424 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Xlie Hotel aiirt tl.e Hall, where 

 the North American Convention is to be 

 held next Wednesday, Thursday and Fri- 

 day, seems to suit President Miller exactly. 

 He's been stopping there with Mrs. Miller 

 and Miss Emma Wilson, and here is what 

 he has to say about our selection of a place 

 for holding the big bee-convention : 



Friend York : -I've been stopping at the 

 Louisiana Hotel, taking a look with my 

 wife and sister at the Big bhow, and i 

 don't care to say anything about it to jou 

 but I want to say to the readers ot the 

 "Old Reliable," that I, for one, am much 

 pleased with the selection of the pla^e for 

 our convention on Oct. 11th, 12th and 13th. 



In the first place, there is a decided ad- 

 vantage in having the Hall for the conven- 

 tion and the Hotel where the bee-keepers 

 stop, both in the same building. It gives 

 us a better chance for a sociable time, and 

 saves the trouble of going a distance from 



Hotel to Hall. , tt ^ i a u„ii 



In the second place, both Hotel and Hall 

 are good. The Hall may be too large, but 

 we'll hope not. As to the Hotel, its cer- 

 tainly large enough, for 600 people slept 

 there last night, and everything about it is 

 new and clean. Nothing extravagant or 

 stylish, everything temporary, but when 

 vou come to solid comfort it beats the 

 average hotel at double the price. My 

 bedstead had legs of pine scantling, but 

 when I got on it, and shut my eyes, 1 could 

 imagine it a f 100 affair, for it had a good 

 mattress on a woven-wire springs. 



One of the good things about it is, that 

 you can have a roomy, well-ventilated 

 room for a low price— from 50 cents to *1.00 

 per day, and if you want to go to the Fair, 

 only a little way to go. 



All in all, we owe a vote of thanks to our 

 Treasurer, for the selection. 



It will be a wise thing to write in advance 

 to secure rooms. The Illinois Central rail- 

 road stops within a block. C. C. Miller. 



World's Fair Grounds, Sept. 26, 1893. 



We are indeed gratified to know that 

 everything is so satisfactory. We feared 

 to undertake the job of selecting a place for 

 the meeting, so we are now glad to find out 

 that the prospects are that all will be well. 

 You'll miss a " regular camp-meeting " if 

 you are not there, reader. 



^Vorl<l''s Fail- Notes.— Visiting the 

 Fair la«t Saturday (Sept. 23rd), we found 

 all the apiarian exhibits finally completed. 

 It is indeed a grand sight, not only as a 

 collective exhibit, but also individually. It 

 shows what America can do in bee-culture 

 when given the opportunity to present bo- 

 fore the gathered nations of the world her 

 industry devoted to the garnering of sweet- 



ness that otherwise would be " wasted on 

 the desert air," or, for that matter, be lost 

 for ever. 



We do hope that as many of our readers 

 as possible will be permitted to see the fine 

 exhibits of bees, honey, wax and apiarian 

 supplies to be found in the southeast por- 

 tion of the gallery of the Agricultural 

 Building at the Columbian Exposition. 



By way of further comments at this time, 

 we may say that — 



Judge Secor was busy with his work of 

 judging the apiarian exhibits. He expects 

 to complete his duties about the middle of 

 next month. Mrs. Secor is at the Fair now, 

 and also their married son, who is a verit- 

 able " chip off the old block." We had the 

 pleasure of meeting him, as well as Mrs. 

 Judge Secor. 



Bro. Cutting, in addition to that of 

 Michigan, was looking after several other 

 State exhibits whose representatives had 

 gone homo for awhile. He is an easy man 

 to find, because always at his post of duty. 

 His face, like some others in the apiarian 

 department of the Fair, is becoming very 

 familiar. We're always glad to see them 



Bros. Stone, Hambaugh and Hershiser 

 were respectfully looking after the exhibits 

 of Illinois and New York. The Illinois ex- 

 hibit is in four cases, one being devoted 

 almost wholly to beeswax, both crude and 

 in artistic designs ; one case contains only 

 extracted honey : and the other two cases 

 are solidly filled with comb honey in one- 

 pound sections. We will have more to say 

 of the Illinois, as well as the other exhibits, 

 ere long. 



Dr. Mason and son, Ellis, had returned to 

 Ohio. The jovial Doctor will, of course, 

 be on hand for the bee-convention that as- 

 sembles on Oct. nth. If you want to see a 

 man enjoy a bee-keepers' meeting, just 

 come and keep your eye on Dr. Mason. 

 He's one of the right kind— believes in 

 soberness all the time, and all over, except 

 in the face, and that's just full of sunshine. 

 Bro. W. O. Victor, I'resident of the South 

 Texas Bee-Keepers' Association, was also 

 there. He has been trying to work up a 

 greater interest in bee-keeping in his part 

 of the biggest State in the Union. He said 

 that about one-third of the distance he 

 traveled to get to the World's Fair, was in 

 the State of Texas. Pretty large State, 



that 



Bro. Lester L. Price, of Nebraska, whose 



