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case which was lined underneath with a mir- 

 ror, which reflected the pyramid below and 

 made it appear as though there was an in- 

 verted pyramid huny in the air above the 

 one below. Strange to say, it was a puzzle 

 to many visitors. In the last case was the 

 wax exhibit, the most interesting feature of 

 which was a two-story dwelling, with win- 

 dows, doors and balconies, made from differ 

 ent shades of foundation. This was from the 

 Dadants. Messrs. Hambaugh and Stone 

 showed a great deal to taste and enterprise 

 in getting up the fine display that they did. 



Indiana showed a neat hollow castle of 

 comb and extracted honey ; the sides being 



IOWA HONEY EXHIBIT. 



of comb and the ends of extracted. There 

 was also a tall pyramid of bottles very at- 

 tractively labeled and filled with a kind of 

 drink made from honey, and called " Honey 

 Dew." This was from Mr. Hill of the Guide, 

 and he was the man who put the exhibit in 

 shape. It was very tastily done, as he did 

 not make the mistake of trying to do too 

 much, which was the case in a few instances. 

 A. I. Root made the largest display of 

 implements and supplies. They were in a 

 case of his own construction. It was about 



twelve feet long and ten high. E, Kretch- 

 mer, A. G. Hill, the Goold, Shapley and 

 Muir Co.. W. T. Falconer, J. .J. VanDeusen 

 & Sons, Chas. White and M. E. Hastings 

 also had goods on exhibition. On the last 

 day of the convention Mr. Florance Williams 

 of Barnum, Wisconsin, placed on exhibition 

 a six-comb, self- reversing honey extractor. 

 The comb baskets swing around in some- 

 thing the same way as those of the Stanley 

 make, but the peculiar feature is a cog 

 wheel at the top of each comb basket shaft 

 and these cogs fit into cogs upon the inside 

 of a sort of hoop that passes clear around 

 the extractor. This causes all of the baskets 

 to reverse simultaneously ; otherwise, being 

 so close together, there would be clashing 

 from one basket getting ahead of another in 

 its reversal. A leaf spring behind each side 

 of each alternate basket causes the baskets 

 to spring out when the stoppage of the ma- 

 chine kills the centrifugal force, and the im- 

 mediate turning of it in an opposite direc 

 tion throws the baskets around in the oppo- 

 site direction. 



I left the grounds with the impression that 

 I had seen most of the honey exhibits, but 

 Dr. Miller says in Gleanbujs that there was 

 some very fine honey from England in the 

 British exhibit, and that there were other in- 

 teresting apiarian exhibits scattered over 

 the grounds. I agree with him in thinking 

 it a pity that everything in the bee-keeping 

 line could not have been in one place. 



THE TRIP TO CHICAGO. 



As the sons of the prophet do piously try 

 T'. see Mecca once ere the hour comes to die. 



On the Saturday preceding the convention 

 of bee keepers in Chicago, I packed my tel- 

 escope grip with a camera and nearly three 

 dozen dry plates. Evening found me enjoy- 

 ing something to which I had been a stran- 

 ger for several years, and that is the hos- 

 pitality of Mr. Heddon. I also had the 

 pleasure of meeting a Mr. A. E. Hoshal, of 

 Beamsville, Canada, who has since bought 

 the right of Mr. Heddon's new hive for Can- 

 ada and the British Possessions. Messrs. 

 Heddon, Hoshal, H. A. Burch, (who has for 

 several years helped Mr. Heddon make the 

 Dowagiax: Times), and myself held an infor- 

 mal but quite enthusiastic bee-convention of 

 which I may say more sometime in the fu- 

 ture. Before leaving, Mr. Heddon and my- 

 self drove out to his Glenwood apiary and 



