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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



little ones which believe in me." Perhaps 

 some of the friends will think that our good 

 brother who sends the clipping, and my- 

 self, are pretty severe. But when we take 

 into consideration what cigarettes are doing 

 for the youth of our land, are we not right 

 about it? It is true the conditions laid 

 down by our Lord are in regard to offending 

 " little ones which believe in me." I sup- 

 pose it refers particularly to those who go 

 out of their way to spoil the faith of some 

 child who has already started to serve the 

 Master. Suppose, for instance, some wick- 

 ed man should stop a group of boys who 

 are on the way to Sunday-school and tell 

 them that their religion is only a supersti- 

 tion, etc., and turn them away. I can recall 

 instances in my own life where this thing 

 has been done, where a grown man stopped 

 his work just in order to poison the minds 

 of children. 



Where does the cigarette come in here"? 

 Ask our teachers or any one who has charge 

 of children, and I think they will all say 

 that no other one thing will lead a boy 

 astray more quickly than encouraging him 

 in the cigarette habit. May God speed the 

 day when the ivhole ivide ivorld shall be 

 awakened to the real harm the cigarette is 

 threatening to do to the hoys of the world. 



TOBACCO AND TUBERCULOSIS. 



The following, fi'om the good doctor who 

 answers questions in the Health Depart- 

 ment of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, is sug- 

 gestive : 



HAVE HIM STOP SMOKING. 



J. S. B. writes: "My son, who is 20 years old, 

 has tuberculosis. He likes to smoke a little. Is it 

 harmful, and would you advise him to stop? " 



ANSWER. 



A youth with tuberculosis has enough to combat 

 without adding the poisons from tobacco smoked even 

 in moderation. Have him stop. 



Please notice that this good doctor sug- 

 gests, if he does not say so right out, that 

 every tobacco-user is handicapped more or 

 less. He has got to scrape up sufficient 

 vitality to overcome the poison, even when 

 used " in moderation," as suggested in the 

 above. Please notice also that the tobacco- 

 user is not only handicapped in his ability 

 to resist disease, but he is also handicapped 

 more or less in " efficiency." If you want 

 to be at your very best, for yourself or for 

 humanity, and for the children who are 

 coming along after you, cut out all sorts of 

 stimulants, and even " tobacco " in " mod- 

 eration." 



his face indicated that it gave him great 

 pain even to hobble along. He piteously 

 asked Mrs. Root if she could not give a 

 poor lame man a little lunch to enable him' 

 to get to his friends. Now, Mrs. Root hsis 

 for some time past (perhaps because I 

 insisted on it) offered these fellows work 

 but no lunch. This man, however, was un- 

 able to work, and so she spent quite a little 

 time in picking up for him a good meal. 

 But imagine her surprise to see him start 

 off with his lunch at a very good gait with- 

 out a trace of his former lameness. This 

 aroused her curiosity, and so she watched 

 him until she saw him (when he supposed 

 he was fairly out of sight) throw away the 

 greater part of the food she had given him. 

 It probably was not good enough to suit 

 h im. 



I give this bit of experience because I 

 know there ai'e a good lot of women among 

 the readers of Gleanings who as a rule 

 have enough to do without encouraging 

 tramps; and I hope that, after they have 

 read this, they will not be humbugged as 

 Mrs. Root was. The incident seems to in- 

 dicate that tramps are getting poor encour- 

 agement, and that thej'^ usually get a cold 

 reception unless they put up some new 

 " stunt " like the above. 



" HOBOES " — A NEW TRICK. 



Just a few days ago a fairly well-dressed 

 man came limping up to the door as if he 

 could hardly walk; and the expression on 



COTTAGE CHEESE — SOMETHING FURTHER IN 

 REGARD TO HOW TO MAKE IT. 



The big advertising that has been given 

 to sanatogen has called attention to cottage 

 cheese, especially since Prof. Wiley has told 

 us that cottage cheese is practically the 

 same thing as the much-lauded sanatogen. 

 Well, here is something from a lady who has 

 been for many years a friend of Gleanings, 

 in regard to how to make cottage cheese. 

 By the way, we find it in our market for 

 only 10 cts. per lb., and it is also offered 

 at the same price away down in Braden- 

 town, Fla. When I can get hold of it I 

 pi'efer it with my fruit supper to the regu- 

 lar cheese which costs three times as much 

 or more. Now for the directions as to how 

 to make it. 



In Gleanings for March 1, p. 214, Mrs. Root 

 should have said more for a new hand, and also some- 

 old hands, as to how to make " Dutch cheese," cot- 

 tage cheese, or " smear kase." It should be stirred 

 often to heat even — just enough for the whey to 

 separate from the clabber, and hang in a jelly-bag 

 until cool. If too hot it will not be healthy. Fanny 

 Field, the old-time poultry woman, would not m.akfr 

 it too hot for her chickens. It is best when the 

 clabber first thickens — not old, sour, or bitter. Some- 

 use a thermometer to heat, and season with cream, 

 butter, sugar, salt, pepper, cinnamon, or nutmeg. It 

 takes practice to make it perfect, and then it is good 

 without anything. If you pour hot water on, and! 

 then stir cold water it answers for small quantity. 



Watertown, O., March 10. M. L. Demino. 



