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Topics of Interest. 



Ivittlc Here and Xtiere. 



MRS. M. J, SMITH. 



A penny here, and a penny there, 



And away goes the hard-earned money, 

 A sip just now, and a taste by-and-by 



Empties the jar of honey. 

 For pennies make dimes and dimes make 

 dollars, 



And dollars make fifties, and so on ; 

 And, sip-by-sip, was the honey gathered 



From flowers the soft winds blew on. 



And the wicked thought, and the envious wish 

 Cause the heart to grow hard and cruel, 



And the bitter answer, and wrathful look 

 To the fire of hate, adds fuel. 



But the kind word falls like a soft daress, 



On the heart o'ercharged with trouble ; 



And the good seed sown on the wild, broad 

 lands. 

 Brings a golden harvest, double. 



Tlie World's ColflmMan ExWtiit, 



DR. A. B. MASON. 



I have done lots of thinking about the 

 apiarian exhibit at the World's Colum- 

 bian Exposition for 1893 : and I have 

 thought of this plan for State work : 



Let each State bee-keepers' society 

 appoint a committee to look after the 

 securing of an appropriation by the 

 State legislatures or assemblies, for the 

 making of a suitable exhibit. Also 

 another committee to see that the honey, 

 bees, beeswax, foundation, and every- 

 thing relating to our industry in their 

 State, is collected and made ready for 

 exhibition ; also choose the best man or 

 woman they may be able to secure, to go 

 to Chicago and put everything in the 

 best possible shape and position for the 

 best display, and look after the State's 

 exhibit during the exposition, and then 

 re-pack every thing and return to the 

 owners. 



"Now, this all looks easy enough on 

 paper," some will say, "but how are we 

 to be paid for our trouble and expense ? " 



Well, that is just what has bothered 

 me, and is just what I have been trying 

 to "grasp by the horns." This very 

 subject helped to get me 500 miles from 

 home, to, attend the convention at Keo- 

 kuk, in the hope that some one I might 

 meet would solve the difficulty for me. 

 Vain hope ! No one that I consulted 

 knew more than I did about it. 



I've thought over and over the offering 

 of premiums in some shape, but nothing 

 satisfactory presented itself. With the 

 premium plan, somebody (and probably 

 several somebodies) would "get left." 

 By the plan I suggest, each will get just 

 the amount he will be entitled to. 



The plan is this : Let each one who is 

 willing to help, make his own State 

 exhibit what it ought to be, notify the 

 committee, above spoken of, as to what 

 and how much he will exhibit, making 

 an itemized bill of what he is willing to 

 furnish. For example, some one says, 

 " I will furnish — 



500 lbs. of comb honey (bass- 

 wood) in 1-lb. sections, 25c. 

 per lb., 100 lbs $18.00 



100 lbs. of comb honey (buck- 

 wheat) in 1-lb. sections. 



500 lbs. of extracted-honey 

 (white-clover) in 2-lb. Muth 

 honey-jars; single, 35c; doz. 3.75 



1 straw bee-hive, 50 years old. 



1 smoker (Bingham's) 1.75 



1 colony of bees (Italian) in 



Langstroth portico hive 8.00 



1 colony of bees (Carniolans) in 



Simplicity hive 6.00 



Every package, or article of every kind, 

 to be distinctly marked with the owner's 

 name and postoffice ; and if for sale, 

 have the price also marked on it. Then 

 let the committee say what they think 

 best to have placed on exhibition, and 

 then the owner can prepare and ship all 

 to Chicago, with all charges paid, 

 directed to the party having charge of 

 the arranging and caring for the exhibit. 



The reason I suggest that the commit- 

 tee should say what might be sent, is 

 this : Perhaps 10 or 20 might be will- 

 ing to send one or more bee-hives, 

 colonies of bees, etc., when but one of a 

 kind would be needed ; but the more 

 honey and beeswax sent, the better. 



Now for the most important part — the 

 pay for all this work, risk and expense. 



From the amount appropriated by the 

 State, pay all expenses incurred at 

 Chicago, including the pay of the party 

 having charge of the exhibit, unless 

 otherwise provided for, by the State. 

 Then divide the remainder among the 

 exhibitors, according to what they have 

 on exhibition ; so that one exhibiting a 

 colony of bees or a crate of honey, or 

 other articles, will get the share to which 

 it may be entitled. 



A person sending 2,000 pounds, of 

 honey would be entitled to twice as much 

 pay as one sending 1,000 pounds, pro- 

 vided other things are equal ; for 

 certainly no reasonable person, who 



