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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan. 1. 





Kid Gloves 



This Time. 



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V* previous advertisements on the subject of ^ 



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W sponse has made us a customer, we want to JJ 



w put you right on the Kid Glove question. Send J^ 



** to us for price and samples of any dry goods JP 



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Vb Our Service Glove. ^ 



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^ ever made to retail at SI. 00, and it is worthy its i^ 



^ name. We have taken special pains in its se- « 



^ lection. It is made of real kid — a two-clasp m 



^ glove fastened at the wrist by two patent fast- m 



ijj eners or five hooks as desired. «^ 



yj^ Price, postage paid, $1,00. /^ 



J{j Our Lucile Glove ^ 



Vii' Is just a little better made, a little more stylish, (P 



ti| and is the equal of any Si. .50 glove ever sold, (f* 



(If Two clasps or five hooks, as desired. ffy 



iill Our price, by mail, SI 2.5, postpaid. ^ 



~f We can furnish you any shade of color or -J, 



* size you desire. Just send us a sample of goods JJJ 



■^ you want matched, and we will match it in a 

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S F. E. EDWARDS & CO., $ 



jj Dept. H. MEDINA, OHIO. J 



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In writing, mention Gleanings. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The annual meeting of the New York State As.socia- 

 tion of Bee-keepers' .Societies will be held in the par- 

 lors of the Kirkwood. Geneva, N. Y., Jan 10, liMX), at 

 11 A. M. All bee-keepers' .societies in the State are 

 hereby notified, and requested to send delegates. An 

 urgent invitation to attend is al.so extended to every- 

 body interested in apiculture. By order of the 



President. 



CALIFORNIA BEE-KEEPERS' CONVENTION. 



The tenth annual convention of the California State 

 Bee-keepers' Association will be held in the Chamber 

 of Commerce, at I<os Angeles, on Feb. 21 and 22, 1900. 

 Convention will be called to order at 1:30 p. m , on Feb. 

 21. At this time the railroads will sell round-trip tick- 

 ets to everybody, for one and one-third fare, on ac- 

 count of the Industrial, Mining, and Citrus Exposi- 

 tio^i, which will be held in l,os Angeles. Tickets good 

 for ten days. Let everj' bee-keeper bring some hive, 

 tool, or experience which he has found valuable, and 

 we will have a good convention. 



R. Wilkin, Pres. 



J. F. M'iNTYRE, Sec. 



Advertiser's Department of Short Write-ups. 



The Planter's Dependence on Good Seeds. 



Without good, fresh, fertile seeds, good crops are im- 

 possible, it is, then, of the most vita! importance that 

 you should exercise the greatest possible caution in se- 

 lecting the seeds you are to plant the coming season. 

 Since you cannot determine their fertility or freshness 

 by sight, the only certain way to insure younself against 

 worthless seeds is to buy only those that bear the name 

 of a firm about whose reliability there is no question. 

 There are no better known seedsmen anywhere, and 



none who have a higher reputation for integrity, than 

 D. M. Ferry & Co., of Detroit, Mich. Ferry's seeds 

 have been a .synonym for good seeds for manj' years. 

 Thousands of gardeners who continue to plant them 

 season after season do so with the full confidence 

 that they will uniformly be found to be of high vi- 

 tality, and, most important of all, true to name. 



Ferry's Seed Annual for 1000 is fully up to the stand- 

 ard of former years, and will be welcomed by all who 

 have learned to regard it as a thoroughly reliable and 

 practical guide to planting. A copy may be obtained 

 free by addressing the firm as above. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



Gleanings grows brighter and brighter, and it 

 makes pleasant evenings for both me and my wife. 

 Leon A. Stafford. 

 Blodgett Mills, N. Y., December 7. 



good for LOS ANGELES. 



On page 877 you ask if Los Angeles has adopted a 

 reform like that of Detroit. I will say it did some time 

 ago, and it has a heavy fine for expectorating on the 

 sidewalk: so I shall expect to see you soon in the "City 

 of the .Angels." . Will R. Shields. 



Los Angeles. Cal., Dec. 11. 



May the good work spread to every town and city in 

 the country. 



SATAN'S "NEW METHODS." 



Afr. Root: — I have been very much interested in your 

 "Home Talks," and especially so when you exposed 

 Satan, for you hit the nail on the head. I am sorry to 

 say that the powers of hell are working with a very 

 strong force in this city. Only lately the papers re- 

 ported five suicides and two attempts, and one murder 

 and two attempts, all during one week, and in this 

 place. Spiritualism, too. is misleading many people 

 here. It seems as if Satan h.id invented and introduced 

 a new mode, by which he can do more mischief than 

 by all other crimes combined. 



Denver, Col., Dec. 4. Nicholas Bisson. 



I chanced to find a swarm of bees one Sunday morn- 

 ing, and succeeded in taking them home, and be- 

 came greatly interested in them, and seeing an 

 advertisement I sent for a copy of Gleanings. To 

 my surprise I found the editor was a Christian, and 

 had prospered. I was weak, gave up to my temper, 

 and at times used the worst language I could think of; 

 but I thank God and Gleanings that I am better now, 

 and I shall continue to thank them every night as long 

 as I live. I wish I could help you in your good work 

 again.st the liquor trafiic, but I can't do anything at 

 present but let it alone myself, and pray for every 

 per.son in the land to do the same. Tell the readers of 

 Gleanings that one poor man has betn saved from a 

 drunkard's grave — saved from the torment of that lake 

 of fire and brimstone that God has told us to shun. 



Dixie, W. Va., Sept. 23. Jos. N. Smith. 



queens to AUSTRALIA FftOM MEDINA. 



Ju.st a hurried note, to say the two queens sent by 

 you were duly received. The golden queen had four 

 bees alive with the queen, and the three-banded queen 

 was dead. The cages were in splendid condition on 

 arrival. They were very clean, free from any stains, 

 and no loose grains of sugar. About two-thirds of the 

 candy was consumed in each cage, and a part of the 

 honey. You must have some secret process to prepare 

 candy of coarse sugar, and yet be so soluble that the 

 bees do not tear it out. I consider your situation in the 

 States places you in a better position for shipping 

 queens to Australia than any other breeder I visited on 

 my trip. You are able to get them off on a direct route, 

 and no part of the journey is extreme in climate as 

 with some other breeders. W. S. Pender. || 



b^West Maitland, N.S.W., Sept. 26.r! 



[We have no secret process of candy-making. What 

 we u.se is nothing more nor less than the Good (or 

 Scholz) candy. We are careful to get pure cane sugar, 

 powdered — not sugar and starch, in a combination 

 known hs confectioners'. This is what kills bees, but 

 is just the thing for frosting on cakes. There is an- 

 other important requisite — and that is, the art or knack 

 of mixing the honey and the sugar — just as there is a 

 knack in making bread. — Ed.] 



