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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 15. 



"Now, Miss Bucll,"said Fred, " If you will 

 tell me the date of the accident in San Pablo 

 Bay I will try to reveal what seems a mystery 

 to you, and why you are not with your parents." 



" Let me think," saiti she; " vacation— ah, 

 yes! it was the 25th of September." 



"What year?" askt-d Fred. 



"Why, what a question, Mr. Anderson! you 

 are so puzzling!— this year, of course, 1887." 



finally the cause of her recovery. She said not 



a word during the recital, but sat in a stupor of 



bewilderment. 

 "So strange!" said she, finally. "My poor 



dear mamma!" said she; " how she must have 



suffered ail these years! Let me go to her — let 



me go now." 

 " You shall go in good time," said Fred; " but 



Dr. Hayden thinks you are not strong enough 

 to take the journey." 



"Hayden! Hayden!" said Al- 

 faretta. "Hayden! why! papa 

 had a cousin by that name; but 

 he was killed in South America 

 several years ago." 



"That was a false report," 

 said Fred; "this Dr. Hayden is 

 your kinsman, and you are in 

 safe hands. Be ijatient; all will 

 be well. Remember there is a 

 providence in all this. There is 

 a divinity that shapes our ends, 

 rough hew them as we may." 



WHERE HAVE THOSE FIVE YEARS GONE?" 



"Now, Miss Bue]l,you must not besurp.'ised; 

 but look at this almanac." 



"What!— 1892!" she said, slowly: "impossi- 

 ble, sir," said she, severely; "are ycu deceiv 

 ing me? " 



"How can that be. Miss Buell, when this 

 almanac speaks for itself? Take it and look it 

 over thoroughly. You observe there can be no 

 deception, but—" 



"Five years! five years! O sir. how strange! 

 how very strange! Am I dreaming? am I 

 sane ? " And she gave way to tears, and, look- 

 ing at the almanac again, she said, brokenly. 

 " Where have those five years gone ? " 



" Miss Buell, you surely are now in your 

 right mind; but for Ave years ana a half you 

 have been mildly insane." 



Then Fred told her the story of the past five 

 years, as far as he knew it, and all the incidents 

 in which she had taken an active part, and 



PREPARING COMB HONEY FOR 

 shipment; EXCELLENT SUG- 

 GESTIONS. 



In regard to shipping honey, 

 are there not a few things to be 

 observed by the shippers that 

 have not been mentioned? One 

 is to mark crates, requesting 

 them to be loaded lengthwise of 

 the car, so the jar will come 

 against the edge of the combs. 

 Another is, when using small 

 crates nail two or more together 

 so they can not be tossed from 

 one man to another. There is 

 more freight injured in this than 

 in any other way while being 

 handled. A box of a conven- 

 ient shape, weighing less than 50 lbs., is fre- 

 qui-ntly tossed by local freight men. They 

 are paid by the trip, while men at regufar trans- 

 fer stations are paid by the day, and are not in 

 such haste, consequently do but very little 

 damage to freight. Trainmen are expected to 

 use particular care to avoid damage to goods 

 or property, and frequent occurrences of the 

 same aie regarded as incompetency on their 

 part; but they are obliged to judge principally 

 from the damage to property, for they can not 

 find liut so well about goods. 

 Reynoldsville, Pa. A. M. Applegate. 



DISCOURAGING FOR FLORIDA. 



Prospects here are for an almost absolute 

 failure of this season's noney crop. Bees are 

 in splendid condition, but the saw-palmetto is 

 putting on not much over a tenth as much 

 bloom as usual. O. O. Poppleton. 



Stuart, Florida, April 7. 



