1908 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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should be exceedingly careful about overeating. 

 A great lot of us, when we get to be sixty or niore, 

 propose to " take life easy " and let the younger 

 folks attend to the duties of life. Then if we 

 happen to be so unfortunate as to have little or 

 nothing to do, we get into the habit of eating be- 

 tween meals of this, that, and the other, because 

 we have nothing else to occupy ourattention; and 

 the result is a loss of health and perhaps a loss of 

 life. 



Besides the Cornaro treatise there is a selection 

 from Lord Bacon and several others along the 

 line of long life. There is an introduction by 

 Joseph Addison, from the Spectator, dated 1711. 



Here is something more in the same line, which 

 I clip from the Medina Gazette, on what is call- 

 ed "Monday sickness." 



A bulletin of the Indiana State Board of Health contains some 

 pointed remarks from a teacher concerning the regular " Monday 

 sickness " in the public schools. She said: " More school- 

 children are ill on Monday than any other day of the week. By 

 Wednesday or Thursday the attendance and condition of the pu- 

 pupils are up to the standard, and they stay so the rest of the 

 week. Inquiry showed that every family had an elaborate din- 

 ner on Sunday, and that the children and parents ate more on 

 that day and exercised less. Fourteen of twenty-seven children 

 were found to have been ' Monday sick' almost every Monday. 

 Acting upon the idea that the Sunday big dinner was the cause of 

 the trouble, ten children were selected, and the parents were re- 

 quested to set the ordinary dinner for two consecutive Sundays. 

 The result was, all of the children came to school on the follow- 

 ing Mondays, bright, and quite free from the symptoms hereto- 

 fore detailed." 



I may add to the above that one of the teach- 

 ers of our Medina schools told Mrs. Root that 

 there is more trouble on account of absence or 

 sleepy children on Monday than on any other 

 day of the week, and the cause is no doubt ex- 

 plained in the above. I have long maintained 

 that, if there is any day in the week when the 

 good wife should be excused from getting a reg- 

 ular dinner, that day is Sunday; and yet, be it 

 said to our shame and disgrace, nine out of ten 

 of our homes get up a more elaborate spread for 

 Sunday than any other day, and I am afraid that, 

 on top of that, the children (and may be the par- 

 ents too) eat a lot of things between meals because 

 they have nothing else to do. 



I think I have before mentioned a good woman, 

 a relative of mine by marriage, who did all the 

 cooking for Sunday dinner the day before; and 

 not only the inmates of the home, but any visitor 

 who happened to be there, was obliged to put up 

 with a cold meal on Sunday, and I hope there 

 was nothing very elaborate about it. May God 

 help us to climb out of our bad habits, especial- 

 ly when we remember that the ladder that takes 

 us up stands on earth and reaches toward heaven. 



A few days ago I suggested to friend Terry 

 that he and I would be expected to demonstrate 

 the correctness of our own teachings by living to 

 be 100 years old; and I also suggested that we 

 ought to get to work and see which will live the 

 longer. I do not mean, dear friends, simply pro- 

 longing existence, but, on the contrary, like Cor- 

 naro, do our best for the world and for humanity 

 when we are along in the nineties and close up to 

 a full century. Perhaps you would like to know 

 what Terry says about it. Here it is: 



Barring accident, friend Root, you can gradually become ideal- 

 ly well in every way — able to do a full man's work, and keep so 

 for many years. I intend to, and have no limit set in my mind; 

 leave that to God after doing my part. I intend to be young at 

 100. By the way, let us spend the days together when we reach 

 the 100-year mark. There is not the slightest joke in any of 



this. I am seriously in earnest. It doisn't seem possible; but I 

 shall be younger and better in every way ten years from now 

 than I am to-day, judging from past experience. You notice Cor- 

 naro found it the same. T. B. Terry. 

 Hudson, C, Oct. 15. 



Mrs. Root suggested that she fears we two old 

 men will have to run the latter end of the race 

 without our wives if we expect to get to the 100 

 mark. I replied that friend Terry expects to 

 take his wife along with him, and that, if Mrs. 

 Root did not get contrary, 1 should greatly enjoy 

 her company too up to the 100 mark. Now, we 

 are not at all exclusive. If there are any among 

 our readers who wish to "join the procession," 

 come right along. The more the merrier. 



P. S. — I would suggest that we "old fellows" 

 spend our ivinters in Florida, providing I can 

 persuade friend Terry to go along with me. We 

 can thus be outdoors all day long, and I am sure 

 he and I czxi find something to be busy about, 

 and something to be happy about, even if we are 

 over 90. 



THE VALUE OF RAW APPLES. 



The following, which I heartily indorse, was 

 sent us by J. L. Peabody, of Denver, Col. I am 

 unable to give the name of the periodical from 

 which it was taken, but it was probably some 

 Denver paper. 



Many persons fancy that raw apples are indigestible, and en- 

 durable only in the early morning. Doubtless the old adage that 

 fruit is gold in the morning, silver in the middle of the day, and 

 lead at night is to some extent answerable for this erroneous im- 

 pression. Dietitians say that raw ripe apples contain more 

 phosphates in proportion to their bulk than any other article of 

 food, fish not excepted. A recent writer on this point boldly de- 

 clares that in this lies the secret of healthful longevity. They 

 correct biliousness, and act as a sedative upon the racked nerves, 

 and allay insomnia. 



" Eat uncooked apples constantly, although, of course, in mod- 

 eration, and drink distilled water only, and years will be added 

 to your life, while the evidences of age will be long in coming." 



This argument is based on the supposition that, as age ad- 

 vances, the deposits of mineral matter in the system increase, 

 and that aging is little more than a gradual process of ossification. 



Phosphoric acid contains the least amount of earth salts, and 

 for that reason is probably the nearest approach to the elixir of 

 life known to the scientific world. 



If you wish to live long, retain your youth at the same time, 

 and to increase your brain tissue, eat plenty of apples, drink only 

 distilled water, and eat as little bread as possible. Tart apples 

 are far more wholesome than sweet, and all, like potatoes, should 

 be fully ripe when eaten. 



SELLING SECRETS, ETC. 



We are still at it, friends, like the Irishman 

 who had six wives. He said, in explanation of 

 his conduct, " Plase yer honor, I was thrying to 

 get a good one;" and we are still sending out 

 money for secrets in order " to get a good one." 

 E. H. Palmer, of Alfred, N. Y., says in his cir- 

 cular that his wonderful secret of selecting lay- 

 ing hens is worth .$50.00. But out of the sym- 

 pathy and generosity of his heart he is selling it 

 for only 50 cents. Before you can have this won- 

 derful information, however, you have to sign 

 your name to a pledge not to divulge any thing 

 contained in the booklet. There are two agree- 

 ments, and both must be signed by the purchaser; 

 and the matter is so valuable, and his " profit " so 

 small, that he adds: " Personal check or draft 

 will positively not be accepted unless 15 cents is 

 added for exchange." 



Well, I sent on my 50 cents, but I did not 

 sign any agreement whatever. But I got the 

 book all the same by the very first mail, as I al- 

 ways do. In fact, I have tie-uer failed so far to 



