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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE-. 



July 1 



that temperance is practicable only in unciv- 

 ilized countries, I do not know but we had 

 better pray God to save us from civilization. 



In regard to discussing temperance in a 

 bee journal, if you will turn to the first num- 

 ber of Gleanings you ever saw, or to any 

 other number, you will notice it reads, "De- 

 voted to bees, honey, and home interests. ' ' 

 Now, if the matter of temperance does not 

 come under the head of "home interests," 

 then I shall have to confess that I do not 

 know what does. I shall have to explain 

 to our readers that I tried in vain so to 

 punctuate the next to the last sentence that 

 it would read smoothly, but I had to give it 

 up. It is, however, clear that he objects to 

 Gleanings because it is a "prohibition" 

 periodical. In that you are somewhat mis- 

 taken, my good friend, although it is true I 

 am working and praying, and have been all 

 my life, for prohibition. The particular 

 thing that the Anti-saloon League is working 

 for is Idw enforcement. The most that I have 

 written in regard to temperance has been in 

 the way of exhortation to have the laws we 

 have strictly enforced, instead of being 

 trampled under foot as" they are by the sa- 

 loon-keepers. 



I am glad to see you close by quoting scrip- 

 ture; but I do not quite see how I can unite 

 with you in your prayer that the Lord would 

 keep the church and bee culture separate. 

 The one who leads the prayer-meeting usual- 

 ly, I believe, tries to make his prayer before 

 that meeting one in'which all may unite -at 

 least in spirit if not with a good old-fashion- 

 ed Methodist "amen." I shall have to con- 

 fess that I do not exactly understand what 

 you mean by praying that the church and 

 bee culture may be kept apart, but I would 

 recommend that our religion, whatever it is, 

 be kept right along with us, not only on 

 Sundays, but every day in the week, and 

 especially when we are working with bees, 

 particularly if those bees happen to be cross 

 hybrids. 



Now, dear brother, you did not say, "Stop 

 my paper," and I am thankful for so much; 

 but since I have explained to you that our 

 journal is devoted not only to bees, but to all 

 home interests also, may it be still kept go- 

 zing? If not, and you pi'efer, you can have 

 your money returned; and whenever you or 

 anybody else prefers to have it stopped, and 

 the money returned, it will be done instant- 

 ly if you will tell us so on a postal. 



DUFFY S MALT WHISKY ONCE MORE. 



Some of our readers may have noticed the 

 particulars of a walking-contest in Cleveland 

 some time last fall. Mrs Jane Edwards 

 Root, who is 75 years old, won the race by 

 walking 2^ miles in 26 minutes. The Duffy 

 people, always on the alert to get hold of 

 any thing that will enable them to find a 

 foundation for their testimonials, got their 

 eye on it and sent her a quart bottle of their 

 whisky; and then by some hook or crook in- 

 duced her to give them a testimonial rec- 

 ommending their whisky (so they claim), and 



giving the general impression that it was be- 

 cause of the regular use of their whisky that 

 she performed this great walking-feat. If, 

 however, you will look over carefully the 

 letter they print, you will notice she does not 

 say she ever used the whisky or heard of it 

 until after the walking-feat. Of course, they 

 give a picture of Mrs. Root in their adver- 

 tisement. It makes my blood boil every 

 time I see one of these misleailing advertise- 

 ments; and when I saw they had gotten hold 

 of an old lady who, no doubt, could be con- 

 nected with us by the Root Genealogy, I felt 

 as though it were adding insult to injury. 



By the way, will somebody tell us why it 

 is that the Duffy people keep right on with 

 this sort of thing? We have been told sev- 

 eral times by the papers that they had been 

 enjoined from sellingtheircheap whisky with- 

 out a license, and that hereafter they would 

 have to pay a license just the same as any 

 saloon-keeper; but they keep going' right 

 on with their "testimonials." Are we to 

 understand that some whisky people are 

 "immune, " like some of the millionaires, 

 and that they can break our laws and trample 

 them under foot, and then laugh in their 

 sleeves when we talk about interfering with 

 their work? 



WniSKY OK ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS FOR CON- 

 SUMPTIVES. 



Inasmuch as the Duffy people and other 

 whisky-venders are publishing testimonials 

 and other matter that may induce even 

 Christian people to resort to alcoholic stimu- 

 lants, I have thought best to give an extract 

 from a new book entitled "The Self-cure of 

 Consumption," by Chai'les H. Stanley Davis, 

 M. D., Ph. D., Member of the Connecticut 

 State Medical Society. Here is what Dr. 

 Davis says on page 56: 



Nothing- brings the patient more surely and quickly 

 to the grave than alcohol. Alcohol has never cured 

 and never vrill cure tuberculosis. It not only poisons 

 the system, but it ruins the stomach and thus prevents 

 this organ from properly digesting the necessary food. 

 It impairs nutrition, the very function which, of all 

 others, it is important in consumptives to maintain 

 at its highest integrity. The elimination of alcohol 

 by the lungs increasing the congestion of the bron- 

 chial mucous membranes, and thus enhancing the 

 cough, is very objectionable. 



The United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture has just issued a report of the meeting 

 of inspectors of apiaries, whif^h was held at 

 San Antonio, Nov. 12, 1906. We do not ob- 

 serve any price attached to this bulletin, (79 

 pages), but we opine it is 5 cents, and should 

 be obtained from the Supt. of Documents, 

 Government Printing Office, Washington, 

 D. C. 



The great Uncompahgre irrigation project 

 is rapidly appi'oaching completion. The 

 Gunnison tunnel, six miles in length, is two- 

 thirds completed, and the great South canal 

 is almost finished. The tunnel alone will 

 cost $2,000,000, and the South canal $750,000. 

 The bee-keepers of Colorado ought to feel 

 very grateful to their Uncle Sam for con- 

 structing this truly magnificent enterprise. 



