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were bought, on time, one part of [the 

 house was given up for an office and I 

 conimenced another rash undertaking — 

 that of attempting, without previous ex- 

 perience, to set up the type and make up 

 the fonns of a magazine. The work was 

 diflicult, yet fascinating. Some help 

 was liired at first, but the wife and child- 

 ren soon became imbued with the spirit 

 of enterprise. They addressed the wrap- 

 pers, folded and stitched the papers, and 

 wrapped them up for mailing — and the 

 life of the Review was saved. What 

 seemed a misfortune, now allows the Re- 

 view to be published at a good profit. 

 One of the little girls that once wrapped 

 up the papers, is now a young lady and 

 sets nearly all of the type. 



Two years ago I saw that while the Re- 

 view was holding its own, so to speak, il 

 was making no advance; that if it was 

 to take the place in literature that I hoped 

 to make it fill, there must be some 

 change. It was enlarged, better paper 

 used, new and larger type bought, a 

 heavier cover, printed in colored ink, 

 substituted for the oM one, a frontis- 

 piece added, more attention paid to the 

 use of illustrations, and, last, but not 

 least, no stone left unturned to secure the 

 verv best possible matter with which to 

 fill its columns. These changes, coupled 

 with liberal advertising, sent the Review 

 ahead with a bound. Its subscription 

 list has doubled in the la,st two years. 



Of the future it is difficult to write. 

 Of myself \ can .say that, while I am near- 

 ly fifty years old. I am really right in my 

 prime. I have always led a peaceful, 

 quiet life, free from hurrj' and worry, 

 have avoided e.xcesses of all kinds, never 

 indulged in .stimulants of anj- kind, nor 

 kept late hours, and I suppose that I am 

 really younger than some men who have 

 not yet seen forty years. I have an in- 

 tense love for my profession; and, aside 

 from the dollars and cents side of the 

 business, I desire most earnestly to be of 

 real ser\nce to bee-keepers. I am still 

 keeping bees, and visiting bee-keepers, 

 and corresponding with them, and con- 



tinually planning and contriving how to 

 make the Review better and better as the 

 years go by. If I wake up in the night, 

 I think of the Review. 



FijNT, Mich., Nov. 25, 1S99. 



OME HINTS AND SUGGES- 

 TIONS TO THE SHIPPERS 

 OF HONEY. 

 BY M. H. MANDELBAUM. 



I am pleased to contribute to your Dec- 

 ember number, and hope my article will 

 be of value to the 

 readers. I have 

 handled honey for 

 the firm of S. T. 

 Fish & Co. for the 

 past 12 years, and, 

 although I have 

 never been in an 

 apiary, my know- 

 ledge has been ob- 

 ^^^^^ tained from read- 

 t ' ' miImii ■IHHI ^"S bee -papers, 

 and occasionally 

 attending conventions, when held in our 

 cit}-. At one time hone)- was only con- 

 signed; but, as far back as ten years ago, 

 we went to New York State and paid cash 

 for honey ; and have followed this meth- 

 od ever since. This year we bought in 

 the vicinity of Denver, Colorado, and 

 paid cash, when loaded on cars, seven 

 cars comb honey; 8,228 cases, costing us, 

 delivered in Chicago, 123,840,00. In ad- 

 dition to this, we bought honey in other 

 sections of the country. Perhaps this is 

 enough, as to our firm, to open the sub- 

 ject, and now I intend to give you a few 

 points that probably will receive attention 

 from some apiarists. 



There are honest bee-men, but also 

 dishonest ones, the same as in other lines 

 of business, and in our experience we 

 have come across a number who are very 

 tricky. 



