TERMS OF SITBSCRIPTION, 



PAYABLE STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. 



Single subscription, one year $1 50 



Two subscriptions, sent at the same time 2 50 



Three '' " " " B 50 



Four " " " " 4 50 



Five or more, " " " ..each, 100 



S^~lf not paid strictly in advance, TWO dollars 

 per annum will charged In all cases. 



Advertisements will be inserted at the rate of 



SO cents per line of Agate space, for each insertion, 



cash in advance. One inch measures fourteen lines. 



Special Notices 50 cents per line. 



|^~A line will contain about eight words; fourteen 

 lines will occupy an inch of space. Advertisements 

 must be received by the 20th, to insure insertion. 



Notice to Advertisers.— We intend only to ad- 

 vertise for reliable dealers, who expect to fulfill all 

 their advertised promises. Cases of real imposition 

 will be exposed, and such advertisements discon- 

 tinued. No advertisement received for less than $1. 



Address all communications and remittances to 

 THOMAS G. KEWMAN &; SON, 



974 West Madison St. CHICAGO, ILL. 



To Correspondents. 



When changing a post-office address, mention the 

 old address as well as the new one. 



We send the Journal until an order for discon- 

 tinuance is received and all arrearages are paid. 



We do not send goods by C. O. D., unless sufficient 

 money is sent with the order to pay express charges 

 both ways, in case not taken from express office. 



In consequence of the dearth of small currency in 

 the country, we will receive either 1. 8 or 3 cent 

 stamps, for anything desired from this office. 



Strangers wishing to visit our ofBce and Museum 

 of Implements for the Apiary, should talie the Madi- 

 son street-cars (going west). They pass our door. 



Additions can be made to clubs at any time at the 

 same rate. Specimen copies, Posters, and Illustrated 

 Price List sent free upon application, for canvassing. 



Remit by post-office money-order, registered letter 

 or bank-draft, payable to Thomas G. Newman & Son, 

 80 that if the remittance be lost it can be recovered. 



We will send a tested Italian Queen to any one 

 sending us SIX subscribers to The American Beb 

 Journal with !S9. Premium Queens will in every 

 case be tested, but not sent till after July 1st. 



Write name and post-office address plainly. If 

 there is no express office at your post-office address, 

 be sure to give your nearest express office when or- 

 dering anything by express. Give plain directions 

 how goods are to be sent. 



Seeds or samples of merchandise can be mailed for 

 one cent per ounce, Printed matter one cent for 

 every two ounces. These must be tied up; if pasted, 

 they are subject to letter postage. Don't send small 

 packages by express, that can fust as well be sent by mail. 



For the convenience of bee-keepers, we have made 

 arragements to supply, at the lowest market prices. 

 Imported or tested Italian Queens, Full Colonies, 

 Hives, Extractors and anything required about the 

 Apiary. Our Illustrated Catalogue and Price List 

 will be sent free, on application. 



We have gotten up a "Constitution and By-Laws," 

 suitable for local Associations, which we can supply, 

 with the name and location of any society printed, 

 at $2 per hundred copies, postpaid. If less than lOO 

 are ordered, they will have a blank left for writing in 

 the name of the Association, etc. Sample copy will 

 be sent for a three-cent postage stamp. 



Our answer to all who ask credit is this : We sell on 

 small margins, and cannot afford to take the risks of 

 doing a credit business. If we did such a business, 

 we should be obliged to add at least 10 to 20 per cent, 

 more to our prices, to make up for those who would 

 never pay, and to pay the expenses of keeping book- 

 accounts with our customers— this we know our Cash 

 customers would not think to their advantage.— 

 This rule we must make general in order not to do 

 Injustice to any one. The cash system gives all the 

 advantage to cash customers, while the credit sys- 

 tem works to their injury. In justice to all we must 

 therefore require Cash tvlth the order. 



^^ We shall give more of the statis- 

 tical table next month. Those who 

 have not reported yet should do so at 

 once, and include the proceeds of the 

 whole season. 



1^ The National Convention ordered 

 to be printed 1000 copies of the address 

 to "Honey Producers and Consumers," 

 found on page 394. Bee-keepers were 

 expected to get them, and personally ask 

 the editors of the local papers to pub- 

 lish them. They are now ready and 

 will be sent to those desiring them, 

 either from this office, or the Secretary, 

 Dr. Parmly, of Ncav York. 



i^We have received a copy of " The 

 Amateur's Hand-book of Practical In- 

 formation for the Work-shop and the 

 Laboratory. " It is a ten cent book con- 

 taining information on almost every 

 subject, and is published by the Indus- 

 trial Publication Co., New York. 



Insects ok Flowers and House- 

 Plants, AND How TO DiSTP.OY TheM 



— Is the title of a valuable little book. 

 It tells how to fertilize and stimulate 

 plants, the experiences of cultivators 

 in keeping their plants healthy. 

 Among the topics are these : " Bed 

 Spider ,^^ '■'■ Aphis, ^'"''' Green Fly ,'''' " Worms 

 in Pots,'' " Base Slugs,^'' " ttose Bugs,'''' 

 " Snails.'''' " Caterpillars,^^ " How to Des- 

 troy Insects on Garden Fruit Trees and 

 Vegetables,'''' etc., etc. It is exceedingly 

 valuable also to Housekeepers, as it 

 tells all about "vlwfs" and all House 

 Bugs. It will be sent to any address 

 for 30 cents, by mail, postpaid, by the 

 publisher, Henry T. Williams, N. Y. 



^^ In writing to this office, please do not 

 mix business matters np on tlie same sheet 

 with articles for publication. It is very in- 

 convenient. Write it on separate sheets, so 

 that the business matter can go directly into 

 the hands of the business manager, and that 

 for publication to the editor — two different 

 persons. 



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A Farmer's Paper.— We ask attention 

 to tiie card of The Ohio Farmer, of Cleve- 

 land, O., in this issue of our paper. It is 

 one of the oldest and most valuable agricul- 

 tural papers in the country. We club it 

 with the Bee Journal for 3?2.85. 



