1887 



GLEANINGS iJS liKK CUI^TUKE. 



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years ago. He it is who delights to visit boys' 

 work-shops and some farmers' barns and 

 barnyards. Now, boys, I haven't time at 

 present to talk longer. I pro > 'se that yon 

 and Jake and any others < I your friends 

 you may choose to invite, come over to my 

 house this evening and I will talk to you 

 about the general characteristics of Old 

 Shiftlessness. In the meantime 1 want you 

 to pile all the boards of a kind by them- 

 selves, the frame-stuff by itself, and the 

 kindling-wood in bnskets by itself, after 

 which sweep up the shavings and sawdust. 

 In order to do a good job, your mother 

 ought to boss the job for you; and if JNIr. 

 Shiftlessness doesn t return the missing 

 tools right speedily, then I shall miss my 

 guess." So saying "he left the boys. 



After he left he reported to his wife the 

 condition in which he found the barn-loft, 

 and requested her to give general instruc- 

 tions. Upon being sunmooned by tlie boys, 

 Mrs. Green hastily put on her bonnet and 

 started for the barn. When she arrived at 

 the scene of operations she commenced in 

 this wise : " Well, boys, I speak from expe- 

 rience when I tell you that you want to have 

 those things which you use the most the 

 nearest to your work." I always try to avoid 

 making useless steps for an article in the 

 kitchen, and so I anange my cooking-imple- 

 ments as near to the place where I want to 

 use them as I can. The same is true in regard 

 to your lumber and tools. You must not 

 have them in your way, and they must be 

 arranged every thing in its place. First of 

 all, before you go any further you want to 

 discuss between you "what tools you use 

 most. They should be placed in that part 

 of the shop where they will be the handiest. 

 Mr. Green instructed me to tell you that 

 your lumber should be piled so that it would 

 not have to be handled three or four times 

 before actual work was put upon it." 



The kindling-wood was to be piled in the 

 wood-shed, the shavings in a barrel, and the 

 sawdust to be used for making paths. Mrs. 

 G. then left them. In our next issue we 

 shall see how they succeeded. 



JaYEJimE liETTE^-B©?^. 



" A chlel's amang ye takln' notes ; 

 An' faith, he'll prentit. " 



A PKOBLEM FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS. 



Well, young friends, 1 haven't called upon 

 you for some time to answer a problem, 

 ifiave I ? Here is a problem, concerning 

 which if we could get the most of you to 

 agree on uniformly we should consider the 

 results as thus gathered quite a little addi- 

 tion to our fund of knowledge. The prob- 

 lem is this : If bees be taken out of the hive, 

 dropped into the snow, and left there, how 

 long can they remain in that chilled condi- 

 tion and yet be revived on being placed in a 

 warm room V What I want you to do is 

 this : As soon as we have a good fall of 

 snow, which probably will not be many 

 days hence, you are to get a couple of dozen 



; of strong, healthy bees,* and drop them into 



, the snow, when they will become chilled and 

 apparently dead. At the same time that 

 you drop the bees into the snow, you are to 



I get an equal number, place them in a queen- 

 cage, and leave them outdoors where they 



I will be exposed to a freezing temperature. 

 Now, every twelve hours from the time 

 that you begin your experiments I want you 

 to take two bees from the snow and two 

 bees from the queen-cage, place the four in 

 a warm room, and allow them to revive if 

 they will. The point is, I want you to see 

 just how long bees can remain in a chilled 

 condition and yet be brought to life, so to 

 speak. Mr. Uoolittle has made some ex- 

 periments ; and, if I am correct, he has 

 stated that tlie extreme limit which bees 

 could be brought to life again from their 

 chilled state was three days. Very likely lie 

 is correct, but 1 am sure friend Doolittle and 

 others would like to see what a dozen or 

 more little folks could do in proving or dis- 



^ proving his assertion in different localities. 

 It is possible, that under certain circum- 

 stances you could make the bees revive aft- 

 er being chilled for four days continuously. 

 While you are making these experiments, 

 boys and girls, don't foig'.'t to have a note- 

 book, or sometiiing iii w liich you can wiite 

 down what you see at the end of each 

 twelve hours when you warm up the bees. 

 Ask your mamma or your papa to help you 

 in doing the work. Now, every juvenile 

 who will make these experiments carefully, 

 and send in a careful report, we will give, in 

 addition to the usual prize offered at the 

 head of this department your choice of the 



\ following: A panel chromo, size 87x21 — a 

 beauty, and an ornament to any home. 



New Version of the New Testament, paper 

 bound, large print. 



Papeterie, a pretty box of stationery con- 

 taining 24 sheets of note paper and 24 en- 

 velopes. This is a beautiful pn-sent for a 

 girl. 



Knife, two-bladed, bone-handled, blades 

 good steel ; a nice present for a boy. 



A horse-shoe magnet. Every boy knows 

 what they are for. 



The above prizes will not be confined to 

 those who write only upon the subject of 

 chilled bees. Any juvenile who can furnish 



j us something for this department, on other 

 subjects which rather surpass in interest 

 and value the average run of letters wliicli 

 we get, we will send him one of the premi- 



! ums ; but in any case, little folks, please 



! bear in mind that we are to judge whether 

 your letter deserves this additional premi- 



' um. 



wii,i.iam's letter. 



My brother has now Vi bee-hives. He has an ex- 

 tractor. The bees are getting more honey now 

 than before. Goldenrod is In bloom, hut the bees 

 are not getting: any honey from it yet. They are 

 getting honey from ice-plant, or silver-weed. 



Belton, Tex., Oct. 8, 1887. Wm. Mogan. 



*I omitted to say right here that the bees should 

 be filled with ho ley before causing them to become 

 chilled. 



