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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 1 



was thoroughly canvassed, and we were abun- 

 dantly satisfied that a fair vote would make the 

 county unquestionably dry. Imagine our sur- 

 prise, however, to have it reported 12^ nxiet. Care- 

 ful investigation now reveals the fact that the 

 little town of Avon, that contains only about 

 300 legal voters,* cast a vote of 31Q. In many 

 other small towns we find a similar state of af- 

 fairs. These extra votes were made up of men 

 employed by the brewers to come in and reside a 

 certain length of time. The matter is coming 

 up before the courts; and the question is, "Shall 

 our laws be made by the brewers with their 

 money, instead of by honest votes.?" We need 

 the prayers and sympathies of the whole wide 

 world. The outcome of this fraud in Lorain 

 County will probably influence the result in the 

 whole State of Ohio; and Ohio just now stands 

 up before the rest of the United States as an ob- 

 ject-lesson. As Ohio goes, so may the rest of 

 the States; and, finally, as the United States goes 

 in this matter of temperance, so may the rest of 

 this world of ours. May God help us to dem- 

 onstrate to the surrounding nations that God still 

 lives, and hears our prayers, and that there is 

 even noiv "a God in Israel. " 



Just as the above was dictated, a businesss let- 

 ter was put into my hand from our good friend 

 Murray — the man who has for many years made 

 the pictures in Gleanings. I want to give you 

 the concluding part of his letter: 



I am sorry Lorain Co. was off color, and went zuet, as it some- 

 how seems to hurt our county (Cuyahoga). We had every hope 

 that the good march would continue. I have fought the cursed 

 rum traffic all my life, and in my early days was in the chair of 

 both the Good Templars and Sons of l>mperance, and even in 

 the Grand Lodge of such organizations. I have even been shot 

 at by its enemies, and was clubbed insensible by a saloonist 

 who was afterward sent up for a year and a half — in Massachu- 

 setts. My early life and opportunities were clouded by the evil, 

 so you need not wonder at the hatred I have for the thing. 



You will excuse me for introducing such matters in a business 

 letter; but I feel strongly on all such subjects — not against the 

 individuals in the business of liquor-selling, but on the thing it- 

 self. It is from hell, and produces hell. The harder the brew- 

 ers kick, the worse it will be for them. 



Cleveland, Ohio. R. V. Murray. 



Up to date, Oct, 28, 37 counties in Ohio have 

 voted dry and only 4 have gone wet. One of 

 the latter is being contested on the ground of 

 fraudulent voting. 



TEMPERANCE AMONG BEE-KEEPERS. 



At our recent convention in Detroit our good 

 friend G. W. York, whose head is always level, 

 and who loves righteousness and hates iniquity, 

 gave us a grand address on temperance among 

 bee-keepers. You will doubtless get the whole 

 of it in the Afnerican Bee Journal. Well, now, 

 here is something in the same line. It is an ad- 

 vertisement clipped from the Zanesville Signal: 



It's not a question of high taxes or low taxes, good business or 

 bad business. It's a simple question of right or wrong. 



No man who has a drop of manly blood in his veins will, for 

 any business consideration, vote to retain in our midst the home- 

 wrecking, soul-destroying saloon. 



Peirce's Honey — made by the bees. 



Friend E. W. Peirce is not only a successful 

 agent for the Root Company's goods, but he is 

 a bright young man, and I am told he is en- 



* After the above statement (which 1 clip from the Cleveland 

 Plain Dealer for Oct. 22) was in print 1 was informed that there 

 are considerably more than 300 legal voters in Avon. I make 

 this explanation because God knows we would not knowingly 

 misrepresent or exaggerate in a matter of.this kind. 



gaged to be married to one of the brightest 

 young ladies in that whole region. It was my 

 pleasure to see her and shake hands with her, 

 and so I think there can be no mistake in the 

 matter. Any man who puts his name at the 

 bottom of an advertisement like the one above 

 is sure to make a good husband and to build up 

 a good home. 



Health Notes 



THE ART OF LIVING LONG. 



I hold in my hand a good-sized book of over 

 200 pages, written principally by a man who 

 lived to be 102 years old; and the very best chap- 

 ter in the whole book was written when he was 

 V5 years old. Louis Cornaro was born in 1464 

 and died in 15t6. It now seems that there have 

 been for years past persons here and there who 

 have been learning the great truth about control- 

 ling our selfish and sensual appetites. At the age 

 of 40, Cornaro was a used-up man. He had 

 wealth, ease, and leisure; but after the doctors 

 told him they could give him no help he started 

 in as did T. B. Terry. His first discourse was 

 written at the age of 83. Permit me to make an 

 extract from it, page 41: 



O wretched and unhappy Italy, canst thou not see that intem- 

 perance kills every year amongst thy people as great a number as 

 would perish during the time of a most dreadful pestilence, or by 

 the sword or fire of many bloody wars? And these truly immoral 

 banquets of thine, now so commonly the custom— feasts so great 

 and intolerable that the tables are never found large enough to 

 accommodate the innumerable dishes set upon them, so that they 

 must be heaped, one upon another, almost mountain high — must 

 we not brand them as so many destructive battles? Who could 

 ever live amid such a multitude of disorders and excesses.' 



Please notice what he says about "innumerable 

 dishes;" and may God forgive us as a people for 

 having continued this suicidal fashion up to the 

 present day. At the age of 86 he wrote his sec- 

 ond discourse; at 91 his third discourse, and at 95 

 the last and best of all. He was not only bright- 

 er when he neared 100, but a happier man, and 

 perhaps a more useful one, than he had been at 

 any time in his life. Let me make an extract 

 from page 111: 



Who could ever find weariness in a lot so truly blessed and 

 happy as the one I enjoy? Yet this happiness would be the por- 

 tion of every man if he would but lead a life similar to the one I 

 have led. And, assuredly, it is in every man's power to lead 

 such a life; for I am nothing but a man and not a saint, only a 

 servant of God, to whom the orderly life is well-pleasing. 



Now, the most wonderful part of it all is that 

 he said in his first treatise, at the age of 83, that 

 he expected to live to be 100 years old, and he 

 repeats it several times, and he did live to be 102. 



The book does not give very much direction 

 in regard to diet — that is, he does not specify ex- 

 actly n.vhat food we should eat. He was not a 

 vegetarian, although I think his food was mostly 

 along that line. He strongly emphasized the im- 

 portance of a busy outdoor life, but urges at 

 every step moderation, especially in having only a 

 limited number of articles of food at each meal, 

 and stopping when we have had just enough so 

 the digestive apparatus can handle it easily and 

 well. Like Terry, he said it is truly wonderful 

 what a small amount of food can sustain life; and 

 he strongly emphasizes the fact that elderly peo- 

 ple, especially when they give up hard work, 



