V04 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



EXCELSIOR 



HONEY EXTRACTORS. 



In answer to frequent inquiries 

 f<ir Extractors carryinK 3 and 4 

 hant-'stroth frames, I have con- 

 <^hnied to adopt these two new 

 ^l/e^^. The :i frame basket is in a 

 lui iif the same size and style us 

 Ih',.' frame. The 4 frame basket 

 iM III the larKer can, with the cone 

 T [iietal standard for the basket 

 I < revolve upon, leaving room un- 

 tltrneath the basket for75or80 

 lbs. of honey. It will be complete, 

 with covers, and in every way 

 identical, except In size, with the 

 *lh.iK) Extractor, J3xL'o, which is 

 intended for anv size of frame. 



ExceptlnK with the $h.ik) Ex- 

 tract^)r8, all the different styles 

 have strainers over the canal lead- 

 m8 to the honey gate, and mova- 

 ble sides in the Comb Baskets. The $H.Oi.) and 

 $10.(X) Extractors have no covers. 



For 2 American frames, 13x13 inches $8 00 



For 2 Lanustroth " I0xl8 " . ~ " 



For 3 " " 10x18 " . 



For 4 " " 10x18 " . 



For 2 frames of any size, 1 3x20 " . 



For 3 " ^' 12^x20 " . 



For 4 " *' 13X20 " . 



8 m 



.10 00 

 .14 00 

 .12 00 

 .12 00 

 .16 00 



ALFRED H. NEWMAN, 



923 West Madison Street, Chicago. 111. 



GOLDEN ITALIAN QUEENS. 



l-frameNucIeH8,wlth Test- 

 ed Queen $4.50 



J-franie Nucleus, with Test- 



„ ed (^ueen 5.00 



Full Colonv, with Tested 



gueen, before July 1 12.00 



Same, after July l 10.00 



Tested Queen, before July 1, 3.00 

 after July l.. 2.50 

 per half doz., 



after July 1 1 3.50 



Address, by ReRlstered Letter 

 or Postoffice Order, 



DR. I. P. WILSON, 



iwtf BurllnRton, Iowa. 



EVERY FARMER AND MILLER 



SHOtTLD have FISHER'S GRAIN TABLES, 192 

 paKes, pocket form; full of useful tables for 

 casting up tirain, produce, bay; cost of pork, inter- 

 est; wages tables, wood measurer, ready reckoner, 

 plowing tables and more miscellaneous matter and 

 useful tables for farmers and others than any 

 similar bo<)k ever published. Ask your bookseller 

 for it. Sent post-paid for 40 cents. Agents can 

 make money selling this book. 

 MW For sale at the Bbk Joiirxal Office, a* 



For the past few years I have made this excel- 

 lent food my leading article. Having the best es- 

 tablished reputation in this city as a dealer in 

 PURE HONEY direct from the Apiaries, enables 

 me tn obtain the highest market prices. Y<jurcon- 

 " signments and eoirespondence respectfully solic- 

 ited. 



B. A. BURNETT, Commission Merchant, 

 Successor to Conner, Burnett & Co., 



28wI3t 161 So. Water Street. Chicago, HI. 



Z.OOZS ZISRSr 



If you want cheap bees and hives to suit, good 

 Cyprian, Albino or Italian Queens, Comb Founda- 

 tion, all kinds. Section Boxes, and everything a 

 live apiarist needs, send for prices. 



Full Colonies and Nuclei a Specialty 



with good young Queens. Give me a call, friends, 

 and 1 will try and please you. (Box 8iy ) 



E. T. FLANAGAN, Rose Htll Apiary. 

 5wly Belleville, St. Clair County. III. 



Given'sFoundationPress. 



The latest improvement In Foundation. Our thin 



\ common Foundation is not surpassed. The 



\ invention to make Foundation in the wired 



\e. AH Presses warranted to give satisfaction. 



\for Catalogue and Samples. 



\ B. S. GIVEN <Sc C, Hoopeaton, 111. 



l«i?HHll 



Pianos 



$850 Square Grand Piano for only $245. 



PIANn ^TYI F Ql Magnificent rosewood 

 I InllU Ol ILL U2 case elegantly finished. 

