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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



I must knock out the head and dig out 

 the honey. When honey is in a tin can 

 I can put it in warm water to liquefy 

 it, and it will run out. 



It was voted that the Secretary be 

 paid the balance remaining in the treas- 

 ury after paying all legitimate bills. 



The Treasurer, Thomas G. Newman, 

 said that there were no debts to pay. 



A vote of thanks was then given the 

 proprietor of the Commercial Hotel for 

 his kindness in furnishing free a room in 

 which to hold the Convention, and to 

 Mr. Newman for making all the arrange- 

 ments for the meeting ; that we were 

 sorry for his indisposition, and hope for 

 his complete restoration to health and 

 strength. 



Cases for Holding Shipping-Crates. 



Byron Walker exhibited a crate sim- 

 ilar to the one he submitted to Mr. J. T. 

 Ripley, whereby he secured the ruling, 

 allowing the glass in the crates to be 

 shown, if protected. The slats in the 

 case come opposite to the glass in the 

 crates, but do not entirely conceal it. 



J. A. Green avdised that the handles 

 be put 'on in such a manner that the 

 combs run parallel with the handles, as 

 there would be less liklihood of the 

 comb being broken if one end of the case 

 be dropped down first. 



The Convention then adjourned, and 

 it is probably the last Convention the 

 Northwestern will hold under that 

 name, but the Conventions that will be 

 held in Chicago each Fall will be the 

 same as they have been, with the addi- 

 tional advantage of having money to use 

 for its furtherance. 



W. Z. HuTCHiNSON^, Secretary. 



EBMeniic Influenza aiicl its Trealient, 



C. J. ROBINSON. 



La grij)pe came, and came to stay 

 through the inclement season of the year. 

 Well, what is la grippe f In this country 

 it is an acute catarrhal affection of the 

 mucous coats of the mouth, throat and 

 stomach, involving all the mucous mem- 

 branes in the body. The inflamed 

 abnormal condition of the secreting 

 membranes causes constitutional dis- 

 order, more or less severe and varied in 

 different persons : that is, the symptoms 

 are not just alike in any two or more 

 who suffer from an attack. 



In the Winter of 1889 the writer was 

 ill with la grippe se verbal weeks. Again 

 in the Winter of 1890, toward Spring, 



la grippe seized me in its fulminant 

 form, laid me so low that vitality was at 

 a low ebb, reducing my six-foot avoir- 

 dupois from 176 to 13-1 pounds — a 

 difference of 42 pounds on a lean sub- 

 ject. 



My family physician vi-sited me, but I 

 treated my ailment to suit my individual 

 notions. At one time the Doctor inti- 

 mated by his sad look and no cheering 

 word that it was going hard with me, so 

 I braced up against the crisis, thus I 

 gained the case. 



Whenever any persons have the dis- 

 ease so that when cold water is taken 

 into the mouth it produces an undescrib- 

 able torture (vitiated taste), they are 

 hard in the toils of the disease. The 

 fact that cold water produces such a 

 harmful effect on the diseased mem- 

 branes, and that hot drinks are relished, 

 though the taste be vitiated, is conclusive 

 evidence that warmth (heat) is a proper 

 antidote in the treatment of la grippe, 

 and that cold is a deadly bane. 



The disease yields in most cases to 

 simple treatment, heat being one of the 

 prime factors in assisting nature in its 

 efforts to resume healthy action. 



Now, what should be the medical 

 treatment? Well, la grippe being a 

 catarrh, the secreting membranes need 

 special attention. The one drug that 

 comes nearest to being a specific for dis- 

 eased mucus surfaces and tissues is 

 Golden Seal, Hydrastis Canadensis,which. 

 is a powerful tonic, exerting an 

 especial influence upon the mucous mem- 

 branes and secreting tissues. 



In my terrible racket with la grippe 

 I took fluid extract of Golden Seal, 20 

 to 30 drops, of standard strength, as 

 per U. S. Pharmacopoeia, taking at dis- 

 cretion as to intervals of time and 

 quantity. I am certain that in my 

 case it was Golden Seal that counteracted 

 and after a time cured the malignant 

 catarrhal affection. 



As a prophylatic (to prevent attacks 

 of disease), Golden Seal is the " eureka" 

 in cases of any irritation of the mucous 

 membrane. Those who fear attacks of 

 la grippe;aaa,y probably avoid suffering 

 therefrom by a timely use of extract of 

 Golden Seal, in doses of from 10 to 3 

 drops (best in hot honey), on rising in 

 the morning, and on retiring to rest at 

 night. 



If la grippe catches on, then, in addi- 

 tion to Golden Seal, quinine not only 

 helps the vital forces, but it neutralizes 

 the malarial poison which is ever pres- 

 ent in about all cases. 



To quiet the nervous agony produced 

 by la grippe, bromides chloral and 



