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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



irei- would probably soon go away on ac- 

 count of a lack of patronage. 



I hold in my hand a sort of magazine of 

 toward 100 pages. It is the Safety Bulletin 

 of the Oliio Safety Commission. In one 

 place we read: 



Oliio's opportunity to conserve human life and 

 limb. 



That prevention of accidents is of even greater 

 importance than equitable compensation to injured 

 workers. 



The value of men, viromen, and children in our 

 country is worth in money more than twice as much 

 as are our industries, railroads, land, buildings, and 

 improvements. No monetary value can be placed 

 on the health and happiness of humanity. 



The whole periodical is devoted to safety 

 first. On page 74 we read : 



" If past experiences enable us to .judge, more 

 than ten thousand workers of the United States who 

 are alive and well to-day will be dead one year from 

 date, just because tbey failed to heed the most simple 

 and obvious precautions of ' Safety First.' " 



For copies of tlris magazine address 

 Victor T. Noonan, Director of Safety, In- 

 du.strial Commission of Ohio, Columbus, 0. 



Now, all of these things admonish me 

 that God's kingdom is coming. Not only 

 the state of Ohio, but the whole wide world, 

 seems to be waking up and recognizing as 

 it has never done before what intemperance 

 has been doing for ages past in the way of 

 preventing the forward movement of the 

 gospel of Safety First. Do you want to 

 know what will be the state of affairs in 

 thai happy time when God's kingdom shall 

 come in earth as it is in heaven? Well, T 

 have at present only a dim vision of what 

 this earth will be ; but I get a glimpse occa- 

 sionally of good men and women who really 

 do love their neighbors as themselves — who 

 really do love the boys and girls of coming 

 ueneraiioiis as ihey love Iheir own children 

 and grandchildren, who have been able to 

 follow the gospel of Christ Jesus and its 

 injunctions to love even our enemies — the 

 enemies they are compelled to fight — the 

 enemies of all righteousness ; and we are just 

 now working to make Ohio dry without any 

 fight or ill will toward the brewers, the 

 saloon-keepers, the liquor-dealei-s, and all 

 who are engaged in that unholy traffic. We 

 lo^'e them in spite of their greedy, selfish, 

 unhappy nature, and we long to see them 

 engaged in some pursuit where they will 

 be better men and better women. We long 

 to see tliem engage in some pui'suit where 

 they can honestly ask God's blessing on the 

 goods they send out — in some pursuit where 

 they will not feel that they themselves, their' 

 wives and their child!i-en, are disgTaced 

 before all good men and women, when the 

 nature of their occupation becomes known. 



Now in regard to the condition of affaii-s 



when God's kingdom shall have^ come in 

 earth as it is in heaven, I cannot tell very 

 much about it except from the many 

 glimpses that we get through God's holy 

 word. 



As I think it over after my brief visit I 

 have been wondering if the time is not near 

 at hand when not only our state fairgi-ound 

 but the fairground of every fair in Ohio 

 shall come up to the standard as we have 

 it in Holy Writ. 



'' There shall in no wise enter into it any- 

 thing that defileth, neither whatsoever 

 worketh abomination, or maketh a lie." 



I confess it may be a pretty big jolt for 

 at least some of our county fairs, and even 

 state fairs, but evidence seems to be grow- 

 ing all about us that the time is approach- 

 ing when God's kingdom shall come to even 

 this earth of ours. 



APPLE JUICE '' WHILE YOU WAIT." 



The principal beverage on the State Fair- 

 ground was so-called apple juice squeezed 

 out of the apples while we stood by. For 

 instance, I went up to a refreshment stand 

 and picked up a nice apple and handed out 

 some change. The proprietor instantly 

 said: 



''No, no! those apples are not for sale." 



" Not for sale? " said I in surprise. 



"No, we want them for cider; and with 

 our big trade it looks as if we would not 

 have enough any way." 



" Well, if you do not sell the apples, will 

 you sell me some of the juice out of them?" 



" Oh, yes ! we will sell you the juice — 

 (hat is our business." 



It was just about my supper time, and 

 my supj)er, as you may. recall, has been 

 lately mostly of apples; and I was wonder- 

 ing if the juice of apples would not do just 

 about as well as the apple itself. Of course 

 he put several more apples with it, and 

 gave me so big a glass of cider that I was 

 afraid T should not be able to drink it all, 

 especially as it v/as ice-cold. So I sipped a 

 little slowly, for it was a warm day, and I 

 am afraid of ice-cold drinks at such a tinse. 

 1 am glad to say that the apple juice seem- 

 ed to answ-er just as well as apples. Had 

 I been at home I would have had a little bit 

 of cheese with the cider; but I got along 

 very well with just the apple juice. Now, 

 there is certainly no objection to giving a 

 man, woman, or child all the apple juice 

 (perhaps I should say at proper hours) 

 that they care for. But the use of eider has 

 been discouraged of recent years, because 

 there is so much danger of its being kept 

 until it is fermented, or slightly so; and 

 hard eider in limes past has made about as 

 much trouble as beer — may be more. 



