1894 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 





evening following, he told the citizens of Xenia 

 just what he had found in the sakions in their 

 own town. A number of arrests followed at 

 once, one saloon-keeper being fined ?100 or more. 

 Now. let ns not only pray that God may spare 

 the life of our intrepid " hustler " in the tem- 

 perance work, but let us keep watch when he 

 comes to our uart of the State of Ohio, and 

 spring forward to lend hiiu a helping hand. 

 Keep your eyes open, and be on hand to give 

 the movement a lift, when you hear that the 

 work of the Anti-saloon League of tlie State of 

 Ohio has commenced in your neighborhood. 



The waterworks of Dayton are supplied by a 

 very deep artesian well. Friend Langstroth 

 told me that they nu>t a queer phenomenon, 

 which no scientist has yet been able to explain; 

 namely, the water from this artesia-i well 

 comes so near the freezing-point that at times 

 the temperature is down lo 34. Can any of our 

 readers tell me more about this? I do not pro- 

 fess to be a scientist, but I offer this explana- 

 tion: The hot-water springs in California and 

 other regions were formerly supposed to derive 

 their heat from volcanic agency, or the natural 

 heat of the globe. It is pretty well settled now, 

 however, that it is due to chemical action. A 

 subterranean spring, in its course through the 

 rocks, dissolves certain minerals. Another 

 stream is impregnated with some other mineral. 

 When the two unite, heat is evolved. This is a 

 familiar experiment in chemistry. We also 

 produce a low temperature by mixing different 

 solutions. Any work on chemistry will tell 

 you about it; and I would suggest that the low 

 temperature of the water at Dayton is owing to 

 the mixture of two or more waters charged 

 with different chemicals as they come up out of 

 the well. Perhaps one stream comes out hun- 

 dreds of feet below the other. It is true, the 

 waters of Dayton are remarkably pure; but a 

 very small quantity of these minerals in solu- 

 tion would serve to lower the temperature of 

 the water to the point mentioned. Now, if this 

 i< not orthod(3x chemistry, will somebody please 

 straighten me up? 



On the afternoon of Thursday. Sept. 13, I 

 started on my homeward trip, my longest con- 

 tinuous journey on the wheel. I felt anxious 

 to know how I should stand it when followed 

 up day after day. The country between Day- 

 ton and Ludlow Falls is some of the finest I 

 •ever passed through. Notwithstanding the 

 ■excessive drouth, the fields of corn which lined 

 the way seemed bending lieneath the weight of 

 the enormous ears that hung straight down. 

 With corn worth more than wheat, these 

 Montgomery and Miami County farmers ought 

 to feel liappy. Ludlow Falls vvas all right 

 -except the lack of water. Ai Pleasant Hill I 

 was admonished that no wheelmen were allow- 

 ■ed on the sidewalks. Just a word in regard to 

 this town or city ordinance. It is all right for 

 any town or village to deci'le that it does not 

 want wheels on the walks; but it certainly is 

 not Christianlike nor United States like to fine 

 a man ?5.00 for riding on the walk before any- 

 body has informed him that it is contrary to 

 the rules of tlie town. I did not get lined, mind 

 you. for somebody was kind enough to tell me; 

 but I wa>< informed that, in this town, and oth- 

 er towns, it is a frequent occurrence to make a 

 wheelman pay the fine, even though he be a 

 stranger, and in the town for the first time in 

 his life. In one place I was told they had quite 

 a lot of wheels in the pound becausi^ the riders 

 had not the S").()0 with which to pay the tine. I 

 soon learned to inquire, on approaching a town, 

 whether wheels were permitted on the \^'alks 

 when the roads were impassable. In nine out 

 of ten places there vvas no objection. At Pleas- 

 ant Hill the roads were so muddy from one 



curbstone to the other that it would be impossi- 

 ble for anybody to keep on a wheel unless he 

 had been ihrough such a training as I have on 

 sandy roads, etc. At Wapakoneta, Auglaize 

 Co., one long street was completely torn u[) in 

 order to make repairs; and yet if a wheelman 

 should innocently ride a single rod on the 

 broad pavement he was fined without notice or 

 warning. There may be a, few who would be 

 contrary and stubborn when informed of cor- 

 poration rules, but not many. At one place 

 I was informed they got quite a little sum of 

 money by these fines, to help repair the roads 

 and walks. I hope this is a mistake. It savors 

 of a kind of tyranny and injustice that it seems 

 hard to believe exists among the good people of 

 our State of Ohio. 



By the way, all through Miami Co. I found 

 most beautiful graveled roads; and I found 

 this kind of roads in approaching Pleasant Hill, 

 and going out; but right ihrough the main 

 street of the town, the mud was abominable. I 

 presume, however, they are just now making 

 the needed repairs, for everybody in town 

 seemed to be busy fixing up sidewalks. 



I reached Covington just at dusk. I knew 

 there were quite a few bee-keepeis who receiv- 

 ed Gleanings at that ot'tice; but on inquiry I 

 found them too far out of town for me to make 

 them a call. It seems a little strange that, aft- 

 er riding the wheel day after day, 1 rarely feel 

 any inclination for my regular nap brfore din- 

 ner and supper; but as I came into this place 

 rather late in the evening. I felt much more 

 like going to bed than doing any thing else; 

 and I questioned just a little as to whether it 

 was really my duty to hunt up the Christian 

 people and see if there were prayer-meetings 

 somewhere there during this, our regular 

 prayer-meeting night. Thursday evening. I 

 heard a bell ringing, and. without stopping to 

 inquire what denomination it was. I went in. 

 I was a little early, and I found only one person 

 there before me. He explained lo me that it 

 was |the night for their chuir-meeting, but said 

 there was a prayer-meeting at the church 

 across the corner, and he kindly walknd over 

 with me. The meeting had not yet commenc- 

 ed, so he beckoned to the leader as he sat at his 

 desk. Then my friend explained: 



" Bro. , here is a stranger in our town, in- 

 quiring for a prayer meeting." 



You can imagine how the yoimg pastor's face 

 beamed as he took me among the congregation. 

 Before the meeting was closed I was invited to 

 speak; and after closing I was surrounded by 

 Christian friends. The prayers I heard at that 

 little gathering, and the testimonies for Christ 

 Jesus, some of them, will follow me, I hope, 

 through life. Oh how it did thrill my heart to 

 find that one could go into almost any little 

 town in the State of Ohio, ami spend a few 

 minutes among those who love rishteonsness 

 and hate iniquity! One gray- haired brother 

 said, at the close of the meeting, that he had a 

 slight attack of bee fever a few years ago. He 

 took Gleanings about two years; and this 

 gave him sufficient acquaintance so that he 

 introduced me to all who were present. I had 

 quite a chat with the women, about temper- 

 ance and godliness in their little town. Oh 

 how glad I was that I did not yield to the temp- 

 tation to eo to bed and rest, instead of going to 

 meeting!* I slept soundly, and awoke early in 

 the morning to a nice breakfast prepared by 

 special request, that I might start out on my 



* By the time tlie meeting- cloSed I had forg-otteu 

 all about being tired andweaiy; and tliis experi- 

 ence was only one of man}' similar ones. Is it not 

 Satfui wlio suggests soofien tliatwe are "too tired " 

 to think of Moing- to prajer-meetiiig, and that it is 

 really a " Cliristiaii (UUy " to stay at home ? 



