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to the owners, the Association paying 

 transportation both ways. 



The accompanying illustration shows 

 everything so clearly, that little remains 

 to be said; unless it might be to say that 

 the pyramid is eight feet square at the 

 base, 12 feet in height, and is surmounted 

 by a tall bottle of honey like those shown 

 at the corners, near the base. 



It is probable that the advertising value 

 of the exhibit might have been enhanced 

 by following the course of the other ex- 

 hibitors, viz., by giving away tastes of 

 honey on dainty crackers, or in some such 

 manner, also by selling dime packages; 

 but the manner in which tha honey was 

 secured precluded this feature. 



The A. I. Root Co., has been rejoicing 

 for a few months in a new office building 

 and printing office. When at Cleveland, 

 while on my way to the Harrisburg con- 

 vention, 1 took a run down to Medina, and 

 made a visit of a few hours; one object 

 being that I might enjoy the seeing of this 

 new building and its contents. 



From the foundations to the roof — 

 floors, wall and partitions — the material 

 is cement. The roof, where it is not of 

 glass, is covered with asbestos. The 

 sprinkler system of fire protection has 

 I#een inaugurated — when the temperature 

 of a room reaches a high pitch a waxen 

 plug melts and water rushes into the 

 sprinklers overhead, coming down in a 

 great shower, extinguishing any fire that 

 is started. The one great danger of any 

 factory, is fire; and any firm who neglects 

 to take every precaution, and to provide 

 all possible means of putting out a fire, 

 takes great risks. 



A printer's heart would be delighted by 

 a visit to this office. First, the sky-lights 

 make it seem like working out of doors, 

 so far as light is concerned. Then the 

 floor IS just as solid as mother earth- not 

 a particle of jar or vibration even from 

 the running of heavy presses. Then there 

 is plenty of type, leads, etc., all arranged 

 in cases of a labor saving nature. Most 



of the workmen are experienced men, 

 some of whom have been hare for years. 

 Considering all this it is not to be won- 

 dered at that Gleanings comes out so 

 regularly, and so neatly printed. 



Just one more word in closing: As 

 Ernest Root was showing me through the 

 printing office he mentioned that the 

 printing of their catalog and price list was 

 something like a woman's "knitting 

 work;" it was picked up at any time when 

 the presses were not busy with other 

 work. Continuing, he said: "Some won- 

 der why we are so successful, why we 

 secure so much business, it is because we 

 are everlastingly sending out this catalog. 

 Some manufacturers think they do well if 

 they send out a price list once a year; we 

 are sending them out all of the time. 

 That's the secret, and any advertiser is 

 welcome to all there is in it." 



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Helpful, Inspirational Items. 



It has probably been noticed that the 

 Review occasionally contains an item 

 having no direct bearing upon bee-keep- 

 ing, and some may wonder why such 

 matter is used. Knowledge of bee-keep- 

 ing, alone, is not all that is needed to 

 succeed. The better the man, the broader 

 his views, the greater his initiative enthu- 

 siasm and perseverance, the greater his 

 success in any business. He must first 

 be a man of the highest type, then a bee- 

 keeper. Instructions as to the wintering 

 of bees, the prevention of swarming, the 

 putting on of supers, the extracting of 

 honey, and all that, are proper subjects 

 for discussion in a bee journal, but above 

 all this is the ability to think, and plan 

 and execute. Before a man can succeed 

 he must first think success, and believe 

 in it. The attitude of the mind has a 

 great bearing upon success. 



To succeed, a man must have the right 

 kind of "spirit" — that mysterious com- 

 pound of self-possession, and confidence, 

 and grit, and dash, that comes and goes 

 mysteriously, and brings or takes away 

 the mettle and fire of life. 



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