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Given for One New Name. 



Tour choice of either of the following Books 

 will be sent post-paid for one new name with 

 $l,for a years' subscription to either Journal; 



Dr. Poote's Hand-Book of Health.— It 



contains hints and information of the utmost 

 importance concerning eating, drinking.dress, 

 sleeping, bathing, working, etc. Price, 25 cts. 



Kendall's Horse-Book.— No book is more 

 useful to horse-owners. It has 35 engravings, 

 illustrating positions of sick horses, and it 

 treats aU diseases in a plain and comprehen- 

 sive manner. Price, English or German, 2Bc. 



Scribner's lumber and logf Book.— Gives 



measurements of all kinds of lumber, logs and 

 planks ; wages, etc. Price, 35 cents. 



risber's Grain Tables : for casting up the 

 price of grain, produce, hay, wood meiisurer, 

 ready reckoner, plowing tables.etc. Price,40c. 



Bee -Keepers' Convention Hand -Book. 



It contains a simple Manual of Parliamen- 

 tary Law and Kules of Order for Local Bee- 

 Conventions ; Constitution and By-Laws for a 

 Local Society ; Programme for a Convention, 

 with subjects for discussion. Price, 50 cents. 



THE FARM JOURNAL. 



This is a nice 16-page Monthly with 150,000 

 subscribers— is in its 13th year, and one of the 

 brightest and best Farm papers. It is pub- 

 lished at Philadelphia, Pa., at 50 cents a year. 



We give it one year free for one new sub- 

 scriber, with $1.00, orwith a renewal for $1.10. 



Given for 2 New Names. 



Your choice of either of the following Books 

 will be sent postpaid for three new names, with 

 $3.00 for a year's subscription to each, orf 

 either of our Journals. 



lives of Our Presidents.— This book con- 

 tains the lite of every man who has occupied 

 the Presidential chair, from Washington to 

 the present incumbent— 544 pages. Price, II. 



The Every Day Cook Book.— Besides all 

 practical recipes for cooking, it contains a vast 

 amount of information valuable to every 

 housekeeper— 320 pages. Price, 50 cents. 



Popular History of the Civil War.— A 

 complete history of every battle and naval 

 engagement. It is just such a war-history as 

 every American citizen should possess, and 

 will prove of the utmost Interest and value. 

 Price, $1.00. 



Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge.— This 

 is unquestionably one of the most interesting, 

 entertaining and instructive books ever pub- 

 lished. It treats of hundreds of subjects, of 

 which no man, woman or child who seeks to 

 be well informed can aflord to be ignorant, yet 

 of which the masses of the people are entirely 

 unlearned. It contains 554 pages, and 273 

 illustrations. Price, $1.00. 



DOOLITTLE'S pEN-REARld, 



Second Edition, with Appendix— 170 Pages ; or 



Miller's "Year Among the Bees," 



which contains 114 Pages. 



These are practical Books, and contain the 

 newest developments in Bee-Culture. They 

 are nicely printed, and strongly bound m 

 manilla paper covers. Either of these Books 

 will be given for 2 subscribers for a year, at 

 $1.00 each. Bickens or Waverly may be ob- 

 tained for each subscriber, as offered on 

 another page. 



Given for 3 New Names. 



Dzierzon's Bational Bee-Keepinr is an 



English translation nf the latest work by that 

 celebrated German Bee-Master. Price, bound 

 in cloth, $2.00. 



SPECIAL CASH PRIZES! 



In addition to all other Premiums as an 

 inducement for Agents to get up large Clubs 

 in every town, village and city in America, we 

 offer the following Prizes in Cash: 



LARGEST CLUB (not less than 100) ..$50 



Second largest Club 25 



Third largest Club 20 



Fourth largest Club 15 



Fifthlargest Club 10 



Sixth largest Club 5 



Competitive Clubs should be sent us with the 

 cash, when 5 or 10 names are obtained. Addi- 

 tions may be made at any time, and as often as 

 desired until March 1, 1890— a strict account 

 of which will be kept at this office. 



