IMPROVEMENT 



IN 



BARNES' FOOT-POWER SAWS. 



We have recently made a great improvement in 

 the Combined Machine, so that the circular saw runs 

 at least one-half stronger with the same effort of the 

 operator. All that is necessary to change in the old- 

 style machines, is to substitute a (I'-i inch band-wheel 

 on the mandrel in place of the:i'± inch one now used. 

 We are desirous that all should have this improve- 

 ment, and offer it at cost, hoping that all will get it. 

 We will send the wheel by mail post-paid for $1.64, or 

 by express for $1.01). There is no consideration of 

 profit to us in offering the improvement at this price, 

 except that it is to our interest that every machine 

 should please. Very respectfully, 



W. F. & JOHN BARNES, Rockford, 111. 



Extract from letter from Wm. B. Snider, Dallas 

 City, 111., May 6th, 18T9 : 



"Messrs. Barnes: I am well pleased with the 

 new improvement of the large pulley on the end of 

 the mandrel. I can saw as much 2 inch stuff, and as 

 fast, as I could % inch with the other pulley." 



%W~ The new attachment can be seen in use at the 

 office of the American Bee Journal. 



THE BLESSED BEES, 



BY JOHN ALLEN. 



Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, 182 Fifth Ave- 

 nue, New YORK. 



Price, post-paid, $1.00. 



This Romance of Bee-keeping has received wide 

 commendation for its literary excellence and its con- 

 tagious enthusiasm. 



I scarcely looked up from the volume before I had 

 scanned all its fascinating pages.— Prof. A. J. Cook. 



It possesses such a fluent style that its perusal was 

 a great pleasure. Its contents cover all the ground in 

 bee-keeing, from "Beginning" to "Marketing." — 

 American Bee Journal. 



The book is beautifully written, and commanded 

 my undivided attention from the beginning to the 

 end. In justice to your inexperienced readers, I 

 think you ought to have called it " The Romance of 

 the Blessed Bees."— Rev. L. L. Langstroth. 



It has the fascination of a novel. Its English is so 

 simple, terse, and good, that it has given me real de- 

 light.— Mrs. Helen Hunt Jackson (" H. H.") 



Mr. Allen's book is a very clear and precise account 

 of the way in which he succeeded in bee-keeping.— 

 Atlantic Monthly. 



The subject is deprived of all dryness and made as 

 interesting as a story, by an accompanying narrative 

 of personal effort, investigation, and industrious ap- 

 plication.— Harper's Magazine. 



His method of procedure is told in simple, beauti- 

 ful language, and the story is more fascinating than 

 many a novelette with greater pretensions.— Chris- 

 tian Register. 



* * * These chapters cannot fail to aid in diffus- 

 ing a knowledge of bee-culture, and they will give, 

 moreover, great pleasure to many readers who have 

 not the remotest anticipation of undertaking bee- 

 culture.— Denver Tribune. 



The book is written in a clear, concise manner, and 

 will hold the reader spell-bound until he has perused 

 the last page.— Bee-Keepers' Exchange. 



It is not only valuable, but interesting as a story.— 

 Detroit Post and Tribune. 



Conveys a good deal of information in a pleasant 

 way.— Cultivator and Country Gentleman. 



So delightfully written that no one can fail to enjoy 

 it.— N. Y. Churchman. 



For sale at tlie Bee Journal Office. 



Golden Italians. 



We have them n their purity. Circulars and prices 

 free. I. M. BROOKS & BRO., 



4-9 Box 64, Columbus, Ind. 



Good Extractors, Cheap ! 



Send me TEX DOLLARS, and the size of your 

 frames, and I'll send you the best Extractor made (a 

 premium machine), and a curved-pointed honey 

 knife with it. I" want to sell out. 



6-tf F. W. CHAPMAN, Morrison, 111. 



FLAT-BOTTOM COMB FOUNDATION. 



—High side-walls, 4 to 16 square feet to the lb. Circu- 

 lar and samples free. 

 J. VAN DEUSEN & SONS, Sole Manufacturers, 

 Sprout Brook, Mont. Co., N. T. 



LANGSTROTH HIVES, 



Prize Section Boxes and Frames at Low Prices. Any 

 other pattern of Hive made to order. Send for Price 

 List, to _ DUNK «fc STEVENS, 



First National Bank, 

 i T. G. McGaw, 



Monmouth, III. 



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ITALIAN QUEENS— All bred from Imported 

 Mothers of my own importation. Dollar and Tested 

 Queens from 1st April to 1st November. Full Colo- 

 nies and Nuclei ; Bee-Keepers Supplies of all kinds ; 

 Comb Foundation, etc. 



6-tf PAUL L. VIALLON, Bayou Goula, La. 



FOR IOWA AND MINNESOTA. 



Purchase your tickets via THE IOWA ROUTE, 

 composed of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & North- 

 ern, and Minneapolis & St. Louis Railways. The only 

 line running Through Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars 

 between St. Louis, Burlington, and all points on the 

 line of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern 

 Railway and Minneapolis. 



A full line of Excursion Tickets will be sold at 

 principal stations for the noted summer resorts of 

 MINNESOTA, from June 1st to October loth, at a 

 LARGE REDUCTION from regular rates. Tickets 

 good for 60 days from date of sale, but in no case 

 longer than October 31st, following date of sale. The 

 Minnetonka Lake Park Association have bought and 

 improved 225 acres of land, in which are located fine 

 hotels, which will accommodate 3000 people. Besides 

 the sources of amusement incidental to the lake, the 

 Park Association will hold a Musical Convention 

 July 2Sth to August 1st ; Grand Temperance Congress 

 of Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin, August2d to 5th; 

 Sabbath School Assembly, August 6th to 20th. 



Don't fail to go and enjoy the attractions offered by 

 Minnesota. B. F. MILLS, Ass't G. T. Agent. 



C. J. IVES, Superintendent. 



WORKER COMB. 



Twenty hives filled with good worker comb, in 

 frames. One dollar per hive. 



D. C. MILLE'lT, Holmesburg, Penn. 



