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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Secure a Choice Queen. 



We now renew our offer to send a choice 

 tested Italian queen as a premium to any 

 one will send us four subscribers to The 

 American Bee Journal with $8.00. This 

 premium, giving a good queen for four sub- 

 scribers, will pay any one for taking some 

 trouble to extend the circulation of the 

 Journal. Premium queens will in every 

 case be warranted. 



■ The carelessness of some persons is 

 astonishing! On the 19th ult. we received 

 a letter from some one, containing money, 

 that had no name signed to it; neither post- 

 office, county, nor State; neither was it 

 dated! Is it any wonder that money is 

 often lost in the mail? Thousands of dol- 

 lars go to the Dead Letter Office every 

 month because the address is either incor- 

 rect or unintelligible. In many cases the 

 name of the sender cannot be ascertained, 

 and the money is lost to him. We some- 

 times have as many as three or four letters 

 during a week from the Dead Letter Office, 

 that were mailed without a stamp, costing 

 us 6 cents each. Many also write a letter or 

 article for The Journal and send it open, 

 only putting on a one cent stamp. This 

 makes a charge of five cents to us on every 

 such letter— for no written communication 

 can be sent by mail for less than 3 cents, 

 unless it is on a postal card. Careful atten- 

 tion to the postal law will save trouble. If 

 one is in doubt, it is the safest way to con- 

 sult the local postmaster. 



51:^" The Quinby Smoker has been much 

 improved this winter. In the new Quinby 

 Smoker the valves are so arranged that by 

 removing the small screws they may be 

 readily examined, if from any reason they 

 should get out of order. The valves are 

 soldered and so arranged that they will 

 remain open, giving a draft and preventing 

 the fire from going out. The bellows are 

 made of heavier leather, and will be much 

 more durable than formerly. 



Subscribers will please notice the 

 date upen tlieir subscription labels and see 

 that they are "up with the times." 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown offers as a premium to 

 the person sending the greatest number of 

 subscribers to The American Bee Jour- 

 nal, between now and the first of July, a 

 tested queen of imported mother. The 

 queen to be sent upon presentation of cer- 

 tificate from the publisher, certifying to the 

 number of subscribers sent. 



8^" For hive making there can be no- 

 thing more convenient than Barnes' Foot 

 Power Saw. Any person who has one 

 could not be induced to dispose of it. The 

 machine is sold at a low price— only .$35.00 — 

 which includes a " slit saw " as well as a 

 "cut off saw," and the necessary gauges. It 

 will cut through one inch pine boards at the 

 rate of 8 feet per minute, line measure, and 

 will cut either thicker or thinner lumber. 

 We will supply it at raanufactur's prices, 

 and advise all who need such an article, to 

 procure it. Several letters in this issue 

 mention this saw as the best thing out for 

 making hives. Of it, "Novice" says: 



"This machine is one of the brightest il- 

 lustrations of genuine Yankee ingenuity 

 that it has ever been our fortune to meet, 

 and the simplicity and fewness of its parts 

 are really surprising. With the new and 

 novel foot-power, the only wheel about the 

 machine, except the saw, can be instantly 

 set humming like a top, and one of the 

 prettiest little saws can be attached to it in 

 a little more than a second of time, yet the 

 whole is so extremely simple that even a 

 child can do nice, true work at once. At 

 our first attempt we sawed one foot of % in. 

 pine in six seconds." 



We would call the attention of our music- 

 al friends to the following magazines: 



Peters' Household Melodies, con- 

 taining five or six beautiful Songs and 

 Choruses. 



Peters' Parlor Music, containing 

 several easy Piano Pieces. 



La Creme de la Creme, a collection 

 of difficult Piano Music by the best Euro- 

 pean authoi's. 



Peters' Organ Selections, for Reed 

 or Pipe Organ. 



Peters' Sacred Selections, contain- 

 ing Hyms, Anthems, etc., and 



Peters' Octavo Choruses, coiitaining 

 four choice Choruses for Singing Societies. 



These magazines are published at the 

 uniform price of $2 per annum, post-paid, 

 and we have no hesitation in saying that 

 they are unequalled in quality, cheapness 

 and elegance. Give your newsdealer 25 

 cents, and tell him to order a sample copj% 

 or send direct to the Publisher, J. L. Peters, 

 843 Broadway, New Yerk. 



' The only safe way to send money by 

 mail is to get the letter registered, or pro- 

 cure a money order or draft. We cannot be 

 responsible for money lost, unless these 

 precautions are taken. Then it is at our 

 risk, and if lost we will make it good to the 

 sender, but not otherwise. 



([l^"When you have a leisure hour or 

 evening, why not drop in on a neighboring 

 family and see if you cannot get a subscrib- 

 er for The American Bee Journal? 



