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Straws" would be much more appropriate. That would be 

 more in line with his ability, he said. Our older and younger 

 readers know how well he succeeded in giving us "Stray 

 Straws." They were really kernels of wheat. Dr. Miller's 

 paragraphs of five to a dozen lines were worth whole articles; 

 and almost every one of those paragraphs was replete with 

 smiles. 



Years ago at some of the conventions there was more or 

 less strife; and well do I remember that Dr. Miller, in his 

 quiet way, with a smile that was more persuasive than a police- 

 man's club, would smooth out all the difficulties, leaving a 

 good feeling all around. In this respect he and Prof. Cook 

 were without a peer. I remember one day he came to me, in 

 the history of the National Beekeepers' Association, when 

 there seemed to be a bitter fight on. He said to a group of 

 us: "You have asked me to pour oil on the troubled waters. 

 The job is too big for me, boys. But I will try my best if you 

 will offer a prayer that only good may prevail" — and it did. 



This brings me to another important side of Dr. Miller's 

 character — an abiding faith in God. Come what might, with 

 him all was well. There came a time when, thru some mis- 

 management on the part of others, he lost a considerable part 

 of his savings. With a sweet spirit of resignation he wrote: 

 "I have not lost aU. I have my good wife and my sister. I 

 have a few years of vigorous life left to me yet. I have in 

 prospect a good crop of honey. The Lord has always taken 

 care of me, and I am not worried over the future." 



E. R. Root. 



BY DE. B. F. PHILLIPS. 



[The following tribute to Dr. Miller -was written by Dr. E. F. Phillips, 

 in charge of Bee Culture Investigations, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Wash- 

 ington, D. C, and printed in Gleanings in Bee Culture for November, 1920. 

 Dr. Miller and Dr. Phillips were close and cherished friends to each other.] 



The life and work of Dr. C. C. Miller were a benefit to the 

 beekeeping, of America and of the whole world which can be 

 measured accurately only in after years. Those of us who have 

 had the pleasure of laboring in this field while he was malyng 

 his contributions to the science and art of beekeeping kffow 



