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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



November 



children are often made to suffer in this 

 way. While it is wrong to try to depre- 

 ciate the true value of beauty, it is bar- 

 barous to give any child reason to think 

 that she is less an object of love and 

 tenderness because she lacks that gift. To 

 the true mother " the ugly duckling " is as 

 precious as any of the brood. A most fas- 

 cinating but plain woman told me that 

 when she was a child a relative whom she 

 had never seen came to make the acquaint- 

 ance of the family, and she hid herself 

 under the nursery bed because she thought 

 he would dislike her for her ugliness. 



I was walking one day with a child, little 

 more than a baby, on the high bank of a 

 river. I warned her that she was too near 

 the edge. She drew closer to me, and as 

 she did so she raised her face and said, 

 most pathetically : 



" It wouldn't be right for me to make my- 

 self fall over, but it might be a good thing 

 if my foot should slip, because after people 

 die they are made over again, and perhaps 

 1 might be made prettier. You see I'm 

 very ugly, and it's such a disappointment 

 to mamma." 



That was her idea of the resurrection. 

 A like thought has come to older minds. 

 Near the end of his life, I heard a man, 

 who had been loyal and devoted to the 

 homely woman whom he loved, repeating 

 to himself a verse — his own, I think — 

 which told of his belief that she would rise 

 in beauty, the true enthrinement of her 

 angelic spirit. — From " Beauty and Ugli- 

 ness ; " Bemorest's Magazine for November. 



ST. CRISPIN. 

 A pleasant story is told of the Emperor 

 Charles the Fifth. One night he strolled 

 into a cobler's shop to get his boot mended. 

 It happened to be the festival of St. Crispin. 

 The cobbler was making merry with his 

 friends, and declared that no work could 

 be done on that day for any man, even 

 though he were Charles himself, but the 

 stranger was cordi illy invited to join in the 

 merrymaking. He did as he was bidden. 

 " Here's to the health of Charles the Fifth ; 

 said the cobbler. " Do you love him ? " asked 

 the Emperor. " Love him ? " said the cob- 



bler, "I do. I love his long-nose-ship 

 well enough,but I should love him more if he 

 taxed ub less." They finished St. Crispin's 

 day very pleasantly. 



Upon the morrow the Emperor sent for the 

 cobbler to the palace, and greatly surprised 

 him by thanking him for his hospitality of 

 the previous evening, asking him what re- 

 ward he would like best. The amazed cob- 

 blet asked for a night to think of it. The 

 next day he appeared before the Emperor 

 and requested that the cobblers of Flanders 

 might bear for their coat of arms a boot 

 with a crown upon it. — W. S. Walsh, in 

 November, Lippincott's. 



Honey and Beeswax Market Report. 



Below we give the latest and most authen- 

 tic report of the Honey and Beeswax market 

 in different trade centers : 



Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 20, 1894.— Good demand 

 for honey- Large supply. Price of white comb 

 15c. per lb. ; Amber 12c per lb. ; Extracted, 

 white 7c per lb. ; amber 5@6c per lb. Market is 

 well stocked with fine white comb honey and will 

 sell low. 



Hamblin & Beaess, 514 Walnut St. 

 Detroit, Mich., Oct. 21, 1894.— There is a fair 

 demand for honey. Supply not large. Price of 

 comb 14@15c per lb. Extracted 6%@7c per lb. 

 Demand for beeswax is not good. Supply small. 

 Prices 23@25c per lb. Our sales of honey were 

 never more satisfactory. 



M. H. Hunt, Bell Branch. Mich. 

 Albany, N. Y., Oct. 21, 1894.— Good demand for 

 honey and supply increasing. Price of comb 9@ 

 14c per lb. Extracted 5@7c per lb. Steady de- 

 mand for beeswax at 27@28c per pound. Moderate 

 supply. The prices on honey are not quite so firm 

 as they were a few weeks ago as receipts are more 

 plenty. Choice white comb honey is not plenty. 

 H. R. Wright. 

 Albany, N.Y., Oct. 20, 1894.— Good demand for 

 honey. Supply ample. Price of comb 10@15c. 

 Extracted 5@7c. The season is now at its height 

 while receipts and sales are about equal. 



Chas. McCulloch & Co. 

 Boston, Mass., Oct. 20, 1894.— Good fupply of 

 honey. Fair demand. Price of comb 14@15c. 

 Extracted 5@6c. No supply of beeswax. Prices 

 27@28c per lb. 



E. E. Blake & Co., 



57 Chatham St. 

 Cincinnati, 0., Oct. 20, 1894.— The demand is 

 very good for choice white comb honey as well as 

 for extracted. Good supply. Price of comb 14® 

 15c per lb. Very good demand for beeswax. 

 Prices 22@27c for good to choice yellow. Comb 

 honey brings best prices now because it is some- 

 thing new vet and comparatively scarce. 



Chas. F. Muth & S"N, 

 Cor. Freeman and Central Aves. 



