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EDITOR. 



MIXVII, Fel 26, 1891, No, 9. 



Editorial BuzziMS. 



Better to stem with heart atid hand 

 The roaring tide of life, than lie 



Unmindful, on its flowery strand. 

 Of God's occasions drifting by. 



Prof. A. J. Cook, wo are sorry to 

 learn, is "on the sick-list" from over- 

 work, and a strain upon the nervous 

 system. 



A duarterly of 4 pages, entitled "The 

 Queen Bee," is published by E. L. Pratt, 

 Beverly, Mass., at 10 cents a year. 



Springfield has a majority vote for 

 the State Convention. Now let all who 

 can go to Springfield on Feb. 26, and 

 help to organize the State Association. 

 We expect to be there, if nothing unfor- 

 seen happens to prevent it. 



The Third Annual Tnternational Fair 

 will be held at Detroit, Mich., Aug. 25 

 to Sept. 4, 1891. Further particulars 

 may be obtained of Geo. M. Savage, 

 Secretary. 7 Merrill Block, Detroit, 

 Mich. 



Several have asked for instructions 

 how to proceed to get up local associa- 

 tions. We refer all such to our reply to 

 P. E. Vandenburg, on page 248. 



La Grippe is now prevalent in Japan, 

 and has made the circuit of the world. 

 It has spared no class, from the Em- 

 peror in his palace to the poor peasant. 

 It has developed other diseases, and to- 

 gether its victims have numbered many 

 thousands. Its subsequent attacks afe 

 often repeated, and, taken all in all, it is 

 a disease much to be dreaded. 



We Congratulate Dr. A. B. Mason 

 upon his appointment as Postmaster at 

 Auburndale, O. He will be an efficient 

 officer for "Uncle Sam," and he will be 

 a popular one with the public, for he is 

 bubbling over with "good nature " — and 

 will be civil, accommodating, and oblig- 

 ing — qualities which too often are absent 

 in Postmasters and postal clerks. 



The New Onion Culture, is the title 

 of a new pamphlet by T. Greiner, of 

 La Salle, N. Y. It is a " story for young 

 and old," which tells how to grow 2,000 

 bushels of fine bulbs on one acre, and 

 fully explains the new system. It con- 

 tains 64 pages, and is nicely printed and 

 illustrated. 



m^" A long article on Honey Adulter- 

 ation from Harmon Smith, is on file, and 

 may be expected as soon as we can find 

 room for it in the Bee Journal. 



Very Neat and Attractive. — Mr. S. D. 

 Haskin, of Waterville, Minn., has sent 

 us a small sample cake of beeswax ready 

 for household purposes. It was cast in 

 a small pattie-pan, and is somewhat of 

 the shape of the pearl oyster shell ; the 

 top has a loop of tape (the ends being fast- 

 ened in the wax while melted) to hang it 

 upon a nail, and thus be in place when 

 wanted. These little cakes are intended 

 for the retail trade, of course, and will be 

 (juito "taking." It is in our Mnscuni, 



