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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 1. 



you want to be ivitli them. If possible, get 

 into some employment where all of you can 

 be partners. Have the children members of 

 the firm. Spend your money in bringing them 

 u]j in the fear of the Lord. Spend your time in 

 laboring for that home and that little house- 

 hold. Have a pleasant sitting-room, nicely 

 warmed and nicely lighted. Have some sort of 

 musical instrument — in accordance with your 

 means, of course, and then have home concerts. 

 If you do not agree with me that the sound of 

 these childish voices, united in singing praises 

 to Him who rules over all — if you do not agree 

 with me that these things satisfy, and are the 

 real substantuil bread of life, then I shall be 

 mistaken. ''Blessed is the man that walketh 

 not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth 

 in the way of sinners." ''Blessed is the man 

 whose delight is in the law of the Lord," and 

 who makes it his foremost business in life to 

 teach that law to the children of his household. 

 What would be the effect on this nation of ours 

 if every man were so doing, instead of spending 

 his hours in playing " pedro," and his money 

 for choice brandies that he may drink all by 

 himself, and pass them around to his fellow- 

 travelers'? "Thou hast loved righteousness 

 and hated iniquity " is what the great God 

 above said of Christ Jesus the Son of God. O 

 my brother, will you not strive harder, so that, 

 when God looks down into your little home, he 

 may say of you, when he sees you with your 

 family, "Thou hast loved righteousness and 

 hated iniquity "? 



In order to get an early train next morning I 

 was obliged to be up and have breakfast some 

 time before daylight. One of ray companions 

 of the day before was also obliged to take this 

 early train. I do not know whether he was the 

 very man who asked me to play pedro or not; 

 but he was certainly one of that class. He was 

 very pleasant and courteous. He even presum- 

 ed to extend a dainty little glass while he 

 held a long black bottle over it and urged me 

 to take a drink. Said he, " I always take one 

 before breakfast. Don't be afraid of it, stranger 

 ^it will do you good. It is terribly cold out- 

 doors. The landlord says it is the coldest night 

 of the winter. You had better have it to guard 

 against the effects of the cold." I shook my 

 head as I looked at him, and then my conscience 

 began to chide me because I seemed a bit back- 

 ward about showing my colors. I ventured a 

 gentle remonstrance, and then told him my 

 name and place of residence. He put his bottle 

 away rather hastily, I thought. I do not know 

 whether he felt as though he ought to apologize 

 or not; but I heard him say, a few minutes 

 later, " Landlord, do you know whom you have 

 got here in your house? " 



The landlord replied in some complimentary 

 way that I need not mention here; and then 

 my friend made some further remarks that 

 ought to have satisfied almost any on<^. But I 

 did not feel satisfied. I kept thinking of the 

 words of our text. Why do men spend money 

 for that which is not bread? and labor for that 

 which satislieth not? 



We had a very nice breakfast again, notwith- 

 standing the earliness of the hour. And now I 

 too felt thankful. My fellow-traveler, however, 

 complained that he could not take any comfort 

 so long as that baby kept crying; and even 

 though ho saw a look of pain on the mother's 

 face as she waited on us — it was the same face 

 that gave me such a glimpse of sunshine at 

 dinner tiie day before— even when he saw this 

 look of pain he did not hesitate to grumble, and 

 kept inquiring if something could not be done 

 to make the baby stop crying. If the kind of 

 drink he had just before breakfast had any 

 thing to do with the fact that he could not be 



comfortable because there was a baby near, i 

 will be an additional reason to me why I nevei 

 want any thing of the sort. Is it really tru( 

 that a world of people are living and dyinc 

 without having had even a glimpse of th( 

 bread of life or a glimpse of that which satisfiei 

 beyond any thing in the way of food and drint 

 this world can furnish? 





A WHEELBARROW WITHOUT WHEELS; A GAR 



DENER'S IMPLEMENT FROM OUR 



GERMAN FRIENDS. 



Among our German helpers is one who used 

 to be a cooper in the old country. Dui'ing a 

 dull time last fall he made up some queer 

 shaped tubs, or barrels, like those used in Ger 

 many; and putting one on his back he came 

 around to exhibit it to our German gardener. 

 It made the faces of our German people light 

 up with fond remembrances as soon as they got 

 their eyes on it; for, in fact, it was a familiar 

 object away back in Fatherland. My good 

 helper, Ben, informed me that, in the old 

 country, every family has such a tub, or biitte. 

 as it is called in German. See the picture be- 

 low. Our engraver has not shown the tub 



A GP;RMAN BUTTE. 



sufficiently flattened, especially the one that 

 is on the back of a sturdy gardener. Sometimes 

 a cushion is added to make it easier where it 

 strikes the body; and the tub is really broad 

 enough so it strikes the shoulders, thus pre- 

 venting it from swinging about while being 

 carried with a load. 



A good deal of their gardening, where land 

 is scarce and high-priced, is done on the steep 

 hillsides, and even up into the mountains. I 

 have told you about some German friends of 

 my boyhood, who used to make garden in every 

 fence-corner, and, in fact, on every square yard 

 around their home. Beds of flowers and veg- 

 etables were everywhere. In fact, they occu- 

 pied every /oof, leaving only narrow pathways 

 to get through. Well, in Germany, where they 

 garden in this way on the hillsides, they use 

 these tubs to bring in the crops, to carry manure 

 where teams can not go. and, in short, for all 

 sorts of work of this kind. We have one 

 which we use in bringing parsnips from the 



