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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 1 



Health Notes 



ROBBING SICK PEOPLE. 

 The following, clipped from the American Is- 

 sue, explains itself: 



WHISKY AND CONSUMPTION. 



In an address before the Mississippi Valley Medical Associa- 

 tion in Louisville, Ky., on Oct. 15, Dr. T. D. Crothers, of Hart- 

 ford, Conn., editor of the Journal of Inebriety, said: 



The so-called moderate use of spirits, which diminishes the vi- 

 tality and lowers the resisting power of nature, is an active cause 

 of consumption and typhoid fever, and is accountable for over 30 

 per cent of the cases of pneumonia. In fact, there is no disease 

 known, and no surgical operation performed, that is not influ- 

 enced and made worse by spirits. 



The present efforts of laymen and societies to correct and pre- 

 vent this evil as a moral one is a sad reflection on the stupidity 

 of the medical profession. 



And yet every daily paper published in any of 

 our large cities is filled with advertisements rec- 

 ommending whisky, not only for consumption 

 but almost every other known disease, from Duf- 

 fy's malt whisky for people toward a hundred 

 years old to the Wilson whisky advertised on the 

 waste-paper baskets all over the great city of 

 Cleveland, on which we see advertising urging 

 sick persons to drink luhisky to make them well. 

 We have as a nation succeeded in stamping out 

 diphtheria and typhoid fever by fo/«/>i'///«^ people 

 to use pure water; but what is being done to pre- 

 vent them from drinking bad whisky, even when 

 this whisky is -ivorse than poison.? When one 

 dies from typhoid fever he dies an honest, inno- 

 cent death; but when he dies from the effects of 

 whisky he fills a drunkard's grave. In the latter 

 case, however, his friends do what they can to 

 conceal the fact. Is it not almost time that 

 Christian people, and temperance people too, re- 

 fuse to take a daily paper or any other kind that 

 parades such terrible falsehoods in regard to the 

 use of whisky for curing disease.? How about 

 Chemist Wiley's remarks in regard to misleading 

 and hurtful advertisements? 



After the above was dictated I found the fol- 

 lowing in the St. Louis Times: 



AU MEN WARNED NOT TO MISLEAD PUBLIC; LAW WILL 

 PUNISH DISHONEST ADVERTISERS, SAYS GOV- 

 ERNMENT PURE-FOOD EXPERT. 



New York, Nov. 11. — Addressing the members of the Sphinx 

 Club of Advertising Men, Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, head of the Gov- 

 ernment Pure-food Bureau, warned them that the publication of 

 dishonest advertisements would land them in the toils. 



" Let me tell you right now," he said, " that no advertising is 

 honest which makes any misleading statement about the quality 

 or benefits of the goods advertised. 1 would not like to see any 

 of you brought up before me in Washington for any such offense, 

 but if you continue, I will get you — or, rather, the law will." 



Referring to the presence of deleterious compounds in almost 

 all foods. Dr. Wiley said he had revised his morning prayer to 

 read: '" Give me this day my daily sins, and forgive me my 

 bread, as 1 forgive those who gave it to me." 



To the above I wish to add, three cheers for 

 Professor Wiley! and let us each and all see to it 

 that the way of the transgressor is made hard. 

 When you get swindled by some misleading and 

 dishonest advertisement it is a Christian duty to 

 have those who deceived you brought to justice. 



out breakfast causes a headache. If the omission of breakfast is 

 continued, the headaches will finally stop. 



The best remedy I have ever found for dyspepsia, or the disa- 

 greeable indigestion of food, is to eat a piece of raw cabbage at 

 the close of the meal. Eat the stump and some of the green 

 leaves on the outside. Get the cabbage fresh from the garden, 

 and one of the smaller-sized ones, say a head about 4 inches in 

 diameter. Cut it into quarters, and eat about one quarter. Use 

 a little salt if it tastes better. I consider the cabbage a great 

 deal deal better than any kind of fruit. If we use milk with our 

 meals it should be mixed with four-fifths water, and slightly 

 sweetened with honey. Sugar and bread cause the sore stom- 

 achs, most likely. Their carbons are dead. 



