1888 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



225 



some means of knowing that Jesus was suf- 

 fering for no fault of his own, but through 

 the bitter enmity and hatred of his wicked 

 persecutors. 



Now, then, how mucli further must this 

 poor guilty soul go, to stand where tlie gates 

 of heaven are open before him? lie is ap- 

 proaching the crisis, like those young friends 

 in the prayer-meeting. How much does 

 God require? Thank God, we have the ex- 

 act words of the thief at this point. With 

 his last expiring agonies, it may be, he says, 

 simply and helplessly, with childlike pathos, 

 " Lord, remember me when thou comest in- 

 to thy kingdom.'' As the consciousness of 

 his guilt w^eighed him down, he did not dare 

 ask outright for forgiveness. Perhaps he 

 hesitated to put in words the wish that the 

 past might be pardoned and blotted out, 

 that he might die in peace ; so he simply 

 says, " Remember me ''—nothing more. He 

 has. in these few last words, been taking 

 Christ's part. His comrade must have seen 

 that he was "on the Lord's side,'' as we 

 often express it in our meetings. Could it 

 be possible that these few feeble expressions 

 of penitence wxnild be received, and full par- 

 don granted? The reply of the Master leaves 

 no room for doubt on tiie subject. The poor 

 feeble apology from the dying lips was ac- 

 cepted, and eternal life was granted. Jesus 

 stood ready, even when dying agonies tor- 

 tured his poor frame ; ready as he is just 

 now, dear reader, to give a thousand times 

 more than the penitent one asks, providing 

 the request be made with honesty and sin- 

 cerity, and with a complete surrender. 

 "Verily, I say unto thee. To-day thou shalt 

 be with me in paradise." The past bad life 

 was gone, forgiven and forgotten ; and who 

 can tell — what human imagination can con- 

 ceive—of the joy and praise that filled that 

 poor heart? As all things earthly faded 

 away before his dying eyes, a glimpse of the 

 ;New Jerusalem opened up to his glad soul, 

 on the other shore ; glad, because he was 

 with that new-found Saviour. A new life 

 had opened up to him, and the glories of 

 immortality were his. Reader, you are not 

 near to death ; but you may decide as sim- 

 ply and as easily as did the dying thief ; you 

 may now make the decision ; and Christ 

 Jesus will guide you and lead you in the 

 ways in which he would have you walk. 



Help me, dear Savior, thee to own, 



And ever faithful be; 

 And when thou sittest on thy throne. 



Dear Lord, remember me. 



0aR 0WN ^pi^i^Y. 



CONDUCTED BY ERNEST R. ROOT. 



THE ONE-STORY CHAFF HIVE; HOW TO MAKF., AND 

 HOW TO NAII. IT TOGETHER. 



§()METHING over a year ago. our lead- 

 ers of last year will remember tliat. in 

 this department, the claims of the 

 one-story cbnff hive were set forlh. 

 Since that time this hive lias grown 

 rapidly in favor; and at the present rate it 

 seems destined to ta]<(' the i)lace of tlie two- 

 story, because the former possesses more 



desirable features, such as interchangeable- 

 ness, more ready adaptation to modern ap- 

 pliances, ease of handling, etc. 



Considerable inquiry has been made as to 

 how this hive is built. To show its man- 

 ner of construction we have had the follow- 

 ing cross-section diagram made, the section 

 being taken in llie direction of the frames. 



f ■i,.,g^..j,,a 



CROSS-SECTION OF THE ONE-STORY CHAFF 

 HIVE, FIG. 1. 



You will observe that it is hardly more or 

 less than a Simplicity hive with a double 

 wall ; A A is a two-inch space filled with 

 chaff. The outer shell is made in very 

 much the same way as that of the two-story 

 chaff hive. The slats composing this siding 

 are 8 inches wide, and beveled as shown ; 

 for the sides of tiie hive they are 24 inches 

 long ; and for the ends, IS inches long. 

 These slats C are nailed at the ends on the 

 inside of the shell to corner-posts. B B. and 

 strengthened in the corners by a strip of 

 wood, U I), about an inch square, as shown 

 in the following diagram : 



W 



C 



FIO. 2. 



ilB 



One of the slats at the front end of the 

 hive is grooved at the entrance, as shown 

 at B, Fig. 1. 



Next the inside shell is made, the materi- 

 al being of f-inch stuff, put together so as 

 to make a box the same size as the Simplici- 

 ty, inside dimensions. The entrance-way 

 should next be made. Two cleats, 2 in. long 

 and I in. square, are laid on the bevel of the 

 bottom-board, which projects beyond. Over 

 this is laid a board 2x9xt, and' nailed. A 

 similar board is also nailed on the under- 

 side. Tlie entrance-w^ay will now come op- 

 posite to the opening B, in the siding, 

 w^hen the inside shell is set in place, as 

 below explained. In H 11 you will notice 

 a water-table, or, as you might call them, 

 rims. These lap over, as you will observe, 

 from the inside to the outside shell. When 

 these four rims are put together they some- 

 wiiat resemble a picture-frame ; but instead 

 of putting the rims together, before fasten- 

 ing on tlie liive as you would naturally sup- 

 pose, the two side rims are nailed to the 

 sides of the inner box lirst, with 2-in. wire 

 nails. This done, the whole is set right in- 

 to the inside shell, being supported tempo- 



