1887 



GLEANINGS IK BEE CULTURE. 



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part of raj' money in bees. He said he would sell 

 me a nucleus for $1.5(i. 1 put it in the cellar my- 

 self, and in the spring- it was a nice little swarm. 

 Papa g-ave me a hive, and hung- tlu? frames in it, 

 and put in the division-lioard to shut them down 

 on just as little space us they could occupy. .1 put 

 a feeder nn top. tilled with extracted honey. When 

 they increased so lhe> needed more room 1 put in 

 a frame ol' louiidatioti. 15.\ tlie time the honey- 

 season coiumeiieed I liad a full swarm. 1 then put 

 on the sections. When fnie set was Cull J tools them 

 otf and put on another set. .My racks hold two sec- 

 tions, whicli weig-h U4 lbs. each. 1 sold my honey to 

 papa for $>h.OO. He has 440 stands. My brothers 

 Willie and Ernest will each Xvnd an apiary in the 

 country this suuuner, and I will help papa in the 

 home apiai-.\'. I cage queens foi- |iaj)a, and help 

 take ofl' hone.N, and take it to the honey-house. 1 

 am not going- to let mine swarm if I can help it, for 

 it will make more honey if it does not. 



I am 11 years old, but I started in the bee-busi- 

 uess when I was ii years old. KAt.i'H Baldwin. 



Independence, Mo., Mar. 31, 1SH7. 



VV^ell done, friend Ralpli. You started 

 from tlie very bottom, witlnnit even borrow- 

 ing money. By tlie conditions of the prom- 

 ise on page 226, I tliink you are fully enti- 

 tled to the cliromo, so we send you one. We 

 will say again, that to all bi>ys and girls who 

 will do as well with their own bees, a chromo 

 is waiting. Let us hear what you have 

 done. 



5^0B3CC0 CdWm- 



PKOK. COOK .JOINS US IN UKGINd WARFAKE 

 AGAINST TOBACCO. 



^\DITOK GLEANINGS:—! wish to express my 

 '^^ pleasure and gratiflcation in view of the 

 IPV statistics which D. E. Brubaker g-ives in last 

 ■*^ Gleanings, p. 313. Just to think of 440— and, 

 of course, as you say. that is but a fraction 

 of the whole number— of permanently reformed 

 smokers, or users of tobacco. Just to think of the 

 useless waste saved; of dirty men made clean; of 

 suttering- households made happy; of disease-g-erms 

 uprooted; of a great public nuisance in part, at 

 least, abated! To be the instruinent of such a 

 blessed consu munition is a g-lory to a man, and I con- 

 g-ratulate you most heartily. When we think that 

 more than half a billion of dollars is spent each year 

 by our countrymen in not onlj- a useless but a 

 pernicious habit, and often when these very dollars 

 arc imperatively needed-to give a family the hare 

 necessities of life, no wonder we envy you your 

 g-ood and blessed work. When we consider how 

 many men are steeped in the not only foul but 

 seriously poisonous emanations of tobacco smoke, 

 whose very presence makes ra-nk the air of car or 

 hall, what wonder we wish we had your power to con- 

 vince men that there is a better way. As we remem- 

 ber the good wives and mothers who dailj' pray that 

 their children may be kept from a dreaded habit 

 in spite of inherited tendencies and degrading ex- 

 ample, we i)ray that we t-oo may be helpful to men, 

 and may also aid to stay or cure the evil habit. 

 When we note dread and may be fatal disease, the 

 direct otfspring: of the tobacco habit, claiming: vic- 

 tims each year, and these victims so enervated that 



they are powerless to say no, when they know that 

 " no " means life and " yes " death", what wondei- 

 that we are enthusiastic in our admiration of tliis 

 part of your work. 



We are having- frightful examples each yeai-i)f 

 persons— especially young persons— who are so 

 diseased from excessive use of tobacco, that physi- 

 cians direct the total cessation of the use of tobac- 

 co as the only lioi)e of cure. Often such persf)ns 

 are so enslaved, or have so lost their will power! 

 that to stop is impossible— at least practically, for 

 they do not stop. I have known several such cases, 

 and yet the g-reat army ol boys— mere nurselings— 

 that is constantly being recruited is almost dis- 

 heai-tening. 



Mrs. Axtell touches a still more scirious aspect of 

 this tobacco problem, when she intimates that the 

 use of tobacco oiiens the door to the saloon. «)h, 

 yes I we maj' even go further; these two join to 

 lead the unwary to the third great evil which is 

 sapping- the very virtue of our people, and whose 

 end is death. Said an honored State Sejuitor to me 

 a few years ago: " I am glad you work to keep our 

 bo\ s from the use of tobacco," though he used it 

 himself. Said he, " Tobacco conducts to the sa- 

 loon, and the saloon points to the way that leads 

 down to death." Can any one doubt but that his 

 suggestion was founded in fact? Many stop at the 

 pipe: niaii.\- halt at the saloou; many take the last 

 fatal step, and leave virtue and manhood behind. 

 Go on, Mr. Editor, in your etfort to check the evil 

 in the bud, and may God speed the work. 



A. J. Cook. 



Agricultural College, Mich., Apr. ;i7, 1SS7. 



I have used tobacco for three years. 1 guit about 

 three months ago. Will you please send me a smo- 

 ker? If I ever use tobacco again 1 will pay for thi; 

 smoker. Alfrkd S. Vansyoc. 



Indianola, Iowa, March 16, 1887. 



I have used tobacco for nearly 25 years, and have 

 left off its use, and will never touch, taste, or handle 

 it again; and if I do ever use it again I will pay for 

 the smoker. Mii.o George. 



Bowling Green, Ohio. 



I hereby promise not to use any tobacco in any 

 form in the future, if you will send me a smoker. 

 If 1 break my pledge I am to pay you for the smo- 

 ker. I was a smoker of cigars. S. H. Zeigleh. 



Mulberry, Pa., March 29, 1887. 



I wrote you a letter some time ago, and inclosed 

 20 c. to pay the postage on a smoker for Mr. Braun, 

 of Kilmauagh. He promises not to use tobacco 

 again; and if he does, I will pay you for the smo- 

 ker. F. C. Smith. 



Kilraanagh. Mich., March 25, 1887. 



I understand you offer to any man, who will stop 

 using- tobacco, a smoker. I will comply with those 

 terms. I make the regular pi-omise, that, if 1 ever 

 commence using the weed again. I will pay you for 

 the smoker. A. Wii,bi-i«. 



Scribner. Neb., March 21, 1887. 



I have used tobacco for 15 years; but in February 

 last my father-in-law and 1 resolved to quit using 

 tobacco. If I am entitled to n snu)ker, send it 

 along; and if I ever use the weed again 1 will pay 

 you for the smoker. J. C. H.m.i.. 



West Liberty. Iowa, Mar. 3(1, 18S7. 



