Sept. 14, 1899. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



585 



now. Never was it so ably defended by every resource of 

 cash and counsel. For years it has multiplied in private 

 ways— individual crimes here and there— until it has net- 

 workt the country, and, liaving grown bold on its millions, 

 feels itself strong enough to combine against the morality 

 of business and the good name of the nation. There is no 

 question whatever about the facts. The Congressional 

 committee has collected a mass of them. Reputable jour- 

 nals have exposed them time and again. Chemists possess 

 vast quantities of testimony. Foreign governments have 

 taken cognizance of the matter to the injury of American 

 reputation in every corner of the globe. We blame our 

 friends across the sea for absurd restrictions upon our 

 trade, and yet we allow as fine a lot of swindlers as ever 

 lived outside of prison walls to ply their trade unhampered. 

 From embalmed beef that poisoned the troops to condenst 

 milk that kills the babies, the whole gamut of criminality 

 is run. 



It is not enough to say (and the statement is perfectly 

 true) that the great mass of American producers and mer- 

 chants are honest. The fact which compromises all is the 

 impunity with which the adulterators are allowed to do 

 their work, the liberty with which the sellers of adulterated 

 goods are permitted to cheat the public. It is necessary not 

 only for the safety of our own people, but for the interests 

 of trade itself that the honest man fight the dishonest man, 

 that they free themselves from the charge that they con- 

 done the crimes by allowing them, that they use the means 

 best adapted to the end — a stringent national law. 



In some of the States there have been measures of one 

 kind or another in this direction, but they have mainly led 

 to much litigation, and the evil has prospered. Now the 

 time has conie for Congress to act, and the whole moral 

 sentiment of the country, with the united support of the 

 press and business office, should aid the measure that is 

 more necessary to the public health than a quarantine law, 

 and which is absolutely demanded by our commerce if we 

 expect to hold our own in the markets of the world. 



Lynn Roby Mekkins. 



The Nebraska Bee=lCeepers' Association will hold its 

 annual meeting at York, Nebr., Sept. 20 and 21, 1899. in 

 connection with the horticulturists. We notice on the pro- 

 gram are the following : 



Address, Nebraska Bee-Keepers' Association— Pres. E. 

 Whitcomb. 



Practical Bee-Culture — E. Kretchmer, of Iowa. 



Sweet Clover for the Farmer — Wm.Stolley, of Nebraska. 



Fruit and Bee-Keeping Combined — G. M. Whitford, of 

 Nebraska. 



There will also be general discussion of questions of 

 interest to all concerned. Of course everybody is invited to 

 attend. Mr. L. D. Stilson, of York, Nebr., is the secretary 

 of the Nebraska Bee-Keepers' Association, and vf ill be glad 

 to furnish anv information. 



Mr. J. D. GivENS, of Dallas Co., Tex., writing us Aug. 

 29, said : 



" The honey crop is a total failure here — not one pound 

 have I taken this season." 



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Mr. L. O. Thompson, of Addison Co., Vt., wrote us 

 Aug. 28 : 



"I have 650 colonies of bees, and not one ounce of sur- 

 plus honey. This season is the worst ever known in Ver- 

 mont." 



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The Reliable Incubator & Brooder Co., of Ouincy, 

 111., is one of the most successful concerns in all this coun- 

 try. Their 20th Century Catalog is before us — a little over 

 a year in advance of the appearance of the new century. 

 But there's nothing like being prompt, j-ou know. This fine 

 catalog has 160 pages and cover, and contains a wonderful 



amount of poultrj' information. It is also vrell illustrated. 

 Better send for a copy of it, at the same time mentioning 

 that you saw their advertisement in the American Bee 

 Journal. 



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Mr. G. W. Logan, of Camden Co., N. J., had the honor 

 of having the Philadelphia Bee-Keepers' Association meet 

 at his home Saturday afternoon, Aug. 12. The principal 

 topic discust was the convention of the United States Bee- 

 Keepers' Association in Philadelphia. 



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Prof. Chas. Hertel, superintendent of schools of St. 

 Clair Co., 111., had the misfortune to lose a driving horse 

 Aug. 19. it being stung to death by his bees. He wrote as 

 follows to Mr. E. T. Flanagan, of the same county, who 

 forwarded the account to us, saying that it might save some 

 one else from a similar loss : 



Friend Flanagan : — This morning one of my black 

 driving horses ran away while I was trying to get into the 

 buggy. She ran into the bee-j-ard and upset half a dozen 

 hives and hung with the buggy to a plum-tree. The bees 

 soon literally covered the animal. We finally secured her 

 after she "iiad thrown her.self to the ground. She squealed 

 in her agony, and was dangerously frantic after we had 

 rescued her. We could not quiet her until she was ex- 

 hausted, when we gave her several doses of whiskey. How- 

 ever, she died in agony at 10 o'clock this morning. My son 

 and myself are nearly sick from the effects of numerous 



stings. Chas. Hertel. 



In reply to the above, Mr. Flanagan wrote thus to Prof. 

 Hertel : 



Friend Hertel : — If you and Jour help had dasht 

 buckets of cold water at once on the bees and horse, and, 

 after getting her loose, had continued to pour cold water 

 over her, in all probability you would have saved her life. 

 Cold water, when readily accessible, is one of the best 

 agents in the world to subdue bees when on the rampage, 

 as in this case. I sj'mpathize with )'ou. Friend H., but 

 don't forget the cold water next time ; and don't give any 

 whiskev. . E. T. Flanagan. 



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Lady Henry SomersET.Is always a prominent figure 

 at the meetings of the International Council of Women, 

 especially when they are held in London. On such occa- 

 sions her place — the Priory — is thrown open to the Ameri- 

 can delegates and their friends. It was at a tea in the 

 Priory during the latest London meeting of the Council 

 that Lady Henry told how she came to devote a large part 

 of her life to slum work among the children. Lady Henry, 

 by the way, is almost as well known in this line of effort as 

 she is in Women's clubs and British temperance work. 



"It was this way," she said. " I was moved in that 

 direction by the rare patience and imagination of one little 

 boy. His example convinced me that patience was one of 

 the qualities I needed most, and in seeking it I grew into 

 that work. I was in a hospital on visiting day, while the 

 doctors were changing a plaster-cast which held a crippled 

 boy's limb. The operation was exceedingly painful, I was 

 told, yet to my surprise the little sufferer neither stirred 

 nor winced, but made a curious buzzing sound with his 

 mouth. After the doctors left I said to him : 



" ' How could you possibly stand it ?' 



" • That's nothin',' he answered ; ' why, I just made be- 

 lieve that a bee was stingin' me. Bees don't hurt very 

 much, you know. And I kept buzzin' because I was afraid 

 I'd forget about its being a bee if I didn't.' "—Saturday 

 Evening Post. 



Queenie Jeanette is the title of a pretty song in sheet 

 music size, written by J. C. Wallenmeyer, a musical bee- 

 keeper. The regular price is 40 cents, but to close out the 

 copies we have left, we will mail them at 20 cents each, as 

 long as they last. Better order at once, if you want a copy 

 of this song. 



Two Things to Remember. — Please don't send to us 

 for sample copies of other papers— we have only the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal at this office. Also, whenever sending us 

 a copy of a local paper which contains something you wish 

 us to see, be sure to mark the item in some way. We 

 haven't time to read a whole ne%vBpaperthru in order to find 

 a small item occupying perhaps an inch or two of space. 

 We are alwavs glad' to receive papers containing anything 

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