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its axis, instead of around them, and bee- 

 literature still equal to all the requirements. 

 Bee-literature cannot improve any faster 

 than the people improve in all that tends to 

 a higher and nobler civilization. Bee-lit- 

 erature is a human creation— hence, of 

 course, imperfect — but, like everything 

 good, ''going on to perfection." 



I»Ir. ^V. Z. lliitcliinson, of Flint, 

 Mich., as most of our readers know, was 

 elected Secretary of the North American 



Secretary W. Z. Hutchinson. 



Bee-Keepers' Association at the St. Joseph 

 meeting. We take pleasure in presenting 

 him by his picture to our new readers this 

 week — most of the older readers have long 

 been familiar with his face, having met him 

 at conventions, or have seen his picture in 

 these columns before now. 



We heard one of the oldest members of 

 the North American say of him at St. 

 Joseph: " Mr. Hutchinson is the best Sec- 

 retary the North American ever had." 

 Next year he will have another opportu- 

 nity to prove the statement quoted, as he 

 has several times been elected Secretary of 

 the North American. 



IVIost Talital>le for Aclvertising-. 



—Unsolicited testimonials to the value of 

 anj' article are always the most appre- 

 ciated, and should carry with them a force 

 that is convincing. Such is the following, 

 which we received recently from Chas. 

 Dadant & Son — the world-renowned makers 

 of comb foundation : 



Friend York:— Although the number of 

 answers to advertisements is more limited 

 than ever this year, we find that the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal is right up — none ahead — 

 in the number of new names furnished. As 

 the editor of the American Bee Journal is 

 not interested in the sale of implements, 

 that fact makes the American Bee Journal, 

 in our eyes, the most valuable advertising 

 medium to-day for us Westerners, at least. 

 Chas. Dadant & Son. 



Hamilton, Ills., Dec. 5, 1894. . 



The above firm keep a standing advertise- 

 ment in all the leading bee-papers, and so 

 they are competent to speak on the subject. 

 As we have said before, continuoun adveriis- 

 ifig pays. Try it, if you wish to succeed. 



I?liss Rosa, C ISoese, a beloved 

 daughter of Rev. Stephen Roese, of Maiden 

 Rock, Wis., died at her home Dec. 2, aged 

 27 years. Her bereaved father has written 

 us a touching letter, and our sincerest sym- 

 pathy goes out to the sorrowing family. 

 Rosa was for some years an efficient school- 

 teacher, and latterly was preparing for 

 medical missionary work, at the Sanitarium 

 in Battle Creek, Mich. In some way she 

 contracted that fatal disease — consumption 

 — of which she finally died. The Maiden 

 Rock Weekly Press, of Dec. 5, contains a 

 column obituary notice, giving in tender 

 detail a condensed account and faithful 

 tribute to the beautiful character and de- 

 voted Christian life of the deceased. Surely, 

 our bereaved brother and his saddened 

 family have the sympathy of the bee-keep- 

 ing friends everywhere, in their deep sor- 



J^^"" I have taken the American Bee 

 Journal for a number of years, and I like 

 it as well as any bee-paper I have, and I 

 take almost all I know of." — F. A. Hough- 

 ton, of Massachusetts, Dec. 4, 1894. 



ABC of IJee-Ciiltiii-*'— just see the 



magnificent offers on page 771. Every one 

 of our subscribers can now have a copy of 

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