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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 1 



"rejoice a\d be glad. 

 One of the friends adds, by way of postscript 

 to a kind letter, something that reads as follows. 

 It occurred to me that it would follow nicely the 

 thought expressed in my temperance talk for this 

 issue. 



.And now let me tell you why I am so exceedingly happy to- 

 night that I can hardly write straight. Our city of about 80,000 

 inhabitants, after eleven years of lum rule and unbridled license, 

 debauchery, dninkenness, and high-handed deviltry that would 

 rival Sodom and Gomorrah in brazen defiance of morality and 

 decency, has gone no license by 1678 majority — a flop of 3000 

 from last year. I feel like throwing up my hat with a baseball 

 yell that would startle the ashes of old Father Matthew. I am 

 sure (and this will interest you) that every Methodist bell in 

 town was rung last night for all it would stand without cracking. 

 Rejoice with us. Next May will see all the snake-factories 

 closed down tight, thanks to Providence, through the Lynn No- 

 license League. We think there are brains and money and push 

 enough behind this nnvement to make it permanent, and espe- 

 cially hot for law-breakers in the business of wet giods. The 

 city of Worcester ditto. The business of the country is waking 

 up to the fact that dmnk^nness is an unreliable factor in the marts 

 of trade. H. Q. St.\ples. 



Lynn, Mass., Dec. 14. 



Health Notes 



"dull AND SLUGGISH." 



From T. B. Terry's Health Talk in the Prac- 

 tical Farmer for April 25 I clip the following: 



Alfred Vieweger, Estellville, N. J., writes: " I am 26 years 

 old, 5 ft. 7 in. tall, and weigh 145. Every week day I have hard 

 work to do for six hours. Dr. Wiley is quoted as saying that a 

 man needs daily on an average an amount of solid food equal to one 

 per cent of his weight. I am perplexed over this. My experience 

 seems to contradict it. According to the doctor I should need 

 about 23 ounces of solid food a day. But I have lived for a week 

 on 9 ounces a day of wheat and butter, and never felt so strong 

 and active before; and then when I tried to come somewhere 

 near what the doctor advised I found myself dull and sluggish — 

 just able to plod along." This report from a young man who is 

 seeking the truth is very pleasing. There are few people who 

 have yet learned just why they feel dull and have a lack of ener- 

 gy at times. By all means, my young friend, follow your own 

 plain experience, but with care to eat proper food, and never 

 mind what Dr. Wiley may or may not have said. If he said it 

 he was wrong for you and for me. For perfect results, eat just as 

 little as you can and hold your normal weight and always feel 

 Will, strong, and active. If you eat more, a part of your energy 

 must be used up in taking care of extra food which you did not 

 need, and which partially clogs the fire of life. 



Now, friends, the above statement from Mr. 

 Vieweger takes a mighty hold on me, because 

 for the past few years that " dull and sluggish " 

 feeling that he speaks of has been the greatest 

 trial of my life. If I sit down to read a book or 

 piper, and undertake to read a little too long, it 

 comes over me almost overpoweringly ; and I 

 have not found any thing but brisk hard work in 

 the opea air that will ward it off. Sometimes I 

 think it is the natural outcome of old age; but I 

 hardly think this can be true, because other peo- 

 ple keep up their strength and vigor not only up 

 to 70 but sometimes even to 80 years of age. 

 And another thing : I sometimes have spells 

 lasting for several days when I feel almost as 

 well as when I was young. Is it possible that 

 tempting articles of food that I do not need at all 

 are responsible for this feeling of being " just 

 able to plod along," as friend V. expresses it.? I 

 have tried taking a light breakfast of some of the 

 breakfast foods, especially the uncooked ones, 

 and I have thought several times I had found out 

 where the trouble was; but after my light break- 

 fast I often get so ravenously hungry by dinner- 

 time, especially when Mrs. Root prepares a tempt- 



ing dinner, that it seems almost impossible (I am 

 ashamed to make this confession) to make a stop 

 at the proper time, or to forego entirely the 

 tempting dessert. Yes, dear fri.n'.s, this is true 

 of your old friend A. I. Root, i, seems as if 

 Mrs. Root could not get hold of ihe idea that I dT 

 not really need a good nourishing "square meal." 

 Sometimes she says, " Oh, dear me! what shall I 

 get for dinner.'" Well, when nobody is to be 

 present, probably, but us two, I say, "Dear Sue, 

 do not get any thing at all. Just give me my 

 bowl of rolled wheat and some butter, and I 

 shall be all right. In fact, I have often hoped 

 you would not waste your precious strength in 

 preparing tempting foods for me." I tell her to 

 cook whatever she cares for so far as she herself 

 is concerned, but to let me follow Terry. I 

 think it must be a sort of lack of faith among 

 the women-folks in thinking that we men-folks 

 must have so many elaborate meals with lots of 

 side-dishes to wash and put away, etc. I fear, 

 too, that many of these good wives of ours are 

 afraid of being "out of the fashion." You know 

 women-folks have to dress in a way that thou- 

 sands of them do not like, because they say they 

 must follow custom or fashion — at least to a cer- 

 tain extent. Well, the younger ones can follow 

 the style if they choose; but I am sure it is not 

 necessary for people as old as Mrs. Root and I 

 to follow all the changes of fashion. 



Just one thing more about the " dull and slug- 

 gish" feeling. As warm weather comes on I find 

 it a great help to change my heavy woollens for 

 light and loose clothing. Frequent bathing is 

 also a great benefit; and last, but by no means 

 least, fresh cool air every hour of the day. May 

 God help us, especially those of us who feel that 

 we are growing old, to learn these important les- 

 sons in regard to health, especially along the line 

 ^f diet. I feel sure that T. B. Terry is on the 

 right track, or pretty nearly so, any way, because 

 I meet people everywhere I go who are rejoicing 

 in better health on a diet of uncooked food. My 

 impression is there are thousands, if we could get 

 their testimony, who are living on "wheat and 

 butter," and not more than "9 ounces" a day at 

 that. While in Florida a very bright and intelli- 

 gent woman who was visiting in our locality 

 walked to our cottage (two miles) on purpose to 

 tender me her thanks for what T. B. Terry and 

 I had done for her in giving her new life, cour- 

 age, strength, and happiness. She had been liv- 

 ing for a year or more on rolled wheat and pure 

 olive oil. Friend Terry uses the olive oil, a good 

 deal, in place of butter. In that way his diet is 

 entirely vegetable. You may gather from the 

 papers that some of the great athletes of the pres- 

 ent day are gaining their strength, and keeping 

 it, on a similar plain simple diet. 



In closing, let me remind you once more of the 

 thousands of good women who would be relieved 

 from something that is almost a sort of sla-fery if 

 people generally would adopt the diet recom- 

 mended in the clipping I have given you. Of 

 course, it takes some courage and self-control to 

 forego all of these good things we are accustomed 

 to, and which are constantly placed before us. 

 It is true that many people seem to need a cer- 

 tain amount of sweets in their "balanced ration." 

 Well, we bee-keepers have it right at hand, for 

 honey is always uncooked food. 