BUY YODR GOODS AT WHOLESALE. 



The National Purchasing Agency of this 

 city issues a Membership Ticket good for the 

 year 1890, for the sum of one dollar. This 

 Ticket is not transferable, and entitles the 

 holder to all discounts that the Agency can 

 secure on goods that may be ordered, and 

 they are in a position to obtain more or 

 less discount on every order received. 



By a special arrangement, we can offer 

 a MEMBERSHIP Ticket for 1890 to any 

 one sending us two new subscribers for the 

 A.MERICAN Bee Journal or Illustrated 

 Home Journal, for one year, with .S3. 00. 



Elegant Gold Watcli 



Given for Fifty Subscribers. 



This has an Elgin Movement, Stem-Winder 

 Stem-Setter, and also a finely-engraved Gold- 

 filled case (warranted to wear 15 years), and all 

 of the most modern improvements. 



Should you fail to get 50 subscribers, you 

 can send 25 subscribers and $10 extra for the 

 watch ; or 10 subscribers and $16 extra. 



You cannot fail, in this way, to get the 

 watch, even if you do not complete your club. 

 But with such a valuable and interesting peri- 

 odical at a dollar a year, fifty subscribers can 

 easily be obtained iii every town or village. 



FARMER'S ACCOUNT BOOK. 



It contains 16(j pages, printed on writing 

 paper, and is ruled and bound. Price, $3.00. 

 We will club it and this Journal for a year, 

 for $2.00. It and both Journals for $3.00, the 

 priceiOf the book alone. If you want it sent 

 by mail, add 20 cents for postage. 



A SBBIES OF THE MOST 



POPULAR BOORS 



In Fiction, Biography, Poetry, History, 

 Essays, &c., &o. 



We will mail any one of the following 

 DOLLAR BOOKS, postpaid, for one Nov 

 8ul»»«criber to THIS JOURNAL, with 

 •$1.00, and 10 cents additional, to pay the 

 postage on the book. 



We wUl seU them, postpaid, for 40 cents 

 each. This is the most remarkable offer 

 ever made for this class of books. They are 

 printed on fine paper, large, clear type, and 

 well bound in cloth, with the title on the 

 cover in black and gold, as shown in the en- 

 graving. The usual retail price of these 

 books is $1.00 each. 



It wiU be seen by looking over the follow- 

 ing list of the books, that complete sets of 

 Dickens, Scott, and other authors can be 

 selected, and when a number of books are 

 desired, we can send them by express or 

 freight from New York City at 30 cts. each. 



When fine, cloth-bound volumes can be 

 secured at such low prices, there is no ex- 

 cuse for any home to be without a good 

 library of standard and popular works. 

 This is a rare opportunity and should be 

 accepted at once. Read the following list 

 over carefully. 



Robinson Crusoe. By Daniel Defoe. With 



350 illustrations. 

 Arabian Nights Entertainments. New and 



complete edition. 

 Swiss Family Kobinson; the Adventures of a 



Father, Mother, and Four Sons on a Desert 



Island. Illustrated. 

 Children op the Abbet. A Tale. By Regina 



Maria Eoche. 

 Don ()uixote— The Adventures of. By Miguel 



de Cervantes. 

 Pilgrim's Progress. By John Bunyan. New 



edition, with notes, etc. Illustrated. 

 Last Days of Po.mpeii. By Sir Edwai-d Bul- 



wer-Lytton. Illustrated. 

 Scottish Chiefs. A Bomance. By Miss Jane 



Porter. Illustrated. 

 Thaddeus of Warsaw. A Romance. By Miss 



Jane Porter. 

 Sandford and Merton— The History of. By 



Mr. Thomas Day. FuUy illustrated. 

 Andersen's (Hans Christian) Fairy Tales. 



200 engravings, by Harrison Weir and others. 

 Tom Brown's School Days at Rugby. By an 



Old Boy (Thomas Hughes). 



