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disease. In coughs, or affections of the lungs, honey 

 has long been used, either in its pure state, or -when com- 

 bined with other remedies. It is also efficacious in the 

 treatment of burns. Let the injured part be com- 

 pletely moistened with liquid honey, and immediately 

 covered with plenty of dry flour. This effectually ex- 

 cludes the air, and materially aids in the cure. I con- 

 sider this a remedy worthy of attention in every household. 



ADULTERATION OF STKUPS. 



The use of honey on our tables has largely decreased 

 since the cheap production of sugars. The day has come, 

 however, when the alarming adulteration of sugar and 

 syrups, especially the latter, will arouse consumers to the 

 necessity of procuring a more wholesome sweet. These 

 frauds are becoming truly fearful, inasmuch as we are in- 

 jured, not only pecuniarily, but in what is far more im- 

 portant to us, health. The State Board of Health 

 in Michigan, conceiving the evil to be beyond farther 

 toleration, has been actively engaged in determining the 

 exact character of these vile productions. Dr. Kedzie, 

 of the Michigan Agricultural College, has analyzed syrups 

 purchased of reliable grocers, and fifteen out of seventeen 

 samples showed the presence of lime, copperas, and free 

 sulphuric acid, to an alarming degree. According to a 

 statement in a respectable paper, he found in some of them 

 140 grains of sulphuric acid, 30 of copperas, and 724 of 

 lime, to the gallon. In the existence of such a state of 

 things, it must be that an increased demand will arise for 

 pure and reliable honey. 



DIFFEEEKT QUALITIES OF HONEY. 



The quality of honey depends materially upon the 

 class of blossoms from which it is gathered. In our 

 Northern latitudes, probably no finer flavored honey is to 



