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GLEANIKGS IK BEE CtJLTUEE. 



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thinking it all over we have decided to lend no cuts 

 to any one; but to accommodate, we will sell elec- 

 trotypes at the usual price of 25 cts. per square 

 inch. This, of course, is but a small part of the 

 original cost of the picture. 



It has always seemed as if those who send us very 

 large orders should have a little better rates than 

 those who order only one article at a time, or, say, 

 a'dollar's worth of goods, or such a matter. Well, 

 the truth is, friends, I have figured many articles 

 down so low that there is hardly room for any dis- 

 count at all, especially those sold at ten and hun- 

 dred rates. However, we have decided to make a 

 discount of two per cent on all cash orders of $30.00 

 or over; three per cent on .f 100 or over, and five per 

 cent on orders of $500 or over. 



VOUR OWN NAME. 



Nevek be ashamed to tell who you are. There 

 may be circumstances under which it may be right 

 to take an assumed name, or at least there are some 

 people who claim there is; but I tell you, friends, 

 when the time comes that it seems expedient to 

 conceal your real identity, then is the time when 

 you want to look out that you are net being led by 

 Satan instead of God. I have just been told, in a 

 private letter, that a prominent bee friend visited 

 us, and stayed some time, going all over the estab- 

 lishment under an assumed name. The excuse giv- 

 en was, that I might charge him more for beeswax 

 if I knew he was running an opposition fdn. factory. 

 Is it possible any of you should think I am so afraid 

 of opposition as that? If you want to go into the 

 same business, come and look us all over; take 

 measurements of every thing, and, if you wish, we 

 will help you build your machinery, and give you 

 the best advice we know how to give. It is just 

 what we are doing every day. Do you think wo 

 shall suffer or lose, or lack business and work? " In 

 ray Father's house are many mansions. If it were 

 not so, I would have told you." Even were it possi- 

 ble for some one to steal and carry away my busi- 

 ness, they could not take away my faith in God. Is 

 not " the life more than meat, and the body than 

 raiment"? Another thing: Some of our bee circu- 

 lars hail from apiaries with some high-sounding 

 name, with somebody's name appended as agent or 

 manager. Don't do it. Aren't you always " maHfly- 

 er" of your own business? In business circles it is 

 getting to be pretty well understood that all these 

 obscure ways of doing are some sort of a dodge to 

 evade payment of just debts. The institution or- 

 ders goods, and, when payment is desired, the man 

 who made the order says he is only the " manager," 

 and thinks it ridiculous that you should think of 

 holding him responsible. If your name is John 

 Smith, put John Smith to the end of every thing you 

 write, and then bend the energies of your life to- 

 ward making the name of John Smith as good as the 

 gold, so that all men maj' pronoiuice it good, at 

 sight. Young man, Dcrcr let the time come when 

 you shall be afraid or ashamed of your own name. 



CIRCULARS, ETC., RECEIVED. 

 Von Dorn, Omaha, Neb., sends us a l-page list of 



apiarian supplies. 



J. V. Caldwell, Cambridge, HI., has sent us an 8- 

 pagre list of " Supplies for the Apiary." 

 D. S. Given & Co., Hoopeston. 111., have issued a 



pretty 20-page pamphlet relative to the " Oiven Fdn. Trefs." 



J. S. Tadlock, Luling, Texas, sends us an 8-page 

 "Price List of Bee-keepers' Supplies."' 



G. W. Baker, Lewisville, Ind., sends us a fine 8- 



page price list ol' bees and poultry; 6x8. 



Chas. J. Van Eaton, York, Livingston Co.N. Y., 



sends us a pretty 1-page list of " sonic of the implements " used 

 in the apiary. 



P. L. Viallon, Bayou Goula, La., has just received 



from our jolj rooms an ,S-page list of every thing i)ertaining to 

 his extensive apieultural business. Hend for one. 



E. T. Flanagan, Belleville, 111., always up to the 



times in progressive apiculture, has kept our big press busy 

 for three days last week on his new Catalogue for 1883. It will 

 pay you to get one. The new firm is Flanagan & lllinski. 



Friend Muth sends an interesting supplement to 



his 1883 price list. It seems lie has, on the first cover, finally 

 perceived the merits of the Simplicity hive, and gives us Blan- 

 ton's Simplicity bee-hive. He also makes a reduction on honey- 

 jars. 



L. E. Welch, Linden, Mich., has just received from 



our job-rooms a very tasty 6-page price list of bees and sup- 

 plies foi' the apiary, 5 x 3. 



F. Boomhower, Gallupville, N. Y., has also issued 



his price list of clamps and bees, in jtist the same style as the 

 above, .and from this office. " tJeorge the jobster "' is now fair- 

 ly i-c\'eling in new material, and is prepared to " throw " him- 

 self on the daintier class of job printing which is now so rap- 

 idly coming into favor among bec-nicu. 



Friend Hayhurst sends us his neat little postal-card 



circular, from which we extract the following, which sounds 

 " just like him:" '■ I guarantee safe ariival. If the bees reach 

 you in bad condition, please send me, immediately, without af- 

 fidavit or dead bees, your simple statement of the matter, and 

 I will trv ag.Tin, or )iiiimpllv return j-our moiiev. I do nut 

 know that 1 have a i-ingle dissatisfied customer; Yiut if tln^ic 

 are any such, and they will write me in legard to the matter. I 

 will do the best that I can to render satisfaction." 

 MRS. LIZZIE COTTON'S CmcVL.lK. 

 I am being asked my ojiinion of the new circulars Jlrs. Cot- 

 ton is again seiKling out ipiite plentifully. The statements she 

 makes, and the priees she charges for the goods she sends out, 

 would, in my opinion, forbid her being classed with our regu- 

 lar .supply dealers, to say nothing of the strings of complaints 

 against her that have filled our bee journals for years past. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



CALT. POn A CON^•E^T10N. 



The bee-keepers of Northeastern Michiffan are 

 hereby requested to meet at the Davton Hotel, in 

 Flint, at 10 o'clock A. m., on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 1883, 

 for the purpose of organizing a bee-keepers' associ- 

 ation. All bee-keepers are earnestly requested to 

 come, and bring with them any apiarian articles of 

 interest that they may possess. A free room, and 

 reduced rates of board", have bepn secured. 



W. Z. Hutchinson. 



The Tuscarawas Valley Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will hold a called meeting in Town Hall, Coshocton, 

 O., on Feb. Uth, 1883, at 10 o'clock A. M. Every one 

 interested in bees or honey is invited there. Come 

 prepared to make a report of the bee business for 

 the past year. Bring or send any thing pertaining 

 to the business, and let others see it. 



J. A. BucKLEW, Scc'y. 



DOOLITTLE SAYS, 



i Stanley's Yandervort Fdn. 



IS THE BEST. 



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i We can fill orders at once for a large amount of 



I our celebrated foundation. Also any thing wanted 



by bee-keepers, at factory prices, or lower. 

 I Send for Circular. 

 j 2d G. W. STANLEY & BRO.. Wyoming, N. Y. 



I IF YOU WANT A 



! Horse Pov^er, 



I Don't make or buy one until you have sent for a 

 i Circular describing the Warken Power, to 

 2d W. C. GILLETTE, LeKoy, Genesee Co., N. Y. 



Seeds, Plants, Vines, bulbs, Etc., j\ 



at growers' prices, grown at my seed farm, fruit 

 garden, and apiary. Descriptive catalogue free. 



Address JOHN H. MYEUS, 



l-2d Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 



