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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May ir 



artesian well and thei'c partook of inward 

 cleansing. We always tried hard to see who 

 could drink the most. We never stopped with 

 less than ten or twelve glasses (holding about a 

 pint). One day I beat the large crowd by drink- 

 ing 14 glasses iii two hours. In 1839 there was a 

 similar hydropathic craze in Germany, but more 

 moderate than in Russia: but yet I took many 

 baths in winter in the liver Spree. The water 

 cuie was recommended for rheumatism, fevers, 

 etc. In regard to eating linseed, why, friend R., 

 I am somewhat surprised. Flaxseed tea is quite 

 a common thing in ray nativ(» country (Russia). 

 The seed is boihnl for two or three hours, then 

 strained: and sweetened, if for cold, with honey 

 or sugar: then add ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, 

 oi' any other essence, to taste. It is excellent 

 for colds, coughs, and dyspepsia. It will set 

 the stomach right. Even for infants' ailments 

 it beats many of the nostrums sold at high 

 prices; and. when properly pi'epared, it is pleas- 

 ant to take. Try it, but don't eat the raw seed, 

 which is good enough for cattle: but even then 

 the oil is better. P. C. Bluhm. 



Smithville, Tenn., May 4. 



" rp:xder i'xto cesak the things that 

 ARE Cesar's." 



Do not be too hard on Dr. Hall. If he had 

 not revived Joel Shew's recommendation, it 

 might have lain dormant another quarter of a 

 century -as it has the past one. I have the 

 book, and read it years ago; but it was laid 

 away and almost forgotten, and I thank you 

 and Dr. Hall for reviving it again. A revival 

 is often veiy beneficial, sometimes, even in re- 

 ligious affairs. Tnos. A. Maskei.l. 



Harmersville. N. J.. May 11. 



[All right, friend M. I will try to have more 

 chai'ity. One summer, some years ago. I was 

 complaining that my feet were so sore and ten- 

 der that I could hardly stand it to walk around. 

 A runner for some kind of goods happened to 

 be in the store, and remarked as follows: 



'• Ml-. Root, if you will wash your feet as often 

 as you wash youi- hands and face, your troubles 

 in that line will be ended." 



I thanked him. and began straightway to 

 wash my feet every night and morning: and I 

 found it an excellent plan, duiing hot weather 

 in summer, to go around on the lawn barefoot- 

 ed, while the grass was covered with dew. 

 Now. this man did me a great favor. Pei'haps 

 it would not have been a bad investment if I 

 had given him MM) for the information, and he 

 might have called it a discovery of his.* Is not 

 this a parallel case? and would it be right or 

 Christianlike for somebody to charge *4.(Jb for a 

 secret or discovery that consists simply in wash- 

 ing your feet as often as you wash your hands 

 and face? I suppose the matter has been dis- 

 cussed enough already, only that Dr. Hall (.s- 

 now at this iiery inmnciit taking money from 

 people who do not read the papers, whei'ever he 

 or his agents can hunt them up.J 



the water cure Ft)K TAINS IN THE SIDE. 



Thanks for youi- pamphlet. I have great 

 faith in your remedy. If you will send some to 

 my address I will see that they get to people I 

 think they may benelit. A neighbor sent for 

 me in great haste. One of the family was taken 

 suddenly with what they thought w as i)leurisy. 

 suffering great pains in side and bowels. I 

 urged them to try hot-water enemas, with a lit- 

 tle soda dissolved in it. using the common 

 syringe. It bro\ight entire relief in a v<'i'y few 

 minutes. I think pleurisy, inflammation of the 



*Wadiiig tlu'ougli tlie deuy (jrass is a discuveiy of 

 mine— 11 discovery in " Wdter cure." 



bowels, and a great many other tioubles. could 

 be cured by using hot-water enemas, and hot- 

 water compresses outwardly, covered with dry 

 flannels. I know it will cure inflammation of 

 the bowels every time if persevered in. 

 N. Royalton. 6.. Apr. 16. Mrs. O. M. Keyes. 



THE NASAE DOUCHE — A CORRECTION. 



Frioul Root: — I see I got a bad mistake in 

 " Water Cure for Nasal Catarrh." page 3?8. I 

 said, ■■ Breathe through the nose." when I 

 should have said, tlirough the mouth. Press 

 the little nozzle against one nostril, and liold 

 the palate of the mouth firmly against the roof, 

 so the water can't go down the throat or into 

 the mouth. Done thus, there is no danger of 

 strangling. I am veiy sorry it got in wrong; 

 for if any one tries it that way he is sure to get 

 strangled. Put a teaspoonful of salt to a pint 

 of warm water, and it will feel pleasant: but 

 without the salt you can't stand it. You would 

 think the top of your head was blown oflF. 



Venice. Fla., Mav 1. 1891. J. H. Hii.i,. 



SIMPEICITY AND CHEAPNESS. 



Accept thanks for the little book on water 

 cure. You seem to be in some trouble about 

 the stiff rubber piece at the end. I use a large 

 goose-quill pushed down into the rubber hose. 

 Push tlie quill entirely down, so the hose will 

 cover it at the end. and sort o" pucker over it. 

 The quill does not obstruct the flow of the wa- 

 ter. For a nasal douche I use the same with a 

 little cotton rolled round so as to plug up the 

 nostril. Wm. \\ ason. 



Rockdale, Texas, May ".». 



AVITHOUT .MONEY AND WITHOUT PRICE. 



A few days since, when I was in a little vil- 

 lage I heard a lady, an acquaintance of mine, 

 who has poor health, telling another afflicted 

 sister of a wondeiful cure foi' human ills. She 

 dwelt largely upon its merits, and said she 

 would give hi'r friend the addi-ess: and if she 

 would send §2.00 she could obtain full directions. 

 The treatment was simple, but she did not feel 

 at liberty to tell what it was. I interposed at 

 this point, and asked if it was HalTs hot-water 

 cure. The lady looked at me in amazement. I 

 believe that for the moment she thought that I 

 too was a disciple of Hall, and had fallen from 

 grace, and was i-evealing secrets I had promised 

 to keep. She did not answer. I asked her if 

 she knew Mr. Root, of Medina, and if she read 

 Gleanings. She knew neitln'r one. strange to 

 say. I then told them both how you were ex- 

 posing the water secret, and the other lady went 

 home well pleased in possession of both water 

 cure and .*?.00. Suuscriber. 



GOLDEN ITALIANS. 



akp: they less hardy than the three 

 banded rees? 



In an editorial in Gleanings. April 1.5. you 

 speak of the " yellow five-banded bees "dying 

 in such a way that many people would infer 

 that they were less hardy than the thi'ee-band- 

 ed or leather-colored Italians. I have had five 

 or six colonies with a strain of the "yellow five- 

 banded bees." on trial the past three yeais. and 

 duiing all this time they have been numbered 

 among my very best colonies in regard to win- 

 tering and building uj) early in the spring. 

 They are less inclined to rol). and are gentler 

 thaii any three-banded Italian bcH's I ever saw. 

 The |)ast three seasons have been poor honey 

 seasons, but they have done as well as any oth- 

 er liees I have— better than the Carniolans. If I 

 remember aright, they are descended from a 

 queen procured of Mr. (i. M. Doolittle. and \k> 