In regard to the boiled wheat mentioned by Dr. Miller in the 

 sixth paragraph on page 1243, I wouM say that, if the wheat is 

 soaked through the night, it will boil in an hour or less instead 

 of 2H hours. After boiling the wheat let it stand in a warm 

 place until it begins to smell of fermentation. It should not fer- 

 ment enough to be perceptible to the taste. Taste and smell are 

 two different things. Then grind it through a mill and boil it in 

 a vegetable soup for five or ten minutes in fitting it for the table. 

 After the fermentation the heat splits up the starch-cells. I have 

 used wheat in this way for years. 



Chatsworth, Cal., Nov. 7. C. W. Dayton. 



The above reminds me that years ago I read 

 that cabbage is more digestible when raw than it 

 is'when cooked; and oftentimes when I was run- 

 ning a market-wagon I found a small head of Jer- 

 sey Wakefield cabbage that had just burst open 

 would often afford me quite a luscious lunch. 

 In fact, I used to put these cracked heads on the 

 table, saying that I preferred them in that way 

 to any of the various cooked cabbage, and this 

 raw cabbage always agreed with me nicely. You 

 see this is a strong argument in favor of " un- 

 cooked foods. " Raw apples seem to me now to 

 agree with me much better than any kind of 

 cooked apple. I feel sure that most of us will 

 find we can get benefit by using a certain amount 

 of uncooked fruits and vegetables at every meal. 

 And just see what a saving it is in time and fuel 

 for the good wife! 



BEE-KEEPERS AND POULTRYMEV; ARE THEY AS A 



RULE ABOVE THE AVERAGE IN THE WAY 



OF MORALS AND ABILITY.? 



It has been many times suggested — at least 

 through the bee-journals — that bee-keepers are as 

 a rule good, clean, and progressive men. I do 

 not remember to have heard, however, that those 

 who are in the poultry business have better 

 morals than the average humanity; but it begins 

 to look a little that way. Mr. J. F. Schureman 

 has just given to the world a little book entitled 

 " Harold Ware." While it is a story-book, and 

 a most fascinating piece of fiction, the author 

 manages to touch on the work of the Anti-saloon 

 League, the labor troubles, both bees and poul- 

 try, and through it all to hold up the spirit of the 

 Lord Jesus Christ as we see it exemplified through 

 the hearts of the common people when they hap- 

 pen to get started in the right channel. The 

 price of the book is 25 cents, in neat paper bind- 

 ing, or 50 cents in cloth. Address J. F. Schure- 

 man, Marseilles, III, editor of Commercial Poul- 



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Convention Notices. 



TROUBLE WITH OUR DIGESTIVE ORGANS. 



1 wish to suggest that the cause of Mr. BischofT's sore stomach, 

 as described on page 1272, Oct. 15, is that he is slightly overeat- 

 ing. Let him go without breakfast until 11 o'clock, or noon, 

 and in a week or two his stomach will recover. 



If the stomach feels very faint at about 9 o'clock, when doing 

 without breakfast, take a small glass of water and put into it 

 four tablespoonfuls of milk, and honey the size of a hickorynut. 

 Mix them well and sip slowly with a teaspoon. This should 

 satisfy the stomach until 12 or 1 o'clock. Sometimes going with- 



The Colorado bee-keepers will hold their annual convention 

 in Denver, at the American House, corner of Sixteenth and 

 Blake, Dec. 8 and 9. Program later. 



N. L. Henthorne, Sec. 



A meeting of the bee-keepers of Eastern Illinois and Western 

 Indiana will take place at the court-house in Watseka, III., Dec. 

 15 and 16, at 10 a.m. A good program is prepared. A question- 

 box will be provided. Otherbusiness will be taken up. All in- 

 terested will please attend. Ray Ensinger, Sec. 



