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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



July 



will not be displeased or hurt by what you 

 are going to say, go on ; if, on tlie contrary, 

 he looks ainioyed, and turns his face away 

 instead of meeting your kindly gaze, do not 

 go on, but assure him that his love and con- 

 lidence are of far more importance than to- 

 bacco, and so let the matter drop, and keep 

 on praying. Be careful now of any beams 

 in your own eye, in the sha])e of impatience 

 or ill temper, or unpleasant argument or dis- 

 cussion. If any such discussion gets start- 

 ed, stop at once, as you value — not your 

 life, but an immortal soul. The spirit that 

 is to conquer will tell you when you are 

 astray, and, many times, without your really 

 knowing why you are astray either. Listen 

 for its warning voice, and stop promptly. 

 You are a woman, and it will be hard for you 

 to stop without having the last word. You 

 must give up having the last word, or the 

 last of any thing. It is the price of victory. 

 He that ruleth himself is greater than he 

 that taketh a city. Some will say, " And are 

 we to get clear down and let everybody 

 trample us in the mud, and walk over usV " 

 Yes, my friend, we are to get clear down, 

 right doAvn in the dust. God will show you 

 where you can show energy and bravery, but 

 it is not in argument ; no, nor in might nor 

 power, but "by my Spirit." The humilia- 

 tion may be hard, and, if you are unused to 

 it, it may chafe ; but hold on bravely, and a 

 great and glorious victory will await you. 

 That husband who now sets a bad example 

 before the boys will soon lead them in pray- 

 er, and, possibly, may not only induce them 

 to give up tobacco, but to become soldiers of 

 the cross. 



I have, in one part of our talk to-day, al- 

 luded to the subject of " strikes " that is now 

 agitating the manufacturers of our country. 

 A while ago we were hindered in getting some 

 glassware from a house of unusual prompt- 

 ness. The reason given, linally, was that 

 the men were "on a strike." We did have 

 a small strike here. A few months ago a 

 new hand came among us who had been 

 a pretty hard boy, as he himself acknowl- 

 edged. He told me he would like to work 

 wliere there were just such rules as we 

 had, for he knew it would be better for him 

 to give up tobacco, swearing, and other bad 

 habits. lie took hold and did well, and we 

 raised his wages very soon. I can tell pret- 

 ty well from a boy's eye when he is keeping 

 his pledge on tobacco. It has a bright proud 

 look that is gone when he secretly yields to 

 the demand of the old appetite. After awhile 

 I was told this one was both using tobacco, 

 and swearing. As I do not like to take hear- 

 say, I passed the matter by for the time. I 

 wish to make a point right here. One who 

 has a guilty conscience is never satisfied. 

 lie is never happy nor contented, and Satan, 

 who is urging him on to other sins, sooner 

 or later puts it into his head he is not hav- 

 ing all he ought to have. It is the law of 

 crime, as you may see from any of our jails 

 or penitentiaries. Well, one noon as the 

 engine was about to start, the boys who 

 worked down in the buzz saw room did not 

 commence to work. As I passed them in a 

 group, this one requested an advance in 



wages. I very pleasantly told him I could 

 not afford to pay more, that if he could do 

 better I was very glad to hear it, and that 

 others were ready to take his place, if he 

 wished to give it up. lie made some plea 

 that inexperienced hands could not very well 

 take their place at a moment's notice, to 

 which I replied that I would prefer inex- 

 perienced hands with a hearty good will, to 

 old ones who were dissatisfied with their pay. 

 lie left, and one more with him, whom we 

 had had but a short time ; but this one man 

 had, in a few days, aroused a spirit of unrest 

 in the minds of our Ijoys that it may take 

 months for them to get over. At the noon 

 service I told the hands the next day there 

 were three reasons why there coidd not be a 

 strike in our establishment. First, too many 

 of my employes are warm personal friends- 

 friends whom I have helped, and who have 

 helped me ; and friends, too, whom I have 

 often paid more wages than they asked. 

 Second, I am besieged, almost the yearround, 

 by boys and girls wanting something to do. 

 Third and last reason, because I am praying 

 constantly that our relations with each other 

 may be. Not— by — might — not — by— pow- 

 er,— but — by — thy — Spirit. 



Or Dopartincnt lortlntles to be attended to 

 tliiisi uiuiitli. 



This department is intended tor the i^urpose of reminding our 

 t'liends of the duties of each month. 



W OOK out that none of the hives lack 

 Mm room for storing honey. All the labor 

 ■ — of the year, and the reward of all our 

 care and pains, may be lost now by just a 

 little carelessness. Take a peep into every 

 hive every day. If they have sections to 

 work in, see what they are doing in the sec- 

 tions ; if you are going to extract, see that 

 they have empty combs to store the honey 

 in, and see, too, that the honey is removed, 

 or more combs given, before they get full 

 and stop work. If you let them stop work 

 just one day, you may not be able to get 

 them started again during the whole season. 

 If you are hurried for time during the hon- 

 ey season, put in more empty combs, and 

 set on upper stores ; let them cap itup solid, 

 and you will get a better quality of honey, 

 and, I am inclined to think, more of it, than 

 in any other way ; but you will have to have 

 empty combs, or frames of fdn., enough to 

 hold the whole crop of honey. Always have 

 some empty comb in a hive' during a honey 

 yield, either right over the cluster, or at one 

 side. Discourage swarming, by constantly 

 giving room and fdn., or empty combs. If 

 you wish increase, now is the time to divide 

 and rear queens. If a body can ever raise 

 nice queens, he can now. If your bees are 

 not in chaff hives, have them shaded. Be 

 near your bees, and have your eye on them 

 from morning until night. Don't have any 

 clustering out, not even a teacupful. Drive 

 them in with smoke, divide the hive, move 

 it away and put a new hive with a few combs 

 and the queen in its stead, or something 



