1904. 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



217 



hop chumping jack; bud too late came 

 der ciy, for ve vos surrounded py hor- 

 nets. 



"Himmel upon Himmels! Call der 

 police, Vigglesburger," I yelled, as ef- 

 ei"y hornet in der tree fell upon us mit 

 his defouring madness. 



"Help, doctor, help!" cried Viggles- 

 burger, vile using some language uf 

 brimestone, bud der doctor vos out uf 

 der voods, didding der street in six 

 minutes or less. 



Der angry, maddened hornets chased 

 our anatomies und bited dem till our 

 bodies vos full uf holes like der por- 

 us plaster. Vigglesburger ran as fast 

 as he could to der edge uf der voods, 

 den py accident hung up on a barbed 

 wire fence by his underclothes. I es- 

 caped ad last mid difficulties, und id 

 vos a sorry sight I presentation ven I 

 limped me to home. Mein body vios 

 iev size uf a balloon, vile mein face 

 \'Ore a bake apple expression. 



Ve aftervards learned dot ve did not 

 take bee treatment correctly, und ven 

 Vigglesburger told me dis I dismissed 

 tiim from mein presence at once and 

 rent about mein business, to forget 

 Vigglesburger, his rheumatisms und 

 der whole oudfid. — Boston Sunday 

 iGlobe. 



THE DECLINING LUMBER 

 SUPPLY. 



Much has been said recently in re- 

 gard to the threatening scarcity of 

 lumber from which to construct hives, 

 and for general use. We recently re- 

 ceived from Mr. Hutchinson, of the 

 Bee-Keepers' Review, a splendid pho- 

 tograph, taken by Mr. Hutchinson, 

 himself, entitled, "Michigan's Last 

 Pines," and in deploring the passing 

 of these stalwart giants of the forest 

 he wrote feelingly. The problem is 

 indeed a momentous one, as it affects 

 all consumers of lumber, and the list 

 practically includes everyone. 



It is hard to conjecture as to what 

 will be the ultimate outcome of this 

 condition, but it appears that much of 

 the supply for some years hence must 

 come from the South. There is, we 

 believe, no lumber in the world better 

 suited to the requirements of the bee- 

 keeper than cypress, and the eyes of 

 alert lumbermen are turning south- 

 ward. As a mere example of the situ- 

 ation as it exists at present, we deem 

 the following from the Jacksonville 

 (Fla.) Times-Union, of recent date. 



worthy of reproduction, as it will give 

 our readers a glimpse of affairs which 

 indicate the trend of the times: 



"D. Beacham and H. H. Shackel- 

 ton, the former of Orlando and the lat- 

 ter of Luddingtou, Mich., have formed 

 a copartnershi]) and have located 

 offices in Jacksonville. 



"The business purposes of the firm 

 are to buy and sell pine and cypress 

 timber lands, but they will do no com- 

 mission business. Mr. Beacham of the 

 firm is the largest individual land 

 owner in the state, and for a number 

 of years has conducted a business in 

 the buying and selling of timber from 

 his office at Orlando. 



"Mr. Shackelton came to Floi'ida 

 from Michigan more than a year and 

 a half ago. During that time he has 

 brought many investors to the State, 

 aggregating nearly two million dol- 

 lars in the amounts invested. Mr. 

 Shackelton came from a timber coun- 

 try, Michigan being his former home, 

 and has brought a number of his for- 

 mer fellow citizens of that great lum- 

 ber State to operate in the cypress and 

 pine of Florida. Timber has about 

 played out in Michigan, and with the 

 passing of the timbered lands in that 

 State a large number are now finding 

 themselves without occupation in the 

 vocation to which they have devoted 

 their lives. Having learned the timber 

 and lumber business thorougaly, they 

 are now seeking homes in another 

 land of promise, and a goodly number 

 of them are finding it in Florida. 



"^Ir. Shackelton has himself been an 

 extensive buyer of Florida timber, and 

 it vrilL be the business of Beacham & 

 Shackelton to handle only their own 

 properties. The firm now owns in the 

 neighborhood of five hundred thous- 

 and acres of timber, besides a number 

 of orange groves and some city prop- 

 erty. They have holdings in Levy, 

 De Soto, Brevard, Osceola and Orange 

 counties." 



Boston, Aug. 20. — The honey market is in a 

 very unsettled condition, or rather, we might 

 say that the absence of any demand practi- 

 cally makes no market. As a general thing, 

 we do not look to see a demand until cooler 

 weather creates a certain demand. 



Prices at this time are, therefore, practical- 

 ly normal. The very finest tlimg is bringing 

 16 cents, and from that down. 



Stocks are coming in very slowly, but that 

 is to be expected at this time. 



Blake, Scott & Lee. 



