GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



respect for Sunday and for Christian peo- 

 ple, or does he wish by this act to let every- 

 body know that lie is a Seventh-day Ad- 

 ventist? I shall have to confess that I did 

 not take pains to inquire whether he was an 

 Adventist or not ; but I cannot help think- 

 ing that his act was not only unwise, but for 

 a stranger just coming into the neighbor- 

 hood, it was also unehristianlike. 



And now I want to say a good word for 

 the Adventists. This good lady has sent me 

 a copy of the Youth's Jnsiriicfor for 1916.* 

 I called attention to this annual about a 

 year ago, and want to say again that I 

 think it is about the best and most finely 

 gotten-up temperance periodical I ever saw. 

 The first article, with beautiful illustrations. 

 is by former Governor J. Frank Hanly, of 

 Indiana; and it is well worth the price of 

 the magazine. I have heard Mr. Hanly 

 make several addresses, and I have had 

 some good talks Avith him; and my opinion 

 of him is that he is one of the wisest and 

 most level-headed temperance and Christian 

 workers wo have in the whole wide world. 

 In a wet-and-dry contest I cannot think of 

 a.x\y better literature to distribute than this 

 Youth's Instructor Temperance Annual. It 

 can be had as below: 



The Youth's Instructor, Review and Herald 

 Publishing Association, Takoma Park Station, Wash- 

 insfon, D. C. 



THE FLORIDA rVERGLADES ; A BRIEF TRIP THRU A 

 PART OF IT BY OUR OLD FRIEND, W. C. GAULT. 



Mr. Root: — Nettie and I took a trip down thru 

 the southern part of the state in April. We went by 

 rail to Ft. Myers, thence up the river to Labelle, 

 thence motored across thru a wild part 21 miles to 

 where we could aerain get a boat. We stopped at 

 Moore's Haven in the Everglades — a lovely spot. 

 Moore is a Chicago man, and owns 100,000 acres of 

 this rich land, and i.s getting things fixed up to suit 

 him. I suppose he has plenty nf money in the bank 

 .ind some in the pocket. I didn't feel sorry for him, 

 but T did pitv the poor fellow that had invested in 

 ten acres with no money, either in the bank or pock- 

 et, and could not sell a vegetable. We went from 

 there to Rita Island in Lake Okeechobee, and from 

 (here to one of those big drain canals which lead to 

 the east coast at Ft. Lauderdale. It was a wild-look- 

 in? place thru that sawgrass — very few birds or 

 animals, but lots of alligators. The grass was very 

 drv when we were there, and we saw some large 

 fires. In one place the fire was heading toward the 

 canal. A poor little rabbit out of breath jumped 

 right into the canal to set rid of th" fire. In anoth- 

 er place we saw a wildcat that seemed to hestitate 

 about going in the water, and climbed up a small 

 bu'h that was green and sat there, not knowing 

 what to do next. We were going ten miles an hori-. 

 and soon left him. The canal is 60 feet wide and 

 61 miles to the head waters of New River, M'here 

 there is a pair of locks. We stayed over S-ndnv at 

 Ft. Lauderdale, then came up the east coast to Palm- 



Beach. I wasn't struck with the place — no conven- 

 iences, and a certain air of " all of self and none 

 of thee." 



I didn't see a place in all the route for which I 

 would like to exchange our quiet little home in this 

 lovely sunshine city. We saw some wonderfully rich 

 land in those Everglades, but I felt that the other 

 fellow might have it and I would stay where we 

 had some privileges — neighbors and friends. I think 

 that some time that country will be drained and 

 cultivated, but it will take time and lots of money, 

 and the fertility will have to be kept up. I have 

 had some experience with muck land. We didn't 

 see a trolley car from the time we left Tampa till 

 we got back there, and didn't hear the toot of a loco- 

 motive from the time we left Fort Myers till we 

 reached Ft. Lauderdale — 48 hours. 



The tourists have about all left, and some of them 

 from Ohio write of the cold wet season. We are 

 having lovely weather and lots of nice ripe melons 

 and peaches. We have a few nice hens, and they 

 continue to pay tribute. All of the good things are 

 not in Florida, but there are a good many, and one 

 must stay thru the summer in order to enjoy them. 



St. Petersburg, Fla., June 12. W. C. Gault. 



The above was evidently not intended for 

 print; but there are several points in it 

 that many will be interested in. Think of 

 one man owning one hundred thousand 

 acres. Well, if this friend has money enough 

 to open up and develop that new region, 

 his work m.ay prove to be a blessing to 

 humanity. Just a word of explanation about 

 the poor fellow who had only ten acres and 

 no money, etc. I take it the reason he could 

 not sell his vegetables was because he was 

 so far away from the market or shipping- 

 point ; and this is a mistake that has been 

 made several times in Florida. Unless your 

 grove or truck-garden is convenient of ac- 

 cess to some shipping-point or town or city, 

 it may cost more for transportation than 

 the crop amounts to, especially where the 

 stuff has to be hauled thru deep sandy 

 roads. The new hard roads that are now 

 being built all over Florida are going far to 

 help this state of affairs. The same trouble 

 has been experienced to some extent by 

 beekeepers, who, after having secured an 

 abundant crop of honey, have found it not 

 only difficult but expensive to get it to a 

 railroad .station or boat-landing. 



* If you resard this paper of real worth as a tem- 

 perance agitator and educator, send at leas^t one 

 dollar for twentv-five copies to give to others. Twen- 

 ty-five cents will bring you five copies. 



" CHARITY SUFFERETH LONG, AND IS KIND." 



On page 503, June 15, in speaking of 

 the dispute in a Pullman ear, I had some- 

 thing to say about Christian courtesy; and 

 I have often wondered why people, in using 

 the telephone, so frequently become not 

 only impatient but uncivil. You may ask 

 the question right here, " Mr. Root, are we 

 to understand that you are always gentle 

 and kind when you use the telephone?" 



To which I answer that, on account of 

 my deafness, I seldom try to use the tele- 

 phone; but I am often obliged to listen to 



