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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 



Now, my friends, a word in regard to 

 ■bearing these crosses, or, letting them slip on 

 to the shoulders of somebody else. It certain- 

 ly builds up business, and it builds up daily 

 wages and salaries ; but, best of all, it helps 

 us to grow and improve in accuracy, in 

 skill, and fidelity. A man who goes to work 

 for me and proposes to stand the conse- 

 quences of his blunders — that is, where they 

 Rveclearh/ and unmistakably his own, makes 

 progress" straightway," as our good friend 

 Mark puts it ; but the one who says he '' can 

 not afford it," or who evades the subject as 

 quick as he can, has trouble and misfortune 

 all his days; and, worse still, he does not seem 

 to get over his misfortune of being inaccu- 

 rate. Perhaps it is true, there are those who 

 are unfortunately unfitted for any position 

 where mistakes are dangerous. I have 

 sometimes had pleasant talks with people 

 who seemed by nature unfitted for exceed- 

 ing accuracy. It depends a good deal, of 

 course, on the faculty of close application to 

 the matter in liand. I feel sure of this, 

 however, that a spirit devoted to the great 

 <iod above, who gave us our talents and 

 abilities, will help very, very much in all 

 these matters, and then imposing a punish- 

 ment upon ourselves as a consequence will 

 generally bring us to a " realizing sense " of 

 our sinfulness. Besides my yearly sub- 

 scription to our church. I always make it a 

 point to put a dime into the contribution- 

 box as it passes. Well, I have been greatly 

 annoyed by forgetting to provide myself 

 with dimes. I finally told Mrs. Root that I 

 was going to cure myself by imposing a fine 

 of half a dollar or a dollar for my forgetful- 

 ness. Soon after, I put a dollar into the 

 contribution-box for some purpose where 

 money was wanted for current expenses. 

 The usher, however, brought it back to me 

 and said it was a great deal more than my 

 share, giving me some change. I told him 

 it was all right— that it was my way of 

 bringing A. I. Root to time. Well, it did 

 the business. I attend a great many reli- 

 gious meetings, as a matter of course ; and 

 of late years i very seldom find myself out 

 of the dimes that I propose to give whenever 

 a collection is taken up. When it costs us 

 money to forget, we get over forgetting. 



Business has slacked up now, so that our 

 rooms are almost deserted. A great many 

 of the hands have gone away to labor in 

 other places, and a great many others are 

 out at work on the new building. My 

 greenhouse and garden is a sad wreck ; but 

 in its place, massive stone walls are slowly 

 rising. Now in regard to the friends who 

 are helping to move the stone, brick, and 

 mortar. A great many of them are unac- 

 customed to such work. Some of them have 

 had experience. Bur I tell you, my friends, 

 that even experience counts but little in 

 comparison with a hearty good will and 

 interest in what is going on. We have had 

 men there at work who would stand and 

 wait to be told. They would not pick up a 

 crowbar— in fact, they would not be looking 



four, countinsr myself, to bear the burden of dam- 

 ages. He will not have to work for lower wag-es, 

 however, I am pretty sure: neither will anybody 

 •who goes to work righting mistakes in this way. 



at the work until the boss told them just 

 what to do. Sometimes he would have to 

 take hold of a man, and point to the crow- 

 bar, and then point to the stone. Otiiers 

 would be full of interest and sympathy. 

 If they did not know about the tools and 

 stone, they would ask questions. If a block 

 of wood were wanted for a bait, before the 

 mason could call for it they would have it 

 right in place, and in a few hours they would 

 get the run so that, without previous ex- 

 perience, they would '•catch on'' and go 

 Mhead without any telling at all, almost. 

 What are, these men worth who ask ques- 

 tions, use their eyes, and all the ability they 

 have, to see what is going to be done, and 

 to be on hand with the right thing at the 

 right moment? Why, one such man is 

 worth two or tliree of the former. Now, it 

 is all in a line with having sympathy with 

 all that is going on— having an anxiety and 

 love, not only fur your employer, but for 

 your fellow-workers, and for the great busi- 

 ness and machinery of human life at large. 

 We have several Crerman helpers among us, 

 and some of these can not talk English very 

 well. But I tell you, my friends, their kind- 

 ly sympathy, their bright, energetic willing- 

 ness, good nature, and their hearty co-opera- 

 tion, is worth ever so much more than abili- 

 ty in using right language without these 

 qualities I have been speaking of. Physical 

 strength is a good thing ; but even that is 

 hardly to be compared with a right spirit 

 within. Selfishness and greed are the great 

 obstacles. O dear friends, shall we not 

 strive still harder to follow the injunction of 

 this beflutiful little text—" Let each esteem 

 other better than themselves"? 



EDITOl^I^L. 



Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. 

 -Gal. 6:2. 



Don't fail to read the articles elsewhere from 

 commission men In regard to disposing of your 

 honey crop. 



SOMETHING IN REGARD TO RAISING BASSWOODS 

 FROM THE SEED. 



The following is taken from a report found in the 

 Country Oentleman, of a convention in regard to 

 forest-trees. We hardly need add that Mr. Meehan 

 is excellent authority: 



The basswood, or linden, is one of the best street- 

 trees that we have, as it alwa.ys makes a fine, con- 

 tinuous growth: but an ob.iection may be in the 

 coloring and dropping of the leaves so early. 



Mr. Manning believed that the native linden is 

 much superior to the European in respect to the 

 early leal-fall, and also in not being so liable to in- 

 .iury from the borer. Mr. Meehan's method of rais- 

 ing busswoods is to plant the seed in the fall, two 

 inches deep, and keep the soil covered summer and 

 winter, as darkness is absolutely essential to ger- 

 mination; thus treated, the seed will grow almost 

 as readily as peas. 



IRRIGATION IN THE EASTERN STATES. 



Just now we are in the midst of a pretty severe 

 drouth. In purchasing some beautiful blackberries 

 of a neighbor .just now, he remarked that he was 

 going home to draw water in barrels to water half 

 an acre to keep them from drying up. When I 



