GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr. 1. 



WASH YE, MAKE YOU CLEAN. 



THE NEW WATER fl^RK AT THE PRESENT TIME. 



When I proposed sending our little pamphlets 

 out by the thousand, as I did in our issue for 

 March 1, I expected a flood of testimonials from 

 a grateful people; but I confess I had no com- 

 prehension that we should get such astounding 

 testimonials in regard to its power in curing 

 disease and alleviating suffering a§ have been 

 coming for the past few \\eeks. I have been 

 saj'iug to mj'self again and again. " This is a 

 new thing, and it is fashionable. Everybody is 

 talking about it, and we must make allowances 

 for the efl'ect of imaginaticm." It is not very 

 many years ago since people wei'e buying elec- 

 tric medals, or buttons — yes. whole factories 

 were engaged in making them. Even the 

 hands in our establishment, in spite of all I 

 could say, wore these senseless trinkets, and de- 

 clared they felt stronger, had more vigor and 

 energy, etc. I tried to remonstrate, and proved 

 to them the device had no electricity about it 

 at all — that electiicity did not work in that 

 way, etc. I finally gave it up in despair, and 

 inwardly groanedin anguish to think that peo- 

 ple of good sense should have faith in a silly 

 trap that was just about on a par with nailing 

 a horseshoe over your door for good luck. I do 

 not know how long tiiey stuck to their electric 

 medals, but I think they are pretty much all 

 gone now, and the electric belts and all such 

 traps with them. 



Now, the question that confronts us is. 

 ".What part (tf the wonderful cures that are 

 told of in every mail, come from this same 

 queer trait of humanity, and wiiat comes from 

 downright actual relief?" I am sure that a 

 good deal comes from the latter; for it is as 

 plain as an o])eration in surgery, or as plain as 

 the remedying of a defect in a mechanical ap- 

 Ijliance: and along with the testimony comes a 

 great string of facts in regard to relieving and 

 saving the lives of (Jomestic animals in the 

 same way. For this purpose, any of the com- 

 mon fountain pumps to be found now in almost 

 every household will answer an excellent pur- 

 pose. One writer tells of finding a valuable ox 

 just at the point of death, from a stoppage. He 

 happened to know what could be done with 

 water, so he borrowed a cheap pump of a 

 neighbor, and the animal was relieved and on 

 its feet in just a little while. I sup])ose that 

 hundi'eds of valuable horses, cattle, and other 

 stock are lost every little while just through ig- 

 norance of tiie simple means in the reach of 

 every one to relieve them. You need not be 

 afraid of using too much water. 



As I expected, the question arises continually. 

 " What shall be done with this large amount of 

 water, to get it out of the way and avoid un- 

 pleasant smells and laborious carrying?" Vei-y 

 few bee-keepers' homes are provided with 

 water-closet arrangements to dispose of this ac- 

 cumulation. The best arrangement I know of 

 is one I have described before, which we have 

 had in use for some years. The grpund back of 

 our outbuilding slopes downward for perhai)S 

 ten rods. Some years ago I dug a ditch, three 

 or four feet deep and two or three feet wide, 

 filling it within a foot of the top with stones. 

 tinware, and any old rubbish I could pick up on 

 the premises. Ovei- the top I put flat stones, 

 old tinware, sheet iron, and whatever else I 

 could gathei- up: then it was covered with 

 good rich soil. The covering was placed low 

 enough so the plow would not disturb it. This 

 is on the plan of father Cole's " new agricul- 

 ture." as you may remember. The upper end 

 of this covered ditch communicates \\ ith our 

 out-building: b)it. i)lease notice our whole 



ground is thoroughly underdrained. and the 

 underdi'ains are just below this reservoir, so It 

 can not stand full of water. Right over this 

 covered ditch we have planted rhubarb, oi' pie- 

 plant: and it supplies our whole town with im- 

 mense stalks of " pie timber " almost the year 

 round. It anybody wislies to take excei)tions 

 to this way of raising garden-stuflf, he is at lib- 

 erty to do so; but I have never seen one who 

 could tell a particle of difference between this 

 product and that raised with an abundance of 

 stable manure. In fact, there (-v no difference. 

 Now. the above arrangement will dispose of 

 just as much water as you feel inclined to use. 

 The objection to Terry's plan of having heavy 

 buckets of galvanized iron. is. that they sooii 

 become full, and heavy to carry away. One 

 good friend suggests that Terry should "modify 

 his plans for an outbuilding, so as to accommo- 

 date the new water cure. 



We have not space to mention a tenth part 

 of the wonderful cures narrated; but I may 

 s])eak of one or two. One friend was taken 

 with a pain in the back while out in the woods 

 chopping. He had great difficulty in getting 

 home. The doctor was called, and he pro- 

 nounced it rheumatism of the bowels. He did 

 every thing he could for his patient, but it 

 amounted to but very little. Other physicians 

 and different medicines were used, but to no 

 avail, and he and his friends began to think he 

 \\ ould nevei' be able to work any more. How- 

 ever, a thorough use of the new cure enabled him 

 to get up and go to work in less than three 

 (l((ys. His backache was the result of a stop- 

 page that the water removed. It took nearly a 

 month, however, to effect a permanent cure. 



I must not fail to mention, that quite a num- 

 ber have testified to the effect tluxt the new 

 water cure has a wonderful effect in the modern 

 disease called "grippe." Sudden acute attacks 

 are driven away almost instantly by the use of 

 hot water. One friend says that, by using dai- 

 ly, he entirely escaped a series of severe colds 

 that affected the whole neighborhood around 

 him. 



Several have suggested having a short tube 

 through the bottom of the pail, just large 

 enough so the rubber tube will slip over it. Of 

 course, there can be no objection to this plan, 

 but it spoils the pail for other puri)oses, and I 

 do not see that it is any more convenient. To 

 facilitate using the water, I have a light tin 

 pail, and the water is dipped from the hot- 

 water reservoir that stands on our Stewait 

 stove. This pail hangs on a hook right back 

 of the stove. The rubber tube is on a little shelf 

 (out of sight) right beside the aforesaid hook. 

 This is simply dropped into the water, and a lit- 

 tle bent wire near one end of the tube is slipjjed 

 over the edge of the pail. As soon as the other 

 end is dropped down the water begins to flow. 

 The length of the rubber tube and the 

 height of the pail determine the force of the jet 

 of water. 



DR. Salisbury's method of treating dis- 

 ease. AND his use of HOT WATER. 



Mr. Root: — In your article, "A New Method 

 of Treating Disease Without Medicine." in 

 (tle.\nings of March 1. there is a brief allusion 

 to Dr. Salisbury's method, which is somewhat 

 inaccurate. It is quite true, that the doctor 

 has accomplished and is still accomplishing 

 much for suffering humanity, but he doesn't 

 feed his patients on hot water. In his system 

 the hot water is used solely for flushing the 

 stomach and intestines, cleansing the former 

 from slimy, pasty growths, which interfeiv 

 with good digestion, and the latter from fecu- 

 lent deposits. To feed his patients, the doctor 

 prescribes beef — lean steak, free from fat and 



