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GLLAXINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr. 15 



is not a State iti the Union that will dream of permit- 

 ting anv such thing to fiad entrance into is tair gates. 

 The whisky advertisements and the fakir must go, 

 as must al.<-o the salojn and the tjamblers from the 

 fairgrounds; and the sooaer they go the better it will 

 be for the rising generation. 



WHISKY ADVERTISKMENTS IN THE HOME 

 PAPERS. 

 We learned some time ago of a gentleman who pro- 

 tested against a prominent fruit paper carrying wnis- 

 ky adverasements, aud the publisher wrote him siy- 

 ing that he had known men to get rich by attending to 

 their own bus-iness. Now, this is an old gag, but in 

 this case it was ve'y much out of place, for the man 

 who wanted to place some legiimate business with 

 this paper had a pe- feet right to offer his protest against 

 being toiced to put his advertisement in such company, 

 and he was attendiiigstrictly to his own busmes- when 

 he let the fact be known that he did not cotitit'-nance 

 any such advertisements. It is true, a paper is private 

 pTopet tj'; but it belongs to that class of piopertj' whose 

 value is in proportion to the patronage it receives; and 

 the people who patronize it have a right to demand 

 that it be clean and decent in every department. Es- 

 pecially is this true of a paper which is taken into the 

 privacy of the home, and is resd by everv member of 

 the family The head of the family who does not look 

 closely to the chaiaoter of the papers which are taken 

 into his home, for his children to read, fals to attend 

 propeily to the most important b\isiness he has in 

 hanri, namely, the moral and spiri.ual development 

 of those who have a right to lo k to him for proper 

 guidance and protection in f arlv life. We trust that 

 the d y is not far distant when people will not dare to 

 write such a letter to a patron. 



Temperance. 



LOCAL OPTION IN CANADA — A CORRFCTION. 



Dear Mr. Root: — I was much surprised to read 

 what \ on have to .'■ay about 'local op. ion' i:i temper- 

 ance coluu 11, GLH;.ANiNf;s. Mar.h 15 1 am no in a 

 position to ••pfak of things as they are in Arizona; but 

 as regaids Canada y.,ur statement concerning majority 

 requiied to eiifoice local < piion is errotie^ us Mr Cal- 

 ver notwithstanding. In lact. we have municipalities 

 quite rear u» under localoption. 'ome of w' ich carried 

 the act by only thrte or four majority. Possibly Mr. 

 Calveit may have had in mind the itfeieiu uni sub- 

 mit'ed to the electors of Ontario a year or so ago. In 

 this it was stipulate<1 thnt a cert in percentage of the 

 number of votes on the voters' list were lequired to be 

 po led 111 Older to enforce the act. 



As regards ' Queen Victoria introducing such a regu- 

 lation," 1 wr ulo say, friend Root, that no queen or 

 king has lealiy any thing to dc with the framing of 

 our laws, as we practically govern ourselves, even if 

 we are not a lepublic. Just he'e I would say that we 

 a-e anxiously awaitim developments in our local 

 legislature, and are earnestly hoping that most strin- 

 gent regulations will be pu on the liqunr traffic. The 

 great majority of the electors of Ontario demand this, 

 and are eniitled to it, as, both times the qurstion has 

 been submitted to the people, the prohibitionists have 

 won by a large n ajority. 



By the way Mr. Root, it is rather amusing to see 

 how coriespordents from this side of the line are al- 

 ways credited with "Canarla" as their address. It is 

 possible to travel in any one dirrction for hundreds of 

 miles and be in "Ontario ' all the time, not say any 

 thing about Nov* Scotia, British Columbia, Manetoba, 

 etc. It would seem very vag"e. even to ns Canucks, to 

 speak of Mr. A. I. Root. Medina. United Slates. 



.Allow me to speak with appreciation of your Home 

 depariment Nearly all the bee journals come to our 

 home, and Gleanings is one of them most eagatly 

 looked for. J. L,- Byer. 



Mark ham, Ont.. March 21. 



Friend B., I am"' exceedinsfly oblig-ed to 

 30U for settiog us right. Before you close, 

 however, you admit, if I am correct, that, 

 although the majority in ycur country are 

 in favor of local option, like your brethren 

 in the United States, by some means or 

 other you do not get it. We have just had 



a sweeping victory here in Ohio over the 

 brewers and saloonists, on the mitter of 

 resident local option. The saloons of OhlD 

 are all to be banished from neighborhoods 

 where the majority of people want them 

 banished. 



Of course, we are exceedingly glad to 

 know that we were mistaken about Canada; 

 but how about that young sister of ours — 

 Arizona? Is it only local, or is it the rule 

 all over the State that it takes two temper- 

 ance votes to offset the vote of one beer- 

 drinker? 



Tobacco Column. 



TOB.'iCCO FROM A BUSINESS STANDPOINT. 



A large business firm in a western city 

 wanted a young man for a special purpose. 

 Sixteen applicants for the position were on 

 hand at the appointed time. Among them 

 was Mr. Gray Newark, whose parents live 

 at Cadillac, Mich. The position was a 

 good one, with a large salary; but their re- 

 quirements were su^h that none but fi st- 

 class m n would probably apply for it. 

 When young Newark saw the fifteen other 

 stylishly and expensively dressed boys with 

 patent-leather shoes, gold watches, etc., he 

 felt a little diffident in regard to his plain 

 and simple work-day su t, etc. When it 

 came his turn to be in'erviewed, one of the 

 first questions was, "Do jou use tobacco 

 in any shape or manner, and have you ever 

 used it? " 



The young man was able to reply that he 

 had never usetf it at all, and never expected 

 to. Of course, a good many might claim 

 as much in order to deceive the questioner, 

 and, perhaps, would form the purpose of 

 breaking off then and there to get the posi- 

 tion. Young Newark said, however, that 

 his questioner kept his eye on him so keen- 

 ly that he felt as if he would read him 

 through and through, and decide whether 

 he told he truth or not. Right here is a 

 point I wish to emphasize for the boys. 

 Many of you may have a mistaken notion 

 that an untruth will pass current at such a 

 critical moment; but I can say from many 

 years of experience in hiring hands that a 

 sharp up-to-date employer is seldom deceiv- 

 ed in a } oung man. Sometimes in our busi- 

 ness here an applicant comes before the 

 members of our firm. Well, I have noticed 

 frequently that, when some applicant at- 

 tempts to deceive us, we all recognize by 

 his talk and actions that he is untruthful. 

 W^hen we get hold of an honest boy or a oung 

 man, his looks and actions, and the ring of 

 his voice, tell almost unmistakably to all 

 present that he is honest and straight. A 

 man's character and habits are usually 

 stamped more or less on his forehead. But 

 let us go back to our young friend Newark. 



The next question was something like 

 this: 



' ' If you have never used tobacco, proba- 



