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JUVENILE GLEANINGS. 



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duty to give him that day, and all It may bring forth, 

 except casualties and accidents that may happen on 

 that day that bring on pain, suffering, and distress 

 that may be abated by us. It is our bnuaden duty 

 to relieve all suffering and distress on all days, if it 

 Is in our power to do so. It is our duty, whether we 

 have the power or not, to do what we can. 



Another thing: I read of bee-keepers who say 

 they crush bees to death, even those pets they love 

 so well, when it pays better to kill them than to save 

 them. O ye of little faith I A bee is very small to 

 us, and oneor two individuals look very iusignificant, 

 and of small moment; but consider that we are also 

 of very small dimensions in the eyes of our keeper, 

 or God. Have mercy on every thing beneath us, 

 and then we may with reason expect mercy from 

 those above us. T. J. Cook. 



Newpoint, Ind., Sept. 9, 1883. 



Dear friends, when I read the above letter 

 it struck me at once as being remarkably 

 clear and to the point, and 1 fell to wonder- 

 ing that the writer, with whom we have re- 

 cently become acquainted (on account of his 

 little brush for brushing off bees) had such 

 a bright clear faith, and I had never before 

 caught a glimpse of it; for in almost every 

 letter I get I am in the habit of catching al- 

 most every word that indicates a love for 

 the Master. 1 felt like saying, as I reached 

 the end of the letter, '"May God be praised 

 for such earnest, honest reasoners as your- 

 self." And now. comes the news that friend 

 Cook is no more. He was near to his end, 

 in fact, when this letter was written, as you 

 will see from the letter below: 



Friend Root:— As I have not the knowledge of the 

 business transactions between you and my son, I 

 hardly know how to write. He died on last Monday. 

 He died suddenly of heart disease. I can't till your 

 order, as he has none made. You have the privilege 

 to make them, if you wish. You may send me the 

 balance due him, as I am his heir by law. 



Your friend, James L. Cook. 



Newpoint, Ind., Nov. 9, 1883. 



Wouldn't it be well for us, dear readers, if 

 our last message to our friends through 

 Gleanings be one of faitiiful exhortation 

 like the above, to follow after God and the 

 things pertaining to eternal lifey Our read- 

 ers will remember that friend Cook's wife 

 died on the Jilst of last September; and in 

 writing her obituary notice, he used these 

 almost prophetic words: ''But a few days 

 or years more separate us." 



Nearer the bound of life, where burdens are laid down; 

 Nearer to leave the cross today, and nearer to the crown. 



Juver\ile Gleai\ii\gs. 



aSTO^V. 15, 1883. 



For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the 

 world; but that the world through him might be saved.— John 

 3:17. 



In our last issue the date of the convention which 

 meets in Flint, Mich., was Dec. 6 and 7. It should 

 be Dec. 6 and 6. Out of four notices sent us of this 

 convention, we believe the one we used was the 

 only wrong one, and hence the blame does not lie 

 witu tbe printer. 



StJPERSTITION IN REGABD TO BEES. 



In our article OQ bee culture in Maine, on page 

 706, friend Crafts mentions the fact that the old 

 superstition in ^^ga^d to the importance of inform- 

 iuR the bees when a member of the family dies is 

 siil! in vogue in some localities. It hardly seems 

 possible, mat in this day of hooks and papers and 

 intelligence, any one should still hang on to such 

 relics of by-gone days. I am afraid our veteran box- 

 hiver does not take tlie bee-journals. 



On pase 667 of ovir last issue, a sentence was al- 

 lowed to go in. which might reflect on the Bee and 

 Pindtiy Ma(i''Zine. 1 did not understand it so at the 

 time, or 1 certainly should not have let it pass. The 

 Mannzine folks purchased the subscription-li-«t of 

 tbi; Bee-Keepers' E.rchaiirie. but have nothing to do 

 with tbeir debiis or credits; and whon friend Fletch- 

 er spoke of " smoothing thing-j up," I took it that he 

 meant tbe proprietors of the £.rc/ia»if/e had grot the 

 Magazine folks to fill the unexpired time, to smooth 

 things a little, but had left their creditors to get 

 along as best they could. I sincerely reffret having 

 let anything ptt^s that had even the appearance of 

 retlecting on the 3/ mazine, and humbly beg pardon. 



