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Send Your Beeswax 



to At. H. HUNT. Bell Branch, Hich., 



ami have it raado luto fouiniaiion. 

 It will iMst yon only 1~";C per II). for 

 thin surplus, jmkI ir>o for e.xtra-thin 

 light brood; lOo, medium brood, or 

 heiivy, .'^c. A carload of Root's goods 

 at bottom prices. Let me quote you 

 prices, wliolesale or retail. Large 

 free price list full of information. 



In wrltinp advertisers please mention Glkanings. 



/^rders filled by return mail or freight for A. I. 

 ^^ lioot Cos supplies, our choice strain Italian 

 queens; one, two, and three frame nuclei. If you 

 want good goods at low prices and in a hurry, send 

 us your orders. :ii> page catalog free. 



JOHN NEBEL & SON. High Hill. Mo. 



Pure Italian Queens. 



Fifty cents each. Warranted tlrst-class. No black 

 bees here, and no disease. Safe arrival guaran- 

 teed. 



W. C. GATHRIOHT, Dona Ana. New Hex. 



POR SALE.— 75 Colonies of Italian Bees, 



' in eight frame Langstroth hlv^es. 



Price $4 to $4. .50 per colony. 



Discount on five or more colonies. 

 L. Vandereike, Lake Hills, Jefferson Co., Wis. 



either golden beauties 

 '» or 3 banded imported 

 Uofk. Tested, $1.00 each; untested, 

 70c each: half dozen, ^^4. 00. One queen to new cus- 

 tomer, 6.')C. P. O. M. O. I ffice. Lavaca. Ark. 



E. A. SEELEY, Bloomer, Ark. 



Italian Q"5'ni' 



Second=hand Bicycles. 



One Remington Racer (made by the Remington 

 Arms Co.), weight :iO lbs., ]»4-in. tubing; nearly as 

 good as new, and listing $110.00. We offer for $4.5.00. 



One second-band Victor, '95 pattern; wood rims: 

 wood handle-bars; Morgan & Wright tires. Sold 

 originally for $100 00. We offer for |!2.5.00. It is in 

 good riding condition, having been overhauled in 

 our bicycle-repair shop. 



One ladies' Century, used but little, wood rims, 

 26 inch wheels, Morgan & Wright tires; weight 26 

 lbs. We offer for only J20.00. This is a bargain. 



Wax at market price will be accepted in place of 

 cash. 



THE A. I. ROOT CO., Medina, O. 



Wants and Exchange Department. 



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ANTED.— To exchange for any thing useful, St. 

 »T Bernard puppies at greatly i educed prices; 

 also pure-bred Poland-China hogs and Pekin ducks. 

 W. W. Pkevey, Elroy, Wis. 



WANTED.— To exchange single-case World type- 

 writer (good as new); also hybrid bees in full 

 colony, for extracted honey or offers. 



A. W. Gardnkr, Centreville, Mich. 



WANTED.— To exchange three 100-gallon heavy 

 tin tanks— improved honey-faucet, four bands, 

 worth $.5.0U— for extracted honev. 



Wm. a. Selser, 10 "V'ine St , Phila., Pa. 



ANTED.— To exchange Pekin ducks or eggs for 

 Italian queens, African geese or offers. 



John IJukr, Braceville, 111. 



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KIND WORDS FROM 



CDSTOMERS 



We never had such a call for the Root goods as 

 we have this season. Everybody praises tliem, and 

 we are nearly a carload of goods ahead of our sales 

 from the Philadelphia branch over last season. The 

 honey crop is ver* promi.sing Wm. A. Selser. 



Philadelphia. May 19. 



1 think your Home talks and Notes of Travel are 

 excellent; and exposure of advertisements that 

 only rob people of their hard earnings are all right. 



La Fayette, Ind., May 24. Stephen W. Buady. 



I received th(! books all right, for which accept 

 my sincere thanks. I would say that 1 would not 

 take double what they cost, and be without them. 

 I was a little surprised, though, when I received 

 your letter yesterday returning the small amount 

 of five cents. Now, i)lease, brother, don't do so any 

 more. If 1 should order any tiling and send a few 

 cents more than the regular price, just keep it and 

 don't go to snending half the amount to return it. 



Paducah, Ky. D. U. Sma^ley. 



Bees in Texas are just booming. The whole coun- 

 try seems flooded with honey. They are swarming 

 more than I ever saw before. We are using the 

 Langstroth hive, hut we have decided to make a 

 change. We shall try the Dovetailed. 1 think it 

 the most complete hive I ever saw. Bee culture is 

 coming to the front just now in Texas. The people 

 are more interested in the line of bee-keeping than 

 ever before. G. H. Reed. 



Boyd, Tex, May 14. 



I received the ABC book. Thanks for the same. 

 I have read " Langstroth on the Hive and Honey- 

 bee,"and also Langstroth as revised by the Dadants; 

 also King's "Bee-keeper's Textbook," and many 

 lesser works. I think the bee-keeping world owes 

 A. I. Root and son quite a debt for their able work. 

 I want to til auk Mr. Weed for his great improve- 

 ment in comb foundation. The foundation I got 

 this spring works very nicely. I shall be pleased to 

 send to you for any thing I may want in your line. 



Cuba, Kan., May 15. Wm. H. Eagekty. 



MItil/IONS OF dollars IN "APPROPRIATIONS," AND 

 CORN 10 GTS. A BUSHEL. 



Dew old Friend:— J write to say how pleased I am 

 that in Gleanings, p. 296, you have at .last admitted 

 there is something wrong in this United States. It 

 has taken you many years to see it; but I don't won- 

 der; such men as I am have kept you busy. But I 

 can just say, if you had sold noney, strawberries, 

 and eg^sfor n liviitg, you would have had your eyes 

 opened long ago to that fact Reduce a community 

 so low that they must live on potatoej^ and ,sn7f, and 

 they will not buy much honey, or clothing either for 

 that matter. Robt. B. Lanchester. 



Hagerman, Idaho. 



A KIND WORD OF WARNING FROM SOME SAD-HEART- 

 ED FRIENDS. 



Mr. Roof .-—Last Wednesday, the 19th, right after 

 breakfast, my wife took our little baby boy off his 

 chaiv to let him play in the yard. He then followed 

 one of the boys out of the lot gate and wandered up 

 the road to a railroad-crossing. A Wabash freight 

 train came along at full speed and ran over the 

 poor child and killed him almost instantly. This 

 happened a little after T a.m , while I was at work 

 in the apiary. I tell you it was a shock for us. It 

 happened all in about ten minutes. He would have 

 been 20 months old June 4. He was our beloved 

 baby boy. His name was Henry Frederick Werner. 



Edwardsville, III., May 34. Louis Werner. 



Dear brother and sister, we all try to sympathize 

 with you; but I suppose none but those who have 

 been through a similar trial can realize what you 

 must suffer. Your warning may, however, do us 

 all good. We live almost as near the railroad as you 

 do, and we have had the same trials with our two 

 grandchildren. Finally we made a little fence of 

 wire netting to keep them within bounds until they 

 were old enough so the danger could be explained 

 to them. The netting costs but little, and with 

 some sharp oak stakes it can be put up in a few 

 minutes; and even now our little granddaughter, 

 just about the age of your lost one, lias to be re- 

 strained by a gate on the porch, which she can 

 neither open nor climb over. Those who live near 

 railways should lie exceedingly careful As soon as 

 (he little one is old enough to understand, it should 

 be warned again and again, until it is made to com- 

 prehend the terrible results that may occur from 

 wandering away. May the great God above give 

 you consolation and help in this your great trouble. 



