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the poorer classes, decided to issue the British Bee- 

 Keeper's Adviser and Cottage Journal. This is issued 

 concurrently with the weekly, once a month. The 

 price is one shilling- sixpence, or 36 cts., a year. 

 The first copy is now belere us, and we feel quite 

 sure that it will meet the expectations of the pub- 

 lishers. It has for its editor none other than our 

 g-ood friend Thomas William Cowan. 



CHAIUTY THINKETH NO KVIL. 



On page 'Z22 allusion is made to a brother who 

 took the tobacco pledge and got a smoker, but was 

 afterward seen smoking. Investigation shows, 

 however, that he paid for his smoker, and thereby 

 secured an honorable release, more than a year 

 ago. Now, 1 want to beg his pardon that, in niy lack 

 of charity, it did not occur to me that this might be 

 the case: and friend Fox also seems to have been a 

 little hasty in concluding that the brother was lack- 

 ing in conscience and principle. Now, let us all 

 take a lesson and start out again with the deter- 

 mination to be slow about thinking evil. 



IN DEAD EARNEST. 



There is a man in Shenandoah, Page Co., Iowa, 

 who was editor of a political paper; and besides 

 that, he was in politics enough to get a full glimpse, 

 it would seem, of the difference between a worldly 

 politician and a follower of Christ. . He woke up 

 one morning, however, so suddenly that his friends 

 were all concerned about him. He decided to leave 

 all and follow Christ, no matter what consequences 

 followed. The first thing he did was to change the 

 name of his paper and call it the Firehrand. Of 

 course, his advertising patrons dropped off, so he 

 fills the space with Scripture texts, and trusts the 

 Lord to help him keep the paper going. Here is a 

 short editorial, as a sample of what the paper con- 

 tains. Is it in a line with politicsV 



.Jesus said. " Blessed are the peafe-iuakers: for they shall be 

 called the ehlldren of God." You should understand that any 

 wliu will tell you something that will cause you to lose 

 (•Duridenie in yimr neig-hbor or brethren (or that may be a 

 I'iuise of iiduble between youi.arenot of this number. They 

 are your enemy, antl an enem>' of peace. As a Christian you 

 should kindly infiirni a]iy sueli characters that you will not 

 hear evil spcikiii of iiny ol your brethren or neighbors, and 

 stop it short otf. (Kherwix' \"\i are not among the peace- 

 maliers, but arc disturbers of the peace. .-Vre you ft peace- 

 maker; 



If you want to help him, send to C. S. Hanley, as 

 above, for a sample copy, or, better still, send him 

 a dollar for the paper for one year. Friend Hasty 

 commends the undertaking ; and after having 

 looked over a single copy of the paper I think 

 brother Hanley is in the strait and narrow path, 

 and no mistake. 



"LOOK OUT FOR THE ENGINE WHEN THE BELL 

 RINGS." 



On page 763 our friend W. F. Clarke spoke of a 

 great forthcoming invention; and a good many 

 jokes have been cracked at his expense because of 

 the slowness with which said locomotive has got up 

 steam. By the la.^t issue of the Canadian Bee Jour- 

 ?K(l, however, we find that steam is up, and the lo- 

 comotive has started. One good thing has cer- 

 tainly been accomplished: We have got an unusu- 

 ally long editorial, presumably from friend Jones 

 himself, illustrated by some nice ])ictures. Per- 

 haps, now, we are permature in offering criticisms; 

 but I am sure the new arrangement will be the 

 means of having more streaks of propolis on the 

 sections, to be scraped off, than we have heretofore 

 had; and I am not sure, either, that the new plan 

 has lessened the number of " chicken fl.Kins." The 

 new idea, however, is quite ingenious, and it offers 



valuable suggestions, and furnishes food for 

 thought. Had I gotten up the whole arrangement, 

 I am not sure but that I too should have imagined 

 that it was going to revolutionize fixtures for comb 

 honey. I want to say, in closing, however, that, 

 from what experience I have had with side-opening 

 crates and supers, I do not believe anybody will 

 ever want them a great while. Don't go to work 

 and make a great many of them until you have 

 tried them one season. 



ORDERING HEAVY SHIPMENTS BY EXPRESS. 



Friend E. Ervine, of Phrenix, Arizona, has just 

 sent us an express order for hive stuff in the flat, 

 etc. Now, while the entire shipment is worth only 

 $l.').90, the express charges alone would amount to 

 $76.00. It is true, his directions read, "Please ship 

 the following goods by express immediately." Now, 

 the point in question Is, does friend E. know the 

 express charges are going to be nearly #i'e times the 

 value of the goods? and is he a man who is both 

 willing and able to pay for such a blunder if it is a 

 blunder? Wo find from our ledgers that he is a 

 good customer, and he has always been up with his 

 promises. We also find him quoted well by the 

 commercial reporters. Had he simply added one 

 line to his order, something like this, " I know the 

 express charges will be awful, but I must have the 

 goods at once," it would have been plain sailing. 

 As it was, we decided to risk the delay and expense 

 of a telegram before filling the order. The tele- 

 gram cost $2.50, and the goods were held at the ex- 

 press office for 36 hours. Finally comes the reply: 

 " Follow the directions which I gave in the order." 

 Perhaps many of you will say that it is our busi- 

 ness to obey orders; and we might do so, were it not 

 for sad experiences in the line of ohexiing orders, no 

 matter what they are. Sometimes the party who 

 orders goods in this way could not raise the money 

 to pay the charges, to save him, and then we have 

 to stand it all ourselves. At other times we get the 

 most hearty thanks for having used our judgment 

 instead of following directions, and sometimes we 

 get a fearful blowing-up for not doing exactly as we 

 were bidden. Well, the moral to this, good friends. 

 Is, when you know the orders you give are going to 

 necessitate express charges a good deal more than 

 the value of the goods, please say so briefly. Just 

 indicate to us that you have had experience in such 

 matters, and know what you are doing, and I as- 

 sure you we will jump with alacrity, the whole of 

 us, to get just what you want, right at your door, at 

 the earliest possible moment. In fact, we like the 

 fun of sending such orders; but we hate to get a lot 

 of abuse, and a big bill of expense on our hands, as 

 a reward for obeying orders strictly to the letter. 

 Ernest suggests, as a remedy, ordering early by 

 freight; but we do not always know beforehand 

 what we are going to need. I suppose friend Er- 

 vine will tell us pretty soon about some wonderful 

 honey-flow that came suddenly in the neighbor- 

 hood of Phd'nix, Arizona. 



<3RAVENH0RST'S BEE-BOOK. 



The crowded coniUtlon of our columns has till 

 now prevented our giving this work such a notice 

 as its merits demand. It contains 380 pages, 10 x 5'/^ 

 inches, printed on new type and on the best of pa- 

 per, hence the letter-press is of the very best. The 

 cuts are remarkably fine, and show a painstaking 

 care and fidelity that is astonishing. The frontis- 

 piece represents friend G.'s bee-yard. Among the 



