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"Crandpa Hutchinson." Sounds 

 <«i(l. Hi first, doesn't it ? Rut there are 

 fair prospects of nij' becoming accustomed 

 to It, as there is a little j^irl over at Nora's 

 and a little hoy down at Cora's. Do I 

 "feci i)ld .■' " Never felt younger or more 

 enerj^'etic. Feel as thoutch 25 years from 

 now would still find me publishing and 

 iinpioving the Review. 



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Thk Dknvkr ConvknTion will be 

 graced with something,' the like of which 

 has not been seen at a National Conven- 

 tion, lo, these many years; and that is an 

 exhibition of bees, honey, wax, and apia- 

 rian appliances. It is expected that the 

 bee and honey exhibit of the Slate fair at 

 Pueblo will be brought to the convention. 

 Taken all in all the coining convention 

 promises to furnish a red letter day in the 

 annals of conventions. 



J VMAS Ht;DDON, of Dowaglac, Mich., 

 he of p.4lent hive fame, is still inventing. 

 His latest you would probably never 

 guess — it is ajish bait. He has gott':n 

 oul a very neat paniphlel illustrating and 

 discribing "'The Dowagiiic Perfect Casting 

 P. di." Although I am not a fisherman, 

 I could not help enjoying the convincing 

 arguments and beautiful illustrations. 

 .\ny fisherman who uses live bait, such 

 as minnows or frogs, ought lo send to Mr. 

 Heddon for this pamjihiet. 



Thk (JiKSTloN Box is to be a promi- 

 nent feature ot the Denver convention. 

 If there is any reader of the Review who 

 has some cjuestion that he wishes discuss- 

 ed at the convention, an 1 rloes not expect 

 to be present to ask it himself, let him send 

 il to Dr. A. B. Mason. Sla. B., Toledo, 

 Ohio. It will then be brought up for dis- 

 cus-<ion, and there will be a shorthand re- 

 porier who will take down all that is 

 sail], and a full report wdl be published. 

 In this way, any person can get the views 

 of the convention upon my question. 



Thr Business End of bee keeping is 

 the one that now needs developing. We 

 have been so busy learning to be bee keep- 

 ers, that we have neglected the business 

 part of the profession. Marketing our 

 product is fully as important as its pro- 

 duction. We need uniformity of package 

 and grading, statistics regarding the crop 

 as it IS maturing, frequent reports of the 

 supply and demand in different markets, 

 together with organization and co-opera- 

 tion in marketing. These problems are 

 worthy of the brightest minds in our 

 ranks. 



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Speciai, Rates on the railroads were 

 expected all ov_r the United States when 

 the National Letter Carriers held their 

 annual convention in Denver, but I can 

 not learn, by the most persistent corres- 

 pondence, that any rates have been made 

 for the far West. If there is any one in 

 any part of the country who intends to 

 go, and there are no rates given from his 

 locality, will he please write to me, and 

 if rates are eventually secured, I will at 

 once write to him. 



W. Z. Hutchinson, Flint, Mich. 



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The American house, corner six- 

 teenth and Blake streets, four blocks from 

 the station, is to be headquarters for bee 

 kee[)ers at the coming convention at Den- 

 ver. The rates are ^1.50 per day where 

 two persons occup)- the some bed. Some 

 of the rooms contain two double beds, 

 and will be expected to accomodate four 

 persons, but "care will be taken to put 

 only congenial people in the same room." 



1 think that the proprietors will find 

 that the mo.st of bee keepers are "con- 

 genial," and that there will be a clamor 

 for those rooms with two double beds. 

 Where a person has a bed all to himself, 

 the price will be ^2.00. 



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Dollars and Cents are not the whole 

 of life. Music, pictures, flowers, and 



