1895 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



753 



their advertisements, and unblushingly declare 

 they are going to keep on doing so, vvith the 

 above facts staring thctn in the face. I paid 

 our friends who were swindled, ^55 00 for their 

 $25.00 instrument. If anybody else wants it 

 for .*2..50 (is not this quite a jump, from 125.00 

 down to $2.50?) I shall bf glad to sell out, book 

 of instructions and all. If nobody can be 

 found who has faith enough in it to give $2.50 

 for a $25.00 machine, then we will come down 

 on the price still more. I tried to get some of 

 the younger Roots to give it a test; but they 

 simply laughed at their worthy parents for the 

 pains they had taken to be sure there was no 

 mistake about the thing. 



Science Si/ti?i(7s, London, has taken up the 

 matter of exposing Electropoise. for it seems 

 they are already trying to push it across the 

 water. They justly term it the "quack toy." 

 We make one brief extract: 



The Electropoise is an impudent and cruel fraud; 

 and its very active proprietors are unblushing- 

 knaves who liave conceived the notion of Hooding- 

 our newspapers with fraudulent advertisements 

 and raiding- the attenuated pockets of our afflicted 

 poor. 



Special Notices. 



We have a number of mismated Italian queens at 

 35 cents. 



SEED POTATOES FOR FALL SHIPMENT. 



Since i)ricrs irivcn in our last issue, pane <iS9, there 

 lias l)('(Mi soiiif ileclinc in the market. Km- instance. 

 Beaut y <if lleliron will l)e as g-iven iti our last — j)eck, 

 15cts.; bushel tOcts. ; two-)jushel Ijag-, 75 cts. ; bar- 

 i-clof 11 pecks. $1.2.5. 



Monroe Seedling-, Early Ohio, Early Puritan. Lee's 

 Favorite, and Rural New Yoi-kei-, will be as follows: 

 One peck, 211 els,; liushel. 60 cts. ; two-bushel liag, 

 iBl.on; liarrel (11 ]>ecks), $1.50. New Queen, Freeman, 

 Burpee's Extra Enrly, 1 lb. by mail, postpaid, 15 cts. ; 

 3 ll)s., 'A't cts.; peck, l5y freight or express. 35 cts.; 

 bushel. ifl.dO; 3 bushels, U.l^; barrel of 11 pecks, 

 $3.50. Craig Seedlina- at prices glv-en in our last is- 

 sue, page 1589. The Craigs are still growing- as if 

 their lives depended on it, no frost having inter- 

 rupted them up to this date, September 30. 



SIR WILLIAM POTATOES. 



On page 689 of our last issue, a lower quotation on 

 Sir William potatoes was made than the market 

 price will warrant. It was a misunderstanding on 

 my part — or, perhaps, a blunder of mine. Accord- 

 ingly, that quotation on the Sir William is with- 

 drawn. The following is, for the present, io be the 

 price, and no ordej-s accepted for less than a barrel : 



Barrel. .$3.50; 5 barrels. $16.36; 10 h;irrels. $30 00. 

 All will be shipped in October and November, in 

 new full-sized apple-barrels, free on board cars at 

 Hudson. 



The potatoes will he of the crop grown by Mr. 

 Chambei'lani himself, the same as I described in our 

 present issue, and are guaranteed to be true to 

 name, pure from mixture, and averaging large size, 

 with none lielow good ))lanting size. They will be 

 packed and sliipped by Mr. Chamberlain. 



.JUTE SACKS FOK HANDLING AND SHIPPING 

 POTATOES. 



Of course, the potato-boxes are, all things consid- 

 ered, aoout tlie neatest and handiest tiling ever got- 

 ten up, for handling or storing potatoes: but with 

 the immense crop and low prices of this present 

 season it is very of ten desirable to use sacks: and 

 we have had potatoes shipped in sacks tliat came to 

 us in very good order. The expense of transiinri ing 

 sacks is, of course, verj' much less than with lioxes. 

 After some investigation we have succeeded in 

 finding a very strong, substantial jute bag, holding 

 two bushels each, suitai)le for potatoes, grain, or 

 almost any purpose that liags aie ever used for, 

 which we can supply at the following low prices: 10 

 cts. each; 90 cts. for 10; $8.00 p< r li.U; *T'>.00 per 1000. 

