1892 



i;leanin(}s in bee culture. 



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w»> disi'OvtM"(>d it. Out of i-uiiosity \v(^ iiiu'ai)p«>d 

 sonio of tilt' ot'lls, ami. behold, it 1oo1<im1 for all 

 tiu> world lil<t' foul brood. Ii had that brown 

 cotTot' folor. and tlit> larva was dead and soiiic- 

 wlial sliriv ('l(<i up. It hu-kcd ihc two tiistiiict- 

 ivt' I'haoaotcristii's of llic real vinilciit disease. 

 It was not ropy, nor did it liavc tlii> poculiar 

 odor iliat bt'Ioncs to foul brood. 



WIIKKI.S von WO.MKN .\Nr) GIKI.S. 



( U K daviirlUi'r has for sovcral yoars siiffcrc'd 

 from nt'rvons di'bilily and iiidiixcstion. (>sp(»cial- 

 ly abiMit till' lini(» hfi' school closes. Slie is now 

 foiirtt'cn years of aiie; but she always lias a 

 hard pull to sret tliroiiLch her studies toward the 

 close of the teiin: and on s: veral occasions we 

 iiave been obliged to lake her out of school, 

 thinking it best to incur the risk of stopping 

 her mental rather than physical developni(Mil. 

 Doctors were consulted: wine and pepsin, and 

 other tilings from the drugstore, were taken 

 "before meals" and •" after meals." year after 

 year, as the end of the school term came round. 

 She couldn't eat this, that, and the other, with- 

 out reiicnting that she had not heeded he motli- 

 er"s repeated cautions. 



Well, the wheel Ernest seh'cted for me is a 

 ladies' Safi'ty pneumatic tire. He said I was 

 so light that a ladies' wheel would answ-er every 

 purpose, and he felt quite sure that the girls 

 also would learn to ride, although the rest of 

 the family did not think it very likely. Well, 

 Caddie climbed on to the wheel almost as soon 

 as she saw it: and the machine actually behav- 

 ed as if it had a liking for her. When J touched 

 it, the wheel was sure to pitch one way and my- 

 self the other, and we both got into the dirt. 

 Caddie, however, stepped on as nimbly as a kit- 

 ten, and commenced to ride at once. And now 

 comes the most important part of it. Her nerv- 

 ous troubles have all disappeared; her muscles 

 are getting strong, and she eats whatever she 

 chooses, even pickles, with impunity: and she 

 will make a five-mile run on a common country 

 road at a speed that puts some of the big boys 

 '"on their mettle " to keeji up with her. I am 

 well aware that I am giving a heavy commend- 

 ation of the wheel in this present issue; but I 

 tell you. good health is beyond price. If some- 

 bcxly had told me. a month ago. that the time 

 woiild ever come when I could exert the amount 

 of strength that I did this forenoon, and at the 

 same time rejoice in it, I would not have be- 

 lieved it possible. It seemed to me. when I was 

 riding at the rate of six or eight miles an hour. 

 that there was within me a great reservoir of 

 strength and energy almost untouched. I pre- 

 sume likely it comes by bringing into play a set 

 of muscles tha,t have been through all my life 

 almost unused. A. I. R. 



■ SFX'OXD wind"'— LATEST FKOM THE WHEKI,. 



I Toi.D you about getting my second wind 

 while climbing Wilson's Peak, in California. 

 Well. 1 am just now making some wonderful 

 discoveries — at least, they are discoveries to me 

 in this second-wind business. Yesterday (Aug. 

 23) I started on my wheel for a thirty-mile trip. 

 I did not gi'l business attended to. the outdoor 

 hands look<'d after, selling ijroduce. etc.. until 

 about half-i)ast nine, and by that time I felt 

 pretty well used up. mentally and physically. 

 Had I not judged from past experience, I should 

 have concluded that I was too sick to ride a 

 wheel or to do any thing else unle.ss it was to 

 go and lie down on the lounge and take a nap. 

