1898 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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Honey Without Bees. 



WONDERFUL RI CIPES FOR A SMALL SUM OF 

 MONEY. 

 Here we are again. One of our subscribers 

 sent us the following slip clipped from a paper: 



with my recipe you can 

 make artificial honey that 

 voiir friends can not tell from genuine. Better than 

 any syru]) (av pancakes and general table use. Recipe 

 and full directions for IL' cents. 



Delicious Maple Syrup tTie!°"Fo"''i2f /wiii"S 



recipe and full directions by which any one. anywhere, 

 can make delicious maple syrup at a co.st of Site a gal- 

 lon. Both recipes 20c. Ino. T. SrKPiiENSuN, 



3712 Evans Ave., St. Louis. 



Of course, we sent the money promptly, 

 and here is what we got : 



TABLE MANNA, OR PRIZE HONEY, 



WITHOUT BEES' HONEY. 



White -ngar, ">lbs.; water. 1'4 lbs.; simmer gradual- 

 ly over the tire and add one-fourth ounce alum in pow- 

 der; skim off the scum, if any; set off to cool, adding 

 a .small ciuantity of the following extracts to flavor to 

 suit the taste : 



Extract for flavoring honey: Alcohol, one ounce; 

 good Jamaica ginger, two ounces; let stand for ten 

 days, adding three drops of ottar of roses to scent. 



DELICIOUS maplp: syrup, 



or maple syrup without the use of the maple-tree. 

 To make one gallon: Take one peck of corncobs, add- 

 ing water to cover; then l)oil one hour; strain, and 

 add five pounds of dark brown sugar, boil to one gal- 

 lon. You may add more sugar if you like, but do not 

 add any more of the corncob extract, and do not use 

 cobs too fresh — they should not be used till in Decem- 

 ber. 



A few days ago, while traveling on the cars 

 a gentleman told me that a Methodist minis- 

 ter had invented a process of getting the es- 

 sential oil from the maple-tree so that, when 

 added to pm^e sugar syrup, it made the most 

 beautiful syrup in the world. The whole tree 

 is cut down and chopped up and distilled, the 

 same way they make peppermint and winter- 

 green oil. This maple oil then gives the beau- 

 tiful maple flavor to pure syrup. Well, when 

 I rt ad the above recipe I thought may he it 

 would tell us how to get the extract of maple 

 right out of the tree ; but, dear me ! what a 

 drop ! Instead of a maple-tree you are to lake 

 corncobs, and old ones at thai; and instead of 

 pure sugar syrup you take dark brown sugar ; 

 I suppose this will also help to give it the 

 "maple flavor." Well, now, friends, even if 

 I have paid my money, I think I will take 

 syrup made from granulated .'■ugar at least : 

 and, if you please, "in mine" I shall leave 

 out the peck of corncobs. "Cob extract" 

 indeed ! I wonder if this is not going to be a_ 

 new article of commerce. 



Now, this is not all of the recipe business. 

 Along with the above, in the same envelope, 

 comes a sheet advertising " The Silent Friend; 

 or, Marriage Guide." And, by the way, if 

 you undertake to follow up this recipe busi- 

 ness, sooner or later you will find it runs into 

 something low-lived. If I am not mistaken, 

 this Marriage Guide was ruled out of the mails 

 years ago. Perhaps we had better notify the 

 postmaster at St. Louis of what is going on. 



pOR SALE. — One-half interest in five hundred col- 

 ^ onies of bees. Good oppoitunity for a man with 

 .some money. Finest location to be found in the al- 

 falfa district. John A. Harris, Harris, Col. 



NEW DOMESTIC COFFEE BERRY. 





.1 



\o\\ can grow j'our own 

 coffee for 1 cent a pound. 

 It IS the poor man's friend, 

 and nch man's delight. 

