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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Oct. 1 



'U Coods are wanted Quick, Send to Pouder." 

 Established 1 889 



COULDN'T FOOL MIKE 



By tlie Bee Crank 



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"Say, Mike," says Pat, "begorra, I wish 



ye'd tell me what's a chafing-dish." 

 " 'Tis a frying-pan, me boy," says he, 



"that's got into society." 



Mike was more than half right. Did you ever 

 carefully analyze some of the new-fangled things offer- 

 ed bee-men as modern marvels, only to find some old 

 acquaintance with merely a little more paint, putty, 

 and price ? We find imitations of nearly every thing 

 which has new merit ; and, while imitation is the sin- 

 cerest flattery, we like to know that we are getting the 

 genuine when we are making a purchase, especially 

 when the genuine costs no more than the imitation — 

 frequently not as much. Why, if some one would dis- 

 cover the North Pole it would not surprise me to learn 

 that some other fellow had arrived there first ! I am 

 informed that this North Pole location is not a desir- 

 able one for the bee industry, and that taxes would be 

 very high, especially poll taxes. 



There are frequently, however, new things 

 brought out which are improvements of real merit, -^n— 



and their added convenience or economy entitles them 

 to recognition. For more than twenty years I have 

 been scouring the country for new things for bee-men, and trying them. 

 I have the genuine standard goods which have stood all tests and made 

 good. My catalog is free, and in it you will probably find something you 

 should have, either to save time and labor or something which will aid in 

 increasing your profits. 



Remember, I don't split up your orders and send them over the coun- 

 try to half a dozen different factories. My storage facilities could not be 

 better, and I have a very large stock of standard goods ready to ship on a 

 moment's notice. 



I can use your beeswax at 28 cents cash, or 30 cents in trade. 



I have the largest stock and the finest quality of honey that I ever had 

 on hand at one time. I shall be glad to send quotations and submit samples. 



Root's 

 Coods 



at 

 Root's 

 Prices 



with 



Pouder 

 Service 



Walter S. Pouder, Indianapolis, Indiana 



859 Massachusetts Avenue 



