AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



tioU. aiui so he has arranffe^l to have a 

 lary^ apiary niov«?<i ou his; laud near his 

 oTxAiani. 



It will t>e a jTixxi vlay for California api- 

 arist* and fnut-.cn^vvors aliko. whon all 

 learn, of a trvuh, of tho jrrt>at valuo of Ives 

 >u this iniwrtaut servic>\ Then th«^ fruit- 

 meiii will foster the l»ee-keopins industry. 

 inste<\d of persjeoutiuji tlio l>ee-keev>ers, 



A. J , Cook. 



The foresx^iiig testimony oivfi;ht to be 

 heraldeil thri>ujrhont the farming world. 

 Every newsvv»|^>er and farm journal should 

 ».»py its and thus inform their readers on 

 this \mpt^rt!»nt snl\io*^>t. The above truth 

 would l>e worth an untoW sum to farmers 

 and fruit^rviwers. in the increased* yields 

 of their orchaixis. Friends, why not call 

 the attention of your local papers to it. and 

 g*t them to publisli it for your Iwnefit, and 

 for the information of everyKxiy. Bee- 

 -fceepers should take uix^n themselves to see 

 that all possible kuowlwlgie of l>ees. like the 

 above, is spread abroad. It will pay yt>»< to 

 do it, and is well worth being known by all. 



A 'roiiipor-anoo Siray Stitov we 



find amoui: th^vse that Dr. Miller sent in for 

 li^Mmlnffs for Jan. 1st. Heiv it is : 



Nebraska has its State convention at 

 York, the home of the .WMj.-sivi ii^-Korr>rr. 

 where there isn't a saKx>n in the county. 

 The otlier York has plenty of saloons in 

 easy reach, but he doesn't v^tronire them. 



You're just right. Doctor, tliis York 

 ''doesn't {VHtronize tl\em :" and if he could 

 have his way. there w-ouldn"t lie any liquor 

 saloons anywhere for anybody else to 

 pativnize. There isn't a single gxx>i fea- 

 ture al»ut them. Think of the 6.1XXI sa- 

 loons — gateways to j^erdition, and t^atan's 

 best heljiers— right here in the one city of 

 Chicago; May God have mercy on the 

 saloon-keejwr's jxwr soul, and also deal 

 gently with those who h< tiny wvry help to 

 continue his dauiual^e business ! 



Itr<«». K. '%l'Kilc<»inl>. of Friend. 



Nebr.. was recently .sttaokeni by two high- 



Twrajnien. and onlere»l to -deliver." at V»:0i1 



p T!i . wbile on his way home from tlie post- 



his w^eefcly newspaper, the Friend 



Bro. W. says tliis of the affair : 



Thinking at the time that it was only a 

 ro'Kt ^^ t rtsv'ondeii. -Bovss you may cafry 

 - "" Simu1tane<^^usly Wo re- 

 rust in our face. wh«i we 

 V j,c..c^i .,, r " .;h an ■• American Bull Dog," 

 ^s^ich x^^ were carrying in our hand. Both 



returne*! the fire with two shots each, none 

 of which did any danuige. One of their 

 shifts entere^i and went thi-ough two i>ass- 

 iKH^ks which wo o.irrieil in an upper vest- 

 {Hvket. and over t).e heart. .\s we fireti 

 the scvMud shot, both ran away If " foot- 

 iv»ds ■ im.'Vgine that we are gv^iug to l>e 

 tamely " hold up "■ on tlie streets without 

 resisting, they aro terribly mistaken. 



We should think Bro. Whit^"<>mb had a 

 pretty narrow oscape. When foot -pads 

 want to attack any one, they'd l>ettor not 

 begin on an old soldier like " Whit." for 

 he's likely to 'Whit-tle" them rather 

 severely. We're glad he wasn't either 

 seriously hurt or frighteneti. 



I<r«>. Root must have l>een " off" just 

 a little bit when ho intimate*!, in GJeitMhtffs 

 for Deo. loth and .Ian. 1st, that l>of. Cook 

 had recently l>eou writing more articles 

 about sugar-honoy in the agricultural 

 papers. The Prv^fessor has not written for 

 the agricultural iv\i>ers for mouths ; and as 

 to the sugar-houoy question — why. he 

 (?»»j>j)n7 that entirely — did it long ago. 

 Although we were severe in our denuncia- 

 tion of the sugar-honey suggestion, we 

 want to see all treated fairly, and don't 

 think that Bro. Rix>t ejcercised his usual 

 gooil care in publishing the intimation as 

 to Prof. Cook. 



Xlie Iniliana t'oiivenlion. held on 

 Jan. .'^th. was or.o of profit and interest. 

 We likely will have the rej^ort for publica- 

 tion in the Bkk .\nRSAt.. w-hich doubtless 

 will rival the one we published last year 

 of the same assix'iation. The following 

 were elected as ofiicers for the ensuing 

 year: 



President — W. S. Ponder, of Indianapolis. 



Yice-Presidents— J. M. Hicks, R. S. Kit- 

 ley and GeH.irge F Wilson. 



Secretary — E S Pope, of Indianapolis. 



Treasurer — Miss Olive McCurdy. of lu- 

 dianajx^lis. 



The new President, Bro. Ponder, is a 

 pushing, energetic young l>ee-keeper — also 

 a dealer in l^ee-supplies. If he follows in 

 the footsteps of ex-Pre>sident Russell, he'll 

 do well. 



'I'Kc Amerionn lt«H"»l«Leoper pro- 

 poses to publish a list of its delinquent sub- 

 scribers soon, and others who owe them, so 

 that all may know just who are careless 

 about laying what they owe. We shall be 

 glad to see how many, after being notified. 



