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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 



PREMIUM RULES. 



Ali coLectlng rremium name 

 lowing rules: 



I. You CM II close your list of iinuics at any time, 

 and call lor the premiums due; or you can iidd to 

 tht; list oT names. But— 



^' Send iilong the names as fast as gathered, so 

 iliiii ihe subscribers may begin to receive the jour- 

 n;il at once. No subscriber under any circumstance 

 niu^i be received tor less than Sl.O.) per annum. 



i3^".\Iark every name or list of names, •• /•■«)• 

 I'ri'Dtiicnis," if 80 intended, and we will credit 

 theni to the sender on our Premium l;ecord. 



:5. lie sure to f/U'e the S<niif, I'o.sfofficc Comity, 

 mill Stitti', of ctirli siihscrlhf'V (onl of ffoufftHf. 



4. Ail sample copies necessary to canvassers 

 will l>e sent postpaid free. 



s should read carefully the fol" 



I 5. When you order your premiums, be sure to 

 state how to send. 



6. To Foreign Readers. Mailable articles, 

 not exceeding 8 ounces, go to Canada for 10 cts. per 

 parcel; but packages e.xceeding Si".! oz. are excluded 

 from the mails to Canada. To all foreign countries 

 in the Postal Union, 18 cts. must accompany sub- 

 scription for postage, and to all other foreign coun- 

 tries, 43 cts. 



Ho-w to Send Money: Send money by P. O. 

 order, registered letter, express money-order, on 

 American Express Co., or get a N. Y. draft. For 

 small sums of less than $1.00, we will accept clean 

 postage-stamps, but we prefer postal-notes, but 

 can not be responsible for the loss of either. 



OUR SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT 



TO THOSE WHO WISH TO SECURE PREITIIUMS FREE WITHOUT CANVASSING. 



Some may not wish to canvass for names, but may be desirous of obtaining the premiums. To such we 

 have decided to make this arrangement: You may extend your subscription to three, four, and five 

 years, or more, by sending in the full amount for the time which you wish GLEAMNr.s to run. You 

 can then select your premiums according to the number of years you subscribe. Kor instance, John 

 Jones sends in .f6.0n for six years' subscription. His journal wrapper is marked to expire six years 

 from date; to wit. Dec. 1, '93. In addition he is entitled to the premiums the same as if he had secured 

 six new names. Let's see what John Jones makes out of the investment of $6.00. He gets Gleanings 

 for six yoiirs, and a Goshen carpet-sweeper, worth $3.00. In other words, for loaning us $6 00 for 6 years 

 he gets in return If). 00— pretty good, don't you think? Those of our subrcribers who intend to remain 

 with us ought to take advantage of this otTer. 



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OUR SPECIAL OFFER. 



BOOKS! 



POR ONE NEW NAME AND ONE RENEAVAL. at one dollar each, we will send one of the fol- 

 lowing beautiful books, you paying postage, 1^ cents extra, when sent by mail; or we will send them at 

 47 cents each, postpaid, or l;i cents less when sent with other goods. These books are beautifully bound 

 in cloth, and mf)st of them are embossed on the side and back in gold. They contain all the way from 200 

 to 700 pages, printed on excellent paper from good clear type. It is a splendid offer, as you will see. If 

 you are a subscriber, and had intended to renew, practically you can obtain a valuable library-book for 

 only one new name. The books are as follows: 



Arabian Nights Entertainment; 4.50 pages. This 

 is almost too well known to need any comment. 



Children of the Abbey, by Koche; t)46 pages. A 

 very good and interesting story. 



Dickens' History of England; 341 pages. Written 

 by the very interesting author, Charles Dickens— a 

 book of real value to old and young. It is written 

 in simple language, and runs like a story. 



Dickens' Shorter Stories: Ijiiil pages of interesting 

 and profitable reading-matter. 



Half-Hours with Great Huniorisis. 



Half-Hours with Gieat Novelists. 



Half-Houis with Great Story 'Tellers. 



These three half-hour series are not as closely 

 printed, and do not contain as much reading-matter 

 for the money as the other works we ofl'er, enumer- 

 ated in this list, but nevertheless they are full of 

 the pure gold. 



Gulliver's Travels and Baron Munchausen, by 



Swift and Rasp. Both of these works are comprised 

 in one book. Gulliver's Travels was written by Jon- 

 athan Swift, born 1667, died 174.5. The different parts 

 of the book are usually considered satires on the 

 royalty of his time, and on human nature in gener- 

 al. It will be better understood after reading W. M. 

 Thackeray's Life of Swift. Baron Munchausen's 

 wonderfully funny "yarns" will probably always be 

 laughed at, as they seem so natural and yet so much 

 exaggerated. He was a German soldier, and re- 

 lated his adventures so often that he finally believ- 

 ed them himself as i-elated in the book. He died 

 about 1795. As a work of the kind it stands alone, 

 and will always be found in the libraries of men of 

 learning and taste. 



Ivanhoe, by Sir Walter Scott; 431 pages. This is 

 one of the best productions of that great novelist- 

 some say the best. Its scenes and incidents are 

 taken during the period of the Crusades, and from 

 its perusal the reader of the present day will get a 