 Nothing ever found to com- 

 paiewithit. Perfectlyde- 

 licious thousands prefer it 

 to real coffee. It is a greit 

 health saver, be'iig nour- 

 i-^hing instead of .stimulat- 

 ing Millions are seriously 

 injured by store coffee; let 

 It alone and save :{fl0.00 to 

 ^I'l 00 e\er5' year. The Do- 

 mestic IS better, very easy 

 to raise bears prodigious- 

 Ij — almost a solid mass of 

 pods grows well in anj- 

 soil or climate, and ripens 

 e\ er-s where earlj' as corn. 



Two cr' ps a j'ear may be 

 grown in the South. It is 

 the most nutritious of all 

 \egetable products. Pre- 

 pire same as other coffee, 

 and delighted to find how 



■s^/L <g'j lis 



Cp^1"b '^ ^lliaiiiig^ii ii4 



and you will be surprised 

 good it is 



A FEW EXTRACTS FROM HUNDREDS OF TEST! MONIAI.S. 



■• Better tlian :^('-cent store i-oftee "-Dr. .1. M. Ashl.y. 

 " .\ most woiulertul disonvery."— Chi i tian .\ Ivocate. 

 " Mv i'io|i a\e, a'.^p>l Hii lMi>liel- |iei- acie."— J W .Auaiiis. 

 ■• I pie.fi- U to tue j:enuiiir .-..tf. e "—Prof H .1. Hanell. 

 "Tlie whohMoiiiitT V l:a Ijffii to fee it "- .). Campbell 

 " Sloie 111 altlitiil aLul liettei than leal coff, e "—.V 1. Koot. 



GENUINE Headquarters .Seed— large packet, with 

 full directions; also catalog of bargains, all for O.SE 

 Dime, or 12c in !.tamps; .'5 pkts.. 2.>c. Agents wanted. 



SPECIAL OFhER. A large package of Mixed 

 Flower Seed.s — over :W0 beautiful and charming varie- 

 ties, added free if you order promptly and name this 

 paper. Address 



A O. COOK, Seedsman, HYDE PARK. N. Y. 

 In writing to advertisers, mention Gle.'\nings. 



GET YOUR TOMATO = SE:ED, At Least. 



Livingston, the Famous Tomato Specialist. 



Superb catalog (IKi pp.1 free, if you 



send 10c for a packet of our latest 



NEW TOnATO, " HONOR BRIGHT." 



A. W. Livingston's Sons, Columbus, Ohio. 



In writing adverti.sers, mentioii Glkanings. 



APPLES.— Winter; in good shape; 3 bu. to the bbl. 

 ?2.(X) per barrel. J. B. Murray, Ada, Ohio. 



A FINE STOCK of strawberry, raspberry, and black- 

 berry plants, crates, and baskets. For price list, 

 address H. H. Aultfather, Box 146, Minerva, O. 



FOR SALE. 



Some fine hives of Italian iiees. containing queeii-s, 

 brood, and eight-frames— either Hoffman or .Simplic- 

 ity. Price, each, if;5..')0. Address 



JOtlN A. THORNTON, Lima, IIL 

 In writing advertisers, mention Gleanings. 



FOR SALE.— Thirtv-five colonies of Italian bees, 

 bred for business; in The A. I Root Co.'s hives, 

 comparatively new; bees and hives in first-class con- 

 dition; never had any disease; a bargain. Addre.ss 

 F. G. Railf.y, Glasgow, Ky. 



END US 75 CTS., -;,3 -^r^ 



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A, 3 mail, pD.slaffc prepaid, 100 good white No. En- 

 velopes and 100 good while 7-lb. Note Heads, 

 neatly printed and bound, with whatever you may 

 want. Send plainly written or printed copy for botli. 

 Good stock and good work, or money refunded. Send 

 for prices on larger quantities. Address all orders to 

 ECONOVAY PklNIINQ CO.. 



Lock Box 1 194, Woosier, Ohio. 

 In writing, mention Gleanings. 



