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JUVENILE GLEANINGS. 



Feb. 



Juvei\i le Gle ai\ii\gs. 



FEB_ IS, 1883. 



Contents of this Number. 



American Boy 161 



Bee-tree 169 



Catnip Seed 167 



Darr 's Feeder 161 



Drones in December 163 



Drones Ironi Wkr Eggs 171 



Editorials 172 



Finch Children 167 



Fires 160 



Hugh and his Pup 166 



Kind Words 171 



Mark at the Fair 163 



Minnesota 168 



Minty 's Letter 163 



Nucleus on Mantel 163 



Queen-cell, Yellow 167 



Red Lights 162 



Swarm Under Hive 168 



Virgil 15S 



White Hive 170 



There is none other name under heaven given among men 

 whereby we must be saved.— Acts 4:12. 



Wooden separators for L. frames, for only 50 cts. 

 per 100, or $i.00 per 1000. We are turning out beau- 

 tiful ones to-day. 



We can not sell alsike for less than $l:Jnow; if any 

 of the friends have any to dispose of, we should be 

 glad to see sample, and learn the price wanted for it. 



Until further notice, I will pay 30 cts. cash, or 33 

 trade, for fair wax. As I may not be able to buy for 

 33, or even 35, 1 dare not take orders for less than 

 36c; and if you want selected wax, 40c. 



There is such a multitude of juvenile letters 

 ahead now, I don't know but I shall have to keep the 

 old folks out of the next number entirely, and have 

 a sort of " children's meetiiig " of it entirely. 



The sap is running some to-day, and we expect 

 new maple sugar in leas than .i week. We have just 

 got hold of a very pretty maple-molasses can that 

 we can furnish for 15 cts. each, $1.20 for ten, or $11.00 

 per hundred. They hold a gallon, and have a sort of 

 bail, or handle, to carry them by. As they hold 

 from 11 to 13 lbs., it makes a very pretty honey-pail 

 also. 



RYE AND OAT MEAL. 



The time is now at hand when we can feed artifi- 

 cial substitutes for pollen. Friend Muth advertises 

 pea flour, we notice, but we have never seen bees 

 take to any thing as they do to oat meal and rye. 

 For the convenience of our friends who have none 

 at hand, we will furnish it, freshly ground, for 5 cts. 

 per lb. If wanted by mail, 18 cts. extra, for bag and 

 postage. 



It is astonishing to know how low an article can 

 be furnished, when the demand for it is large and 

 unlimited. A machinist could hardly make a single 

 wood screw by band for 25 cts. ; and yet we are now 

 able to sell a whole gross of beautifully made steel 

 screws for the small sum of 10 cents. We can fur- 

 nish four sizes at this price — }i, %, M, and % inch; 

 % in. will be 15 cents per gross. If wanted by mail, 

 postage will be 3, 3, 4, 4, and 5 cts. each respectively. 

 What excuse can we have now for having work 

 come to pieces? 



A WATCH FOR FIVE SUBSCRIBERS. AGAIN. 



We have quite a few Waterbury watches of series 

 " A " on hand, that we will sell at $3.00 each, or give 

 one for five subscribers at $1.00 each. Or, if you 

 choose, a watch to any one who pays for five years in 

 advance. This is the same offer and the same watch 

 that we gave in this way a year ago. The only reason 

 why we make the offer is, that the new watch, series 

 B, has rather thrown it into the shade. I need hard- 

 ly say, that these watches are regulated and tested 

 by being carried. 



C. P. DADANT. 



We were recently favored with a pleasant visit 

 from Mr. C. P. Dadant, of Hamilton, 11). The Da- 

 dants have been having an immense crop of honey 

 the past year, and they have just sold Thurber one 

 lot of 30,000 lbs. at 10 cents. 1 have lost the figures, 

 but 1 think their crop was something near twice that 

 amount. 



At one of our young people's meetings we had a 

 new minister preside one evening, and his remarks 

 at the opening occupied just half of the hour we 

 have for the services. After he gave the meeting 

 into the hands of the young people, another good 

 brother spoke 15 minutes, and then it was almost 

 time to close, and the young folks h«d hardly taken 

 any part at all, although it was a young people's 

 meeting. Do you want to know what that has to do 

 with us? Not much, only the length of some of our 

 good letters of late is rather troubling me. One 

 very good friend of mine has written 50 pages, and 

 some of the rest have letters almost as long, Ijing 

 by my side unread. What shall I do? 



Several of the friends have felt a little hurt be- 

 cause we have pretty vehemently insisted on the 

 settleraoni of small amounts, which they were in- 

 tending to send in when they made their next order. 

 This is all righr, friend?, if yon only say so. Just 

 write to the book-keeper that the account is ' O.K.," 

 and that you will settle it so and so, and 1 assure you 

 we shall be satisfied; but if we don't get any reply, 

 how are we to know what vou propose to do? Sure- 

 ly you can not think we ought to have little balances 

 standing all over the world, without knowing any 

 thing about it. You see, we are compelled to do 

 things by system, and can not trust to memory, as 

 we might do with a limited number of customers. 



HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS. 



There are all the time among our rcMders young 

 men who are starting out in business for the first 

 time. Many are starting in the supply business, 

 and, I am sorry to say, quite a few who start do not 

 succeed. Why is it? Is it because there is not room 

 enough for all? I do not think that is the reason. 

 Is it because they do not work hard enough? In 

 one sense; but I do not think that is quite it. Some 

 people work very hard, and do not.get along either. 

 Do you wish to know the secret? It is in making 

 everybody satisfied, and doing every thing not only 

 to the full letter, but to the full spirit of your 

 promise. Now I tell you, boys, this is all in all. In 

 looking the world over I have been surprised and 

 astonished at the reward that comes from faithful 

 service. I am also surprised and astonished to see 

 how soon one who indulges in little evasive tricks is 

 left with nothing to do. What I mean is, that al- 

 though I should expect a man would not thrive who 

 would twist and slip out of his promises just for the 

 sake of a few cents, I am astonished to sec how soon 

 he reaps the reward of his short-sightedness. Or, to 

 come a little closer home, when 7 yield to the tempta- 

 tion to be a little crooked in deal, it surprises me to 

 find hoiv foon trouble comes. Selling things low 

 doesn't always bring business. You may put good 

 prices on things, if you choose, if you are only care- 

 ful to do all you promise. Do not only all you 

 promise, but do all that any construction of your ad- 

 vertisement may promise, and then see how quickly 

 it shall come to pass, "With what measure ye 

 mete, it shall be measured to you again." 



