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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Feb. 



Emigh, a name quite familiar to Canadian 

 bee-keepers. I had the pleasure of meeting 

 him, I think, at the congress of bee-keepers 

 in New Orleans. Mr. G. Sturgeon, No. 25, 

 is the man who likes the A. 1. Root chaff 

 hive, and does not want any thing better 

 for wintering. And there is our old friend 

 W. r. Clarke, No. 26, formerly editor of the 

 American Bee-Journal, and now president of 

 the Ontario Bee-keepers' Association. He 

 has been long in the field, and is one of the 

 veteran bee-keepers and writers. Yes, and 

 there is the president of the American Bee- 

 keepers' Association, Dr. A. B. Mason, No. 

 27, as sober as a deacon, but ready for a 

 joke, I guess. It was with great pleasure 

 that I renewed the acquaintance of F. H. 

 Macpherson (No. 29), who is now practically 

 editor-in chief of the Canadian Bee Journal, 

 and manager of the supply department of 

 theD. A. Jones Co. F. A. Gemmell, No. 

 ao, is a briglit Canadian bee-keeper. It is 

 he who, 1 believe, gave me such a friendly 

 grip of the hand, and inquired after those 

 Vandeusen metal corners. No. 2-1 is C. P. 

 Dadaut, the secretary-elect of the Interna- 

 tional Bee-keepers' Association. If there 

 are any ones who know how to produce ex- 

 tracted honey, or make the liuest founda- 

 tion, they are our friends the Dadants. Mr. 

 J. T. Calvert, No. 31, is business manager 

 here at the Home of the Honey-bees. Prof. 

 Cook, No. 14, looks as if he might be in a 

 heated debate. His eyes and features have 

 an intenseness not seen when he is more at 

 repose. Like your humble servant, No. 33, 

 he is evidently sitting in an uncomfortable 

 position. No. 17 is Mr. Wm. Couse, who 

 has very kindly furnished me the names of 

 some of these faces. He is secretary of the 

 Ontario Bee-keepers' Association. No. 61 

 shows the genial quiet face of our friend S. 

 Cornell, who will be remembered by our 

 readers by his scholarly articles which have 

 appeared occasionally in our columns. No. 

 51 is R. McKnight, one of the prominent 

 Canadian bee-keepers, and one who, like 

 our friend Dr. Mason, has a particular tal- 

 ent for getting up fine honey- exhibits. 



Dear me ! There are so many faces that 

 I should like to speak of in particular that I 

 must stop at once. All I can do now is to 

 give you the list of bee-keepers as they were 

 furnished me. 



1. R. F. Holtermann. 



2. C. McNally. 

 8. Mrs. C. P. Dadant. 



4. Mrs. Martin Emigh. 



5. Mrs. G. Sturgeon. 



6. Mrs. Dr. Mason. 



7. Mrs. John Yoder. 



8. Mrs. F. H. Macpherson 



9. Mrs. F. A. Gemmel. 



10. Master Gemmel. 



11. Mrs. J. T. Calvert. 



12. Mrs. E. K. Root. 

 14. Prof. A. J. Cook. 



16. R. L. Meade. 



17. Wm. Couse. 



18. A. Mclnnis. 



19. Jas. Armstrong. 



20. J. B. Hall. 



21. R. L. Taylor. 



22. G. H. Ashby. 



23. Martin Emigh. 



24. C. P. Dadant. 



25. G. Sturgeon. 



26. W. F. Clarke. 



27. Dr. A. B. Mason. 



Wm. Hill. 

 Mr. Schantz. 

 G. W. Barber. 

 A. E. Hoskel. 

 R. McKnight. 

 J. B. Aches. 

 L. J. Mullock. 

 Wm. Hislop. 

 D. Anffuish. 

 O. L. Hersohiser. 

 Dr. A. E. Harvey. 

 S. Cornell. 

 Mr. Birkholder. 

 N. Smith. 

 M. B. Holmes. 

 Charley Culver. 

 T. Birkett. 

 Master Birkett. 

 J. B. Howell. 

 J. A. Foster. 

 G. Howard. 

 C. Brown. 

 John Newton. 

 Jacob Alpaugh. 

 A. Pickett. 



38. John Yoder. 8.5. G. H. Morris. 



29. F. H. Macpherson. 86. Arthur Lalng. 



30. F. A. Gemmel. 87. Ira Burrows. 



31. J. T. Calvert. 88. C. Flanders. 



32. T. Ruddle. 89. J. R. Bellamy. 

 ;33. E. R. Root. 90. R. H. Myers. 

 35. C. W. Culver. 91. J. Myers. 



38. Wm. Goodyer. 94. Mr. Hamilton. 



41. Mr. Schantz. 98. E. Schultz. 



42. Ellas Mott. 



It is to be regretted that there were not 

 more ladies present. President Mason said 

 he took his wife along to keep him straight. 

 I do not know whether bee-7nen are dispos- 

 ed to depart very much from the rectilinear, 

 in the absence of their wives or not ; but I 

 do know that the more ladies there are pres- 

 ent, the better the convention. Get the la- 

 dies to attend, and the men will be sure to 

 be on hand. Ernest. 



AN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL 



CHINA. 



A LETTER FROM ONE OF OUR MEDINA BOYS. 



The following letter comes to hand from 

 a young friend who was once a pupil in my 

 Sunday-school class, and he afterward work- 

 ed at different times in our establishment. 

 Remembering our ways and methods of set- 

 ting boys and girls at work here, he has 

 formed a project of starting something simi- 

 lar, with the view of securing education and 

 skill in the mechanical arts at one and the 

 same time. The- latter is also expected to 

 assist in defraying the expenses of the pu- 

 pils while getting an education. With this 

 preface we will let " Harry '' tell his own 

 story to the readers of Gleanings : 



Dear Mr. Root:— Some time ago I wrote you in re- 

 gard to an industrial school, and I have since often 

 wondered if you would feel that you could intro- 

 duce the subject through the columns of Glean- 

 ings, to its many readers. Why do I choose 

 Gleanings? Well, it is because it is one of the few 

 publications which particularly attract my atten- 

 tion, from the decided Christian influence its main 

 articles have; and feeling pretty sure of a hearty 

 approval in the effort for such a school on the part 

 of yourself. 



Our mission-school system is carried out in this 

 way: At a center we have a high school and a the- 

 ological school. Scholars are drawn from day- 

 schools at the other stations of the mission, for 

 these. We experience great difficulty in holding in 

 our day-school those boys who have proved bright 

 and attractive, as their parents can not afford to 

 keep them in school after they reach an age at 

 which they can be apprenticed out to a trade. Now, 

 our thought is, to establish an industrial depart- 

 ment in connection with our day school, in which 

 these boys can spend half of their time learning a 

 trade as well as obtaining an education, and, in a 

 measure, partially supporting themselves. We can 

 thus hold and instruct them until they are old 

 enough to show their qualifications for further ad- 

 vancement, selecting such as will be suitable for 

 teachers, and giving them the benefit of the high 

 school and seminary, by the aid of scholarships, 

 which many Sabbath-schools are yearly providing 

 for the support of one or more young men; and we 

 are this year ordaining our first of the graduates 

 as native pastors, for the native churches are call- 

 ing for native pastors. 



