1904 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



401 



bly Tou have in like manner abstained from 

 all intoxicatinfj liquors." 



Of ciurse, Mr. Newark could answer in 

 the affirmative. After he had been with 

 his employers about a \ear they wanted a 

 man to travel to visit the leading- drygoods 

 stores of the United States. Of course, the 

 first trip would be with an old hand. Then 

 the firm addressed him something' like this: 



" Mr. Newark, when we send you out in- 

 to the world among- strangers you will be 

 exposed to temptations you have not met 

 here ; and did we not believe you would 

 carry yourself as straight away from home 

 as you do here, we would not think of ex- 

 posing- 3'ou to such temptations. We be- 

 lieve, however, that your principles are so 

 rooted and grounded that we shall incur no 

 risk in giving you this position; otherwise 

 we should not think of asking you to take 

 it." 



Once more this j'oung man was promoted 

 away ahead of his fellow- clerks, with a 

 salary corresponding. He is to travel in 

 Pullman cars, put up at high-priced hotels, 

 etc. ; but he is expected to carry his temper- 

 ance principles along with him wherever 

 he goes Do you see the point, boys? Such 

 a little thing as a decision in early life that 

 he would have nothing to do with tobacco 

 seems to have fixed his future. So far as I 

 am informed, his employers did not ask him 

 if he was a professing Christian or a mem- 

 ber of the church; but my impressions 

 would lead me to believe that the \oung 

 man who has built up character on such a 

 basis would, as a rule, seek to be allied 

 with church people, an Endeavor Society, 

 the Y. M. C. A., etc. 



Now, boys, does it pay to learn to use to- 

 bPHCCo when you know nothing about it? 

 This drygoods firm I have mentioned is 

 not particularly different from others that 

 pay large salaries for first-class men 

 throughout this whole wide world. 



ELECTROPOISE, OXYDONOR, ETC. 



There are still a few who urge that, so 

 long as the above traps do good, why not 

 let them alone? on the principle that, 

 "where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be 

 wise." To all such, let me put it this way: 

 A counterfeit ten dollar bill may do good. 

 It may pay honest debts, purchase needed 

 food, clothes, etc. Then why not let it 

 alone ? Because it is a counterfeit. And 

 in a like manner, Electropoise, Oxydonor, 

 etc., are counterfeits. I am sure I have 

 given sufficient proof of this. The venders 

 put Electropoise out with the claim that it 

 is a scientific apparatus. It is not scien- 

 tific, and it is not an apparatus. Their 



claims are lies, just as much as is the 

 claim of the man who says the counterfeit 

 bill he manufactured is a good one. Am I 

 not right ? 



THE INTERNAL "WATER CURE. 



Mr. A. T. Root: — As I have been benefited by your 

 Health Notes, I feel impelled to contribute an idea 

 that may be of help lo others Having suffered all my 

 life from consjeiiital hernia I am constantly on the 

 lookout for any thing that will relieve consti) ation. 

 Your idea of a tube and a bucket of water was at once 

 tried, and found to be a great help at times. I soon 

 found, as yon did, that I sometimes needed something 

 to reach the higher hovel. Tfien I began experiment- 

 ing with hot water, salt water, cold water, etc.. with- 

 out any benefit. Then I procureii a longer t\ibe and 

 raised the bucket, and found at once I had just what I 

 wanted. As it require<t more water I use a gallon buck- 

 et and a .■•even-fuot tube. Fasten the tube to one ear 

 of the bucket so it can't pull out, and place a cushion 

 of several thicknesses of cloth ontheedgeofthe buck- 

 et under the tube. There is an advantage in having 

 the water a little more than blood waim Fill and 

 empty the colon once or twice beforeexpecting it to go 

 higher, and at the third filling it will nearly always 

 enter the higher bowel without any unpleasint pres- 

 sure. This is, I think, much safer than to try to use a 

 colon-tube. A. C. B. ,^ 



Friend B., T omitted to state that I always 

 use a tube about 6 feet long. I have often 

 thought that, in stubborn cases, one 10 or 

 12 feet long might be an advantage, raising 

 the bucket as high as the tube will allow it 

 to go, in order to get more pressure. Manj' 

 thanks for your contribution. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



THAT FIFTEEN-ACRE FARM NEAR PHILADELPHIA. 



■We are getting material ready for a valuable write- 

 up, and hope lo have it ready for our next issue. So 

 be patient, friends. 



■We have been advi<^ed by the successors of our vege- 

 table seed business, E. C. Green & Son, of this place, 

 that they are much pleased with the way in which our 

 old customers are favoring them with their orders. 

 They have received many letters of praise for the 

 strains of seeds that we carried. 



They have succeeded in obtaining a fine new bean 

 which they intend to catalog the coming year It is 

 now being sent out to their customers free, with a 

 general order for seeds they sell, on advance trial. 

 ■We would advise our friends to send their order st 

 once and lequest a trial package of the bean, for the 

 stock is limited. 



THE HAND POTATO-PLANTER OF THE GRAND TRAV- 

 ERSE ri-:gion. 



The manufacturers of this little plaDter(see adver- 

 tisement in this issue) are sending out a b ok that not 

 only tells how lo use the planter, but it is quite a 

 treatise on potato-growing, and ought to be in the 

 hands of everybody who grows potatoes, even if he 

 does not have more than a little patch of early pota- 

 toes in his garden. I believe many people could plant 

 their potatoes cheaper and better than to use a horse, 

 even if the horse is standing idle in the stable, provid- 

 ing they once took a little pains to know how to use the 

 implement. In the Grand Traverse region every man, 

 woman, and child handles the planter as easily as you 

 would a hammer or ax. They know how to use it 

 from chil hood up. 



Of course, we furnish the hand potato planter just 

 as we have for years past, either singly or by the doz- 

 en. 



■Write to-day for a free copy of the book, addressing 

 them as toll (ws: Potato Implement Co., Box 20, Trav- 

 erse City, Mich., mentioning this paper. 



