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(U.EANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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tho hccs liaii to rrmaiii iilli' while Ihc honey 

 wiis hein;r sealed, wliii'h was a loss of time, so 

 tlie lioiiey was exlrai-ted every three or four 

 days, when it was thin and nntit for use; but 

 invtltes<> days of comb foundation, niuch the 

 iietter way is to tiei' up the hives, adding foun- 

 dation as needed, lelling the l)ees seal the hon- 

 ey as far as possible, wlien it is to be liroughi 

 inio a warm room. and. when thoroushly 

 warmed, it will be little more work to extract 

 it than it would In- were it taken from the 

 hive when two-thirds sealed, as was consid(»red 

 the proper time years ago. Honey obtained by 

 this tiering-up plan is superior to that secured 

 in any other way, increasing the demand for 

 extracted honey in the markets, instead of de- 

 creasing the demand as the honey of ten to fif- 

 teen years ago did. 



If you Huist ripen honey out of the hive, I 

 know of no better way of doing it than to place 

 it in tin cans holding from two to three liundred 

 pounds each, putting these cans in a tempera-, 

 ture which can be maintained at from 90° to 

 100° for a month or so. leaving the top of the 

 can open, and tying cotton cloth over it to keep 

 out tiie dust and insects. If you have the 

 means, and are in a hurry to have the honey 

 ripened, it can be done by slowly running the 

 honey over a zigzag evaporator, which is kept 

 at the proper temperature by heated w ater or 

 lamps, so that it will ripen it fast, and yet not 

 scoix'h or change the flavor of the honey. But 

 let me advise you to let the bees take care of 

 the ripening part. G. M. Dooijttle. 



Borodino, N. Y.. Dec. ]. 



A SUGGESTION FOR CHRISTMAS. 



I)K. MILLER TEI.L.S WHAT TO GET FOR THE GOOD 

 WIFE. 



This is not about bees. But I want every 

 man who has a wife he cares for to read it; also 

 ihe young >nian with a sweetheart — a sweet- 

 heart that will soon be his wife. I want to say 

 something to you about getting a Christmas 

 present for yotir wife. You're troubled to know 

 w hat to get. Perhaps you can think of noth- 

 ing appropriate, or. if you do think of some- 

 thing, it costs too much. Now look here. John; 

 it isn't altogether what a thing ousts that 

 makes it valued. It's more the amount of love 

 and thoughtfulness that seems to be in the gift 

 — at least, with a sensible woman; and you 

 know. John, your wife's a sensible woman. 



I don't think a box of candy, no matter how 

 costly, beautiful, or delicious, is the best thing. 

 It isn't the finest compliment to her good taste, 

 suggesting that she has no taste except. that 

 connected with the gustatory nerve. Besides, 

 she'll divide it with you, and it looks too mucli 

 like getting something for yourself. And it's 

 eaten up right away, and that's the end of it. 

 Something for herself alone, something that 

 lasts, is better. 



I knew a man who had money enough so he 

 didn't need to count tlie cost; and every Christ- 

 mas, whatever else he might get her, he gave 

 his wife a pound bottle of "■ White Rose"' per- 

 fumery, her favorite kind. It had the merit of 

 frequent use, constantly reminding her, when- 

 ever she used it, that it was her iiusband's de- 

 sire to give her pleasure. Being repeated each 

 Christmas, it lacked the merit of novelty and 

 surprise. 



A periodical is appropriate. If your wife has 

 not some such paper as the Ladie's Hume Juur- 

 nal, it will please her more than a gold ring 

 costing three times as much. Twelve times in 

 the year it comes as a fresh gift. 



But I know of something that will just exactly 

 suit her. and it's something that, y(ni can alTorcl. 

 Yon know, John— or if you don't I do— that 

 you're not as good to your wife as when you 

 first married her. Oh I now don't go to getting 

 into a passion because an old friend tells you 

 the jilain tiul h. Of course, you don't conn' home 

 drunk and abuse her. as does Urad Simpson, 

 the old wretch, and your wife thinks you're one 

 of the best of men; but then, you don't show 

 that same tender care for her that you did when 

 you wei'c courting her. Now, if you can give 

 her the same lover she had then, one who is all 

 thi> time trying to make things easier for her, 

 and trying to help her, it will be the most ap- 

 propriate present you can give her, and a rare 

 surprise as well. 



To particularize, suppose every morning, 

 when she puts on oatmeal to cook (you know 

 she thinks it better to cook it on the stove with- 

 out a farina-boiler), wliile she is trying to do 

 two or three, other things and at the same time 

 keep the oatmeal constantly stirred to prevent 

 its burning, suppose you take her place at the 

 oatmeal stiiTing. Your face may as well be 

 roasted as hers, and it will make her feel young 

 again to think that she has the old John of long 

 ago back again. 



Or, if she's boiling some milk, and is so busy 

 with other things that there is danger of its 

 boiling over, it will not hurt you a bit to watch 

 it for her. 



Y"es, I expected just that reply from you, that 

 it would be very nice to help your wife, and 

 you're sure she would appreciate it, but that 

 you have something else to do and can't spend 

 all your time over the cook-stove. 



Well, now\ I'll tell you just how you can 

 manage it, John, to do the little acts I have 

 specified, and a hundred others; to do them not 

 only one morning, but every morning, noon, 

 and night of every day in the year, and itsha'n't 

 cost you a minute of time, and only 2(5 cents of 

 money. Send 2() cents to A. I. Root and tell 

 him to mail you one augite stove-mat. If you 

 want to be extra kind to her, send for two. for 

 my wife thinks she needs two. I almost wish 

 you didn't need to send to friend Root, but 

 somewhere else, then you wouldn't think I'm 

 writing this merely as an advertisement; but 

 then, I'm not going to stop doing what I know is 

 a real favor to you. just because it comes in the 

 form of an advertisement; and when, for such a 

 small outlay, you can get so much help, and 

 help of the most efficient kind, too. I feel very 

 sure I'm doing a great favor by telling you 

 about it. 



I had an augite stove-mat sent by mail. 

 When it came I didn't feel as hopeful about it 

 as before I saw it. It looked like a piece of 

 ))asteboard bound with tin. likely to burn up 

 the first time it got over a hot tire. Rut my 

 wife said she'd give it a fair trial. First she 

 laid it on the hot stove for ten minutes before 

 putting anything on it. I don't know the ob- 

 ject of that, but it was according to directions. 

 It didn't take fire and burn up. Then she set a 

 pan of milk on it. By and by it began to puff 

 up as milk does when it boils. She thought 

 she'd better take it oft, so it would not boil over 

 on the stove. I told her it would be nothing 

 so terrible to have it all over the stove, and she 

 let it boil for a long time. It puffed up in a 

 very threatening manner, but never dared to 

 boil over. She was quite jubilant on finding 

 that the bottom of the pan was not at all burnt 

 — only a thick coaling, easily scraped otf. 



Then she put on it a dish of oatmeal to cook. 

 After letting it cook a long time she came with 

 a glowing face to tell me, " It's a perfect suc- 

 cess! Oh, it will be swch a help! " 



