1904 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



843 



at any moment the e:uard might see the open 

 window, or the police in the street might 

 see the ladder. But they arrived safely to 

 the roof, where dc Beche left the othei s to 

 hide the ladder and other things, while he 

 hurried to the street and around a corner, 

 where he met a f i-iend with a coach. Hasti- 

 ly he put Sta. Cossio into the coach and 

 jumped into the seat, leaving his friend in 

 the street. He drove around for a while to 

 make sure he was not followed, and drew 

 up in front of a fine house where the owner 

 was waiting. Sta. Cossio ran into the 

 house, and de Beche, after another drive 

 around the streets, returned the coach to his 

 friend. No one but the people where she 

 stayed knew what became of Sta. Cossio. 

 After two weeks or so, she was taken on a 



F. H. DE BECHE. 



ship, disguised as a boy, smoking a big 

 cigar. Although the ship was searched, 

 she escaped safely to the United States, 

 where her story helped very much to hasten 

 American intervention in the Cuban war. 



The morning after the rescue the whole 

 city was in a ferment. More than twenty 

 arrests were made, but no one who had tak- 

 en part in it was even suspected. 



On the roof of the house the police found 

 the ladder, saw, boards, and a big revolver 

 which the others had left in their hurry to 

 get away. 



Mr. de Beche is as modest as he is brave, 

 and it was only after a long acquaintance 

 and much urging that he consented to tell 

 of his part in this dramatic escape. All the 

 parties are prominent socially in Havana 

 now. 



Paso Real, Cuba. 



PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF THE REV. 

 L. L. LANGSTROTH. 



S^me Pleasing Sidelights Thrown on the 

 ther of American Bee-keeping." 



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I?Y VV^ALDO F. BE OWN. 



My ac(iuaintance with Mr. Langstroth be- 

 gan before the war, as he located in Oxford 

 in the ".50's. 1 was not interested in bee- 

 keeping, and knew little or nothing about 

 the man; but soon after his arrival he callel 

 on me at the farm. I found him to be one 

 of the most interesting persons I ever met— 

 a splendid talker, one who caught your at- 

 tention and held your interest, not only bv 

 the wonderful number of facts he presented, 

 but more by the enthusiasm he showed. It 

 made but little diflPerence what subject was 

 broached, Mr. Langstroth seemed to have 

 mastered it. But his specialty was his love 

 of nature and the interest he took in every 

 thing connected with country life. He was 

 one of the most companionable men I ever 

 met, and I was at once drawn to him, and 

 an intimacy began which lasted until his 

 death. 



I recall that, during the first call he made, 

 an older brother was present who was a stu- 

 dent at Miami University; and knowing that 

 Mr. Langstroth was a preacher he supposed 

 he knew little or nothing about farming; and 

 so as we walked over the farm he began en- 

 lightening Mr. Langstroth by displaying his 

 own knowledge of farm life and work. Mr. 

 L. was a good listener as well as a good 

 talker, and he encouraged my brother until 

 he had delivered quite a dissertation on farm 

 life. Dui-ing the talk we found that Mr. L. 

 seemed to possess knowledge of every thing 

 connected with the growth of plants, in- 

 sects, etc., and that his knowledge was as 

 much greater than ours as the sun is great- 

 er than a tallow candle. Later, after get- 

 ting acquainted with Mr. L. my brother oft- 

 en referred to the time when he undertook 

 to instruct him on points on which Mr. Lang- 

 stroth knew ten times as much as he did. 



I think I have never met another man 

 whose common conversation was so instruc- 

 tive as Mr. Langstroth's, or who had such 

 vast resources. Added to this was a happy 

 and impressive way of imparting instruc- 

 tion, and his conversation never sounded 

 " preachy;" but by adroit questions he would 

 draw you into discussions and enable you to 

 show your very best side. 



Mr. Langstroth was a deeply religious 

 man, and his piety was of the cheerful soi't. 

 I have rarely met a man who impressed me 

 so much in the belief of the fatherhood cf 



