. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. i •5- Weelily Budget. I W'iscoxsis Bee-Keei'ING is the title of Bulletin No. 2, just issued by N. E. France, State Inspector of Apiaries. It contains about SO pages, and is fully illustrated with pictures of bee-fixtures, Wisconsin apiaries, etc. It is really a pamphlet on practical bee-keeping, by a practical apiarist. This Bulletin is not for sale, but for free distribution among Wis- consin bee-keepers only, of whom there are reported to be over 10,000. For a copy, address Mr. France, Platteville, Wis., who will see that a copy is mailed you—if you
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. i •5- Weelily Budget. I W'iscoxsis Bee-Keei'ING is the title of Bulletin No. 2, just issued by N. E. France, State Inspector of Apiaries. It contains about SO pages, and is fully illustrated with pictures of bee-fixtures, Wisconsin apiaries, etc. It is really a pamphlet on practical bee-keeping, by a practical apiarist. This Bulletin is not for sale, but for free distribution among Wis- consin bee-keepers only, of whom there are reported to be over 10,000. For a copy, address Mr. France, Platteville, Wis., who will see that a copy is mailed you—if you live in Wis- consin. Fraxcois HiBER—A Blind Discoverer. —One of the most beautiful stories in the world is that of a blind man, his devoted wife, and his faithful servant, who lived in Switzer- land iu the middle of the eighteenth century. The name of Francois Ruber is known to every naturalist; but greater than his work was the man himself, and his life story is worth reading by every young man or woman who to-day wants to make the best out of life. It did uot seem as if Francois Huber could make anything out of life, for, though his father was a scientist, and the boy had the best of teachers, he became practically blind at the age of fifteen. The same disease which. FKANCms ULBER. caused the blindness of Milton attacked him, brought on by much study at night in insufii- cient light, and by intense application to his books when his health was not equal to the strain. His father, in alarm, took the lad to Paris, where Tronchin. the famous physician, ordered him at once to give up all study and try life on a farm. So Francois Huber went to work like a peasant lad, following the plow. In a short time his health was com- pletely restored; but, alas! his eyesight was not a whit improved, but rather the worse for the experiment. The highest authorities now pronounced the disease incurable, and dark- ness day by day closed in upon him. Although so young, Francois had yet a
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