tributary of the bay 

 above Sandy poiut. — Baltimore Ameri- 

 can. 



An Envious Observer. 



He is a real estate mau, aud his mind 

 is always on his business. He happened 

 to be passing the White House and stop- 

 ped to gaze at it 



"I wish," he said pensively, "that I 

 could haudle a piece of property like 

 that. Every time a tenant leaves there 

 is somebody ready and waitiug to move 

 in." — Washiugtou Star. 



TJie Lengrtli of Tacks. 



It is difficult to tell the exact length 

 of a tack by casual examination. Tacks 

 are from aquaiter to a half inch, though 

 when accidentally stepped on this length 

 seems to be multiplied by 100. A pound 

 of the smallest size coutains 16,000 

 tacks. 



Volcano of Pinchincha. 



Two Swiss tourists were recently lost 

 while endeavoring to explore the volca- 

 no of Pinchincha, near Quito, which 

 has sometimes been veiled for days iu 

 thick darkness by its falling ashes. 

 Humboldt asoeuded it and describes it 

 as formiug a wall more thau eight geo- 

 graphical miles long upheaved over a 

 fissure in the westernmost cordillera 

 nearest to the Pacific ocean. It is sur- 

 mounted, eastleiike, by three successive 

 summits from southwest to northeast, 

 called Cuutur-Guachaua, GuagaPichin- 

 cha and Pichaco de los Ladrillos, thi? 

 proper volcano being termed "the Fa- 

 ther" or "Old Man," Rucu Pichincha. 



This is the only part which enters the 

 region of perpetual snow. Humboldt 

 ascended it in 1803, Sebastian Wisse in 

 1845, spending several days and nights 

 in a part of its crater, and the Englisli 

 mountaineer Whyroper in 1876. Its ac 

 tlvities are intermittent, occurring in 



general several mnes lu rncn cc-ntmiy, 

 but it has now for a long time been rea- 

 sonably quiescent. It is one of the most 

 interesting volcanoes in South America 

 or the world, but, as the fate of the 

 Swiss tourists attests, it discourages 

 familiar approach, and there is a good 

 deal yet to learn about it. — New York 

 Tribune. 



'•Book of Advertisement.'' 



The "Book of Advertisement" would, 

 at the present day, mislead most read- 

 ers by its title. It was prepared at 

 the command of Queen Elizabeth and 

 printed in 1565. The purpose of the 

 book was to define the doctrines, disci- 

 pline and ritual of the English church, 

 so that uniformity should be secured in 

 Great Britain. This book was the di- 

 rect origin of a denominational title iil 

 England, for, after its publication, 

 Sampson, dean of Christ church, in Ox- 

 ford, and Humphrey, professor of divin- 

 ity at Oxford university, with others, 

 dissented from some of the doctrines it 

 contained; hence they were called non- 

 conformists. 



Meat and Grain. 



For the successful production of eggs 

 at any season of the year it is necessary 

 that the hens should have a mixed ani- 

 mal and vegetable diet. During the sum- 

 mer months insects and worms are 

 abundant, and fowls having a range can 

 easily supply themselves with animal 

 food, but iu the winter this necessity 

 must be supplied if the best results are 

 to be obtained. Meat scraps and green 

 bones are the best substitutes and should 

 be fed at least twice a week. When 

 farmers feed more wheat and less grain, 

 they will liave larger profits from poul- 

 try. The iutrodaction of the green bone 

 cutter also lessens the cost, as cheap 

 bones and meat can be cut fine and fed 

 without tlie necessity of cooking the 

 meat. 



A fair comparison between grain and 

 meat v,ill show that meat is really 

 cheaper than grain, because it increases 

 egg productioj) and also contains less 

 waste. A gr.iin fed hen appropriates a 

 large part of it to the storage of fat, 

 Vhich is not desirable, while lean meat 

 is almost entirely nitrogenous. The food 

 which produces no eggs is decidedly the 

 most expensive to use. 



