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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 1. 



of. I afterward learned from one of the book- 

 keepers in our office thai they had some grape 

 juice from Concords last year, when the fruit 

 was so cheap, and she kindly brought me some 

 samples. With such a lesi as 1 was able to 

 make, I am quite certain these pure fruit juices 

 will many times cure sick-headache caused by 

 indigestion, in the same way that pineapple 

 does. The juice is put up without any sugar, 

 and the cans or bottles are sealed up while hot, 

 just as we put up canned fruit. With the frosts 

 we have just been having, I do not suppose 

 grapes will be offered this year at the very low 

 prices they were last; but when any kind of 

 fruit becomes a drug in the market, I think 

 this is one of the ways in which it may be util- 

 ized by canning up the fresh juices. Friend 

 B. sells it at $4.00 per dozen quart bottles, and 

 the bottles are worth .50 cts. a dozen when emp- 

 ty. You may say this is rather expensive as a 

 beverage; but It is not at all expensive if used 

 as medicine; and if our various churches have 

 not already inaugurated the custom of using 

 unfermented grape juice, they had, in my 

 opinion, better do so, using the pure juice of 

 the grape as I have described. Friend B. 

 does quite a business, 1 am informed, in furnish- 

 ing this product for communion purposes. 



dertaking. The city furnishes the land, you 

 see. and the deserving poor people furnish the 

 labor, and have the crop. 



TOBACCO IN COLLEGES. 



The effects of tobacco are beginning to be 

 recognized by our schools and colleges. See the 

 following: 



Quite a scnsjition ha.s been stirred in college cir- 

 cles ;it Deluware by the announcement of Dr. James 

 W. IJa^htord, president of the Ohio Wesleyan Uni- 

 versity, that the question of the use of tobacco by 

 the students had been carefully considered by the 

 officers of the college, and concerning it he said: 

 "Our faculty, after making a careful study of the 

 matter, have decided to ask all our students to dis- 

 continue the use of tobacco, beginning next fall; 

 and if any tobacco users come we shall have to dis- 

 solve partnership." This is a very radical step, as 

 it is said that nearly 30 per cent of the students use 

 tobacco. This new rule may atCect the attendance 

 next year.— Asfilaud Times. 



It is five years today since I read your article 

 in Gleanings on the tobacco habit, and resolv- 

 ed to try to give up the weed. I am glad to say 

 five years is gone, and 7io tobacco used by me 

 since. H. C. Hedges. 



Lumberport. W. Va., Mar. 6. 



A NEW PLAN OF RELIEF BY WORK. 



The above is the title of a little pamphlet by 

 the Sterling Pub. Co., 106 Fulton St., New York. 

 It gives in detail the result of the experiment 

 made last season in Detroit in letting the poor 

 have the use, free of charge, of the unoccupied 

 land in the city. The ground was plowed, har- 

 rowed, and marked, ready for planting, then 

 divided up into little garden-patches, and the 

 poor of the city who had no gardens of their 

 own were given the privilege, and shown how, 

 to raise potatoes and other similar crops. The 

 result, which has been widely published, was 

 astonishing. About 430 acres were thus fitted 

 and divided off into quarter-acre lots. About 

 3000 applications were made for land; but they 

 were able to provide for only about 945 familes. 

 Let me quote: 



The result is, that about a thousand families were 

 enabled to pass through the winter without having 

 recourse to the poor-commission, and a large sum 

 was thus saved to the tax-payers. 



The estimated value of the crops produced was 

 from $13,U00 to SU.Out); although many famiUes, 

 from dire want, were compelled to dig up for con- 

 sumption certain portions of the potatoes Lefore 

 they had attained any size. 



Poor people almost fought for a chance to get a 

 piece of ground to till; and those who were success- 

 ful used their best efforts to obtain a full crop. 

 Applications for laud for 1895 were made by a great 

 many of them. The loss by theft was practically 

 nothing— certainly not more than that of the aver- 

 age market-gardener. 



Well, friends, I confess this is good news— to 

 me at least. That little book ol mine. " What 

 to Do," you may recollect, is right along in this 

 line; and as the area of ground is small for 

 each family, the ultimate result— that is, where 

 people have grace and persistence to follow it 

 up— will be "high -pressure gardening." Other 

 cities are rapidly taking up the project; and 

 just think of the general effect on the appear- 

 ance of things. Why, I have again and again, 

 in passing different cities in our land, felt pain- 

 ed to See these vacant lots— may be almost right 

 in the heart of the city, some of them— growing 

 great useless weeds; and where land is so high- 

 priced and valuable, the contrast is really pain- 

 ful between such a lot and one nicely improved, 

 no matter whether it is occupied by a store, 

 dwelling, or some sort of factory, or a green- 

 house. May God be praised for this new un- 



I agree to quit the use of tobacco, and hope to 

 get my pay in the shape of a smoker; and I 

 will pay for it if I allow myself to be dominated 

 by this vice again. P. E. Avilo. 



Penoles, Mexico. 



Kind Words From Our Customers, 



Youi' paper is a grand help on spiritual life to me, 

 and is worth far more, as bee culture here is an un- 

 certain calling. S. S. Fetherolf, Palestine, O. 



Thanks for the exposition of Oxydonor, as we 

 have an agent here getting in his work on the des- 

 pairing sick and aged invalids. 



Lampasas, Tex. R. A. Hardy. 



MIXED JOURNALISM. 



I wish to thank you for your articles on high- 

 pressure gardening in Gleanings. They have 

 proved a great help to me. To the teachings of 

 yourself and Mr. Terry I owe much of my success 

 in combining apiculture and potato-farming. 



River Sioux, la.. Mar. 11. F. M. Crane. 



My wife says if Gleanings cost twice as much, 

 and contained only A. I. Root's talks, she would 

 take it. She, as well as myself, is somewhat partial 

 to Rambler, as we have relatives and friends in and 

 around Colton and San Bernardino. Somehow we 

 both have "leanings" toward the Medina people, 

 and can not get along and keep house and bees 

 without Gleanings. The more men of A. I. Root's 

 stamp there are in the world, the better. I wish 

 every one could read his Talks. I can extract more 

 solid comfort from one of his Talks than from any 

 spread-eagle sermon I ever heard. 



St. Joseph, Mich., Feb. li. E. A. Mallory. 



The raspberry-plant came to hand promptly, and 

 such a nice plant— twicb as large as I expected ! It 

 is a pleasure to send to you for any thing. I am 

 sure to get as much as or more than I expect. 

 Thanks for past favors. N. A. E. Ellis. 



Rail, Mo., May 7. 



[Now, friend E., don't be too sanguine. We hap- 

 pened to hit you just right on the ra'-pberry-plant, 

 and, in fact, that is the way we like to do business. 

 But a great many times it is impossible to find the 

 plants and other things to give our customers these 

 happy surprises. Rich ground and plenty of care, 

 however, go a great way toward doing it. Many 

 thanks.— A. I. R.] 



