1905 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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any thing of that sort either. The old bees 

 in the hive have a necessary part of the 

 work to do, and so it is with humanity. 

 Nothing can take the places of these older 

 ones with ripe experience. This ripe expe- 

 rience is just as much needed as is modern 

 machinery; but we want to pray for God's 

 grace to help us to adjust ourselves to our 

 respective places good-naturedly and grace- 

 fully. 



AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS WHO FEAR NEITHER 

 GOD, MAN, NOR— ANYBODY ELSE. 



The Cleveland Leader has just informed 

 us of an auto driver who turned out of the 

 way of a trolley car, and in doing so ran 

 into a man who was driving a young high- 

 spirited horse. The man was thrown out on 

 the curbstone, badly injured. The horse ran 

 away, injuring several other people; but the 

 driver pushed ahead, never stopping to look 

 back or inquire as to the damage he had 

 done, and succeeded in getting away before 

 anybody caught sight of the number on his 

 car— if he had one. Now, this thing has 

 happened before— at least a few times any 

 way; and I wish that a law might be passed 

 inflicting a severe penalty for running away 

 from an accident of this kind without stop- 

 ping to inquire or helping to make good the 

 damage. Individually I should consider the 

 penitentiary none too severe for such an of- 

 fense. When bicycles began making trou- 

 ble a few years ago. there were a few who 

 were cowardly enough to get out of sight as 

 soon as possible, if they could do so. Yes, 

 and I have heard some people defend such a 

 course; but the man who runs away from 

 an accident, whether he caused it or not, is 

 much in the same category as the man who 

 runs away when something has been stolen 

 or somebody has been robbed. If there are 

 no laws to punish such cowardly tricks, by 

 all means let us have them. Nobody who 

 makes any pretense to being called a man 

 should refuse to face the music and take the 

 consequences, especially at a time when he 

 may have done damage or injury to some of 

 his fellow-men; and it should be no excuse 

 for him to say that he did not mean to do 

 the mischief. 



AUTOMOBILES ON HIGHWAYS. 



So long as we continue to publish kind 

 words now and then, to be consistent we 

 must also give place to criticisms. The fol- 

 lowing is one of them: 



A. I. Root Co..— Please find enclosed 25 eta. to pay for 

 what I owe on Gleanings. Stop my subscription. I 

 have taken Gleanings for years, and like it well except 

 for just one thing-. I am altogether out of sympathy 

 with A. I. Root's love for automobiles. I think this rich 

 man's plaything, and curse to non- users, should be pro- 

 hibited by law from using roads built for public high- 

 ways. A. E. Peck. 



Acworth, N. H., May 25. 



Friend P., I do not know but I shall have 

 to remind you of the time when Stevenson 

 was projecting the first railway in England. 

 He was told by bright and intelligent people 

 that his scheme was impracticable, as it 

 would frighten the horses and cattle along 



the road so that they would jump over the 

 fences, and run away and bring calamity 

 everywhere. One old farmer said, "And 

 suppose, now, Mr. Stevenson, my coo should 

 get in front of your engine." His reply 

 was, "Thot w'd be bad forth' coo." But 

 he had faith to foresee that the cattle would 

 be of small account compared with the good 

 that would be done by steam railways. 

 And, my dear friend, I have faith to believe 

 that, in a very short time, you may see your 

 mistake and conclude to renew your , sub- 

 scription to Gleanings. It seems the steam 

 railways did not trouble the horses and cat- 

 tle in the least; but they did make it possi- 

 ble to carry the necessaries of life not only 

 everywhere, but at such low prices that 

 starvation and destitution are now almost 

 unknown wherever the locomotive has made 

 its way. A recent number of the Chicago 

 Advance informs us that there are streets 

 in Chicago where the automobiles, including 

 those that are used to carry merchandise, 

 largely outnumber the horse-drawn vehicles. 

 Gasoline is fast demon.=5trating that it is a 

 cheaper and safer motor than horse flesh. 

 Surely you would not want, the editor of 

 Gleanings to be behind the times in this 

 matter of cheap and safe transportation. 



Another thing, automobiles are already 

 used to some extent by bee-keepers, espe- 

 cially those who have out-apiaries; and they 

 are very soon going to be used much more 

 for this very purpose. You can go among 

 the hives with them in a way you would not 

 want to do with a horse; and during the 

 busy season they are a great saving of time, 

 especially if your apiaries are as far apart 

 as they should be for the best results. 



Temperance. 



in 



foreign 



business opportunities 

 countries. 

 From a government bulletin entitled " De- 

 partment of Commerce and Labor, No. 

 2266," issued March 4, 1905, I have decided 

 to make some extracts. In discussing the 

 different ways in which our foreign trade 

 may be increased and extended with foreign 

 countries, the consul speaks of increasing 

 our export of American intoxicating liquors. 



CHINESE LIQUOR CONSUMPTION. 



There are reasons to believe that American liquor in- 

 terests, especially the wine-producers of California, are 

 not paying the attention to the trade of China which it 

 deserves. Generally speaking, the imports of wine, 

 beer, porter, and spirits into China are rapidly increas- 

 ing, although the past year was not a very favorable 

 one in some respects. It is also true, apparently, that 

 American trade in this line is increasing, but Americans 

 do not have the share they ought to have. 



The unusual amount of native wines imported in 1902 

 was probably due to the destruction of stocks in the 

 great fire which visited Amoy that season. 



Generally speaking, the coast cities use foreign spirit- 

 uous, vinous, and malt products in about the proportions 

 indicated. American beer is popular, but some German 

 and considerable Danish beer are imported. Whiskies 

 are largely of English and Scotch origin. The wines 

 represent almost every nation that produces wine, but 

 the European brands very largely predominate. / be- 

 lieve that Americans can develop a good trade here in 

 whiskies, can increase their sales of beer greatly, and 



