1890 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



1)85 



'da OiiL'o in a while the dear Savior thinl<s 

 best tjc) \ot us catcli a little glimi)se of heaven 

 thronsh the clouds, and tlien he bids us <?o back 

 to I'arth to bear the foi/ and entiure the pain. 

 And now. dear fiiends. to the point of our t<'xt: 



This world is full of tlu)se who are teniiJted 

 sorely, and tried sorely. Almost every one 

 whose eyes lest on these pages, especially if he 

 luis ti'ied to be a Christian, will renieniher just 

 such conliicts by tiie score, as 1 have told yon 

 about to-day. Our daughter Constance, or 

 •• Blue Eyes." as I have called her, took the 

 train last evening to go away tV)r the first time 

 in hei' life from the parental roof. She has 

 gone to ObcM'lin to school. The tii'st number of 

 ■GLEANi>'(is that ever saw the light came fiom 

 the press on her first birtliday. She is almost 

 18 years old, and so is CrLEANixiis. We feel 

 A'ery anxious that she should go thi'ough college 

 and linish her education. In many res])ects slie 

 is like licr fathin', and will have tiie same kind 

 ■of battles to tight. I fear, however, she is a 

 little Tuoi'e ]n'one to give up and become dis- 

 couraged. Now, what will ho\\i her? What 

 will be the most helpful to any i)oor soul when 

 it comes to bear life's struggles, and to fight 

 life's battles? Why. there is nothing in the 

 whole wide universe like thor ligion of Christ 

 Jesus. There is nothing at nil to compare with 

 it. Think of the text. " Not to be ministered 

 unto, but to minister," to i)in to your banner 

 when you need help, and then the woi'ds of the 

 old hymn right in the same line, " Til bear the 

 toil, endure the pain." It is not only boys and 

 girls who become discouraged and give up, but 

 it is grown-up men and women. It is not only 

 those who are struggling against poverty, but 

 those wlio have their tltou.soiids have the same 

 battles to fight. Somebody has said that pros- 

 perity is harder to bear tlian poverty. Suicides 

 iire occurring constantly. Lo(jk at the papers. 

 Human beings, with God - given powers and 

 great gifts and capabilities, are giving way to 

 evil piissions, and going down to shame and 

 ruin. What is thei'e to be compaicd with the 

 religion of Christ Jesus to help one to bear up? 

 Have you a friend, a brothm- or sister, or son or 

 daughter away from home, battling w ith life's 

 dangers? What would you {live, my fiiend, to 

 know that this loved one. this relative, was at 

 this monu'iit holding fast to some Bible text 

 like the ones I have quoted, oi' gaining new 

 •courage from some old hymn that bids him — 

 nay, inspires him — to tight on, as a humble 

 soldier of the cross? 



May (Jod bless the words of my text to-day; 

 and m;iy the divine influences of his Holy 

 Spirit liel]) to make my meaning clear. .Vnd 

 may the grand and glorious thought (which I 

 have tried to give you in my poor way) come 

 home to your heart in such a way that not all 

 the adversaries of Christ Jesus (with Satan 

 Jiiim^elf included) shall be "able to gainsay 

 noi' resist " the great truths— truths to be foiuid 

 only in that book that tells us of Him who came 

 to minister and not to be ministered unto. 



like a paradox: hut the gain is made from the 

 fact that the new type is set more compact. 



Editorial 



Whosoever will be chief among you, let him be vour servant. 

 -Matt. 20 : 27. 



(iLKANINGS ENLAIUiEl). 



Wk find, nijon changing our body tyjx' for 

 (ii.EAXiNG.s, that we have not only enlarged the 

 face of the tyi)e, but actually added nearly one- 

 fourth to tlie amount of reading-matter, with- 

 out adding to the amount of |)ai)er. This seems 



A GOOD IIOXEY-YIEM) IX r.VLIFOKXI A. 



On page (JTii we liave a report of a hive on 

 scales. It seems this .season our California 

 friends have liad a continuous flow of honey 

 from the middle of April till about the middle 

 of July; and atone time th(> amount reached 

 the nice record of 18 lbs. in a day. If all this 

 great yield is equal to the sample sent ns by 

 friend Mercer, he ought to be a happy man, 

 A carload of the same kind is now on the way 

 from V^entura to Medina, 



LOSS, DAMAGE, .VXD MISCAI{lMA(iE BY KAILROAD 



AND EXPKESS COMPANIES— WHO IS KESPON- 



SIBLIi; ? 



DuKiNG the past season there has been much 

 trouble, first and last, in the above line; and 

 quite a few with whom we have deal insist that 

 we shall bear all res])onsibility. In consequence 

 of this we have been obliged to have printed on 

 our invoice sheets the following: 



Our responsihiUtu reuses )r]ien goods are re- 

 ceipted for in (jood order hij the railroad or ex- 

 press c(nnpany. 



We do not mean by the above that we are un- 

 willing to make every possible effort to look up 

 lost goods, or have damages collected in case 

 the goods can not be found. But we mean this: 

 We can not send the money back, even if the 

 goods should be weeks or months on the way. I 

 know there are some kinds of business \\here it 

 is possible to guarantee safe delivery. Some 

 seedsmen do this; but seeds are usually small in 

 bulk and light in weight: and when a seeds- 

 man says he will take all risks of all kinds, he 

 usually has a profit that will enable him to do 

 so. With our business, however, it is different; 

 for we sometimes .sell honey at a profit of only 

 half a cent a pound. In this case there is no 

 margin for us to take res]Jonsibilities that do 

 not belong to us. If the goods are delayed be- 

 cause of any blunder of ours in directing them, 

 or because they were poorly packed or pooi'ly 

 made, then, of course, we must stand the conse- 

 quences (whether w(> can afford it or not): but 

 to attempt to shoulder and make good all the 

 results of cai'elessness and inefficient work with 

 the great transportation com))anies of the world, 

 does not belong to us. Now, quite a few worry 

 and borrow trouble needlessly when goods do 

 not come to hand promptly, taking it for grant- 

 ed that their money is all lost and gone. Eve- 

 rybody should know that all transportation 

 companies are responsible. If they lose your 

 goods, or smash them by their own carelessness, 

 they must make it good. The laws of our land 

 insi.st on it; and if the companies do not do 

 that, they will have to stop doing business. The 

 most annoying thing about it, however, is that 

 they are permitted to take their own time. 

 S(nnetimes it takes us a whole year oi- even 

 more to g(>t pay for lost goods: and on ihisac- 



