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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 15 



regard to the cigarette business, we shall have 

 done something worth while. May God help 

 us. 



Perhaps I might say I sent Miss Gaston the 

 ten dollars which she asked for. If you wish to 

 send her another ten I will guarantee that it be 

 wisely and carefully used. 



THE INIQUITY OF THE CIGARETTE BUSINESS. 



Below is a clipping I have taken from the 

 bnion Signal of April 29. It is taktn from a 

 letter from one of our missionaries in China, 

 Catherine L. Stevenson. If it does not make 

 your blood boil after reading it you can not well 

 boast of belonging to — 



The land of the free and the home of the brave. 



Here is the extract: 



The cigarette is the most immediate and deadly foe of the 

 youth of China to-day. It is being imported in vast quantities, 

 and is also being manufactured to a greater oi less extent in the 

 empire. 1 have seen tiny little fellows, apparently not more 

 than three or four years old, walking on the streets puffing cigar- 

 ettes. Saddest of all, the habit is growing alarmingly among 

 women and girls. The tactics of the American Tobacco Co. in 

 China are such as should call forth the denuni-iation of every 

 right-minded American citizen. They enter new tenitoiy over 

 all the empire, even the smallest villages, and give away to 

 every man, woman, and child whom they meet a package of ci- 

 garettes. They have boasted that the Chinese people simply 

 must learn to smoke cigarettes; that they have taken the matter 

 in hand so thoronghly that the people can not escape the habit. 

 The citizens of one small city resented these methods and pub- 

 licly destroyed the cigarettes. The company appealed promptly 

 to the authorities, and the citizens were punished. Not dis- 

 couraged, they adopted another method of warfare. They had 

 posters printed setting forth the deleterious effects of the cigar- 

 ette, saying that they were poisonous, giving, indeed, some of 

 the scientific facts which we give at home, and these posters 

 were placed in conspicuous places about the city. The Ameri- 

 can Tobacco Co. promptly appealed to the consul for the protec- 

 tion of their sacred vested rights. The consul was weak enough 

 to yield, and a protest was made to the taotai, or local governor. 

 He in turn yielded, and the placards were ordered taken down. 

 Is it not a shame and a disgrace that a company coming from a 

 Western Christian nation will not allow a Chinese city to pro- 

 tect itself ? 1 do not know what methods can be taken at home; 

 but I am earnestly hopicg and praying that something may be 

 done to check this arrogant corporation before it shall have total- 

 ly ruined the Chinese of this generation. 



Will somebody please tell me what this Ameri- 

 can Tobacco Co. is .? where located ? how can it 

 be reached.? We can thank God that the Chi- 

 nese goverment has concluded to cut off the opi- 

 um traffic; and if the people of the United States 

 do not rise up in protest against the diabolical 

 work pictured in the above letter we should be 

 heartily ashamed of ourselves if nothing more. 

 Tust think of having this tobacco company fol- 

 low along in the wake of our foreign missiona- 

 ries who are trying to spread the gospel! 



Health Notes 



CORN KING. 



While recovering from my fever, nature seem- 

 ed to call for the ground meat regularly three 

 times a day. Fletcher says, you may remember, 

 eat, if possible, what nature seems to indicate — 

 just that and nothing else. Well, I should have 

 been quite well satisfied with this ground meat 

 and a little bread and butter, or some kind of ce- 

 real; but with such a heavy lean-meat diet there 

 is always trouble from constipation.* As my di- 

 gestion seemed hardly strong enough for raw 

 wheat I used it cooked, chewing it very thorough- 

 ly. The craving for meat began gradually to 



let up; and in looking for something to take its 

 place I got hold of what we call "hulled corn." 

 It seemed to hit the spot, and I ate it with won- 

 derful relish, meal after meal; and, for that mat- 

 ter, I am doing it now — a big dishful. Since 

 Patten's gambling on wheat the price has gone 

 up so much that corn is really cheaper; and I be- 

 gin to feel that it would be just as well for us as 

 a people, perhaps, to use more corn and less wheat, 

 aside from the matter of economy. 



As you may not all understand exactly what I 

 mean by " hulled " corn I will explain. We get 

 it at the groceries, a good-sized can for ten cents. 

 If you take a dozen cans you may get them a lit- 

 tle cheaper. The label on the can reads, " Van 

 Camp's Hulled Corn — the kind our grandmothers 

 used to make." 



I can remember when our family of seven used 

 to tease mother to give us some hulled corn. We 

 went out to the corncrib and selected some of the 

 very nicest ears.* It was then boiled in a kettle, 

 with a bag of ashes. I think they said hickory 

 or maple ashes were the best. This bag of ashes 

 was necessary to make the hulls slip off when the 

 corn had been boiled sufficiently. To remove 

 the hulls, and at the same time the taste of pot- 

 ash from the ashes, the corn was washed thorough- 

 ly in several waters. NotwiThstanding this wash- 

 ing, however, enough of the lye remained in the 

 corn to give ita potash flavor; and this flavor was 

 always agreeable to me, and is even yet. The 

 alkali seems to correct any tendency toward acid- 

 ity in the stomach. This corn put up in cans 

 retains the same alkaline flavor. 



The finest beefsteak to be had in the market is 

 what is called " corn-fed " beef; and after having 

 had a good opportunity to judge, I am leady to 

 declare that there is no beef in the world equal to 

 the corn-fed beef. Now, if corn is so good to 

 make beef, why is it not also a good food to make 

 big strong boys and girls, and men and women? 

 This hulled corn is very easily prepared for the 

 table. Just warm it up with a little milk (cream 

 is still better), and put on a little butier, with salt 

 and pepper to season it, and you have a dish fit 

 to set before a king. In fact, corn is king over 

 a great part of our land. May God be praised 

 for the luscious, strength-giving, beautiful yel- 

 low corn. 



Perhaps I might mention that I have found no 

 difficulty in getting this same hulled corn in our 

 Florida home, and away down there it sells at the 

 same price as here — ten cents a can. 



Please do not think from what I said that I 



* As neither the corn nor wheat, nor both together, seemed to 

 overcome the tendency to constipation after my fever, I took 

 another trip down into the apple cellar, and discovered about half 

 a bushel of the Paradise Sweet apple. Perhaps you may recall 

 that I mentioned this beautiful apple before. Where they can 

 be kept until April or May I believe I should call them the most 

 delicious apple in the world. These were not at all wilted, but 

 were juicy and tender. I ate four or five of tnem before going to 

 bed, and they straightened me out without the necessity of dras- 

 tic drugs or even castor oil; so I think 1 can go back to my old 

 decision, that not only are nice ripe apples the " best medicine 

 in the world," but they are at the same time God's medicine 

 provided on purpose for the children he loves. 



* Please consider that, although getting the corn right from the 

 corn-crib is considerably more work for the good wife, it is, how- 

 ever, cutting out all the profit of the middleman, and it also ob- 

 viates the necessity of paying for a tin can that is of no value 

 after you use up the contents. This is not only true »f hulled 

 corn but of a great variety of breakfast foods and cereals. There 

 is a tremendous saving by making a short cut from the corncrib 

 or granary direct to the dinner-table. 



