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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr. 



USEFUL ARTICLES 



THAT CAN BE SOLD FOR 



FIVE CENTS EACH. 



TERMS OF PAYMENT- Strictlu Cash With Order. 



All Prices Subject to Change without Notice 



l§ £ E 



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



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



8 | Baskets, Y s bushel I 40 | 3 75 



u « I 45 I 4 25 



i/j » | 50 | 4 75 



Just think of it I a Half Bushel Market Basket for 

 five cents. 



Bluing, Oldroyd's Liquid, price of box 

 containing 3 dozen bottles, $1 50. 



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



Read what a customer says of these: "Your 

 Five Cent Brush is as good a3 one 1 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 j Corn for planting, V 2 pint of best ear- 



ly sweet, 3 kinds, good for bees | 35 I 4 00 



5 1 Cups, Tin, 1 Pint 40 | 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." 

 3 | Dish Covers, Blue Wire Cloth, 6 in ... | 45 | 4 40 

 Just the thing for Shipping Queen and % lb. Bees. 



9|DustPans I 45 | 4 35 



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



and just the nicest Present for your Little Girls. 

 3 | Drawer Pulls I 30 | 2 75 



1 File Handle, self adjusting I 45 | 4 25 



13 I Foot Scrapers I 45 | 4 25 



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

 dy weather. 



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



8 I Gardeu Trowels I 45 | 4 25 



Would be cheap at 4 Times the Price. 



II Gimlets I 40 | 3 50 



2 I Glass Cutters I 30 | 2 50 



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

 | Ink, "W. O.'s," any Color, in Large2oz. Bottles; 

 For Wholesale Prices, see page 192. 

 3 1 Kitchen Knives, Fine Steel, metal 



Handle, labeled "Kitchen Friend" | 40 | 3 50 



2 | Knives and Forks for Table Use (a 



Knife and a Fork Are Two) | 48 1 4 75 



Good Steel, but rather Plainly handled. 



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. 



A customer writes: "The magnets attract all the 

 little folks, and some big ones too. I want ynu to 

 send me a half-dozen." H. H. Fox. 



Tribulation, Mo., Feb. 25, 1880. 



5 | Mallets, Wood. Just the nicest thing 



to Drive Sections Together 45 | 4 25 



3 | Match Boxes, Tin Jappanned 40 j 3 75 



7 I Match Safes, Bracket work 40 | 3 75 



5 I Marking Gauges. A very pretty tool 



for the money I 45 



2 | Measuring Tapes, 36 inches, spring, in 



tin case | 45 



5 I Molasses Cups, Tin, Nice for Honey. . I 48 

 5 I Mouse Traps to keep in the Honey 



House I 35 



| Mucilage and Brush I 



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. 

 1 1 Needles, the very best I know of in 



the world (see 25c counter) I 30 I 2 50 



4 | Nest Eggs, White Glass I 351300 



4 25 



4 00 

 4 75 



3 00 



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



Right to Keep All the "Machinery" 



Well Oiled | 45 | 4 00 



3 1 Papers of Pins I 45 | 4 00 



Not first quality, for they are made of iron, as 



your Magnet will tell you very quickly; but they 

 are useful for some purposes. For best brass pins, 

 see 10c ceunter. 



5 | Pans, Jelly cake, 8 inch | 4i | 4 00 



| " Milk, 1 quart 1 45 1 4 00 



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



Phonographic) I 45 14 00 



| Perfumery, Prettv, but not very good | 45 | 4 25 



2 I Rules, 1 Foot, for School Children .... \ 35 | 3 00 



7 | Sad Iron Stands | 35 | 3 25 



2 | Scissors, Japanned Handles, and Pol- 



ished Blades I 45 | 4 25 



Either round point for the pocket, and for little 

 girls, or sharp pointed. Wonderfully well finished 

 for such an insignificant price. Nothing equal to 

 the round points for making a little girl happy, but 

 you must look out for the pieces. 



3 | Scoops, Tin, for Getting Honey out of 



a Barrel | 45 



2 | Screw-drivers, Sewing Machine, Neat, 



Wood Handle, fine steel I 25 



3 ] Screw-drivers, Metal Handle | 45 



See page 29, price list. 



| Seeds, Almost any Kind, per Package | 35 ! 3 00 



5 | Soap, Fancy Cakes, Perfumed Toilet, 

 but good sized cakes, "Boss" . . . | 40 | 3 75 



" Blue India, large Cakes and best 



Soap in the market I 48 | 4 75 



Soap Cups, to go on edge of tub or 



Bucket 



Spoons, Table, Tinned Iron 



" Tea, " (Two for 5c.).. 



Stands, Silvered Wire, for Hot Dishes 



6 | Stove Polish, Dixon's Best 



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



sorted (Separately 75c, $1.00, and 



$1.75 per hundred) 



2 I Tacks, Tinned, 3 Sizes of Papers 



6 I Tack Hammer, Coppered, Iron Handle 

 41 " " Wood Handles 



4 | Tea Bells, very neat and pretty, nice 



for the baby and useful besides 



5 | Tin Pails, 1 Pint 



Cover and all, and just riarht for V/ t lb. honey. 



6 | Tin Cake Pans, Scallop, very pretty.. I 45 



6 I Tin Wash Basins, 8 inch | 45 



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 j ust 5c. Just think of it ! 

 1 1 Tooth Brushes, Neat, and Excellent, 



but rather small I 45 



1 1 Views for Stereoscopes, from all | 45 



Countries of the World. 

 2 1 Wax Ball, for Work Box, in Shape of 



Egg, Pear, Plum, etc 



12 | Whet-stones, Small but "good grit".. 



2 | Wire Nails, per Paper, 8 sizes 



5 I Yard -tick, Graduated and numbered 



as nice as a Pocket rule I 42 i 4 00 



USEFUL ARTICLES 



THAT CAN BE SOLD FOR 



TEN CENTS EACH. 



5 | Balances, Spring, 241b., Accurate.:.. . | 90 | 8 75 

 A customer writes : I can't see how you can sell 

 that Spring Balance for lfc. C. B. Thwing. 



Hamilton, Mo., Feb. 4, 1880. 



2 I Belt Punches, hollow | 100 \ 10 00 



8 I Brooms, Whisk, Wood Handles, good | 85 | 8 00 



4 I Broom Holders, silvered wire, just 



right for above | 48 | 4 50 



5 | Butcher Knives, Steel and Temper 



Best quality, 8^ inches long 



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

 5 | Chisels with Handles, Vi inch 



12 Chopping or Mincing Knives, steel 



5 I Cold Chisels, best tempered steel 



8 Brooms, Hearth 



5 I Brushes, Clothes, an astonishingly 

 good Brush for a dime 



4 " Hair I 90 



3 I " Paint, Will do to paint hives, 



but are rather small | 90 | 8 50 



5| " Whitewash | 90 | 8 50 



Concluded on page 191. 



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