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Draws round us, dread and ghostly, 

 grim and stark ; 

 Within, tlie deepest shadows are alive 

 With warmth and fragrance, and the 

 very dark 

 Dreams day to come. But though the 



great sun burns 

 A million dawns awake, the day returns 

 To us. no more — no more. 



A Remarkable Honeycomb. 



It seems as if honeybees at times work 

 purely as a matter of pleasure and for 

 their own education. They then abandon 

 every regular method and become amaz- 

 ingly irregular, as was recently shown in 

 certain tests made to ascertain what they 

 would do on sheets of pure smooth bees- 

 wax. When a block of such wax was 

 placed in a hive, the bees probably 

 thought, "As you are doing such an un- 

 usual thing, Mr. Reekeeier, \Ae will meet 

 you halfway." 



Here is shown th?ir astonishing pro- 

 duction. It is unique. The two down- 



wardly projecting portions stand out 

 clearly from the sheet of plain beeswax. 

 Around these suspended parts the bees 

 could go freely, as a careful study of the 

 dainty projections makes clearly evident, 

 since they are so transparent that the 

 cells of the other side are visible through 

 them. 



Come Forth 



Come forth from your roofs and walls. 



Into the woods and fields; 

 Find out for yourself the delight 

 A day in the open yields. 



Eacli sunbeam, every flower. 



An influence for your good; 

 But better than all, the cool 



Enchantment of the wood. 



Therein is balm for your soul, 

 Therein is rest for your nerves. 



Therein the elixir of life. 



That bodily health conserves. 



Then shatter your prison bars. 

 And live in God's-out-of-doors; 



Put awaj' life's carking cares, 



Fill 3^our soul with nature's stores. 



— Emma Peirce. 



HIE REMARKABLE HOXEYCOMB. 



