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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL.. 



^^AS^^^^GAlMTv^i, 



Issued every Wednesday by 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN & SON, 



PKOPRIETORS. 



923&,925WESTMADIS0NST.,CHICAG0,ILL. 

 At One Dollar a Year. 



ALFRED H. NEWMAN. 



Business manager. 



^p^ccial Notices. 



To Correspondents. — It would save 

 UB much trouble, if all would be particular 

 to give their P. O. address and name, when 

 writing to this office. We have several letters 

 (some inclosing money) that have no name; 

 many others ha\ing: no Post-Offlce, County 

 or State. Also, if you live near one post- 

 offlce and get your mail at another, be sure 

 to give the address we have on our list. 



A Ne*v Crate to hold one dozen one-pound 

 ■sections of honey.— It has a strip of glass on 

 each side, to allow the honey to be seen. It 

 Is a light and attractive package. As it holds 

 but one tier of sections, no damage from the 

 drippings from an upper tier can occur. We 

 can furnish the material, ready to nail, for 

 Sets, per crate. Glass lUc. per light, extra. 



Preininm TVortb Having. — The New 



York World and the American Bee Jour- 

 nal (both weekly) will be sent for one year 

 to any address in North America for $1.90. 

 And in addition PRESENT to every such 

 CLtTB SUBSCRIBER a " History ot the United 

 States," containing :3'20 pages and 22 flne en- 

 ^avings, bound in leather and gilt. 



This " History *' will be sent free by ex- 

 press at the subscriber's expense ; or will 

 be mailed for 10 cents extra to any place in 

 the United States or Canada. 



It is arranged chronologically by years, 

 from 1492 to 188.^. Every event is narrated 

 In the order of its date. These are not con- 

 flned, as in other works, to political matters, 

 but embrace every branch of human action. 



This premium is worth the whole of the 

 money sent for both periodicals, and should 

 induce thousands to subscribe, and thus get 

 two unrivalled weeklies for nothing. 



This offer is good only until Jan. 1, 

 1887, hence no time should be lost. Send 

 at once 1 



^Vben Renewing your subscription 

 please try to get your neighbor who keeps 

 bees to join with you in taking the Bee 

 Journal. It is now so cheap that no one 

 can afford to do without it. We will present 

 a Binder for the IlEE Journal to any one 

 sending us four subscriptions— with $4.00— 

 direct to this olfice. It ^vill pay any one to 

 devote a few hours, to get subscribers. 



SimnilnH' IVon-Siirarniing System is 



the title ot a new English bee-book. The 

 author claims that it will inaugurate a "new 

 era in modern bee-keeping," and states that 

 "it is based upon purely natural principles, 

 and is the only system that can ever be 

 relied upon, because no other condition 

 exists in the economy of the hive that can 

 be applied to bring about the desired result 

 —a total absence of any desire to swarm." 

 It contains 64 pages ; is well printed and 

 illustrated. Price 50 cents. It can now be 

 obtained at this otiice. 



Tbe Report of the Indianapolis Conven- 

 tion is now published in pamphlet form, 

 uniform with that of last year. It will be 

 sent postpaid for 23 cents to any address. 



We have also bound it up with last year's, 

 together with the History of the Society ; 

 this we will mail for 40 cents. Or if you 

 send us one?teuj subscriber (with one dollar) 

 besides your own renewal, we will present 

 you with a copy by mail. 



To all New Subscribers for 1887 we 

 will present the rest of the numbers for 

 1886 ; so the sooner they subscribe the more 

 they will get for their money. 



Red Labels for one-pound pails of 

 honey, size .3x4!4 inches. — We have just 

 gotten up a lot of these Labels, and can 

 supply them at the following prices : 100 

 forSl.OO : 2.50 for$1.50 ; .300 for $2.00 ; 1,000 

 for $R.00 ; all with name and address of 

 apiarist printed on them— by mail, postpaid. 



The Western World Guide and Hand- 



Book of Useful Information, contains the 

 greatest amount of useful information ever 

 put together in such a cheap form. The 

 printing, paper, and binding are excellent, 

 and the book is well worth a dollar. To any 

 one sending us two new subscribers besides 

 his own, with $3.00, for one year, we will 

 present a, copy of this valuable book. 



