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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



The Tapestry 'Weavers. 



Let us take to our hearts a lesson— no lesson 



can braver be — 

 From the ways of the tapestry weavers on the 



other side of the sea. 

 Above their heads the pattern hangs ; they 



study it with care ; 

 The while their fingers deftly work, their eyes 



are fastened there. 



They tell this curious thing, besides, of the 



patient, plodding weaver : 

 He works on the wrong side evermore, but 



works for the right side ever. 

 It's only when the weaving stops, and the web 



is loosened and turned. 

 That he sees his own handiwork— that his 



marvelous skill is learned. 



Ah 1 the sight of its delicate beauty, how it 



pays him for all his cost ; 

 No rarer, daintier work than his was ever 



done by frost. 

 Then the master bringeth him golden hire, 



and giveth him praise as well, 

 And how happy the heart of the weaver is. no 



tongue but his own can tell. 



The years of man are the looms of God, let 



down from the place of the sun. 

 Wherein we are weaving alway, till the 



mystic web is done- 

 Weaving blindly, but weaving surely, each 



for himself his fate. 

 We may not see how the right side looks ; 

 . we can only weave and wait. 



But looking over the pattei^n, no weaver need 

 have tear. 



Only let him look clear into heaven— the 



perfect pattern is there. 

 If he keeps the face of our Savior forever 



and always in sight. 

 His toil shall be sweeter than honey, his 



weaving is sure to be right. 



And when his task is ended, and the web is 



turned and strown, 

 He shall hear the voice of the Master— it shall 



say unto him, " Well done !" 

 And the white-winged angels of heaven, to 



bear him thence, shall come down ; 

 And God for his wages shall give him, not 



coin, but a golden crown.— Selected. 



Paste for Isabels.— The follow- 

 ing is a recipe for a paste that will stick 

 to anything: 



Take three parts of sugar of lead, 

 three parts of alum, five parts of gum 

 arable, and 16 parts of good wheat 

 flour. Dissolve the gum arable in two 

 quarts of warm water ; when cold stir 

 in the wheat flour, and add the sugar of 

 lead and alum, which must have been 

 previously dissolved in water. Cook 

 until it shows signs of ebullition. Let it 

 cool, and it is ready for use. 



Queries a]id Replies. 



Is ln-Gramilatlon Proof of Adulteration 



Query 823. — If extracted-honey does 

 not granulate, can At be considered a 

 sure proof of adulteration in all cases? 

 Canadian. 



No. — Dadant & Son. 



No. — C. C. Miller. 



No.— R. L. Taylor. 



No. — G. L. Tinker 



Not in all cases. — J. P. H. Brown. 



No, not in all cases. — Mrs. L. Har- 

 rison. 



No. Some honeys do not granulate. — 



G. M. DOOLITTLE. 



No ; some kinds of honey will persis- 

 tently refuse to granulate. — C. H. Dib- 

 bern. 



No. I have had pure extracted honey 

 that would not granulate. — J. M. Ham- 



BAUGH. 



No ; although it makes us suspicious, 

 and it should be tested further. — P. H. 

 Elwood. 



No. I have some Alsike honey that is 

 nearly three years old, and is not can- 

 died. — A. B. Mason. 



No, not in every case. I have had 

 some extracted honey that never granu- 

 lated. — E. France. 



I think not. I believe there may be 

 some kinds of honey that do not granu- 

 late. — Eugene Secob. 



Some extracted honey granulates very 

 slowly, and it is said, some not at all. I 

 have never had any of the latter kind, 

 however. — M. Mahin. 



By no means. I have had several 

 specimens of very nice undoubted honey 

 in our Museum for years, and it has 

 never shown any signs of granulation. — 

 A. J. Cook. 



No. Some California honey does not 

 granulate. There may be other varieties 

 that do not. Pure honey may be heated 

 so hot that it will not granulate again. — 

 James A. Green. 



I should not like to say so, though 

 granulation is considered a proof "of 

 purity. I know that nectar from some 



