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California. Satan doubtless persuaded her that 

 this man, who was the legal husband of anoth- 

 er woman, was a /r/eJuZ of ho's. Sh(! had had 

 troul)le with her own husband. This, of course, 

 was Satan's woi'lc. It was a sort of fuundation- 

 stono for a structure that Satan was going to 

 build. When he got the foundation in good 

 shape tlien he began to persuade her that tliis 

 vei'y man was a friend. Why, it makes one 

 shiver to think how Satan will crazt; the brain 

 and delude his victim. Think of considering 

 one a/vicucZ who would break u]j a houseliold, 

 and sever the most solemn and sacred ties! and 

 yet such things are going on every day. Our 

 daily /)f(pcr.s tell the sad stories. At such times 

 Satan comes as an (n^yr/ of //y/it. (See II. Cor. 

 11:14.) He persuades his victims that God sent 

 him as a messenger of peace. He frequently 

 puts on a sanctimonious air, and leads one to 

 believe that his mission on earth is to relieve 

 sufferinr) and distress. In ofc/H/liypocrisy he 

 even attempts to offer consolation and '• rest to 

 the weary." Perhaps by and by the victim sees 

 the sliam and the cheat, and I'ecognizes liow he 

 has been trapped. But by this time tlie fetters 

 are strong. They act not only like intoxicating 

 drink, but. as I have sonunimes imagined, they 

 craze the brain like opium. The poor victim, 

 under this sort of infatuation, thinks he can 

 never again be happy unless he is near the idol 

 which Satan has set up. And let me tell you, 

 my friend, tliat Satan builds idols out of ex- 

 ceedingly commonplace clay. He will take the 

 most commonplace individual on the face of 

 the earth; then he will clothe this person with 

 a halo of light. He will drape him (or her) with 

 fantastic rainbow colors: and when he gets his 

 victim where he is willing to sell himself, body 

 and sold, for the privilege of follinviiuj this 

 ignus fatuus, his woi'k is done. The man leaves 

 his lawful wife, leaves the bright happy home, 

 leaves loving children, who have learned to 

 prattle his name in love, and goes off with — I 

 almost shudder to say it — goes away wMh an- 

 other man's wife, wi-ecking two households. 

 By and by the scales fall fiom the eyes of both 

 of them. They awake to the fact that this man 

 or woman is no better and not much different 

 from the ones they left. No /)ctter, did I say? 

 Why, bless you, this is a great blunder of mine. 

 Is the W(jnian who runs off' with some other 

 woman's husband to be comparcil with the one 

 who stayed at home, and was hiyal and true to 

 her linshand and her children and her Godf 

 God forbid that such a thought could enter any 

 one's mind. And yet these things happen here 

 and there with startling frequency. It is the 

 old, old story— entrapped, by Satan. Now, I 

 have been holding up a few notes of warning. 

 I have suggested only two ways in which Satan 

 breaks up households; bvit he h&f, a, thousand 

 ways at his command. Some poor soul may 

 say, "Well, brother Root, suppose we admit all 

 you say. Suppose we say we knew beforehand 

 what the outcome would probably be. Is there 

 any hope for the sinner'.' " Oh 1 to be sure there 

 is, my friend, and this is the happiest part of 

 my talk to-day. There is a remedy, quick, 

 swift, and sure. "Behold the Lamb of God 

 that taketh away the sin of the world." " There 

 is none other name under heaven given among 

 men whereby we must be saved." No one was 

 ever lost until he deserted his Savior and turned 

 his back on him; and one who already feels 

 himself to be lost has nothing to do but to turn 

 about, like the prodigal son, and come home. 

 What a word is home! It should always in- 

 clude the thought of going back to God. " God 

 bless our home" is a favorite motto. While 

 Goil reigns, and while the Savior is recognized 

 daily, Satan is banished. But nothing but the 

 name of Christ Jesus can protect us from Sa- 

 tan's wiles. 





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Eight pages extra again this issue. 



Our Shane yard is booming with honey, 

 while the bees at home have scarcely begun to 

 whiten the edges of the cells. This is another 

 evidence of what an out-yard may do when the 

 home yard is doing comparatively nothing in 

 honey. 



We have abandoned the pound cage for ship- 

 ping bees by express, simply because a large 

 percentage had to be replaced. We now use, 

 instead, a nucleus box, and ship on combs of 

 honey or brood. Sent in this way they always 

 go tlirough in good oi'der. 



SoMK of the new bee-journals that started at 

 the beginning of this year have either ceased 

 publication already or else they are behind in 

 their issues. What is the matter with them? 

 Some of them will have to die or there will not 

 be a chance for a new crop next January, as 

 usual. 



The one-cent-postage Benton cage was first 

 introduced by C. VV. Costellow, of VVaterboro, 

 Me., instead of by W. J. Ellison, of Catchall, 

 S. C. We are glad to make the correction. Mr. 

 Costellow has been quite a pioneer in the queen- 

 cage business, as the old back volumes of 

 Gleanings show. 



We have just learned that Capt. J. E. Heth- 

 erington, with his several thousand colonies, is 

 using a good many reversible Van Ueusen- 

 Hetherington frames. This is news to us, as we 

 supposed he had exclusively the Quinby closed- 

 end frames. Those Van Deusen frames are 

 fixed frames, and have besides several good 

 features. 



Milk SNAKES are becoming rather frequent 

 at our out-yard. They are exceedingly fond 

 of bees, and there are some big fat ones in our 

 yard. Neighbor H. says a pair of them used up 

 a whole colony of his once, and he has actually 

 seen them gobble up the workers at the en- 

 trance. Who has a method of trapping or kill- 

 ing these " varmints." 



LATERAL MOVEMENT IN FRAMES. 



SoAiE seem to have the notion that fixed dis- 

 tances entirely destroy the function of lateral 

 movement. Nothing can be further from the 

 truth, if he uses the open-side, or, better, a hive 

 a little wider, with a movable follower. By 

 removing the follower, the hanging partly closed 

 end Hoffman frames can be slid along, and 

 leave plenty of room to remove any particular 

 frame. Lateral movement is obtained in its 

 perfection with Hoffman frames. 



rambler's visit to the home of the HONEY- 

 BEES. 



We have just had a very pleasant call from 

 Rambler, now on a long ramble to California, 

 all of which Gleanings readers will have the 

 benefit. He seems to be in excellent health and 

 spirits. Dr. Merchant's remedy works like a 

 charm. See particulars on page .5.50. It is not 

 often tliat we sit up late talking with bee- 

 keepers; but with Rambler the time flew away 



