THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



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stricken — it was at its ebb — , and many bee- 

 keepers were compelled to consider well be- 

 fore spending so small a sum as fifty cents ; 

 besides this, they are not inclined to " bite " 

 at every new thing. Very wisely, they pre- 

 fer to wait and "see how it turns out." 

 There is just this much about it, if a journal 

 merits support, it eveiifually receives it ; 

 otherwise not. As to whether the Review 

 will be "supported" is no longer a question, 

 as it is already self-supporting, besides very 

 nearly supporting our little family, while 

 subscribers are constantly being added. — 

 There is one thing that has contributed 

 largely to the success of the Review, in fact, 

 it could not have lived at first without it, and 

 that is the liberal advertising patronage be- 

 stowed upon it from the very start. To our 

 advertisers we extend our most heartfelt 

 thanks. In this connection there is one lit- 

 tle incident we feel like mentioning. We 

 ofi'ered some bees for sale last spring, ex- 

 pecting to use the proceeds in making a pay- 

 ment of if 150 due on our home in July. Al- 

 most everybody preferred to sell bees rather 

 than to buy, and we were at a loss to know 

 how the payment should be met. We finally 

 stated the facts to our advertisers, and offer- 

 ed to make a discount of ten per cent if they 

 would pay their bills in advance to the end 

 of the year. Ten days later our heart was 

 swelling with gratitude, and the sides of the 

 big, leather, pocket-book were also "swell- 

 ing" — with the postal notes, money orders 

 and drafts inside, that called for .'$180. And 

 don't think us less manly because our eyes 

 became moist upon reading letters that said ^ 

 the writers : " Didn't want any ten per cent 

 discount. They were glad to be able to help 

 a brother in need." Surely, the world is not 

 without human sympathy and generosity. — 

 Once or twice we have mentioned that the 

 Review is "home made;" that the "best 

 room in the house " is given up for an office ; 

 that we set the type and "make up " the 

 "forms ;" while the wife and little girls ad- 

 dress the wrappers, fold and stitch the pa- 

 pers and wrap them up for the mail. Sick- 

 ness and its consequences compelled us to 

 adopt this plan, or see the most cherished 

 project of our life come to naught. What 

 seemed a misfortune, 71010 enables us to pub- 

 lish the Review at a profit. When we be- 

 gan printing it, !|25 worth of display type 

 was all we could buy. To make the adver- 

 tisements look neat and presentable with no 

 more than this, required much study and 



care. Often, we have been obliged to change 

 the " make up " of an advertisement already 

 in type, in order to get enough of the kind of 

 type that m tist be had to set up some other 

 advertisement. As a rule, we don't think 

 such work profitable, but it is an excellent 

 school for a beginner with limited capital. 

 To us there was a sort of triumphant pride 

 in seeing how well we could do with but lit- 

 tle material. As fast as we could afford it, a 

 few fonts of type have from time to time 

 been added to our stock, until we now have 

 about $50 worth of job type. It is a genuine 

 pleasure to take down the catalogue and de- 

 cide which style of type we will buy next — 

 when we can spare the money. The initial 

 letter, with which the beginning of each ar- 

 ticle is ornamented, was selected long before 

 the four dollars could be spared to buy it. 

 And whenever a new font of type is bought, 

 another pleasure awaits us, that of laying it 

 out in the case. We can almost imagine 

 that the bright, new "faces "are actually 

 smiling up into ours as we bend over 

 them. — If the glimpse of our home, as 

 shown by the cut upon the opposite page, 

 affords our readers as much enjoyment 

 as the placing of the picture before 

 them does us, surely the pleasure is a 

 rare one. The photograph was taken one 

 day in late spring when the air was soft and 

 balmy, and the trees were busy with their 

 summer toilets. "We" occupy the big 

 chair and are busy reading "proof;" Mrs. 

 " we " sits upon the edge of the " stoop," by 

 her side a pile of "Reviews" that she has 

 been stitching ; one of the twins has the 

 lawn mower, the other the rake, while the 

 youngest — little Ivy — has brought out her 

 dolly and its cab that they may have their 

 " pictures taken " too. Had it not been for 

 the trees standing in the way, we should 

 have given more of a front view which 

 nvould have shown a "wing" at the left of 

 the house, also a red barn at the left and 

 rear. The barn is now used for shop and 

 honey house. The bees are behind the house. 

 The street in front is Wood. There is a long 

 row of maples just outside the walk. Ours 

 is a " corner lot," and the tripod of the cam- 

 era with which the view was taken stood 

 upon the sidewalk of Saginaw street where 

 it crosses Wood. Saginaw street is the main 

 street of Flint ; and, from the second win- 

 dow from the front, where we pass hours at 

 the "case," we can look out in the forenoon 

 upon the string of farmers' teams going 



