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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Aug. 1 



These conditions tell an old, old story, namely: 

 That the .saloon business cares nothing for law; that 

 the average rum-seller puts greed of gold and appe- 

 tite for intoxicants above law. and stamps law be- 

 neath his feet. He does it everywhere and always, 

 lie doesn't expect to obey law if it afTects his busi- 

 ness adversely. He makes him.self an outlaw to 

 carry on his business. That's the fact, and it marks 

 the character of the whole business of rum-selling. 

 And last Friday at Newark, be it remembered that 

 It was the saloon gang that began the appeal to 

 force and lawlessne.ss, and not the despised import- 

 ed detectives. 



I have several times in these columns 

 called attention to the fact of "Duffy's 

 whisky" being i)araded as a medicine. We 

 clip the following from the National Prohi- 

 bitionist : 



The mayor of Moss I'oint, Miss., was recently 

 fined SoOO for celling a case of Duffy's malt whisky. 

 His honor runs a drugstore, and in defense pleaded 

 the " medicinal character" of Duffy's stuff; but the 

 judge was wise, and his honor will think twice 

 before he sells another case of fake medicine. 



In regard to the Newark tragedy, there 

 seems to be quite a little discussion at pres- 

 ent as to whether it is just the thing to let a 

 county decide whether a considerable-sized 

 city shall go dry when a majority of the 

 city is wet. My stenographer, W. P. Root, 

 suggests that, if a city wants the privilege 

 of ''drinking with a clear conscience," the 

 l)eople of that city should ])ay all the ex- 

 ])ense arising from the use of drink within 

 that corporation, and not call in all the 

 county to help shoulder a burden to which 

 it was oi)posed in the first ])lace. Compel 

 only those who vote wet to pay for the wet- 

 ness and the wetness will soon dry up. 



This city of Newark has about 80,000 in- 

 habitants, and they voted wet by a consid- 

 erable majority. But Licking County over- 

 ruled the votes of the city. Now let the city 

 and not the county pay the tremendous 

 cost of this recent reign of anarchy, and 

 also shoulder its deep disgrace. 



Health Notes 



By A. f. Root 



ROLLED OATS FOR PEOPLE AND CHICKENS. 



On p. 39(), June 15, E. P. Robinson speaks 

 about his boy of five and girl of three who 

 have not used ten cents' worth of medicine 

 in all their life. These children are in the 

 habit of using rolled oats put in a cup of 

 milk, more or less as a finishing-up for eve- 

 ry meal. Well, we have recently had a 90- 

 Ib. sack of rolled oats from the (Quaker Oats 

 Co., Chicago, which has given us great sat- 

 isfaction. In fact, we like it better than the 

 oatmeal bought in pasteboard i)ackages at 

 the groceries, and it costs only about half 

 what we pay for oatmeal in packages. I 

 have been following the children mentioned 

 by friend Robinson. i\t the close of almost 

 every meal I fill a teacup with rolled oats, 

 and then pour on just enough milk to moist- 

 en it fairly well. In this condition you can 

 readily dip it up with a spoon, and chew it 

 just as long as T. B. Terry and Fletcher rec- 

 ommend; and after you have chewed it long 



enough to bring out the beautiful flavor, I 

 think you will agree with me that it is a 

 splendid addition to any meal; and you will 

 soon discover that your strength will hold 

 out better on this dish of oats and milk than 

 almost any thing else. A writer in the 

 Rural Neiv -Yorker seems to have come to 

 the same conclusion. Here is what he says 

 about it: 



At the present time I can buy rolled oats in Chi- 

 cago at ?'2.18 per 90-pound bag, or less than the 

 price of Hour. They are .50 per cent richer in pro- 

 tein, and 600 per cent richer in fat, than Hour, and 

 we use them liberally in all our bread and bis- 

 cuit, and uncooked with butter, cream, or cocoa, to 

 the great advantage of our children at least. What 

 do your rolled oats in packages cost per pound? 



While on this matter of simple diet and 

 uncooked food I want to give you the clos- 

 ing paragraph of a letter from my good 

 friend and neighbor T. B. Terry: 



I liave worked long and hard over this diet ques- 

 tion, to find what will give ideal results and not be 

 unneces.sarily narrow. And f assure you I am get- 

 ting ideal results, and my diet is reasonably broad, 

 f can not think a man is living who for years has 

 done better than I have, lie eating only nuts and 

 fruits. You know I have been .some ten years work- 

 ing at this. Actually, brother Root, 1 am in finer 

 trim to-day than f was a year ago, and f was more 

 than satisfied then, ft is great— never an ache, 

 never a pain; never even a bad feeling; able to work 

 hard and long in my study right along, seven or 

 eight hours, and not know what tired is. The ap- 

 ples you eat at night make a meal, but one that is 

 probably digested easily in about an hour. If i want 

 to do an extra day's work f sometimes eat only fruit 

 for breakfast. You can cure your deafness and ev- 

 ery thing else. It is God working through natural 

 means, and he can do any thing, f n years to come. 

 God-fearing doctors will look back on needless ope- 

 rations, on mutilating the body he made, as they 

 now look back to the days of bleeding, 



T. B. Tekry. 



THE CHAMPION HONEY-EATER OF THE WORLD; A 

 MAN WHO CAN EAT A BARREL, OF HON- 

 EY INSIDE OF A Y'EAR. 



I read somewhere that in P'rance they had got our 

 common red clover started that had short nectar- 

 tubes, the same as sweet clover. Is it true? If true, 

 it should wake up that old bee war-horse, A. I. Hoot. 



I began eating extracted honey Nov. 11, 1909, lor 

 kidney trouble, and have used a 60-lb. can every 

 three months since then, using my third can now. 

 It cured my kidneys. This is at the rate of 240 lbs. 

 a year, f can eat ;?00 lbs. a year, I think, and may be 

 more, f eat pumpkin pie (squash is better) to 

 make me crave sometiiing sweet. Custard and 

 cream pie are also fine. If you eat salt it will make 

 you crave water, f live alone. I eat the honey my- 

 self. Am I the champion honey-eater? If not, I 

 win try to eat 400 lbs. in a year. That would settle 

 it. I don't want any one to eat more honey than I 

 do if I know it. 



.fonesboro, f nd., ,f une 5, C. A. Neal, 



Friend Neal, the matter of growing a strain 

 of red clover with short nectar-tubes was 

 discussed at considerable length in these 

 columns something over 25 years ago. Our 

 old friend E. E. Hasty, of Richards, Ohio, 

 was quite enthusiastic about it, and gave a 

 report of his experiments for two or three 

 seasons. I have not heard any thing about 

 it of late. 



If I understand you, my good friend, you 

 have already consumed two 60-lb. cans of 

 honey. Well, such a remedy ought either 

 to "kill or cure." If it cured your kidney 

 trouble we certainly ought to rejoice; but I 

 must confess that I can not exactly approve 

 of pumi)kin and custard pies for a man who 

 is troubled with indigestion. 



