1882 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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ing- this very thiug — furnishing seed and vitality to 

 this upas-tree ot evil? " How is this being done?" 

 do you say? I will answer by a^^kiug the question, 

 Who are the Individuals who make the demand for 

 these dens of vice? Are they not the growing and 

 grown-up children of the community? and is it not 

 because they have a social nature which is not sup- 

 plied at home, or turned into scicntitic or religious 

 channels, that they visit and sustain these places? 

 That the young go astray is generally the fault of 

 the parents. They live in an improper manner, vio- 

 lating natural and moral laws, and their children in- 

 herit vitiated moral natures, aggravated by stimu- 

 lating food, and tea, coffee, tobacco, and whisky. 

 There are other causes, but these are the promi- 

 nent ones. By your raids and imprisonments you 

 may, for a litt'e time, drive this evil into a dark cor- 

 ner, or cause it to assume some new foim; but, so 

 long as children are born of parents who do not live 

 for the glory of God, the world will be filled with 

 men and women devoted to the cause of vice and 

 depravity. And I can not blame these poor, unfor- 

 tunate persons. They are not to blame for the 

 faults of their progenitors' bad examples, and the 

 vicious education of their minds and bodies. Not 

 having been taught better, or brought up with any 

 real abhorrence of vice, they seek —in the best wa>', 

 as it seems to them — to get the most enjoyment out 

 of lite, or secure a living. ]f we do the same in a 

 better way, it is because we have superior ability or 

 advantages of stune kind. Jesus said: " Let any one 

 among you who is without sin, cast the first stone." 

 That IS, first begin to enforce the law. Was it bad 

 advice? If one without sin was found, would he not 

 find more efficient means of overcoming the evil? 

 Did not Jesus show a better way? That "the pray- 

 ers of the righteous a\ail much, l>ut the prayers of 

 the wicked are an abomination totheLurd," is prob- 

 ably as true to-day as ever. Therefore, would it not 

 be best to make an interior examination, and see if 

 the Lord has prepared us for the work of reform. 

 There can be no reform, unless it begins at home. 

 Let this sink deep into your minds, my friends, and 

 see if it is not truth; and if so, go to work in good 

 earnest to reform the world; to save the young peo- 

 ple; to save, as far as possible, the Magdalens, by 

 first beginning to reform at home— to pray, to work, 

 to live for the glory of God to be made manifest; 

 again upon earth. If you do this, the churches will 

 be full, not only of your children, but of the puriflcd 

 and redeemed from these very dancc-housts that 

 are a curse to-day. 



Oh for one j ure spiiit. 



One heaven-inspired heart. 

 The love of God breathing in it, 



And forming of it a part! 

 With this as a power and lever. 



The light of tlie world would increase, 

 And the light of God's own wisdom 



Bring, to the soul- sick, peace. 

 Give, O Lord! this blessing, 



And make us feel its power; 

 For thy lov^ is all we need, 



To save in this dying hour. 



Bakersfleld, Cal., Nov. 28, 1881. I. B. RuMFOnD. 



SHALL. EDITORS BE HELD RESPONSI- 

 BLE FOit THE CHARACTER OF 

 THEIR ADVERTISEIUEINTS? 



SOME PKACTICAIi EXAMPLES IN THE M.iTTER. 



M S the excitement on this point lias sub- 

 ,^^ sided a little, I presume it will be safe 

 ~ to have a little friendly talk in regard 

 to the matter. Last month I gave you the 

 statement the ISunday- School 2 imcs makes 

 weekly to its subscribers, and below is an 

 extract from a bright spicy little sheet, the 

 Philadelphia Farm Journal. If it is a free 

 advertisement for them, they deserve it, and 

 I would advise you all to send for a sample 

 copy:— 



OUR BUSINESS METHOD. 



The Farm Journal offers no premiums, gives no chromos, 

 puffs no swindles, inserts no humbug advertisements, and does 

 not devote one half its space tn telling how good the other half 

 is. It is published monthly, and is furnished to subscribers at 

 50 cents a year, postage prepaid, ca.sh in advance. At tlie ex- 

 piration of the year the paper is stopped, unless renewed. 



F.\IR PLAY. 



