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however, quickly told him that that " gag " 

 was worked almost every day; and that as 

 he could not identify the two men wlio 

 really got the money, they could do nothing. 



While the above is literally true, it tends 

 to give Jacksonville a rather bad name ; and, 

 in fact, what else could you expect in a city 

 that has pretty nearly a mile of saloons on 

 one straight thoroughfare? 



There are several morals right here. 



1. Do not think of carrying a hundred 

 dollars, nor even fifty, in your pocket. 

 Carry just what you are going to need from 

 day to day, and have the rest deposited in 

 some safe place. 



2. Do not keejD any money of anj^ account 

 in a pocket easy of access. I carry what 

 little money I need in an inside vest pocket, 

 and keep my coat buttoned closely over it. 

 Of course, an expert in the trade might get 

 it even then, but I think not without my 

 knowing it. 



3. Keep out of the jam. These fellows 

 purposely plan jams. If anybody seems 

 inclined to run against you, look out. 



My sister, Mrs. Gray, one of the W. C. 

 T. U. women, and one who can not afford 

 to lose her money, was once getting on a 

 train in quite a crowd. A rude fellow 

 bumped against her. Before she could make 

 any remonstrance, however, he was gone, 

 and a little later she found her money was 

 gone too ; and then she understood why the 

 pickpocket bumped against her in such an 

 ungentlemanly way. 



Before closing, just a word about pick- 

 pockets Avho get your money by skillful 

 fraudulent advertising. See the letter be- 

 low : 



I see in your Health Notes of Sept. 15, 1914, that 

 you have been " taken in " as I have been by that 

 woman. I am hard of hearing too, and I bit on 

 glycerine and enserol that cost $1.05 at Steuben- 

 ville, Ohio. Now we are going to snow Coxey un- 

 der, and ballot the saloon out of this State. 



Brilliant, Ohio, Oct. 8. S. Millysack. 



The little book referred to above, contain- 

 ing the simple story of a poor woman who 

 had " noises " in her ears, should be shut 

 out of the mails; and the men who sent it 

 out, if they can be found, should be prompt- 

 ly punished. And I think, too, that some- 

 thing might be done to stop druggists from 

 keeping and selling much of the advertised 

 medicines after they have proof that these 

 are frauds. 



DEATH OF T. GREINER^ OF LA SALLE, N. Y. 



We are just in receipt of a notice of 

 friend Greiner's death, in a brief editorial 

 in the Practical Farmer, for which he has 

 been a valued writer for more than twenty 

 years past. Our good friend has been a 



regular contributor to quite a number of 

 our best journals on agriculture, horticul- 

 ture, gardening, etc., almost all liis life. His 

 articles have not only been exceedingly 

 practical, but every sentence and line indi- 

 cated that he was in close touch with the 

 soil every d.a.y of his life. His brother, Fr. 

 Greiner, has been a frequent contributor (o 

 our columns, and J think Tuscio has been 

 also more or less of a beekeeper all his life. 

 Three valuable articles from Tuscio will be 

 found on pages 483, 568, and 656 for the 

 present year. He and I have had frequent 

 friendly letters for year past — in fact, al- 

 most ever since Gleanings was started. At 

 first we did not agree very well on religious 

 matters; but as friend Greiner was an ar- 

 dent friend of temperance we soon got on 

 common ground, and our relations in later 

 years past have been of the most friendly 

 nature. You can imagine how surprised and 

 pained I was to receive last summer the 

 following brief notice. I think there had 

 been some correspondence previous to this 

 in regard to this accident. 



Mr. Root : — Radiograph taken of my damaged hip 

 this week shows that I am hurt beyond repair, and 

 shall never be able again to walk natura'ly or re- 

 sume my garden work. T. Geeiner. 



La Salle, N. Y., July 25. 



On the same day the above was received 

 I wrote him as follows : 



Now, in regard to your sad condition. I hope it 

 is only that you are unable to walk, and that you 

 have all your other faculties. If so, you can still 

 praise God. I am sure our inventive geniuses can 

 furnish you something that will enable you to get 

 around so you can at least oversee your garden 

 work, and may be you can do it still better if you 

 have more time to plan and arrange things. I sup- 

 pose you know what Terry said when he was laid 

 up one summer. He said he sat around under the 

 shade trees and made the most profitable season he 

 ever had, just by planning and bossing better. 



If you have any means in your place for storing 

 an electric automobile I would suggest a little one 

 as the best thing in the world to get around with. I 

 use mine for running all over town, all over the 

 farm, from my home to the factory, and everywhere 

 I want to go; and it's really a Godsend to me to 

 keep me from getting too tired in walking. May 

 God help you in your affliction. 



Medina, O., July 27. A. I. Root. 



Almost immediatel}' I received the fol- 

 lowing : 



Mr. A. I. Root: — I thank you from all my heart 

 for the kind letter of July 27, just received, and 

 for your kind and comforting words. I have much 

 to be thankful for, with all my afflictions, for I have 

 all my mental faculties and bodily health, except that 

 break in my one hip bone, and have not missed nor 

 failed to enjoy a meal for many months, perhaps 

 years. I still hope to be of some use and usefumess 

 to some one in this world, and to the world at large, 

 and have an all-abiding faith in the hereafter. 



I would thank you for a little more information 

 about that small electric automobile. Who makes 

 them, and what is tne approximate cost? I have 

 often wondered why somebody does not make and 

 put on the market a low, small, safe vehicle of this 

 kind calculated for a single passenger. 



LaSalle, N. Y., July 29. T. Geeineb. 



