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(jLEAJS'INGS in 13KE CULTURE. 



June 



I has'e quit the use of tobacco. I have used it 

 since I was 12 years old, but I never intend to use it 

 again; and if 30U thinly I am entitled to a smoker, 

 send it; and if I ever use tobacco again I will send 

 you the price of the smoker. M. N. Snider. 



Lafayette, Lafayette Co., La., Apr. 1.5, 1887. 



I have used tobacco for about 30 years, but have 

 given it up as a filthy habit. If your offer is open 

 for this year, and you think I am entitled to a 

 smoker, I shall be very thankful for it, and I prom- 

 ise to pay for it if 1 ever use tobacco again. 



Peterboro, N. H.. May 3, 188T. G. W. Gilmore. 



I have never used tobacco except in smoking, to 

 which 1 have been quite a slave for a number of 

 years. 1 will say, if you send me one of your smo- 

 kers I will quit the use of the weed; and I promise, 

 if I ever take up the liabit again, to pay you for it. 



Salineville, O., Apr. 3.5, 1887. J. W. Manning. 



Accept my thanks for the promptness of Gle.\n- 

 INGS, and for its teachings, for it has taught me 

 the evil of tobacco, and encouraged me to quit its 

 use. I have quit for good; and if I am entitled to a 

 smoker, please send it; and if 1 ever use the weed 

 again I will pay for the smoker. D. D. Slater. 



Blackville, Barnwell Co., S. C, Mar. 30, 1887. 



I am one of your boys who will never use tobacco. 

 I always used it to smoke the bees out of the bo.xcs, 

 but will never use tobacco again. I would never 

 have started to using the weed if it had not been 

 for my bees. If [ ever commence the use of tobac- 

 co again I will pay you double for the smoker. 



Wall Rose, Pa., Apr. 33, 1887. CH.\RiaE Herr. 



1 am very much pleased with the way you handle 

 the tobacco question in Gleanings. I am one who 

 has reformed. I used it for 13 jears, and quit about 

 5 i'cars ago. I have become more and moic set 

 against it every yesir, and I fully believe the day 

 will come when it will be looked on and dealt with 

 the same as whisky. S. H. Beaver. 



Tamora, Neb., Apr. 30, 1887. 



I have given up the use of tobacco, and should 

 like you to send me a smoker. I don't want to be 

 paid for doing right, for I am now 2d vice-president 

 of a missionary society, and expect to do right; but 

 I want to know that T shall have a smoker to pay 

 for if I break said pledge. It will always remind 

 me of my promise. R. S. Parham, Jr. 



Stinson, Ga., April 19, 1887. 



HEALTH IS BETTER. 



I have quit the use of tobacco; and if you will 

 send me a smoker, and I commence using the weed 

 again, I will pay you full value for the smoker. 

 My health is better than it was when I used the 

 weed. I am interested in the bec-biisiness. Our 

 bees are doing as well as could be expected at this 

 time of year. C. P. Hutchins. 



Massena, St. Law. Co., N. Y., May 4, 1887. 



By request of two of my neighbors who have de- 

 cided to lay aside the expensive and filthy habit of 

 using tobacco, T ask a smoker sent them, if you 

 think them entitled or worthy. Please direct to 

 A. Spraggin, De Soto, Floyd Co., Ga., and J. F. Long, 

 Coosa, Floyd Co., Ga., and the smokers will be 

 thankfully received. The parties pi'omise to pay 

 you if they should be so unfortunate as to return 

 to tobacco. D. B. Bryan. 



De Soto, Floyd Co., Ga , May .5, 1S87. 



A PROMISE FROM A WOMAN. 



I like Gleanings very much, and intend sub- 

 scribing for it. I am just beginning with bees this 

 spring, and wish to learn all the improved methods 

 of handling them. If you will send me a smoker I 

 will never use tobaccco again in any form. If I 

 should break my promise my husband would be 

 sure to let you know it, and pa^ you for the smoker, 

 for he is very much opposed to my using tobacco. 

 Mrs. LiLLiE Charrock. 



Rising Fawn, Dade Co., Ga., May 4, 1887. 



WHY WILL YOUNG MEN NOT TAKE WARNING? 



Please send J. J. Gilbert a smoker. He quit the 

 use of tobacco the 14th of Dec, 1886. He com- 

 menced using it when he was ten years old, and is 

 now fifty. If he commences to chew or smoke 

 again he agrees to pay one dollar for the smoker. 

 I know of five old men in this neighborhood who 

 have quit in the last six or seven years. Why is it 

 that the young will not take warning? May God 

 1 less you in your efforts to do good. H. Freed. 



New Stark, Hancock Co., O., Apr. 37, 1887. 



NERVES AFFECTED. 



I got neighbor Beckwith's Gleanings, and in 

 l)eriising it 1 saw that you were giving ail those 

 who would quit the use of tobacco a smoker. I 

 have quit the use of the vile weed. As to chewing 

 tobacco, I never expect to do it any more, whether 

 I get a smoker or not, and if ever you hear of my 

 using it I will give you ten times the worth of the 

 smokei-. 1 would advise everybody to quit. I 

 chewed until every nerve in me was affected, so 

 that when I laid down at night I would jerk all over. 



Smithville, Tenn., May 3, 1887. A. B. Cheatham. 



THE ALABASTER BOX OP HUMAN 

 SYMPATHY. 



There caiue unto him a woninii h.iving an aUibabter box of 

 very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at 

 meat.— Matt. 26 7. 



Our alabaster box of love 



And tenderness kept sealed 

 Until by death friends are removed, 



Th'-se sorrows won't be healed. 

 Biit if. while thi y have ears to hear, 



We often tlu'in may save 

 From many a pant; and briny tear, 



Too late when in the grave. 

 The kind thing:s that you mean to say. 



And acts you mean to do, 

 Say now before they're gone away, 



And do befoie they go. 

 The flowers you mean to send their bier, 



In life on them bestow; 

 They will appreciate them here, 



But can not when they jiro. 

 Ch) ist's followers ealled it heterodox 



Wlien Mary, with good sense. 

 Poured out her alabaster box. 



Though worth three bundled iieiice. 

 If friends have boxes laid away 



To break upon my head, 

 I'd have them broke while here I sta.y. 



And not when I am dead. 

 I'd rather they would brinp: them out, 



Or strew my patli witli llowei-s 

 While I'm beset with fears and doubts, 



In these my weary hours. 

 I'd rather have a coftln plain. 



Without a eulogy. 

 Than life without the sweets and gain 



Of love anil sympathy.. 

 Let's learn to anoint our dearest friends 



Before their burial day; 

 Post-mortem kindness does not lend 



To cheer the spirit's way. 

 The fragrance of the flowers may last, 



Fragrance on coffins may; 

 But never can it backward cast 



Over the weary way. 

 To all who cease to smoke, still make 



A gift to smoke bee-rtocks; 

 And thus continue still to break 



Your alabaster box. H. L. 



