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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr. 



the sight of a dead bee in the snow will be a 

 pretty sure indication of a bee-tree near by, 

 for the bees generally bring out dead bees 

 and rubbish almost every sunshiny morn- 

 ing. The advantage of early spring is, there 

 are no leaves on the trees, and the eye will 

 readily scan the trunk of any tree that looks 

 as if it harbored bees. 



THE DISCOVERY OF SIIiK. 



COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY MISS NELLIE LINCOLN 



KOSSITEll, PIIACTICAL SILK CULTUKIST, 



6054 VINE ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Continued. 



el ICILY and Naples kept it mysteriously for a 

 D long lime; and not earlier than in the six- 

 teenth century, the mulberry-tree and the 

 breeding of the silkworm were introduced into the 

 rest of Italy, and at lirst in upper Italy. Emanuel 

 Philibert, Duke of Savoy and Piedmont, contributed 

 the most to it; and those countries are also indebt- 

 ed to him for the introduction of the olive-tree. 

 From thence, that new source of national wealth 

 was transplanted into the Milanese, and the great- 

 est part of Italy ; and very soon that country too- 

 came the principal seat of silk-fabrication. 



Its propagation through the other countries of 

 Europe was quite as slow. At first, their inhabi- 

 tants seemed to bo satisfied with admiring and val- 

 uing the silk stuffs very highly. It was only in the 

 year 1180, under the reign of Henry II., that such 

 stuffs, imported from China, began to astonish the 

 English. At a later period, the Greeks supplied 

 France and Germany with these products, which 

 countries, in the Middle Ages, received them from 

 the manufactories of Italy. Charlemagne wore about 

 his linen doub'.et and under- garment a silk scarf 

 around his waist. Not sooner than in the Middle 

 Ages did the sumptuous silk cloaks, embroidered 

 with gold and silver, worn by the knights over their 

 more martial equipment, come into fashion. His- 

 tory mentions, as examples of extraordinary splen- 

 dor, that Henry III. assembled, at the marriage of 

 his daughter with the king of Scotland, a thousand 

 knights attired in silk. Charles VI., of France, in 

 order to display his magnificence, wore, from the 

 year 1122, constantly, a black velvet e aat-of-arms, 

 even in the hottest days. His successor, Charles 

 VII., wore at his entrance into Kouen, in 1449, a 

 beaver, lined with velvet, which was the most cost- 

 ly and elegant head ornament known at that time. 

 In 148.J, orders were issued In Germany against such 

 expensive apparel; and females were expressly di- 

 rected not to wear more than " four costly dresses" 

 at the tournaments; and a whole suit of silk and 

 gold was altogether prohibited to them. Even 

 Charles V. took off his little velvet hat, at an inspec- 

 tion of his army in 3547, "to prevent it from being 

 spoiled by the rain." The silk stuffs still continued 

 to be imported from the East and from Italy; but 

 the first knitted silk stockings, which Henry II. 

 wore, and which attracted extraordinary notice, 

 came from Spain; and Henry VIII., as well as Ed- 

 ward VI., were likewise supplied from that country 

 with the same article, for their personal use. No 

 silk manufactures existed as yet in Franco or Ger- 

 many; and not earlier than 1455 did females begin 

 to spin and sew with silk in England; and in 1482, 

 narrow stuffs and ribbons began to be manufactured 



from raw silk, imported from Italy. In 1521, silk- 

 weavers emigrated from Milan into France, where, 

 likewise, some attempts were made to weave Italian 

 silk; but all these were but partial experiments. 



BEAUTlf IN ALiIi GOD'S WORKS. 



ALSO SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY PEOPLE MOVE 

 AMONG THE MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA. 



Ijpl^EAR JUVENILES:-Did you evei think how 

 Jljy) many beautiful things God gives us? "We 

 can not see any," some of you say. Well, 

 that is just what I am going to write to you about. 

 I want you to look at the nearest thing to you that 

 God made, and look for beauty. If it is not in the 

 form of the article, it may be in its color or expres- 

 sion. 5f ou may be looking at a weed or a blade of 

 grass, a dog, horse, cow, or a tree. Is there not 

 something about it nice, pretty, or even beautiful? 

 I find beauty in every thing; and if you have the 

 word in your mind when you are looking, you will 

 be sure to find some, and you will also find that your 

 life is more beautiful by your search for beautiful 

 forms. Even work will be made pleasanter by your 

 search. When you arc washing dishes, hoeing the 

 field, or making or doing any thing, you will liud it 

 much easier to do, if you are thinking, " How nice 

 they look ! '" and I am sure Mr. Root would not have 

 to complain of half-heart cdness if evcrj' one would 

 learn to look for beauty in every thing. Try it, lit- 

 tle ones, even for one week, and. I am sure you and 

 all about you will be made surprisingly happy. 



I think I must have written it badly, for I find in 

 my last, that the pronunciation of the name of those 

 lovely falls was put in wrong; it is " Nah-hah-we." 

 Say it quickly, and see how musical it sounds. It is 

 an Indian name. 



I am going to tell you of a moving I assisted at a 

 few years ago. We were living in the mountains. 

 Our nearest neighbor lived two miles from us. I 

 started to visit them on horseback, as that was the 

 only mode of travel, besides walking. When I ar- 

 rived near the house I found that they were prepar- 

 ing to move, and they were glad of my help; but I 

 laughed so much at first, I was not much good; for 

 right before the door were three horses, tied to one 

 another's tail. The first one had a feather bed and 

 a wash-boiler evenly balanced across its back, and 

 two kettles and a frying-pan around its neck, and the 

 master was carrying out a bedstead, with the inten- 

 tion of tying that on the middle horse. It was so 

 funny! but as they were in a hurry, I managed to 

 work and laugh too. Well, we packed the bedstead 

 with a lot of bedding on No. 2, and then proceeded 

 to No. :i. On it were put a small trunk, several bun- 

 dles, and three chairs. Then there being no side- 

 saddles, a man's saddle was put on a horse. The 

 wife was helped upon that, one baby in her arms, 

 and a little fat chubby boy seated behind her. My 

 boy and myself on another horse finished out the 

 funny procession, the master leading the way, and 

 all following. We climbed a good-sized mountain, 

 and then down, down we went for half a mile, so 

 steep a mountain that I felt very much afraid I 

 should fall over my horse's head every moment; 

 but we all managed to arrive safely at the foot, and 

 wo were transferred to a wagon waiting for us, 

 partly loaded with things that had been taken down 

 on horses before my arrival. We went down a nar- 

 row cauoD about three miles, and then I had my first 



