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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 15 



not even the celebrated Yumuri Valley, de- 

 scribed by Humboldt. 



As I came near Giiines I wondered if it 

 were possible the day could bring' forth any 

 more experiences in the Lord's work. I re- 

 member thinking', as I came into the town, 

 I had no right to expect any more such op- 

 portunities or " happy surprises " in one 

 day. Mr. de Beche said he was sorry he 

 could not give me a letter to some one who 

 spoke English, but he thought I would be 

 able to get track of them when I got there. 

 Before I got fairly well into the town I saw 

 a card hanging' before a place looking' much 

 like Mr. Frazer's mission school at Guana- 

 jay. The card read, "Iglesia Evangelica. " 



Surely this must mean some kind of a 

 mission station, I reasoned, as I rapped 

 with the big brass knocker. Almost in- 

 stantly the door was opened, and a very 

 bright little girl (see picture) said: " Bring' 

 in your wheel, please, and come in and sit 

 down while I call mamma." 



It made me think of Pilgrim's Progress; 

 was this the house of the "Interpreter"? 

 Come to think of it, I believe it was, but I 

 do not yet exactly understand how it was 

 that /, covered with dust and sweat, and 

 with a dusty and muddy wheel (for it had 

 rained on the way) should get such a recep- 



warm welcome to when they entertained a 

 stranger " unawares." Pretty soon Bro. S. 

 said he had just been over to see one of their 

 people (a Cuban) who had just taken a 

 g-reat notion to bees. This young- brother, 

 Antonio Senti, has bought 100 hives, has 

 the ABC book, price list, and Gleanings, 

 and yet can scarcely read or speak a word of 

 English. He can only look at the pictures. 

 When told he was at the very time in a 

 quandary about putting- the hives together 

 I proposed we g'O over at once and see him. 

 I loved hUn at first sight. How could I 

 help it when I found he was a young con- 

 vert in the mission, and as zealous and full 

 of enthusiasm to hold up the gospel as he 

 was to learn bee culture? On the way I 

 told Bro. S. to direct me to their best restau- 

 rant, for I had not dined except getting 

 some crackers and coffee at a wayside gro- 

 cery. He declared I should g'O to his home 

 instead, after we had made a short call on 

 Senti. Now, I was so taken up with this 

 young brother I actually forgot all about 

 my lack of dinner, and so did Bro. S., but 

 I freely forgive him. When teaching those 

 children to sing that hymn I forgot all 

 ab lut being tired and sleepy. Do you re- 

 member what the Savior said to his dis- 

 ciples after talking with the woman at the 



REV. A. -WALDO STEVENSON AND FAMILY, GDINES, CUBA. 



tion from the minister and his -svife. They 

 are Presbyterians, and this is a Presbyte- 

 rian mission; but I want to assure our good 

 friend Dr. Miller ( and the women-folks 

 there) that it hasn't hurt dear brother 

 Stevenson and his good wife a bit to be 

 Presbyterians. In our last issue I said 

 some pretty extravagant things about Mr. 

 Frazer and his wife, and now I want to 

 say that I found another couple at Giiines 

 exactly like thein. 



When the little girl opened the door and 

 invited me in, and when I got acquainted 

 with these two, I thought of the words, 

 ''^Surely goodness and mercy shall follow 

 me," etc. Mr. S., years ago, had read 

 Gleanings, and knew at once who it was 

 that his wife and little girl had given such a 



well? " I have meat to eat that ye know 

 not of." 



Since that exceedingly pleasant visit at 

 the missionary's home in Giiines I have se- 

 cured a picture that has already been used 

 in the Home Missionary Monthly (box 146 

 Madison Square, New York), of Bro. Ste- 

 venson, his wife, and three children, which 

 I take great pleasure in presenting here. 



I do not know but I rejoice all the more 

 over the memory of that visit because of the 

 fact that these people are not of my own 

 denomination. When we are really engag- 

 ed heart and soul in the Master's work, we 

 shall not only forget to be tired and hun- 

 gry, but, dear brother and sister, we shall 

 forget whether we are Baptists, Methodists, 

 Presbyterians, or any thing else. We shall 



