THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



563 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



Vol, nil. SeptMSSe, No, 36. 



Hundreds of dewdrops to greet tlie dawu, 

 Hundreds of bees in the purple clover. 



Hundreds of butterflies on the lawn. 

 But only one mother, the wide world over. 



A Hand-Book of Bee-Keeping for India 

 has been published by Mr. J. C. Douglas. 



To Raise Prices by individual effort, 

 work your home market for all that it is 

 worth, and ship as little as possible to the 

 cities, so as to avoid a " glut in the market." 



Five Thousand new subscribers to the 

 Bee JouBN.'VLis what we have made our 

 calculations for ; they will come in clubs 

 between now and next spring:. Installments 

 are coming every day. 



Bird's-Eye Vieiv of Bee-Keeplng.— 



We have received from the publishers, 

 Jones, Macpherson & Co., Beeton, Ont., a 

 copy of this little book. It is written by 

 Kev. W. F. Clarke, and contains 60 pages. 

 Of the contents Dr. C. C. Miller has already 

 advised our readers on page 4S7. It is 

 certainly new and novel, all of i^being in 

 rhyme ; as well as " lively, entertaining and 

 practical." It can be obtained at this office 

 for "Jo cents. 



Round Trip Tlcltets to tUe Conveu' 

 tion.— As Manager of the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Union, we have made arrange- 

 ments with thelndianapolis lines of railroad 

 for round trip tickets from Chicago to 

 Indianapolis and return to Chicago, good 

 from Monday to Saturday, Oct. 11 to Ki, 

 1886, for $7.:iO. The fare one way is $.5.50, 

 and this is one fare and one-third. To obtain 

 these tickets, it will be necessary to get a 

 certificate signed by Thomas G. Newman, 

 stating that the bearer is entitled to the 

 reduced fare. Now, do not wait until you 

 come to Chicago to get this certificate, for 

 we may have gone before you come. Send 

 for the certificate at once ; and it will be 

 «ent by return mail. 



The Frograniiiio tor the National Con- 

 vention at Indianapolis may be found on 

 page .50.5. The Northwestern of Chicago, 

 tile Indiana State anil several other societies 

 are to meet at the same time and place in a 

 union convention. The " North American " 

 was born there on Dec. 21, 1870. The report 

 of that meeting makes this statement : 



Accordingly, on Dec. 31, a large number 

 of the most prominent and enterprising of 

 bee-keepers of the United States and Canada, 

 met in convention at the House of Repre- 

 sentatives, in Indianapolis, and held si.x 

 sessions, the last one ending at midnight on 

 Dec. 22, 1870. Every seat in the House was 

 occupied ; the States represented being 

 Indiana, Illinois. Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, 

 Kentucky, Iowa, New York, Tennessee, 

 Missouri, and Pennsylvania. Delegates were 

 also present from Utah and Canada. On the 

 whole, it is safe to assume that never in the 

 history of America has bee-culture been 

 represented in a convention by so large an 

 assemblage of wide-awake, intelligent and 

 enterprising bee-keepers. 



Since then only about sixteen years have 

 passed away, and almost all of those who 

 were the most active and "the brightest 

 lights " have passed to " the beyond," or are 

 awaiting "the angel's message" announc- 

 ing that their time is up. But few of those 

 whose names figured largel.v in the report 

 of that meeting, are now actively engaged 

 in the pursuit of bee-keeping. We maj' 

 count them on the digits of one hand. Prof. 

 A. J. Cook, Rev. W. F. Clarke, and M. M. 

 Baldridge are still with us, but where are 

 the rest'? 



Of those who formed the committee to 

 prepare a constitution, Aaron Benedict and 

 Rev. W. F. Clarke are the only ones found 

 among ** the workers" of to-day, as will be 

 seen from the following extract : 



On motion of Dr. Bohrer, of Indiana, a 

 committee of one member from each State 

 represented, was appointed to prepare a 

 constitution and to nominate officers, viz : 

 Z. S. Richardson, of Indiana : Ezra Rood, of 

 Michigan ; D. L. Adair, of Kentucky : M. L. 

 Dunlap, of Illinois ; Aaron Benedict, of 

 Ohio ; Adam Grimm, of Wisconsin ; Elisha 

 Gallup, of Jowa : Dr. T. B. Hamlin, of Ten- 

 nessee ; Robert Bickf'ord, of New York ; W. 

