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GLEAiNlMGS iiN litlE (JULTUKK. 



Kov 



I think jou will have no trouble with the 

 queen in the upper story, if you use section 

 boxes accor^lin^ to the modern methods of i 

 management. This matter, and that in re- 1 

 gard to straight combs, are very fully treat- 

 ed in the A 15 C book. j 



TeB^cce Gdhum. 



THE TOBACCO REFOKM .\MONO THE WOMEN. 



TTo S it seems to do you so much good to know 

 oIm that people are stopping the use of tobacco, 

 j^K and I believe T hate the habit as bad as you 

 '^-*' ever could, I report for my wife and her 

 two sisters, Mary and Nancy Israel, who have 

 used it lor the last ten or fifteen years. >[y wife 

 and Mary quit about five years ago, and have bo- 

 come great opposers of the habit. Nancy quit this 

 summer, and thinks she can hold out faithful to the 

 end. My wife thinks it has been an injury to her 

 health. 



If you wish to send one smoker to all three, you 

 can mail it to me, as one will do for all. If you have 

 any lectures that Avill be of any help to persuade 

 any one to quit, send some if they are free, as we 

 have a brother we wish to have quit. 



Best, Buncomlic Co., N. C. R. L. Patton. 



Friend P., we rejoice to hear of the great 

 work you have taken up, and we are glad to 

 see the courage with which your wife and 

 sisters come out and declare their determin- 

 ation to break off from this evil habit. :May 

 God bless and strengthen you all. We most 

 gladly send you a " Dose of Truth," and a 

 smoker also. » 



I saw in Gleanings that you proposed to give 

 any one a smoker who would quit the ilse of tobac- 

 co. I have quit the use of it; and if I commence 

 again I will pay you for the smoker immediately. 



Meridian, Texas, Oct. 1, 1885. E. T. Pehcival. 



I have quit the use of tobacco, both chewing and 

 smoking, after using it for fourteen years. Will 

 you please send me a smoker? Ill use tobacco 

 again, I will pay for the smoker. M. Tamek. 



Hubbard City, Tex., Sept. 28, ISS."). 



Seeing your offer to those who quit the use of to- 

 bacco, and who expect to continue it, after having 

 been a user of it for 18 years I will solemnly affirm, 

 that I will never use it in anyway; If I do, I will 

 pay for the smoker. Henky Cauch. 



Sonora, Ky. 



I have quit using tobacco, and don't wish to be- 

 gin again. I suppose you will send me one of j'our 

 60-cent smokers, for I have some hybrids that are 

 too cross to be endured; and if I begin using again 

 I will send you pay for the smokei-. 



Huntington Center, Vt. Henry E. Sweet. 



Mr. T. B. Franks says I must tell you that he has 

 quit using tobacco, and intends to stay quit; and if 

 you will send the smoker gratis ho would like you 

 to send him one. F. J. Bostick. 



Greenville, S. C. 



Please send me two smokers— one for William 

 Chainblers, and one for C. B. Williams. They both 

 have quit using tobacco, and say they will pay for 

 the same should they ever use it again. They got 

 me to write for them. G. W. Johnson-. 



Stinson, Ga., Aug. 9, 1885. 



A friendof mine, whohasafew stands of hybrids, 

 and cross ones at that, has been an inveterate smok- 

 er for a number of years. After reading a few 

 numbers of Gle.\nings he has given up the habit 

 for some time past. He now requests mo to write 

 to you for a smoker, and should he commence the 

 filthy habit again, he will pay you for the same. 



Carlinviile, 111. J. A. Blaeuer. 



"QUIT to stay quit." 



I see you offer a smoker to any person who has 

 given up the use of tobacco. I have done so. I 

 have used the weed for SO years, and have quit to 

 stay quit. I think it is one of the great evils of our 

 day, for men to come down so low as to use the un- 

 healthful, flllhy stuff. If you think me worth}', send 

 the smoker. I will pay for the same if I use tobacco 

 again. James W. Stonebrakin. 



Wild Cat, Carroll Co., Ind. 



BY THE HELP OF GOD HE WILL NEVER USE IT 

 AGAIN. 



A neighbor of mine has put away tobacco after 

 being a slave to it for 33 years, and says by the help 

 of God he never will use it again. Ho is just start- 

 ing in the bee business, and says as soon as he is 

 able he will subscribe for Gleanings. He got me 

 to ask you to send him a smoker; and if he ever 

 uses tobacco again, he will pay you for it. If he, 

 Mr. S. H. Zouger, fails to pay for the smoker, I will, 

 l)rovided he resumes the use of tobacco. 



Hickman, Ky., Oct. 5, 188.5. J. O. Barnes. 



Glad to know you are in the missionary 

 work, friend Barnes; and I don"t know any 

 better way in the world to make a man stick 

 to his pledge than to have some friend vouch 

 for liis honesty in the matter. 



I have been the worst slave to tobacco smoking 1 

 have ever met with. I kept the pipe in ray mouth 

 almost constantly; but after nearly destroying my 

 health I was induced to quit. It cost me about 

 twenty dollars a year. I have spent enough money 

 for tobacco to buy a pretty large apiary, the way 

 bees can be bought now. I followed its use almost 

 twenty years. I have tried to quit it a good many 

 times, and failed; but it is over two years since I 

 quit it f(* good. It is no temptation to mo now. I 

 know all ^\vho will, can quit its use. If you think I 

 deserve a'^smoker, I shall ever feel grateful to you. 



I-. H. KOUEY. 



Worthington, W. Va., Sept. 25, 1SS5. 



quitting TOBACCO FOR THE SAKE OF THE BOYS. 



I am much i)leased with your journal. I do not 

 intend to try to get along without it again. Do you 

 sow any thing in the fall to make early feed for the 

 bees? My husband has thrown away his tobacco, 

 and does not intend to use it again, because the lit- 

 tle boys wanted some. He says if you give a smo- 

 ker to all subscribers who stop using tobacco, you 

 ought to send him one. If you will send him one to 

 gratify him, I will try to get you five new subscrib- 

 ers between now and the first of the year. 



Bennett, Neb., Sept. 19, 1885. J. Ross. 



We send a smoker, my good friend ; but I 

 sliould rather have your husband's promise 

 tlian to have the live new subscribers, al- 

 though we are always glad to have additions 

 to our list. Q"ittiiig for the boys' sake, I 

 sliould say, is next tiling t<» (luitting for 

 Christ's sake. Is it not soV 



