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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



5th of September, the bees are just 

 rolling in the honey from buckwheat 

 and cucumbers, and crowding the 

 queens. 



Salt codfish ought to have a law to 

 protect it from the cruelty of cooks. It 

 is barbarous to boil it — makes it hard 

 and tough. Soak until fresh and thor- 

 oughly softened, then merely warm it ; 

 pour off the water and dress with butter. 



A $200 Prize Offered.— Frank 

 Leslie's Weekly, ever enterprising, offers 

 $200 to the subscriber who guesses 

 nearest to the plurality which the candi- 

 date for the Presidency may receive. 

 This means the plurality of the popular 

 vote. Frank Leslie's Weekly contains 

 nearly every week great front-page car- 

 toons, which quite equal those of its 

 lively contemporary, the Judge. In 

 illustrating the news events of the week 

 in its highest possible artistic manner, 

 and in giving also the latest pictures of 

 foreign events, it fiHs a want that no 

 other weekly in the country does. Frank 

 Leslie's will be sent for five weeks for 

 50 cents. This includes the privilege 

 or guessing on the plurality. 



Shipping: Honey to a distant 

 market should never be done if you can 

 possibly find sale for it at home at a 

 good price. Use all possible means to 

 educate those about you as to the value 

 of honey as a food and medicine. In 

 this way more satisfactory prices are 

 generally obtained, and you have the 

 satisfaction in knowing those about you 

 are enjoying one of the best sweets on 

 earth, for no sweet is more enjoyable 

 than nice honey. 



Mr. H. P. Landon, of New York, 

 has perhaps "the largest house-apiary 

 in the world." It is 11x100 feet, and 

 holds 200 colonies. Mr. L. says, " It is 

 a perfect success." 



"When You Need a friend don't 

 pick out the man whose dog never wants 

 to follow him. — Rani's Horn. 



REV. W. K. MARSHALL, D. D. 



Rev. W. K. Marshall was born in 

 Indiana County, Pa., on July 19, 1808. 

 Saon July 19, 1892, he was 84 years 

 old. He is still hale and hearty, and is 

 doing full work. 



He graduated at Jefferson College, in 

 Pennsylvania, in 1835, and in 1836, 

 entered the ministry in the Presbyterian 

 Church, and has been actively engaged 

 in the work of the ministry in that 

 church up to the present time. 



At an early period Dr. Marshall com- 

 bined bee-keeping with his professional 

 work. In 1839 he procured his first 

 colony of bees, which was secured in the 

 following way: 



Bees could not then be bought, for the 

 reason that all bee-keepers believed that 

 if they sold their bees, they would sell 

 their luck. An old German in the 

 neighborhood, who had a large stock of 

 bees, and who was a warm friend, was 

 anxious for Dr. Marshall to get bees, and 

 told him it was right to steal bees. When 

 the Doctor informed him he could not 

 steal, he said if he would leave the 

 money on the stand where the bees 

 stood, the bees would not find it out, and 

 it would be all right; Dut it would not 

 do to let any person see him. 



Soon one cold morning, Dr. Marshall, 

 with his wagon, took 2 colonies of bees, 

 and left a five-dollar gold-piece in the 

 place. 



At an early period he conceived the 

 idea of an improved hive. He first made 

 a hive in two parts, with slats between 

 them, hoping in this he could divide the 

 bees, and make two hives. 



