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to make them successful. It is these large bus- 

 iness enterprises that give our American peo- 

 ple work. Now. a man lacking in brains, or 

 a man lacking in virtue, can not. as a geneial 

 rule, manage such large enterprises. An iii- 

 tcmperdte man may manage people and cap- 

 ital a little while: but it can not be for long. 

 The man who becomes a millionaire must be a 

 temperate man. and. to some degree, it seciiin tn 

 me. a libenil and hdiicst man. or he can not 

 succeed. If men become millionaires by trick- 

 ery and fraud, then ail good men and women 

 ought to combine in a ring, trust, or monopoly, 

 and tight them to the bitter end. The fighting 

 should, however, be done in a legitimate' and 

 orderly way. We must lie law-abiding citizens. 

 and we must have faith in each other, or we 

 shall surely jump from the frying-pan into the 

 fire. 



Now. if any readtir of Gleanings wishes it 

 stopped because of tlie above position, we will 

 stop it with the kindest and pleasantest feel- 

 ings, and we will refund all money due. It is 

 quite likely that (tI.eanixgs irill lean strongly 

 toward chdrity and faith in mankind, for it 

 does seem to me that our greatest danger lies in 

 too little faith ineach other: and this faith and 

 love should he broad enough to reach from the 

 IMiorcst day laborer to our richest millionaire.] 



verity. The family supposed it would succumb 

 to the usual remedies, and a little patience on 

 their part. But old and tiied remedies had no 

 effect, and the fever was raging clear beyond 



THE RAMBLER IN WARREN. 



ME ENCurNTEKS A SEVEIiE CASE OF UEE-FEVP:)!: 



MOKE HOFFMAN FRAMES AND NO 



BVRK-f'OMB.S. 



Rhode Island hospitality did not end under 

 the roof of Bro. INIiller. We rambled to the 

 thriving town of Warren, and to the residence 



HARD CASE OF BEE-FEVER. 



all expectations, and now had developed the 

 alarming stage of running in instead of out. 

 After a tliorough diagnosis of tlie malady we 

 traced the germs tf) that t'uthusiastic Miller 

 over in Barrington. and promptlv advised that 

 the doctor be not allowed to cross the river. 

 This was as promptly decided to be out of the 

 question, as the doctor had a very strong mind 



DR. MERCHANT S APIARY BY THE B.^PTIST CHl'RCII. 



of Dr. J. M. Merchant. Mrs. Merchant desired 

 expert counsel in relation to the doctor's mal- 

 ady, the bee-fever. 



We found that the doctor had for many years 

 been subject to feverish attacks, some longer 

 some shorter, but none severe. For instance, 

 the hen-fever had a very thoi'ough run: but 

 the usual appliances of pills, plasteis. a sweat 

 (or its equivalent, a little curtain admonition), 

 had resulted in an effectual cure. But now the 

 bee-fever had taken him witii the utmost sc;- 



of his own. From careful observations we 

 should judge that the fever has yet a long time 

 to run. 



Dr. Merchant is an active physician, with a 

 large and lucrative practice. His apiary is lo- 

 cated in his hack yai'd. and it has a splendid 

 bacising in tlie form of a Baptist churcii. It is 

 in tlie center of th(> town, and is not a nui- 

 sance to liis neigiibois or to the church-going 

 l)eople. Tbe field here will sustain only about 

 twenty colonies, and the doctoi' has accordingly 



