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tell him he will get his money's worth, and we hope a considerable 

 more. Be a "pusher!"' With }-our help we hope to be 6,000 

 strong by January 1st, 1914. Then take notice what we will do. 



E. D. TOWNSEXD, 



Chairman. 



Stand Up and Be a Man. 



^^'hen I was about seventeen years old I began the study of 

 shorthand, or stenography, as it is now called. As a method of 

 practice, I was quite given to jotting down my thoughts in short- 

 hand in a note-book that I carried. In rummaging through a drawer 

 the other day, I came across one of these old note-books, and, in 

 glancing through its pages, my eye was caught by the title of one 

 of the items. It was the same as the heading of this article. I had 

 the curiosity to read it, and I consider the advice good enough to 

 print, even if it were written by a boy in his teens. Here is what I 

 then wrote : 



"How easy it is to stand up and be a man Avhen you have nO' 

 troubles, when friends and fortune smile upon you, and success 

 attends your every undertaking; l)Ut when troubles come thick and 

 fast, one sorrow treading close upon the heels of another, when 

 friends prove false and fortune frowns, and one hope after another 

 is dashed to the ground, how hard it then is to stand up and be a 

 man. 



But when is it that we most need to be strong, hopeful and 

 courageous? Isn't it adversity's dark hour that most requires us to 

 exercise our manly qualities? 



Do not cower before the network of difficulties, disappoint- 

 ments, trials, and sorrows that you will surely meet in this world; 

 meet them bravely, unravel the tangled threads, be resolute, per- 

 severe, trust in God, stand up and be a man." 



As I look back over my past life I can not help thinking how 

 manv times I have been called upon to follow the above advice; 

 and how I have tried, to the l)est of my a])ilitv, to follow it. — AW 

 Z. H. 



The Bee-Keepers' Review Has Been Sold. 



You Avill be surprised, and I believe pleased, to know that the 

 Bee-Keepers' Review now belongs to the National Bee-Keepers" 

 Association. This makes it the only journal on the American con- 

 tinent absolutely owned and controlled by the bee-keepers them- 

 selves. It gives them the means of building up and perfecting the 

 most powerful bee-keeper's association in the world, and proves that 



