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VOL. XIX. 



CHICAGO, ILL., SEPTEMBER 12, 1883. 



No. 37. 



Published every Wednesday, by 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



Editor an3> Proprietor, 



^- The Editor of the Bee Jour- 

 nal being unable to attend the Na- 

 tional Convention, it will be repre- 

 sented by the Rev. W. F. Clarke, of 

 Guelph, Ont., who is duly authorized 

 to take subscriptions and orders for 

 any of our publications. 



^" Mr. James Heddon has been on 

 a tour up imto Northern Michigan, in 

 order to recruit his healtli, and the 

 Dowagiac lYrjies contains a long letter 

 from him concerning his trip, which 

 is interesting and humorous. 



®" We have received a catalogue 

 of " Holland Bulbs and Plants for fall 

 planting," from Hiram Sibley & Co., 

 Rochester, N. Y., and Chicago, 111. 

 It is nicely gotten up and beautifully 

 illustrated. 



^^ The firm name of Crocker & 

 Blake, under wliich E. E. Blake and 

 F. L. Ripley have transacted business 

 for the past ten years at Boston, 

 Mass., is changed to Blake & Ripley. 

 This is the honey firm of Boston. 



1^ "The New Zealand and Austra- 

 lian Bee Journal "is the title of a new 

 bee periodical published at Aukland, 

 New Zealand. It is well edited by a 

 progressive bee - master, and should 

 receive a hearty support by the bee 

 men of Oceanica. It is edited and 

 published by Mr. H. H. Hayr, Month- 

 ly, at 6s. a year, and contains 12 pages 

 and a c*ver. 



^Articles for publication must be 

 written on a separate piece of paper 

 from items of business. 



Reduced Fares to Toronto. 



We have received from President 

 D. A. Jones, the Programme of the 

 Toronto Exhibition, and Mr. Jones 

 writes us tliat he has had Thursday, 

 Sept. 20, set apart as " American 

 Visitor's Day," in honor of our Ameri- 

 can visitors. 



We have had several inquiries 

 about excursion rates from Chicago 

 to Toronto, as mentioned by Mr. 

 Jones in Gleanings, as follows : 



Announce return tickets at single 

 fares on all railroads'in Canada from 

 the 17th to the 22d of September; 1% 

 fares for excursion tickets from the 

 10th to tlie 22d of September. lam 

 airanging hotel accommod;itions. 

 Urge every one who possibly can get 

 here, to come. There will be special 

 excursions from many points in the 

 United States very clieap, to the Falls 

 and Toronto. I hear of one from 

 Kentucky, Cincinnati, Pennsylvania, 

 New York, Chicago, etc., but cannot 

 get particulars yet. 



We have made inquiries at the 

 Grand Trunk Railway oflBces in Chi- 

 cago, and they know nothing of it. 

 We can get the regular Excursion 

 Return Tickets from Chicago to To- 

 ronto for $20, but none both ways for 

 one fare, as Mr. Jones mentions. 



Regular excursion tickets from Cin- 

 cinnati to Niagara Falls, good until 

 Oct. 28, can be bought for $1,5. Ex- 

 cursion tickets from any part of the 

 South or Soutliwest to the Louisville 

 Southern Exposition can be had, or 

 from Louisiville to Cinciimati Expo- 

 sition. In this way, if in no other, 

 Toronto, which is only 30 miles from 

 Niagara Falls, may be reached 

 cheaply. 



President D. A. Jones, under date 

 of Beeton, Aug. 25, 1883, writes us as 

 follows : 



I have received a letter, of which 

 the enclosure is a copy, from Mr 

 Hill, Manger of the Toronto Indus- 

 trial Exhit)ition, which is the outcome 

 of an application which I made to 

 him to secure reduced rates for bee- 

 keepers in the Stale of Michigan. As 

 it would receive publicity through 



your Journal, perhaps you will be 

 kind enough to give it insertion 

 There are single fare rates for the 

 whole week of our convention. 



B. A. Jones. 



Tr r Tx BJSeton, Aug. 2.5, 1883. 



U. J.Hill, Esq.— ^ear Sir: Re- 

 plyuig to yours of the 15th inst., I 

 would say that we do not wish to ad- 

 vertise any reduction from regular 

 rates, but if there are any on our line 

 who apply to you, and you will refer 

 the application to me, I will furnish 

 them with certificates on which they 

 can obtain tickets to Port Huron or 

 Detroit, and return atexcnrsion rates. 



Yours truly, D. Edwards. 



We have written to Mr. Jones to try 

 to get an order on the Chicago Oftice 

 of the tJrand Trunk Railway to sell us 

 as many tickets as are needed at the 

 rate for one way for the round trip, 

 and it will pay those who go to either 

 write to us, or call at this office en- 

 route. 



&• The new Postal Notes are now 

 obtainable, and should be sent in let- 

 ters for all small sums. Each of the 

 6,500 money-order offices have been 

 supplied with books containing the 

 Postal Notes. New York received 20 

 books, and the other offices from that 

 number to one book. Each book con- 

 tains 500 notes. In addition, each office 

 has been furnished with a plyer punch 

 and blanks, to be used in the business. 

 A uniform fee of 3 cents is charged 

 for each note, payable at the office of 

 issue. The oflice at which the note is 

 made payable mu,=t be selected by the 

 sender, and the note is payable at that 

 office only. Each note is made payable 

 to the bearer, and in this respect the 

 note is of the nature of a legal tender. 

 It is no more safe than it is to send 

 postage stamps or bank bills in letters. 

 Absolute safety can be had only when 

 regular money orders are obtained. 



There is now no excuse for sending 

 postage stamps for small sums, except 

 at offices too small to issue the Postal 

 Notes or Money Orders. Be sure to 

 get these Postal Notes drawn on the 

 Madison St. Statioji, Chicago, III. 



