1895 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



373 



is the Rev. Lyman Abbott, now pastor of Ply- 

 mouth Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., the pulpit 

 formerly occupied by the late Henry Ward 

 Beecher. A. I. R. 



TOBACCO AND SCHOOLTEACHERS, ETC. 



Your little extract from the Rural New - 

 Yorker, in the issue for Apr. 1.5, induces me to 

 relate the following: When I read that article 

 in the Rural I just wanted to give the editor a 

 good old-fashioned handshake and tell him 

 that I had once been in just that predicament. 

 When I began taking Gleanings, in 1887, I did 

 not like the tobacco articles, and I fancied A. 

 I. Root was meddling with something that was 

 not in his line. I was teaching, and was using 

 tobacco on the sly, for you see my guilty con- 

 science would not let me be bold about it. By 

 and by, when the State made a law that the 

 evil effects of alcohol and narcotics should be 

 taught in our common schools, our examiners 

 went one step further and would not grant a 

 certificate to any one who used tobacco. This 

 question was asked both lady and gentleman 

 applicants at first: but at present males only 

 are put through the test. You see, it was hard- 

 ly in harmony with our progressive age far an 

 examiner to look a fair young lady in the face 

 and say. " Do you use tobacco?" Imagine the 

 embarrassment for both. Well, wheh the ex- 

 aminers made the new ruling I didn't like to 

 give up teaching, so I quit chewing, and resolv- 

 ed to smoke occasionally, generally in the eve- 

 ning, just before retiring. Now, the funny 

 thing about this is. I had imagined I couldn't 

 live without my quid, and I am surprised now 

 to look back and see how soon it was forgotten: 

 but about one night every month or so I 

 dream of having my quid in my mouth; and 

 while the dream lasts I suffer the old anguish 

 and torment to be loose from my old bondage, 

 and I tell you it is a relief to awake and find 

 "it's all a dream." 



The smoking was continued till a year ago, 

 when a young lady became an equal partner. 

 The smoking seemed to poison my system to 

 such an extent that, during the night, so much 

 of it was given off that she awakened every 

 morning with a heavy headache. The smok- 

 ing was stopped, and to-day I am free from 

 a slavery that had me once in an iron grasp. 

 Last winter one of my boys said, "Teacher, do 

 you use tobacco? " I pleasantly replied, " I am 

 free from the habit; and, God helping me, I am 

 ever going to remain so." The supreme satis- 

 faction of being able to say conscientiously 

 what I did to him rewarded my effort. " For 

 surely there is no excellence without great 

 labor." Dr. J. Q. Mui-ford. 



Lebanon, O., April 19. 



BSST OIT SARTIX. 



WILLIAMS AUTOMATIC REVERSIBLE 



HONEY - EXTRACTOR. 



Perfect in principle and working's. Here is what 

 the veteran bee-keeper, N. E. France, of Plattcville, 

 Wis., says of it: "I consider the Williams Automat- 

 ic Reversible Extractor liead and shoulders above 

 any 1 have ever used, and. furthermore, consider it 

 the BEST on the market." Mr. Prance produces 

 extracted iioney by the carload, so he is good au- 

 thority on extractors. For price list No. 1 of E.x- 

 tractors, choice Italian Bees, Queens, etc., address 



VAN ALLEN & WILLIAMS, Barnum, Wis. 



I^"In respondinir to tins mivi . .i;.cii..ni iiit-iitlon GLKANINGSt 



100 Breeding Queens. 



We have got 100 very FINE SELECT fbreed- 



ij^ ing) Gray Carniolan queens that we can 



w # ship by return mail for $3.50 each. Don't 



sB fail to send for our free descriptive price 



list of the Gray Carniolans and golden 



Italians. 



F. A. Lockhart & Co., Lake George, N. Y. 



' '"In responding to this advertisement mention CIleanings. 



GOLDEN s:^S QUEENS 



each; 3 for $2 00. Tested. $1.00 each. Fine breeders, 

 $:i.00 each extra. Select straight 6-banded breed- 

 ing-queens, $4.00 each. To all new customers one 

 Golden Queen forSOcts. Satisfaction and safe 

 arrival guaranteed. 



.. ^ .. E. A. SEELEY, Bloomer, Ark. 



P. O. Money Order office, Lavaca, Ark. 7-20 



tl^In responding to this advertisement mention GLBANluaa. 



EGGS from pure B. P. Rocks, cheap, for hatching or 

 incubator. Cards cheerfully answered. 



MRS. L. C. AXTELL, Roseville, Illinois. 



Hives, = 



Fouadation =""""""""""""""""""""""""" 



Qorifnnc — '--frame nucleus with untested 



:)eLliunb, ^ queen $3 50 



Bees, = 3-frame nucleus with untested 



(\ — queen 3 25 



(Queens, ^ Ready to ship. Discount on 



r\f. — quantities. 



"' = 40,000 3-lb. 414x4^x1% sections, 



Any E per 1000 150 



XL- = 40,000 3-lb 4J^x4J^xlii sections, 



•n'Og = perlOOO 135 



\ = Every thing shipped from this 



„ , = city. Catalog free. 



Bee=keeper = 



v^^Jo = I. J. STRINGHAM, 105 Park Place, 



Needs. = n. y. city. 



tyin responding to this advertisement mention GLBANlNoa, 



H/-\ T^ T w-^ "¥ r t If we would be suc- 

 • i ■•^•|-<* V I cessful in the pro- 

 V^ 1 ^ l_w A • duction of honey it 

 is of vital importance 

 that our queens be first-class. After an extended 

 experience with the different races of bees brought 

 to this country, I am led to believe, all things con- 

 sidered, that these direct from Italy have never been 

 improved upon. Large yellow prolific queens from 

 imported mothers, mated to drones of imported 

 stock from a difierent source, securing a direct 

 cross. Untested, ready May 25, 75c; 6, $4.35; 12 for 

 $8.00. Select untested, $1.00. No disease. 



L. n. ROBEY, Wortliin^toji, W. Va. 

 (C^ln respondinir to this adverti-sement mention Oi.itANTwna. 



Must be Sold. 



75 Langstroth and Simplicity hives made 



• up and painted, mostly new; supers 



• and wide frames, 3000 sections. Simplicity 



• smokers, all new; 100 straight combs, 



• nice and clean. Send on your offers for 

 part or whole. 



E. Y. PERKINS, Lenox, Iowa. 



Please mention this paper. 



>HOJMEY-JVIAKERS 



Are a strain of Italian 

 bees that we have pro- 

 duced by years of careful 

 breeding. Queens will be 

 ready May 15. Tested queens 

 in May, $3.00; untested, $1.00; half- 

 doz., $5.00; tested queens in June, 

 $1.26; untested, 7.'>c; half-dozen, $4.00. 

 Please state in your order whether im- 

 ported or golden queens are wanted. 



Leininger Bros., Ft. Jennings, O. 



I^"In responding to this advertisement mention ulkanings. 



