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Mak. 



Xow, please let us be careful that we 

 make no mistake here. Some of the friends 

 have thoufflit ns perhaps more vehement in 

 the CO. Let. on of little debts than the case 

 demanded. If one can spare thousands in 

 a loss by Ih-e, why should he not forgive 

 little debts, when people have been unlucky 

 by sickness orbad calculations, and are unable 

 to meet them ? My friends, a true servant 

 of (iod should try to do business in a way 

 that will be most conducive to the saving of 

 Fouls, and of most benefit to his fellow-men. 

 Then the question also comes up. Does it 

 make a man better, or does it realJv hel'p him 

 to let him slip out of his just obligations? 

 I do not think it does. 1 have been over 

 this gromul before, througli tliese Home 

 Papers, and I try it over and over again in 

 the experiences of every-day life. I liave 

 done p^'oplr- good a great many times, and 

 have even helped them to come to Clirist, 

 without (pieslion, by giving tliem emjjloy- 

 ment; but Ihe cnsfs are few and far between 

 where I have conferred a lasting blessing, or 

 liave even been the means of giving any real 

 help, by giviny money, outiight, without 

 equivalent. It has seemed to me as if God 

 Jiad .said, '' No, no, child, don't do it ; '' and 

 it is about the same where I have let people 

 plip out of paying that which they had 

 honestly and fairly promised to pay. Over 

 and over again I have had reason to think it 

 was to their hurt: therefore it seems to me 

 it is a duty to our fellow-men, with perhaps a 

 few exceptions, to insist that they shall do, 

 according to promise, whatever is in their 

 power. If they are behindhand and unfor- 

 tunate, by no means crowd or distress 

 them: give time; and if circumstances seem 

 to indicate that it is best, let them i)ay in- 

 terest. But to let people repeatedly slip out 

 of meeting their just obligations, is to let 

 them contract a disease that, like theft or 

 intemperance, or an evil temper, sooner or 

 later carries them down to ruin. Now, then, 

 '•'• seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his 

 righteousness '' in all that you do : and hav- 

 ing done that, l)e not afraid of all that the 

 powers of darkness can bring to bear. They 

 may take aw'ay property ; they may even 

 take away life ; but God's promises are sure 

 and solid. 



And fear not them which kill the^ody, hut are not 

 able to kill the soul; but rather tear him" which is able 

 to destroy both soul and body in hell.— Matt 10:29. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The Southern Uliiuiis Hccki'cpers' As ociatlon will hold its 

 third annual convention, Thursday. April 8, 1886. at 10 a. M., in 

 Teague & Harris' Hull, Dm (^vioin,' Perry Co,, Uls. A general 

 invitation is extended to all. F. H. Kknnedy, Sec. 



Du Quoin, 111. 



The semiannual meeting of the Western Cne-keepers' Asso- 

 ciation will l)e held in Kansas City, Mo., Apr. 20, 30, 1886. Those 

 ponnei-ti-d with till' Assiii-iation are desirous of making this 

 nieetiii;^- imdip interestin;; than any of its predecessors, and 

 therefore invite all who can to he with us. It is intended to 

 have essays read on the leading thoughts in hee culture, 

 which will be announced as soon as arraneements are made. 

 Let a 1 who have bees, queens, bee-fixtures, etc., bring them if 

 possible. Due notice will be given in regard to a hall. 



Independence, Mi>. T. Baldwin, 8c'c. 



The officers and members of the Texas State Bee-keepers' 

 Association send fraternal greeting to the members of all 

 other bee-keepers' associations throughout the St.-ite ot Texas 

 and all North America, and extend to them, and all interested 

 in apiculture, a most cordial Invitation to meet us at the bee- 

 farm of Judge Wm. H. Andrews, McKinney, Collin Co., Texas, 

 on the 5th and 6th of May. Indications for a grand meeting 



are growing brighter, and every effort will be made to render 

 this the most stupendous meeting of bee-men ever held in the 

 State. Kind treatment to all, and no hotel bills to pay. So, 

 come one come all, as we promise you something new. 



B. F. Carroll, Sec. Texas State B. K. A. 

 Dresden, Texas, March 5, 1886. 



The Bee-keepers of Manitowoc and ad.ioining counties will 

 hold a convention at Kiel, Manitowoc County, on the 25th day 

 of March, 1886, b.v the name of the " Lake-Snore Central Bee- 

 keepers' Convention." Jesse H. Roberts. 



School Hill, Wis., March 1, 1886. 



The bee-keepers of Stark Co., met in Grange Hall, Canton; 

 C, Mar. 2. 1886, and effected a temporary organization by elect- 

 ing Jacob Oswald. I'res.; J.H.Smith, of C.anton, Vice - Pres., 

 and .Maik Thompson, of Canton, Sec'y. and Treas. Much iri- 

 tei'est w.as manifestefl, and we antici]iate a 'trong organiza- 

 tion. The lee keepers (,f .Stark and ad,ioining counties ai e 

 eaiiicstlv requested to meet at Orange H.all (over F- rniei s' 

 BanUi.c'.iuton, O., Tues.. Afr. 13, 1886, for the purpose of effeet- 

 iui; a |ievm:inent organization. 



( 'inton, I ihlo. Mark Thompson, Scc'y and Trcas. 



The next meeting of Ihc Patsulge" Bee-keepers' .^si ociatii ti 

 will fco he d at Arc.idia, Ala., Mnrch •.;o, 1886 

 Kaip Brnnch, Ala. .M. G. Rl siiton. Sec. 



Gleanincs in Bee Cdltcre, 



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No discounts for ordering early in tlie season, 

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BLUEBERRY -PL ANTS. 



Will those who purchased the blueberry-plants 

 from the advertisements which appeared in Glean- 

 ings a year ago, please report how they succeeded "? 



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SEVER.4.L valuable articles from some of our reg- 

 ular contributors are this month crowded out. This 

 is largely owing, perhaps, to the extra number of 

 advertisements; and to meet the demand we shall 

 put in eight extra pages in our issue for April 1. 



NO delay in filling ORDERS. 



At. this date, March 17, wc have caught up on -^ 

 every thing that was burned in our warehouse, in 

 the way of supplies of our own manufacture; and 

 all other goods that arc burned are cither here or 

 are cxjiected daily, so there will probably be no de- 

 lay in tilling any orders the friends may ha%'c had 

 in mind to send us. One hundred thousand sections 

 are now ahead ot orders, and we expect to fill every 

 order promptly (with a few rare exceptions), .just 

 as wc have been doing for the past year and a half. 



MAPLE SUGAR I'OR FEEDING BEES AND OTHER PUR- 

 POSES. 



We have in stock about a ton of maple sugar, on3 

 year old, which should be worth, say, 8,. 9, and 10 cts. 

 per lb. (according to grade), if new, but in consider- 

 ation of being one year old, wc will sell it for 7, 8, 

 and !) cts. As it lias been nicely kept over, it is 



