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business patters. 



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, 1 00 



B^~If not paid strictly in advance, TWO dollars 

 per annum will charged in all cases. 



Advertisements will be inserted at the rate of 



JS© cents per line of Agate space, for each insertion, 



cash in advance. One inch measures fourteen lines. 



Special Notices 50 cents per line. 



t3F"A line will contain about eight words, fourteen 

 lines will occupy an inch of space. Advertisements 

 must be received bv 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 Scent 

 •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. 



Remit 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 Kf>7.50. 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 ivellbe sent by mail. 



For the convenience of bee-keepers, we have made 

 arragements to supplv, 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 shnuld 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. 



ITALIAN 



QUEENS! 



For August and September trade 

 we shall breed from 



'Three Different Strains 



of bees, which have distinguished 

 themselves above all others the 

 present season by giving 



DOUBLE 

 The Average Yield 



of honey, and proving gentle and 

 uncommonly prolific. A duplicate 

 of either of these queen-mothers 

 is worth five times her cost to any 

 one desiring to secure the " cream of our apiaries." 

 Prices will be as follows : 



Dollar queens, each $1 00 



" " per dozen 1150 



Warranted queens, each 1 50 



" " per half dozen 8 00 



per dozen 15 00 



Tested queens, each 2 50 



1 nucleus of 2 Modest frames, brood, bees and 



warranted queen 4 00 



5 nuclei, do 18 00 



Above, with tested queen, add $1.00 for each nucleus. 

 Full colonies in Modest hives $7 50 



COMB FOUNDATION ! 



at prices to meet any and all competition— 43 to 47c. — 

 cut to any size desired. 



J. OATMAN & SONS, 



8-9 Dundee, Kane Co., 111. 



FOUNDATION 



AT GREATLY 



REDUCED FIGURES! 



Owing to the reduced price of 

 beeswax, and a corresponding re- 

 duction by manufacturers, we can 

 (111 orders, till further notice, at 

 the following greatly reduced 

 rates : 



lto 5 lbs., per lb 47c. 



5to 25 " " 46c. 



25 to 50 " " 45c. 



SOtolOO *" " 44c. 



10U lbs. or over, per lb 43c. 



The above prices include foundation manufactured 

 on both the Dunham and Koot machines. Wired 

 and thin flat-bottomed sold at rates as heretofore 

 published. Address, , 



THOMAS «. NEWMAN & WON, 



972 and 974 West Madison Street. Chicago, 111. 



Foundation Machines. 



12 inches wide $40 00 



9 inches wide 30 00 



inches wide 25 00 



Every machine warranted. On receipt of 10 cents, 



I will send a sample of the foundation made by the 



machine. Machines for drone or worker combat the 



same price. 



12-tf JOHN BOURGME VER, Fond du Lac, Wis. 



