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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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ting in each other's way. The automobile 

 is largely restricted in making speed by 

 other vehicles, especially where the driver 

 does not wish to annoy or inconvenience any 

 of his fellow-men. If anybody gets in our 

 way with the air-ship we not only have am- 

 ple space to go around him to the right or 

 to the left, but we can ' ' duck under ' ' or 

 scoot over his head if it seems advisable. 

 There does not seem to be much danger in 

 the way of loss of life unless something 

 happens to the front rudder ; and that is 

 one feature that should be made safe be- 

 yond the possibility of an accident. While 

 up in the air there is but very little to in- 

 jure or to put any great strain on any part 

 of the machinery. If you run into a tree or 

 a house, of course there would be a smash- 

 up. No drinking man should ever be allow- 

 ed to undertake to run a flying-machine. 



OUR 



hoMes, 



BY A. I. R O OT. 



Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing 

 be lost.— John 6 : 12. 



There are in this world of ours something 

 like 1500 million people. In this country of 

 ours there are about 80 millions. In the 

 United States there are comparatively few 

 who suff"er from a lack of food. It is alto- 

 gether likely there are more who are suffer- 

 ing because they eat too much than the oth- 

 er way. I do not know how many there are 

 in this whole wide world who do not have 

 enough so that their bodies are comfortably 

 nourished; but there are, without doubt, 

 countless thousands and may be millions who 

 are hterally suffering from a lack of suitable 

 food. There are, no doubt, millions of people 

 whom we know so little about, one can hard- 

 ly tell how many are needy; but we are told 

 on good authority that people are starving 

 all the while in various parts of the world, 

 not only by hundreds but by thousands. Then 

 there are still greater numbers, not only of 

 men, but of women and children also, who 

 toil all their waking hours— perhaps many 

 hours which they really need for sleep— in 

 order to get just enough of the cheapest and 

 plainest sort of food to live. Our missiona- 

 ries tell us of this kind of suffering; but the 

 missionaries are so few compared with the 

 great numbers of people where there are no 

 missionaries, or only one missionary for sev- 

 eral thousand, that we know comparatively 

 little about the suffering and distress that 

 are going on in different parts of the world. 

 If these people could have railroads or other 

 means of transportation, as we have here in 

 America, to move the surplus in regions 

 where there is famine, this matter would be 

 measurably remedied; and one reason why 

 we should each and all of us, whether we 

 are professing Christians or not, stir our- 

 selves to spread the gospel according to our 



Savior's last words — " Go ye into all the 

 world, and preach the gospel to every crea- 

 ture," is that this seems to be the readiest 

 means for relieving and supplying the starv- 

 ing millions. 



I have often spoken in these Home papers, 

 by way of remonstrance, of the amount we 

 as Americans waste every day. It is not 

 only millionaires and the people who can af- 

 ford to pay several dollars a day for their 

 board (or at least they think they can), but 

 it is those in the humbler walks of life who 

 waste so much of what the father of the 

 family earns that they never get on in the 

 world. They pay rent all their lives instead 

 of owning a home of their own, just because 

 they fail to use economy in choosing and pre- 

 paring their daily food. Our good pastor 

 startled me last Sunday by calling our at- 

 tention to the fact that the dear Savior bade 

 the people gather up the fragments that re- 

 mained, that nothing be lost, after that won- 

 derful miraculous feast. If there ever was 

 anybody in this whole universe who did not 

 need to be saving, it was He whom even 

 the winds and waves obeyed. He could, by 

 his simple word, or prayer to the Father, pro- 

 vide in an instant loaves and fishes not only 

 for thousands, but probably just as easily 

 for the whole wide world. Do some of you 

 ask, "Why didn't he do it"? Because, my 

 good friend, experience and common sense 

 teach us that it would be no kindness to pro- 

 vide food that they might spend their time 

 in idleness. We hardly need discuss this 

 phase. Well, if our beloved Lord and Mas- 

 ter commanded them on that memorable oc- 

 casion to gather up the fragments that noth- 

 ing be lost, does it not follow that it is our 

 duty, every single one of us, from the Presi- 

 dent in the White House down to the occu- 

 pants of— suppose we say "the cabin in the 

 woods"— in a like manner to gather up the 

 fragments after each meal? Of course, we 

 do not know exactly what the Master intend- 

 ed should be done with those fragments; but 

 we may be pretty sure it was to feed hun- 

 gry people at some future time, and not give 

 it to the pigs and chickens. Of course, it 

 would be better to turn it over to the pigs 

 and chickens (and dogs) than to have good 

 nourishing food wasted; but I am sure that, 

 in this land of ours, too much is turned over 

 to domestic animals. I do not know that I 

 ever heard of chickens being made sick ; but 

 I can recall an instance where pigs were 

 made sick by the slops brought from a great 

 fashionable hotel. If the number of pigs 

 had been great enough to ' ' handle ' ' all the 

 garbage before it had had time to ferment 

 and smell bad, perhaps the digestion of the 

 swine would have been equal to the task. I 

 got a glimpse of it in this way. I paid a 

 short visit to a bee-keeper once who engaged 

 to take out of the way all the refuse and 

 garbage from a big hotel where they had a 

 large patronage of wealthy summer resort- 

 ers. You probably know how they manage 

 where people pay a dollar for a meal, or 

 even more. A great lot of nicely cooked 

 food is brought to every person, in a great 



