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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



County approximately $8000 more t-o send the man 

 finally to the penitentiary for life. 



Of course, the distiller who made the whisky 

 which, in turn, made the murderer, was not pun- 

 ished in any way. Neither was the saloonkeeper 

 who sold the man the whisky. 



The reader can see from this one incident how 

 the profits on that bushel of corn went glimmering, 

 and the other fourteen quarts are yet to be heard 

 from. 



However, it may be that one other quart out of 

 that same bushel of corn has gotten in its work in 

 Belmont County, for a few months ago the papers 

 over there announced that the brother of the man 

 who cost the county so much money as the result of 

 drinking two quarts of whisky, purchased a quart 

 of the same stuff, got drunk, and killed a man. 

 Quite likely it will cost about the same amount by 

 the time the case is finally disposed of. 



In addition to all the expense, five families of 

 the county have been deprived of their breadwinners, 

 and the taxpayers of Belmont County are far from 

 unanimous in a desire to turn any more of their 

 corn into whisky. 



There are two morals that might be de- 

 duced from the above transaction. First, 

 the folly of selling whisky for beverage 

 purposes; second, the folly of having an 

 "easy" Governor who may be led to pardon 

 a man out after he has, at an enormous cost, 

 been landed behind the prison bars for the 

 safety of the community. The Governor 

 doubtless thought that, if he would give 

 this prisoner his liberty, he would profit by 

 liis lessons; but he demonstrated to that 

 neighborhood, and to the wJiole wide world, 

 for that matter, that his place, and his only 

 fit place, is behind prison walls. And then, 

 again, it would indicate that his craze for 

 whisky and murder runs in the family. I do 

 not believe in the pardoning business, espe- 

 cially pardoning out criminals guilty of 

 crimes like those pictured above. 



GOOD NEWS FROM ARIZONA. 



On Nov. 3 we voted Arizona dry by 3891 votes. 

 But we had a hard fight to win, as the wets worked 

 very hard, and they sent out a large amount of lit- 

 erature, judging by what I received myself through 

 the mail. I am .sorry to hear that the grand old 

 State of Ohio went wet, as that is my home State, 

 as I was born six miles east of Lima. 



I had the privilege of visiting your factory at 

 Medina in Sept., 1911, and will say I enjoyed the 

 visit very much, as all the men seemed willing to an- 

 swer any questions that I would ask them, and they 

 all treated me very nicely. 



Buckeye, Ariz., Nov. 17. Albert J. Ross. 



A "wet" exposition; should it be patronized? 



Dear Mr. Root: — I am a stranger to you, but you 

 are not to me. My father has taken your paper for 

 twenty years, and my grandfather took it from its 

 first publication. We like your paper very much, 

 especially the Home talk. 



As you seem interested in the temperance cause I 

 thought a little " dry " talk would be of interest. 

 San Francisco went wet six to one — a very nice 

 place to invite our friends to the exposition next 

 year, isn't it? I am telling my friends in the East 

 not to come. A man who lived there said it is no 

 uncommon thing to find dead bodies floating in San 

 Francisco Bay. 



I am a girl eighteen years old. My father keepi 

 bees, and I am much interested in them; also in th« 

 proliibition cause. 



Corning, Cal., Nov. G. Cakoline Hubert. 



Thanks for your suggestion, my good 

 friend; but are not the temperance people 

 somewhat at fault that California went so 

 very wet? It is reported the drys tried to 

 pass a law making it a penitentiary offense 

 to purchase and drink California wines in 

 one's own home. We, even in this fight, 

 must be " wise as serpents and harmless as 

 doves." 



CIGAEETTES, AND TOBACCO IN GENERAL ; WHAT 

 THE OHIO FARMER SAYS ABOUT IT. 



We take pleasure in clipping the follow- 

 ing from the Ohio Farmer of a recent date. 



Government statistics show that during the year 

 1913 the people of the United States consumed 

 cigarettes to the number of 14,530,486,200. This 

 was an increase of 2,186,633,708 over the previous 

 "banner year." Think of it I This is an average of 

 39,000,000 cigarettes each day, and the total value 

 of all of these cotifin-nails was $72,781,626. One 

 authority has estimated that it must have been necrs- 

 sary for 1500 boys to fall victims to the devastating 

 habit each day, in order to keep up this terrific de- 

 mand. It is also observed by sociological workers 

 and students of the general question that the taste 

 for liquor in a mild form is inspired by constant 

 smoking, and the habit is thus responsible for many 

 of the most serious woes of society. Dr. Dennis, of 

 the medical school of Cornell University, states that 

 " the tendency to beer-drinking is greatly strengthen- 

 ed by cigarette-smoking, because this habit becomes 

 almost constant, causing a dryness of the throat and 

 fauces, and hence irritating the throat." Another 

 effect of cigarette smoking, we are told, is that it 

 lands more boys in the police and juwenile courts 

 than all other habits combined. One city magistrate 

 testifies that out of 300 boys brought before him, 

 charged with various crimes, 295 were cigarette- 

 smokers. While it may not be true to say that every 

 boy who smokes cigarettes acquires criminal tenden- 

 cies, it is true, beyond question, that every boy or 

 immature man who indulges in the habit to any 

 extent suffers certain physical impairments that les- 

 sen his value as a worker, either with his muscle or 

 his brain; and he is placing a serious obstacle in the 

 way of his success by continuing the habit. The 

 records of Harvard University have been cited to the 

 effect that while over 83 per cent of the students use 

 tobacco, for over 50 years no tobacco-user has stood 

 at the head of his class. Smoking in any form does 

 not do the smoker any real good, although it may 

 soothe him and furnish him a certain amount of 

 amusement and indulge a taste that has been ac- 

 quired. It is less injurious to mature men than to 

 young men who are just getting their development ; 

 and the boy who wishes to make the most of his 

 career should refrain from tobacco. 



May the Lord be praised that we have at 

 least one agricultural paper that dares to 

 come out like the above, not only against 

 cigarettes but against tobacco in general, 

 especially while it is true that so many men 

 occupying prominent positions continue to 

 set a bad example before the boys gi'owing 

 up all around them. 



