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tie later before it arrives. We will take orders for 

 shipment after arrival at s'^c per lb. for a single 

 can; 8c per lb. in lots of 1 ra'^e of Scans, or more. 

 Special prices quoted on larje lots on application. 



CHOICE COMB HONEY. 



We have already handled quite a little new comb 

 honey. We shall be pleased to hear from those not 

 too far away who have some nice comb honey for 

 sale, giving a description of it, and price asked. We 

 are sellinff small lots of comb honey at 17c; 100-lb. 

 lots at 16, and 20P-lb. lots at 1.5c. The latter is our 

 extreme price so far this .season, and given for not 

 less than a crate of nine 21-1 b. cases. 



CHIMSON-CI.OVER SEED. 



We stillhiivea large stock of crimson clover on 

 hand, and can probably supi^ly all demands at the 

 following low prices: Two-bnshel sack. $7.00; per 

 bushel, f3 60; half-bushel, $1 90: peck. $1 00; pound, 

 10 cts. If wanted hv mail, add 10 cts. per lb. extra 

 for postage and packing. We will send 3 lbs. by 

 mail, postpaid, for .50 cts. From 8 to 15 lbs. of seed 

 are needed per acre. 



CHOICE CLOVER AND B.ASSWOOD EXTRACTED 

 HONEV. 



We have just secured fiom Vernon Burt, of this 

 county, about a ton of very choice thifk extracted 

 honey, of excellent flavor. This we offer in new 6 - 

 lb. cans at 9c per lb. for single can; S^^c for a case 

 of 2 cans; or Sf. per lb. in lots of 2 cases or over. 

 We shall have an outlet for more of the same kind, 

 and shall be pleased to receive samples and offers 

 from those having it for sale. We have an outlet 

 also for some of a lower grade. 



COMB FOUNDATION DECLINED. 



On account of the declining price of beeswax it 

 becomes necessary to decline the price of comb 

 foundation. As the season for its use is practically 

 over for this year, this decline will affect only the 

 few sales from now till active season opens again, 

 by which time it may be necessary to again change 

 the price. For the present, however, and until 

 further notice, the price will be 2c per lb. lower 

 than in the table, as listed in our catalog, and the 

 table of prices will then stand as follows: 



Price per lb., in lots not less than 

 Sq. ft.perlb.illb 10 35 50 



Heavy brood foundat'n. 

 Medium " " 



Light " - " 

 Thin surplus " 



Ex. thin " " 



mt 5 

 5 to 6 



7ito8 



10 

 11 to 12 



TEN NEW ENGLAND BLOSSOMS .\ND THEIR INSECT 

 VISITORS. 



The above is 1he title of a very pretty new book 

 sent us by Houghton. Mifflin & Co., Boston. It is 

 the work of our well-known friend Clarence M. 

 Weed, and contains some of the most beautiful half- 

 tone engravings of flowcritig; plants and otlier 

 things that ever graced the pages of any book since 

 the world began. Please remember that is the 

 opinion of A. I. Root, wlio may not have seen all the 

 books in the world. The typography and the whole 

 make-up of the book is a thing of beauty indeed. 

 It consists, as you will judge from the title, of an 

 account of both flowers and inseits, influding our 

 honey bees and their relations to the floral wnrld. 

 The book might well grace the parlor-table of any 

 beekeeper. The book contains 142 pages, neatly 

 bound in cloth. Price, post paid, $1.25. 



BOOK OE FR.AUDS AND OVKRCHAROES. 



The above is tne title of a book by E. W. CdIo, of 

 Melbourne. Australia. A part of it is taken up 

 with Dr. Wilford Hall's' water-cure swindle. The 

 book contains ttie wliole of Dr. Hall's wonderful 

 story; it al'so contains the entire matter of a book 

 published by Dr. Juke, 60 years bff(jre. Dr. Juke's 

 book is so wonderfully like Dr. Hall's little pam- 

 phlet that one can hardly esi 

 Wilford Hall had the boo! 

 wrote about his wonderful 

 part of the book is given 



secrets regarding patent-medicine frauds, includ- 

 ing cures for drunkenness, etc. On one of the fly- 

 leaves in the last of the book we find a prospectus 

 of another work, entitled, "Advice of Ten Doctors." 



