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the utmost confidence, that every inter- 

 est in the State will receive the consid- 

 eration, to which it is entitled. Any one 

 who has given the subject of bee-culture 

 any attention, will recognize at once its 

 importance, and in a country like this in 

 which I live, where it forms one of oiir 

 principal products, it is unnecessary for 

 me to assure you that the interest will be 

 carefully nurtured, and full justice done 

 it, as well as every other interest in the 

 State. The intention of the Board, so 

 far as I have heard an expression, is to 

 show off the resources of the State to the 

 very best possible advantage, and by this 

 means to proclaim to the world what we 

 so well know, that Illinois is the greatest 

 State in the Union. 



Hon. A. B. Hostetter, Vice-President 

 for the Sixth District, wrote thus : 



I certainly favor a liberal recognition 

 of the "bee industry," and I hope the^ 

 appropriation will be made large enough* 

 so that not only this industry, but any 

 other not specially mentioned in the 

 bill, and worthy of recognition, can have 

 liberal encouragement and be exhibited 

 at the World's Fair to the best possible 

 advantage, and to the credit of our 

 whole State. 



Hon. B. Pullen, Vice-President, wrote 

 thus: 



I recognize the importance of the 

 industry referred to, and would be dis- 

 posed to give it a fair and liberal recog- 

 nition. 



Hon. Samuel Dysart, Vice-President 

 for the Seventh District, wrote : 



I have been in the bee-keeping business 



for 25 years and I will certainly 



use all my influence to have that indus- 

 try recognized in proportion to other 

 rural pursuits. 



Hon. J. Irving Pearce, Vice-President 

 for the First District, wrote thus : 



I assure you that the bee-keeping 

 industry of Illinois shall have everything 

 done for it that the law will allow us to 

 do. You will find me the friend and 

 champion of that industry. 



With these assurances we ought to be 

 well satisfied that when the apportion- 

 ment is made (probably next December), 

 the bee-keeping industry of Illinois will 

 receive its due share of the funds appro- 

 priated by the State. It will be well for 

 bee-keepers in every district to write to 



their Vice-Presidents next October, to 

 keep it before their minds, and let them 

 know that we are confiding in their sense 

 of honor and justice, confirmed by the 

 promises of many of their members, and 

 expect our due share of the public funds, 

 so as to be able to make an exhibit which 

 shall be a credit to the State, as well as 

 the entire Northwest. 



Oleanitls^S has donned a new 

 engraved title page. Its general appear- 

 ance is far ahead of the old one. 



Quite a Xumlier of our late 

 callers were on their way home from the 

 Grand Army Encampment, at Detroit. 

 Among them came Mr. James Forncrook, 

 of Watertown, Wis., of one-piece section 

 notoriety. 



The Xei^' Medals will be illus- 

 trated in next week's Bee Journal. 

 They are for competition at Bee and 

 Honey Shows, one for comb-honey and 

 one for extracted-honey. Two medals 

 are furnished free to each affiliated 

 society by the North American Bee- 

 Keepers' Association ; the award being 

 made by the officers of the local societies. 

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Rev. B. X. Al>t>ott, of St. Joseph, 

 Mo., made a friendly call last week. In 

 the latest Railroad Classification, comb- 

 foundation is listed as "artificial comb." 

 Mr. Abbott had an interview with Mr. 

 Ripley, the manager of the Traffic Asso- 

 ciation, and, as a result, it will be named 

 "Bee Comb-foundation," in the next 

 edition. Mr. Abbott also labored with 

 the Manager to get a reduced rate on 

 bee-hives and sections in car-loads. This 

 will be considered by the Committee at 

 the next meeting. 



Xlie Darke County Union Bee- 

 Keepers' Society will hold a basket meet- 

 ing, on the Fair Grounds, at Greenville, 

 Ohio, on Saturday, August 22. Every- 

 body invited.— J. A. Roe, Secretary, 

 Union City, Ind. 



