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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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of making the shank wider and rolling the edges over. 

 This not only serves as an easy grip for thumb and 

 finger but stiffens the shank as well. A patent was is- 

 sued to The A. I. Root Co. on this improvement in No- 



vember, and we will be prepared to supply this as 

 well as the old style. Either one at the same price, 

 70 cts. each; by mail, 80cts.; a longer and heavier 

 knife for 10 cts. extra. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



SCIENTIFIC CONriRMATIONS OF OLD-TESTAMENT HIS- 

 TORY, BY GEORGE FREDERICK WRIGHT. 



In some ways this is a remarkable book. It deals 

 with an old subject on entirely new lines. To argue 

 fairly and squarely on purely scientific lines for the 

 truthfulness of the Bible narrative is really some- 

 thing. For example, the destruction of Sodom and 

 Gomorrah is accounted for by an explosion of natural 

 gas right beneath them, because the geological strata 

 in that country favor this. The author gives proof 

 of this probability by the enormous production of oil 

 and gas in the Baku region in Russia, where the for- 

 mation of the earth is similar. 



The Deluge is accounted for on purely scientific ev- 

 idence, for there is excellent proof in many parts of 

 the world of a deluge. Usually when authors write 

 on a subject like this they are deficient in some re- 

 spect—they either lack in scientific knowledge or they 

 suffer in the opposite direction, and are not suttlcient- 

 ly well educated in Biblical knowledge, and freiiuent- 

 ly they try to prove too much. It is not so in this 

 case, for the author evidently possesses a wide knowl- 

 edge of the science of the earth, coupled with an ex- 

 cellent knowledge of the geography of the world, gain- 

 ed by traveling over an immense portion of the earth's 

 surface. The writer is well known as the author of 

 several popular scientific books. In addition he is a 

 deep student of the Bible, being Professor of the Har- 

 mony of Science and Revelation at Oberlin College, 

 Ohio. This is a valuable book to Bible students. 



(The Bibliotheca Sacra Co., Oberlin, O. $2.00 net.) 



Convention Notices. 



The 32d annual convention of the Vermont Bee-keep- 

 ers' Association will be held in the parlors of the Ad- 

 dison House, IMiddlebury, Vt.. Jan. 24. 



W^G. Larrabeb, Sec. 



The annual meeting of the Wisconsin State Bee- 

 keepers' Association will be held in the court-house, 

 city of Madison, Wednesday and Thursday, February 

 6th and 7th. Reduced rates on all railroads; but if 

 you can not obtain them, ask your agent for full-fare 

 receipt. The question-box will be the main feature, • 

 and we want every bee-keeper who has one or more 

 questions of interest to mail them to the secretary, 

 prior to the convention, that they may be properly 

 arranged. Bring choice samples of honey or any thing 

 of interest for a good honey display. 



Gus. DiTTMER, Secretary, Augusta, Wis. 



The 27th annual session of the Colorado State Bee- 

 keepers' Association will be held in the Chamber of 

 Commerce Building, Denver, Colorado. January 22, 2:^. 

 The State Horticultural Association, the State Forest- 

 ry Association, the Dry Farmers' Congress, the Amer- 

 ican National .Stock-Growers' Association, the Qplo- 

 rado Cattle and Horse Growers' Association, will all 

 hold their annual sessions in Denver during the same 

 week. Besides this there wi'l be the greatest live- 

 stock show held in Denver that ever came oft west of 

 Chicago. The railroads have made a fare of one and 

 a third for the round trip for this week, which should 

 assure us a large attendance. A section-putting-up 

 contest will be a feature of our meeting. 



Frank Rauchb^uss, Vice-president. 