 D. Roberts, of Utah Territory ; Daniel Mc- 

 Ilvain, of Pennsylvania; J. L. Smith, of 

 Missouri, and Wm. F. Clarke, of Canada. 



When another si.xteen years shall have 

 passed, how many of us will then be known 

 among the laborers in the pursuit ? W^e 

 should "act well our part," and leave it to 

 history to record the efBciency of the ser- 

 vices %ve have rendered. 



To this end, let us make a general rally at 

 Indianapolis. There are just four weeks in 

 which to prepare to go, and to lay out our 

 work so as to be able to do it. Indianapolis 

 is happily chosen. It is centrally located, 

 and has a complete net-work of railroads, 

 so that it is readily accessible from all parts 

 of the compass. 



St. Louis Fair.— Wo acknowledge a com- 

 plimentary ticket to this Fair, but shall not 

 be able to use it. The Fair opens Oct,,4 and 

 continues 8i.\ days. Seventy-three thousand 

 dollars Is offered in cash premiums, to be 

 distributed among the e.\hIbitors. During 

 the entire week the streets of the city will 

 be illuminated by .50,000 gas jets, inter- 

 mingled with hundreds of calcium, incan- 

 descent and arc electric lights. On the night 

 of the Tuesday, Oct. r,, the grand annual 

 nocturnal pageant of the "Veiled Prophet," 

 comprising .3.5 floats, will be given, at an 

 expense of thousands of dollars. All rail- 

 road and steamboat companies have gen- 

 erously mad<^ a rate of one fare for the 

 round trip during the entire week. 



The Fairs are now being held, and many 

 of our readers who are going to exhibit 

 have sent to us for sample copies of the Bee 

 Journal to put into the hands of those who 

 keep bees, and happen to be at the Fairs. 

 It any others are intending to exhibit at any 

 Fair, please send at once to this office for as 

 many " samples " as you think you can use 

 to advantage in getting up a club. Do not 

 put off sending for the copies until time for 

 the Fair, get them at once and start the club, 

 finishing it up at the fair. 



Colored Posters for putting up over 

 honey exhibits at Fairs are quite attractive, 

 as well as useful. We have prepared some 

 for the Bee Jouu.val, and will send two or 

 more free of cost to any one who will use 

 them, and try to get up a club. 



The Illinois State Fair is now being 

 held at the West-Side Driving Park, Chicago. 

 This is the .34th annual Fair of the Illinois 

 State Board of Agriculture. It lasts the 

 whole week, Sept. 6 to 10, and is well 

 patronized. 



To Vice-Presidents — President H. D. 

 Cutting desires the following notice care- 

 fully read : 



All vice-presidents of the North American 

 Bee-Keepers' Society who cannot attend the 

 convention at Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 12 to 

 14, will please make out their reports and 

 send them to the secretary, F. L. Dougherty 

 Indianapolis, Ind. It is hoped and expected 

 that all vice-presidents will report, that we 

 may have a general expression from all 

 parts of the United States and Canada. 



The Texas " Bee Journal " is dead, and 

 there is another calling itself a " Bee Jour- 

 nal " in Maine just born. The latter is well 

 printed, and edited with ability— but why it 

 should select the name of "Bee Journal" 

 when there are hundreds of other good 

 names, is more than we can explain. Every 

 little paper that, as Novice expresses it, 

 "lives awhile and dies awhile, and then 

 lives and dies again." wants to name its 

 baby some kind of a " Bee Journal ;" for 

 which there is not the shadow of an excuse— 

 for this paper has rightly possessed that 

 name for over a quarter of a century. 



Our Book Preiniuiiis.- To encourage 

 all our present readers to get one or more 

 additional subscribers we will present 2,5 

 cents' worth of books for every new sub- 

 scriber (accompanied with $1 for one year's 

 subscription), sent direet to this office. Thus 

 for five new subscribers with $.5, the getter 

 up of a club gets $1.25 in valuable reading 

 matter, to be selected by himself from our 

 list on the second page of this paper. It 

 will pay you to devote a few hours to the 

 interests of the Bek Joubnai^. Evei-y one 

 who keeps bees ought to take it. We will 

 furnish sample copies /rcc in any quantity 

 to those who intend to get up clubs. We 

 expect to get 5,000 new subscribers before 

 Jan. 1, 1887. 