D. A. .JONES'S H()NEY-L.4lBELS FOR SECTION BOXES. 



These are at length at hand, and we are prepared 

 to send samples tree. Friend Jones numbers 

 them A, B, C, D, E. F, G, H, I, and .1. A and B are 

 4}4 inches square, and are intended to go on opposite 

 SKies of a pasteboard box, made to hold a single 

 Simplicity section. This pasteboard box has a bit 

 of red tape attached to the top to carry it by, and 

 makes a sale package for a single section of honey 

 for the consumer tcj carry home, or to pack into a 

 trunk, if he wants to send it away. It can be opened 

 and closed in an instant, and the price of the l)ox is 

 only 2 cts. each, 15 cts. for 10, or $13.00 per ItOO. It 

 can be sent safely by mail for 2 ots. Ttiese labels, 

 A and B, are worth $d .50 per 10i,0. If you want one 

 on each side, it cosis $7.00 per lUOO, making the net 

 cost of these boxes, already labelef*, ab.jut 3 cts. 

 each, when they are bought in quantities. Our ex- 

 perience is, that the honey will tiring about 5 cents 

 more per lb. The box is so pretty mat 5 cts. would 

 not be an extravagant price for it, for a fancy box 

 for knicK-knacks. At present we have these boxes 

 for the Simplicity s^ction only, of the size given 

 above. Labels C and U are 5J4 inches square, and of 

 Course are intended for a larger section, and will 

 answer for a section considerably larger than 5i4x 

 514. The price of C and D is $1.00 per 10(10. E and F 

 are made to go on three sides ot the above-de.«cribed 

 pisteboard box. They are worth $4.50 per 1000. G 

 and H are for a similar section glassed, and are made 

 wider, so as to have a portion turn over the edjie of 

 the glass, or, at least, tnat is my understandinff of 

 the matter. I is a beautiful label for a 3-lb Jones 

 can. It has on it a picture of a hexagonal apiary. J 

 is similar to G and H, but a little lartrer. These 

 labels, although intended for a particular purpose, 

 can be used on cans or sections, or boxes to hold 

 sections, indiscriminately; and the pictures on them 

 are. In my estimation, most beautiful. With tis 

 they have the effect of selling almost every thing 

 we put them on to, and I can not agree with those 

 who have written disparagingly of lithoprraphic 

 Colored labels. For my part I delight to see flue 

 canned >roods put up in neat packages, wiih beauti- 

 ful pictures on the exterior, indicating the contents; 

 and my experience has been, that a cheap label, as 

 a rule, indicates cheap goods, Hnd a real nice tasty 

 labt-1, nice clean goods. Perhaps my having the 

 above labels for bale may have biased my opinions; 

 but 1 give them, and you can take them for what 

 they are worth. We will mail you a package of one 

 of each of the above labels as s-tmples, and a sam- 

 ple of the pasteboard box, already labeled, for 5 ct«. 

 for postage and packing. I have mentioned this 

 price, because there are so many of you to ask for 

 samples, that I should hardly have enough to go 

 around, otherwise. Friends in Canada will, of 

 course, order directly from D. A. Jones himself. 



ENTRANCKS IN WINTER. 



For several years back, and especially since the 

 many reports in regard to wintering with a pretty 

 good draft of air through the cluster of bees, I hHve 

 been decided that the entrance to the hives should 

 be as large in winter as in summer, even in the most 

 exposed outdoor plices. Two or three years ngo, 

 the entrances of perhaps three-fourths of our Qbafl 