•ape the conclusion that 



c before' him when he 



discovery. The latter 



to the publication of 



No. 2 of the ten seems to be your humble servant, 

 A. I. Root; but as friend Cole has put me in com- 

 pany with Dr. Kellogg, Dr. Trail, and other eminent 

 professors and M. D.'s, I suppose 1 ought not to And 

 fault. 1 iiresume likely it is a collection of what 

 I have wrlti-eii in regard to doctoring without med- 

 icine, etc. I appreciate the compliment, dear 

 fiieiids; but 1 never vvant to sail under false colors; 

 so please remember that 1 am neither a doctor nor 

 a minister, nor any thing but a common laj'man 

 who loves humanity, body and soul. The price of 

 the book is. I think, 35 cents. 



Friend Cole puts a strong emphasis on the fact 

 that Dr. Hall claims emphatically tint he was "the 

 first of all earth's teeming millions to inject more 

 thau a pint of water into a human being." Dr. 

 Juke, in his book, 60 yeais before, however, says, 

 '• With this appaiatns I was enabled, by refilling it, 

 to throw up 14 pints of water, which pioves its very 

 great capability" Siif Dr. Hall really discovered 

 any thing it was just what Dr. Juke had put in 

 practii'e, and published with great emphasis, 60 

 years before. 



KIND WORDS FROM ODR CUSTOMERS. 



The freight you sent me reached its destination 

 all right. I was highly pleased with it. You need 

 no other advertisement than to show your goods. 

 You may expect a larger order from me soon. 



Lawn. Texas, May 23. John Lacky. 



Accept my thanks for tlie beautiful lot of sections 

 you ha\e sent me. 'Ihey can not be excelled in 

 smoothness, evenness, and fineness df finish. An 

 Older for several thousand m<ire will foiUnv this. 



Mariinsburg, W. "V^a., June3. Will Thatcher. 



THE NEW CRANE SMOKER. 



The new Ci ane smoker is a " dandy "—gives a tre- 

 mendous volume of smoke, is very easy to load 

 with planer shavings, width I tise, liolds its Are well, 

 and responds at once after standing unused for a 

 longtime - Levi De Freest. 



Troy, N. Y., May 3L 



Dear Friend Roof .-—Gleanings is at hand just 

 now. Before 1 forget it, let me tell you that, when- 

 ever your bicycle-chain breaks or flies off while 

 g.)ing down hill, all that you have to do is to grasp 

 the fore part uf your front wheel between your feet 

 and thus improvise the most eflBcient kind of brake. 



Knoxville, Tenn., June 20. Adrian Getaz. 



[To the above kind suggestion, E. R. R. appends 

 a footnote as follows: 



•' Ves, sir; you ought to learn this foot-brake act. 

 It may save your life." 



I have already learned, on wheels having afoot- 

 rest brake, in the manner described; but at the 

 time mentioned it was just all I could Oo to keep 

 my scat, to say nothing of manipulating my toes 

 so as to break the speed. However. 1 am going to 

 practice further on the subject. A. I. R. 



"The 

 Southland 



Send $1.00 for the South- 

 land Queen. Edhed by the 

 Ati-hley family. Plain, prac- 

 t ical. aiidall fresh bee matter. 

 Jenni(> Afchley will begin a 

 IJeekeeping schi ol in June 

 15th No. All that wish les- 

 sons, come in. .\ sicam bee- 

 hive f.'tc'torj'. Root's goods, 

 Dad.iiit s fiiiindaiion. Send 

 free cataloar and sample journal. 



THE JENNI^ ATCHLEY CO., 

 Beeville, Bee Co., Texas. 



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StinglessBe8s!H|Cr3 



THE FOUR SEASONS RUNNERLESS STRAWBERRY. 



Grown from FrcMch seed. Fifty or sixty fruit 

 crowns form and fi uit on each i)lant between May 

 and November. Berries small and shuckless. Plants 

 10c each. A. T. GOLDSBOROUGH, 



Wesley Heights, Washington, D. C. 