 However, as I had made my arrangements I 

 started off. At the end of the first five miles I 

 seriously meditated turning round and going 

 back, buring the last mile the exertion of 

 going up hill had made me pant to such an ex- 

 tent that I remember of having my mouth wide 



open, and that my heart was beating like a 

 tri J)- hammer. I was taking immense breaths 

 of air,* for I could not go up the hills without 

 tremendous bn-alhing. A little after this, the 

 second w ind i-anie in. I w as sweating pi'ofusely 

 at tlie time, w hen I felt sinuigth coming — yes, 

 a great flood of it. Under its stimulus I began 

 to make tlie wheel just i)u/.z. up hill and dow'n; 

 and the faster I went, the larger seemed the 

 reserve^ force. Why! I fell like a small steain- 

 (Migin(\ w ith muscles of iion and m-rves of steel. 

 By 11 o'clock 1 had reached the point whei'e I 

 proposed to take dinner. I did not feel like 

 stopping at all, but I had been counseled so 

 much about saving this energy that I went into 

 the hotel and lay down. By trying hard I 

 managed to sleep just ten minutes liy the 

 watch, but it took three-quarters of an houi' to 

 do it. iMy strength and spirits held out all day 

 long, and I made my thirty miles, and arrived 

 home before five o'clock. This morning I do 

 not feel a bit stitT nor used up, but (niite the 

 contrary. Now, there is something simply 

 wonderful about this. Through the inlluence 

 of what might be called excessive outdoor ex- 

 ercise I have got entirely rid of all my aches 

 and pains and nervous prostration. I can eat 

 every thing and drink every thing that God 

 intended we should eat and drink. At present 

 it seems there inay be no further need of my naps 

 before dinner, and there is almost no further 

 need of the internal water cure. I am a big 

 strong man, and Nature is performing all her 

 functions without any artificial help of any 

 sort. To give the credit all to the wheel, or to 

 ruling the wheel, would, of course, be a blun- 

 der. Working in the harvest-field, working on 

 a thrashing-machine, and a thousand other 

 kinds of outdoor employments, would probably 

 answer almost as well for the majority of man- 

 kind. For those who work indoors, however, 

 and especially for those who do severe mental 

 work, I do think the wheel is going to prove 

 one of God's most precious gifts to suffering 

 humanity. 



I wish to close this editorial with an extract 

 from Prof. Huxley, that I tore out of the Rural 

 New Yorker. Its application is obvious: 



1 have long l:)een convinced (and to a great ex- 

 tent by personal e.xperience) that what penijle are 

 pleased to call " overwork" in a large pioiunt ion of 

 cases means uiider-oxygenatiou and conseciueiit ac- 

 cumulation of waste matter, which operates as a 

 poison. The' depression " of overworked, nervous 

 oryanizatioiis is very commonly tlie " oppre.ssion " 

 of some plii'siological candle-snuff not properly 

 burned. 



And now I want to say, may God in his great 

 mercy bless the message I have been trying to 

 give you through this number of Gleanings. 

 Long ago men gave up the fruitless search for 

 the fountain of youth; but it looks to me as 

 though something prettv nearly equal toitwere 

 coming. It is coming along the line of the .sec- 

 o/u7 ii'lnd; and while I say it. I fear that many 

 there be who may never find it at all. They 

 have not the patience and perseverance to get 

 on the right track and to hold on. And another 

 thing, dear friends: When you ar(> struggling 

 against tdiiiitntion and .sj/i— it may he agsinst 

 the cravings of a depraved appetite — let mo beg 

 of you to hold on and wait for the second wind. 

 It is t/ierc, for God pineal it there; and if you 

 persevere, even though it may make you pant 

 and hhnv. you >vill reach the goal, and gain 

 faith and strength in so doing. 



* An unusual quantity of dxygcn, mind you, but it 

 wasn't "Oxygenated Bittei-s," nor any sort of 

 " drugstore oxygen;" and, furtliermore, there has 

 never jet l)een any reaction, even if it is a wonder- 

 ful stimulant. xVfter that liard tramp up Wilson's 

 Peak I received permanent l)eneflt that I felt more 

 or less for ten days or two weeks. 



