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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 15 



have a peculiarly bad taste in my mouth I 

 instinctively feel a craving for lemons. The 

 papers have been telling us recently that a 

 little lemon juice in the water we drink will 

 destroy the harmful bacteria. A competent 

 medical authority replies that, while this is 

 not altogether true, it is partly true. I 

 know that, when I can get hold of a lemon 

 and have an opportunity to sit down with a 

 cup of water in one hand and the lemon in 

 the other, I can cure the bad taste in my 

 mouth and the unpleasant feelings in the 

 digestive organs, and feel refreshed and 

 well in just a few minutes. The lemon 

 juice may be squeezed into the water before 

 drinking it, or you can suck the juice out 

 from one end of the lemon and then take a 

 swallow of water. I like the latter plan 

 better. The pure lemon juice cleanses my 

 mouth and my teeth better than the diluted 

 juice; and when it gets to be unpleasantly 

 sour, a little water taken into the mouth 

 seems to be peculiarly refreshing and pleas- 

 ant. Sometimes I prefer hot water, and 

 under some circumstances it seems to be a 

 better remedy than cold water — especially 

 water that is very cold. 



I believe lots of suffering might be re- 

 lieved, and many doctors' bills saved, by us- 

 ing lemons in this way. It is a thousand 

 times better than stimulating drinks or 

 stimulants of any kind. It is God's own 

 medicine put up in neat little bottles which 

 are his own handiwork; and I believe he in- 

 tended it for us just as he intended the re- ^ 

 freshing breezes, the genial sunshine, and 

 the pure spring water that gushes forth 

 from a thousand hills. 



OUR 



homes; 



BY A.I. ROOT. 



Righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is a reproach 

 to any people. — Prov. 14 : 34. 



"A BARREL OF WHISKY OR A BUSHEL OF 

 BIBLES." 



Nearly a year ago I said in one of my 

 Home papers that one of the speakers at 

 the Anti- saloon League meeting in Colum- 

 bus threw a banner across the stage, with 

 the heading, " A barrel of whisky or a bush- 

 el of Bibles. " At one of the liquor- league 

 conventions a speaker said we fanatics might 

 bring our Bibles, as big a stack as we liked, 

 and that he would beat us all out of sight 

 with a barrel of whisky. Now, it has looked 

 at times during the past year as if the bar- 

 rel of whisky were going to prevail against 

 the Anti-saloon League, the churches en 

 masse, and over every power that good men 

 and women could bring to bear. Boss Cox, 

 of Cincinnati, the boss and leader of Ohio 

 politics, not only visits beer-gardens almost 

 every evening, but he can drink thirty or 

 forty glasses of beer in one evening. The 



statement has been published broadcast, and 

 none of Cox's friends have contradicted it. 

 I said, toward a year ago, it was not possi- 

 ble such a man could be permitted to say 

 who should be elected to the prominent of- 

 fices of our State, including that of Govern- 

 or; and yet good people said Boss Cox had 

 every thing so completely in his power that 

 we could not help ourselves. He declared 

 Herrick should be our Governor for another 

 term, and good Christian people said it was 

 better to let Boss Cox rule than to "dis- 

 rupt" the Republican party. 



"The readers of Gleanings know how I 

 have plead in these pages for a revolt, no 

 matter what party it "disrupted." Only 

 one person in this world knows how much I 

 have prayed over the matter. God has not 

 only heard, but answered the prayers of my- 

 self and of the Christian people of the land. 

 As I write, many are perplexed and aston- 

 ished, and some are indignant. But our fair 

 State of Ohio has broken loose from her 

 bondage. The people have, by their votes, 

 declared we want a man for Governor who 

 will enforce the laws, and not one who will 

 suppress them in order to accommodate the 

 liquor-men. 



Judge Webber, in a political speech here 

 just before election, produced a printed cir- 

 cular emanating from Joe Miller, of Cincin- 

 nati. This circular was a frantic exhorta- 

 tion to saloon-keepers and every one con- 

 nected with the liquor-trade to work untir- 

 ingly day and night for Herrick; for if Pat- 

 tison were elected every saloon in this State 

 would be shut up tight on Sunday. " Joe " 

 closed with a caution to his friends about 

 letting that circular get into the hands of 

 the fanatics. Judge Webber said, with a 

 comic smile, " We will take great pains not 

 to let anybody see it." I wondered at the 

 time if our people realized that the saloon 

 element had by this circular candidly owned 

 up that they did not like latv, and that they 

 proposed to break our laws, and that they 

 must have have a Governor who would make 

 it as easy for all law-breakers as he possi- 

 bly could. We read, "The wrath of man 

 shall praise thee." How wonderfully this 

 little text has been verified! These law- 

 breakers, in their stupid and dense igno- 

 rance, could not see they were giving Mr. 

 Pattison one of the highest compliments 

 that could possibly be paid him. They were 

 unconsciously, it seems, putting into our 

 hands a tremendous weapon— a weapon with 

 which to hew themselves to pieces. May 

 God be praised that the weapon was seized 

 by an indignant public, and has been used to 

 advantage. 



I hope I may be excused if I quote a text 

 to the Republican party, especially as I 

 have been a Republican all my life, and ex- 

 pect to be a Republican still, but an inde- 

 pendent voter. The text as applied to the 

 Republican party is this: 



Now, no chastening for the present seemeth to be joy- 

 ous, but grievous ; nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth 

 the peaceable fruits of righteousness to them which are 

 exercised thereby.— Heb. 12 : 11. 



