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until they become adapted to the coun- 

 try. This is the case when they are 

 from some other place. They breed for 

 the flow where the queen came from. 

 Cosby, Tenn. 



Experience witli London Ear-Trumpet. 



REV. X.. L. LANGSTROTH. 



Perhaps very few of my readers real- 

 ize how much more comfortable it is to 

 be old in these days than it was some 

 two or three hundred years ago. Before 

 the invention of spectacles, how often a 

 man, still in the prime of life, must have 

 found himself no longer fit for nice 

 work, through the failing of his eye- 

 sight ! Now we have spectacles, for the 

 relief of such inability, also for seeing 

 objects at a distance, such, for instance, 



Oraphone, or London Ear-Trumpet. 



as the pebbles on the roadside, or the 

 cherries on the trees, almost if not quite 

 as well as the young. 



It is true, that defective teeth were 

 not so common in the olden times as 

 they now are, but still we know that 

 they were so common that specimens of 

 how this infirmity was remedied have 

 been found in old skeletons, almost as 

 perfect as the modern invention. 



But what can be done to relieve those 

 who are hard of hearing ? Few can be 

 persuaded to use the huge, old-fashioned 

 ear-trumpet, or the long-rubber tube ; 

 and yet when one becomes so hard of 

 hearing as not to hear the preacher or 

 the orator, or even the ordinary conver- 

 sation of the social circle, it does not 

 take long to realize what a great mis- 

 fortune has befallen him. Such an un- 

 fortunate soon perceives that the world 

 is too busy to try to make a deaf man 



hear, and gradually ceases to attempt 

 to hear any spoken words, except such 

 as are directed to himself personally. 

 Slowly, but surely, he drops out of social 

 intercourse with his fellowmen, and life 

 has lost a very large part of its charms. 



About two months ago a friend, who 

 is very hard of hearing, told me how he 

 remedied it by pressing the thin surface 

 of a patented invention against his 

 teeth ; but as I had none but artificial 

 teeth, it was of no use to me. He then 

 gave me a little ear-trumpet, known as 

 the "London trumpet, or oraphone." I 

 was so delighted with it that I took it to 

 bed the first night to have the pleasure 

 of hearing the clock tick when I awoke. 

 Speaking of it to different friends, I 

 found that there was a demand for it; 

 but while it helped many, others seemed 

 to get no important relief from its use. 



Finding that, by helping poor, deaf, 

 humanity, I can at the same time help 

 myself, I am prepared to sell these 

 trumpets at the usual retail price, 

 $4.50, to any of my readers who are 

 hard of hearing, or have friends or ac- 

 quaintances who may be so unfortunate. 



The engraving represents its appear- 

 ance — 3% inches long and 2% inches in 

 diameter, is the size usually preferred. 



On receipt, by mail, of a Money Order 

 or Check for $4.50, I will mail one pre- 

 paid to any address. It may be kept 

 on trial for two weeks; and if not found 

 serviceable, it may then be re-mailed to 

 me in the original package (postage only 

 5 cents), and the Check or Money Order 

 sent me will be returned. 



120 Ford St., Dayton, Ohio. 



My Experience in Bee-Keeping, 



W. A. FEE. 



I have taken some interest in bees for 

 several years, but year before last was 

 the first I had bees of my own, which 

 was one colony of Italians. Last year 

 I secured 2 colonies, which made me 3 

 of Italians. I also caught 2 stray 

 swarms of blacks, which started out 

 well, but the moth got into them before 

 I knew it, and had almost destroyed 

 them. I united them, and in a few days 

 they left the hive for parts unknown. 



I got no honey last year, being a 

 very poor year for honey. Last fall I 

 had 3 colonies, and lost one last winter, 

 which I think smothered, as there came 

 a heavy snow, and I neglected to open 

 the entrance, and when I opened the 



