1904 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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young ladies who are employed in offices, es- 

 pecially where circumstances may render it 

 possible for such things to happen. The 

 writer of the above uses the word ' ' con- 

 quests. " I am sorry to say that in certain 

 circles married men have in times past even 

 boasted of their ability to turn the minds of 

 silly young women. May God be praised, 

 however, that just now public opinion is 

 frowning on every thing of this kind, much 

 as it frowns on men who drink; and this 

 work surely kills both men and women for 

 any thing that is good or useful, fully as 

 much as if not worse than strong drink. 

 God help us, each and all, not only to watch 

 for but to rebuke and reprove every tenden- 

 cy toward such a state of affairs. 



Now, here is one letter more that was 

 sent me, just because of my request for that 

 missing line: 



Dear Bro. Root:— Tor years I have been an interested 

 reader of every thing I got hold of that came from your 

 pen or was in any way connected with you or your pub- 

 lications. About eight years ago I sent for the pamphlet. 

 " The New Water Cure." It was a Godsend to me. I 

 mean that literally, for I firmly believe that God order- 

 ed that that publication should fall into my hands at 

 just that time to preserve my health and possibly my 

 life for my family who needed me so much. I am now, 

 at .5.3, hale, hearty, and stronger for work than at any 

 time for many years preceding the time I read and prac- 

 ticed the new water cure. 



But I did not sit down to write of myself merely. I 



want to thank you for your Home article for July 15. 



It touched my heart deeply, and brought tears to my 



eyes. Your experiences came near my own heart life. 



Mrs. Mary H. Moore. 



Highland Park, 111., July 24. 



I am glad to tell all of our readers that 

 we still have those internal water-cure 

 tracts to send out for free distribution. The 

 years that have passed since they were 

 printed have, perhaps, indicated that one 

 should not rely too much on this remedy for 

 constipation; but I am satisfied by my own 

 experience that a thorough cleansing of the 

 colon once in three or four weeks, especially 

 when one has had his digestion out of order, 

 is a very great help in preserving the health. 

 We not only need to wash every part of the 

 body externally, most thoroughly, about 

 every so often, but sometimes it is still 

 more necessary that the digestive apparatus 

 be cleansed by using a great lot of pui'e wa- 

 ter as hot as it can be borne comfortably. 

 Taking a big drink of hot water the first 

 thing when you get up in the morning, say 

 a pint, or, still better, a quart, if you can 

 stand it, is another way in which you can 

 greatly aid in accomplishing the same re- 

 sult—washing thoroughly the human form 

 divine, both inside and out, with pure soft 

 water. 



NOTES OF TRAVLL 



I BY A. I. ROOT. 



CAN A CHRISTIAN CONSISTENTLY TRAVEL 

 WITH AN AUTOMOBILE? 



It is all right for you to have an automobile, and I am 

 glad you have one and can enjoy it; but if you ever C3me 



to see us, please come on the railroad, and we will send 

 to meet you there. When I read what you said about 

 the editor of the Farm Journal I was just bound to 

 speak. I k now it is nice for you and your jjeople, but it 

 looks so hard for so many women and children to have 

 to stay at home. There are not many down here in 

 North Carolina, and I am so glad. There was one man 

 who bought one, frightening every thing that saw it. 

 He went back home and frightened his own horse, and 

 caused him to run, and threw his wife out and hurt her. 

 He sent it back, and every one rejoiced. The train is all 

 right, for everybody knows where it is; and if the horse 

 is afraid of it they can stay away at train time; but you 

 don't know what time the auto will come, or where. If 

 everybody were like you it would be different; but lots 

 of people are like a girl I knew whose mother and aunt 

 were sick, and wanted her to wait on them, but she 

 would not, and said she didn't care who got sick just so 

 she and her brother didn't. They are both dead now- 

 died young, and such a death as she died was awful. 



May you live long and write much more, and when God 

 is done with you here on earth may we meet in heaven. 

 God bless and keep you and Mrs. Root. 



Areola, N. C, July 25. Subscriber. 



Dear friend, I thank you for your exceed- 

 ingly kind letter, and especially for bringing 

 out so prominently the fact that an automo- 

 bile is a little different from the electric 

 cars or steam-cars. I have thought of this, 

 and prayed over it. I think a little incident 

 of former years may help you to see it, at 

 least somewhat, differently. Just before 

 Mr. Calvert and our oldest daughter were 

 married, they took a buggy-ride to see some 

 of our relatives. They had a young horse 

 that imagined he was going to be killed 

 whenever a bicycle was even in sight. Their 

 buggy was smashed up, they had to hire a 

 rig to get home, and we sent a team to pick 

 up the broken pieces of the vehicle. That 

 was about twenty years ago, and before I 

 had learned to ride a wheel. Of course, all 

 Rootville was up in arms against this inno- 

 vation on our old ways and customs. We 

 would have sued the rider of the wheel for 

 damages, perhaps, if we could, and we all 

 loudly denounced bicycle-riders in general. 

 A few months later, the whole of the Root 

 family had become enthusiasts on the bicy- 

 cle, your humble servant included. I con- 

 fess it is a little surprising, even to myself, 

 to reahze that at the present time there is 

 not a horse anywhere that pays any atten- 

 tion to a bicycle. Any one who would now 

 declare bicycles should not be allowed on 

 public highways would be laughed at. Now, 

 is it not true, dear sister, that bicycles did 

 make lots of trouble? and for a time it al- 

 most seemed as if it were not right and 

 Christianlike to encourage their use because 

 of runaways, etc. But just now this world 

 could hardly get along without them; and 

 horses, young and old, recognize them as a 

 necessary part in the transportation of this 

 great busy world of ours. Yesterday it 

 seemed necessary for me to make half a 

 dozen trips or more through our town in 

 different directions; and as it was the prin- 

 cipal day of our county fair the streets were 

 full of vehicles. I ran among them in every 

 direction without any trouble and without 

 meeting any protest. In just one year not 

 only the horses of our town, but well out 

 into the country, have "caught on" to the 

 idea that some wagons go all around every- 

 where without any horse to pull them. 



