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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



October, 1917 



life of the plant, which grows always, sometimes be- 

 fore the old crop is over. The roots are only 

 another crop''; and if they are not taken away from 

 the earth they dry in it and disappear, leaving 

 only the exterior cover. The tall roots are some- 

 times fibrous, but not all. The small ones are better ; 

 and all, after being cooked in boiling water, are 

 very good in beaten eggs. Here the poor eat them 

 alone with some salt, like potatoes. 



I hope, Mr. Root, that you may make out to read 

 my letter in such a bad English. I don't very well 

 know how to write it ; but if you wish you can 

 correct my words and take from them some informa- 

 tion for your readers about the chayote which I 

 knew in Fr<ince ten years ago. At home, near 

 Marseilles, my father had some plants; but the 

 utility of the roots and flowers was imknown. 



Uruapan, Mexico, Aug. 24. P. Provensal. 



TEMPERANCE 



Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is 

 not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth 

 not ? — Isaiah .55 :2. 



Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, 

 where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves 

 break through and steal. — Matt. 6:19. 



My good friends, just about a, year ago 

 I exhorted (in my humble way) every voter 

 in Ohio to be on hand at the coming elec- 

 tion, and not only to vote dry but to take 

 some of his time, and use all his influence 

 to induce every other voter to vote dry also. 

 You know how it turned out. The great 

 wicked city of Cincinnati, with its millions 

 of money (and lack of consei?nce) over- 

 powered us. But they would not have over- 

 powered us had every man voted who could 

 vote outside of the city of Cincinnati. 

 I have not the figures here; but the Ameri- 

 can Issue gave the number wbo neglected to 

 go to the polls and did not vote at all. 

 And even taking it for granted that a large 

 part of them might have voted wet, there 

 were still enough, without question, to de- 

 feat the bum element of Cincinnati and 

 make Ohio dry. 



Well, during the past year tremendous 

 progi'ess has been made for prohibition. It 

 would take a whole page to enumerate it 

 all. Not only the United States but the 

 whole wide world has b"en rousing up 

 from its lethargy'. The tremendous demand 

 for " efficiency," not only in war but in 

 the factory, on the farm, ancl everj^where 

 else (in consequence of the terrible war), 

 has thrown a searchlight so strongly on the 

 results of drink — yes, the results of even 

 the very moderate use of intoxicants — 

 that we may say there has been a great ad- 

 vance toward prohibition. Just now we 

 are i^ejoicing that the distillers are cut off 

 by federal law. Not only that, a similar 

 law cuts off " Scotch whisky " and eveiy 

 other kind of whisky Hint lias heretofore 

 been shipped into the United Stales by tlio 

 carload and shipload. May God be praised 

 for this tremendous triumph of righteous- 

 ness over iiii(iuity. It is true that tlie gi'eat 

 stock of liquors in bond may be used unless 



the President shall demand that it be con- 

 verted into alcohol for fuel and war muni- 

 tions. But already the i^riee of a drink of 

 whisky has gone away up, and bids fair to 

 go higher. Of course, there are those who 

 will have it, no matter what the price may 

 be, but they are fast becoming fewer and 

 fewer. 



Now, this issue of Gleanings will prob- 

 ably be my last chance to urge the voters 

 of Ohio to rouse up, put aside business, 

 care of crops, or anything else, in order to 

 get in a vote to make Ohio dry. As I have 

 said before, warn your neighbors and im- 

 press on them the necessity of being 

 ready and on hand on election day. We 

 must work and pray as we never did before ; 

 for as Ohio gpes in the coming election, it is 

 quite probable that the whole United State? 

 will go ; and to a certain extent the whole 

 wide world, is just now watching our na- 

 tion, and taking example from us. Of 

 course, we feel sad to think the brewers — 

 at least for the present — can go on with 

 their work of taking the grains that are 

 sorely needed for food to make that which 

 is the greatest enemy of food that the 

 prince of darkness ever invented. 



Below is something I just clipped from 

 the American Issue, which they credit to 

 the Herald and Presbyter; and altho I do 

 not as a rule approve of sarcasm, I think 

 the sarcasm in the following article hits 

 the very spot that needs hitting a tremen- 

 dous blow as nothing else could do. Read 

 it over and over. Read it to your wife, 

 and then read it to the voters whom you 

 know, that might possibly be induced to 

 vote wet. IMay God speed the little clip- 

 ping. 



TirE MOTHERS AND TIIH BREWERS. 



Upon the women in their homes is falling th« 

 burden of conserving the food supplies of the na- 

 tion. They are urged and exhorted and commanded 

 to slave and save, and scrimp and take care of 

 every crumb and tuber and leaf and shred of food. 

 Yes, p'ease you, this iis well, and women will do 

 llieir duty, with aching back and bleeding fingens. 

 Mothers, with their boys in the field and their 



