GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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the three boys. Two of them climbed up above 

 a clump of bushes as you will see. Friend 

 Stevenson has the Kodak case. 



A moral lesson also comes in righ^, here. A 

 little of ihe right kind of enthusiasm will en- 

 able us to rise above temptation, in just the 

 same way that we rise above physical weak- 

 nesses. Dear reader, can you not look back to 

 the time when you were in a low spiritual state 

 or plane, and when yon wasted time in battling 

 feebly against some low temptation that you 

 now feel I'eally ashamed of ; —in fact, that you 

 ought to have felt ashamed of all the while? 

 Yoii may have wasted energy and strength in 

 quarreling with a neighbor over some little tri- 

 fle, when all your strength and energies were 

 really needed 'in some wider and larger field- 

 some place where vou could have lifted human- 

 ity all around you. instead of having set a bad 

 example to the poorest and humblest. 



Thej' that wait upon the Lord shall renew their 

 strength; they shall mount up witJi wi^g^s as eagles; 

 they shall run, and uot be weary; and they shall 

 walk, and not faint.— Isa. 40:31. 



In fact, it is with these low and earthly 

 temptations as it is in climbing the mountains. 

 When I once got above the plain, and looked 

 abroad over this bright and beautiful world, I 

 felt ashamed of being tired; and the inspiration 

 of the grand view that opened out before me 

 took away my weariness. When we pray for 

 the influences of the Holy Spirit in our hearts, 

 we should be prepared to' rise above the little 

 perplexities of every-day life. The words of my 

 old favorite hymn come in just here: 



Know, my soul, thy Tuil salvation; 



Rise o'er sin and grief and care; 

 Joy to find In every station 



Something still to do or bear. 



The last line of the hymn expresses it exact- 

 ly. Instead of looking cross, and grumbling 

 and complaining at our little trials and crosses, 

 we want to get up high enough so we can step 

 forward with a manly vigor : and while we 

 draw into our lungs the beautiful invigorating 

 air from heaven, feeling at the same time the 

 blood forcing and tingling clear to our fingers" 

 ends, we may also at the same time actually re- 

 joice at the prospect of " something still to do 

 or bear." I can not tell this, dear friends, as I 

 should like to tell it; but I felt it that day, and 

 I feel it yet. It is not my privilege to take you 

 all by the hand and lead you with me along the 

 trail up Wilson's Peak; but I exhort you to 

 hold fast to the strong arm of the dear Savior, 

 and let him lead you up, over and above the 

 little trials, perplexities, and vexations of life, 

 and along that pathway that goes ever upward 

 as well as ever onward. 



Before I start '• down the mountain "let me 

 digress again. This matter of physical health 

 is of more importance to most of us than any 

 thing else in the world, with one exception. 

 While at Tropico friend Cole said I must meet a 

 neighbor of his. near his apiary. When intro- 

 duced, this neighbor said he knew me already, 

 for he once had the bee-fever, took Glkamnos, 

 and r(>ad the ABC book. He gave me the fol- 

 lowing facts: His wife was nearly gone with 

 consumption. He tried every favored locality, 

 but she kept failing until In^ look her where she 

 then was, at the foot of the mountains, near 

 Los Angeles. The climate is dry. quite even in 

 tempei'ature. and no frost. By working with 

 her husband every day, outdoors among the 

 plants and fruits, she was really building up; 

 and although one lung was nearly or quite 

 gone, the other was developing to more than its 

 usual size, so as to do the work of both. They 

 managed so her exercise was just enough every 

 day, and not too much. 



I can not tell you all I saw from the top of the 

 mountain. In fact, my story is too long alrea- 

 dy. The extreme summit seems to be 0!i sever- 

 al peaks; that is. there are several that seem to 

 be almost of a height. All are covered with 

 heavy pine and cedar timber. One tree near the 

 summit is marked " 18 feet in circumference," 

 and I can readily believe it true. The ocean 

 seemed even nearer than the night before, and 

 my companion named the different harbors all 

 along the coast. It was all spread out before 

 us like a map. almost from Santa Barbara to 

 San Diego. I have inquired diligently for pho- 

 tographs of the valley and ocean, but am told 

 that no camera is equal to do justice to such an 

 immense distance. The observatory belongs to 

 the Smithsonian Institute, and a telescope is 

 now in process of construction for Mt. Wilson 

 (so I am told), larger than any other in the 

 woi'ld. 



When I fii'st took a look at the observatory 

 from the valley below, it seemed like a minia- 

 ture pint cup — a microscopic pint cup, in fact; 

 for, after the place had been pointed out to you, 

 you could see, glistening in the sun, the merest 

 something made of tin. Well, when we stood 

 beside it, it was a great circular edifice, perhaps 

 24 feet across and 13 feet high, covered with tin. 

 This edifice rested on a circular track so it could 

 be revolved by means of appropriate machine- 

 ry. As the telescope rested on this structure, it 

 could be made to cover any point in the heav- 

 ens. Of course, this was a rude and temporary 

 arrangement. The new one, wltli the great big 

 telescope, is to be a very different aflfair, as a 

 matter of course. 



I went down with comparative ease, or at 

 least it would have been so had I been duly 

 prudent. We met Mrs. Root and her compan- 

 ions about a mile from the foot; but I was so 

 anxious to get a particular Kodak view that I 

 went back almost half a mile. 



Did Mrs. Root get the fever as I did? This 

 was a point I watched anxiously for. Yes. she 

 enjoyed it almost as much I did, but she can 

 not stand the hot sun as I can. She says, had 

 she started quite early in the morning (say the 

 break of day), she believes she could, under the 

 stimulus of the wonderful scenery, have reach- 

 ed the shade of the trees, and from there made 

 the whole eight miles, and enjoyed it. As it 

 was. she went up a mile and a half, and as 

 much more down, without very much fatigue. 

 After an excellent lunch furnished by our good 

 friend Richardson and his kind niece, we start- 

 ed up a canyon to see Eaton Falls. We were 

 told it was only about a quarter of a mile up 

 the canyon; but I think it must be a full mile 

 of very hard walking— /n((r/i. harder than the 

 ti'ail up the mountain, making over 13 miles, the 

 day after my feat of going up the mountain. I 

 finally became so sore and stiff', that, after I sat 

 down to iT'St, friend Farr would playfully lift 

 me to my feet, and then extend his arms, as if I 

 were a child learning to walk. For about three 

 days the muscles of my legs were very stiff' and 

 sore; but after that I could walk three miles at 

 a good rapid pace, without the least sign of fa- 

 tigues and now I enjoy such a foot-walk more 

 than I ever did before. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The next meeting of the Fayette Co. Bee-keepers' Association 

 win bv helrl in the City HaU at Washington C. H.. O., Wednes- 

 day, Aiir. Kitli. 189>. rninmeniing ipiomptl.v at 10 am. Tile elec- 

 tion (if otticiT.s. m riinn. ction witli :m iiitt-n-^tintr program, 

 will he till- business ..f the ilav. In view of the fact that the 

 Ohio State Bee-lveepers' .\ssociaticin will hold its next annual 

 meeting at Washington C. H., during the winter of lb9:3. we be- 

 speak a good attendance. " " *• — 



Bloomingburg, O. 



S. K. MoRRi.s.Sec. 



