JUNK 1, 1915 



youn^or peojile who read these lines do not 

 reineinber the notorious " nuUiHcation act " 

 wlien tlie lemperance forces iiad gotten a 

 law that made a dead "open and shut " on 

 the liquor-tratlic, and had put on the lid, as 

 it were, so there was seeininjily no escape. 

 Well, some "great men(?)" pretended they 

 understood the law to mean what every 

 schoollioy knew it did nut mean. We let it 

 pass because we could not (or thought we 

 could not) help ourselves. The great Jeho- 

 vah of former times seemed to have turned 

 his face from us. lie apparently did not 

 see or did not hear; and we stupid mortals 

 could not undeistand that he was just let- 

 ting US go until we were forced to learn the 

 lesson he was trying to teach us. 



There is just noiv one ray of light com- 

 ing; in fact, the extract I have made above 

 indicates it. To the surprise of almost 

 every good man and woman on the face of 

 the earth, Russia — yes, poor stupid heathen 

 Russia (as we were wont to call her here in 

 the United States) all at once discovered 

 that a drunken nation or a nation of drunk- 

 ards is no match for a nation of sober 

 peojile; and the Czar of Russia, without 

 any preamble, and without consulting any- 

 body, put on the lid, as we express it in 

 the United States, and, without any warn- 

 ing, kicked out this liquor Aclian with his 

 shekels of silver and wedge of gold. He 

 did not stop to argue about revenue; and, 

 to the surprise of the liquor-soaked people 

 of that great nation, they began to feel 

 better and happier right away; in fact, like 

 the poor demoniac who dwelt among the 

 tombs, all at once they became " clothed and 

 in their right mind." 



Abundant figures have been given to show 

 that if this reform keeps on for only a 

 short time, more lives will be saved than 

 have been lost in the "war. It has been a 

 terrible lesson to us all, God knows; but as 

 you go back over the ground I have covered 

 in this Home paper does it not seem prob- 

 able that this terrible war was the only 

 thing that •would arouse our people and 

 help them to consider the enormity of our 

 gniilt in permitting this thing to go on as 

 we have done? 



While I write, the United States is con- 

 sidering whether it will be safe to follow 

 the example of Russia. The separate states, 

 one after another, have taken it up and 

 become " white " and clean at an unprece- 

 dented rate. Tn another place I have told 

 you how Florida has just defeated the giant, 

 and has come out in ]ilain and unmistakable 

 terms for freedom from the tyrant. Ohio 



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lias just been defeated by trickery and 

 fraud; but she is rising in her might, and 

 bids fair to overthrow the giant before 

 many months have passed. Are you, my 

 friends, whose eyes rest on these pages, 

 ready to show the courage of David in old- 

 en times, and declare as he did, " Thou hast 

 defied the armies of the living God "? 



WHERE THIEVES BREAK THROUGH AND 



steal/' etc. 



Mr. A. I. Root: — Gi'eetings to you in Jesus' name. 

 I am a regular reader of Gleanings and also a 

 preacher beekeeper. Two years ago I look off a little 

 over 2000 lbs., part extracted and part section 

 honey, from 16 colonies, spring count, but last year 

 the drouth hit us so that I got no surplus at all ; 

 and instead of the 22 colonies with which I started 

 out in the spring I had only 12 left. Something 

 happened to me last fall that was enough to make 

 " even a preacher " feel a little cross. Some rascal 

 of a beekeeper got into the place where I had ray 

 bees, and stole the three best colonies out of fifte( n 

 that I was getting ready for winter. They were 

 two-story high, and weighed at least 100 lbs. each. 

 That is worse than stealing honey. I offered a nice 

 reward, but never got any trace of them. 



I read with interest Our Homes and Health Notes 

 in Gleanings. I see that you have trouble to get 

 your hands clean after getting black auto grease on 

 them. My boys are Just now manufacturing a hand- 

 cleaner that I believe will solve this problem for 

 you much more pleasantly than you are now trying 

 to solve it according to yours in Gleanings for 

 March 15. I am sending you a 1-lb. 10-cent box 

 to-day. Use it according to directions, and see how 

 easily the grease can be removed from the hands. 

 We are making it from our own formula, and it is 

 the best thing out for such purposes. 



My oldest son is now attending Western Union 

 College at Lemars, Iowa, preparing himself for the 

 ministry. The other two are still at home attending 

 high school. What they make out of the soap prop- 

 osition will be used to put them through school. If 

 after a thorough test you can say a good word for 

 this article I am sure it will be appreciated. 



My bees came through the winter finely. When I 

 set them out two weeks ago, several of the colonies 

 had a few young bees hatched out, and every one of 

 the twelve had patches of brood in from one to three 

 frames. This is the first time I ever had hatching 

 brood in the cellar. 



Geneseo, 111., April 1. George A. Walter. 



The soap is certainly ahead of anything 

 else I ever got hold of. When I am in a 

 hurry it is certainly a great help. But what 

 you say about thieves stealing your bees 

 just to g:et the honey worries me. If, in 

 answer to your reward offered, he should be 

 caught and punished, the good to the world 

 would not compare with getting him con- 

 verted, say, by Billy Sunday or some "bee- 

 keeper preacher." " He that converteth a 

 sinner from the error of his way, shall save 

 a soul from death, and shall hide a multi- 

 tude of sins." My good brother, have not 

 you and others permitted saloons to flourish 

 unhindered in vonr midst? 



