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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



and asked that tlie amount of whisky fuiuislied pa- 

 tients be cut down. It may have been that whisky 

 had been used a little too freely, but depriving the 

 patients of the stimulant at needed times was far 

 from wise." 



I take it from Ihe above that the trouble 

 with the sitijerintendent was that he is a 

 little more up to the times in regard to the 

 use of whisky as a medicine. Now, I should 

 like to submit this whole matter to the in- 

 telligent, up-to-date physicians of our land. 

 If I am up to date myself, the decision is 

 that alcoholic stimulants are the very worst 

 things in the world for a tuberculosis pa- 

 tient. If the patient must die any way, and 

 you wish to hurry up his death, give laim 

 whisky. The fashion of giving a patient 

 whisky to make him feel better as he ap- 

 proaches death, I know used to be very 

 common ; and many a poor soul has been 

 hvirried- to a drunkard's grave simply 

 through the mistaken kindness of nurses 

 and physicians who ought to have known 

 better. I for one prefer to die without the 

 whisky, even if it does take a little longer. 

 ]\Irs. Root's father, when near death, pro- 

 tested because the doctors said he must have 

 whisky. He said, when almost too feeble 

 to speak at all, " I do not want it, and I do 

 not need it. You are making me a drunken 

 man." And, thank God, we were able to 

 overrule the doctors, and let the good old 

 man die sober, years ago. 



Later. — Oct. 6 we find in the Cleveland 

 Plain Dealer more about the probe institut- 

 ed because of the complaint of the inmates 

 of the hospitals. Here is a report of Avhat 

 one matron said before tlie co mm ittee : 



" Give them all the whisky they want, and it 

 would be all right," Miss Kelly further told the com- 

 mittee. 



Further on we read : 



He said that in Dr. McAfee's time patients had 

 whisky three times a d.ay. 



" Now we get it only once a day in the morning — 

 and a mighty small glass at that," he added. 



Just think of it, you friends of temper- 

 ance and Chiistian people. In this sani- 

 tarium for tuberculosis patients, a compar- 

 atively able man confesses that he used to 

 have " whisky three times a day." But 

 under the present superintendent he gets it 

 only once a day, and not a full glass of 

 whisky even then. Is not this probe or in- 

 vestigation letting some i)retty big cats "out 

 of the bag ""? 



this State dry in two years," the president of the 

 Ohio Liquor League is reported to have said, " they 

 must not only live up to every State and municipal 

 legal requirement, but they must help to bring about 

 certain reforms not on the statute-books." The warn- 

 ing is most timely, but we apprehend that none of 

 the contemplated reforms will avert the threatened 

 calamity. It is becoming more apparent every day 

 that you might as well try to stop the waves of the 

 ocean as to stop the tide of prohibition. 



The liquor men have always had to admit that, 

 when the Christian men and women of the nation 

 whole-heartedly and aggressively determine to "make 

 the map all white," it will be done. 



" MIGHT AS WELL TRY TO STOP THE WAVE8 

 OF THE OCEAN." 



We clip the following from the Union 

 Signal. See if you do not think it is about 

 right. 



In a frantic attempt to stem the tide of public 

 sentiment which threatens to sweep them from the 

 nation, the liquor interests are outlining plans for 

 reform. " If the liquor-dealers do not want to see 



IS EVIL IN THE ASCENDENCY f 

 Dear Bro. Root: — I have just read the letter in. 

 Gleanings by Bro. Doolittle. You will notice that 

 the increase of revenue from liquors and tobacco in 

 one year is about .05 2-3 per cent, while the increase 

 of population in one year can not much exceed .02 

 per cent. In spite of all that is being done to check 

 intemperance, it increases nearly three times as fast 

 as the population. And the increase in crime marches 

 hand in hand with the increase in intemjierance. 

 Facts are stubborn things. It is foolish to ignore 

 them. Speaking in a broad way, the forces of our 

 enemies are the victors; and unless there is a change 

 we shall soon be like Sodom — ready for the fire to 

 destroy. The present mighty effort of God's people to 

 clean up this earth fails to do it. What we can not 

 do, God will do. Jesus is coming. The last message 

 to this truth (Rev. 10:11) is now world-wide, and my 

 spirit says " Amen." 



Riverside, Cal., Sept. 20. W. E. Little. 



My good brother, what you say is, I sup- 

 pose, to a great extent true; but, if I am 

 correct, the figures you give come either 

 from the brewers and liquor people, or 

 from some government official who is not 

 in symjiathy with prohibition. If you will 

 read the American Issue, published at West- 

 ei'ville, Oliio, you will, I think, get the full 

 facts in the case. It is true that a large 

 quantity of liquors has been recently man- 

 ufactured; and the statistics tell what has 

 been made, and the brewers would make us 

 believe that it has all been consumed as a 

 beverage, which is not true. 



" SOCIETY MUS'T PAY THE PRICE." 



Presuming our readers have all read 

 about the trial of Diggs and Caminetti, I 

 omit details, and simply give the summing- 

 up of Judge Van Fleet after sentencing 

 them not only to pay fines but to go to the 

 penitentiary. 



I wish to say that all through this case there is 

 the evidence that drink had its paralyzing influenae 

 upon the morals and the minds of these men and 

 the young girls with whom they went on that trip 

 to Reno. The terrible, debasing influence of the sa- 

 loon and the roadhouse is too disgustingly apparent, 

 and I make the observation here that society must 

 pay the price for permitting the existence of these 

 highly objectionable places. 



May God be praised for a judge who does 

 not hesitate to come out so plainly and 

 square-footed against the saloon; and may 

 he grant that no petition to have them par- 

 doned out just l)ecause they have money 

 may be forthcoming. 



