THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



«i?^5 in it; and that is what he will get. 

 Should I ever meet hini I know I will 

 like him. 



Well, I have blowed enough about the 

 absurduess of tampering with what should 

 be the most delicate and delicious of food 

 until one thing and another has disgust- 

 ed every lover of it. 



The second year I kept bees I had 

 charge of 60 colonies; increased to 100 and 

 averaged 200 pounds to the colon}'. Hon- 

 ey sold for 25 cents a pound, and I got 

 the cash in my fist. Those were the gold- 

 en days, and foiDidatiou was not knoivn. 

 So. Columbia, N. Y. Feb. 7, 189S. 



INFLUENCE OF TVPOCRAPUICAL BEAUTY. 



Some Praises of the Review thatbrini;;! Flush 

 to its Editor's Cheek. 



E. E. D.\CGITT. 



F.)r prais3 that's dae do^s give no more 

 To worth, than what it Imd before.— syrtf. 



©UR ever wel- 

 come friend, 

 the Review, al- 

 ways neat, at- 

 tractive and well 

 gotten up, came 

 out in Decem- 

 ber with a new 

 dress, and better 

 than ever; show- 

 ing evident 

 signs of prosper- 

 ity. 1 am very fond of good books, mag- 

 azines and papers; and, although those 

 gotten up in plain style will answer, I 

 much prefer those gotten up in the high- 

 est style of the art; when it is appropriate 

 to do so. How much more readable and 

 enjoyable they are when printed on fine 

 paper — preferably white — with clear bold 

 type, and embellished with clear, beauti- 

 ful engravings and suitable decorations. 



While it would not be proper to get up 

 every publication in the higher style of 

 the publisher's art, there is no reason why 

 a publication worth publishing at all 

 should not be gotten up reasonably well; 

 especially as to quality of paper and type. 

 There are publications that are well 

 enough, as to quality of contents, but are 

 meanly gotten up otherwise. What is 

 worth doing at all, is worth doing well. 

 As companions either elevate or degrade, 

 so the publications we take into our homes 

 do the same. The reading matter is the 

 most important, but the character of the 

 publication, in regard to the kind and 

 style of art displaved, is also important 

 in its elevating and refining influence. 



When the Review came to hand, look- 

 ing so neat and beautiful, I was pleased; 

 and the issues since have maintained the 

 'same high character. Often have 1 ta- 

 ken up the magazine and looked at the 

 frontispieces of the December and Janu- 

 ary numbers; especially of the latter. 

 How natural they look; almost (I do not 

 know whether I ought to say almost or 

 not) if not quite as natural as the real. 



Certain things have a peculiar attrac- 

 tion for some people. I presume that 

 every reader of the Review has felt the 

 peculiar attraction of bee-keeping. It is 

 so strong that if it once gets a fair hold 

 of a person it is difficult to get out of its 

 grasp. I have noticed that if a person 

 once keeps bees that he or she is apt to 

 continue to keep them, although " they 

 are going to sell them," the bees some- 

 how seem to stay on. 



It is, no doubt, this influence that 

 causes the fraternal spirit that exists 

 among bee-keepers. There maj- be a 

 difference now and then between two 

 members of the pursuit; but the fraternal 

 spirit will in time smooth over all such. 

 I know of no business or profession that 

 possesses so much fraternal feeling 

 among its members. It has been said 

 that it is due to contact with Nature; 

 but such an explanation is not sat- 

 isfactory, for we come in contact with 

 Nature in other things, but we do not 



