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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 1. 



the idea occurs to uic tliat tlii'ir profanity may 

 be one reason why their pay is small. It cer- 

 tainly dulls the intellect and blunts the moral 

 perceptions to be constantly in the habit of 

 taking God's name in vain. 



WHO IS JIOST TO BLAMK? 



Friend Root: — I love to read your home talks. 

 You will never find out in this world the 

 amount of good you do. I once spoke to a 

 bright young man about di-iukiug so hard. I 

 said. "You ought to quit for your nutther's sake, 

 if for nothing else. She is a leader in temper- 

 ance work, and president of the W. C. T. U.'" 

 He replied, " Yes. I know it. But." said he, " if 

 she would stay at home and mend my clothes. 

 and see to my meals and other matters, I think 

 she would be doing a better woi'k." Is she 

 working, do you think, for stars In her crown 

 in this world or that which is to come? 



Evansville, Ind.. July 31. A Home Man. 



My good friend, I thank you sincerely for the 

 veiy high compliment which you pay me; but 

 I fear you are getting on dangerous ground 

 when you criticise so severely one of the W. C. 

 T. U. workers. I have heard young men reply 

 just about the way that one did. and I know 

 mothers sometimes make mistakes in the way 

 you have indicated; but I do think the 

 young man has given us a glimpse of a very, 

 very bad heart. When a youth can publicly 

 and unblushingly shift the blame from his own 

 shoulders off on to his mother, he has got pret- 

 ty far down on his way to hopeless ruin. I 

 know that many of our pi-ominiMit temperance 

 women — at least those who have worked hard 

 for great temperance reforms — have been in a 

 like way criticised; but I think that we who 

 perhaps stand oflF at one side should be very 

 careful about finding fault. It is an exceeding- 

 ly easy matter to find flaws in the character of 

 every good man and woman. L(^t me give yovi 

 a little glimpse of the other side of the question. 

 It is bad for a /V(#ier to be away from his fam- 

 ily. Now, in view of this, suppose all f/ood men 

 should stay at home, and give, as a n^ason, that 

 their fii'St duty was to attend to the bringing- 

 up of their children. Where would our nation 

 soon be if this were fully carried out? There 

 are many mothers in my employ; and when 

 they come here to their daily work, their chil- 

 dren can not well be brought with them. Some 

 of them, of necessity, are out in the streets, and 

 very likely are much in need at times of a 

 mother's watchful care; but there seems to be 

 no other way in the world foi' the mother to 

 earn her daily bi-ead. 



sense of (lod's presence in my soul. I went (m 

 in that way. fighting against my convictions, 

 and professing religion for six months, when 1 

 attended a camp-meeting, and awoke to the 

 fact that I was backslidden in heart. I gave it 

 up. Ciod I'eturned to my heart, and took the 

 appetite all away, and it has never returned. 

 Vinland, Kan., Sept. 13. D. H. Welch. 



Friend W., I am exceedingly glad to get this 

 testimony of yours. I have had no experience 

 with tobacco; but I do know that there is very 

 little chance for God's spirit to obtain a lodging- 

 place in the heart while we are conscious of 

 holding fast to something that duty and jjlain 

 common sense admonish us to give up. No 

 wonder God took away the longing for tobacco. 

 You gave it u]) for his sake, and you have your 

 reward. 



S[e¥E^ W^ QnERiEg. 



CAN A PUOFKSSOH OF KEIJGH)N CI)Ni>ISTEXTI.Y 

 USE TOBACCO? 



At the time of my conversion, at 31 years of 

 age, I both chewed and smoked, and had for 

 about 7 years. At that time, 1871. I had not 

 heard any tiling said on the subject: yet after 

 receiving the witness of the Spirit, in about a 

 week, or at most two, I began to !);■ depressed- in 

 spirit on account of my tobacco; and I looked 

 around to see what others were doing. I found 

 the class-leaders and other i)roininent members 

 using it. so I continued to also, but lost the real 



The honey crop was good this year. Aver- 

 age, .")."( lbs. per hive. Ira L. Donald. 

 Smyina. Fla.. Sept. 8. 



Bees are doing well now, getting plenty of 

 stores for winter at last, but that is nearly all 

 of it; but I am glad for that. 



Peter Bli'nier. 



Roanoke, 111., Sept. 18. 18tK). 



PKOSI'ECTS GOOD FOR FALL HONEY. 



Our bees did well in spring; but dry weather 

 came and stopped work in the sections. The 

 prosiK>ct for fail honey is pretty good— plenty of 

 goldeiuod. and some Sjjanish needle, and bees 

 are working well. D. H. Welch. 



Vinland. Kan.. .Sept. 13. 



A I'XK^UE W,\V TO GET CAIvES OF WAX OTT OF 

 PANS. 



Tell Dr. Miller that, when he wishes to clean 

 the di-ipping-pan of his solar wax-extractor, to 

 tui'u tile i)an bottom up and pour a little boiling 

 water ovei- it. then with a tal>le-knife htosen 

 the edges of the mass and it drops out all in a 

 cake. G. B. Replogle. 



Centerville, Iowa. Sept. 4. 



[Many thanks, friend R. Th(» idea is ingen- 

 ious, and will woi'k. without doubt.] 



GETTING BEES TO TAKE THE HONEY FROM 

 COMBS PLACED IN .\N UPPER STORY. 



How can I get bees to take honey from combs 

 placed in an ui)p(M' story, or anywhere else, .so 

 the colony that I want to have honey gets it? 

 I have no extractor. W. R. Tate. 



(xoodman. Miss., Sept. 8. 



[There is no (piick way. If cimibs are placed 

 in an upper story in the fall, with an enameled 

 cloth between. l)ut turned up a little at one end. 

 the bees will, if short, carry the stores below in 

 time, say in a month. Bui it is not very satis- 

 factory at best.] 



HONEY' FROM .lAPANE.SE AND NONE FROM THE 

 COMMON BXTCKWHEAT. 



I sowed a late piece of Jai)anese buckwheat, 

 which is fui'uishing a nice liow of honey now. 

 Tlie common buckwheat has i-ii)ened. and the 

 bees did not work on it at all. They are w(n'k- 

 ing Oc\v\y and late now. J. W. C'hapin. 



Winfred. S. Dakota. Sept. 1. 



[We are exceedingly glad of the above I'ejjort. 

 because on page (577 of our last issue ther.* u as 