 3 strlnvH, 7 l-:i Octnveii, full patent cantante 

 agrafles, our new patent overstrung scale, beauti- 

 ful carved legs and lyre, heavy serpentine and 

 large fancy moulding, full iron frame, French 

 Grand Action, Grand Hammers, in fact, every im- 

 provementwhich can in any way tend to the per- 

 fection of the instrument, has been added. 



lyOur price for this Instriiment. boxed 

 and delivered on hourd cars a.t New York* 

 with flue Plane Cover, Stool Jl*0 I ^^ 



and Book, only fJp^"xO. 



RecJueed from our late wholesale factory price, 

 89295, for »ai day-* only, to have this beautiful 

 Piano introduced. This is now, by far.the great- 

 est huriraln ever offered the musical public. Un- 

 precedented success ! Tremendous demand for 

 this style ! Order atonce. 



This Piano will be sent on i.j days' test trial. 

 Please send reference if you do not send money 

 with order. Cnsh sent with order luil I be refunded 

 and freight charges paid by us both ways if Piano is 

 not just as represented. Several other special bar- 

 gains: Planofi, !KilOO up. Over i.''.,(hmi In use, 

 and not one dissatisHed purchaser. Handsome 

 Illustrated Catalngue mailed free, givin« the high- 

 est testimonials ever awarded any manufacturer. 

 Everv Piann fully wiirranted for 5 years. 



SHEET MlTSir ^ price. Catalogue of 3,000 

 choice pieces sent fur He. stamp. 



MEXBEl^SSOHAI PIANO CO.. 



2l8mly Box 2958, New York. 



EARS FOR THE MILLION ! 



FooGhoo's Balsam of Shark's Oil 



Positively Restores the Hearing, and is the 

 Only Absolnte Care for Deafness Known. 



This Oil is abstracted from a peculiar species of 

 small White Shark, caught in the Yellow Sea, 

 knuwn hr Carcharodon liondeletii. Every t'hlnese 

 tlsherujan itnows it. Its virtues as a restorative of 

 hearing were discovered by a Buddhist Priest about 

 the year 14lo. Us cures were so numerous and 

 man.v Howeemliiffly mlraciilou*. that the rem- 

 edy was officially pniclaimed over the entire Em- 

 pire. Its use became so universal that for over 

 :SOO y<-ai*N no ]>eiifneKH has existed anions 

 the ChlneHe people. Sent, charges prepaid, lo 

 any address at ♦!.(«» per bottle. 



HEAR WHAT M DEAF SAY! 



It has performed a miracle in my case. 



1 have no unearthly noises in my head, and hear 

 much better. 



I have been greatly benefited. 



My deafness helped a great deal— think another 

 bottle win cure me. 



"Its virtues are unquestionable and its cura- 

 tive chauacteu AHSOLUTE, AS THE WHITER CAX 

 PERSONALLY TESTIFY, BOTH FRO.'M EX PKHIENCE 



AND OBSERVATION. Write at once to Havlock 

 & Jennev, 7 Dey Street, New York, enclosing $i. 

 and you will receive by return a remedy that will 

 enable you to hear like anybody else, and whose 

 curative effects will be permanent. You will never 

 regret doing so."— Eliitob of Mercantile Re- 

 view, 



ffj^To avoid loss in the mails, please send money 

 by Registekei> Letter. 



Only Imported by HAYLOCK & JENNEY, 



(Late HAYLOCK & Co.) 

 Sole Agents for Ajuerica. 7 Dey St.* New York. 



20w 1 y 



Books for Bee -Keepers. 



Sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt of price, by 



THOMAS C. NEWMAN. 

 925 West Madison Street. CHICAGO, ILL. 



Bee-K.eeper*ii Guide ; or, €ook*a Manual 

 of the JLplury. — Entirely re-wrltten, elegaatly 

 illustrated and fully " up with the times " on every 

 subject of bee-culture. It is not only instructive, 

 but intensely interesting and thoroughly practical. 

 The bo(tk is a masterly production, and one that no- 

 bee-keeper, however limited his means, can afford 

 to do without, ('loth, !#1.85 ; paper cover, 81, 



Qulnby*B New Bec-Keeplnff, by L. C. Root— 



The anthor treats the subject of bee-keeping so 

 that it cannot fail to interest all. Its style is plain 

 and forcible, making all its readers realize that its 

 authoris master of the subject.— JSl. SO. 



Novlce*fi ABC ofBee-CaUure, by A. 1. Root 

 —This embrace8*'everything pertaining to the care 

 ot the honey-bee," and is valuable to beginners and 

 those more advanced. Cloth, SI. 3S5. 



KlnK*<« Bee-Keeperd' Text-Boob, by A. J. 



