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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 1 



about it. I never saw a field of it growing. I have 

 never been at an institute and heard its culture dis- 

 cussed during all my work in fifteen States. When a 

 boy I signed a pledge to not raise, handle, nor use it 

 in any form, and this pledge has been kept, except 

 that i have bought some for wife to put around the 

 edges of carpets to keep the moths out. That surely 

 did not violate the spirit of my promise. Further, the 

 institute men, as a rule, do not raise or use tobacco. 

 No, there were seven of us in the Minnesota force 

 before the holidays, and not one of them uses it in any 

 form. So you see I have had no opportunities to learn 

 any thing about tobacco, except that I do not like 

 rooms where the air is made impure by its smoke, or 

 the floor filthy by its spitting. So, kindly allow me 

 another subject. 



May God be praised that the men who 

 speak and teach at our farmers' institutes 

 are, as a rule, clean men, even to the extent 

 that they neither use nor encourag'e the use 

 of tobacco, nor the raising- of it. 



Temperance. 



STANDING BY ONE'S CONVICTIONS. 



We clip the following' from the Sunday 

 School Times: 



One boy, Harry Shepler, was in the signal service. 

 Harry was ordered one morning, by a sergeant, to 

 report for duty at the canteen. He refused to do so, 

 and the sergeant threatened to report him to the ofii- 

 cer of the day. "All right," said Shepler, "go ahead. 

 I did not enlist to be a bar-tender, but a soldier, and I 

 will not report at the canteen." He was duly reported 

 to the major, who sent for him. Shepler went with 

 trembling knees but with a steady heart, for he knew 

 he was right. When he came before the major, that 

 officer said to him: 



" Are you the young man who disobeyed orders this 

 morning? " 



" Yes, sir; I am." 



" Why did you do it?" 



" Simply because I do not believe it is right to do 

 what I was asked to do. I enlisted to be a soldier, 

 and not a bar-tender." 



The major arose quickly from his stool, and, ex- 

 tending his hand, said: 



"Shepler, you are the kind of man we want. I am 

 glad to see a man who has the courage of his convic- 

 tions. You are not obliged to report at the canteen. 

 Go back to your tent." 



In a personal letter to the writer, Shepler, in refer- 

 ring to this incident, gave as the reason for his ability 

 to stand firm, the fact that he would not dishonor his 

 mother, nor the Sunday-school which had taken such 

 an interest in him while he was a soldier. 



The above illustrates something- that oft- 

 en comes up; and I wish to say that, in all 

 my experience in business matters, I have 

 never known a young- man to be the loser 

 by refusing- to do that which his conscience 

 told him was wrong-. Of course, there 

 needs to be an enlightened conscience, and 

 in some matters it would be very wise in- 

 deed for the young- man to consult his pas- 

 tor or some g-ood Christian man a little old- 

 er than himself. It is not only the boys 

 who make blunders by being ajraid to do 

 rig-ht, but men who hold official positions 

 the world over are afraid to do their dutj'. 

 In almost every town in Ohio the mayors 

 and marshals seem to have an idea that 

 they will lose their influence with the peo- 

 ple if they enforce the law, especially when 

 it happens to hit somebody who stands well 

 in communit}^ But they are making- a mis- 

 take. In fact, things have come to such a 

 pass just now that the world is hungeriiifi 

 and thirsting for men who are not afraid 



to make the law a "terror to evil-doers," 

 as the Bible saj's it should be. In a town 

 near us, half a dozen liquor-sellers were 

 fined, and given a term in jail. Among- 

 them was the proprietor of the leading ho- 

 tel of the town. A great many people 

 seemed to think the jtidge should either let 

 him off on account of his position or else 

 " let him down easy." And they even sug- 

 gested to the jtidge that thej' hoped he 

 would consider the landlord's standing and 

 his family, and his position in town, etc. 

 But the judge was not of that sort. He 

 gave the landlord of the big hotel the same 

 kind of " medicine " he did all the rest. Of 

 course, the whiskj' men are all down on 

 him; but all good people rejoice to find a 

 man who did not hesitate to rebuke sin, 

 when found even in high places; and this 

 judge has all at once become exceedingly 

 popular with the people of his district, 

 simply because he showed the world he 

 was not a/raid tohe impartial and do right. 



THE LIQUOR problem; SOME ENCOURAGING 

 WORDS FROM OUR OLD FRIEND L. C. ROOT. 



I am always pleased with the attitude of Gle.\n- 

 iNGS with reference to the drink cur.se. During all of 

 its hist ry it has taken radical grounds on the right 

 side of the question. That was a large Straw thrown 

 in by Dr. Miller, p. 137 and the editorial comment 

 brings encouragement to those who have to meet the 

 discouragements which must be met by those who are 

 interested in the work. 



Just at present we are much interested here in Stam- 

 ford, in the organized work which is bt ing done 

 through the local State and National .Mliance work 

 I have been looking for some reference to the work in 

 the Home papers. Truly it is a home topic. 



Stamford, Conn. l^. C. Root. 



It gives us encouragement to know that 

 such a good substantial man as the writer 

 above is right in the harness working with 

 us. Friend Root incloses in his letter a little 

 tract about the Prohibition Alliance. This 

 tract gives us a lot of facts in regard to 

 this organization, and can be had by send- 

 ing 5 cts. to Oliver W. Stewart, 1518 Man- 

 hattan Building-, Chicago. 



1902 ITALIAN QUEENS. 



From imported and honie-bred mothers, by 

 up-to-date methods. Tested, f2.00 Untested. 

 $1.00 ; six, $.5.00 ; twelve, 89.00. Full colony. 

 86.00 ; three-frame, $2.00; two-frame, $1.60; add 

 the price of queen. I 'iscount on large orders. 

 Write for circular. 



Rufus Christian, 



rieldriin, Georgia. 



Pa*>«n fnt- ^alo '« ^^^ Grand Traverse Region. 

 rdrill lUr JtHC i offer for sale my faim of 87 

 acres - (i5 cleared, 18 in orchard; plenty of water on 

 the place, and a house and barn both close to the 

 water. Will take *1200 cash, or J 1400, half down and 

 the rest on time. Is 7 miles from Traverse City, right 

 on the bay; part is hilh- and part is nice and level. Is 

 within ^'mile of A. 1 Root's " Cabin in the woods." 

 Mrs. Anna Hkimfoorth, Bingham, Mich. 



EAUTiFUL SHELLS and curios from Florida. Col- 

 lections of 80 varieties, named; postpaid. $1.00. 

 Wm. S. Hanson, Ft. Myers, Florida. 



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QUEENS AND NUCLEL-Untested queens, either 3 

 or 5 banded, 75c; 6 for $4.25. Tested, $1.00 and up. 

 Nucleus, inclur'ing untested aueen, 2-fr.. J2.50; ;^fr., 

 $8.--'5; 4 fr., .p.7.5. Chas. H. Thies, Steeleville, 111. 



