VOL. XXXIV. CHICAGO, ILL, OCT. 4, 1894. 



NO. 14. 



GEORGE W YORK.%0 



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*' Xlie Sun may warm the grass to light, 



And dew the drooping flower. 

 And eyes grow bright and watch the light 



Of Autumn's opening hour; 

 But words that breathe of tenderness, 



And smiles we know are true, 

 Are warmer than the summer-time, 



And brighter than the dew." 



Xlie jlfortli Aniei-ica^n Convention^ 

 next "Wednesday, Thursday and Friday — at 

 St. Joseph, Mo. Don't forget to go. 



The meeting will be held in the rooms of 

 the Commercial Club, corner of 3rd and 

 Edmond Sts., three blocks from Francis 

 Street Depot. Take electric cars at Union 

 Depot, and get off at 3rd St. 



]flr. J. Van l>eu!>ien. Sprout Brook, 

 N. Y., the flat-bottom comb foundation 

 maker, called at the Bee Journal office 

 last Friday, on his way to the St.. Joseph 

 convention. He will visit a brother in 

 Iowa before the meeting. Bro. Van Deusen 

 is 80 years old, but no one would think him 

 over 65 or 70. He is wonderfully vigorous, 

 and we hope good for another 20 years, at 

 least. New York is sure to have one repre- 

 sentative at the convention, but we trust 

 there will be present many more " wise 

 men from the East." 



Ho, for St. Joe ! — Bro. Hutchinson, 

 in a letter to us, suggests that all bee-keep- 

 ers who are going to St. Joseph next week, 

 and can possibly do so, please meet in Chi- 

 cago on Tuesday, Oct. 9th, at 5 p.m., in the 

 Commercial Hotel, northwest corner of 

 Dearborn and Lake Streets, and then all go 

 in a body to the Union Depot, to take the 

 C. B. & Q. train for St. Joseph, which 

 leaves Chicago at 6:10 p.m. All who get 

 their through tickets hefore reaching Chi- 

 cago, will please buy them over the C. B. & 

 Q. road, and thus be able to join the crowd 

 Tuesday evening. Let's fill a whole car, if 

 possible, and have a pleasant time together 

 all the way to St. Joseph. 



Xlie Editorial »• We " will be ex- 

 changed for the singular pronoun "I" in 

 Gleardngii hereafter. And a new and neat 

 editorial heading is used, with the name 

 " E. R. Root" engraved thereon. The 

 American Bee Journal still prefers to use 

 "we "in its editorial department, though 

 both the Review and Oeeanings will now 

 be putting in their " I's " instead. 



Seini-Annnal JVIeetings of the 



North American Bee-Keepers' Association 

 we believe would be a good thing — yes, two 

 good things every year. We have been 

 thinking a little bit "along this line," and 

 would like to make the suggestion of semi- 

 annual meetings now, so that it may be 

 considered at St. Joseph, next week, if 

 deemed advisable. 



You see, our country is so large that 

 when the North American convention meets 

 in the West, bee-keepers of the East are un- 

 able to afford the expense of going so great 

 a distance, and when the meeting is held in 



