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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 15 



And ihey tome to Jesus, and see him that was pos- 

 sesi-ed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and 

 clothed, and in his right mind ; and they were alraid. 

 — Mark 5 : 15. 



In closing my talk Sunday evening at We- 

 wahitchka I said something like this : 



" Dear friends, inasmuch as you are all 

 entire strangers to me I may be able to say 

 some things to you that your respective pas- 

 tors would hesitate to say, even if they entire- 

 ly agree with me. For instance, I can speak 

 very plainly in regard to the use of cigarettes, 

 for I do not know whether this boy or that 

 one uses them or not ; but your pastor proba- 

 bly knows all about it. You might think 

 him personal, and be offended ; but you will 

 not be offended with me, I am sure." 



Then I pleaded with the young boys who 

 have not commenced it, and told them what a 

 very simple thing it is to let them alone, com- 

 pared with breaking off after the habit is once 

 formed. I had heard of a boy in that very lo- 

 cality, who absolutely could not break off, and 

 the doctors told his friends if they wanted to 

 save his life he must be watched day and 

 night ; and this very thing they are now do- 

 ing if I understood correctly. I then asked 

 how many in the audience had passed through 

 the experience of breaking away from an evil 

 habit. 



The next day I had a talk on this matter 

 with Mr. H. B. Buder, of Ilio Landing. Mr. 

 B is now postmaster, boat agent, merchant, 

 firmer, bee-keeper, and a very good man as 

 every one in that locality will admit. I had 

 heard, however, that he had not always been 

 thus, and that he had passed through a re- 

 markable experience. He finally himself told 

 me that, for a great part of his life, he had 

 not only used tobacco, but drank also. His 

 regular business is watchmaker and jeweler ; 

 in fact, he became an expert, and earned 

 enough money to have been well off, but it all 

 went for the things I have mentioned, and 

 evil companions. First his nerves began to 

 give way. He could not adjust a hairspring, 

 and perform other delicate work about a 

 watch. He had always been an expert in all 

 athletic games ; but even his wonderful con- 

 stitution could not stand it. He studied the 

 matter over, and, like a sensible being, said, 

 "Get thee behind me, Satan." He broke 

 away from every thing, and accepted Christ 

 as his Savior, and united with the church. 



Now. here is the point of mj' story. When 

 T asked him how big a job it was to break 

 right square off from stimulants he said some- 

 thing like this : 



" Mr. Root, you may be surprised to hear 

 it, and mv experience may be very unusual ; 

 but it wasn't any task at all. I have never 

 wanted either drink or tobacco one minute 

 since I quit. Getting off the load of a guilty 

 conscience, which I had carried for years, 

 was such a relief that I n&v&r thought oi going 



back. I wouldn't touch either of them again 

 for all of the money in the world. I have 

 met my old comrades at our annual conven- 

 tions (for I still attend some of them), but it 

 wasn't a bit hard for me to say, ' No, gentle- 

 men, I don't drink or smoke.' If they say, 

 ' Why, do you mean to say you have turned 

 pious?' I reply, 'That is just what I have 

 done ; and if you will come along with me, 

 and do the same, you will declare right 

 away it is the most sensible thing any one 

 can do.' " 



The above is not exactly his own words, 

 but the substance of them. When I asked if 

 I might publish what he had told me, he re- 

 plied : 



"To be sure, you may, Mr. Root. I am 

 ready to stand up before all the world as a 

 humble follower of the Lord Jesus Christ ; 

 and there is nothing I enjoy more than using 

 my influence for him as far as it will go." 



As a matter of course, soon after cur friend 

 started out in the new life he married a good 

 woman, and they two now make a very pleas- 

 ant home for travelers stopping over night 

 or waiting for boats. 



The reason why, or at least one great reason 

 why, friend B. has had no awful battle with 

 his old bad habits is that he made a full and 

 complete surrender. He never looked back 

 after he had turned heavenward ; nay, let us 

 put it still stronger — he never thought of look- 

 ing back ; then the "old man," with his le- 

 gion of evil ways, viasgone, and in his stead 

 was the new creature " sitting and clothed, 

 and in his right mind." No wonder they 

 were afraid. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



WHITE DUTCH CLOVER SEED — ADVANCE IN PRICE. 



The best present figures are: Bushel, $10.00; Yz bush- 

 el, $5 2.5; peck, $2.75; 1 lb., 20 cts.; 1 lb. by mail, 30 cts. 



PRICE OF THE NEW POTATO-PLANTER. 



By an oversight no price was given in our Feb. 15th 

 issue of the potato-planter described and illustrated. 

 It is only 75 ct.s. ; and as it weighs only 2^2 lbs it can 

 be sent by mail for only 45 els.; but it had better be 

 sent by express, or, better still, by freight with other 

 goods. 



SWKET CLOVER SEED — ANOTHER ADVANCE IN PRICE. 



The best price we can possibly make at the present 

 date is, 100 lbs., 10 cts per lb.; 10 lbs. or more, 12 cts. 

 per lb.; single pound, 15 cts.; single pound by mail, 

 25 Cts. The above is for seeds with the hulls on Seed 

 with hulls off will be 5 cts. per lb. more than the 

 above prices. 



THE NEW CAULIFLOWER SEED— THE MATTITUCK ER- 

 FURT. 



After the notice given in our Jan. 15th issue con- 

 cerning this new cauliflower, a tremendous demand 

 .'-prang up. For a time we were out of seed, and un- 

 shle to fill orders; but by considerable persuasion we 

 s> cured the last bit of seed friend March had left, and 

 can .i^ti'l supplv it in 5-cent packets, or fsounce pack- 

 els at 25 cts.; ^^-ounce, 40 cts. 



GLASS ADVANCED AGAIN. 



We are again obliged to mark up the price of 8x10 

 glass for greenhouse s^ish to S3 (iO per box of 90 lights 

 or 50 sq. feet, and a like advance will apply to all 

 special sizes o'- strips which we can not obtain cut 

 from w.iste. Strips over 16 inches long to 20 inches 

 are worth |4.20 per box by the latest prices received. 



