VOL. XXXIV. CHICAGO. ILL, NOV. 1, 1894. 



NO. 18. 



'* It is i\ot jfJIitc'Ii the world can give, 



With all its subtle art ; 

 And gold and gems are not the things 



To satisfy the heart ; 

 But oh, if those who cluster round 



The altar and the hearth, 

 Have gentle words and loving smiles, 



How beautiful is earth !" 



^Ii*. H. KeeiM'ii, of Germany, we are 

 sorry to hear, has been suffering from sev- 

 eral attacks of "la grippe." His health is 

 improving, however, and he hopes soon to 

 be all right again. Mr. Reepen, it will be 

 remembered, wrote some interesting notes 

 on bee-doings in Germany, for the '• Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal" last year. He keeps 

 close track of bee-matters* in "the father- 

 land." 



Xliose i%'eM- Sul»!»cribei-s, that you 

 have long been thinking of getting, are 

 very likely ready now to give you their 

 names. You know that besides " throw- 

 ing in "the numbers for the rest of this 

 year to new subscribers for 1895, we also 

 give each one of them a free copy of the 

 160-page book. "Bees and Honey." Yes, 

 and we will give you a premium for get- 

 ting the new subscribers, as you will see on 



page 546. Better at once " get after " those 

 bee-keeping friends of yours, and secure 

 their subscriptions, so you can send it with 

 your own renewal before the end of Decem- 

 ber. To double the present list of readers 

 of the " American Bee Journal " will mean 

 more than a doubly better paper for all. 

 We can guarantee that. If each subscriber 

 sends only one new name, the thing will be 

 done. Will you do it ? 



Mr. Alfred H. ]\ewmaii, of Cedar 

 Rapids, Iowa, gave us a pleasant call last 

 Saturday. The majority of our readers 

 will remember him well as the eflBcient 

 business manager of the "American Bee 

 Journal " for so many years when his 

 father, Thomas G. Newman, was its editor. 

 Mr. Alfred H. Newman is now the Secretary 

 and Treasurer of the Cedar Rapids Candy 

 Company — a large concern that manufac- 

 tures candy on an extensive scale, and at 

 present employing some 30 persons, seven 

 of which are kept constantly on the road 

 as salesmen for the firm. It's a "sweet" 

 business, especially as extracted honey is 

 used to a certain extent in making some 

 their candies. 



Xlie Convention Report, on ac- 

 count of the sickness of Mr. Lighton, the 

 short-hand reporter, has been delayed in 

 reaching us. We had hoped to publish a 

 "big slice" of it in this number, but we 

 can now safely promise that after this 

 week we can place it all before our readers 

 in rapid and satisfactory manner. 



Though we had not the regular report of 



the proceedings to publish this week, we 



are not entirely "left in the cold," for on 



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