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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 15 



and quartered, 40 minutes from the time the water begins to 

 boil ; peaches, 20 minutes. 



FOE CANNING IN GLASS JARS. 

 In using glass jars for canning, the same time is to be used 

 as for tin cans ; but the tirst half of the time the rubber 

 must be left off, the lid screwed down only part way, to allow 

 the gas to escape. The water in the boiler is to be within 3 

 inches of the top of tlie cans. After the tirst half of the time 

 is exhausted, put the rubbers on, screw air-tight, add hot wa- 

 ter till the cans are covered 4 inches, and proceed with the 

 last half of the time. After the cans are taken out of the 

 boiler, set them with the top end down, on white paper. If 

 any show leaks, screw the 1 id tighter or press putty where the 

 leaks are. 



Very likely our friend thought if he got dol- 

 lars enough he might have his directions 

 printed. Perhaps I was the only fish that bit 

 at his bait. I hope so, at least. Well, if he 

 could not afford to print it / have done so for 

 him. Let me see : If it goes to ten thousand 

 different readers, and it is worth a cent to 

 each one of them, I shall get back (or, rather, 

 youyv'\W get back) $100. So far as I know, 

 the directions are all very good — that is, if 

 any one wants to fuss to put up fruit and 

 vegetables in this way when he can buy cans 

 of tomato, corn, etc., at 10 cts. each, or three 

 for a quarter. The whole thing illustrates 

 the folly of undertaking to do work at home 

 so as to compete with a canning-factory. It 

 gives one the impression that "the Spring- 

 field Canning Co." must be a very small, one- 

 horse concern. 



Temperance. 



We are glad to give place to the following: 



ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE PAN-AMERICAN BUREAU OF 

 INFORMATION AND LOCATION. 



Comfortable rooms with reliable Chri.stian homes 

 can be secured through the I,eague Bureau witfiin 

 easy reach of the exposition grounds at rsasonable 

 rates. 



A corps of uniformed cadets, wearing the Anti- 

 saloon I,eague badge, will meet at depots and I,eague 

 headquarters all of our church and temperance 

 friends, who by correspondence have secured rooms 

 in advance through our Bureau. 



The Anti-saloon League Encampment, or village of 

 neat and attractive tents, floating the Anti-saloon 

 lyCague banner, will be a unique feature lor accom- 

 modating those who prefer a cool tent to a hot room. 



One large tent will furnish a delightful meeting 

 place for social and public occasions. 



Persons desiring to make definite arrangements for 

 rooms or tents in advance, will please write promptly, 

 enclosing postage for reply. John F. Brant, 



Supt. Buffalo District. 



309 D. S. Morgan Building, Buffalo, N. Y. 



We are pleased to note that the Anti saloon 

 League of the United States is going to be on 

 hand at the great exposition, and look after 

 temperance matters and the enforcement of 

 temperance laws. We have just received the 

 following: 



Bro. Root: — Will you kindly make note in your ex- 

 cellent magazine that the New York Anti-saloon 

 I,eague and the Pan-American Exposition, Rev. John 

 F. Brant, Supt. for Buffalo District, writes that ar- 

 rangements are completed for holding a Pan-Ameri- 

 can Anti-saloon Congress in Buffalo, July 19 — 21. 

 Speakers and workers of national reputation will ad- 

 dress the various sessions of the congress. Buffalo 

 has been getting ready by outlawing 65 concert sa- 

 loons. The Buffalo Anti-saloon I,eague leads in this 

 crusade. John F. Brant. 



If you do not know, dear friends, how pleas- 

 ant it is to meet with somebody who loves 

 righteousness and hates iniquity (as you do), 

 amid a great crowd at a national exposition, I 

 can assure you that I do. Many times when 



I have felt myself alone, and have begun to 

 get homesick in a great crowd of unsympa- 

 thizing people, it has rejoiced my heart, and 

 made me breathe praises to God, to find some- 

 body who could introduce me to those who 

 love temperance, purity, and every thing that 

 is good. May God be with the temperance 

 people of our land as they work together to 

 keep back the foe. 



Here is something still later: 



The Buffalo Anti-saloon I,eague is making a vigor- 

 ous effort to combat all forms of vice growing out of 

 the saloon traffic during the Pan-American Exposi- 

 tion. It has met the concert-saloon issue, and won 

 out before the city council, forbidding the issuing of 

 any more concert-saloon licenses; it has even com- 

 pe.led the midway exhibitions to modify their per- 

 formances by conforming to State laws and city or- 

 dinances. The League will be on guard day and 

 night, with 100 churches and the best business men 

 and professional men of Buffalo back of them. 



The League Bureau of Information and Location is 

 undertaking to direct Exposition visitors to safe and 

 reliable Christian homes. Their ofSce is 309 D. S. 

 Morgan Building, Buffalo, N. Y. 



John F. Brant, Supt. 



While I am about it, let me mention anoth- 

 er encouraging thing which I copy from the 

 last American Issue: 



MORE railroad PROHIBITION. 



A press dispatch from Frankfort, Ind., May 10, 

 states that the Clover Leaf Railroad Company has is- 

 sued a general order prohibiting its employees enter- 

 ing saloons at any time, either on or off duty. 



The order also prohibits employees of the road from 

 boarding or rooming at any place with which there is 

 a bar connected directly or indirectly, and states that 

 any violation will bring instant dismissal. 



The order with reference to boarding-houses will 

 affect fully 1000 men. 



There is little danger of accidents from drunken 

 employees on a road that has taken an advanced 

 stand like this. 



GOOD FOR CHICAGO. 



"Grapho," in the Advance ^ says: 



We have often heard that Chicago is a " pig-stick- 

 ing " city. It is in order now to remark that one of 

 our great packing-houses. Swift & Co., has put up a 

 placard which says: " No profanity permitted in this 

 house." Some of the big publishing houses, which 

 are not sticking pigs, and which pride themselves on 

 their literary taste, would do well to hang up a sim- 

 lar placard. They should not be less refined than a 

 packing-house. 



While reading the above I was wondering 

 if it would hit anybody in our printing-office, 

 and I drew a breath of relief when I decided, 

 at least in my own mind, it would not hit 

 any of our people — at least not while they are 

 on our premises ; and I hope and pray that it 

 does not hit them anywhere. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



THE DARLING STRAWBERRY. 



This variety is ahead of all the rest in the matter of 

 ripening, as usual, and this year it has given me one 

 of my happy surprises in having almost every plant 

 loaded with fruit. In fact, there are no plants on our 

 grounds that have more berries. And, strange to tell, 

 they are old plants that were moved from another 

 bed some time last July. 



A TEN-CENT BOOK ON GINSENG CULTURE. 



It is quite refreshing to get a nice little book at the 

 above price — a book containing modest and moderate 

 statements — after the exaggerated figures we have 

 had from other growers, and exaggewated prices, not 



