1886 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



516 



of a new hat. The price of the solar wax-extractor 

 Ave advertise is $3.00, all complete. 



OUR TEN-CENT FIUE-BALLOONS. 



EitNEST sug-gests that it is time for us to give 

 them a notice; but I replied that I couldn't exactly 

 see where they came in in bee culture. Perhaps 

 we might mention them in the line of home inter- 

 ests. Huber has been teasing all the spring, " Papa, 

 can't we send up a balloon?" I told him it was too 

 windy. But finally, last evening, when he made 

 his oft-repeated re(iuest, just about sundown, the 

 weather seemed to be ,iust the thing; in fact, the 

 air was so still that the tlrst balloon started almost 

 straight up. When at a certain height a soft breeze 

 wafted it to the eastward: 100 feet higher, another 

 breeze started it northward, and a little higher still, 

 a third current carried it to the west, so that when 

 it came down it dropped not very far from the 

 point of starting. About the time three or four 

 had ascended, we had quite a picnic of all the chil- 

 dren in the neighborhood, and they brought them 

 back to be sent up over again as fast as I could put 

 on new combustibles and scratch matches on the 

 sidewalk where I sat, boss of the entertainment. 

 Price of the balloons, 10 cts. each. If wanted by 

 mail, 17 cts. each. Extra combustibles, 1 ct. each, 

 or 10 cts. a dozen. If you want the balloon to go 

 extra high, tie on two of the combustibles instead 

 of one. Each balloon is furnished with one com- 

 bustible. 



AN ADJUSTABLE VEST-POCKET WIJENCH KOK ONLY 

 A DIME. 



When we succeeded in getting an .idjustable 

 wrench for 35 cts. we thought Ave had done a big- 

 thing, and so Ave did; but now one of the enterpris- 

 ing firms doAvn East has actually got out a little 

 Avi-ench that avc can retail for only ten cts., by buj'- 

 ing them in lots of five or ten gross at r. time. 

 When shut up, the wrench measures just 4 inches in 

 length. When the jaAvs aro opened Avide they 

 Avill get hold of a nut one inch square, and from 

 that down to nothing. In Avorking on a farm, in a 

 mill, or handling any kind of a machine put togeth- 

 er Avith bolts, these little Avrenches are in\'aluable. 

 One day Ave Avere Avorking out in the field Avith the 

 cultivator. It needed a different adjustment; and 

 just as I began to look cross on account of the de- 

 lay in our Avork, Mr. Weed fished one of these out 

 of his pocket, and began turning the nut. Said I, 

 " Why, Mr. Weed, Avhere in the Avorld did you get 

 that nice little AvrenehV" 



He replied, "Mr. Koot, I bought that for a dime 

 from your ten-cent counter." And then I found 

 out that John (John is the purchasing clerk noAv) 

 had bought a lot of them, and put them on the 

 counters before I even got around to look at them. 

 I said right away that Ave Avanted a "carload " of 

 them and I think so still. That is, Avhen ail the 

 friends all over the w(n-ld find out hoAv handy these 

 ATrenches are it Avill need a carload to supply the 

 demands of the trade. Next month avc Avill try to 

 give you a picture. If Avanted bj' mail, add (i cts. 

 each extra for postage. 



A FOLDING VAHD-STICK FOR ONLA' 'i CTS., ONCE 

 MORE. 



These were taken out of our price list some time 

 ago because we could not get them. We have now, 

 howcAcr, not only the same thing, but something 

 better still. While one side of the measure is grad- 

 uated to inches and eighths of inches, the other side 



is graduated on the metrical system, being just one 

 meter in length. Each fold is ono-tenth of the 

 meter, or a decimeter, just as a dime is one-tenth of 

 a dollar. Then each decimeter is divided into 

 tenths, or centimeters, just as a dime is divided into 

 cents; and as a cent is the one-hundredth part of a 

 dollar, so is a centimeter the hundredth part of a 

 meter. Then each centimeter is divided into tenths; 

 each division is called a millimeter, or thousandth of 

 ameter. just as a dollaris divided into mills, or thou- 

 sandths of a dollar. In short, the meter is divided 

 into lengths, just as a dollar is diA'ided into values. 

 It is Avell worth 5 cts. to j'ou, to see how the decimal 

 system Avorks. The meter is something more than 

 a yard, being a little more than 39 inches, hence it 

 bears no exact relation to a yard. The unit for the 

 meter is made by taking the ten-millionth part of 

 the earth's circumference lying between the equa- 

 tor and the north pole, the meridian running 

 through Paris. The price of this Avonderful mea- 

 sure is only 5 cts. If Avaitcd by mail, 2 cts. each 

 extra for ])ostage. Besides all of the above valua- 

 ble qualities of this little implement, it is the nicest 

 thing to giA'e the baby you cA'er saAv. He Avill fold 

 it and unfold it, and keep playing Avith it for hours 

 and hours; and every morning Avhen he Avakes up 

 it Avill be just as ncAv— at least for a time, unless 

 your baby is more than ordinarily quick to detect 

 old playthings. 



tinned AVIRE no. 30 ON A SPOOL HOLDING ,JUST 

 ENOUGH FOR 100 FRAMES. 



For the convenience of many friends, Ave have 

 had our tinned Avire put up in spools of the above 

 size. The amount required is 10 ounces. Price of 

 the same, l.'j cts.; 10 spools, SLSo; 100, $VZm. If 

 Avanted by mail, add 12 cts. each extra. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



the new avhbelbarroav. 



The AvheelbarroAv and other goods arrived in good 

 time. I am A'cry much pleased Avith the same. The 

 wheelbarrow is the nicest 1 ever saw. 



Bernardsville, N. Y. Watson Allen. 



HOW OUR bees GIA^E SATISFACTION. 



Those four cages of bees, each containing a 

 queen, came to hand promptly, and in good shape. 

 I recelA'ed them Saturday evening and carried them 

 eight miles in a buggy, through the rain. I kept 

 them in the house till Monday forenoon, and then 

 introduced them in hlA-es full of combs and some 

 honey, and in less than an hour the bees Avere all 

 OA'er the laAvn, thick Avith dandelion blossoms, gath- 

 ering honey and cleaning house, apparently as 

 much pleased Avith their ncAv home as a boy going 

 fishing. I admire j-our prompt and straight Avay of 

 doing business, for which j'ou haA'e my thanks. 



Omer, Mich. S. B.'Shrauoer. 



BEE-HIVES 



—AND- 



ITALIAU QUEEHS 



After June ir)th, queens, $1.00; 6 for 1^.5.00; 12 for 

 8^9.00. Bees by the pound, same as queens. 



No. 1, all-in-one-pieec sections, 4'.ix4l4xl''8, and 

 1'.,, per 100), !«4.0(); 10,0011 for $37.5:1. 



12-KJd 



B. J. Miller & Co., 



NAPPANEE, ELKHART CO., IND. 



