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GLEANINGS IN BEE:CULTURE. 



Apr. 



I replied at once, " Can you? Well, I am 

 glad to hear It, for I am always glad to know 

 that any of the friends who work here have 

 succeeded in doing better than I can afford 

 to do by them. I suppose you have, of course, 

 a steady job right along, winter and sum- 

 mer ? " 

 He replied that he had. Then I added, 

 " That is good ; I am glad of it.'' 

 Now, this young friend occupied an im- 

 portant place, and it is right in our busy 

 season, so it was a little hard to spare him ; 

 therefore it required something of an effort; 

 for me to say what I did, and say it truthful- 

 ly ; but I felt happy after having said it ; and 

 I am sure I shall never rejoice, even if he 

 should be disappointed. In fact, he can have 

 his place back again at any time if he chooses 

 — that is, while we are as busy as we are 

 now. And then think what it is worth, 

 dear friends, to have pleasant feelings in- 

 stead of unkind ones, between you and your 

 fellow-men, when differences of this kind 

 come up. Let us ask ourselves the question 

 over and over again, " Am I in any way in 

 danger of rejoiciug in any sort of iniqaityV 



TBB^cce {S%mW' 



CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH WE 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 siibscriber 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- 

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

 one who receives the smoker in this 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. 



ANOTHER FRIKND TAKES THE PLEDGE. 



In reading the Tobacco Column I have decided to 

 quit the use of tobacco. Please send me a smoker; 

 and if I ever use it again I will pay for the smoker. 



Barnard, Mo., Jan. 25. S. K. Landfather. 



ANOTHER BROTHER WHO IS RE.IOICING IN DELIV- 

 ERANCE FROM THE SIN OF THE TOBACCO 

 HABIT. 



Friend R., as you are aware, I have been a sub- 

 scriber to (iLEANiNGS for some time. My attention 

 was called to the Tobacco Column; and the more I 

 read, the more I wanted to read, and the query 

 arose in my mind, " Can I be a Christian, and use 

 tobacco?" Well, I studied about the matter con- 

 siderably, and whenever Gleanings came to hand, 

 the Tobacco Column was the first looked for, to see 

 what other people were doing about it. I finally 

 concluded that, if other people could quit, so could 

 I. On the 13th day of Jan., 1890, the pipe and tobac- 

 co went, after using them ever since I was 6 years 

 old. I am 39 now. By the help of my Savior I in- 

 tend never to use them again. It was through 

 your influence, Bro. R., that I quit. I feel better, 

 both in body and mind, since quitting the use of to- 

 bacco. I don't want any smoker, for I have one. 

 Hoping you will still keep up the strife against to- 

 bacco, I am truly yours, A. J. Meredith. 



Nettleton, Ark., Mar. 3. 



May God bless you, dear brother, for your 

 kind words, and especially for your full, 

 frank testimony, freely given, to be used in 

 print for the benefit and encouragement of 

 others who are striving to do likewise. May 

 the Lord be praised for sucli testimony ! 



Gleakincs IK Bee Culture. 



Published Semi-Monthly . 

 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, 



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For Cln'oUcs Bates, See First Page of Beading Uatter. 



Do good to them which hate you.— Luke 6; 27. 

 "A YEAR AMONG THE BEES," REDUCED. 



The publishers of the above, T. G. Newman & 

 Son, of Chicago, have reduced the price of that val- 

 uable and interesting little work from 75 to 50 cents, 

 cloth bound. We will furnish it hereafter at that 

 price. 



TO OUR ADVERTISERS. 



As we expect to close up our forms on the 4th 

 day before date of publication, our advertisers must 

 get in their copy or changes of advertisements as 

 soon as the llth and 26th of the month. A few of 

 our patrons have been a little late. 



MAKIN«i HONEY-LABELS STICK TO TIN PAILS. 



Tears ago I decided that the only sure way was 

 to have the label go clear around a pail or can. If, 

 however, such a label is too expensive, put a band 

 of nice-looking paper around the can and stick 

 your label to it. Various recipes have been given, 

 and perhaps some of them " slick." My experience 

 is, however, that some if not all are liable to " let 

 go " sooner or later. Washing the tin with an alka- 

 li, such as saleratus or soda watt r, so as to remove 

 grease, helps materially. Adding honey or sugar 

 to the paste, also helps. But where it is going to 

 make serious trouble when the label comes ofif, I 

 believe I should prefer a band of paper going clear 

 around. If anybody knows of any thing better, we 

 should be very glad to hear from him. 



SENDING GOODS BY EXPRESS THAT MIGHT JUST AS 

 WELL GO BY FREIGHT. 



The amount of money thrown away every day in 

 sending and ordering hive stuff by express, when 

 there is no immediate need of it, is appalling. A 

 few days ago one of our bee-friends away down in 

 Texas died. In order to settle up an account with 

 us his good wife sent a foundation-mill, second- 

 hand boiler and dipping-boards, 30 or 40 lbs. of wax, 

 and other like goods, all by express. The express 

 charges alone amounted to over $10.00, while the 

 freight would not have been over one-fourth of 

 that amount. There was no urgent need of the 

 goods at all, and yet no friend or neighbor, or even 

 the express agent, saw fit to vouchsafe the informa- 

 tion that such heavy, bulky goods, are never sent 



