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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 



OUB "COUNTEB STOBE." 

 You little know, my friends, what pleasure I have 

 taken in collecting these goods for you, more es- 

 pecially those on the 5c counter, and I have looked 

 forward many a time to handing them over to you, 

 and to the pleasure I should take in hearing your 

 exclamations of surprise, at so good an article for 

 such an insignificant sum of money. 



useful: articles 



THAT CAN BE SOLD FOR 



FIVE CENTS EACH. 



TERMS OF PAYMENT— Strictly Cash With Order. 



All Prices Subject to CHange without Notice 



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2 I Awls, Scratch, Wood Handle I 45 | 4 00 



2 | Awls, All Metal Handle I 35 | 3 00 



3 | Awls, Brad, Assorted Sizes I 45 | 4 00 



See cuts of above Three, on page 100. 



j Baskets, }s bushel I 40 I 3 75 



Q. " I 45 i 4 as 



y„ " | 50 | 4 75 



Just think of it ! a Half Bushel Market Basket for 

 five cents. 

 1 | Brushes, Paint, Paste, or Sash | 35 | 3 00 



Read what a customer says of these: "Your 

 Five Cent Brush is as good as one I paid 50c for." 

 Isaac B. Rumford. 

 Bakersfield, Kern Co., Cal. 



4 | Brooms, Whisk I 45 | 4 25 



Nice to brush the sawdust off your clothes; a very 



good brush broom in fact, for 5c. 



12 I Coal Shovels, Wrought Iron | 48 | 4 75 



5 I Cups, Tin, 1 Pint I 40 I 3 50 



6 I Dippers, Tin I 45 | 4 00 



A real Serviceable Dipper, and just the thing for 



getting a cool drink out of the spring, or "old oaken 

 bucket." 



2 | Dish Covers. Blue Wire Cloth I 45 I 4 40 



Just the thing for Shipping Queen and >/ 2 lb. Bees. 



9 | Dust Pans I 45 | 4 25 



Tip-top for keeping the Floor to your Shop riean, 



and just the nicest Present for your Little Girls. 



3 I Drawer Pulls I 25 | 2 25 



13 | Foot Scrapers I 45 | 4 25 



Splendid (for your wife's carpet) during this mud- 

 dy weather. 



2 1 Funnels, l A Pint I 45 I 4 25 



5 I Garden Trowels I 45 | 4 25 



Would be cheap at 4 Times the Price. 



1 I Gimlets, All Steel I 40 | 3 50 



2 I Glass Cutters I 48 | 4 75 



Just such as have been selling from 25 to 50c each. 



| Ink, "W. O.'s." any Color, in Large 2 oz. Bottles; 

 For Wholesale Prices, see page 140. 



3 | Kitchen Knives I 35 | 3 00 



These are rather poor, but I hope to get some bet- 

 ter ones. 



2 | Knives and Forks for Table Use (a 



Knife and a Fork Are Two) I 45 | 4 00 



Good Steel, but rather Plainly Made. 



1 | Knives, Pocket, 1 Blade, for Children. | 45 | 4 25 



Not very good, nor very handsome. 



3 | Magnets, Horse Shoe I 48 [ 4 50 



A beautiful Scientific Toy, formerly sold as high 



as 50c. These are Nicely Finished, and Very Power- 

 ful; be careful Not to let them Touch Watches. 



5 | Mallets, Wood I 45 | 4 25 



Just the nicest thing to Drive Sections Together. 



3 | Match Boxes I 45 I 4 25 



5 ( Marking Gauges I 45 I 4 25 



A very pretty tool for the money. 



5 | Molasses Cups, Tin, Nice for Honey.. I 48 | 4 75 

 I Mucilage and Brush | 



Exactly like those that you pay 25c for. I do not 

 know how it is possible for them to be made so low. 

 Three dozen are packed in a box, and $1.65 pays for 

 box and all. 



