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national capital, for some nice honey, and 

 people came to Mr. Danzenbaker by the doz- 

 ens, asking him if he had seen that article in 

 the Star, little dreaming that he was responsi- 

 ble for its publication. 



I propose to mention every daily that will 

 print portions of the honey-leaflet. First, I 

 wish to encourage them in their good work ; 

 and, second, 1 wish to show to bee-keepers 

 that, if we keep on in this way, we may be 

 able to double the demand for honey. Al- 

 though I have said it several times, I will say 

 it again, I hope bee-keepers will get their lo- 

 cal publishers to print at least a part of the 

 leaflet. 



Mr. DanzenVjaker told me recently that some 

 of the glucose-venders are interested in get- 

 ting the ears of publishers so as to induce 

 them to say things detrimental to pure honey 

 and maple syrups, in order to create a demand 

 for other (glucosed ) syrups. One item he lays 

 at their door is the statement that ordinary 

 honey is not fit to eat, because, forsooth, the 

 bees visit pig-styes and cess-pools, and there- 

 fore ordinary honey is contaminated, and not 

 fit to eat. I have seen such items going the 

 rounds of the press, and wondered why they 

 should keep bobbing up every once in a while. 

 Mr. Danzenbaker insists it is because the glu- 

 cose people not only urge it upon the city edi- 

 tors, but buy them off if they can not get them 

 to publish the stuff otherwise. I can hardly 

 believe they will stoop to such methods ; l>ut 

 whether they do or not, let us keep at the city 

 editors till the facts about good honey are 

 scattered all over the United States and Cana- 

 da. Perhaps you may think I am harping on 

 this matter too much ; but I am firmly con- 

 vinced that we may very greatly increase the 

 consumption of honey if we can only get the 

 proper kind of truth afloat. I do not know 

 but it would be a good idea to offer prizes for 

 the best articles suitable for the daily press, 

 briefly written, and entertainingly setting 

 forth the value of honey as a food. Perhaps 

 such a course will be advisable after Dr. Mil- 

 ler's leaflet has become pretty well copied in 

 the papers. 



THE NATIONAI, BEE-KEEPERS' UNION ; A 

 GOOD SHOWING. 



The thirteenth annual report of the Nation- 

 al Bee-keepers' Union is just at hand. The 

 General Manager announces that appeals for 

 assistance for the past year have been the 

 largest in the history of the Union. The ma- 

 jority of cases seem to have been in the line of 

 defense, where bees have been declared a nui- 

 sance. As usual, Mr. Newman has dosed the 

 mayors, city attorneys, members of city coun- 

 cils, etc., with copies of decisions from su- 

 preme courts, toucliing similar cases, and in 

 nearly every instance they have had their 

 usual and salutary effect, and the result is that 

 the cases have either been dismissed without 

 recourse to law, or the position of the bee- 

 keeper has been strengthened. 



The showing in the report is good ; and al- 

 though I have criticised General Manager New- 

 man for opposing amalgamation, I have been 

 and am willing now to acknowledge meritori- 



ous work. While my sympathies go out to- 

 ward the new Union more than toward the old, 

 I wish to give the old National all the credit 

 it rightly deserves. 



The financial report showed a balance of 

 $541 at the close of last year. After deduct- 

 ing court expenses, lawyers' fees, depositions, 

 printing, postage, salary of Manager, and in- 

 cidentals, this leaves a net balance on hand of 

 $327. 



From this it would seem that the amount in 

 the treasury is being rapidly whittled down. 

 To my notion it is much better to have the 

 funds used for legitimate work than to have a 

 big bank account, and correspondingly less 

 work done. Since the organization of the 

 new Union, the old one has " got on an extra 

 hustle ;" and even if the new Union had ac- 

 complished no more, it has seemed to spur up 

 the old Union to more and better work. 



The net balance in the treasury of the new 

 Union is $182, according to the last report. 

 At the present rate one will soon be as strong 

 as the other, both in finances and in tnember- 

 ship. Indeed, I believe the active membership 

 of the new Union will prove, ere the year is 

 out, to be greater than that of the old one. 

 But comparisons are odious ; and I do not 

 mean to say in this connection any thing that 

 will reflect upon either organization. While I 

 believe there is no need of two Unions, yet if 

 they will not now amalgamate then let us take 

 hold and make them both such a success that 

 they will be worthy of each other's esteem and 

 affection. Mayhap souie day ihey will be mar- 

 ried, and go to housekeeping in matrimonial 

 peace. I crave the honor of holding out the 

 olive branch. 



THE MARKS - HOFFMAN METAL - SPACED 

 FRAME ; CLIFTON SPRINGS SANITARIUM. 



After leaving Buffalo I made my way 

 direct to Clifton Springs sanitarium, at which 

 place Mrs. Root and master Ueland were stop- 

 ping, vi.'-iting old classmates and friends. I 

 would remark, in passing, that this is a Chris- 

 tian institution, located in a healthful climate, 

 in the region of sulphur springs. The sani- 

 tarium makes a specialty of nervous diseases, 

 and hither many a business man with impair- 

 ed health hies away to this quiet retreat, often 

 taking his whole family. Dr. Foster, the 

 founder, is most heartily in sympathy with 

 Christian missions, and at his institution mis- 

 sionaries find rest and health, and at the same 

 time spiritual uplift. 



The buildings are magnificent in all their 

 appointments, and are fitted with the latest 

 equipments in the way of massage machinery, 

 baths, sun-bath rooms, and every thing else 

 that can possibly make a patient well. One 

 of the mottoes of the institution seems to be, 

 ' ' Wash and be clean ; ' ' and although neither 

 myself nor family went there as patients, we 

 were invited to enjoy the luxury of a sani- 

 tarium bath. I will not attempt to describe 

 the various ways in which these are taken ; 

 but I will say that when I took my bath my 

 first thought was that they intended to scald 

 me alive ; but when I was told that the water 

 registered only 101 degrees I could scarcel}- 



