JULY 15, 1914 



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The last sentence in the above reminds me 

 that at one time when my apples were gone, 

 and no other fruit seemed available, I se- 

 lected some nice large navel oranges; and if 

 you have never tried it I would suggest 

 making a supper (or, if you choose, any one 

 of the thi-ee meals of the day), by the use of 

 two or three navel oranges and about two 

 ounces of cheese. 



One of the extracts I have given makes 

 mention of the necessity of tliorougJi chew- 

 ing in order to enjoy cheese to the fullest 

 extent. It is most imperative that we chew 

 it until it is nothing but a liquid. This 

 brings out a flavor and deliciousness that 

 perhaps you never dream of until you have 

 tried it. Many peojale have objected to 

 cheese as being conducive to constipation. 

 But that is because you do not use fruit 

 enough with it to make a balanced ration. 

 Use plenty of fruit, with cheese in modera- 

 tion, and I am sure you will have no trouble 

 along this line. 



ROBBING SICK PEOPLE. 

 Mr. A. I. Root: — In looking over Gleanings 

 I find in more than one number mention made 

 of a " humbug toy " under the name of electro- 

 poise, oxydonor, etc. Can this oxypathor of the 

 enclosed pamphlet be the same old foe ? Within 

 the last week a female agent has made her ap- 

 pearance among us, and has been very successful 

 in a few days. Some three years ago we had an 

 epidemic of infantile paralysis, and this woman 

 is making a rich harvest among the parents of 



these unfortunate little ones. I fear I have made 

 enemies of very old friends by trying to point out to 

 them the impossibility of quick recovery in these 

 cases; and it is such a cruel tiling for this wom- 

 an to raise false hopes, both in the minds of the 

 parents and the poor little sufferers themselves, 

 besides taking $30 for an utterly useless contrivance. 

 In Gleanings for Sept. 15, 1910, you make mention 

 of circulars explaining this fraud. If you still have 

 them at hand, would you kindly send us one? The 

 explanation of these contrivances sounds much like 

 the one we have before us. We are printing a word 

 of warning over our own signature, in our local 

 paper, referring pi-ospective buyers to your publica- 

 tion. Rural New-Yorker, also Colliers' Weekly, which 

 published an article denouncing the oxypathor. 



Mrs. W. E. Lamming. 

 Duncan, Vancouver Island, B. C, June 22. 



My good friend, the oxypathor is the 

 same old " foe " as you put it. In our last 

 issue I made mention of a young friend of 

 mine who is likely to lose his life because he 

 listened to cjuaeks. These people should be 

 arrested and imprisoned if nothing else wUl 

 cure them of deliberately taking money 

 from the innocent and unsuspecting. I will 

 say to our readers, the pamphlet in question 

 consists of three or four pages and some 

 drawing's in regard to constipation ; and 

 they wind up with these words : " In this 

 condition, fortunate is the person who se- 

 cures an oxypathor. Its use impregnates 

 the entire system with oxygen. Every pore 

 in the body imbibes oxygen." Is it not 

 strange that people of apparent intelligence 

 can be humbugged by such a mere toy as 

 the one mentioned? 



TEMPERANCE 



STATEWIDE PROHIBITION; AWFUL THINGS 

 THAT WILL HAPPEN, ETC. 



Just now the brewers and distillers are 

 getting busy telling the people the conse- 

 quences of rashly voting to put the drink 

 business out of commission. Here is a 

 clipping from the Wyoming Ledger-Jour- 

 nal : 



Do you know that the distilleries of Peoria alone 

 consume the equivalent of the entire corn product of 

 the States of Illinois and Iowa as fast as it leaves 

 the farms ? Do you know that the production and 

 distribution of alcoholic beverages all together give 

 employment directly to about 1,200,000 people, rep- 

 resenting a population of 6,000,000 out of a total 

 population in the United States of 98,000,000? And 

 if we figure those who would be indirectly affected, 

 the number employed would reach about 2,000,000, 

 representing a population of about 10,000,000. 



I cannot just now give the statistics in 

 order to show the tremendous exaggeration 

 in the above figures; but if I am correct we 

 are told by good authority that the entire 

 amount of corn used in the production of 

 liquors amounts to a very small proportion 

 of the corn crop grown in the United States ; 



so the statement in regard to the distiller- 

 ies of Peoria, as given above, are almost an 

 entire whole-cloth falsehood. Suppose it 

 were possible to put in figures the animal 

 cost to our nation of the crime resulting 

 from the use of liquors, also the cost oi 

 hospitals and asylums to take care of the 

 product of the liquor business, to say noth- 

 ing of the loss of life annually, and the cost 

 of sending our youth to fill drunkards' 

 graves. The Anti-saloon Year Book, that I 

 have already mentioned, gives us correct 

 figures covering the whole disgraceful busi- 

 ness. 



But even if we admit that a certain num- 

 ber will be put out of employment if the 

 distilleries are shut down, are not these 

 figures largely or entirely offset by the num- 

 ber of those who are out of work because 

 they helped to dispose of the product of 

 those distilleries? If there is any economic 

 connection between the liquor business and 

 a steady job at work, it can be made plain 

 only by an inside examination of the walls 



