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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct 1 



" The use of intoxicants by the employees while on 

 duty is prohibited. Their habitual use or the frequent- 

 ing of places where they are sold is sufficient cause <'or 

 dismissal." 



" The use of tobacco by employees when on duty in 

 and about passenger stations or'on passenger cars is 

 prohibited." 



" Gamb ing is prohibited." 



Among roads which have taken this action, besides 

 the L,ake Shore, are the Rock Island, Illinoi'* Central, 

 Michigan Central, St. Paul, Burlington, Northwestern, 

 and Wabash. 



H. A. Zeisle, superintendent of the Lake Shoe, says: 



" We have always enforced the liquor rule rigidly, 

 but have permitted our men to use tobacco while on 

 duty. Some of them insist that its use keeps them 

 from becoming drowsy. We do not have anv trouble 

 with cigarettes, as our men are all opposed to their 

 use, and if an operating man should smoke them he 

 would soon be drummed out of the service by his fel- 

 low-employees." 



When the great railroad companies take 

 hold of a matter like this, we are making 

 headwaj' sure. In my recent trip to Cali- 

 fornia I was not only disgusted, annoyed, 

 and outraged, but absolutely sickened, by 

 the cigarette fiends who seemed to turn up 

 almost everywhere, and take delight in 

 puffing their foul stench into the faces of 

 decent respectable men and women. In 

 crossing over to Catalina Island, on the 

 steamer, a great part of the passengers 

 were seasick, and nearly all of the bee- 

 keepers on board. Well, I went all over 

 the boat, on the highest deck and on the 

 lowest; I went to one side of the boat and 

 then to the other, and I even leaned over 

 the side to get a breath of fresh air. Well, 

 everywhere I went, sooner or later some 

 fellow squeezed up beside me and puffed 

 his nauseating cigarette smoke in my face. 

 I could not escape it— at least it seemed so; 

 and I remember distinctlj^ that 1 resolved 

 then and there I would tell the railroad and 

 navigation companies that I for one would 

 stop traveling unless this terrible nuisance 

 be abated; and from the above extract it 

 would seem that the railroad companies 

 are anticipating just what I had in mind. 

 May the Lord be praised for this evidence 

 of coming sanity on the part of the great 

 transportation companies. 



Kind Words from our Customers. 



1 inclose a chek for |.5.00. the remainder of which 

 you may credit on your books, as I shall want to order 

 some seeds of you this coming winter, and thev will 

 be paid for. I do this because at the time I have to 

 buy seeds I am generaly short of cash, and lose crops 

 by buying cheaper (?) seeds from some one else L,ast 

 year 1 oz. cauliflower and 1 oz. Fordhook tomato, 

 bought of you, ga.\e me $126 flO. This year 2 oz. of 

 your cabbage gave 662.15, while ]4 oz. cauliflower 

 from another firm never gave me a head. 



Belpre, O., Aug 24. C. C. Miller. 



There is no part of Gleanings that gives me more 

 real satisfaction than the Cuban articles, for they are 

 highly instructive as well as quite interesting. In the 

 one for April 1 I especially note \/hat Rambler said : 

 also in the Sept. 1st issue what he said relative to the 

 Novice extractor. I always admired Rambler and his 

 writings; and when I read the notice of his death it 

 seemed like losing a brother as well as an able and 

 scholarly adjunct to Gleanings — a journal second to 

 none. What is slid relative to the Novice extractor 

 pleases me more especially. I presume, because it cor- 

 roborates my per.sonal experience. I am using one 

 that was purchased of you 21 years ago, with which 

 was furnished an extension rim, and it is stronger to- 



day than when it left the factory ; for wherever there 

 has a soldered joint given way it has been repaired by 

 rnyself, and an extra dose of solder applied. It is a 

 simple two-frame machine, easily operated and quick- 

 ly ."-topped. I have extr.icled as high as 1500 lbs. in a 

 day, and strained the honey, and every part of theex- 

 tracting was done by my own hands. Who can beat 

 this with a reversible? I don't say this for the pur- 

 pose of boasting of my ability, but merely to show 

 what has been done with the old Novice. I have used 

 the reversible, but I would not give this old machine 

 to-day for any one of them I ever saw. Please contin- 

 ue the Cuban articles. Elias Fox. 

 Hillsboro, Wis., April 13, 1903. 



CHas. Israel (Si BrotHers 



480-4QO Canal St., New YorK. 



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 Splendid Location for Bee=keepers. 



Mr. A. I. Root's Writings 



of Grand Traverse territory and I,eelanau Co. 

 are descriptive of Michigan's most beautiful 

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For pamphlets of Miohigan farm lands and the fruit 



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For Sale.— Choice alfalfa honey, in 60-lb. cans. 

 Prices quoted on application. 



W. P. MORLEY, I,as Animas, Col. 



For Sale.— a choice lot of extracted buckwheat 

 honey, at 6J^ cents, put up in kegs holding about 163 

 lbs. F, W. Alexander & Son, 



Delanson, Schenectady Co., N. Y. 



A few mismated Italian queens for sale at 25 cents 

 each. W. F. .Stuart, Ottawa, Kan. 



