1888 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



909 



sell for a nickel. See cut below. Now, every boy 

 who does not have access to the elders and g-oose- 

 quills may still have a gun. The load is always in, 

 and is a cork. The cork that flies is tied to the gun, 

 so you can't lose it. It is put in the opposite end 

 each time. You must shove the ramrod in quickly 

 to make it pop. Price ,5 cents; by mail, 3 cents ex- 

 tra, for postage. 



Hobnail Inkstand. 



This is of heavy glass, just 

 twice the size of the illustra- 

 tion. It imitates a cut- 

 glass inkstand, which, if 

 genuine cut glass, would be 

 worth $1.00 or more. We 

 have tliera in crystal, amber, 

 blue, green, and canary. 

 Price 10 cents each. As they 

 weigh over ^S lb. each, the 

 postage, securely packed, 

 will be 11 cents. Sent post- 

 paid for one new subscriber and .f 1.00. 



Venetian <iila»i«i Individual Salter. 



These are perfect little beaiities, assorted 

 colors. You can form little idea of their 

 beauty from this cut. Price 10 cents each. 

 Packed safely to mail, 5 cents extra for 

 postage. 



Venetian <TlaN!« Tootliplck or 

 ITIatcU Holder. Same kind of glass as 

 above, price 10 cents. Postage, .5 cents. 

 _ extra. Either sent postpaid for one sub- 

 scription and $1.00. 



China Pitcher. Little beauties, 3'/2 

 inches high; holds Vj pint; decorated. 

 Price 10 cts. Packed safely to mail, ti 

 cts. extra, or sent free postpaid for one 

 subscriber, and $1.00. 



Fancy Metal-Covered Ink- 

 stand; bronze, with glass ink- 

 well. Price 10 cts. By mail, 

 postpaid, 13 cts. extra, or sent 

 free postpaid for 1 new subscriber 

 land $1.00. 



Plush Beveled glass Mirror. Sixe iu^eu 

 inches, with a<l.justable 

 hciudle. Assorted colors 

 of plush. Price only 40 

 cts. each. By mail, 13 cts. 

 extra, or given free post- 

 paid for 3 suliscribers. 



25 " Cent Plush 

 Mirror. This measures 

 3\.5 inches. Plush edges, 

 adjustable handle, bevel 

 glass, onlj 25 cts., orgueii lor one new subscriber 

 with $1.00. and 10 c. to pay postage, if sent by mail. 



Individual Salt-cellars assorted 

 (Patterns. Thrse arc put up, one dozen 

 in a box, one pattern only in a bo.v. It is 

 very convenient to have a dish of salt 

 beside each plate at the dinner-table, 

 especially when they cost less than 3 cts. 

 each. Price 30 cts. per dozen. If sent by 

 mail, 30 cts. extra for postage. Given for 

 one new subscriber, with $1.00, and 30 cts. 

 to pay postag-e. 



ii Glass Slipper, with fancy bot- 

 tle Perfume. These are assorted 

 colored glass shoes, in which is nest- 

 led in cotton a bottle of perfume, 

 made to imitate a basket. The glass' 

 is worth the price as a novelty, and the perfume is 

 thrown in. Price 10 cts. Packed to go by mail for 

 6 cts. extra, or sent postpaid for one subscriber, 

 and $1.00. 



BRILLIANT LANTERN. 



For convenience, 

 durability, and 

 cheapness, we 

 have never found 

 a lantern that 

 compares with 

 the one in adjoin- 

 ing cut. It will 

 brave the strong- 

 est gust of wind 

 without blowing 

 out. It has a very 

 large bail, making 

 it easy to carry it 

 on the arm. It is 

 short, and not so 

 inconvenient as a 

 tubular. The top 

 part hinges back 

 so the globe may 

 be removed and 

 cleaned. It also 

 hinges below the 

 globe, making it very easy to light and fill. It has 

 a'good-sized fount that will hold at least a pint of 

 kerosene oil, which is the fuel used. It takes a %- 

 inch lamp-wick. Price tiO cts., or given free for 3 

 new subscribers. 



JTIICKOSCOPES. 



These are real compound 

 microscopes, and quite a 

 diffei-ent thing from the 

 [double and single magnify- 

 ing- glasses so often called 

 by that name. They are 

 only for minute objects, 

 such as the eye or the 

 sting of the bee. It mag- 

 nifles 40 diameters. It is a 

 very neat instrument, carefully packed in a mahog- 

 any box, with the necessary implements for the 

 work of taking regular lessons in studying the insect 

 world. You will find, with it, that a single bee wilj 

 make a study for a long time. Sent by mail for 

 $3.40; 1.5 cts. less when sent by freight or express, or 

 it will be sent postpaid for 8 subscribers. 



Big-eye Laoe Scissors. 



The cut is just Vi size. 

 We had those made espe- 

 cially to our order, to be 

 used in clipping queens' 

 wings; and by getting a 

 quantity we got the price 

 down so as to be able to sell them for 3.5 cts. each. 

 By mail, 3 cts. each extra, or given free postpaid for 

 one new subscriber. We still have also some with 

 a little bigger eyes at ;i5 cts. each. By mail, H7 cts., 

 or given for one new subscriber, and 10 cts. e^jtrq.. 



