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OUR TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, 



PAYABLE STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. 



Single subscription, one year $1 50 



Two subscriptions, sent at the same time 2 50 



Three " " " " 3 50 



Four " " " " 4 50 



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



83^~ If not paid strictly in advance, two dollars 

 per annum will charged in all cases. 



Advertisements will be inserted at the rate of 



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



cash in advance. One inch measures fourteen lines. 



Special Notices 50 cents per line. 



fcF~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. NEWMAN & SON, 



972 & 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 

 ■tamps, tor anything desired from this office. 



Strangers wishing to visit our office and Museum 

 of Implements for the Apiary, should take 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. 



Kemit by post-office money-order, registered letter 

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

 sothatif the remittance be lost it can be recovered. 



We will send a tested Italian Queen to any one 

 sending us FIVE subscribers to the American Bee 

 Journal with S'y.SO. The premium Queens will in 

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



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 just 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 100 

 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 Casta 

 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 with the order. 



HEP" "We have agreed to attend the two 

 Conventions in Kentucky, next May. One 

 in Gainsville, on the 1st, and the other in 

 Lexington on the 6th. 



IHdi^A meeting of bee-keepers will be 

 held at Lansing, Mich., on March 7th, for 

 the purpose of organizing a County Conven- 

 tion. All interested in bee culture in that 

 vicinity are requested to attend. 



BEiT'The next annual meeting of the 

 Northeastern Bee-keepers' Association, will 

 be held in Syracuse, March 11, 12 and 13, 

 1879. L. C. Root, Pres. 



J. H. Nellis, Sec. 



WW By an oversight, on page 94 of the 

 Journal for February, the address of Mr. 

 R. M. Argo, was given as Louisville instead 

 of "Lowell, Ky." If any one answered 

 that advertisement, and addressed to Louis- 

 ville, they will please write to Mr. Argo 

 again, at Lowell, Ky. 



5^" The Southern Farmer's Monthly 

 published at Savannah, Ga., is a model of 

 neatness throughout, and it contains such a 

 variety of matter that it is almost an indis- 

 pensable article for the Farmers of the 

 South. It is but seldom that we see a paper 

 printed so nicely, and upon such elegant 

 paper. We wish it success. 



WW* Mr. Wm, Clement, who has exposed 

 the fraudulent transactions of Mrs. Lizzie 

 Cotton, who has been swindling bee-keepers 

 for years, wrote to a person at West Gor- 

 ham, Maine, asking information concerning 

 her. The answer says that her husband, C. 

 B. Cotton, advertises in her name, and 

 should be held reponsible for all that is done 

 whether correct or not. He should be com- 

 pelled either to do business upon business- 

 principles, or to be driven from the field of 

 operation entirely. Complaints are numer- 

 ous, and all should refuse to do business 

 with him. 



CLUBBING LIST. 



We supply the American Bee Journal and any 

 of the following periodicals at the prices quoted in 

 the last column of figures. The first column gives 

 the regular price of both. 



Gleanings in Bee Culture ...$2 50 $2 25 



Bee-Keepers' Magazine 8 00 250 



The three Bee papers of U. S 4 00 3 25 



British Bee Journal 4 00 3 50 



All four— British and American 6 50 5 00 



American Poultry Journal 2 75 2 50 



American Agriculturist 3 00 2 60 



Ohio Farmer , 3 50 2 85 



Moore's Rural New Yorker 4 15 3 25 



National Live Stock Journal 3 65 3 15 



Prairie Farmer 3 50 3 15 



Scientific American 4 90 4 35 



Western Rural 3 50 3 15 



Voice of Masonry 4 50 3 75 



