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Next Door to 



Everything 



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Reads the advertisement of a great railway terminal. 

 " Next door to everything in Beedom " fittingly de- 

 scribes our location. In the bee-supply business 

 distance is measured, not in miles but in hours and 

 minutes; and the house that gives first service is 

 nearest the beekeeper. 



Tho but a short distance from the geographical 

 center of Ohio we are yet so near to West Virginia 

 and Pennsylvania, and so closely connected by trans- 

 portation lines, that we are truly " next door." 



Some idea of our importance as a distributing 

 center may be gained from the fact that more than 

 fifty mails arrive and as many depart daily, and 

 almost a hundred freight and express trains enter 

 and leave the city every twenty-four hours. 



Then our location in the city is most accessible. 

 Our office and warerooms are just off the main busi- 

 ness thoroughfare, in the heart of the wholesale dis- 

 trict, and only a stone's throw from depots, post- 

 office, and the large retail stores. Beekeepers and 

 their friends are earnestly invited to make our store 

 their headquarters when in the city. 



The best goods and service justify us in promis- 

 ing our customers the fullest measure of satisfaction. 



March cash orders are subject to a special dis- 

 count of 1 per cent off catalog prices. Clover 

 looks most promising for the coming season, and it 

 is the part of wise foresight to prepare carefully 

 the bees for winter, and anticipate all possible re- 

 quirements. 



The Eyes, Ears, and 



Mouth are Near 



Together 



To see birds, hear their 

 music, and taste honey 

 are a happy trio. 



There is a new and enlarged 



Bird Department 



in the 



Guide to Nature 



Send twenty-five cents for a four- 

 months' trial •ubtcription 



E. W. Peirce, 



22 So. Third St. Zanesville, Ohio 



Address: ArcAdiA, Sound Beach, Conn. 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



This Washer 



Must Pay for 

 Itself 



A MAN tried to sell me a horse once. He said it 

 was a fine horse and had nothing the matter 

 with it. I wanted a fine horse. But I didn't 

 know anything about horses 

 much. And I didn't know 

 the man very well either. 

 So I told him I wanted 

 to try the horse for a 

 month. He said, "All right, 

 but pay me first, and I'll 

 give you back your money 

 if the horse isn't all right." 

 Well, I didn't like that. 

 I was afraid the horse 

 wasn't "all right," and that 

 I might have to whistle for 

 my money if I once parted 

 with it. So I didn't buy 

 the horse, altho I wanted 

 it Ijadly. Now this set me 

 thinking. 



You see I make Wash- 

 ing Machines — the " 1900 

 Gravity " Washer. 



And I said to myself, 

 lots of people may think 

 about my Washing Ma- 

 chine as I thought about 

 the horse, and about the 

 man who owned it. 

 But I'll never know, because they wouldn't write 

 and tell me. You see, I sell my Washing Machines 

 by mail. I have sold over half a million that way. 

 So, thought I, it is only fair enough to let people 

 try my Washing Machines for a month before they 

 pay for them, just as I wanted to try the horse. 



Now, I know what our "1900 Gravity" Washer 

 will do. I know it will wash the clothes, without 

 wearing or tearing them, in less than half the time 

 they can be washed by hand or by any other ma- 

 chine. 



I know it will wash a tubful of very dirty clothes 

 in Six Minutes. I know no other machine ever in- 

 vented can do that without wearing out the clothes. 

 Our " 1900 Gravity " Washer does the work so 

 easy that a child can run it almost as well as a 

 strong woman, and it doesn't wear the clothes, fray 

 the edges, nor break buttons the way all other ma- 

 chines do. 



It just drives soapy water clear thru the fibers of 

 the clothes like a force pump might. 



So, said I to myself, I will do with my " 1900 

 Gravity " Washer what I wanted the man to do with 

 the horse. Only I won't wait for people to ask me. 

 I'll offer first, and I'll make good the offer every 

 time. 



Let me send you a " 1900 Gravity " Washer on 

 a month's free trial. I'll pay the freight out of my 

 own pocket, and if you don't want the machine after 

 you've used it a month I'll take it back, and pay 

 the freight too. Surely that is fair enough, isn't it? 

 Doesn't it prove that the " 1900 Gravity " Wash- 

 er must be all that I say it is? 



And you can pay me out of what it saves for you. 

 It will save its whole cost in a few months in wear 

 and tear on the clothes alone. And then it will 

 save 50 cents to 75 cents a week over that in wash- 

 woman's wages. If you keep the machine after the 

 month's trial, I'll let you pay for it out of what it 

 saves you. If it saves you 60 cents a week, send 

 me 50 cents a week till paid for. I'll take that 

 cheerfully, and I'll wait for my money until the 

 machine itself earns the balance. 



Drop me a line today, and let me send you a 

 book about the " 1900 Gravity" Washer that washe 

 clothes in six minutes. 



Address me this way — H. L. Barker, 1624 Cour-; 

 St., Binghamton, N. Y. If you live in Canada 

 address 1900 Washer Co., 357 Yonge St., Toronto 

 Ontario. 



