THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



Vol, Xm Dec, 1, 1886, No,48, 



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Only a mortal's powers are mine, 

 Weak at their fullest strength. 



We lilve in deeds— not years ; 



In thoughts— not breaths ; 

 In feelings— not in figures on a dial. 



We should count time by heart-throbs ; 



He lives most who thinks most, 

 Feels the noblest, acts the best. 



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Sufferers from Astliuia are reported to 

 have found almost instant relief from a 

 single tea-spoonful of warm honey. 



Abraham Van Arsdale, of Raritan, 

 Ills., found a colony of bees and eight feet of 

 honey in his chimney when he put up his 

 parlor stove this fall. 



liorenzo J. de Sobotker, of Eiverton, 

 Miss., died on Oct. 18, 1886. He came from 

 the West Indies about a year ago to take 

 charge of some apiaries in Bolivar county, 

 Miss. His wife has been ill, and has written 

 to us under date of Nov. 23, 1886, as follows: 



I should certainly have written to iuform 

 you sooner, but I have since been ill; and 

 this, together with my preparations for re- 

 turning to the West Indies, have occupied 

 all my time. My husband took a severe 

 cold and died, the doctor says, of testites 

 and malarial fever. His principal delight 

 was in receiving and writing for the Ameri- 

 can Bee JouiiN.lL, and it a single copy 

 went astray, he would worry about it until 

 it came to hand : but you have received the 

 last article from his pen. 



The condolence of the AjfERiCAN Bee 

 Journal readers is hereby extended to the 

 widow in her sudden bereavement. 



A Sweet Pyramid.— The Reveille, of 

 Litchfield, Minn., contains the following 

 item : 



A pyramid of sweetness Is displayed in 

 the show window of the city grocery, being 

 composed of boxes of honey from the 

 apiary of E. Kimball, of Forest City. It 

 makes a handsome appearance, and is com- 

 plimentary alike to the taste of Mr. Kimball 

 and Messrs. Branhain & Hickcex, and to the 

 Industry of Mr. Kimball's bees. 



Selling Hoiio)' on ConinitKSlon.— The 



American Bee Journal has often advised 

 the selling of honey in home markets, and 

 thus create for it many avenues for con- 

 sumption. It does not believe that there is 

 any over-production ; the only thing to be 

 complained of is tmeven distribution. If the 

 honey now produced were rightly dis- 

 tributed there would be but little to he 

 found in the greatmarts of the world to-day. 



To send honey to large cities to be there 

 sold on commission has done bee-keepers 

 more damage than any thing else with 

 which we are acquainted. 



In our Canadian cotemporary of Nov. 17, 

 the following item is quoted from the San 

 Francisco Alta : 



An Illinois farmer sent his honey crop to 

 a Chicago commission man, followed the in- 

 voice in and liought some of it of the fellow 

 for 14 cents a pound, for which he ascer- 

 tained the %vhole lot was sold. But when the 

 Chicago man made returns it was at only 12 

 cents. It is for reasons like this that earth- 

 quakes avoid Chicago. 



Then after a similar letter from the ship- 

 per, the Canadian editor says : 



Being right in the city where the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal is published, the Manager 

 of the Bee-Keepers' Union should make in- 

 vestigation into this matter and enlighten 

 the public still further. We take it that the 

 object of the Union is to protect the bee- 

 keeper from deceptions of this nature, as 

 well as to preserve their legal and Just rights 

 as citizens. 



The Manager of the Union interviewed 

 the commission merthant and found that 

 instead of its being a whole "honey crop" 

 it was one crate, sent without previous 

 notice and without hanng the name of the 

 consignor on the crate : that the same day 

 another lot of honey was received, and this 

 single crate without name got mixed up 

 with that lot ; that a crate of this honey was 

 entered in his books as sold at 14 cents per 

 pound, weighing 35f2 pounds. The commis- 

 sion merchant, upon his attention being 

 called to the complaint, wrote a letter (of 

 which we have read a copy) explaining how 

 the discrepancy might be accounted for, 

 and asking for the marks on the crates, etc. 

 This letter has never been answered except 

 by the complaint published in the Canadian 

 paper. The amount in dispute is only 77 

 cents, and that will be sent to the complain- 

 ant as soon as he makes reply. 



