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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 1. 



were disposed, in cases of this kind, to make 

 the way of the " transgressor" easy, instead of 

 verifying the Biblical proverb, -'The way of 

 the transgressor is hard." ^, , ^ ^. f 



Now you can tell whether the above state_of 

 affairs 'is true in your community or not. If it 

 is true, then it indicates a general lack all along 

 the line. Instead of seeking the kingdom of 

 God and his righteousness, we as a people (ali 

 of us) are more or less guilty, because we are 

 seeking selfishness and ease. One judge, 1 am 

 told suggested to some one who was trying to 

 convict a saloon-keeper, something like this: 



" Look here, my friend, some day you may be 

 a poor man, and in trouble." The reply was, 

 "Very likely; but if I am, I shall not expect 

 the courts of law of our country to do their 

 best to get me out of ' troubles' of Wi is kind.^ 

 One who is seeking the kingdom of God, and 

 his righteousness, needs to be more or less 

 aggressive. He must hurt people's feelings now 

 and then, and he must stand up for the right. 

 Our country needs men like Joshua; and 1 tear 

 iust now there are altogether too many men 

 settling back like Joshua's ten companions, 

 and deciding that the giants of evil are too 

 many and too great. 



Oh ! who is tliere among us, the true and the tried- 

 Wlio'll stand by his colors— who s on tlie Lord s siUe < 



DOCTORING WITHOUT MEDICINE. 



HOW FAK MAY OUR DAILY FOOD TAKE THE 

 PI>ACE OF MEDICINE? 



You know how strongly I have recommended 

 the use of milk— especially using that instead 

 of tea and coffee, and much more instead of 

 beer and other intoxicating liquors. Well, 1 

 am not going to take back any of it ; but i 

 think that, perhaps, I should mention that the 

 continued use of milk in large quantities day 

 after day may not always be advisable. A tew 

 weeks ago I was having frequent bilious 

 attacks with my old sick headache and an ex- 

 ceedingly bad taste in my moiith. In fact, 

 during the middle of these warm days the taste 

 seemed to be almost bitter. Rinsing my mouth 

 with water gave temporary relief; but urinking 

 much water— even soft water from a good cis- 

 tern—seemed, if any thing, to aggravate the 

 trouble after a little. While riding on the 

 wheel so as to perspire freely and drink copi- 

 ously, this has mostly disappeared. But 1 

 could not afford to take the time to ride thirty 

 or forty miles every day. I went to the dentist s 

 and had him examine my mouth to see it there 

 could be any cavities that helped to make the 

 bad taste. He said there was none ; but he 

 told me he was aware that a continued use ot 

 milk was liable to impart a bad taste to the 

 mouth, etc. I stopped it, and found the disa- 

 ereeable symptoms almost wholly gone. Is it 

 not something like the principle of the rotation 

 of crops on the farm ? Nature seem^ to call for 

 a " rotation of crops " in diet as well as in farm- 

 ing Come to think of it, I have several times 

 had an experience quite like that above. After 

 drinking water in place of milk for a week or 

 two the milk seems to answer all right again 

 for quite a long period. _, j. ^ f,„ 



The subject of health and diet comes up fre- 

 ouently in our home, and we are all interested 

 in the subject of health. Pineapples have been 

 Quite cheap recently, and one of the girls re- 

 marked in my hearing that this fruit unques- 

 tionably possessed medical Qualities Well 

 three or four days ago, even though I had lett 

 off the use of milk, I had an exceedingly severe 

 bilious attack. In fact, it gave nie such a 

 headache that I could hardly get about to my 



work that seems to need my presence almost 

 everywhere just now. I first took a good nap. 

 This helped the matter, but the help was of 

 but short duration. Then I tried the internal 

 water cure. This did more good, but the eflect 

 of it did not last very long, and about the tinir 

 we have our early supper (half-past four) I wa;- 

 feeling so miserable that I felt I should have it 

 goto bed unless I got relief. I was thinking 

 about supper; but my feelings revolted at every 

 thing Mrs. Root suggested. When 1 happened, 

 however, to think of what had been said aboui 

 pineapples, nature seemed to say at once, " ()li 

 yes! that will be all right. Give us a good loi 

 of pineapple." Now, I am very much averse K 

 medicines of any sort; but if you can call a pmc 

 apple a " medicine " it seems to me it would b( 

 quite an improvement over the drugstore kind 

 Mrs. Root sliced it up, put on a judicKm- 

 amount of sugar, and at my first taste I deeidec 

 that it just "hit the spot." I ate nearly th( 

 whole of a good-sized one, with excellent relish 

 accompanied with a slice or two of very nui 

 bread and butter. The result was somewha 

 astonishing to me. The bad taste in ray mouil 

 disappeared at once. Before I had finished in: 

 meal I felt refreshed all over; the headache 

 gradually disappeared, and the unpleasant u-^'l 

 ing that dyspetics understand so well was neai 

 ly gone. Mrs. Root and the children suggestH( 

 that I always overdid things by making hast 

 to conclude, as a universal rule, that '"when 

 little is good, more is better." But it did lui 

 prove so in this case. I slept soundly, and n, 

 sleep was refreshing. In the morning I rejoie 

 ed to feel that I was sound, and ready for busi 

 ness. In the afternoon the same symptom 

 began to be present; but another pineapple tc 

 supper did the business. I remember of think 

 ing, just before I ate the first one, that, it Ui 

 whole science of medicine furnished any thin 

 that would make me sound and well, say witl 

 in half an hour, or any thing that would salist 

 that intense craving and thirst, it would gi\ 

 me a faith in medicine that I had never ha 

 before Well, relief came as I have told you 

 or, perhaps I might say, my prayer for help an 

 wisdom has been fully answered. But it did n( 

 come in the line of doctors' stuffs. It did n( 

 come in the line of any patent medic^ine at 

 dollar a bottle or any other price. It can 

 simply in the line of a delicious fruit, to i 

 found near almost all of our homes. Mrs. Ko( 

 suggested that I should go to a doctor and ti; 

 him my symptoms, for she was sure he wou 

 give me some medicine that would bring relie 

 Well I have not much doubt he would h&\ 

 done 'so. He might have given me some sort ( 

 physic that would have cleansed the whole d 

 gestive apparatus of every thing— good, ba| 

 and indifferent. But the same cause woul 

 have produced the same effect, probably, soc 

 after Perhaps these remarks are a lutle roug 

 on our medical brethern ; but I guess the mo 

 intelligent of them would agree with me. 

 you can get yourself in good trim by change i 

 diet, it is better than to take physic. Is m 

 that so? The good men and women of tl 

 world, I am sure, will agree with me. bon 

 may object by saying that it is not everyboc 

 who can afford a pineapple for a meal. Ho 

 on. friends." The pineapple costs 15 cts. Yc 

 can not get a good meal anywhere for less ttia 

 '^.5 cts If everybody can not afford a pineappi 

 they nearly all think they can afford to go to 

 doctor when sick. Going to a doctor costs tro 

 U 00 to n 50, *2.00 or even K.50. Yes, we ottf 

 pay $3 .50 for a very short consultation and pp 

 scription, and in a good many cases we ha^ 

 to buy our medicine besides that, i am m 

 finding fault, for that is all right Some^pf oi 

 physicans that doctor with ' little pills (,i( 



