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AMERICAN BEE (OURNAL 



Oct. 16, 1902. 



I ^ The Weekly Budget. * I 



A. I. Root has started an apiary in the woods of Michi- 

 gan. At latest advices the apiary consisted of two colonies, 

 one being a brushed swarm made from the other, and he 

 was carpeting their entrance with burlap to keep the feet 

 of the bees from slipping. 



" The Wabash Valley Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock 

 Association " will hold its Sixteenth Annual Show at 

 Evansville. Ind., Dec. IS to 20,1902. For any further in- 

 formation desired, address the Secretarj', P. L. R. Crowder, 

 Oakland City, Ind. 



Rev. W. F. Clarke, some 30 years ago editor of the 

 American Bee Journal, passed away en Sept. 25, 1902. He 

 was for many jears a resident of Guelph, Ontario. Canada, 

 at which place he died. We have not received any further 

 particulars, but will likely have them for publication later. 

 Mr. Clarke was a writer of most excellent English, and had 

 more or less to do with bee-keeping for a great many years. 



The Great International Exposition, to be held at 

 Vienna, from the 4th to the 26th of next April, will com- 

 prise six great groups : Living bees, hives, implements, 

 bee-products, books of instruction, and literature. Items to 

 be exhibited in any one of these classes are solicited from 

 all parts of the earth, and especially such items as are little 

 known in Austria. Further particulars can be obtained by 

 addressing : Der Centralverein fuer Bienenzucht in Oester- 

 reich, Wien, I., Schautlergasse 6. 



Mr. G. W. Bell, of Clearfield Co., Pa., a bee-keeper of 

 considerable prominence in his locality, is a candidate for 

 the State Legislature. It beats all how some bee-keepers 

 do run for office. Some of them have practiced running, 

 with a bee after them— that was before they were real bee- 

 keepers — and they haven't forgotten how to run. As the 

 bee then succeeded in running down the boy, some of those 

 grown-up boys now succeed in running down the office. We 

 say. Go it, boys ; and may the right and righteous always 

 win. 



Miss Pickard Married. — Yes, Miss Ada L. Pickard, 

 of Richland Co., Wis., was married on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 

 1902. Here is the notice that appeared in the Richland 

 Democrat a few days later : 



The pleasant farm home of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Pickard 

 was the scene at noon Wednesday last of a most happy 

 event in the lives of two well-known and worthy young 

 people. At that time Rev. J. W. Irish spoke the words 

 which joined in matrimony the lives of Miss Ada L. Pickard 

 and Mr. Nathan Boggs, both well and favorably known in 

 the city and county. The ceremony was witnessed by a 

 select company of relatives and intimate friends, after 

 which all were regaled with a sumptuous wedding feast. 



The happy couple departed Thursday morning for Chi- 

 cago, where they will make their home, temporarily at least, 

 and where Mr. Boggs will pursue his medical studies. A 

 long list of friends will join with the Democrat in hoping 

 for them the best this earth affords in the way of content- 

 ment and prosperity. 



On the Saturday following the wedding we received a 

 telephone call from Mr. Pickard (who, we supposed, was 

 alone in Chicago), saying that he would call to see us in a 

 little while. He did so, but along with him came Mrs. 

 Pickard and Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Boggs. Well, weren't 

 we surprised ? We didn't think that Ada Pickard would do 



such a thing without saying a word to the Bee Journal 

 readers! But we will have to forgive her, even if she 

 doesn't promise not to do it again I 



We are sure that all will unite in heartiest well-wishes 

 to Mr. and Mrs. Boggs, and congratulations to Mr. and 

 Mrs. Pickard. Wisconsin loses one of its fairest maidens, 

 and apiculture one of its best lady bee-keepers. But this 

 life is full of changes — 'twould be very monotonous if it 

 were not thus. 



The Illinois State Fair Premiums. — The following 

 is a list of awards given in the department of bees and honey 

 at the Illinois State Fair held about Oct. 1, at Springfield : 



Display of comb honej' — 1st, C. Becker; 2d, Geo. M. 

 Rumler ; 3d, James A. Stone iv: Son. 



Collection of labeled cases containing honey from dif- 

 ferent flowers— 1st, Geo. M. Rumler ; 2d, C. Becker ; 3d, 

 James A. Stone & Son. 



Collection of labeled cases of amber or dark honej* — 1st, 

 C. Becker ; 2d, James A. Stone A Son. 



White clover comb honey — 1st, James A. Stone A Son ; 

 2d, C. Becker; 3d, Geo. M. Rumler. 



Sweet clover comb honey— 1st, C. Becker ; 2d, James A. 

 Stone & Son. 



Basswood comb honey — 1st, Geo. M. Rumler ; 2d, C. 

 Becker ; 3d, James A. Stone & Son. 



Display of extracted honey — 1st, James A. Stone A Son : 

 2d, C. Becker; 3d, Geo. M. Rumler. 



Honey extracting on the grounds — 1st, C. Becker ; 2d, 

 James A. Stone i.V Son. 



Frame of comb honey for extracting — 1st, James A. 

 Stone & Son ; 2d, Chas. Kingan ; 3d, Geo. M. Rumler. 



Display of candied honey — 1st, C. Becker ; 2d, James A. 

 Stone it Son ; 3d, Geo. M. Rumler. 



Display of beeswax — 1st. Geo. M. Rumler : 2d, C. 

 Becker ; 3d, James A. Stone & Son. 



Observatory hive of dark Italian bees — 1st, C. Becker. 



Observatory hive of Golden Italian bees. — 1st, Chas. 

 Kingan ; 2d, Geo. M. Rumler. 



Honey-vinegar, with recipe for making — 1st, Chas. 

 Kingan ; 2d, James A. Stone & Son ; 3d, C. Becker. 



Displav of designs in beeswax — 1st, James A. Stone & 

 Son ; 2d, C. Becker. 



Denver Convention Notes.— Saturday morning, Sept. 

 6, gave promise of being a most beautiful day in Denver. 

 So the quartette of Illinoisans (Dr. Miller, Miss Wilson. 

 Mrs. York, and the writer) packed and checked their belong- 

 ings at the American Hotel, and prepared to spend the day 

 taking the great " Loop Trip " to Silver Plume, 54 miles up 

 in the mountains, at a point nearly 9000 feet above sea-level. 



The train was composed of windowless cars, simply 

 o penings extending clear to the top of the car, so as to per- 

 mit an unobstructed view of the mountains and scenery 

 when passing along on the narrow-gauge railroad that 

 wound around through the canyons up, up, and still up. It 

 seemed almost impossible that one engine should be able to 

 pull the train of several cars filled with people up such 

 steep grades. But it did it, with some puffing. 



Many, many times, on looking ahead, we would con- 

 clude that the railroad track must run right into a 

 m ountain, and we must stop. But upon arriving almost 

 there the track would wind around a sharp curve, and on 

 we would go, only to repeat the same thing over and over. 



Perhaps the most interesting sight on this trip is the 

 " Loop," where the railroad track extends across a very 

 narrow valley several times after running along the sides 

 of the opposite mountains, and all the time getting up 

 higher and higher. At one point the track winds around 

 so that in crossing the valley it extends directly above 

 where we had been but a few minutes before, thus forming 

 what is known as the "Georgetown Loop," as a place 

 called Georgetown is very near where the " Loop " is found. 

 This town lies in a depression between two mountains, 

 seemingly about a mile wide. In looking down upon it 



