GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



March, 1917 



Court (oclay upheld as constitutional and valid the 

 "Webb-Kenyon law prohibiting shipaients of liquor 

 from "wet" to "dry" states. It also sustained 

 West Virginia's recent amendment to her law pro- 

 hibiting importation in interstate commerce of liquor 

 for personal use. 



After having been vetoed by President Taft, who 

 held it unconstitutional, and having been repassed 

 by congress over his veto, the law was sustained by 

 the Supreme Court by a vote of 7 to 2. Leaders of 

 the prohibition movement declare it is to their fight 

 second only in importance to the propDsed constitu- 

 tional amendment. 



Lavr>'ers for liquor interests who heard the de- 

 cision today admitted it upheld and applied the law 

 " in its fullest eense." 



Wayne B. Wheeler, counsel for the .Vnti-salofm 

 League of America, who, with Fred Blue, state liro- 

 hibition comuiissioner of West Virginin, argued the 

 case before the court, made this statement on the 

 court's decision : 



" The decision is a great victory for law enforce- 

 ment. The states may now prohibit the possession, 

 receipt, sale, and ute of intoxicating liquor, and not 

 te hampered by the agencies of interstate commerce 

 acting as bartenders to bring the liquor into states." 



Here is another clipping from the Cleve- 

 land I'lain Dcalsr that shows pi'ogress: 



FIGHT ILL, WARN AGAINST LIQUOR. 



New York, Jan. 7. — To combat the spread of bron- 

 chial diseases which have caused a large increase in 

 the number of deaths the last week, the Health De- 

 partment began today the distribution thruout the 

 city of thousands of circulars warning against the 

 use of alcohol in any form. The circulars state that 

 alcohol is one of the most powerful allies of the pneu- 

 monia germ, and that even moderate drinkers who 

 contract the disease are less likely to recover than are 

 abstainers. 



Toward 25 years ago Mrs. Root was close 

 to death with pneumonia. In fact, a coun- 

 cil of doctors thought she would not live 

 until morning. The doctor and two trained 

 nurses declared she must have brandy. She, 

 however, jDrotested, and declared it made 

 her worse, and appealed to me. Dear 

 friends, it is usually a serious matter to 

 go contrary to the decision of the doctor 

 and nurses. I prayed over the matter, and 

 decided she should not have another drop. 

 Who can tell what would have happened 

 had the brandy been given f She is now 75 

 and good for years to come, apparently. 



No wonder the enemy are getting scared 

 when their boycotting schemes meet rebuffs 

 like the above. 



HE didn't " SCARE " WORTH A CENT. 



We find the following in the Connecticut 

 Citizen : 



AN ANSWER THAT WAS UNDERSTOOD. 



Mr. Sebastian S. Kresge, of Detroit, is the head 

 of a chain of five and ten cent stores well known in 

 this country. Mr. Kresge was one of the enthusi- 

 astic dry leaders in the Michigan campaign. Early 

 in the fight he made a subscription of $10,000. He 

 later received a letter from a Milwaukee brewer 

 warning him that the stock of the Kresge stores was 

 on the open market, and liable to 1 e purchased by 

 the enemies of prohil,itio)i. His rci)ly was one of 

 the biggest shells thrown into the camp of the enemy 

 during the Michigan liattlc. It reads as follows: 



" Yes, 'I put $10,000 into the Wayne County dry 

 fight; and, since receiving \our letter of iniiuiry, have 

 added $10,000 more." 



$20,000 WORTH OP BOOZE POURED INTO 

 PLATTE RIVER AT DENVER. 



Some good friend sends us a clipping 

 with a picture of Denver police destroying 

 $8000 worth of confiscated liquors. On a 

 previous occasion $12,000 worth was taken 

 from bootleggers, and thus served. 



SOME OP THE THINGS THE TOBACCO - USER 

 LOSES. 



We clip the following from Countryside 

 and Suburban Life : 



JOHN BURROUGHS IS " PUT IN TUNE " BY NATURE. 



One thing is certain, in a hvgienic way 1 owe 

 much to my e.xcursions to Nature. They have helped 

 |o clothe me with health, if not with humility; they 

 have helped sharpen and attune all my senses; 

 they have kept my eyes in such good trim that they 

 have not failed me for one moment during all the 

 seventy-nine years I have had them : they have made 

 my sense of smell so keen that I have much pleasure 

 in the wild, open-air perfumes, especially in the 

 spring — the delicate breath of the blooming elms 

 and maples and willows, the breath of the woods, 

 of the pastures, of the shore. This keen, healthy 

 sense of smell has made me abhor tobacco and flee 

 from close rooms, and put the stench of cities be- 

 hind me. I fancy that this v/hole world of vdld, 

 natural perfumes is lost to the tobacco-user and to 

 the city-dweller. Senses trained in the open air are 

 in tune with open-air objects; they are quick, deli- 

 cate, and discriminating. When I go to town my 

 ear suflfers as well as my nose. Tlie impact of the 

 city upon my senses is hard and dissonant ; the 

 ear is stunned, the nose is outraged, and the eye is 

 confused. Wlien I come back, I go to Nature to 

 be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put 

 in tune once more. That is why for many years 

 I have lived in the country; and even when I have 

 dwelt in the cities the country was always near by, 

 and I used to get a bite of country soil at least once 

 a week to keep my system normal. 



The best-loved apostle of the outdoors in America 

 lives at West Park, New York, where his home over- 

 looks the Hudson. He is in his eightieth year. 



SOME VERY KIND WORDS FROM AWAY OFF IN WALLA 

 WALLA, WASH. 



Dear Sir: — I must tell you I have read your home 

 talks in Gle.\nings for the past 20 years. I never 

 want to miss one of them. I have been away from 

 my bees now two years and I read my .iournal just 

 the same and still enjoy all the new things that come 

 up in beekeeping even if I can't work with them. 



I always hand Gleanings to some one, where I 

 think they will do good, when I am thru reading, 

 excepting some copies I want to keep always. 



Miss yVnita \. Byers. 



Walla Walla, Wash., Dec. 14, 1916. 



KILGORE'S 1917 SEED CATALOG. 



Not only those who are intcre.itrd in Florida gar- 

 dening but those who are gardening in Florida, will 

 get much information from the Florida seed catalog. 

 The one above tells ivliat to plant, ivlien to plant, and 

 hoti' to plant and feitili/.e almost everything you want 

 to grow. So far as I have had experience, I thoroly 

 indorse its teachings. 



Address Kilgore Seed Co., Plant City, Pla. 