Reader, do you not just now think of 

 one bee-keeper who does not take the 

 Weekly Bee Journal, and who should do 

 so ? Perhaps a word or two from you will 

 induce him to do so. Will you not kindly 

 oblige us by getting his subscription to send 

 on with your own renewal for next year? 

 When you do so, please select any 25 cent 

 book on list, and we will send it to you 

 post-paid, to pay for your trouble. We are 

 aiming to get 5,000 new subscribers for 1887 

 — will you not assist us to obtain them ? 



Home Market for Honey- 



As tUere is Another firm in Chicago by 

 tbe name of " Newman & Son," we wish our 

 correspondents would write " American Bee 

 Journal" on the envelope when writing to 

 this office. Several letters of ours have 

 already gone to the other firm (a commission 

 house), causing vexatious delay and trouble. 



Five Thousand new subscribers to the 

 Bee Journal is what we have made our 

 calculations for ; they will come in clubs 

 between now and next spring. Installments 

 are coming every day. 



^^~ To create Honey Markets in every 

 village, town and city, wide-awake honey 

 producers should get the Leaflets " Why Eat 

 Honey" (only .50 cents per 100), or else the 

 pamphlets on "Honey as Food and Medicine," 

 and scatter them plentifully, and the result 

 will be a demand for all ot their crops at 

 remunerative prices. " Honey as Food and 

 Medicine " are sold at the following prices : 



Single copy, 5 cts. ; per doz., 40 cts. ; per 

 hundred, $2,50. Five hundred will be sent 

 postpaid for $10.00; or 1,000 for $15,00. 

 On orders of 100 or more, we will print, if 

 desired, on the cover-page, " Presented by," 

 etc. (giving the name and address of the bee- 

 keeper who scatters them). 



To give away a copy of " Honey as Food 

 and Medicine " to every one who buys a 

 package of honey, will sell almost any quan- 

 tity of it. 



Tlie Convention History or America 



with a full report of the proceedings of the 

 Detroit and Indianapolis conventions, and 

 the American Bee Journal for one year, 

 will be clubbed for $1.25. 



Colored Posters for putting up over 

 honey exhibits at Fairs are quite attractive, 

 as well as useful. We have prepared some 

 for the Bee Journal, and will send two or 

 more free of cost to any one who will use 

 them, an4 try to get up a club. 



t^~ Sample Copies of the Bee Journai, 

 will be sent free upon application. Any one 

 intending to get up a club can have sample 

 copies sent to the persons they desire to in- 

 terview, by sending the names to this ofBce, 

 or we will send them all to the agent. 



FLINT-GLASS HONEY-JARS. 



HEREAFTER our prices for Square Flint- 

 GlasB Honey-Jars will be as follows : 

 DimeJars(lgro8sinabox).wltlicorks, a^. |3 00 



>4-lb. '• " 4 00 



1-lb. " (1 gr.or)^Kr.lnbx)wlthoutcork8" 5 00 

 2-lb. •' " ** " " 6 50 

 Cork8 for 1 and 2 lb. Jars, per gross 75 



In lots of 5 (sross of Jars, or more, we allow a 

 discount of r> per cent. 



Flint Klass beinK the nicest jars for honey, and 

 prices being reduced, we shall keep no more areen 

 KliissJiira. AamalHotof 1-lb. Jars on hand yet, 

 we offer at $4.50 per pross. 



CUAS. F. MITTH «& SON, 



Cor.Freeman & Central Av.. CINCINNATI, O. 



TiaziE 



AMERICAN APICULTUmST 



WILI. be sent one year and a copy of 

 the :5rd Edition of the Bee-Keepers' 

 Handy-Book, on receipt of $1.50. The book 

 contains 300 pages and 100 fine illustrations. 



41Atf WENHAM. MASS. 



RUPTURE 



Have vou ht-aril of the astoundinjjr reduction tor DR. 

 J. A. SHER.MaN'S Kixmous Home Treatment, the only 

 !:nown pu.iraiitee comfoi't and cure witliovit operation 

 or hinuraiire from labor! No steel or iron bands, fer- 

 lect retention iiiRlit and day, no t-hafinp. suited to all 

 a(i:es. Now SlOonly. Send fo^cirL•u^a^of measure- 

 ments, instructions and proofs. Get cured at homo and 

 be happy, ottice 293 Broadway, New York. 



