1889 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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T0B7ICC0 C@^MN. 



CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH WE GIVE SMOKEKS To PERSONS WHO 

 STOP USING TOBACCO. 

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

 tobacco in consequence of what he lias 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 

 (i leanings. 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- 

 bacco again, he (the subscriber) will pay forthe smoker. Tin- 

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

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

 beeausewe 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. 



THE PIPESTEM STICKIN' OUT. 



My friend, your pipe we can not see ; 

 Hidden surely it must be; 

 For while you travel round about. 

 We see the stem a stickin' out. 



Now, do you think it nice and wise 

 To burn your nose and smoke our eyes? 

 Then just you lug your pipe about, 

 And leave the stem a stickin' out. 



And if you think you're doing: right 

 To puff and smoke both day and night, 

 Just bear your pipe with you about. 

 And leave the stem a stickin' out. 



Examples set to girls and boys, 

 Although they spoil their life-long joys, 

 And as you pass along the route, 

 Just leave your pipestem stickin' out. 



Thus as you lead the youth along, 

 To practice what they know is wrong. 

 They see the sign you bear about; 

 It is your pipestem stickin' out. 



At home, at church, or while abroad, 

 The people all with one accord, 

 With deaf'ning roar aloud may shout— 

 "We see your pipestem stickin' out." 



Now, if you would disgust us all— 

 The old, the young, the large, the small, 

 Just lug your pipe around, and shout, 

 " Here! See my pipestem stickin' out." 

 Cedartown, Ga. J. M. H. 



A neighbor of mine, through the influence of 

 Gleanings, has decided to quit the use of tobacco. 

 If you will send him a smoker T will be responsible. 

 If he ever uses it again I will pay for it. 



Anneville, Texas. G. H. Reed. 



One of my friends, Mr. Sievert Anderson, who 

 has been a great smoker, has quit smoking, and 

 says if you will send him a smoker to Newton, Ben- 

 ton Co., Oregon, he will quit; and if he ever smokes 

 again he will pay you. Mrs. C. Dixon. 



Newport, Oregon. 



I promise to pay for the smoker should I ever use 

 lobacco in any way again; if you will try me this 

 once yet, 1 feel as if it would be the last time I 

 should have to ask for human help. 



Here is another who is no reader of Gleanings, 

 but he says if you will send him a smoker he will 

 pay 75 cts. for it if he ever uses tobacco again in 

 auy way. If he breaks his pledge I will see that he 

 pays it. His name is Albert Sanders. 



Fairfield, Pa. J. A. Kime. 



I inclose 70 cents to pay for a smoker for myself, 

 and also 20 cents to pay postage on a smoker for 

 George James. Having used tobacco for 20 years 

 he says he will quit; and I promise, if he ever uses 

 it again, to pay for the smoker if he deserves one. 



Denver, Mo. W. K. Smith. 



An old friend of mine, Mr. Crandall, who has used 

 tobacco for many years, has quit using it. I have 

 also quit, as 1 never used it very much. Now, if 

 you think we are entitled to a smoker between us, 

 please send it along; and if we ever use it again we 

 will pay you the full amount. L. W. Watts. 



Portland, Oregon. 



HAS KESUMED THE USE OF TOBACCO, BUT PAYS 

 FOB THE SMOKER. 



Gleanings is always gladly received. Mr. Rolen 

 Routen has fallen back to his tobacco, and sends 

 you 70 cts. to pay for the smoker he got. 



Henry, Tenn. R. F. Carter. 



Thanks for the 70 cents, Mend C— not be- 

 cause it is so much money, but because it 

 shows that your friend is honest and square. 

 We hope he will try it again, however. 



I wish to join your anti-tobacco company, and 1 

 want a smoker, and then I shall be a smoker no 

 longer. I have been using tobacco, though not im- 

 moderately, for several years, and I know it is an 

 injury. I agree to all the conditions, so put me up- 

 on the list. J. M. Aker. 



Smithville, Mo., Apr. 25. 



Friend A., where do you draw the line be- 

 tween " moderate " and " immoderate "? If, 

 as you say, you used it moderately, and yet 

 suffered from it, is it not true that the use 

 of tobacco to any extent is an abuse of it, as 

 it is with liquor? 



Under date of May 9, friend A. says : 



The smoker came this evening. Thank you. My 

 time to stop smoking and chewing has begun, and I 

 think I can be faithful. T never chewed or smoked 

 extravagantly, but I have been at it thirty years or 

 more, though I have quit several times, sometimes 

 a year or two, in that time. J. M. Aker. 



Smithville, Mo. 



I thiuk that any man, by reading Gleanings, will 

 be a better man spiritually if not financially. I 

 have been smoking tobacco 25 years, and Bro. Mor- 

 row (the bee-man) told me I was smoking too much ; 

 and if I would quit you would give me a smoker; 

 and in case you send me one, if ever 1 use tobacco 

 again I hereby promise to pay for the smoker. I 

 did not do this for the mere value of the smoker, 

 for I don't suppose that money would have hired 

 me to do so; but I believe that morally it is wrong; 

 and, God being my helper, I'll never do it again. 



Washington, Ark. H. B. Timberlake. 



commences the use of tobacco, but pays for 

 the smoker. 



Mr. Ummel has been using tobacco again, and I 

 send you one dollar to pay for a broken pledge. He 

 does not use much, but I should like for him to 

 leave it alone altogether. I have three boys and 

 three girls, all under ten years of age. I should hate 

 awfully if any of them should learn to use the vile 

 stuff. I hate tobacco, and I will fight it as long as I 

 live. Pray for us, dear friend; pray that my dear 

 husband may see how wrong it is to use tobacco, 

 and that he may have strength to leave it alone. 



New Goshen, Ind. Mrs. Josephine Ummel. 



