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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Banking by Mall. 



Savings Deposit Bank 1296 



Bee-supplics. 



Blanlce & Hauk 1300 



Bondonneau, E 1300 



Falconer, W. T., cover. 



Griggs Brothers 1293 



Hilton, George E 1301 



Hunt & Son, M. H 1301 



Jenkins. J. M 1338 



Jepson, H. H 1295 



Minnesota Bee Supply Co. 1339 



Nebel, J. & Son 1338 



Nysewander, Joseph 1301 



Pouder, Walter S 1297 



Prothero, John A 1300 



Root Co., St. Paul 1338 



Root Co., Syracuse 1300 



Stringham, I.J 1295 



Toepperwein & Mayfield..l337 



Weber, C. H. W 1336 



Woodman, A. G 1338 



Bees and Queens. 



Anderson, Grant 1338 



Bone-euttcps. 



Mann Co., F. W 1341 



Humphrey 1341 



Bees and Queens 1343 



Classified Advertise's. 



Bee-keepers' Directory .... 1343 



For Sale 1342 



Help Wanted 1343 



Honey and Wax Wanted.. 1342 

 Honey and Wax for Sale. .1342 



Poultry 1342 



Real Estate for Bee-keepersl342 



Situations Wanted 1343 



Wants and Exchanges 1343 



Fencing. 



Coiled Spring Wire 1340 



Kitselman Brothers 1341 



Ferpets. 



Knapp, N. A., cover. 



Fpult Products. 



Cal. Fruit Pioducts Co., cover. 



Honey-dealeps. 



Dadant & Sons, cover. 



Fish &Co 1293 



Fred. W. Muth Co 1293 



Griggs Bro's & Nichols... 1293 



National Biscuit Co 1293 



Hildreth & Segelken 1293 



Hutchinson, W. Z 1295 



Israel, Chas. & Bros 1295 



Rea, G.H 1295 



Honey-packages. 



Sackett, H. A 1295 



Stringham, I. J 1295 



Hotels. 



Wellington Hotel, cover. 



Household Specialties. 



Best Light Company 1340 



Rochester Radiator Co 1340 



Land for Sale. 



Howe, E. C, cover. 



LaBaume, F. H 1341 



Love, R. M 1342 



Seaboard Air Line, cover. 

 Thorpe, S. S 1341 



Mall-opder Houses. 



Chicago House-wreck. Co.1291 

 Gordon. Van Tine Co 1340 



Miscellaneous. 



Mugler Engraving Co 1340 



Mushrooms. 



Jackson Mushroom Farm. .1341 



Patents. 



Williamson, C. J 1340 



Publications. 



American Bee Journal 1339 



Farmer's Call 1339 



Farm Journal 1302 



Gleaner 1339 



Home Instructor 1341 



Inland Poultry Journal 1341 



Suburban Life 1335 



Youth's Companion 1346 



Ppuning-shears- 

 Rhodes Mfg. Co., cover. 



Railpoads. 



Seaboard Air Line, cover. 



Roofing. 



Anderson Mfg. Co 1341 



Schools. 



Simplex School of Music. ..1341 



Sppaysps and Pumps. 



Myers, F. E 1340 



Stoves and Ranges. 



Kalamazoo Stove Co. — cover. 

 Rochester Radiator Co 1340 



Typewriters. 

 Oliver Typewriter Co., cover. 



THE youth's companion. 



This famous weekly magazine again makes its usual autumn 

 announcement to the readers of Gleanings. It almost 

 seems a superfluity to recommend this great paper to our read- 

 ers, for everybody who makes any pretensions to being any- 

 body has a good word to say for The Youth's Companion. It 

 is a necessity in a family of boys and girls as much as a writ- 

 ing-desk or a piano. We can all well remember how we 

 anxiously looked forward to the weekly visits of The Youth's 

 Companion, and how disappointed we felt if for some reason it 

 was not on time to the minute. To read it is to become a 

 boy again, and there are many middle-aged people who do 

 read it most assiduously, for its reading-matter is of the very 

 highest order. The greatest writers of our age write for it 

 and great statesmen, generals, ambassadors, doctors, travelers, 

 and others equally eminent delight to contribute to its pages 

 We can not praise it too highly. 



