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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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Uaiieuness of our markets in siiiiuner, the pooi- 

 fruits, etc., but will forbear at this time. 

 Bradentown, Fla., Sept. 16. E. M. Graves. 



After reading this a suggestion comes to 

 my mind, and it will apply to many people 

 besides friend G. For instance, somebody 

 from the Nortli comes down here, and when 

 he has bought his milk at 10 cts. a quart, 

 eggs at 40 cts. a dozen, strawberries at 30 cts. 

 a quart, etc., he is inclined to think the 

 price is awful; but I say to him, "My good 

 friend, if you think the prices are awful, 

 why not turn around and be a producer in- 

 stead of a consumer only? " I tell you, that 

 makes things look different. Now, I know 

 by experience that you can produce eggs 

 and milk and strawberries in Florida, and 

 do well, if you are not afraid of good hard 

 healthy work. Some of my friends have 

 suggested that I would be happy, no matter 

 where you put me. That may be true; but 

 one comforting thing about it is, no matter 

 where I go I find more or less good people 

 who are just like me in that respect. 



KLECTROPOISE, OXYDONOR, OXYGENATOR, ETC. 



Bear ,Sir: — I saw in Gleanings a piece about Oxy- 

 donor. I have in my home at present an Oxygena- 

 tor that is claiiued to cure all diseases. I got it to 

 cure rheumatism. The price is 835.00, and I should 

 like to know if this is the same thing that your pa- 

 per says is a humbug. If you know any thing about 

 this 1 should be pleased to know. 



Apple Creek, O., Sept. 22. Otto Saurer. 



The letter above explains itself. 



My good friend, the picture on the circu- 

 lar you send us illustrates the old Oxydonor 

 exactly; and it will do you just as much good 

 as a horseshoe nailed over the door to keep 

 off witches. It has exactly as much strength 

 and science about it as a horseshoe. If you 

 think I am pretty severe on these rascals 

 who claim they have invented something, 

 listen to the following: 



Dr. Kellogg, of the Battle Creek Sanitari- 

 um, helped years ago to expose this scheme 

 of robbing sick people. While I was on a 

 visit to Battle Creek he gave me the follow- 

 ing: 



A wealthy man in their neighborhood 

 built a very fine residence. In order to have 

 it fully equipped he bought a 150.00 Electro- 

 poise or Oxydonor — I do not remember 

 which name he applied to the machine; but 

 that does not matter; but he paid $50.00 for 

 the outfit. It was recommended to take the 

 place of the family physician. This $50.00 

 machine was something like a large clock. 

 In place of figures on the dial there were the 

 names of various diseases; and you could 

 turn the hand on the dial so as to stand over 

 any one of these maladies. Well, when this 

 rich man was exhibiting his great scientific 

 invention for curing people, Dr. Kellogg 

 asked him what sort of complicated ma- 

 chinery inside performed these wondrous 

 cures. The owner said he had never see 

 the inside, but felt quite sure that it was 

 some new piece of complicated mechanism. 

 The doctor proposed that tliey get into it 

 antl see. Now, the manufacturers evident- 

 ly did not mean to facilitate any prying 



curiosity; but with the aid of some tool.s 

 they opened it so they could see inside. 

 AVhat do you sui)pose they found? Just 

 this: The wire that was attached to the pa- 

 tient's ankle was simply twisted around a 

 nail on the inside of the machine; nothing 

 more. When the owner saw it he called one 

 of his hired men and had the $50.00 appara- 

 tus taken down and thrown out on the wood- 

 pile. The thing that these fellows put in a 

 dish of ice-water, with a wire hitched to the 

 ankle, was on the same principle as the 

 above. It is made to work on the credulity 

 and imagination. It does just that and 

 nothing more; and the price is, in the case 

 just now before us, $35.00. 



THE VIOLATION OF LAW AT NEWARK, O., 



AND WHAT THE GRAND JURY THINKS 



OF IT. 



We clip the following from the St. Louis 

 Star Farmer: 



Former Sheriff WMlliam Linke, of Licking Coun- 

 ty; former Mayor Herbert Atherton, of Newark, 

 and former Chief of Police Robert Zergabiel, are 

 held to blame for the lynching. They could have 

 prevented It, in the opinion of the grand jury, had 

 they lived up to their official duty. The sheriff is 

 said to have cowardly deserted his post, the mayor 

 to nave gone to bed at home, and the chief to have 

 gone to a near-by saloon to play cards. 



Responsibility is also lodged with the people, for 

 the report says had they elected competent ofhcials 

 the lynching would not have taken place. 



Think of it, friends — the chief of the po- 

 lice of a great city playing cards in a near- 

 by saloon when officers of the law were be- 

 ing lynched for trying to do what he should 

 have done. Who is to blame for putting 

 such men in office? Are the officers of the 

 law in your town or city in the habit of fre- 

 quenting saloons? If so, wake uj) before 

 you have a repetition of the Newark tragedy. 



"l DO NOT DRINK." 



May the Lord be praised for the following, 

 which we clip from a recent issue of the 

 Union Signal: 



He who drinks is deliberately disciualifying him- 

 self for advancement. Personally, I refuse to take 

 such a risk. I do not drink. William II. Taft, 

 President of the United States. 



If the man who occujiies the highest of- 

 fice that this nation can give to any man 

 has the courage to come out before the 

 world and say "I do not drink," what 

 should prevent every youth in our land, 

 who has any ambition to be great and good, 

 from following his example, and saying, 

 both in public and private, "I do not 

 drink"? 



I copy the following from 'the Southwest 

 Anti-saloon Issue, of Albuquerque, N. M.; 

 and if President Taft has committed himself 

 as below I shall have to beg his pardon, and 

 at the same time I should be glad to ha\e 

 somebody tell me ivhen and where he said it. 



The ideal state, and that which we should work 

 for, is, unquestionably, prohibition.— W. H. Taft. 



May the Lord be praised for a President 

 who is not afraid to stand up for righteous- 

 ness and against iniquity. 



