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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan. 15, 



the United States should offer premiums to 

 our young farmers for papers on growing 

 tobacco, and the manufacture of cigars and 

 cigarettes. May God help us. 



OFFERING RECIPES FOR SAI.E. 

 The recipe below is not a very bad swindle, 

 after all, for the price is only lU cts. Instead 

 of obliging each one of our subscribers to send 

 10 cts., we will send it to you all at one clip, 

 and then it will not cost you a cent. Here it 

 is in full : 



HOOPER'S CRYSTAI. HONEY FORMUIvA. 



PRICE 10 CENTS. 



The following four ingredients are used in manu- 

 Jacturing the formula : 



1. — Boiling water, 1 quart. 



2. — Granulated sugar, (i pounds. 



3. — Po.vdered alum, 1 teaspoonful. 



4. — L,emon, 1 thin slice. 



Place one quart of water on the stove and let it boil ; 

 remove, and then add the sugar, correctly weighed, 

 with the teaspoonful of alum, and one slice of lemon 

 one-eighth of an inch in thickness — then place on 

 stove and allow it to boil together from 2'4 to 3 min- 

 utes, no longer, .stirring constantly to prevent burn- 

 ing. Skim off all froth or foam during the boiling, 

 ttien remove, and strain through a piece of clean 

 muslin or lawn goods. When cold, place in jugs, 

 fruit-jars, or tumblers, and keep it covered. 



It will be found in ta.ste and appearance precisely 

 like virgin honey when strained. It is superior to 

 syrups or molasses for all purposes of cooking for 

 domestic u e. It can be put up for sale in attractive 

 glass packages, or sold in bulk in an extensive way. 

 It may also be sold in barrel lots for table syrup, giv- 

 ing it "any name or trademark you may secure. 



There is another thing to be said in favor of 

 this recipe — it is all made of wholesome ingre- 

 dients unless it is the alum, and I do not sup- 

 pose that a teaspoonful of that in a quart of 

 honey would do any particular harm. Will 

 some of our doctors lell us about it ? Like all 

 other recipes of this class, the atjove is not 

 new. When I was a schoolboy, almost fifty 

 years ago, I sent a dollar for a recipe for mak- 

 ing honey, and it was almost exactly like the 

 above, except that it did not have the lemon. 

 No doubt this would be greatly preferable to 

 the drugged syrups to be found in the market. 



SPOT CASH ; MAKING PRESENTS, ETC. 



In a recent number of the Busy Bee our 

 friend Abbott has given us a talk on paying 

 cash down for what we want, and I really 

 wanted to copy it entire, but want of space 

 forbids.'-* I hope he will give the same talk at 

 farmers' institutes all over our land. At our 

 house we pay cash down, and have done so 

 for years ; but we just have to fight sometimes 

 to keep the meat-man, grocer, and others from 

 starting an account, in fact, we have had to 

 tell the boy when he brought the meat, and 

 said he did not know the price, that we could 

 not take it unless he could tell how much it 

 was worth, and took his pa}^ 



One objection to spot cash is that it is so 

 inconvenient to make change, especially for 



* I really think this one paper is worth the price of 

 his journal for one year ; and, by the way, Ernest 

 reminds me that whoever sends us a whole dollar for 

 Gleanings, and does not ask for another premium, 

 may have the Busy Bee one year free of charge. But 

 you must m^ention it when you send your dollar. 



butter, eggs, meat, laundry, and other things 

 that require pennies to make the exact change. 

 Mrs. Root and I are getting old enough so we 

 often get tired out before the day's tasks are 

 done. I have noticed how often mamma goes 

 all around inquiring for a nickel or a penny or 

 two to pay the meat-man. Well, I have been 

 threatening for some time to have a dishful of 

 nickels and pennies. In fact, I have talked 

 about it, but did not get at it. This morning 

 I got a neat little china cup out of the counter 

 store, and filled it with pennies. Another one 

 was pretty nearly filled with nickels. Then I 

 carried along a handful of dimes and gave 

 them to Mrs. Root for her new year's present. 

 It is a little late in the day, but never mind. 

 She appreciated the gift. They are to be kept 

 in mamma's btireau drawer, aud every one of 

 the household will know where to get them 

 for Sunday-school and church, or to pay little 

 bills. Do you say, " Brother Root, it may be 

 easy for you to keep a dishful of coin of the 

 realm in that way in your house, but we can 

 not do it in our home " ? Wait a bit. There 

 was recently an estimate in one of the dailies, 

 to the effect that more than five millions of 

 dollars was paid out for holiday presents ; and 

 the statement was made that at least half of 

 that amount was for things that people did 

 not want or need. Now, instead of giving 

 your wife a set of silvtr spoons,* a book, or 

 even a new dress, give her an assortment of 

 pennies, nickels, and dimes to make change 

 with. You can ptit in some quarters if you 

 choose, and then you see if it does not make 

 her happy. At any rate, such an investment 

 will not be like the silver spoons or book, for 

 it can be used to pay debts with any time you 

 choose ; and I am sure it will save the dear 

 wife many steps, and much worry and trouble, 

 if you keep those little dishes of nickels and 

 pennies constantly replenished. It need not 

 cost you any more than it does not to have 

 them — that is, if you have a good and prudent 

 wife. Think it over, talk it over with your 

 wife, and see if Uncle Amos has not struck a 

 good thing. By the way, it gave my heart a 

 throb of joy when Mrs. Root and I decided 

 that it would be perfectly safe for every one of 

 our household, even the children and grand- 

 children, to have access, without any necessi- 

 ty of lock and key over the pennies and nick- 

 els. If a tramp breaks in and finds them we 

 shall be that much out ; and under some cir- 

 cumstances it may be best to have this little 

 arrangement under lock and key. 



Your letter of the 13th inst., with two queens, arriv- 

 ed here on the 21.st. Queens are in fir.st class order, 

 and appear to be a fine breed. We presume by their 

 color that they are daughters of imported mothers. 

 Economy being the order of the day here, we took the 

 comb honey out of the cages and invited two friends 

 to dine on American comb honey. 



J.-\MAICA Bee-supply Co. 



Mandeville, Jamaica. W. I., Oct. 2:}. 



* I once offended a good friend of mine because I 

 objected to selling him a set of silver spoons for his 

 wife, when I knew he had not paid a grocery bill, 

 which I feared he never would pay. 



