. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. XMS MMKRicsN ®E® j&'^mmmi^. 413 ^•^?^^?^*-^*^^^^-^* Joiiied the Silent — Mr. H. Clark, of Palmyra, Iowa, on June 7, 1888, writes as follows : The Lord has seen fit to call my daughter to the Land of Rest. She was an interest- ing worker among the bees. She had soft blue eyes and long yellow hair, and was a constant reader of the Bee Joi'uxal, and spoke of it in her last hours. Tliese lines were written by Mrs. Martha Thompson, of Clarkson, Iowa, concerning our daughter Emma : She sleepB within the cold, cold ground, The dark, blue skie
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. XMS MMKRicsN ®E® j&'^mmmi^. 413 ^•^?^^?^*-^*^^^^-^* Joiiied the Silent — Mr. H. Clark, of Palmyra, Iowa, on June 7, 1888, writes as follows : The Lord has seen fit to call my daughter to the Land of Rest. She was an interest- ing worker among the bees. She had soft blue eyes and long yellow hair, and was a constant reader of the Bee Joi'uxal, and spoke of it in her last hours. Tliese lines were written by Mrs. Martha Thompson, of Clarkson, Iowa, concerning our daughter Emma : She sleepB within the cold, cold ground, The dark, blue skies above her i She was too fair and frail for earth, None knew her but to love her. Her sweet, fair form has faded now. Her cheeks have lost their roaes ; Her gulletesB heart is free from sin. In heaven sweet reposes. We stood beside her bed of death. Bowed down were we by sorrow ; We knew she would be lost to ua, IJpon the coming morrow. From her fair lipa the cheerful smiles Could not by death be driven. And with hopes of future bliss. She passed from earth to heaven. Hold your Breatb.—L. Hammer- schmidt, Amana, Iowa, writes on June 8, 1888, as follows : In the Scientific American for June 3, 1888,1 find this statement: " If you hold a bee by the legs, between two fingers, and let her sting act on the fleshy part of your finger's point, as long as you hold your breath, the sting will not penetrate the ; I have tried this, and found it to be correct; even more, I have put my hand between two combs full of bees; have taken a hand-full of bees, and when I sweep off the bees from a comb, as long as I can hold my breath, they will not sting. Will some others of the fraternity try this and report ? [We republish tlie above letter, corrected because in our last issue the word not was introduced in the fourth line in the place of Oct—spoiling the sense.—Ed.] Frank K>eslie's Sunday nag'a- zine for July, which begins the twenty- fourth volume, is a bright a
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