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THE B^:E-KEEPERS' review. 



The German wise heads say the bee-keep- 

 ers' year does not begin either with spring 

 or with January, but with October 1st. 

 Straw, Gleanings 888. There, now ! All 

 my records and things are adjusted to a bee 

 year beginning October 4th. I'm within 

 three daysof it— just by the fortuitous cir- 

 cumstance of buying the apiary on that day. 

 And the experience of so many years shows 

 me that it is indeed just the proper place to 

 divide year from year. 



Richards, O. Jan. 13, 189G. 



Promises Worth Accepting. 



In 1S96— the 70th year of its publication— The 

 Youth's Companion uromises greater and 

 more varied pleasures to its readers than ever 

 before, and The Companion's promises are 

 worth accepting, for they are always more than 

 fulfilled. 



Sutficient attractions are announced to make 

 each of the r)2 numbers for 1896 a prizein itself. 

 Articles are promised from three C^abinet Min- 

 isters, a feature whicii has never been equalled 

 by any other publication. The Princess Louise, 

 daughter of Queen Victoria ; the Lord Chief 

 Justice of England : Ff>ur Admirals, Speaker 

 Reed and Justin McCarthy, the famous home- 

 ruler, are among the illustrious names on the 

 list. 



Among many good things which The (Compan- 

 ion promises are four serial stories, each of 

 which will make a good-sized book when com- 

 pleted : a series of personal articles describ- 

 ing "How I Served My Apprenticeship," by 

 Maj. (ieu, Nelson A. Miles, Andrew Carnegie, 

 Frank Stockton and others ;fapcinatiug stories 

 of travel, and the usual carefully prepared '" de- 

 partments " which every Companion reader en- 

 joys. 



Send $1,75, the price of the Companion for 

 one year, 52 weeks,— and enjoy each week the 

 fulfillment of the promises of the paper for 18P6. 

 If you do so at once you will mies fewer of the 

 good things, for some of them appear in eacii 

 number. ' 



To all new and renewing subscribers The 

 (Companion sends a very handsome calendar 

 lithographed in four colors, each of four pages, 

 containing a picture representing one of the 

 seasons of the year. Address The YourH's Com- 

 panion, 195 Columbus .V venue, Boston. 



Late Literary News. 



No one ever thought of introducing so 

 expensive a feature as lithographic color 

 work in the days when the leading mag- 

 azines sold for $4.00 a year and 35 cents a 

 copy. But times change, and the mag- 

 azines change with them. It has remain- 

 ed for The Cosmopolitan, sold at one 

 dollar a year, to put in an extensive 

 lithographic plant capable of printing 

 320,000 pages per day (one color). The 

 January issue presents as a frontispiece 

 a water-color drawing by Eric Pape, 

 illustrating thr^ last story by Itobort 

 Louis Stevenson, whichlhas probably 

 never been excelled even in the pages of 

 the finest dollar periodicals. The cover 

 of The Cosmopolition is also changed, a 

 drawing of page length by the famous 

 • Paris artist Kossi, in lithographic colors 

 on white paper takes the place of the 

 manilla back with its red strip. Here- 

 after the cover is to be a fresh surprise 

 each month. 



TWO YEARS 



<& FOR THE PRICE OF ONE. ^ 



To any one not now a subscriber to the Bee- 

 Keepers' Review, who sends $1.00 for it for 

 1896, and says that he wants them, I will send 

 12 back numbers, free. This is done to induce 

 those who are strangers to the Review to be- 

 come acquainted with its merits. To hold old 

 subscribers is not difficult ; and, to get the 

 Review into the hands of new men, that they, 

 too, may, in time, become ohl subscribers, is 

 worth au extra effort, hence this offer. Tl'he 

 back numbers of the Review, most of them, 

 have a value peculiarly tlieir own ; they are 

 ■'special topic " numbers. That is, each num- 

 ber is really a little book in which may be 

 found the views of the best bee keepers upon 

 some important apiarian subject. They are as 

 valuable now as when published. Of some of 

 these issues there are several hundred, of others 

 not more than a dozen, and in filling these 

 orders I must be allowed to make the selec- 

 tion, but no two copies will be alike. For 25c. 

 extra, the 50c. book. Advanced Bee-Culture, 

 will be included. The Review for 1896, 12 back 

 numbers, and the book, all for only $1.25. 



W. Z. HUTCHINSON, Flint, Mich. 



Glover Seed SLo^n'^u: 



sike. White, and Italian; also Alfalfa. 



l96-3t Wm. CRAIG, Luce, Mich. 



Phase metti.on the Reuieui, 



Queen f^eamng 



Is my business. Let me supply you. 



i-96-tf J. B. CASE, Port Orange, Fla. 



Please mention the Reuieui. 



BEGINNERS. 



Beginners should have a copy of the Amateur 

 Bee-Keeper, a 70 page book by Prof. J, W. Rouse. 

 Price 25c., by mail 2Sc. The little book and the 

 Progressive Bee-Keeper (a live progressive 28 

 page monthly journal) one year 65c. Address, 

 any first-class dealer or: 



LEAHV M'F'G. CO., Hiqginsville. Mo. 



12-9.3-12t. 



Please mention the Reuiew. 