King.— This edition is revised and brought down to 

 the present time. Cloth, 9S1.00. 

 Lanffstroth on the Hive and Honey Bee 



- This is a standard scientific work. Price, 98. 



Blessed Bees, by John Allen.— A romance of 

 bee-keeping, full of practical information and 

 contagious enthusiasm. Cloth, TSc. 



Bees and Honey, or Management of an 

 Apiary for Pleasure and Profit, by Thomas G. 

 Newman.— Third Edition. "Fully up with the 

 times." including all the various Improvements 

 and inventions. Chief among the new chapters 

 are : " Bee Pasturage a Necessity." *' Management 

 of Bees and Honey at Fairs," "Marketing Honey," 

 etc. It contains luo pages, and is profusely lllus* 

 trated. i*rice, bound In cloth, 750.; in paper 

 covers, 50c., postpaid. 



Blenen K.ultnr, by Thomas G. Newman, in 

 the GERMAN language. Price, in paper covera, 

 4o cents, or f3 per dozen, postpaid. 



Dzlerzon Theory ;— presents the fundamen- 

 tal principles of bee-culture, and furnishes the 

 facts and arguments to demonstrate them. 15 c. 



Honey, as Food and Medicine, by Thomas 



G. Newman.— This pamphlet discourses upon the 

 Ancient History of Bees and Honey , the nature, 

 quality, sources, and preparation of Honey for the 

 Market ; Uoney as food, giving recipes for making 

 Honey Cakes, Cookies, Puddings, Foam, Wlnes.etc; 

 and Honey as Medicine, with many useful Recipes. 

 It is intended for consumers, and should be scat- 

 tered bv thousands, creating a demand for honey 

 everywhere. Published In KnKltsh and Oerman* 

 Price for either edition, 6c.; per dozen, 50c. 



'WInterluff Bees. — This contains the Prize 

 Essays on this subject, read before the Centennial 

 Bee-Keepers' Association. Price, lOc. 



Preparation or Honey for the Market* 



including the production and care of both comb 

 and extracted honey, and instructions on the ex- 

 hibition of bees and honey at Fairs, etc., by T. Q, 

 Newman. Price lOc. 



The Hive I tlse— Being a description of the 

 hive used by G. M. Doollttle. Price, 5c. 



Extracted Honey ; Harvestlnff, Handl- 

 lii|[ und Murketlnff.—A 24-page pamphlet, by 

 Ch. A C. P. Dadant, giving in detail the methods 

 and management adopted in their apiary. This 

 contains many useful hints.- Price 15c. 



Bee Pustnraire a Necessity, by Thomas G. 



Newman— Giving advanced views on this Impor- 

 tant subject, with suggestions what to plant, and 

 and when and how : 26 engravings. Price, lOc. 



Practical Hints to Bee-Keepers, by Chas. 



F. Muth; :J2 pages. It gives Mr. Muth's views on 

 the management of bees. Price, lOc. 



Swarnilnff.BlvldInK and Feeding Bees.— 



Hints to Beginners, by Thomas G. Newman. Price 

 5 cents. 



Bees In "W^lnter, with instructions about 

 Chaff- Packing, Cellars and Bee Houses, by Thomas 



G. Newman. Price 5c. 



K.endall*s Horse Book. — No book could be 

 more useful to horse owners. It has :i5 engravings 

 illustrating positions of sicit hiirses. and treats all 

 diseases in a plain and comprehensive manner. It 

 has recipes, a table of doses, and much valuable 

 horse information. Paper, 25c. 



Chicken Cholera, by A. J. Hill,— A treatise on 

 its cause, symptoms and cure. Price, S5c. 



Moore*s Universal AsslstAnt, and Com- 

 plete Mechanic, contains over l.OfjO.WX) Indus- 

 dustnal Facts, Calculations, Processes, Trade Se- 

 crets, Legal Items, Business Forms, etc., of vast 

 utilitv to every Mechanic, Farmer and Business 

 "Man.' Gives ■^Mt.oTH' items for Gas, Steam, Civil 

 and Mining Engineers, Machinists. Millers, Black- 

 smiths, Founders. Miners. Metallurgists. Assayera, 

 Plumbers, Gas and Steam Fitters, Bronzers, Gild- 

 ers. Metal and Wood Workers of every kind. 



The work contains l.oiH pages. Is a veritable 

 Treasury of Useful Knowledge, and worth its 

 weight in gold to any Mechanic, Business Man, or 

 Farmer. Price, postage paid, ISS.SO. 



