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GLEANINGS 1N|BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 15. 



the light of the g-ospel is thus allowed to go out in 

 these centers, what hope will there be for the evaa- 

 gelization of the tea millions of Mohammedans in 

 that land? 



By raising a speedy relief fund we ran avert this 

 unspealtablc disaster, sustain the courage of the 

 workers, save alive and protect the children of that 

 country, who are the hope of Armenia; and relief, 

 furnished in the form we have sug-g-ested, will mean 

 not only preservation of human life under decent 

 conditions, but the molding of character for all 

 time. 



WHERE TO SEND MONEY. 



Send all orphan funds marked "Relief for the 

 Armenians," to Brown Bros. & Co., Bankers, -59 Wall 

 Street, New York, who will return receipt. They 

 are the authorized treasurers of The National Ar- 

 menian Relief Committee. 



Money intended to reach and benefit the Armenian 

 sufferers sliould in no case be handed to Armenians 

 or others who claim to be lecturing " for the cause," 

 but should be sent direct to the proper authorized 

 treasurers. This caution to the benevolent but un- 

 suspectina' public is made necessary by numerous 

 complaints already received, and applies to money 

 intended for the general relief work as well as to 

 orphan funds. 



HOW TO GET LITERATURE. 



Literature for use of speakers, leaflets of various 

 kinds for distribution, collecting cards and dollar 

 wheels, may be had in any quantity free of charge 

 from Rev. F. D. Greene, General Secretary, 63 Bible 

 House, New York. 



For further information regarding the scheme 

 for the relief of orphans, write to the Misses Mary 

 and Margaret W. Leitch, 130 Bible House, New York. 



Remember to send your funds to Brown Bros. & 

 Co., bankers, 69 Wall St., New York City. 



TEMPERANCE MATTERS. 



In the daily papers for Nov. 23 mention v?as 

 made of a terrible tight in Cleveland, vi^hich 

 lasted half an hour, in spite of any thing the 

 police could do to stop it. The origin seemed 

 to be that one man, in going down hill hurried- 

 ly, ran against another man going hurriedly up 

 hill. Instead of apologies, as we might expect, 

 both men began cursing each other. Blows 

 followed curses, then one whipped out a Knife, 

 and a bystander interfered to prevent danger 

 from the use of the knife. Then others took 

 sides until thirty or forty were fighting. The 

 papers state that many entered into the aflPray 

 without knowing the cause of it, or the side on 

 which they were fighting. When the police 

 had massed together in sufScient numbers to 

 stop the knifing and pounding, two or more 

 men were so badly hurt that they will die, and 

 a dozen or more are more or less hurt. At the 

 close of the scene a great burly man of some 

 foreign race was swinging a tremendous club, 

 and mowing down friends and foes indiscrim- 

 inately. The first account of it gave no reason 

 further than the above; and 1 fell to wonder- 

 ing. " Has Satan really broken loose according 

 to Bible prophecy, or is it because we have so 

 many ignorant and unprincipled people massed 

 together in our large cities'?" For 24 hours I 

 said to myself, again and again, "Can it be 

 possible that we have people in these United 

 States of ours who would get into a quarrel, 

 and use knives in this way, for a whole half- 

 hour, with no other provocation or cause than 

 the trifling every-day occurrence of one man 

 running against another?" Then I began to 

 fear more terrible things were threatening us 

 as a nation just now than even the most fear- 

 ful were aware of. When the daily paper of 

 Nov. 24 was thrown on our porch, however, I 

 understood all about it, and the matter seemed 

 plain and clear. Here Is what my eye struck 

 upon: 



The principal cause of the riot was the fact that 

 the unruly part of the population of Franklin Ave- 



nue Hill consumed several kegs of beer Sunday 

 afternoon, and also copious quantities of other 

 stronger intoxicants. They were therefore in fight- 

 ing trim by Sunday evening. 



I drew a long breath of relief— not because I 

 felt any better in 07ie sense of the word, but 

 because there was a plain, clear explanation 

 of this before -seeming wonder Now, this mur- 

 derous riot did not occur because the inhabi- 

 tants of that locality were Hungarians, Slavs, 

 Polacks, or Irish, or any thing of that kind. It 

 came about because they were permitted to 

 drink themselves crazy during the whole after- 

 noon of God's holy day. No wonder they fought 

 with each other, and did not know friends from 

 foes. Why, the same thing might be expected 

 to happen in our town, or in any other place in 

 the United States where we could find a crowd 

 of people with the disposition to drink, and a 

 state of morals that would permit them to 

 drink unhindered. 



In the first report, occupying the greater part 

 of a column, not a word was said about intoxi- 

 cants. I read the whole over repeatedly to see 

 if this was not at the bottom of the mischief. 

 Either the reporter did not know of it at the 

 time, or else he did not seem to think that the 

 fact that quite a crowd had been drinking beer 

 all the afternoon had any thing to do with th* 

 terrible carnage. 



THE ORIGIN OF MAULE'S THOROUGHBRED PO- 

 TATO; SOMETHING FROM MR. W. H. 

 MAULE HIMSELF. 



Mr. Root:— In answer to your request as to some 

 data in regard to the origin of Maule's Early Thor- 

 oughbred potato, I take pleasure in giving you the 

 following information : 



The origin of this potato dates back to 1884, when 

 a seed ball was picked in a field of so-called Pedi- 

 greed Early Rose. The seeds obtained from this 

 one seed-ball were planted in the spring of 1885, and 

 all those that promised well were sorted out in the 

 fall and planted in the spring of 1886, and again 

 selected in the fall of 1886. There were then seven 

 promising types, which were guarded carefully, 

 and all planted in the spring of 1887, side by side, all 

 under the same treatment and conditions. Among 

 them was found one that, in growth of tops, was 

 entirely distinct, being smaller than any of the rest, 

 and in general appearance resembling the Queen in 

 growth of top, and appearing not at all likely to 

 produce a good yield of potatoes. We were surpris- 

 ed, however, on digging them, to find that they out- 

 yielded all the rest, having tubers of the Early Rose 

 color with somewhat of a pu'plish tinge, many of 

 which showed a tendency to resemble Early Ohio in 

 shape. It was right here that the idea of a valuable 

 find in the way of an improved Rose potato sug- 

 gested itself. If we could produce a Rose potato, 

 similar in shape to Early Ohio, with small tops, that 

 would enable the planter to plant rows much closer 

 than ordinary varieties, and in addition prove itself 

 a good yielder, we should have without a doubt an 

 ideal heavy-cropping early rose-colored potato to 

 take the place of the old Early Rose, which does not 

 begin to yield a sufficient number of bushels of 

 potatoes per acre for profit. 



The next six years were spent in developing the 

 Early Ohio; and as the type developed, so did the 

 yield; and in the fall of 1894 we dug 30 bushels and 

 17 lbs. of what we consider the best all-around early 

 potato ever introduced. I offered to my customers 

 in 1896 the product of these 30 bushels and 17 lbs. of 

 potatoes under the name of Maule's Early Thor- 

 oughbred; and any one who claims to have had this 

 same potato to offer in 1896, and did not procure 

 them from me, did not have Maule's Early Thor- 

 oughbred. 



As you are probably aware, another seedsman 



