Tested & Imported Queens 



DUNHAM FOUNDATION, 



MODEST BEE HIVES, 



SECTION BOXES, &c, 



TO BE HAD OF 



J. 



&s 



DUNDEE, KANE CO., ILL. 



N. B— We shall hereafter rear NO DOEEAK 

 QUEENS, but will confine our Queen-rearing to 

 producing FINEST TESTED QUEENS, bred 

 for BUSINESS. Please take notice. Write for 

 Price List. 



J. OATMAN & SONS, 



Dundee, Kane Co., III. 



D. S. GIVEN, 



Inventor and Sole Manufacturer of the 



FOUNDATION PRESS, 



Foundation in Wired Frames a Success. 

 We also Electrotype Dies any size desired. We 

 make a specialty in rearing queens ; all our queens 

 are reared from the egg, and we send out none half- 

 developed. Send for a descriptive catalogue of our 

 Presses, Italian Queens, Foundation, and all kinds of 

 useful implements. A sample of our Foundation 

 sent free. tf D. S. GI VEN, Hoopeston, 111. 



AGENTS WANTED. 



To any one desiring to canvass for our publications 

 and who sends us proper references, we will forward 

 large posters and circulars with their name printed 

 on them as our Agent, and give them Larger 

 Commissions than any other House in America. 

 We challenge any paper in America to pay as large a 

 commission to its agents as we do for obtaining sub- 

 scriptions to 



THE COSMOPOLITE, 



SI. 00 a Year ; 25c. for Three Months. 



Send for Sample Papers and Agent's Outfit, giving us 

 Good References. 

 We also want Agents to sell 



TALBOT'S PUBLIC LAND LAWS, 



a book of 170 pages, retailed at 50 cents each, giving 

 all the Acts, Rulings how to obtain, etc., all classes 

 of Government Lands, such as Agricultural, Mineral, 

 Desert, Town-sites, etc. 



The Pensioner's Hand-Book. 



Every Pensioner ought to have one ; 56 pages, 25 cts. 

 Also, 



SOLDIER'S BOUNTY MANUAL, 



40 pages, 25 cents. Remit in currency or postage and 

 send for our Special Terms to Agents. No other 

 House equals us in our Commissions to Agents. 

 Address, THE COSMOPOLITE, 



Sioux City, Iowa. 



STILL AHEAD! 



THE 



Improved Quinby Smoker 



MORE POPULAR THAN EVER. 



The Double-Blast Outdoes Itself. 



Testimonials from the best bee-keepers in all quar- 

 ters, and, best of all, larger sales than ever before^ 

 prove its superiority. 



Price by mail. Medium, $1.50 ; Large, $1.75 ; Small, 

 Single Blast, $1.00. 



Quinby's New Bee-Keeping. 



The number and the character of the commenda- 

 tions of this book, that we are continually receiving, 

 prove very conclusively that it is a plain, practical 

 work, invaluable to the beginner as well as to the 

 more advanced bee-keeper. Price, postpaid, 9>1.50. 



If you desire practical information, such as has 

 enabled us to secure over 15,000 lbs. of honey from 

 176 colonies, the present poor season, send for our 

 fall circular. Address, 



E. C. ROOT * it !{<>., 



9-12 Mohawk, Herk. Co., N. Y. 



CYPRIANS AT 1101 



We now receive Cyprians every two weeks, via 

 Italy, and can sell them at the following prices : 



Select Imported Cyprian SSIO OO 



Common " " 8 OO 



Send for Supplement to our Circular. 



CHAS. DADANT & SON, 



8-9 



Hamilton, Hancock Co., 111. 



PRIZE-SUED ESSEX FIGS. 



Essex are the best Farmers' Pig ; have been known 

 to dress 90 per cent, of live weight ; small bone, light 

 offal, quick to mature. Jos. Harris, author of "Har- 

 ris on the Pig," etc., says of my Boar "Porter," that 

 he is the finest Essex Pig he ever saw. A few Ped- 

 igree Pigs for disposal at moderate prices, suitable 

 for breeding or exhibition. Personal inspection of 

 my stock is solicited. All correspondence will have 

 cheerful and prompt attention. 



C. W. CANFIEED, Athens, Pa. 



N. B.— A limited number of Eggs for hatching from 

 prize-winning Brown Leghorns and Black Red Ban- 

 tams, at .$2.00 per 13. Warranted to hatch. 4-yl 



Friends, if you are in any way interested in 



BEES OR HONEY 



We will with pleasure send you a sample copy of our 



Monthly Gleanings in Bee-Culture, 



with a descriptive price-list of the latest improve- 

 ments in Hives, Honey Extractors, Artificial 

 Comb, Section Honey Boxes, all books and 

 journals, and everything pertaining to Bee Culture. 

 Nothing Patented. Simply send your address on a 

 postal card, written plainly, to A. I. Root, Medina, O. 



ADULTERATIONS OF FOOD ; 



What we eat and what we should eat. 200 pages. 

 Paper cover, 50c, postpaid. Sold by 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



971 West Madison Street, Chicago, 1IL 



AMERICAN BEE-KEEPERS desirous of 

 staying awhile in Bohemia (German-Austria) will 

 find the best accommodation at my country resi- 

 dence in Troja, near Praga. No charge for lodgings; 

 board according to agreement. R. Mayekhoeffeh, 

 747 Breitgasse, Prague, Austria. 



