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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 15. 



the scale on the side of humanity. In such a 

 contest as this, we of course did not want any- 

 body to "crow" over the vanquished foe as 

 they do in political times. Our ministers 

 enjoined us to be very careful about doing any 

 thing that might provoke an antagonistic or 

 bitter spirit. In a work of this kind, gentle- 

 ness and a kind brotherly feeling, even for 

 those who are in error, are the weapons to be 

 used. 



On page 704 I published an account of the 

 arrest and imprisonment of Rev. G. J. Raynor, 

 of Columbus, O. It is time now to give you 

 the final outcome of the matter, an account of 

 which I copy from the American Issue for 

 September, 1898: 



THE CASE AGAINST MR. RAYNOR DISMISSED. 



The suit for criminal libel instituted against Rev. 

 Gilbert J. Raynor by Patrick Kelly, superintendent of 

 police of Columbus, was diyniissed for want of evi- 

 dence after the prosecution had offered all their testi- 

 mony. This was just as every one expected it would 

 end Even the lawyers for the prosecution knew 

 they had no case, and so expressed the:nselves before 

 the case was called. The facts are, the administra- 

 tion was so enraged at the revelations made by Mr. 

 Raynor that they lost their heads, and, as is usually 

 the case with such people, in.stead of setting about to 

 correct the conditions that they and everybodv el.se 

 in Columbus know exist, .sought to wreak vengea-nce 

 upon Mr. Rayaor for revealing the corruption that is 

 rampant. Tliey arrested and falsel5' imprisoned him, 

 and in the most malicious manner attempted to per- 

 secute him. Mr. Raynor has instituted a Ji-20,000 dam- 

 age suit against Patrick Kelly for fal.se imprisonment 

 and malicious per.secution. The.se jugglers with ju.s- 

 tice will yet find that arresting men and thrusting 

 them in jail for uncovering their official deformities 

 is possibly not quite as funny business as they at first 

 supposed it would be. 



OUR BEAUTIFUL FALL. 



At present writing, Oct. 13, we have not 

 had a bit of frost. Tomatoes, lima beans, cow 

 peas, and last, but not least, potatoes, are just 

 as fresh and luxuriant as they were in July — 

 yes, even more so, because we now have rain 

 and then we didn't. Manum's Enormous and 

 the Craig potato are just doing wonders. The 

 ground has been breaking open to such an 

 extent with the great tubers that we hoed fine 

 dirt into the cracks to prevent the sun from 

 turning them green. Just think of it ! hoeing 

 potatoes in tlie middle of October, and the 

 hoeing has really done them good. We could 

 not hoe much, however, except where the 

 stand was so poor that the hills were quite a 

 little distance apart, because the rank vines 

 run out in every direction. We had one piece 

 of Manum's Euormotis where the potatoes 

 had hardly half covered the ground because 

 so many did not germinate during the July 

 drouth, and I meditated planting beans or 

 something else in the missing hills. I am 

 glad now, however, that I did not, for the 

 ground is just literally covered like a swamp, 

 with great beatitiful potato-vines. Our Bovees, 

 planted very late, are some of them still green; 

 and the New Queens, planted the first of 



April, that took on a second growth, are just 

 putting in their best licks away here in Octo- 

 ber. There is going to be an enormous crop 

 on the ground, but I suppose they will be 

 awful-/oo^/;/»' potatoes. My impression is, 

 however, they will answer just as well for 

 seed, for it is the peculiar season, and not the 

 habit of the potato, that makes them prongy. 

 The cow peas are making pods at an amaz- 

 ing rate ; and squa.shes and pumpkins are 

 producing a crop that is almost unheard of 

 taefore. Cauliflower and cabbage are also 

 promising great beautiful heads away along 

 after everybody else has quit gardening. We 

 shall have to look out for the frost when it 

 does come — that is all. 



cow PEAS. 



Ed. Gleanings : — I noticed with pleasure the article 

 in Gleanings on cow peas, by Mr. Ben.son and the 

 editor; and as 1 lived in Illinois many j'ears, and 

 eighteen years in the South, I feel like speaking a 

 few words concerning cow and field peas. 



There are many varieties of the cow (or field) pea 

 as there are also of the English pea. There is the 

 large white pea with the black eye, called Yiy some 

 the Crowder. Then there is the shaded, called Whip- 

 poorwill pea, both bunch and very early ; the Black 

 pea; the Clay, Red Ripper, Unknown, Snake, and 

 many other kinds. Now, it is a fact that not many- 

 people know that there are some of those cow (or 

 field) peas that do better in the Middle States and 

 some in the Northern States than they do in the 

 South: that is, they mature more peas, and, as sug- 

 gested by Mr. Benson, bloom and bear more freely in 

 cool weather. The Clay pea will make nioie peas in 

 Kentucky and Indiana than it will further south. 

 The Snake pea makes 80 feet of vine here, but few or 

 no peas. The Whipporwill and Crowder do well in 

 Southern Illinois, and I suppose some of the rest 

 would, but I have tried only these two kinds since I 

 came .south. I would suggest that all who are inter- 

 ested in forage making and restoring woi n out soil, 

 and making rich soil richer, try several kinds of peas 

 in the Northern and Middle .States until they find 

 some variety that is specially adaoted to their cli- 

 mate. I have seen from 200 to 300 pods on a single 

 vine when it ran up and over a dead peach-tree or 

 some other support where it could spread well, and 

 some of the vines were 20 to 25 feet long. The bunch 

 kinds make the best hay, as it cures quickly and 

 forks better. Sow on oat stubble: or wheat stubble i.s 

 probabU' better for hay. Sow in corn. When you 

 lay it by it will always pay in .stocking and enriching 

 land. In most cases it will give a fair yield of peas. 

 I would suggest to any one desiring seed peas, that 

 Memphis, Tenn., is a fine market to find them in sea- 

 son. J. W. Day, 



Crystal .Springs, Miss. 



A SINGULAR GREENHOUSE AT YELLOWSTONE 

 PARK. 



Near the large hotel at Upper Geyser Basin 

 is a curiosity in the shape of a greenhouse. As 

 it was difficult to get material for .such a struc- 

 ture in this remote place, the walls are princi- 

 pally if not entirely made of slabs that were 

 picked up, probably from timber used in mak- 

 ing the great hotel. The walls are all of 

 slabs, and the only glass in the structure is in 

 the roof, which all slopes in one direction. 

 The owner told me that, at the time he made 

 it, he did not know enough about greenhouses 

 to even place it so the roof would slope toward 

 the south. Perhaps it is just as well that he 

 didn't, for it would have been much hotter in 

 the summer time. The glass for the roof was 

 evidently pieces picked up, for the lights were 

 of many different sizes. Although the tem- 

 perature in that locality goes down low enough 

 to freeze mercury in winter, the house was not 



