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rice-pudding, soft yolk of eggs, and baked 

 apples, if desired. 



Never forget the importance of keeping 

 the patient warm, and free from all drafts 

 of air. If the lungs are very painful— es- 

 pecially on taking a long breath — a mus- 

 tard poultice may be applied, or a leaf of 

 horse-radish kept over the pain, as sug- 

 gested in a previous article, until it smarts 

 pretty well; but under no circumstance 

 should either be permitted to stay on long 

 enough to blister. If in a few days the 

 cough becomes very troublesome, give 

 Remedy No. 13 in a teaspoonful of honey, 

 a dose every two hours. 



Every household should possess a few re- 

 liable remedies and book of instructions to 

 use in just such emergency. It often en- 

 ables them to cut short diseases that, left 

 to develop, may prove very serious, and 

 the treatment expensive. 



The above suggestions as to treatment, 

 judiciously followed, will, in the great 

 majority of such cases, result most happily, 

 and the expense be very small. Besides, it 

 is not always possible to obtain the services 

 of a physician to the family who live a dis- 

 tance from his office. Yet no time should 

 be lost in affording ease and comfort to the 

 suffering. 



Giving Water to Bees in the 

 Cellar. 



Query 949.— Is it desirable to give bees 

 water while ia the cellar ?— Idaho. 



No.— B. Taylor. 



No.— P. H. Elwood. 



I think not.— M. Mahin. 



I think not.— E. France. 



No, never.— R. L. Taylor. 



I think not.— J. M. Hambaugh. 



Not with me.— G. M. Dooi>ittle. 



I doubt if it is for my bees. I never 

 could get them to take it.— C. C. Miller. 



No, not by any means. — Dadant & 

 Son. 



I do not think it necessary. — Eu&ene 

 Secor. 



I don't think it is necessary. — J. P. H. 

 Brown. 



I do not know. I never tried it. — J. 

 A. Green. 



No. They do not seem to need it. — C. 



H. DiBBERN. 



My experiments have not demonstrated 

 that it is. — S. I. Freeborn. 



I don't know, as I never have had any 

 experience with cellar-wintering. — W. G. 

 Larrabee. 



I do not think so. I tried it one year, 

 and it resulted disastrously — or I thought 

 it did. — A. J. Cook. 



I have always been very successful, 

 and never water them while in the cel- 

 lar. — J AS. A. Stone. 



I have never practiced cellar-winter- 

 ing, but I should hardly deem it neces- 

 sary.— W. M. Barnum. 



I don't know, but I would give the 

 bees a little water that have to be con- 

 fined long.— Mrs. Jennie Atchley. 



Occasionally, when they have been 

 noisy, water was given to them, and 

 they quieted down.— Mrs. L. Harrison. 



I do not put them into the cellar, as a 

 general thing. If I did, I should not 

 give them any water. — Emerson T. Ab- 

 bott. 



I have always wintered bees on the 

 summer stands, so I can't say, but I can 

 see no reason why it should be done. — 

 J. E. Pond. 



No ; I have given them water in win- 

 ter, but without apparent benefit. If 

 they become very restless, they need a 

 flight.— G. L. Tinker. 



Not if they are quiet, but balls of 

 snow at each entrance will sometimes 

 quiet them when they are very restless. 

 —Mrs. J. N. Heater. 



I don't know. But from ray observa- 

 tion of bees wintered in the yard, I 

 should think that bees have but little 

 use for water until they begin to rear 

 brood. — G. W. Demaree. 



As a general thing, no. I have seen 

 cases where they were uneasy, and I 

 gave a sponge saturated with water, 

 and they became quiet. I have had 

 them do the same without giving water. 

 — H. D. Cutting. 



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