1890 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



905 



life, of forming trusts and rings, and the iii<i'. 

 Ri'ni('inli(>r wiiat a great stir was made about 

 the trust on binding twine. Well. I took tiu' 

 ptiins to read ui) on tlie sul)jeet. and I bcL'aine 

 perfecily satislied tlu'i-e was no ti'ust-at all. and 

 never had Ixcii ! The sudden demand for twine 

 for binding gi'ain brought about the very state 

 of a flairs tliat comes now and then in evpvy 

 product. Why not accuse the farmers of hav- 

 ing made a trust on iKitatocs that makes them 

 woi'tli '15 cts. (I peck to-day in Medina '.' Friend 

 Teri'\ has lieen at our house for two days, and I 

 discussed the whole matter with him most 

 thoroughly. He agrees with me exactly, and. 

 furthermore, says that he believes that even 

 the Stdiiddrd Oil Couipmnj has been a blessing 

 to the world at large. He says he believes we 

 get better oil. and at a lower in-ic', than we 

 ever should have had it without them. Now, 

 w(^ tuay not all exactly agree with him; but yet 

 his charitable feeling toward all these great 

 ndustries keeps him constantly in a happy 

 fiame of mind. The tirst- day of our institute 

 hi^ talketl three times, and then again in the 

 evening; and he is going over the whole State 

 of Ohio this winter, doing almost the same kind 

 of work every day. What \w contributes to the 

 agricultural papers is written between times. 

 I fear his health will never stand such severe 

 mental labor as he is doing: yet he is doing it 

 out of love to our people, and because he hat(>s 

 to see our Ohio farmers waste st.rettgtJi, energy, 

 and Intellect in fighting the many things that are 

 like bogus comb honey — things that never had 

 an existence at all. I hardly need tell you that 

 friend Terry stands alone by himself, so far as. 

 any ring or coniliinalion is concerned. He is 

 in daily, constant intercourse, not only with the 

 farming people, but with our great leading eapir- 

 talists. He has ample opportunity, and no 

 doubt many invitations, to use his great and in- 

 creasing intiuence to favor different sellish jjro- 

 jects; but may the Lord b(> jji-aised for the fact 

 that money can not buy him — no, money can not 

 swerve him a liair's hreiulth. Can I say as 

 much for you, and j/oit. and you, my friend? 

 H so, then I can say again, "' May the Lord be 

 praised." You are just whatoiir country stands 

 greatly in need of. 



And now, dear friends, permit me to close my 

 exhortation to you for this time with a little bit 

 of that beautifiil chapter in I. Corinthians, the 

 13th. If you should see how fitly it applies to 

 the case in question, and feel a desiic to read 

 more of it, and should take down the family 

 liible and read the wiaAe chapter to the good 

 wife and children, 1 shall be happier still; and 

 may Christ Jesus bless all these talks for the 

 year i)ast; may the influences of the Holy Spirit 

 so bring them liome to your hearts, that you 

 can enter the year 1891 with a broader charity 

 toward all the world, and especially toward our 

 great corporations of which we have been 

 speaking, than you have had before. May you 

 not only have a broader charity, but iiuiy you 

 have a happy and willing spirit, thanking tJod 

 for the chances he has given you to make your 

 way among the crowd; and may you have 

 grace to get a glimpse of the kind and loving 

 spirit that surely does exist some ivh ere \n the 

 heart of every neighbor round about you. 

 whether he be rich or whether he be poor. 

 Here is my extract: 



Chanty suffereth l(jii^', and is Itinfl; cliarity envi- 

 eth not; chiuity vauntetli not itself, is not puft'ed 

 uj), dottj not beiiave itself nnseendy, seek(Mli not her 

 own, is not easily i)r()\()k(il, thiiikelli mi evil; rc^- 

 joiceth not in iniquity, Imt rejoicetli in the Initli; 

 biiarcth all things, lielieveth ad thin^is, li(i|ietli all 

 thing-s, enduretli all tliinf^s. 



EDI5f0RI^L\ 



A ^ oft answer tiuncth away wrath; but Kiievous words stir 

 upanger.— Prov. 15:1. 



SUGAR FKOM BKETS VS. SUGAR FROM CANE. 



PiJoF. Cook says there is no difference what- 

 ever. See his article on the subject, in our next 



issue. 



TIIK SMKAl) DRV-CLOSET SYSTEM, AND THE 

 VALUE OF THE RESIDUE. 



Since the close of the article on page 898, I 

 have conversed with fricMid Terry and also with 

 one of the Smcad people. Mr. Terry says he 

 would considej- the dry residue of just as much 

 value as to carry it on the ground with so large 

 a quantity of water. The Smead folks tell me 

 the customary way of disposing of the product 

 is to pour on a little coal oil and set it on fire. 

 It will all burn to ashes, without any residue, 

 and it may be burned up once in three month.s, 

 once u a year, or once in two years, as the 

 owner chooses. The vault of the closet is built 

 of brick and iron bars, so that there is nothing 

 to be endangered while the burning is going on. 

 The smoke and gases go so promptly up the 

 shaft that nobody will know that the contents 

 are burning. 



ijfe-memi5er,siiii' in the n. a. k. k. a. 

 New life-members are being continually add- 

 ed to the roll, and so far we feel very much en- 

 couraged: and if this membership is to contin- 

 ue at the present rate, we shall keep on harp- 

 ing until the list is swelled to a respectable size. 

 Up to the date of the meeting at Keokuk, these 

 two were the only life-members: D.A.Jones, 

 Beeton, Ont.; Thomas G. Newman, Chicago, 

 111. The following is the list of names that 

 have been handled in since, in the order of their 

 receipt: A. I. Root. Medina, O.; E. R. Root, 

 Medina, O.; J. T. Calvert, Medina, O.; Charles 

 Dadant, Hamilton, 111.; C. P. Dadant, Ham- 

 ilton, 111.; Eugene Secor, Forest City, Iowa; 

 Dr. C. C. Miller, Marengo, 111.; O. R. Coe, 

 Windham, N. Y. We trust that every bee- 

 keeper who is interested in the highest welfare 

 of his pursuit will at once send his name to 

 the secretary, Mr. C. P. Dadant, Hamilton, 111. 

 If you are unable to pay the amount now he 

 will charge the same; to you, and you wHl then 

 be enrolled in the list as above. The above 

 makes ten names, and all that has been paid in 

 is invested and di'aw ing (l per cent interest. 



UEI'ORT OF THE N. A. K. K. A. 



The r.Msf Annual Report of the North Ameri- 

 can Bee-keepers" Association has just come to 

 hand from the publishers, Messrs. T. G. New- 

 man & Son, Chicago, 111. As usual it is well 

 and neatly printed, and substantially bound in 

 a tinted-paper cover. One thing we notice in 

 l)articular in regard to this report is, that it is 

 nearly twice as large as any other report of one 



