THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



397 



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 and carefully to state what they desire 

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 near one post office, and get their mail 

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^" When writing to this oflice on 

 business, our correspondents should 

 not write anything for publication on 

 the same sheet of paper, unless it can 

 be torn apart without interfering with 

 either portion of the letter. The edi- 

 torial and business departments are 

 separate and distinct, and when the 

 business is mixed up with itenJS.for 

 publication it often causes confusion. 

 They may both be sent in one envelope 

 but on separate pieces of paper. 



li^ It must be understood that, 

 should an advertiser desire to cancel 

 an unexpired contract, he can do so 

 only by paying regular rales for the 

 number of insertions his advertise- 

 ment has had. 



1^ All money orders from foreign 

 countries, should be made payable at 

 Chicago, as the "Madison Street Sta- 

 tion ■' is not an International office. 



®" In reply to many correspondents 

 let us say that we take any kind of 

 postage stamps at their face value- 

 including the 3 cent ones. Silver 

 should never be sent by mail, as it en- 

 dangers the loss of the letter either 

 by tliieves, or else breaks through the 

 envelope and is lost in that way. 



^" W^e carefully mail the Bee 

 Journal to every subscriber, but 

 should any be lost in the mails we will 

 cheerfully send another, if notified 

 before all the edition is exhausted. 



WETTING UP CLUBS. 



Subscription Credits.— We do not 



acknowledge receipt of each subscrip- 

 tion by letter. The label on your 

 paper, or on the wrapper shows the 

 date to which your subscription is 

 paid. "When you send us money, if 

 the proper credit is not given you, 

 within tv,-o weeks thereafter on your 

 label notify us by postal card. Do 

 not wait for months or years, and 

 then claim a mistake. The subscrip- 

 tion is paid to the end of the month 

 indicated on the wrapper-label. This 

 gives a continual statement of account. 



To increase the number of readers 

 of the Bee Jouknal, we believe, wmII 

 aid progressive bee-culture and help 

 to elevate the pursuit. We, therefore", 

 oiler the following premiums for 

 getting up clubs : 



^Vhile no subscription to the Bee 

 Journal will be taken for less than 

 the regular advertised prices (viz.: 

 Weekly, $2.00; Monthly, $1.00),— any 

 one getting up a club of two copies, 

 or more, may select from " Our Book 

 List " anything therein named, to 

 the amount of 1-5 cents for every dollar 

 they send direct to this office, to pay them 

 for the trouble of getting up the club ; 

 and these books will be sent, postpaid, 

 to any address desired. 



For a club of :i Weekly or 6 Monthly 

 and $6.00, we will make an additional 

 present of a Pocket Dictionary, bound 

 in cloth, containing 320 pages. 



For a club of 5 W^eekly or 10 

 Monthly, (or a mixed club of both,) 

 with $10, we will, in addition to the 

 1-5 per cent, present a copy of the 

 AjiERicAii "Popular" Dictionary, 

 comprising every word in the English 

 language that enters into speech or 

 writing ; it contains 32,000 words and 

 phrases,670 illustrations and 51 2 pages; 

 it is nicely bound in cloth, and will be 

 sent by mail, postpaid, to any address 

 desired. 



Subscriptions for two or more years 

 for one person, will count the same 

 as each year for a different person. 



Apiary Register— New Edition. 



All who intend to be systematic in 

 their work in theupiary, should get a 

 copy and commence to use it. The 

 prices will hereafter be as follows : 



For 50 colonies (120 pages) $1 00 



" 100 colonies (220 pages) 1 35 



" 200 colonies (420 pages) 1 50 



The larger ones can be used for a 

 few colonies, give room for an increase 

 of numbers, and still keep the record 

 all together in one book, and are there- 

 fore the most desirable ones. 



Convention Hand-Book. 



Advertisements intended for the Bee 

 Journal must reach this office by 

 Saturday of the previous week. 



Honey as Food and Medicine. 



A pamphlet of 16 pages giving 

 Recipes for Honey Medicines, all kinds 

 of cooking in which honey is used, and 

 healthful and pleasant beverages. 



