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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan. 15 



NOTES or TRAVtl^ 



I BY A. I. ROOT. ^^ 



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Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also 

 which shall believe on me through their word, that 

 they all may be one.- John 17 : 20. 



Now thi^ i sav, that everj^ one of you saith, I am of 

 Paul ; and I of Apollos ; and I of Cephas ; and I of 

 Christ. Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you ? 

 —I. Cor. 1:12. 13. 



Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved the 

 church, and gave himself for it ; that he might present 

 it to himself a glorious church, not having spot or 

 wrinkle, or aiiy such thing ; but that it should be holy 

 and without blemish. — Eph. 5 :25, 27. 



OFF TO CUBA.* 



About the holidays the boys sug-gested I 

 should make a trip to Cuba ; but when I 

 expressed a fear that I might get the chol- 

 era, or get swallowed up in an earthquake, 

 Mr. Boyden (our younger son-in-law) said 

 they didn't have either at all; and. further- 

 more, they didn't have even mosquitoes. 

 Mr. B. has made two trips to Cuba, and 

 has been mainly instrumental in working 

 up the large trade we have there. 



I left home the day after Christmas, and 

 have so far had some verj' "pleasant sur- 

 ])iises'" on the waj-. I want to tell yow 

 about some of them along in the line of re- 

 cent conveniences for the traveler. For just 

 fy.5.55 the Louisville & Nashville Railroad 

 .i}.;reed to take me to Cuba, bring me back 

 when ready, and to be reasonably careful 

 that I should not get lost or get into trou- 

 ble. On account of the cold wave and 

 snowstorm (didn't the Weather Bureau fore- 

 tell it well all over the country?) our train 

 was two hours and a half late in getting 

 into Cincinnati; but a nice young L. & N. 

 chap picked me out and placed me on my 

 reserved sleeper, even though he had to sit 

 up until after midnight to do it. At Nash- 

 ville the conductor said I would have to 

 change cars; but before the train stopped, 

 a very good-looking fellow in uniform told 

 me to stay right in my seat until he came 

 after me, saying he would personally place 

 me on the right train and in the right car. 



Of course, this was all plain; but when 

 every one had left the car, and the}' began 

 liauling it (empty) to another part of the 

 city, I began to fear this fellow who seemed 

 io be " boss of the gang " had forgotten me 

 in spite of his good looks; but a porter I 

 got sight of (the porters are nice fellows 

 too) said: 



■' Oh I you just wait one second more and 

 he will be after you all right." 



The "one second " proved to be about 20 

 minutes; but they finally pushed the car, 

 with only myself and the porter in it, right 

 up against the car I was to take. Just one 

 thing more: 



The railroad that runs into Cincinnati 

 wanted a dollar iov supper, so I didn't have 



* As Travels and Homes will necessarily run togeth- 

 er more or le?s, I shall not, for the present, attempt 

 to keep them separate. 



any; but next day the L. & N. gave me 

 three verj' nice meals in a very pretty din- 

 ing-car, nicely served., for just about an 

 even dollar. Whenever I have paid a dol- 

 lar for a single meal because I could not 

 well help it, it has usually proved to be a 

 burden on my conscience, and on my digest- 

 ive apparatus also. 



Our train was due at Jacksonville early 

 in the morning, and 1 had planned not to 

 travel on Sunday; but we didn't get in till 

 just about time for church and Sundaj'- 

 school. W^hen I let any thing hinder me 

 from attending Sunday worship I feel as 

 guilty (or more so) as when I pa}- a dollar 

 for a single meal. I asked the trolley-car 

 conductor if he could take me near a Con- 

 gregational church; but he said he did not 

 think there was any such. Their church 

 burned down at the big fire. I knew this 

 wasn't true; but I did not want to be seen 

 hunting around just at church time for my 

 own denomination. 



Now, dear friends, I want yon to listen 

 to what happened. It has often seemed as 

 if God so plans, in his loving care over ine, 

 Io try me every little while. Was it not so 

 in this case? I told the conductor that, as 

 it was church time already, he might let 

 me off as near as he could to a7iy church. 



"All right; I will take you within two 

 blocks of a new Methodist church." 



On the way I considered how gladly' the 

 Methodists have always united with us in 

 temperance and other work, and felt quite 

 glad to be with them. These pleasant 

 thoughts were interrupted by finding I had 

 blundered (as usual). A couple of boys 

 said, "There a'n't any Methodist church 

 about here; but right over there is a new 

 Baptist church, and they are just commenc- 

 ing Sunday-school." 



While I turned my steps I turned my re- 

 flections also to the fact that xny father and 

 mother were both Baptists, and very soon I 

 was not only reconciled but happy to think 

 f if worshiping with the Baptist people. We 

 had a very nice Stinday-school; and, by 

 the way, could anybodj' tell from any Sun- 

 day-school what church it was? During 

 ihe intermission a good brother informed 

 me the boys had made a mistake, and that 

 the beautiful new edifice we were standing 

 in was a^ Pi esbyterian church. Then I con- 

 sidered that it has often been said there is 

 very little difference between Congregation- 

 alists and Presbyterians any way, except 

 that the former are not quite so stiff and 

 formal, and perhaps aristocratic, as the 

 latter. I very soon began to feel quite at 

 home with these good people. Now, friends, 

 this is not quite allot the test. A little later 

 it was announced tnat the regmar pastor 

 was obliged to be absent, and that the 

 Rev. Dr. Gale, a Congrefi^ational minister, 

 would preach to us. The events of the 

 morning, the mistakes and blunders of my 

 own and others, had taken the measure of 

 the attitude of my heart toward all these 

 branches of God's worshipers. But even 

 this was not all of the lessons I was to 



