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Editor. ( To Bee-Culture. 1 Sample Free. 



VOL. XXXII. CHICAGO, ILL, NOV. 2, 1893. 



NO. 18. 



Our Stinger I^ot a diicagfoan. — 



We notice in one of our exchanges that 

 "The Stinger," who gets his "Random 

 Stings " in the Bee Journal now-a-days, 

 is supposed to be a Chicagoan. This is a 

 mistake. "The Stinger" lives more than 

 40 miles away from Chicago, and does not 

 get into this city oftener than about once 

 in 2)^ life-times. No, no; Chicago has 

 nearly everything under the sun, but she 

 hasn't a single "stinger," as has another 

 town, for The Stinger is single, or at least 

 was the last time he was stinging. 



I*rof. Cook and family leave for 

 Pomona, Calif., about Dec. 1st, where they 

 expect to locate permanently. The Profes- 

 sor's Eastern friends will likely hear some 

 good things about him and his new home 

 as soon as he gets settled, and has the time 

 to tell us about them. The Bee Journal 

 don't propose to lose sight of Prof. Cook, no 

 matter where he goes. Oh, but won't those 

 California folks feel big. when they once 

 have the Professor and his excellent family 

 located among them ? Well, we couldn't 

 honestly blame the Calif ornians any, for 

 we don't want to be selfish, and especially 

 after having him almost in our midst for 

 so many years. 



Father L.ang:strot]i is heard from 

 again. Immediately after the North Ameri- 

 can convention, we sent him a check, and 

 in acknowledging it he wrote as follows : 



Mr. George W. York. 



2fy Dear Friend : — You can easily imagine 

 how painful a thing it is for me to have my 

 straightened circumstances brought before 

 my bee-keeping friends. I have been con- 

 fined to the house almost all the time for 

 the last year, and in addition to my old 

 head trouble, I have suffered much from 

 swelling in my limbs. I desire, through 

 you, to be affectionately remembered to all 

 who have contributed to my relief. 



Friend York, I want you to know how 

 much I have been helped. It has all been 

 needed for fuel, clothing, and things abso- 

 lutely necessary for comfort ; without it, I 

 do not see how I should have been able to 

 provide them. Yours affectionately, 



L. L. Langstroth. 



Dear friends, don't you think, after read- 

 ing the foregoing letter, that the very least 

 any of us can do for Father Langstroth, is 

 too see that he is supplied with the necessi- 

 ties of life, during his last years ? If you 

 have not yet contributed anything to the 

 "Langstroth Fund," why not do so now, 

 or soon, so that he may receive regularly 

 from $10 to $25 a month ? If you do not 

 care to send it to us first, why mail your 

 contribution to him, at 120 Ford St., Day- 

 ton, Ohio. We do not here plead for our- 

 selves, but for him who has bestowed an 

 everlasting blessing upon apiculture, and 

 made possible the advanced bee-keeping of 

 to-day. 



A Railroad Accident on the morn- 

 ing of Oct. 20th. near Battle Creek, Mich., 

 resulted in the death of some 30 people, 

 among whom, we learned with sadness, 

 were Mr. and Mrs. Chas. C. Van Deusen, of 

 Sprout Brook, N. Y. Mr. Van Deusen was 



