1890 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUEE. 



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•CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH VTK GIVE SMOKERS TO PERSONS WHO 

 STOP USING TOBACCO. 

 First, the candidate must be one of those who have given up 

 tobacco in consequence of what he has seen and read in this 

 department. Second, he promises to pay for the smoker 

 should he ever resume the use of tobacco in any form, after 

 receiving the smoker. Third, he must be a subscriber to 

 •Gleanings. Any subscriber may. however, have smokers sent 

 to neighbors or personal acquaintances whom he has labored 

 with on the matter of tobacco-using, providing he give us his 

 pledge that, if the one who receives the smoker ever uses to- 

 Dacco again, he (the subscriber) will pay for the smoker. The 

 one who receives the smoker in tliis case need not be a sub- 

 scriber to Gleanings, though we greatly prefer that he be one, 

 because we think he would be strengthened by reading the 

 testimonials from time to time in regard to this matter. The 

 full name and address of every one who makes the promise 

 must be furnished for publication. 



Episcopacy, was sitting one afternoon this week at 

 the Sturtevant House, when a newspaper man ad- 

 dressed him: 



*' You are being mentioned as a future bishop, 

 Doctor." 



" Bless your soul, young man, I'm ineligible." 



" Ineligible, Doctor?" 



" Yes. You see, I use tobacco. I both smoke and 

 cliow. I would rather smoke than be a bishop." 



"Does smoking make jou ineligible?" 



" Well, the Conference is not going to elect any 

 one who uses tobacco; and between the two, I lean 

 to the cigar." 



May God continue to bless the General 

 Conference in tlie future as he has in years 

 past ; and may they never let up on tobacco, 

 no matter whom it throws out. 



TOBACCO AGAIN, BUT PAVS FOR THE SMOKER. 



Three years ago I promised to <iuit the use of to- 

 bacco for a smoker. I did (luit until a short time 

 since. ] have partly taken up the habit again. You 

 will find Inclosed Ssi.OO, which I think I owe you. 



J. W. Gandy. 



Stanton, Chilton Co., Ala., Dee. 38, 1889. 



A GOOD FRIEND WHO DOES NOT PROPOSE TO GIVE 

 UP TOBACCO FOR GOLD OR DIAMONDS. 



Mr. Root:— I understand from the columns of your 

 paper that you offer a smoker to any man who will 

 give up the use of tobacco. Permit me to say, 

 that, if your smoker were made of gold, and studded 

 with diamonds, I should still prefer the pleasure of 

 tobacco-smoking. A. Junor. 



Good Luck, Texas, Feb. 5. 



Well, well, friend J., you are certainly 

 strong in the faith, at least on one side of 

 the question. All right. It is your privi- 

 lege to hold fast to the tobacco, if you pre- 

 fer ; but, dear brother, are you sure that 

 you want the boys and girls of the coming 

 generation to follow youV Very likely you 

 have children of your own ; and whatever 

 papa does, must, of course, be considered 

 the proper thing to do. Do you want these 

 little ones to follow in your footsteps? And 

 another thing, dear brother : Would it be 

 well if all the world were to put self and 

 selfish enjoyments beyond every thing else, 

 as you doV The use of tobacco must neces- 

 sarily give pain and unhappiness to others 

 about you, unless all the inhabitants, both 

 women and children, as well as men, in that 

 pretty town of yours named Good Luck, 

 should go and do likewise. And would you, 

 my friend, want to live where everybody 

 uses tobacco? Perhaps you have not read 

 our journal much. If you have you have 

 certainly noticed that the use of tobacco 

 kills both mind and body, with many; but 

 even when the mind is failing, and the vic- 

 tim of the habit is forced to acknowledge it, 

 the struggle is so great to give it up that he 

 sometimes goes down to insanity and death 

 rather than to undertake to fight the terri- 

 ble battle. I thank you for your frank 

 square way of expressing your views in re- 

 gard to the matter ; but, dear friend, I hope 

 and pray that you may reconsider this posi- 

 tion you have so vehemently taken. 



Since the above was in type, our proof- 

 reader hands me the following, which was 

 taken from the American Grocer: 



Rev. Dr. Lanahan, from IJaltiraore, a member of 

 the Methodist General Conference, now in session 

 ■in this city, and a member of the Committee on 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



GOD S GIFTS TO THE TILLER OF THE SOIL. 



I do think gardening and tilling the soil brings 

 us nearer Him who was so wise and good as to be- 

 stow such mysterious blessings as these. Glean- 

 ings brings new courage even to me. I often feel 

 like shouting " amen " to many of the talks therein. 

 I know I should enjoy a look at your place, espe- 

 cially the fruits. I don't think, on the whole, you 

 will ever get a strawberry to excel the Crescent, 

 crossed with the Wilson. I have handled fruits for 

 years, and I get the best results from these. 



Hallowell, Me., Feb. 5. E. P. Churchill. 



KIND words from A SOUTHERN NEIGHBOR. 



I commenced bee-keeping in 1885, with two Ameri- 

 can hives, from which I now have z2. I know you 

 will say that I am not a modern bee-keeper; but the 

 fact is, I knew but very little about the insect until 

 I read your ABC. I did not get over 15 lbs. per 

 colony this season, owing to the fact that It was out 

 of the question to give them the necessary atten- 

 tion. My hives are almost all patterned after the 

 Simplicity. I noticed, during the month of Septem- 

 ber and a part of October, that the yellow-jackets 

 were robbing my^bees. I contracted the entrance, 

 but the mischievous things seemed to kill the bees 

 and take possession of the hives. They can go 

 where a bee can't, as they are some smaller, and 

 they are tougher and harder to kill. I was greatly 

 provoked to see them stinging the bees to death at 

 the entrance. However, on examination I found 

 plenty of stores to carry the little fellows through 

 the winter. The weather here at this date is like 

 that of June— too warm to wear a coat with com- 

 fort. It is quite different, I guess, from the tem- 

 perature in Medina. I would necessarily step 

 around lively to keep comfortable with you in Ohio. 

 I am running a steam cotton-gin, and a grist-mill al- 

 so. I will run a small bee-hive factory to accom- 

 modate " myself and my neighbors." We have 

 the best long straw-yellow pine lumber to make 

 hives of. I know you would like it to work up into 

 hives. It is, however, a fraction heavier than the 

 lumber you work, but it is impervious to heat and 

 rain, nor has it any unpleasant odor. The bees 

 seem to accent it almost or quite as well as the 

 white pine. Perhaps one of these days I will come 

 to Medina and see your beautiful apiaries, the fac- 

 tory, the market garden, and see you sell straw- 

 berries by lamplight. We have some nice plants; 

 and when they bear I will send you some early 

 ones— that is, if you will divide with Mrs. R. and 

 the little ones. I wish I lived nearer you; yes, I 

 should like to live within a few hundred yards of 

 you. I feel indebted to you for the moral good you 

 have effected by your able articles in Gleanings 

 from time to time. I really am anxious to meet 

 you, and shake your hand, and know that it is A. I. 

 Root. May we ever live in peace, and cherish the 

 sacred, the beautiful, and the good ! G. D. Mims. 



Falfa, S. C.,Dec. 18, 1889. 



Wait ! Eggs ! 



At half price from prize- 

 winning Light Brahmas 



and Laced Wyandottes, 



$1.60 per clutch, after April first. No stock for sale 

 until fall. SIGEL F. GROSS. Atwood, 111. 



