. Gleanings in bee culture. gh the trees. W. C. Pelham. Maysville, Ky., Jan., 1884. 1884 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 127 FROM JAPAN. 1$V A LITTLE raUL ONLY ELEVEN YEARS OLD. ^ipl^BAR Mil. KOOT:—You have so kiadlj sentP|J1 us Gleanings for such a long- time, that I^^ thought I wouM write to thank you. Thoughwe do not keep bees, we enjny reading your .iournalvery much. Papa had a hive of bees when we werein America, but it is such a long time since we leftour home there, that I have forgotten nearly all not use tables to sit around at meal-time, as we do,but each individual has a small sta
. Gleanings in bee culture. gh the trees. W. C. Pelham. Maysville, Ky., Jan., 1884. 1884 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 127 FROM JAPAN. 1$V A LITTLE raUL ONLY ELEVEN YEARS OLD. ^ipl^BAR Mil. KOOT:—You have so kiadlj sentP|J1 us Gleanings for such a long- time, that I^^ thought I wouM write to thank you. Thoughwe do not keep bees, we enjny reading your .iournalvery much. Papa had a hive of bees when we werein America, but it is such a long time since we leftour home there, that I have forgotten nearly all not use tables to sit around at meal-time, as we do,but each individual has a small stand about the sizeof an ottoman, with a rim around about an inchhigh. The ladies sit on their legs as if kneeling, butthe men cross them in Turkish style. Their roomsare small; some so small they will not admit a bed-stead. The Japanese think that bedsteads are veryfunny, and that beds are very soft and springy. Oneof my,acquaintances said she would be afraid of fall-ing otf, if she slept on one, and at first she was quite. about them. Pjpa often thmight of writing to thankyou for sending Gleanings, but ahvaj^had st) muchto do with his mission work that ne nad no ume todo so. But my dear papa died five months ago. Hotook sick from a poor woman he was attending. The Japanese do not use honey for food; however,they have a l)ee pyruj) which they use as medi-cine. They consider it poisonous to eat with food. The Japanese eat rice and fish a great deal. Theyuse the bulbs of the lily and lotus flower. They do aliaid to-It on a iiKkmg thair On one occasion abei\ant cmploMd in a li)uign lanulj had some rela-tives Pity hei a \., and they thought e\ory thingwas very strange, especially sofas and chairs. TheJapanese men have adopted the foreign style ofdross a great deal. Cadets, soldiers, cllicials, andyoung men in government service have foreigndross entirely. But the way some of them stalkalong the streets with a short-wuisted coat, smalland tight pantaloons, and ill-shaped shoes,
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