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the management of the apiary for 

 profit. 



We know but a very little of the 

 arts and sciences — only just what has 

 been found out by experiments, or by 

 accident ! We have seen only that 

 which we had ej'es to see ; and the 

 value of experiments — of training — of 

 delving into the unknown — of studying 

 the possibilities — lies in the opening of 

 our intellectual eyes to see what there 

 is in Nature all around our pathway ! 

 Was Stephenson a genius ? Was 

 Franklin brilliant ? No ; but both of 

 them were full of observation, perse- 

 verance and intelligence, and these 

 characteristics were diligently aided 

 by common sense. 



It has been well remarked that if 

 necessity was the mother of invention, 

 surely an American was its father ! 

 Success lies in working with Nature, 

 for it contains the secrets of all inven- 

 tions. Here we may study, delve, 

 guess, invent or copy to our heart's 

 content. The human arm suggested 

 the lever to Arehimides. The human 

 skull was well studied by Michael An- 

 gelo, who designed the dome of St. 

 Peters. The waves of the fui-y-lashed 

 ocean led Napier to invent the shape 

 of the " bow " of a steamship best 

 suited to plow the waves and triumph- 

 antly ride over its tempest-tossed 

 bosom. The latter let us more fully 

 describe, that we may leai-n a valuable 

 lesson therefrom. 



The first steamships built in Scotland 

 dared not to venture out of the firths 

 and rivers in stormy weather. But 

 David Napier, the celebrated marine 

 engineer, thought that they could be 

 so built that they could navigate the 

 ocean in all- kinds of weather, and 

 accordingly he determined to know 

 and personally observe the difficulties 

 to be encountered and overcome. 



Sailing packets were then running 

 between Glasgow and Belfast, and he 

 selected a stormy period of the year to 

 make that voyage, in order to study 

 the waves when driven with fury, for 

 St. George's Sea is noted for its dan- 

 gers, and the number of its shipwrecks. 

 He stood for hours at the " bow " of the 

 packet, watching the breaking of the 

 waves — now and then leaving that 

 chosen post to inquire of the captain 

 if he considered the sea rough. When 

 assured that so far it was nothing un- 

 usual, he returned to his post with dis- 

 appointment. 



The drenching spray he cared 

 naught about, but the " ordinary 

 weather" made him impatient. At 

 last the wind increased — it blew a gale 

 — and wave after wave "swept the 

 packet from stem to stern." With this 

 he was delighted, and dripping with 

 salt water he made his way to the cap- 

 tain and asked, " Captain, do you 



think it is rough now ? who replied, 

 " I never faced a worse sea, sir !" 



Napier exclaimed, " Well ; if that is 

 all, I think I canmasterit !" He went 

 below to meditate, and on his return 

 to Glasgow, ho began to experiment — 

 just as Prof. Cook now promised us to 

 do, but in another line. He aimed to 

 discover the shape of the "bow" 

 which would go through the water 

 with the least resistance. 



His observations, taken while being 

 drenched with the waves at the "bow" 

 of the packet, convinced him that the 

 round bow of the sailing vessel was 

 not calculated for a fast steamship. 



Repeated experiments led him to be- 

 lieve that the fine wedge-shaped 

 " bow" would revolutionize the world 

 in the matter of steamship building. 

 Then it often required several days to 

 sail between Glasgow and Belfast ! 

 Now it requires but nine hours — all 

 because of the experience and experi- 

 ments of that undaunted marine en- 

 gineer. 



Now our modern "Napier," who has 

 taken special pains to find out what 

 necessity requires, will retire to his 

 quiet haunts at the State Agricultural 

 College, away up in Michigan, to medi- 

 tate and experiment on the four impor- 

 tant points which he enumerated a 

 few minutes since ! Let us hope that 

 he will discover and bring to light 

 matters and methods as important to 

 progressive bee-culture as did Napier 

 to ocean travelers, but a few years 

 ago. 



We all are aware that the survej' 

 precedes the building of the railroad, 

 and the reconnaissance locates the 

 field and line of battle. Just so is it 

 with us, at this time. Prof. Cook 

 knows the difficulties to be encountered 

 — he has "studied the waves of ad- 

 versity" which have repeatedly dashed 

 over our chosen pursuit, and caused 

 much consternation. He has "sur- 

 veyed the line " upon which it is to be 

 hoped we can all ride to success ; and 

 located the plan of battle which may 

 give us the victory. We shall anxiously 

 await the result of his meditations. 



j|tee-Pa!>«tura;;e. 



One of the cardinal points is that of 

 providing pasturage for the bees. He 

 proposes to plant ten acres of the 

 Rocky Mountain bee-plant — to plant 

 broadcast, and let it take care of and 

 perpetuate itself. This matter of 

 planting for honey has been a pet 

 theory for years, with me, and I hail 

 the day for an experiment on a large 

 scale, feeling assured that it is one of 

 " the winning cards." 



Those depending on the wild pas- 

 tures for bee-forage should not fail to 

 plant for honey, and thus secure a 



good crop every season, as the years 

 come and go. If drouth comes and 

 finds them depending on streams 

 which dry up, they are then the suf- 

 ferers. 



They should have pastures for the 

 bees, with plants having deep roots to 

 go and seek the moisture below, oi" 

 else have pastures that can be watered 

 from convenient wells or ponds, and 

 thus aid Nature to secrete the nectar 

 in the dry times. , 



Every season teaches some new and 

 useful lesson. Those who heed these 

 lessons are on the rise. Those who do 

 not are on the down grade. Will api- 

 arists be content to repeat each year 

 the mistakes of the former one ? If 

 they are wise, No. If they are heed- 

 less and unprogi'essive. Yes. 



Honey Adulteration. 



It has been asked here and else- 

 where if extracted honey is now being 

 adulterated ? I answer. No. It will 

 not pay to adulterate honey at its pres- 

 ent very low price, and hence it is not 

 practiced, for even the thieves and 

 adulterators will not ply their nefarious 

 business when it is unprofitable to 

 do so. 



As to the adulteration of comb honey, 

 the truth al)out that is out at last. 

 Wiley, Evans & Co., have been driven 

 to the wall, in two ways ; first by their 

 having been forced to confess that 

 there was nothing upon which they 

 could build their " bogus comb-honey" 

 storj', except the wild imagination of 

 a diseased brain ; and the fun of per- 

 petrating a very wra-scientific pleas- 

 antry ! 



And, in the second place, immediate 

 sale of the small crop of honey had 

 made bare the gi-eat marts of trade, 

 and while the demand was urgent, and 

 the prices high, not a single pound of 

 the bogus comb honey could be found! 

 More than anything else, this shows 

 the falsity of the claim, and exposes 

 the lie about " combs being made of 

 paraffine, filled with glucose, and sealed 

 by machinery ?" 



Not a crate — not a section — not a 

 pound — not a cell of the bogus " comb 

 honey " can be found on the markets ! 

 Not even the advanced prices can 

 bring it to the front ! If it was in ex- 

 istence, how the manufacturers of the 

 bogus stufl' would jump at the chance 

 to sell it ! How they would run the 

 machinery night and day to fill the 

 demand ! 



The citadel is stormed ! 



The giant is slain ! 



Comb honey is vindicated ! 



Prof. Wiley's lie is exposed ! 



The peddlers of the lies are rebuked! 



The " prince of lies " is defeated. 



The honey crop failure did it. 



Thomas G. Newman. 