We have put the price still lower, 

 to encourage bee-keepers to scatter 

 them far and wide. Single copy 5 

 cents, postpaid ; per dozen, 40 cents ; 

 per hundred, $2.50. 500 will be sent 

 postpaid for $10.00 ; or 1000 for 

 $15.00- On order.s 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). This 

 alone will pay him for all his trouble 

 and expense — enabling him to dispose 

 of his honey at home, at a good profit. 



^^ To give away a copy of " Honey 

 as Food and Medicine " to every one who 

 buys a package of honey, will sell almost 

 any quantity of it. 



It is a nice Pocket Companion for 

 bee-keepers. It is beautifully printed 

 on toned paper, and bound in cloth- 

 price 50 cents. 



It contains a copy of a model 

 " Constitution and By-Laws " for the 

 formation of Societies for Bee-Keep- 

 ers— a simplified manual of Parlia- 

 mentary Law and Rules of Order for 

 the guidance of officers as well as 

 members, a blank form for making 

 statistical reports — a Programme 

 of questions for discussion at 

 such meetings— model Premium Lists 

 for Fairs which may be contracted or 

 enlarged, and then recommended to 

 the managers of adjacent County or 

 District Fairs— 32 blank leaves for 

 jotting down interesting facts, etc. 



"We have aimed to make it suitable for 

 any locality, and a book that will com- 

 mend itself to every bee-keeper in the 

 English-speaking world. 



We have had some bound in Russia 

 leather, with colored edges— price 60 

 cents. 



We will supply them by the dozen at 

 25 per cent, discount, post-paid. 



Wliat lliey Say of II : 



From Prof. A. .1. Cook, Lansiiifr. .Mich.—" I. 

 have yreatly to thank you foru-ettiugup the 

 (■.\{|iiisite little t'onveiitiou Hand-Book. 

 Surely the old 'saying' is true— being- a thing- 

 of beauty, it ought to be a joy forever." 



From Mr. A. I. Root, Medina, 0.— " Send 



ine dozen of the Convention Hand-Books. 



Wc have had (juite a number of inquiries for 

 something of that sort, and yours seems to 

 be quite nicely gotten up, and just what is 

 wanted." 



From J. E. Pond, .Jr., Foxboro, Mass.— "The 

 Convention Hand-Book is just the thing. 

 The digest of Parliamentary Rules it con- 

 lainswill prove of great value to every one. 

 I trust it will receive the patronage it so well 

 deserves." 



From Mrs. L. Harrison, Peoria, 111.— "The 

 Bee-Keepers' Convention Hand-Book is a 

 gem. It should be in the hands of every one 

 who attends a bee-eonvention, and then there 

 will be no need of i-nibarrassment on account 

 of ignorance of Parliamentary Rules. Accept 

 my thanks for sample sent." 



From G. M. Doolittle, Borodino, N. T.— " I 

 am in receipt of the ne-\v Convention Hand-- 

 Book, and must congratulate yon on the 

 happy thought of such a work, and the neat 

 ai)i)earance of the liook. It is a work you 

 may ^vell be proud of, both as to the matter 

 it contains, and the splendid material used 

 in its make-up. It will meet a long-felt want; 

 and, were it so that 1 could attend conven- 

 tions as in former years, ten times the price 

 would not seem too much to pay for it, for 

 by the instruction therein given, any man 

 cimlil be kept from many a blunder, much to 

 his niortitication. I hope in the near future 

 to aj-ain be at liberty to go to conventions, 

 when I shall prize the work very highly." 



.Tames Heddon. Dowagiac, Mich., writes : — 

 "The Bee- Keepers' Convention Hand-Book 

 is recei\-ed. I saw it ad\-ertis('d, but con- 

 ceived no approximate ideaof itsgreat value 

 to l)('c-ki'i-pers alti-nding conventions, until 

 I l>cruM'[l it. Many times the price of my 

 cop>- w<nild 1m- 1111 i*-mptation for me to do 

 witho\it it. It will nuike us all want to talk 

 at once. I fear. Vo\i deserve the thanks of 

 all. and 1 herewith tender mine for this 

 heli)er." 



