1898 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



409 



LONG-RANGE WEATHER-PREDICTIONS, ETC. 



In our issue for Jan. 1, page "26, and I'eb. 1-^, 

 page 152, in commenting upon and comparing 

 the work of the I'nited States Weather Bureau 

 with that of Mr. Hicks and others, I used lan- 

 guage to which Mr. Hicks takes exception, 

 claiming that I assailed his personal character. 

 To correct such wrong impression, and wish- 

 ing to be entirely fair, I would say that I am 

 not personally acquainted with Mr. Hicks, 

 and had no means of knowing his private life. 

 I did not then intend to, neither do I now, 

 desire to reflect on his personal character ; 

 indeed, I have been told that it is above re- 

 proach, and that Mr. Hicks himself repudiates 

 all connection with astrology. For whatever 

 I may have said reflecting on his moral char- 

 acter or his standing as a Christian, I beg par- 

 don. So far, so good ; but that does not alter 

 my opinion of his forecasts. Believing that 

 his theories respecting long-range predictions 

 were unsound and unscientific, and at variance 

 with the principles and teachings of the Unit- 

 ed States Weather Bureau, I felt then and do 

 now that the publication of his forecast was 

 doing liarm ; and that as a publisher, and 

 one who has had quite an extended corres- 

 pondence with the Weather Bureau people, 

 it was my Christian duty to criticise, which 

 I did. 



I am glad to be able to indorse the chap- 

 ters in Hicks' almanac on the use of the ba- 

 rometer, and the one on constructing safety- 

 cellars and cyclone-caves. This latter chapter 

 I shall be glad to see published in every 

 home paper in the land. It gives not only 

 full directions for constructing a cellar where 

 the inmates of the home may be safe during a 

 cyclone, but it also gives plain and sensible 

 directions how to behave at such a time — put- 

 ting out lighted lamps, fires, etc., so the house 

 may not be burned up after it has been blown 

 down. 



don.-vtigns rp TO date for the shawnee- 



TOWN DIS.\STER. 



Mr. A. I. Root : — As all donations were to 

 be acknowledged through Gleanings, I in- 

 close a list up to date. I am deeply thankful 

 for what they have done. Some have been 

 very liberal indeed. If any one has sent 

 money direct to me, and his name does not 

 appear, he will do a kindness by writing to 

 me. I have private reasons for same. The 

 following is a list of the donations : 



A friend in Illinois, $10.00; Leahy Mfg. Co., Higgins- 

 ville. Mo., $14 M; Mr. J. Hartzell, Udison, Pa., fl.OO ; 

 Mr. C. Theilmann, Wabasha, Mian.. $1.00; Unknown, 

 Pennsylvania, 20cts.; Mrs. A. Stevenson, Tinglev, la., 

 $1; Mr. H. D. Edwards, Delhi, 111., $1.00; D. M. Swain, 

 Parkville. Iiid , $1.00. Total, $20.70. 



DONATIONS IN BEES. 



E. T. Flanagan, Belleville, 111., 3 colonies; D. M. 

 Swain, Parkville, Ind., 1 colony; Hoffman & Davis, 

 Holtana, Tenn., 2 colonies; Alfred Smith, Mt. Vernon, 

 Ind, 1 colony; C. E. Hardesty, Canton, Ohio, 1 colony. 



Thos. McDonald. 

 Shawneetown, 111., May 6. 



Please find inclosed $2.00 for Mr. Thos. McDonald, 

 in Shawneetown. Aaron Nyhuise & Son. 



Evanisville, Ind. 



Sirs: — Please find inclosed one dollar for Mr. Mc 

 Donald, of .Shawneetown. Oliver Thorn. 



.St. Hyacinthe, <Jue., Can., May 8. 



A . [. Root: — I wrote Thomas McDonald, of .Shawnee- 

 town, 111., that I would .send him a good colony of 

 bees. I think we bee-men ought to help him to get a 

 start. If each one would do the same he would soon 

 be on his feet again. C. E. Hardesty. 



1830 Hurford St., Canton, O. 



ELECTRO CHEMICAL FINGER-RING. 



This is a remedy(?), not only for rheuma- 

 tism, but for gravel, gallstone in the bladder, 

 diabetes, Bright's disease, and other chronic 

 troubles that baffle the best physicians of the 

 present day. The price of the ring is $2.00 ; 

 gold-cover, 84.00. The plain ring is just as 

 good(?), but it does not look as nice as the 

 gold one. It is after the Electropoise and 

 Oxydonor type, even to the reading-matter. 

 We submit a sample of it. 



That electricity, if it can be applied continuously 

 and in the proper proportion, will remove acid from 

 the blood, is admitted by all. 



Not quite, Mr. Electricity man I know of 

 quite a few people who do not agree with the 

 above. 



The current is so slight that it is not annoying to the 

 most delicate person or child any more than a gold 

 ring would be, until becoming accustomed to wearing 

 it. 



I read the above over several times, but I 

 confess I do not quite understand what the 

 patient is to become " accustomed to " unless 

 it is the " not annoying " part. 



The electro-chemical ring is guaranteed to retain its 

 original quality until worn out 



Well, now, it is comforting to know that we 

 agree on something, and 1 can stand right 

 back of you, my good friend, in your assertion 

 that the original quality will keep "right on " 

 until the ring is worn otit. Good ! But now 

 for the rest: 



It is not charged with electricity nor magnetism, 

 but remains inactive until it comes in contact with the 

 acid in the blood when it generates an electro-chemi- 

 cal action. It will stop any further accumulation to 

 enlarged joints. 



Here we must take issue. The idea that a 

 finger-ring, no matter how it is made, will pre- 

 vent further enlargement of joints by " elec- 

 tro-chemical action," is all stuff and bosh. 

 Why, look here, friends ; instead of paying out 

 good money for rings and apparatus, just buy a 

 horseshoe and nail it over the door, and it will 

 not only cure all the diseases you are afflicted 

 with, but also those of every member of your 

 household. More than that, you can tell the 

 neighbors that whoever goes in and out 

 through that door, and passes ujider that 

 horseshoe, will be well, and full of vim and 

 vigor. The horseshoe will not begin to cost as 

 much as Electropoise, Oxydonor, or even this 

 finger-ring. The horseshoe cures exactly on 

 the same principle as these advertised toys ; 

 and I think every intelligent up-to-date phy- 

 sician in our land will stand by me, at least 

 thus far, that the horseshoe will do just as 

 much as these senseless traps. The proprietor 

 of the electric finger-ring gives the names of a 

 good many people occupying prominent busi- 

 ness places in Toledo, Ohio, in proof of its 

 magical efficacy. 



