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(JLEANINGS IN I'.KK CUJ/rUHK. 



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bushes of the inoiiiitain-side. The water is so hot 

 that it is uncomfortable for a few moments; but 

 one soon gets user! to it; and as it is soft, one can 

 use soap and not feel the sticliiness that is left by 

 some of th(; mineral sprinj;s. Some enjoy the rare- 

 ness of the air, but I was told that a great many 

 came who had to leave sooner than they desired, on 

 account of headache. 



There are (|uite a numbei- of apiaries along the 

 foot-hills between the mountains and the Montecito, 

 but they expect to be driven away soon, as the or- 

 chards keep creeping- uj) the hill-sides. Fruit does 

 so well there that every one puts out trees as soon 

 as they g-et the land ready for them. Every one 

 concedes that bees will not injure the fruit until 

 broken; but the yellow-jackets start it for them, 

 and then they are declared a nuisance, and so they 

 have to go. I have got home safe. 



Los Alamos, Cal. Katii: Hilton. 



Wliy, bless my stars, Mrs. II., how your 

 letter does make' me want to go and visit my 

 brother in California! And do you really 

 lind bees everywhere? 1 should think it 

 would V)e a }i:rand place to go. I shouldn't 

 have tlie headache, you may be sure; and 

 those hot si)rings— what a grand place to 

 raise carpi You know they revel in warm 

 water. Our "stenog'' says that it is too hot ; 

 but, bless you, don't tliey have cold water 

 somewhere around that could be mixed with 

 itV and then wovddn't that h(»t water be 

 grand for conservatories and tropical plants? 

 IJefore I lead yoiu- letter I thought I was 

 perfectly happy with what was to be found 

 on my own is acres ; but now I am in (piite 

 a fever for a hot spring. 



SUNDAY SCHOOLS AND BEE KEEP- 

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1,1) trUEND l.\ A QV 



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FHIP^ND stopped by the .><idr of niy buggy, 

 where 1 sat waiting, a few evenings since, 

 lor the mail to lie distributed. 



" Ne.xt Sunday, you remember, we orgaii- 

 i/,e a Sunday-school in our own church. Wo 

 may depend upon you for one of the teachers';'" 



"Oh: not as a regular teacher," 1 replied; "I will 

 do as 1 have (lone in the iiast,— lake the place of 

 any absent teacher, if need be, when 1 am there. 

 But, you know the bees." 



"Yes," she returned, wilhalilllc smile, "1 was 

 afraid they might stand in the wa>-. lint is it quite 

 right? Should they keep .^ on Irnni all gooil things 

 —church services, the Sunday - school, the aid 

 society?" 



" Vou arc no bee keeper," said 1, "and so I could 

 iH\er convince you that there is any right aboutit." 



" Take a class in th<' Siindayschool," persisted my 

 friend, " and just trust that the lues will do as well 

 without as with you. Von will br with us next 

 Sunday, of course;"" 



"Yes," I returned, " il— if it be too cold or rainy 

 for the l)ccs to swai-ni." 



And my friend passe(i on, shaking her head in 

 disappro\al. 



Just then little Harry ('. came whistling by, 

 pausing a moment to uiipuckcr his rosy lips, and 

 wish me a smiling good-evening. I smiled in re- 

 turn, but 1 sighed iis he passed on, for Harry is one 

 of those bright boys one lunl rather talk to of a Sun- 



day afternoon than interview the gentlest of Ital- 

 ians. 1 never sec him but I am reminded of one 

 Sunday when, in the absence of their teacher, 1 had 

 taken the class of which he was a member. 



" Harry," said I suddenly, as 1 saw his mischiev- 

 ous fingers creeping into the neck of the boy who 

 sat next to him, and then reading from a verse in 

 the lesson, " ]5e strong in the Lord. What docs that 

 mean?" 



And Harry threw back h.is sturdy little shoulders, 

 and clinched his small hands, and with proud eager- 

 ness exclaimed, " It means— it means to have 

 muKclc!" 



But from thoughts of the Sunda.\-school I am su<l- 

 denly turned by a thought of the blessol bees. 



"Trust that they will do as well without as with 

 you," says my friend. She little knows wiiat invet- 

 erate Sabliathbreak(MS they are. 



More than (Hie tirother bee-keeper has written 

 upon this subject, and now will not some of the 

 sisters, those who keep bees for profit more than 

 pleasure, who number their colonies by tens in- 

 stead of units, will they not please tell me how they 

 care for them, or if they care for them at all, on the 

 Sabbath/ Only do not suggest dividing, or the use 

 of a non-swarmer, these methods having been con- 

 sidered and rejected. 



After all, I fear this is a (luestion each one must 

 answer for herself. And yet if any sister has a 

 word of advice for one who loves her bees, and yet 

 would fain leave them to themselves one day in 

 seven, will she not kindly speak? 



XKI.I.IE Ll.NSWIK. 



My good friend Nellie. 1 am real glad to 

 hear from you again, even though your let- 

 ter does not tell us much about how you are 

 succeeding with the bees during this year of 

 1885. It rejoices otu- hearts, however, to 

 hear that you are striving after righteous- 

 ness, and that you love the Sabbath-school 

 as well as the bees. 



TeB/ioce C0ii«»N. 



DEAFNESS CUHED UY LE.IVING Ol'E TOHACCO. 



fHICH is the worse— tobacco, or not enough 

 poison? I have been using tobacco for the 

 last 25 years, so one day 1 all at once got the 

 notion that I would <iuit using it; but, 

 friend lUwi, you would not believe the suc- 

 cess that I had alter I (juit using it. For the last 

 five years 1 have been getting deaf. I did not know 

 what to do. My doctor told me that I was not going 

 to get better, and so I was alarmed at the report. 

 I did not know what to do. An old friend of mine, 

 William Kohii, told me that I would have to (piit 

 the use of tobacco before 1 could get well. 1 <iuit 

 April 13, 18H5, and to-day, June 1-', I am in perfect 

 health. Last night I happened to read in Glban- 

 iNfis that you will send a smoker to any man who 

 will abandon the use ol Kiliacco. Kxciy man wlioiii 

 I meet on the stncl I will stop and tell him ( f my 

 success. William Kohn sajs it you will send me a 

 smoker he would also subscribe for Cleanings, for 

 he says that he likes to deal with men who try to 

 abandon the use of tobacco. 1 think I have earned 

 a smoker, then, if that is the case. 



.M.VTHIAS SCHNEIPEU, Si!. 



Alabaster, Mich.. .luiie 13, leK. 



