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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 



$3T If 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. 



J^-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, 3 or 3 cent 

 stamps, for 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, 

 so that if 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 JST.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, thatcan just as wellbe 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, pi istpaid. 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 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 with the order. 



B^~ On our desk is one of the 5 lb. Honey 

 Pails as used by Ch. Dadant&Son, with a 

 nice label. This is a very convenient way 

 for handling extracted honey, and when 

 candied it can so easily be liquefied. 



Up Mr. Muth has gotten up a small Ex- 

 tractor for Langstroth frames of the same 

 shape as his Standard, only shorter, without 

 cover, and wooden bottom to receptacle for 

 honey in the bottom of the can. These he 

 sells for $9.00. He furnishes this Extractor 

 witli a crank like that on a coffee-mill for 

 $8.00. 



The Hive 1 Use.— This is a pamphlet 

 of 16 pages, giving a description of the hive 

 used by Mr. G. M. Doolittle; it is re-pub- 

 lished from the Bee Journal for March, 

 for the convenience of the many who desire 

 to get the particulars therein given, either 

 for reference or making the hive for their 

 own use. It can be obtained at this office: 

 price 5 cents. 



A New Book on the Horse.— Horsemen 

 will be interested in knowing that a cheap 

 and valuable "Treatise on the Horse and 

 his Diseases," has been issued. It contains 

 35 tine engravings showing the positions 

 and actions of sick horses better than can 

 be taught in any other way. It gives the 

 real, essential information relative to each 

 disease, as well as the cause, symptoms and 

 best treatment. Has a table giving the 

 doses, effects and antidotes of all the prin- 

 cipal medicines used for the horse, and a 

 few pages on the action and uses of medi- 

 cines. It also has a large collection of val- 

 uable receipts, many of which are worth 

 several times the cost of the book. Pub- 

 lished by B. J. Kendall, M. D., Euosburg 

 Falls, Vt. May be obtained at this office. 



Honey Markets. 



CHICAGO. 

 HONEY.— White clover, put up in single-comb 

 boxes, in slow demand. Prices paid for such,10@13c. 

 When more than 1 comb in a box, 9@10c. Dark, in 

 the comb, slow sale at 8(».l0c. Extracted Honey, 

 white, 8(s9c. ; dark. 6®7c. 



BKESWAX- Prime choice yellow, 24@2«c; darker 

 grades, 15(§i20c, 



NEW YORK. 

 Quotations.— Best fancy white comb honey, 

 H(sl3c; extracted, new, 7&8c; buckwheat comb 

 honey, 8(sl0c; beeswax, prime, 25c. 



H. K. & F. B. THURBER & CO. 



CINCINNATI. 

 COMB HONEY-In small boxes, 10@12c. Extracted, 

 1 It. jars, in shipping order, per doz., $2.50; per gross, 

 $28.00. 2 tt. jars, per doz„ $1.50; per gross, $50.00. 



C. F. Muth. 

 CALIFORNIA. 

 Quotations for comb honey are : White, G@7c; 

 dark to medium, 5Stic; extracted, 4(s5c. 



Compared with last season our honey crop will be 

 small, and in some localities a failure, owing to heavy 

 frosts, with absence of rain. We have letters from 

 San Barnadino Co., Cal., stating that on May 1st they 

 were feeding bees, andnecer having before done so in 

 fourteen years. 



Stearns & Smith, 423 Front St., San Francisco, Cal. 



