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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr. 1. 



there has ever been such a thing as a converted 

 highwayman. What shall we do with people 

 of this class when they are brought to justice ? 

 When a man deliberately murders an innocent, 

 unoffending person, just to get his money, is 

 there any other or better way than to put him 

 out of the world by legal process ? 



What wonderful capabilities there are in 

 human progress, both upward and downward I 

 We stand ajipalled when we witness such 

 depths of wickedness as the human heart is 

 capable of planning. Again, we stand appalled 

 when we see how willingly and cheerfully some 

 unselfish soul gives his life for the good and 

 safety of his fellow- men. We are led to rejoice 

 and feel proud of humanity when we see with 

 what alacrity great numbers of people, scatter- 

 ed far and wide, spring to the relief of the 

 suffering Armenians. Then we are appalled at 

 the crimes and iniquity exhibited by some other 

 child of humanity that lives right next-door 

 neighbor, perhaps. How shall we lessen crime, 

 and increase the Godlike spirit? The work in 

 both directions is a slow process. The high- 

 wayman gets bad by degrees, little by little. 

 The missionary who risks his life to save 

 others, probably got to be a missionary by slow 

 degrees. It may not be profitable to spend very 

 much time in asking how sin comes into the 

 human heart. We may easily satisfy ourselves 

 that there is only one great remedy. It comes 

 from Him who spake the words of our text. 

 There may be other agencies that are helping; 

 but so far as I can see— so far as God has seen 

 fit to give me a glimpse of this vast universe 

 as it is— I can see but one crire for sin. It is 

 Christ Jesus — it is the encouraging and devel- 

 oping of the spirit that he brought into the 

 world. The children who are taught in their 

 infancy to love that beautiful thought, "Not 

 to be ministered unto, but to minister," how 

 useful and valuable they become! and herein is 

 the only real happiness— that of being self- 

 sacrificing. The man or woman who goes 

 about every day taking delight in looking after 

 the comforts and wants of others is happy all 

 day long. They are the ministering angels 

 here on earth. .^ll-- 



Dear reader, you are standing in this great 

 throng. Perhaps you stand midway between 

 the two extremes. What is the great inspiring 

 thought of your life? Is it self ov other people? 

 What kind of example are you setting ? While 

 I utter these words I ask myself the question, 

 "A. I. Root, what kind of example are you set- 

 ting?" And my conscience troubles me as I 

 review the life I am living. I do enjoy minis- 

 tering to others, and I do enjoy being a servant. 

 I am proud of the name servant. It is my 

 name. I tire myself out every day in service, — 

 mostly in service for others; but yet in many 

 things I am selflsh still. I feel ashamed to be 

 obliged to acknowledge that it is terribly hard 

 work for me to put off my daily meals or my 

 daily sleep, in order that I may minister to the 

 comfort of somebody else. When it is some- 

 body I loiie. it is not so t'ery hard, of course; 

 but the Master says, " Do good to them that 

 hate you." Sometimes I do this, and I always 

 feel happy after doing it, but it is hard work. 

 These glorious texts seem away up above my 

 head. I have to reach up and climb up out of 

 selfishness into that self-sacrificing spirit. 



I wonder if, among our readers, there are 

 many whom the world classes as " hired girls" 

 — girls or women who are employed to help the 

 mother do the housework. I do not know how 

 it is in your neighborhood, but almost every- 

 where I go there is much complaint because 

 they can not get girls to " work out." Such as 

 they do get do not seem to fill the want exactly. 

 Their spirit does not seem to be along in the 



line of the text — "Not to be ministered unto, 

 but to minister." I am afraid some of the 

 mothers are not exactly in a line with the text 

 either. By the way, when somebody tells you 

 there are too 7nany people in the world, just 

 remind them that there is a great vacancy 

 right here. There is an unceasing and con- 

 stantly unfilled demand for women helpers — 

 for skillful, neat, cheerful, careful girls to do 

 work. They need not necessarily be girls, 

 either. I have known women of fifty who were 

 real treasures in a household — household angels 

 you might almost call them, and there is room 

 for thousands upon thousands. Our little text 

 sums up the great unfilled want — ministering 

 angels. Well, we will not demand angels just 

 now, for probably we can not get them (wouldn't 

 appreciate them — woukhVt know it if we had 

 them); so we will say ministering women or 

 girls — those who come into the home to minis- 

 ter — that is, to wait on the people, and do what- 

 ever is to be done, and not to be "waited on" 

 themselves. The true Christ spirit will fix it 

 all with both mistress and maid. Shall we not, 

 then, each and all, study more earnestly that 

 pure and unselfish life in the book that God has 

 given — the spirit that will help us to live with 

 theinspiringambition,"iV^ot— to— be— 7m7usfere(? 

 un to, — b ut — to — minister. ' ' 



Health Notes. 



HEALTH FOODS AT A VERY LOW PRICE, ALL READY 

 IN Y^OUR HOMES. 



Friend Boot;— Wheat grits. Pettijohn's food, etc., 

 unless cooked for a long time, say three or four 

 hours, are hard to digest, as any one can tell. 



The Franklin Mills entire-wlieat tlour, made into 

 a gruel or thick mush, and cooked half a day, will 

 digest much easier than any of the so-called break- 

 fast grains. Where the stomach will stand it, a 

 handful of dates will make it very palatable, or a 

 little cream over it. This is much better than milk 

 for weak stomachs, as a general thing. 



I find that apple sauce is easier to digest than any 

 other fruit; but it must be run through a colander 

 to make it fine. Each one will have to find out for 

 himself what fruit agrees best. I can digest prunes 

 easier, also, if made very fine. 



Zwieback, if ground in a hand-mill, is just as good 

 as granola, and much cheaper. It can be used in a 

 multitude of ways. Cooked with milk it is floe. A 

 pudding can be made with it and apples, which is 

 nearly as good as "apple pie," by paring and quar- 

 tering the apples, placing in an earthen dish, and 

 covering with soaked zwiehack, as above, and then 

 baked till the apples are tender. Dates or raisins 

 can be added as desired. A. F. Ames. _i 



I Claremont, Va. 



After reading the above I sent to our feed- 

 store for two quarts of their very best wheat. 

 The cost was ./ive cents. We ground it rather 

 fine through a large-sized coffee or spice mill — 

 one that we use in the store. This was cooked 

 several hours, as directed above ; and I am 

 happy to say that, after using it a week, I can 

 not see but that it is just as good as any of the 

 health foods. The cost is only a little over a 

 cent a pound for the raw meal. The wheat 

 was first carefully picked over, then washed 

 until the water could be poured off perfectly 

 clear. It was then dried and ground. I feel 

 sure the coarse particles of bran are, in my 

 case, an advantage rather than a detriment. It 

 was first cooked to a sort of mush, sliced up 

 when cold, and warmed up in the oven before 

 being put on the table. Of course, I used it 

 with my beefsteak, taking at each meal twice 

 as much lean meat, perhaps, as of the vegeta- 

 ble food. Now. here is one of the very best 

 health foods. Perhaps it stands at the head, or 

 close to the head, in the way of a vegetable 



