GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan. 1.5. 



Close=Outs. — Too late to classify. 



Three-cent Articles to be Closed at 2 Cents Each, 

 or 20 Cents per Dozen. 



BEOOM HOLDERS, iron, japanned. Fofctage, eacli, 3c. 



MUSTAKD SPOONS, made of boxwood. Post., each, Ic. 



SLATE. ti'.j.xoVs, lianlwood Irume; not mailable. 



PIE PLATE. SCALLOPED; 6-iucli. Postage, earh, 3c. 



PAN, OBLONQ; size S'o.xSVa; just the right size to 

 make a 1 lb. sugar-cake; good goods, but shopworn. 

 Postage, each, 3c. 



Five-cent Articles to be Closed at 4 Cents Each, or 

 42 Cents per Dozen. 



SCEUB-BEUSH. Good quality but small. Postage .5c. 



DEESSING-COMBS, horn with metal back; fair qual- 

 ity. Ho^iage. each, 3c. 



EUBBEE EEASEE. Just the thing for pencil-marks 

 thiit you w;int outof existence. Postage, each, 3c. 



TOOTH BEUSHES; small, but good values at this 

 price. PostMye, each, 3c. 



CURLING lEONS, one handle; iron polished, handle 

 enaiiH'l" d I'ostage. each. 4c. 



POCKET MIEEOES. Zinc case; ~i/4-in. Post., each, 3c. 



T07 SHOVELS. Made of galvanized iron, with a 

 wooden hnmlle. Postage, each. .'ic. 



LATHEE BT:U3H. Small size; fair quality. Post. 3c. 



FLESH FOEE. two tine; extra heavy wire, re tinned. 



Postage, e;it'h. .5c. 



TEA CANI3TEES, with cover, small size. Postage 5c. 



Ten-cent Articles to be Closed at 7 Cents Each, or 

 75 Cents per Dozen. 



SHEARS, fi-inch, iron, nickel- phited. Just the thing 

 for chiuii-eii. Postage, each, 4c. 



WALLETS, for gems; fair quality. Post., each, 2c. 



TACK PULLER, A. &B. make: same style as the cele- 

 lirated " Little Giant," but with single jaw. Post- 

 age, eai^h. :!c 



ZINC OILER, NO 2, best quality; but as we are going 

 to gi\e .\ ou a No. 3 for 10 cts. in the new list, we will 

 sell tlip rest of thrse at the above price. Postage 4c. 



ANCHOR FLCUE PASTE, for pasting labels on tin cans, 

 etc. We have but a few lib. cans Ictt. which we 

 will close at the above prices. Postage, each, 10c. 



Fifteen-cent Articles to be Closed at 10 Cents Each, 

 or $1.00 per Dozen. 



QCLD-E7ED NEEDLES. We still have a small stock of 

 these left. Those who order first get bargains. Post- 

 age, each, 3c. 



Twenty=cent Articles to be Closed at 15 Cts. Each, 

 or $1.50 per Dozen. 



HAMMER, full-size, fair quality. Postage, each, 22c. 



MATCHBOX bronzid iron, with cover. Made to 

 hansr to wall. Postage, each, 16c. 



PURSES, liglit colors, ni<kel - plated frame; good 

 qiialii V but odd shapes. Postage, each. 3e. 



INKSTAND, "snail-shell" pattern; formerly listed 

 on our 211 ■■■■nt counter. Not mailable. 



TACK PULLER. "Columbian" pattern; V'i - inch ; 

 veiy strong, and well made: blued steel jaws; pol- 

 isll^'d iron hammer; enamel handle. Post., each. (ic. 



DIPPEH, " anti rust." Called two quarts, but really 

 holds but one; zinc strips on bottom to prevent 

 rusting. These goods are somewhat shopworn, but 

 good values at the price. Postage, each, ]2c. 



Twenty=f ive-zent Articles to be Closed at 20 Cents, 

 or $2.00 per Dozen. 



HAT RACK. Hooks, wood frame, about same style 

 as racks used In passenger cars. Postage, each, 24c. 



HORSE- BRUSH, standard size; i>atented leather back, 

 and strong liand-straii. Postage, each, 8c. 



COOKY PANS. Vou all like cookies; but we doubt 

 wlieilier your wife likes to have you discover the 

 bottoms burnt. With this pan you can avoid this, 

 as they have a coating of the celebrated asbestos on 

 the bottom, which is death on burnt victuals. Post- 

 age, each, 20c. 



Miscellaneous Goods. 



SIGNS. "No Hunting, Fishing, or Trespassing Al- 

 lowed on This Farm," marked on good painted 

 board, with molding edge to protect from weatlier. 

 Regular price, 60c; special, to close, 35c. Unmail- 

 able. 



