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OUR TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, 



PAYABLE STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. 



Single subscription, one year $1.50 



Two subscriptions, " " *,.».. ~»o 



Three subscriptions, " " 3.50 



Four subscriptions, " " 4. 50 



Five or more, " " each, l.OO 



Advertisements will be inserted at the rate of 

 SO cents per line of Agate space, for eacli insertion. 

 A line will contain about eight words ; fourteen 

 lines v ill occupy an inch of space. Advertisements 

 must be received by the 20th, to insure insertion. 

 Special Notices 50 cents per line. 



%5T We intend only to advertise for reliable deal- 

 ers, who expect to fulfil 1 a! 1 their advertised promises. 

 Cases of real imposition will be exposed. 



Remit by express, money-order, registered letter or 

 New York or Chicago drafts, payable to our order. 

 Do not send checks on local banks, for Buch cost us 25 

 cents each for collecting. 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN & SON, 



972 & 974 West Madison St. CHICAGO, ILL. 



, To Correspondents. 



Our Illustrated Catalogue and Price List will be 

 sent free, on application. 



When changing a post-office address, mention the 

 eld address as well as the new one. 



Constitutions and By-Laws, for local Associations, 

 $2.00 per 100. The name of the Association printed 

 m the blanks for 50 cents extra. 



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. 



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. 



In consequence of the dearth of small currency in 

 the country, we will receive either 1, a or 8 cent 

 •tumps, for anything desired from this office. We 

 cannot use Canadian or other foreign stamps. 



We will send a tested Italian Queen to any one 

 sending us FIVE subscribers to the American Bee 

 Journal with ST.SO. The premium Queens will in 

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



Club names for the Bee Journal may be sent to 

 as many post offices as there are names in the club. 

 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. 



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 wellbesent by mail. 



Our answer to all who ask credit is this : We sell on 

 smull 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. 



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Bingham's Smoker Corner. 



"Whew! 12,000! whew!" Patent Bing- 

 ham smokers sold. All bellows smoker 

 patents subject to Bingham's original and 

 first patents. 



" Draft," not blast, the question ! Most of 

 the old smoker makers have tried to get per- 

 mission to use direct-draft in smokers, but 

 have invariably been refused. 



Without substantially my patent draft, all 

 smokers now made would be worthless, 

 while with it, substantially, and for the pur- 

 poses of draft, all are infringements. 



Our patents reduced the cost of smokers 

 to bee-keepers one-third, increased their du- 

 rability and convenience beyond calculation 

 or competition, and secured beyond question 

 or cavil their title and credit to the original 

 inventor. Four years have passed, and 

 many worthless infringements have been 

 sold to innocent parties, but no one except 

 Bingham has improved on the original pat- 

 ent Bingham smoker. Our patents, granted 

 and pending, will enable us to make and 

 sell the best smokers from fourteen to sev- 

 enteen years longer, and we expect to do it. 

 Original and first patents pay, and are safe 

 to sell or use. T.F.Bingham. 



Monmouth, 111., April 12, 1880. 

 The large smoker came duly. Have tried 

 it, and like your improvements very much ; 

 it is now all that could apparently be de- 

 sired. T. G. McGaw. 



Reading, Pa., April 7, 1880. 

 I received all safe and sound Bingham's 

 Little Wonder Smoker, and indeedit is a 

 wonder how I ever did without it. 



Lee Esenhower. 



Convention of the Southern Mich- 

 igan Bee-Keepers' Association will be held 

 at Battle Creek, Mich., on Wednesday, May 

 5th, at 10 a. m. B. Salisbury, Sec'y. 



U^r The bee-keepers of Northern New 

 York will meet to organize an Association 

 on the 12th of May, 1880, at Glen's Falls, N.Y. 

 J. II. Martin. 



10^~ The Central Kentucky Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will meet at Lexington, Ky.. on 

 Tuesday and Wednesday, May 5th and 6th, 

 at 10 o'clock a. ni. ('has. p. Muth, Esq., 

 will be present to deliver an essay on some 

 interesting topic in bee-culture. 



W. Williamson, .s'cc'y. 



J^~ The South-western Wisconsin P>ee- 

 keepers' Association will meet on .May 18, 

 1880, at the residence of E.France, in Platte- 

 ville, Wis., at 10 o'clock a. m., sharp. The 

 following interesting papers will he read 

 and discussed : Bee Forage, by II. C. (Rea- 

 son ; Italian Bees, by H. Gillmore ; Black 

 Bees, bv E. France; Marketing Honey, by 

 R. D. Wilson ; Natural Swarming, by Mr. 

 Woodberry ; Artificial Swarming, by E. 

 France ; Transferring, by E. France ; Comb 

 and Extracted Honey, by N. France. All 

 persons interested are invited to attend. 

 Newell France, Sec'y. 



