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Gleanings in Bee Culture 



BANKING BY MAIL 



Deposit your savings here, pending 

 permanent investment. 



The advantages offered are : Un- 

 questioned safety and four per cent in- 

 terest, compounded semi-annually. 



This bank is under the supervision 

 of the State, and its strict laws. 



Its officers and directors are suc- 

 cessful men. 



Wi'ite to-day for booklet explaining 

 our convenient banking-by-mail sys- 

 tem. 



Resources $1,000,000 



Under ordinary circumstances all or any part 

 of your deposits may be withdrawn at will. 



The Savings Deposit Bank 

 Company, . . Medina, Ohio 



A. T. Spitzer, Pres. E. R. Root, Vice-pres. 

 E. B. Spitzer, Cashier 



Would you like to 

 decorate your home 

 during the winter 

 months with Flower- 

 ing Plants? 



WELT., THEN, you will be interested 

 in a plant that will bloom in the house, with 

 little or no care, by simply planting the bulbs 

 in dishes of water. 



The Mammoth Narcissi 



are easily grown, and bloom freely, bearing a 

 very sweet-scented flower of silvery white. It 

 is a sure bloomer: and, as a decoration for a 

 parlor or a dining-room table, it can not be 

 surpassed. Thousands of these interesting 

 and unique bulbs are planted every year, and 

 the results are always very satisfactory ; for 

 all that is necessary is to plant the bulb in a 

 dish of water. Xo care or trouble: and from 

 the time the bulb begins to grow to the time 

 it blooms the plant is interesting and very 

 decorative. 



We import, each year, thousands of these 

 interesting and unique bulbs, and they are 

 the finest we can purchase. 



Six of these Mammoth 

 Narcissi will be mailed 

 to you for only 25 cts. 



C. H. GORDINIER, Troy. N. Y. 



Seedsman and Bulb Importer, Franklin Square 



Fruit and Vegetable Growing in "The Land of 



Manatee" on The West Coast of Florida 



Net $500 to $1500 Per Acre. 



Quick transportation and low freight rates to best El2tstern and Northern 

 Markets via S. A. L. Ry. insures the highest prices at all seasons. 

 ORANGES. GRAPEFRUIT. CELERY • AND OTHER 

 VEGETABLES — reach the highest state of perfection tn the 

 "LAND OF MANATEE" 

 TEN ACRES WILL MAKE YOU INDEPENDENT. 



Cheap lands can be had for a limited time, but prices are advancing aa 

 the demand is increasing rapidly, The favorable reports from the satisfied 

 thousands who are now realizing the result of their investment are interest- 

 ing the whole country. 



TWO AND THREE CROPS A YEAR 



are not exceptional — climate is perfect — labor abundant — pure, fresh 

 water, supply unlimited. 



Write to-day for instructive booklet fully describing this wonderful 

 country. Address : 



J. A. PRIDE, General Industrial Agent, 



seabom^o air line railway, 



Dept. J NORFOLK, VA. 



THE'BEST" LIGHT 



one burner •will give as much light m 

 ten ordinary oil lamp^ eii 16 candle 

 power electric bulbs.i.Bli 16candl9 

 power gasjetsorSacetylenegas 

 jets. Costs 2 eta. per week. Pro- 

 duces a pure, wliite, steady, safe 

 I lipht. Over 200 styles. Every 

 ' lamp warranted. Agents want- 

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TUB BEST lilOHT CO. 

 306 £t Stli tiU$ Caaton, O. 



aVE YOUR BACK 



I^F Save time, horses, work 

 and money by using an 



Electric Handy Wagon 



Low wheels, broad tires. No 

 living man can build a better. 

 Book on "Wheel Sense" free. 

 ELECTRIC WHEEL CO. Boi23, Quinci, III. 



