1887 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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THE VALUE OF THE TOBACCO COI-UMN. 



T HAV'Ejiist g-ot through running' back over the 

 j^ Tobacco Colunin. and footing- up the number 

 ^i of persons who have, by tlie good influence of 

 ■*■ Gleanings, (juit the tol)acco hal)it. I had 

 two objects in view in looting- up the list: 

 1. I wished to use the item in some of my public 

 discourses, to show whut is being- done by 'Die man 

 to induce his fellow-men to discontinue a much 

 worse than useless habit; :!. I wanted youto know 

 that your " labor was not in vain." T counted only 

 those who iudicated plainly that it was through the 

 influenee of Gleanings that they had quit it. 

 Here is the list, if T have made no mistake, and 1 

 think I am right: 



Whole number quit— 446. Number who had quit, 

 but broke the pledge— 18. 



Is not that encouraging? Just think! What a 

 little army of men— enough to till a large hall! A 

 large number of those reformed, I noticed, had 

 families; and I verily believe that, through those 

 fathers, we can count at least on 446 boys belong- 

 ing to them that will be led on to manhood without 

 acquiring the pernicious habit. Quite a number 

 testified that they had used the weed from 40 to 60 

 years. I think we may all wish the good work a 

 hearty God-speed, and that still many more may 

 yet be induced to join the anti-tobacco army 

 through your efforts. D. E. Brubaker. 



Ma.x-well. Story Co., la.. Mar. 7, 1887. 

 •We are very much obliged to yon, friend 

 B., for the paiiis you have taken to connt up 

 the number who have given up tobacco, and 

 I agree with you that this number does not 

 probably represent all the good that has 

 been done. A great many have given up 

 tobacco just because of these letters, and 

 have never said a word about it. A good 

 many whom I have met at conventions have 

 told me as much. The idea of giving a smo- 

 ker seems to have struck the matter in a 

 pleasant way, and people have been stirred 

 up to a sense of duty by it, without feeling 

 as if they had been either reproached or 

 censured. 



TOBACCO A YOUNGER BROTHER OF ALCOHOL. 



1 am glad you still hold on to the Tobacco Col- 

 umn. Undoubtedly you are doing untold good 

 that eternity alone can reveal. I believe tobacco is 

 doing about as much harm in this world as alcohol. 

 About $900,00(1,000 spent for alcohol in the United 

 States, yet its use is not so popular as tobacco. 

 Why is it that almost every person who drinks, first 

 used tobacco in some form ? Physicians say it is 

 because tobacco creates a desire for stimulants. 

 About f600,000,000 spent yearly in this Christian 

 country for tobacco, and but f.5,.500,000 for both 

 home and foreign missions. Does this look con- 

 sistent for a Christian nation y What answer will 

 the Church make to God— what shall we individu- 

 ally make, when asked, "Where is thy heathen 

 brother ?"— 8.56,000,000 who have never yet heard 

 of Jesus ? Do not our small givings to send them 

 the gospel look as if we answered, " Am I my 

 brother's keeper?"? And will God hold us guilt- 

 less ? Nay. verily; in that we have slighted our 

 Savior's last command, to go into all the world and 

 preach the gospel to every creature. 



Many say, it is so hard to leave off tobacco. That 

 is the reason they do not give it up. But there 

 have three cases come under mi' observation with- 

 in the last two years, of old men who have used it 

 for 20 to 2.5 years, leaving it off when they found it 

 was killing them. One of those men found he 

 could not do it in his own strength, and took it to 

 God in prayei-. He claims the appetite was entirely 

 taken away. On another, three cancers started on 

 his head and face. The doctor said it was from the 

 use of tobaccM). and said it could not be cured un- 

 less he left it off, which he did immediately. The 

 third one is improving in health. If old men can 

 quit its use after using it so long, why can not any 

 one who has a will to ? The reason most people use 

 it is, they do not think it really bad, and young men 

 and boys think it manly because their seniors use it. 



Roseville, 111. Mks. L. C. AxTELf... 



A friendly LETTER FROM ONE WHO HAS USED 

 TOBACCO 46 YEARS. 



I am a beginner in bee culture. A year ago I 

 bought a hive of Italians of Rev. Mr. Whitehill, of 

 Cuba, and got a fine swarm from them. Last fall I 

 found and secured in good condition a wild and 

 very strong swarm of black fellows, so now I have 

 three. Rev. Mr. Whitehill kindly loaned me his 

 copy of the ABC of 1882, and I find it a necessity 

 next to bees themselves in bee-management. I write 

 to inquire if you have a later and revised edition. 

 If so, I wish to procure for the elder the improved 

 and take his old copy. It is good enough for me, 

 and I guess he has read about all of the sense out 

 of the old copy. A lady friend handed me a copy 

 of Gleanings. I like the tone of it very much. 

 Your Tobacco Column seems to me a novelty. 

 Now, if you wish to risk a (Mark smoker on an old 

 tobacco-smoker like me, who has indulged the 

 habit 46 years, send it ou, and I will accept your 

 terms. If I don't (juit smoking I will pay for the 

 smoker; and if I do quit, and know that I have 

 effectually and for ever q\iit, T will also pay for the 

 smoker. W. D. Stewart. 



Cuba, Mo., Feb. 14, 1887. 



Well, friend S., you are the tirst brother, I 

 believe, who insisted on paying for the smo- 

 ker, no matter what the result might be. 

 You pay for it if you quit smoking, and you 

 also pay for it if you don't quit smoking. I 

 am to be the gainer, in either case. Come 

 to think of it, however, I believe, dear broth- 

 er, you will be the gainer also, if you think 

 you will use less tobacco than you did be- 

 fore, and my faith is pretty strong that you 

 w ill never use it at all any more. 



A USER FOR 33 YEARS OUT OF 40. 



Please send a smoker to your humble servant. I 

 have quit the use of tobacco, having used it S^ 

 years out of 40. If I ever resume the use of tobac- 

 co I will pay you for the smoker. This is some- 

 thing 1 don't like to say. I am not trying to quit, 

 but I /KTi'f quit. T. H- Dklong. 



Oxbow. Neb., Mar. 4, 1S87. 



Mr. Dock Connon, of Madisonville. tells me you 

 gave him a smoker to quit the use of tobacco. As 

 I am handling bees on a small scale, I need a smo- 

 ker. If you will send me one I will quit the use of 

 tobacco; and should I fail to keep my promise 1 

 will send you the money for the smoker. 



Middleton, Tex., Feb. 6, 1887. L. S. Wil.mf.k. 



