THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



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its cover. If this thiii^' keeps on, no indus- 

 try will be able to boast of much handsomer 

 journals than that of bee culture. 



A OOMPLETE SUEPBI8E. 



Upon receipt of the -I uue Revikw Ernest 

 Root wrote me as follows: 



" I wish to tender you my thanks for the 

 very neat biographical sketch that appears 

 in your last issue. It was a complete sur- 

 prise to me and I cannot imagine how the 

 folks here at home got ahead of me. I sup- 

 pose you are responsible for the heading 

 ' A Modest Man.' I don't believe it is true 

 but it pleased me all the same. If there is 

 anything that comes near being an abomi- 

 nation in society it is a swelled head on 

 young shoulders." 



A VISIT FBOM "KAMBLEB." 



I had been working hard to get things in 

 readiness for moving the office into another 

 part of the house where there would be less 

 verandah and trees, and, consequently, more 

 light, and was very tired. I had gone to bed 

 early and Mrs. Hutchinson was about to fol- 

 low, when " ching!" "ching!" went the door 

 bell. Wife went to the door and was met by 

 the inquiry: "Does W. Z. Hutchinson live 

 here?" 



" Yes, but he has been working hard all 

 day and has just gone to bed." 



" Well, I hardly know whether to come in, 

 or go back down town." 



" Let's see, what's the name?" 



" Martin." 



" Why, come in, of course.^' 



So the " grip " containing that ever present 

 " Hawkeye " was set down inside the hall 

 door and "ye editor" was invited to " get 

 up and see if you know this man." 



Yes, I knew him, as I had seen his picture 

 in Gleanings and had also come into pos- 

 session of his photograph. 



Well, we talked bees and Rambler told of 

 places he had visited, until Mrs. Hutchipson, 

 knowing that late hours do not agree with 

 her husband, sent us off to bed. 



The next day we went over to Lapeer, ex- 

 pecting to find R. L. Taylor at home, but 

 were disappointed. ^^ e poked about and 

 examined the usual "traps" thai iv ill ac- 

 cumulate where there is an apiary. Two or 

 three " shots " were taken at the apiary, a 

 Za " you press the button, we do the rest," 



only I believe Raml)ler does the " rest," (de- 

 velopes the picture) himself. 



Rambler went on to Lansing, from there 

 to Dowagiac, then to Chicago, and then he 

 will probably make few if any more stops 

 until he reaches Sacramento, California. 



He does not expect to engage in the pro- 

 duction of honey; he has a cousin there in- 

 terested in a berry, or fruit box, factory, and 

 there is a probability that the manufacture 

 of some lines of bee keepers' supplies will 

 be added. If this is done, Rambler will 

 have charge of this department and will also 

 handle Root's goods. This will probably 

 prove a good thing to all concerned. 



Rambler will write up and illustrate, for 

 Gleanings, this last great ramble of his, and 

 those who have read his other rambles need 

 not be told whether or not it will be interest- 

 ing. 



I have had so much to say in regard to 

 continuous advertising, that I cannot forbear 

 repeating a remark that Rambler repeated 

 to me. When visiting the W. T. Falconer 

 Co., its manager said that he was greatly 

 astonished at the folly exhiVjited by some of 

 the manufacturers of and dealers in apiarian 

 goods, in that they advertised only during 

 the selling time of the year — about three 

 months. The Falconer Co. has found it ad- 

 visable to advertise contiuously — that was 

 the way in which they had built up their 

 enormous business. 



THE MULTIPLICATION OF BEE JOUENAL8. 



It has now been so long since a bee journal 

 has been born, that I think I may venture a 

 few remarks upon this subject without fear 

 that any editor will imagine that I have his 

 journal in mind. 



In the first place I would remark that this 

 is a free country, and every one who wishes 

 to publish a bee journal has a perfect legal 

 right to carry out his wishes. It may not be 

 pleasant for the editor of some old, estab- 

 lished journal to have some new-born rival 

 outstrip his paper in usefulness, but one of 

 Nature's laws is that the fittest shall survive. 

 So long as a journal fills a niche all its own, 

 there is no fear of rivals; but if there is an 

 "opening " left, in comes a rival, and then 

 the best man wins. I have no sympathy 

 with the idea that new bee journals ought 

 not to be started because they may draw 

 some patronage from already established 

 journals. Existing journals will not lose 



