1891 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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to-night?" Then h« startlod me by the 

 thought tliat this very dividing line separates 

 not only tlie andience embraced in one little 

 room, but it separates and divides the wliole 

 wide world; and since that meeting 1 have had 

 the thought in mind as I meet friends and ac- 

 quaintances; and it seems to me I can pick 

 them out one by one. Dear friends, is it nqt 

 true? and are we not all on one side or the 

 other? The »Sun of God has invited us all. He 

 has said, "'Come unto nie, all ye that labor and 

 are heavy laden." He has said, also, " Him that 

 ■Cometh unto me I will in no wise cast out." He 

 attested his divine commission by the miracles 

 In the olden time, and by more recent miracles 

 •of modern date. 1 mean these miracles that 

 we see all round about us — these spectacles of 

 penitent thieves and reformed men in every 

 walk in life. A part of the world come to him, 

 believe in him, and live and die trusting in him. 

 Anothei' part reject and scoff and ridicule, and 

 find fault. Dear reader, can yuu not. as your 

 «yes rest on this printed page, relent enough to 

 say as did that poor thief on the cross, "Lord, 

 remember lae when thou comest into thy king- 

 dom"? Oil how e<isy it seems to me, as 1 go 

 about through the world, and meet men and 

 women — yes, and little children — why should 

 they object? why should anybody object to 

 such a choice? There is something so inspir- 

 ing in the thought of leaving the world with 

 Its trials and burdens, and coming to Jesus, 

 that it animates me and wakes me up at just 

 the thought of it. Oh how I do long — how I do 

 hunger and thirst to hear people say, in the 

 language of our text, "Lord, remember ine" ! 

 One has to humble himself, I know; one has to 

 acknowledge that he needs a Savior — that he is 

 not all-sufficient in himself. Sometimes I think 

 one needs to be in trouble. Again and again 

 have I seen men and boys in jail. During the 

 first few days they would lean back in their 

 chairs with proud indifference, and say, " Well, 

 they can keep me here just as long as they 

 have a mind to. I think 1 can stand it to be 

 boarded and lodged free of chai'ge. just as long 

 us they Hud any comfort and satisfaction- in 

 keeping me here." But as the days and the 

 weeks and the iiiontlts pass by, this proud spirit 

 becomes suljdued. I do not think that I have 

 ever known one who did not sooner or later give 

 up and beg piteously to lie restored to liberty. 

 One of these friends once said to-rae, " Mr. Eoot. 

 I do not believe any human being ought under 

 any circumstances to lie punislied as / have 

 been punished here, by being kept in this pris- 

 on with nothing to do." He was restless and 

 wild, and he was stubborn and unyielding; but 

 he was kept in close continement with nothing 

 to do and nothing to work at, and it finally 

 broke his stubborn will. And so I think some- 

 times it needs great trials, great losses, and 

 perhaps great .SKjf'c/'Ing, to subdue us, to bring 

 us to the point where we are willing to ash for 

 help. V(fry likely it was a great trial to this 

 poor thief; but his sufferings and anguish came 

 and subdued him. Death was before him. 

 There was no promise or hope of relief except 

 i?).ro(/-(7/(. Christ Jesus. Is there any promise or 

 hope for ijou, dear friend, outside of this "God- 

 man " ? Are you not iveary of all that unbelief 

 and skepticism have to offer? and are you not 

 ready to accept that refuge? and can you not 

 say, with the penitent thief, ■" Lord, remember 

 nie when thou comest into thy kingdom "? 

 Help me, dear Savior, thee to own, 



And ever faithful be; 

 And when thou sittest on thy throne, 

 Dear- Lord, I'emember me. 



Notes of Travel 



FROM A. I. ROOT. 



ON THE -WAy TO CAI.IFOKNIA. 



To-day is the 18th of November, and I have 

 bidden the dear friends at home adieu, and am 

 well on my way. God bless the children! When 

 I kissed them good-by the tears began to come 

 in their eyes: and when I got round to Maud, 

 with the new baby, I had tohuiryout of the 

 house for fear I should cry too, and then there 

 would have been tlirce babies, and one of them 

 almost .■>;! years old. Perhaps Maud, as she lay 

 propped up with pillows, shut out from the 

 busy world, had been wondering whether her 

 busy pa would tind time to just drop in and bid 

 the new baby (just Hve days old) good-by. Shut 

 oat from the world, did I say? No, no; for, on 

 the contrary, a new world is just opening to 

 her through that baby boy; and may God give 

 her grac(% faith, hope, and charity, to guide the 

 little frail bark aright. Dear rendn; whatever 

 you do, don't forget the daughter, wife, or sis- 

 tei-, when she becomes a mother for the first 

 time. 



PURE WATER TO DRINK. 



A lady on the cars gave me a thought which 

 I wish to give you. Speaking of avoiding 

 fevers, she remarked they had two cisterns. 

 One was used only to catch the water after the 

 roof had been well washed off, and it was filled 

 entirely and only with the water that fell in 

 the winter. No warm summer showers were 

 allowed to go in to warm it up. Then the 

 drinking-watei- all comes fj'om this cistern, and 

 it is di'awn by a chain-pump with little buckets 

 that aerate the water. Will Mrs. Root take 

 notice?— NT ai-e going to have just such an ar- 

 rangement. The water from this cistern is not 

 only beautifully pure, but so cold that no ice is 

 needed clear on until July. The other cistern 

 furnishes water for washing and other similar 

 purposes. 



The Northwestern Conventvm at Chicago. 



Our attention was first called to some sections 

 of most lieautiful white honey brought by Hil- 

 ton, gathered from the 



GREAT WILLOW HERB, OR PURPLE FIREWEED, 



that covers acres upon acres in different parts 

 of Michigan where the timber has been burned 

 off. This plant seems always to yield honey. 

 Tons upon tons of it go to waste every year! 

 No whiter or pi-ettier honey comes from any 

 source in the world; and the"onlv fault any one 

 can find with it is, that it is "a pure simple 

 sweet, without any very distinct flavor of any 

 kind. 



BREAKING DOWN THE MARKETS BY RETAILING 

 HONEY AT WHOLESAI^E PRICES. 



Friend H. illustrated very forcibly the way 

 in which honey-producers often spoil the mar- 

 kets. They I'eason thus: If they ship it to the 

 city commission men, even if it sells for 1(5 or 18 

 cents after deducting f(n- commission, freights, 

 breakage, etc., th(>y often get only about 13 

 cents, net cash, therefore they let it go to their 

 neai-est merchant or grocer for the same price. 

 This establishes a price that commission mer- 

 chants find it out of the question to compete 

 with, and makes it very difficult for large honey- 

 producers to get what they miglit otherwise, 

 and to get, also, a good paying price for their 

 product. When tons of lioney are being sold in 

 the cities for about Ki or 18 cents at i^/iofescjie, 

 the bee-keeper should read tlie market reports, 

 and charge his local grocer at least something 

 near that. A remedy foi- this is to have a hon- 