 A i^ag of the same material, holding oidy one bush- 

 el, 5e each; 4.5c for 10; $4.35 per 100. If you would 



like to see such a bag before purchasing, we can 

 mail you a sample of either, at a cost for postage ot 

 7 and 16c respectively. 



GARDENING FOB OCTOBER. 



Most of the gardening done now will be to save 

 the crops from frost, and to make the most of every 

 thing. Do not be discouraged, even if prices are 

 low; but get every thing out of the way x)f freezing. 

 Gather the beans' as soon as dry enough; and if a 

 f i-ost threatens, do not. wait for them to get dry, but 

 get them into an open shed; spread them out where 

 they will not heat, and many of them will ripen up 

 nice. Fruit and even forest trees may lie planted 

 in the fall; and, when properly done, I believe there 

 is an advantage in it. Look out for stutf, however, 

 that is lialile to be thrown out by the frost. If you 

 have had experience, and know how to do it, you 

 can succeed; but if you are new at the Ijusitu^ss, go 

 slow until you learn the trade. Do not forget to 

 hoe and cultivate cabbage and cauliflower that are 

 not yet headed up. Now is the time to raise the fin- 

 est cauliflower of the sea.son; also look after the 

 spinach and potato onir.ns, and others that are to be 

 wintered outdoors. You can keep strawberries 

 growing right along until Christmas, if the ground 

 does not freeze, 



DRUMMOND'S ADDRESSES, ETC. 



Most people h;ive reader heard more or less of 

 Henry Drummond's stirring, and, we might say, 

 startling.exhortations to righteousness and right-do- 

 ing. In fact, his one address, " The Greatest Thing 

 in the World," had such a run that it was sold by 

 newsboys on the cars, even though the price was 

 kept up for a time to 35 and even 50 cts. a copy. 

 When I first read it I made some mention of it in 

 our Home Papers. But I protested at the outset 

 agaitist charging such a price for a pamphlet of 30 

 or 40 pages. We have succeeded, however, by pur- 

 chasing 500 copies outright, in getting them so we 

 can send them by mail for only 10 cts. each. Now, 

 if you have never read "The Greatest Thing in the 

 World " you cei'tainly want this little pamphlet. It 

 is handsomely gotten up, in paper covers, and con- 

 tains .52 pages, and will probably be read by almost 

 any one wtio picks it up and commences to read it, 

 even if it is a sort of sermon; and it will bear reading 

 again and again. I am so anxious to see it find a 

 place on the reading-table of every home that 1 

 would almost send it free of charge if that were the 

 right and proper thing to do; and we will, anyhow, 

 do this: Evei-y subscriber who sends us $1.00 for 

 Gleanings for one year, and in the same letter says 

 he would like "The Greatest Thing in the World" 

 as a premium tor subscribing early, can have it 

 free of charge. 



Now. some of you may prefer to pay a little more, 

 and have a neatly bound book— one tliat would be 

 handsome enough to place on your cpjiter-table. 

 Such a book is published, neatly bound in cloth, at 

 the price of 75 cts. It cont.-iins not only the address, 

 "The Greatest Thing in the World," but a brief 

 sketch of Prof. Henry Drummond, and five other 

 addressee, with an engraving of the author. It is a 

 book of 187 pages, and the price, as I have told you, 

 is 75 cts. by mail; but by buyiig a large number of 

 copies we are enabled to furnish it for only 2.> cents, 

 if ordered with ol her goods, or 30 cents by mail. If 

 vou want something for a Christmas present, I do 

 not know of a book in the world that will answer 

 any Ijetter. Prof Drummond is clear up to the 

 front in all modern science and tlieolog.v; and all 

 mankind.no matter what their belief, seem to be 

 unitrd in acknowledging- that he has done a great 

 work in making the religion of Christ .Tesus plain, 

 sensible, and practicable. You need not be afraid 

 of dry theology. Every page of his writings is alive, 

 and up to the present time and present wants and 

 needs. Perhaps you had better get the little ten- 

 cent book first, and see if you do not agree with 

 me, and want the larger one. We will send the 

 larger book to any person, a subscriber, who keeps 

 up his own subscriplion. and sends us one new 

 name along with his subscription. 



10 close out before uniting nuclei I will mail 1 

 untested queen for 50c. Order at once. Plen- 

 ty nice queens on hand. 



W. H. LAWS, Lavaca, Ark. 



