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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Lexington Hotel 



500 Rooms European Plan 



Michigan Boulevard & 22nd St. 



Chicago, III. 



The Lexington is located just outside the con- 

 gested business district, yet within ten minutes' 

 ride on two electric lines which pass the hotel. 



We have three of the best Cafes in the City, 

 and prices are reasonable. 



Write us for booklet or to make reservation. 



Ml. &M. Hotel Company, Proprietors, 

 T. V. Strain, Manager. 



Use KEROSENE Engine Free! 



Amazing: •■DKTKOIT" Kerose 

 g-ine shipped on lo days' KKEE Trial 

 proves keroBone cheapest, safest, most 

 powerful fuel. If saiislled, pay lowest 

 price ever g-iven (in reliable farm en 

 grine: if not, pay nothing:. No waste, no 

 evaporation, no explosion from coal o 



Gasoline GOING UP! 



Gasoline is 9c to 15c hlg-her than 

 coal oil, and still poing: up. Two 

 pints of coal oil do work of throe 

 pint! g-asoline. 



AMAZING "DETROIT" 



— only eng:ine running: on ooal oil 

 successfully; uses alcohol, g-aeoUne 

 and benzine, too. Starts without 

 cranking:. Only three moving: parts 

 —no cams— no sprockets— no g:ear8 



— no valves — the utmost in simplic- 

 ity power and streng-th. Mounted on skids. All 

 sizes, a to 20 h. p., in stock ready to ship. Engine tested be- 

 fore crating-. Comes all ready to run. Pumps, saws, threshes, 

 churns, separates milk, grinds feed, shells corn, runs 

 home electric lighting plant. Pricos (stripped), S28.60 up. 

 Sent any place on 15 days' Free Trial. Don't buy an eng:lne 

 till you investigate money-saving, power-saving "DETROIT." 

 thousajids in use. Costs only postal to And out. If you are 

 first In your neighborhood to write, you get Special t««ra- 

 Low ln«ro*uo«ory price. Write (138) 



Dolralt Engine Works, 373 Bellevue Ave., Detroit, MIoh. 



BEESWAX 

 WANTED! 



Recent demand for comb foundation 

 has been good, and our stock of bees- 

 wax is running low. We offer for good 

 average quality and prompt shipment 

 30 cts. per lb. cash, or 32 in trade, de- 

 livered at Medina. Shipments from 

 the Pacific coast should be in barrels 

 or boxes. From other Western points, 

 pack in double bags to get the most 

 favorable rate. Be sure to mark the 

 shipment so it can be identified when 

 it arrives, and send us a shipping re- 

 ceipt with a statement of gross, tare, 

 and net weight shipped. This is im- 

 portant as it gives us something to 

 check so as to determine whether any 

 has been lost in transit. 



The A. I. Root Company 



Medina, Ohio 



4 BUGGY WHEELS7.?.fT!;}i;$8!f 



.With Rubber Tires. 818.45. Your Wlieels Rerubbered, 

 jJIO.SO. I make wheels ?i to 4 in. tread. Tops, $6.50, 

 IShafts, $2.10; Repair Wheels, $5.95; Axles $2.25; Wag- 

 'on Umbrella free. Buv direct. Ask for Catalog 47 

 BFUT HICKORY WHEEL Ca,647F St.. Cineinnatl, Ohla. 



HOW TO KEEP BEES 



MSB By ANNA BOTSFORD COMSTOCK ^iHi 



'X'HIS is an excellent book for the be- 

 -^ ginner. Nothing better. We cor- 

 dially recommend it to all who are learn- 

 ing beekeeping by their own effort. Hav- 

 ing commenced beekeeping three times, 

 the talented author is in a position to fur- 

 nish the right kind of advice. You can 

 not go wrong in ordering this book. It is 

 charmingly written and easily understood. 

 Pi-ice .*l.lb postpaid by 

 THE A. I. ROOT COMPANY, MEDINA, OHIO 



LEWIS HIVES 



ARE BUILT LIKE FURNITURE 

 ARE PERFECT IN ALL RESPECTS 



Send for Annual Catalog which will tell 

 you who is your nearest Distribater. 

 G. B. Lewis Company, Watertown, Wi». 



