1891 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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trim to leave oft' the foul weed. Why, it would 

 be ii great piiy to df'tilc the holy temi)k' after 

 having been made clean in the way we have 

 indicated. And all this great work in cleanli- 

 ness, and its resulting health, is to be accom- 

 plished in your own home, by means of ])ure 

 water, pure air, plenty of sunshin(>. and all the 

 rest of God's free gifts. What will the doctors 

 do? Why. bl(>ss you. we will pay them a good 

 salary, and aitpoint them as inspectors to over- 

 haul us, say twice a weel\. and see that we are 

 doing our duty on the aViove line. 



GIVING AWAY THE WATEII-CURE SFX'KET AMONO 

 THE FAK.MEKS. 



There is an agent in our neighborhood selling 

 Dr. Hall's recipes. He hasn't sold any in this 

 neighborhood, for I haven't been very still. 

 The farmers are oi'ganized all over this part of 

 the country, and it is an easy matter to get 

 news around in a very short time. 



Solitude. Ind., March 17. .1. P. Utley. 



WHAT A DOCTOR SAYS OF THE WATER CURE, 



AND ITS OI.DNESS. 



We have one of Dr. Hall's agents here selling 

 the "secret" for #4.0(). I am a graduate of the 

 Hygeio-Therapeutic College, of New York, of 

 the class of 18(35, and have used the drugless 

 remedy for 30 years. When I first heard of Dr. 

 Hall's '"secret" I said I could guess what it 

 was; and I told the agent that, if there was one 

 part of the water-cure system of more impor- 

 tance than another, it was the use of water in- 

 jected into the colon. I am not practicing now, 

 but I could give numerous instances of the re- 

 lief administered by the syringe. I know of no 

 better motto for health than "Trust in God. 

 and keep your bowels clean." Ezra Yoder. 



Paola, Kan., March 11. 



WATER CrRE — USING IT TO EXCESS. 



I think you extremely modest in putting the 

 internal water tivatment before the public. 

 While others, through greed and avarice, are 

 making money selling this as a new and secret 

 remedy, I am glad that you are so magnani- 

 mous as to print and furnish it for distribution 

 free of cost. Only lately I paid four dollars 

 just to find that one Hall had learned this 

 treatment about the same time I did. Now a 

 word of caution. Old men sometimes ride hob- 

 bies, and it is said that old cranks are the worst 

 of cranks. Don't come to regard this as a uni- 

 versal panacea. Don't recommend it on all 

 occasions and for all persons. It is possible to 

 practice it to such an extent that nature will 

 cease to perfoi-m lier functions, and the person 

 be left dependent on artificial means for the 

 operations that nature is intended to produce. 

 I suppos(^ you remember a ease reported of a 

 typhoid patient dying by using this remedy. 

 Please send me oO to KM) co|nes of the treatment. 



Philipsburg, Pa., March 10. .Inc. D. Chi.i.. 



WATER-CURE TREATMENT: WASHING OUT THE 

 STOMACH. 



I wish to say a word about that "drugless 

 remedy." There is one point you have not 

 touched upon. An acquaintance of mine was 

 sick for a long time with a sUmiach trouble. 

 The usual prescriptions were administei'ed with 

 but little effect. Finally the doctor brought 

 a long rubber tube, about three or four feet 

 long, with a funnel atone (>nd. The small end 

 was introduced into the stomach, and warm 

 water poured into it until the stomach and tube 

 were full. In a short time the funnel end was 

 dropped low down over a pi'oper I'eceptacle, and 

 the contents of the stomach all came out 

 through the tube. All that was not digested 



was removed: and when food was taken again, 

 th(^ man had a clean slomach to starti on. and 

 his improvement was jinmediate ami marked: 

 and thus what di-ugs failed to effect the water 

 accomplished. This doctor giv<'s the same 

 treatment to others alllicted in like manner. I 

 sujjpose this means is known to you. but I think 

 it should be nu'ntioned in connection with your 

 other "wash and be clean" arrangement. I 

 know that the us(! of water will relieve th(» 

 painful ettects of piles, and am not sure but a 

 frequent application will result in a p<M'nuxnent 

 cure. Kamrleh. 



LIBIES' G0MVERSM1QNE. 



MRS. HARRISON GIVES SOME ENCOURAGING 

 WORDS. 



THE LADIES PARLOR. 



I had l)egun to think that Gleanings was 

 not as good as it used to be. When a new one 

 came I would look it all through to see if any of 

 the ladies had wi'itten, and felt lonesome and 

 disappointed when I found ncjthing from them. 

 I do not believe that I take much interest in a 

 bee-paper where the other sex do (til the writ- 

 ing. The April 1 No. of Gleanincjs was a de- 

 liglit, a regular "conversazione." How nice in 

 the editor to fit us up a parlor to do our talking 

 ill! 



I am personally acquainted with all in atten- 

 dance at the last "conversazione." with the ex- 

 ception of Mrs. Grubb. and to her I extend my 

 H^" in token of friendship, and I should be 

 glad to welcome her to our bee-conventions or 

 at my own home. 



It is refreshing to hear from " Our Clearing " 

 again, and hojje that Nellie Linswik will come 

 often and bi'ing with her her sister, who wields 

 so graceful a ijen. I've long thought that I 

 could not go to that great city of Chicago if it 

 were not for my dear friend Mrs. .Stow to guide 

 me and keep me from being run over by the 

 grip cars which glide upon one unawares. And 

 now that T am the eldest, I will take the big 

 chair, and Mi's. Axtell can recline on tlie sofa, 

 as she is an invalid, and we will have a talk 

 about seats. 



RESTING-PLACES IN THE APIARY. 



The girls will no doubt say, " Uraph! I don't 

 want any." My advice is, that you had better 

 try them* at least. I've learned to do a great 

 deal of work sitting that I could not do at all if 

 I did not. A woman complained to a very self- 

 reliant neighbor that she was not able to stand 

 up to mix her bread. She replied. "Sit down, 

 then.'' That was not the kind of answer she 

 exyjected or desired, and she would not be apt 

 to apply to her again for sympathy. Our hives 

 stand upon the ground, raised at the back the 

 height of two hi'icks. and one in fi'ont; and if I 

 liad to remove the combs from one hive to an- 

 othei' standing. I could not do it; but I can en- 

 joy doing it sitting. Our hives are eight-frame 

 Langstroth, with cap and loose cover. The cov- 

 er is two boards, grooved together and cleated. 

 I've received a great many cui'tain lectures 

 from turning these caps upon their sides and 

 sitting upon them. I'm told that I rack them, 

 which I do when the ground is uneven; and 

 once I found myself sitting down suddenly upon 

 four little boards. "If youiflfZ sit upon the caps, 

 why don't you put the cover on .and sit that 

 way?" The cap is lighter, and of a height to 

 suit me better. If I should get down upon my 

 knees at the side of a hive, the rheumatism 

 would find it out in an hour, and move in. If I 