RHODES DOUBLE-CUT PRUNING-SHKARS. 



One of the best farm tools we have ever seen is Rhodes' 

 double-cut pruning-shears, made by a company of the same 

 name in Grand Rapids, Mich. Anybody who has much heavy 

 pjuning to do would appreciate these shears very highly. The 

 handles give a great leverage in cutting; but in addition they 

 cut from both sides, which materially reduces the strength 

 required to do the work. This method of cutting obviates 

 bruising the bark as other shears do, and this is quite a feature 

 with careful frait-men who desire to give their trees the best 

 treatment. Taking these valuable features into consideration 

 we think many will find it profitable to enter into correspon- 

 dence with the Rhodes Manufacturing Co. Their address is 

 simply Grand Rapids, Mich. 



" OFF FOR FLORIDA " — SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY. 

 Some time during the month of November, Mrs. Root and I 

 expect to " migrate " to Bradentown, Fla. In reply to the 

 many kind friends who are making inquiries with the view of 

 escaping our northern winters, I suggest taking the special trip 

 ("the lowest rate ever offered") mentioned on the cover of 

 this issue, by the Seaboard Air Line Railway. As a rule I 

 would say, do not think of making an investment in real estate 

 in Florida or anywhere else until you have gone and looked 

 over the locality yourself. — A. I. R. 



BUYING A TYPEWRITER. 



Elsewhere in these columns we print the very interesting 

 advertisement of the Oliver Typewriter Co. This company 

 recently decided to take the public into their confidence, and 

 propose to sell their famous typewriters direct to the consumers 

 on the easy-payment plan. This is one of the greatest con- 

 cerns of the kind in existence, and, though relatively a very 

 young firm, it has been phenomenally successful in selling its 

 typewriters. It might be supposed from this that their ma- 

 chines are of a cheap kind. On the contrary, they make noth- 

 ing that is not of the highest grade, and all the typewriters 

 used in the offices of The A. I. Root Co. are Olivers. This 

 will serve to show our opinion of them better than words can 

 express. They are in use by thousands of large commercial 

 houses of the highest standard throughout this country, which 

 we consider to be ample proof that the statements of the Oliver 

 Typewriter Co. are well founded. In our opinion there is no 

 better typewriter made than the Oliver. 



AN IMMENSE BUSINESS. 



One of the sights of Kalamazoo, Mich., is the great plant of 

 the Kalamazoo Stove Company. It is a monument to the en- 

 terprise and courage of its great promotor, Mr. Wm. Thompson, 

 one of the wisest business men in the Wolverine State. To 

 sell an immense output of stoves, ranges, and heaters by mail 

 is no small task which would entitle the manager to very great 

 fame, but also to superintend every detail of manufacture as 

 well, is something of an achievement such as few men can 

 claim the credit of. 



There is, however, a considerable advantage in working 

 along this line. The stove manufacturer comes into closer 

 touch with the consumers, for thousands of letters reach him 

 every day during the busy period of the year. He knows ex- 

 actly what is wanted. He requires no army of expensive 

 traveling salesmen to get orders. Neither are stores and ware- 

 houses in the cities and towns required. It is a simple system. 



All middlemen are cut out completely, and producer and 

 consumer do business without the intervention of an agent who 

 would want a greater profit than the maker of the stove. This 

 is quite an achievement to say the least. 



It goes without saying, that Mr. Thompson, the manager of 

 the Kalamazoo Stove Co., is a man of unflinching integrity or 

 he could never have built up this immense business. Of course, 

 he believes in the square-deal principle, without which no great 

 mail-order business can long exist. It is almost needless to 

 add that this company tries to make a friend of every purchaser 

 of a stove, for in this way they are able to sell several stoves 

 right in the same locality, and will keep on selling as long as 

 mankind requires stoves. 



If you have it in mind to purchase a stove, it would be a 

 good thing to write for a copy of their catalog. The complete 

 address and advertisement is on the cover. 



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