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THE BEE-KEEPER'S REVIEV/ 



Gravel ought to be fully as good in 

 which to build a bee cellar as in ths case 

 with sand Gravel io roaiiy very coarse 

 sand. This is in reply to an inquiry. 



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Concentrate Your Energies. 



How often in my travels about the 

 country do I meet n.en who have failed. 

 or met v/ith very moderate success, be- 

 cause they have diffused their energies 

 over too many subjects. So often do I 

 hear them say that they might have suc- 

 ceeded in a certain undertaking, but they 

 had to neglect it at a certain tims to look 

 after some other matter. Better not have 

 the "other matter;" better have no more 

 business than can be looked after thor- 

 oughly and attended to properly. There 

 is more profit and comfort. 



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Take Good Gare of Yourself. 



Some men take better care of their team 

 than of themselves. The horses are fed 

 and watered with regularity and care, 

 thoroughly groomed and "bedded down;" 

 but their owner will overwork himself, 

 overeat, or eat irregularly, neglect to 

 bathe, and perhaps abuse himself in other 

 ways. Nothing pays better than to take 

 good care of these bodies of ours— to feed, 

 clothe, water, rest and "groom" them as 

 carefully as some men do their team. 

 Nothing adds more to the pleasure of liv- 

 ing than does the buoyancy, animation, 

 and vim that permeates the healthy, well- 

 cared-for body. 



"Behind Time." is the cause of many 

 failures. On this point 1 recently saw 

 quite a forcible "cartoon," if such it might 

 be called. It was in "Ambition," a month- 

 ly journal published by the International 

 Correspondence School of Scranton, 

 Pennsylvania. A young man, grip in 

 hand, and perspiration dripping from his 

 face, was rushing along the platform of a 

 railroad station, while, in the distance, a 

 train could be seen pulling out, the steam 

 from the smoke stack curling- around in 



such fantastic shapes as to spell the word 

 "Opportunity." The title under the picture 

 read: "Better be able to say 'Here she 

 comes," thar, 'There she goes." 



Bee-keeping is on occupation in which 

 a crop of honey may be lost by being a 

 little behind hand. 



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Magnify Your Calling. 



Some good man has admonished us to 

 "magnify our calling." I certainly love 

 to meet a man who is proud of his pro- 

 fession—who believes, and feels, and acts, 

 as though there were no other calling 

 superior to his own. Others are always 

 "quarreling with their bread and butter," 

 belittling their business, and wishing they 

 had something better to do. As for my- 

 self, I have always been proud of my 

 profession. Even if dressed in my work- 

 ing clothes, and mounted on a load of 

 hives or honey, I happen to meet some 

 lawyer or doctor, or other well-dressed 

 acquaintance, 1 hold my head just as high, 

 and feel just as much pride in my posi- 

 tion as my friend feels, or ought to feel, 

 in his. 



The National Convention will be held 

 October 30 and 31, in the Audience room 

 of the Department of Public Instruction, 

 Capitol Building, Harrisburg,Pennsylvania. 

 There will also be a room nearby, in the 

 same building, where supplies may be 

 placed on exhibition. Headquarters will 

 be at the United States Hotel, where 

 there is a writing room, committee room 

 and parlor. The rates will be $1.50 and 

 SI. 25 per day, American plan. All per- 

 sons will be well-cared for, and the board 

 good and substantial. There are hotels 

 of higher price, but there are so many ex- 

 cursions to Harnsburg. that it is impos- 

 sible to secure special rates from the 

 highest class hotels. Pennsylvania, New 

 York and Ohio are all great honey pro- 

 ducing States, and the bee-keepers living 

 within their borders can reach Harrisburg 

 at little expense. Many who attend can 

 take advantage of the excursion rates to 