PASTE BRUSHES, single, flat; prices to close. 



1^ IN. Each 8c: dozen 85c; po.stage, each, 3c. 



2 IN. Eacli iOc; dozen 9,5c; postage, each, 3c. 



2i IN. Kach 12c: dozen Sl.Oti; postage, each. 3c. 



OVAL PAINT-BRUSH, "Atlantic No. 3;" good quality, 

 but odd size. Regular price, 20c; special, to close, 

 15c; dozen $1.60: postage, each, 4c. 



DINNER-PAIL. Alligator pattern: japanned. Nice 

 for urink, jiie, etc. Regular price, loc; special, to 

 close, 4(ic each: postajie 30c. 



EOCHESTEE TEAKETTLES. Made from solid copper; 

 handsomely nickel-plated ou outside; inside lined 

 witli pure tin. These goods will last as long as the 

 celebrated "granite." and are much lighter. The 

 following list consists of a few made with the im- 

 proved hinge swinging cover: 



NO. 7. Regular price, $1.15; special, to cloFe, 9.5c. 



NO. 8 Regular price, $1 40; special, to close, $1.20. 



LAINDE7 SOAPS. Oiids and ends; i)rices to close; 

 % lb. cakes. Six cakes for 25c., or $3..50 pt r box of 

 100 cakes. Banner soaj). Our Laundress .soap, or 

 the Central Mottled German soap. 



KIND WORDS FROM ODR CUSTOMERS. 



Shipment 42,514 came to hand all right. Sections 

 are nicer than ever; so is the foundation. 

 Findlay, O., Dec. 16. D. C. Rodtzon. 



The 1 lb. of Craigs and Rural New-Yorkers arriv- 

 ed here all right, and they are nice. They were five 

 days on the road. I was afraid they would freeze. 



Phlox, Ind., Nov. 8. Elmer Shrader. 



JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT— 2 BUSHELS FROM 4 OZ. OF 

 SEED. 



Mr. A. I. Roof .-—About five years ago I received 

 a sample (Ji lb.) of Japanese buckwheat from you, 

 with directions for growing. I was so well pleased 

 with the results that we should like to get a barrel 

 of the same sort, to sow this spring. (It was put in 

 the last dav of April, and yielded about two bushels.) 



Fairfax, Va., Dec. 22. Mfs. K. J. E. Slayton. 



A KIND WORD INDEED. 



Mr. A. I. Root:— I wish to say a word in your ear. 

 You are doing some of us good in more ways than 

 some of us will ever own to you. Keep right on. 

 Your e.vpose of that great swindle (Electropoise) 

 has greatly pleased me, and I know it has a great 

 many other of your readers. I enjoyed reading of 

 .M)ur great temptation. It has been a sore trial to 

 me. and I have often wondeied if other men were 

 so badly tempted. 1 am glad you have been able to 

 resist so great temptation thiough the grace of our 

 Lord; and I can thank him for giving me the 

 stiength he has, to resist. 



I have greatly enjoyed reading Ourselves and 

 Neisflibors in the Dec. 1st issue. How true your 

 words are! and how often even some of our Chris- 

 tian neighbors show to others such a grasping for 

 the last ceLt, in their dealings, even with those who 

 are very poor, and tip the scales at the quarter oz. ! 

 Would that they could take your text to heart, and 

 have a little moie feeling for others. How much it 

 help some faint or doubting brother or sister! As 

 we pass through heie but once, our record should 

 be such that others will be able to follow. 



Rogersville, Mich., Dec. 9. B. G. Scothan. 



WHAT IS BEST TO EAT, OR NOT TO EAT ? 



Friend Root: — Would it not be well to remind your 

 healthy readers that God himself has prescribed to 

 man his diet, from the beginning— first giving him. 

 Gen 1:29, herbs and fruits, and then. Gen. 9:3, 

 meat of "every moving th ng that liveth" for 

 meat? also 1. Tim 4:4— "For every creature of God 

 is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received 

 with thank.sgiving;" also I. Cor. 10:25: "Whatso- 

 ever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no 

 questions for conscience' sake;" 26: "For the earth 

 is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof." I be- 

 lieve strongly in special diet for sick people. I 

 Ijelieve thiit. in almost every case, a correct diet, as 

 to quantity and quality, would be all sufficient to 

 bring back health, providing also due care is taken 

 to observe other necessar.v conditions. Ought not 

 Chi'istians to strive correspondingly to have a strong 

 and healthy body as they do to have a pure, sancti- 

 fied soul, God being the creator of both ? " Glorify 

 God in your body and in your spirits, which are 



God's." A. MOTTAZ. 



Utica, 111., Dec. 20. 