We have made this statement, not because 

 of its importance (one way or tho other), but 

 it was sought to saddle it upon the " Na- 

 tional Bee-Keepers' Union." We do not 

 deem it the legitimate work of the Manager 

 of the Union to settle petty disputes be- 

 tween parties, such as occur daily in the 

 legitimate pursuit of business of every 

 department. But when he docs investigate 

 such matters he will state the facts as he 

 finds them. 



This reminds the Manager of the following 

 anecdote, the laughable application of 

 which he leaves to the enjoyment of the 

 readers : 



A man was bounding round in a car on a 

 railroad, when the conductor came through. 



"Can you tell me," said the man, with a 

 great show of sarcasm, " whether this car is 

 on the track or not?" 



"Sir I" replied the conductor, reaching 

 into his pocket, "hero is a volume of the 

 rules and regulations of the road." 



" But what do I want of It 't" 



" Look it over and see if you can find any 

 rule saying that I must spend my time run- 

 ning alongside of the train reporting its 

 position to the passengers. See if there is 



anything in that volume that compels me to 

 go humpuig myself along on the prairie and 

 yelling through the windows 'four wheels 

 off now I or 'hind trucks dragging on the 



\,?!t ^u i^P".*''^;'^'"', ^*"' '"Wg-afe'c ear has 

 just rolled into the ditch I' or 'passengers 

 will please remain seated while we turn off 

 here an,! scoot across the prairie after a 

 jack-rabbit V Look over the rules, sir, and 

 and see il you And any of these directions. 

 If you don t-in the future please take your 

 own obsefvations on the wheels." 



TUc I'nion.— Considerable space is given 

 in this number of the American Bee Jour- 

 nal to the affairs of the " National Bee- 

 Keepers' Union." Mr. Demaree, on page 

 7.'58, urges all " to give substantial aid to the 

 Union." Mr. E. France, on page 762, sug- 

 gests that at this time of the year, when 

 thousands are renewing their subscriptions. 

 Is the right time for Joining the Union. The 

 dues are 25 cents a year ; and one assess- 

 ment (which will in all probability be all 

 that will ever bo wanted) is $1. 



The time of paying the dues was set, 

 because of that time being the time of in- 

 stituting tho organization. That can easily 

 be altered. In fact, we are now formulating 

 some amendments to the Constitution, and 

 that is oue of the things to be amended. 

 These amendments will soon be submitted 

 to vote, and will, no doubt, be carried. 

 Meanwhile let every one who believes in 

 defending " our pursuit " against the attacks 

 of the misguided and perverse, send to this 

 office $1.'^"), and join the army of defenders. 



It seems now to be pretty well decided 

 that the Union will defend only its members, 

 who became such before any lawsuits were 

 commenced against them— hence, all should 

 take time by the fore-lock, and " Join the 

 Union " at once I 



The views of the Advisory Board are 

 pretty well expressed on page 761, and these 

 views over the signature of each one, should 

 be carefully perused. The line of policy 

 suggested by Mr. A. I. Root, at the top of 

 the last column on page 761, seems to have 

 already been presented by Mr. M. B. Holmes, 

 of Delta, Out., in the last issue of the Cano- 

 ManBee Journal. He suggests that each 

 member of tho Ontario Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation "should place $5 in the treasury; 

 and appeal for justice to the higher courts." 

 The editors of that paper approve of the 

 proposition, and are urging others to assist 

 in making " some decisive arrangement" in 

 time to take an appeal. This is right ; now 

 let the Canadians act promptly ; energetic 

 work will accomplish wonders. 



A SAvarm of Bees, for some unaccount- 

 able reason, have pitched their headquar- 

 ters in the Baptist church spire in Gibson, 

 Ga. The hive is in the small part of the 

 spire, about 60 feet from the ground, and 

 the bees can be seen.by any one of good eye- 

 sight, coming and going continually. 



Money Orders can now be obtained at 



the Post Offices at reduced rates. Five 

 dollars and under costs now only 5 cents. 

 As these are absolutely sate, it will pay to 

 get them instead of the Postal Notes which 

 are payable to any one who presents them, 

 and are in no way safe. 



The Michigan State Convention is now 

 In session at Ypsllanti. 



