1885 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



455 



all ; and I do not know of any way of man- 

 aging bees M'itliout a liability of such losses, 

 unless somebody is on band to look after 

 swarms as they issue. Our perforated zinc 

 and drone-traps ought to tix the business : 

 but someliow we do not get many definite 

 reports as to liow these fixtures do work. 

 How is it, friends? Shall we <'lip our 

 queens where Ave are working for oomb hon- 

 ey, or shall we let them go undipped? We 

 should like to hear from a good many in re- 

 gard to this mattei-. 



A LETTER FROM ONE OF THE RE- 

 CLAIMED. 



VE-S, >n' I-U1LM)S, A.M) FKO.M O.Ni: \VH( 

 KECLAl.MEU MV THE (JHACK UK ( 



"^UlEND AMOS:— After using- and abiisinj;- to- 

 E^' bacco for lorty yciirs or nioi-f, I hiivo (]uit. T 

 J^ use it in no form whatever. I (juit tlie habit 

 ■^^ at once, wliieli tlirew me into a hif;h fevci-. 

 My |)ulse was 1-0 per minute, and I was so 

 roasted with this fever, and at times had such an 

 all-gone, idiotic feeling:, that I took to it agiiin. In 

 a few hours the fever was {fone, and 1 felt rig-ht in 

 Ixxli/, but not in mind, for 1 was ivhippnl. In a lew 

 months I reinforced and made anothei- "bulfje" on 

 old JJ<'kI I and .SV((«)), but I was not successful ; that 

 tormentinj.' fever rose a;irain: my pulse beat 11.") per 

 minute, and again I poured nicotine on the troubled 

 waters, and there was a calm. My li-ien<ls told me I 

 was too old to (pilt. and that I was foolish for i)un- 

 ishing- myself in this way: thai I could ko/ (|uit. I 

 told them I had better die tr>in«- than to continue 

 to live in sin, ieeliiifj- as I did that the use of that 

 I)oisonous, stiunilatins' druju: was a barrier that ))re- 

 vcntcd the full tiow of the love of our heavenly Fa- 

 ther into iny i)oor thirsty soul. .After bein;.r defeat- 

 ed in this way, and ha\inti- to surrender uncondi- 

 tionally, 1 concluded to diji' a trench around the 

 city, lay siev-'C, and starve my er.em.\- into submis- 

 sion, concludinj;' that, as niy system by dejirees ac- 

 commodated itself to the use of tobacco, in a like 

 manner it <H)Uld be trained to the disuse of it. .'<o I 

 made or conHnenced the third attack on Wr-U and 

 8atan by using- none liefore breakfast ; but. oh what 

 a fuss, dust, and outcry was raised over this inno- 

 vation on the habit of forty years' stnndins-. by the 

 old totally dei)raved humanity and i^atan: Hut the 

 Lord heliied, and contiinied to encamp on the tiat- 

 tle-tleld, and this \ictory was followed up b>- usiiif;- 

 less and still less every day. .\s Mr. lUinyan says, 1 

 l)Ut a guard at mouth-};ate and feel-^-ate, an<i (lien 

 reiiifoiee<l every morniu};- by asking- (jod to helj) me 

 tf)fiuit, if it was his will 1 should (piit. and in this 

 way J taix'red olf until 1 used noiu' at all. 



Everyln)d.\- engaged in this light should be \('i-y 

 watchful, or the " tapered " end Avill be the larger. 

 Hy the help of (iod 1 am iu)w a li'ce nuin ; and as the 

 odor of pipe and tobacco is not pleasaiU, I suppose 

 my ai>petite, taste, tceling, etc.. are getting back in- 

 to the natural channel again, and I ha\e the use of 

 my mind and body both, lictter now than when I 

 used that stimulating, sickening-, jtoisonous, ruireoi- 

 ic, filthy drug— no, no: not HIthy (//-((</, but tlllhy 

 Jidhit, and mj- ap|)etite is not ra\-enous and i-hange- 

 ablc as it was, and sleep comes when 1 call for it. 



But the trophy of gieat \alue that I brought oil 

 froih this battle-lield is a calm, serene, sweet frame 

 of mind Ihuf 1 Me\ er felt belore, ai.d I have a near- 



er approach to my heavenly Father, and I am now 

 nestling in his love. For many years back, my con- 

 science has been ill at ease with regard to the use of 

 this so-called " creature comfort." The following 

 reflections gave me smarting, biting convictions: 

 "Will you not thank God for that (piid of tobae- 



"Xo." 



" Why:-" 



" Because it is d deadly poison, containing no 

 nourishment; it in.iures the digestion and nerves, 

 and hurts my eyes, so I can not thank him for it 

 and lie honest and sincere." 



Kcd-hot wires were then drawn across mj con- 

 science in this shape: 



"If you can not thank God for the weed to use as 

 a diet, quit it; for you are commanded to use noth- 

 ing but what you can use in the name of the Lord 

 Jesus; and, again, ill every thing give thanks; and. 

 furthermore, by your own confession you are guilty, 

 or w ill be guilty of self-murder, being broiled and 

 scalded in this way." 



r S(]Uirmed and fought and i-an and fell; but God 

 helped nu- up on mj- feet again, and, "by grace 1 

 am what I am," a free man. The storm is behind 

 me, and I am camping on the battle-field, awaiting 

 orders from the Captain of my sahation to go and 

 reijort at headcpiartei-s, and receive my iinuuised 

 inheritance. . 



And now in conclusion, let me tell yo\i that I do 

 not write this to you in order to get a smoker; no, 

 no. I am using the one that I bought of you. When 

 I received it, one screw was loose. 1 tightened it, 

 but it came loose again, and was lost: but the smo- 

 ker is doing good work, though it is traveling t)n 

 three legs. I have written the foregoing, hoping 

 that you will dress it o\ er so it will be Ht to be seen, 

 because I have neither brains nor education; but if 

 all or any iiart of it will help one man or woman to 

 become fi-ee, who is now a slave, I shall be well 

 paid. ,1. M. Sti:i>man. 



Quitman, Te.\as, .Ma\ :;. ls.s.-,. 



Friend S.. I tlumk you fur your Utile sloi-\ . 

 as it leaclit's me a lesson. Some of llic 

 friends iiere in t he eslai)li si iiucnt insisted that 

 Ihev could break oft better to take it a little 

 bit giadiiiiJly. tliaii to cut loose all of a sud- 

 den. 1 objected to tliis way of doing, and I 

 do yet. It seems to iHc daiigeroiis to dallv 

 with sin: and yet. the fact that you coii- 

 (|uercd in that" way makes me feel that 1 

 ought to be careful about dictating a course 

 for otlieis. (iod saves, and he seems to liave 

 I)eciiliar nietliodsof saving different individ- 

 uals, lint he f/<«.s- save • and iniiy all lioiior 

 aml glory and praise be to his holy nainel 



FUNGUS SPORES FOR BEE-BREAD. 



■ know, .Mr. Editor, that what is one |)erson's 

 neat is another person's j)oison. That is lit- 

 ■rally proved in a case reported to me by one 

 if oui- graduates, (). I,. Hershiser, of Water 

 'alley, N. V. He sends me a twig of wild 

 ■rry, which is badly attacked by the blaek- 

 I- rasjibcrry fung-us. Tiie leaves are thickly 

 ivith this yellow fungoid growth, which I b(>- 

 •cording to our best fungiologists, is a very 

 enemy to th<' i>lants. Mr. Hershiser states 

 e bees iirc thronging these plants where 



neve, 

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