We believe, through caref\il inquiry, that all advertisements 

 in Ibis |i:ii)cr arc signed by tiustwdi'tjiy pei'sons, uiul to prove 

 i-iui- lailh by works, wr will make gcpoil to sub.scribcrs any loss 

 sustained by tni>liiig advcitiscrs who ]ivi,\v tn be dclibciate 

 swindlers. 'Kngucs shall not ply their trade at Ihe expense of 

 our leaders, wlio are our friends, througli the medium of these 

 columns. Let this be understood by everybody now and hence- 

 forth. 



In the above, they have expressed exactly 

 what I wish and intend to do for my read- 

 ers. If 1 am correct, I have never yet been 

 entrapped into receiving the advertisement 

 of any onewho wasa '' deliberate swindler." 

 I did not expect, when I started out, to 

 come off scot free, nor do I now; nor did I 

 expect to be called upon to pay the debts of 

 one of our number who should fail in busi- 

 ness. The Sunday- School Times has again, 

 it seems, been caieless, as you will see 

 from the editorial below, taken from their 

 issue of Dec. 17:— 



It is not an easy matter to keep such an oversight 

 of the advertising columns of a paper as to guard 

 ag;iinst the admission ot false statements intended 

 ft) deceive the readers to their injury; but it is none 

 the less a duty because a difficult one. The truer 

 test of the .character and spirit of the managers of 

 anj' religious paper is what they will consent to put 

 into their columns if they are paid for it, rather 

 than what they will put in without pay, or which 

 they will pay to have put in. The advertising col- 

 umns of a paper are thebest measure ot its purity 

 and of its integrity. Yet the most cautious manag- 

 ers are sometiiius deceived; and when they are, they 

 ought to bear the loss. Those who rt ceiVe money 

 for publishing false statements, rather than those 

 who are misled t)y them, are the parties ti) make 

 good the amount lost by the transaction. Here is a 

 new illustration in our own experience. The adver- 

 tisement of " Ozone," which has for a few weeks ap- 

 peared in our advertising columns, was not admitted 

 until after satisfactory correspondence concerning 

 it with gentlemen in prominent olficial position in 

 Cincinnati, to whom the advertisers referred. Those 

 gentlemen certified tavorably. to the publisher, con- 

 ceruiug the preserving qualities (jf ozone, and the 

 good standing of those advertising it. But subse- 

 quent perst)iial examination has'convinccd the put)- 

 lisher that some of the declarations in the advertise- 

 ment are unqualifiedly false, and that, however good 

 ozone may be as a preset vcr, the statements of its 

 CiuciDnati advertisers concerning it are not worthy 

 of confidence. Gzone as now advertised can not 

 keep their reputation from tainting. Although a 

 city olfieiiil is treasurer of the concern, and other 

 prominent gentlemen have allowed their names to 

 be used as references, it is be.'ieved that no one of 

 these would knowingly countenance the concern's 

 deceptive statements. The advertisement has been 

 shut out fi-om our columns, and we advise our read- 

 ers to let the Prentiss Preserving Company alone. 

 Moreover, if any subscribers to The Sunday-School 

 Timex have been led to purchase sample packages 

 by misstatements as to the profits of other parties 

 through handling ozone, and are dissatisfied with 

 the result, our publisher will, upon their applica- 

 tion, refund to them the money they have paid out 

 tor such packages. 



i^ow, friends, is it not a fact, that any pa- 

 per taking such a position as that should be 

 encouraged? Let us give them a rousing 

 big club. I will at once send them an ad- 

 vertisement, to do what I can. Now in re- 

 gard to the ozone. See : — 



Mr. Root: —inclosed 1 send you an advertisement I 

 cut from the iVestcni A<jyicidtuiist for your indorse- 

 ment, if you know any thing of ozone. If I can 

 learn of its being as recommended, I will invest eve- 

 ry dollar I can raise next spring in eggs at 6, 8, or 10 

 cents, and pack them till January, 1883. What think 

 you of it? Please answer through Gleanings. 



J. P. WATT. 



Duck Ci-eck, Mercer Co., III., Dec. 13, 1881. 



I presume our readers know how exten- 

 sively tills ozone advertisement has been re- 