4 I Nest Eggs | 40 | 3 50 



2 | Oilers, Zinc, Neat, Pretty, and Just 



Right to Keep All the "Machinery" 



Wett Oiled | 48 | 4 50 



1 | Pencils, Lead, The Kind I Prefer (Am. 



Phonographic) | 45 | 4 00 



2 | Rules, 1 Foot, for School Children. . . . i 45 | 4 00 

 See page 100. 



2 | Scissors. See page If | 45 | 4 25 



3 j Scoops, Tin, tor Getting Honey out of 



a Barrel | 45 | 4 00 



2 | Screw-drivers, Sewing Machine, Neat, 



V\ood Handle | 25 | 2 00 



3 | Screw-drivers, Metal Handle | 45 | 4 00 



See paa-e 29, price list. 



| Seeds, per Package | 35 | 3 00 



Almost any Kind. 



5 Soap, Good, and Good Sized Cakes I 40 | 3 75 



2 Spoons, Table, Tinned Iron | 38 | 3 50 



1 " Tea, " (Two for 5c.).. | 20 | 1 75 



3 stands, Silvered Wire, for Hot Dishes | 45 | 4 00 



Stove Polish, Dixon's Best j 35 | 3 00 



Tin Plates, for Honey, Set of 3, As- 

 sorted | 40 | 3 51 



2 | Tacks, Tinned, 3 Sizes of Papers I 35 | 3 00 



6 I Tack Hammer, Coppered Iron Handle i 40 | 3 50 



4 1" " Wood Handles | 35 I 3 00 



5 | Tin Pails. 1 Pint | 45 ] 4 25 



Cover and all, and just riirht for 1% lb. honev. 



6 | Tin Wash Basins, 8 inch \ 45 | 4 25 



If a Bee keeper don't need one, I don't know who 



does, and these are so Neat, Pretty, and convenient, 

 I verily believe I should sell 4000 of them to-day, if I 

 could just pass a lot of them around among you. 

 Only just 5c. Just think of it ! 



1 | Tooth Brushes | 45 [ 4 25 



Neat, and Excellent, but rather small. 



1 | Views for Stereoscopes, from all | 45 | 4 25 



Countries of the World. 



2 | Wax Ball, for Work Box, in Shape of 



Egg, Pear, Plum, etc I 48 | 4 75 



Whet-stones, Small | 45 | 4 25 



Wire Nails, per Paper | 35 I 3 00 



1 I Yard stick I 42 i 4 00 



Graduated and numbered as nice as a Pocket rule. 



USEFUL ARTICLES 



THAT CAN BE SOLD FOR 



TEN CENTS EACH. 



Awls, Scratch, Tempered Steel, Iron 

 Handle. See page 100 I 



Balances, Spring, 24ft>., Accurate | 



See page ion. 



Brooms, Whisk, Wood Handles | 



Butcher Knives, Steel and Tempt r 

 Best quality I 



3 | Chamois Skins for Cleaning Cutl'y, &c 



5 I Chisels with Handles I 



Brooms, Hearth | 



Brushes, Clothes, an astonishingly 



good Brush for a dime I 



Paint I 



6 | " Whitewash I 



10 | Dust Pans, Japanned | 



Envelopes, Bunch of 25, such as we use | 

 Files for Cross Cut Saws and Hand 



Saws I 



1 | " Double-Ender, see page 102 | 



11 | Foot Scrapers I 



Fruit Knives, White Metal Handle, 



Steel Blade, all Nickel Plated, would 

 have been considered years ago very 



reasonable at 50c ! 



5 I Funnels, Quart | 



8 | Garden Trowels, Steel ] 



Glass Cutter, with Knife Sharpener 



and Can Opener I 



1 | Glue, Peter Cooper's, Liquid with 

 Brush I 



4 I Hammers Small for Nails 



5 | " Magnetic I 



16 " Full Size *| 



8 Hatchets, Bronzed, Geo. Washington I 

 10 I Knife Trays I 



