1887 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



521 



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TOBACCO AND THE HONEY-TRADE; FALSEHOOD 

 VERSUS TRUTH. 



T HAVE taken iniich interest in your Tobacco 

 lat ^^olumn. If our papers over the country gen- 

 ^l erally were as ready to publish such solid j 

 ■*■ truths in regard to the evil effects of tobacco, ] 

 and keep them before their readers as they are i 

 the slanderous report about the manufacturing- of i 

 artificial honey, they would confer an evei-lasting 

 blessing upon mankind and womankind. I say 

 womankind, because, with us, the snutf-box with 

 very man.v of the women is as indispensable as to- 

 bacco in its other forms is with most of the men. ' 

 Surely, if more such stubborn facts as given in this 

 timely piece were known throughout the land there 

 would be a wonderful let-up in the use of this vile { 

 stuff. On the other hand, so much has been said of j 

 late about the adulteration of honey, that, again j 

 and again, right in our little town of Uvalde, where 

 honey is comparatively- cheap (extracted 5 to 7 cts.), 

 and sugar high, about 10 cts. per lb., have I heard 

 my brother bee-keepers accused of selling "nothing < 

 but sugar" for extracted honey, and no doubt the 

 same has often been said of me. Last fall I found 

 much difficulty in trying to sell nice white section 

 honey among the people in a neighboring city, put 

 up in the 12-lb. Heddon shipping-crates bought of 

 you, simply because many of them thought it im- 

 possible for the bees to do such work, and that 

 surely it must be some of that manufactured hon- 

 ey they had so often read about. It is useless to 

 tell them what any sane person ought to know, that 

 we can't afford to buy sugar for 10 cts. and sell it for 

 7, or that A. I. Root, one of the largest bee-supply 

 men in the world, has a standing offer of $1000 to 

 any person who will just show him the place where 

 comb honey is manufactured. What a power is the 

 press' and if it would only take up the refrain of 

 Gleanings' Tobacco Column, what a revolution 

 would in time spread over our mighty land ! Allow 

 me also to commend Gleanings for its many time- 

 ly articles devoted to our health and homes. 

 Uvalde, Texas, May 24, lJi87. J. D. Felix. 



Be of good cheer, friend F. I know how 

 foolishly stubborn the world seems to be in 

 this matter of the adulteration of honey ; 

 but light is breaking, and intelligent people 

 are beginning to rebuke these slanderous 

 falsehoods whenever they are heard. 



fell on my knees and pi-ayed, " Father, forgive me. 

 1 have sinned." Relief came to my troubled soul, 

 and I arose from my knees a new man at heart. I 

 then determined to give up the use of a thing that 

 cost me so much. I have been without the weed 

 for nearly two months, and T have now not much 

 longing for the stuff'. A. H. Austen. 



Mason, Texas, May 7, 1887. 



the evil tendencies OV tobacco ir,LUSTRATEI>. 

 HOW one VICE LEADS TO ANOTHER. 



I have been a user of tobacco for about one year 

 steady, and four years off and on. I tried to quit 

 several times, but my appetite for the weed over- 

 came the desire to quit its use. My eyes soon be- 

 gan to hurt, and I lost 10 lbs. in weight in less than 

 a month, and I never felt well. This feeling made 

 me want stronger stimulants, and I took to drink- 

 ing whiskj', and going to dance parties. I stopped 

 going to church and all religious worship, and was 

 going down hill as fast as I could go. About April 

 13th I went to prayer-meeting and was convicted of 

 mj' sin. I went home deeply troubled. My troub- 

 les lasted all next day: but a little after night, 

 when in my room, something seemed to whisper, 

 "This may be your last chance; heed not the call, 

 and the door may be closed for ever." 'Twas then I 



A neighbor bee-keeper of mine came in the oth- 

 er day to buy some queens. When about to leave 

 he said, " I liave quit chewing tobacco. 1 have not 

 taken a chew in three weeks, and I have been a 

 constant user of it for over fifty years. With God's 

 grace to sustain me, I do not expect to use it any 

 more." 



"And you will pay for a smoker if you doV" I said. 



" I will," he replied. 



Please send him a smoker and a copy of Glean- 

 ings that you put this in, to David Hughes, Hack- 

 berry, Lavaca Co., Tex. J. K. Mullin. 



Oakland, Texas, May 9, 1887. 



I have been chewing tobacco, but have quit. If I 

 ever chew or smoke again, I will send you 70 cents 

 for the smoker. F. L. Sufpern. 



Voorhies, HI., April 19, 1887. 



I have quit the use of tobacco, and will never use 

 it again. If I ever use it again I will pay for the 

 smoker. J. W. Tribble. 



Prescott. Ark., May 5, 1887. 



If your offer of a smoker holds good to non-sub- 

 scribers, please send one, as I promise to abstain 

 from the use of tobacco, and to pay for the smoker 

 if I use it again. Theo. B. Hendrickson. 



Springdale, Pa., May 16, 1887. 



.joining the ranks of many. 



I have been a smoker ever since childhood; and 

 seeing so many giving- up the habit I will say that 1 

 promise to quit; and if ever I smoke again I will 

 pay you for smoker you send. W. V. Johnson. 



Fairmount, Ark., April 13, 1887. 



As 1 am in the apiary business, and have been an 

 inveterate smoker of the weed, I claim a smoker of 

 you. I promise I will never use the poison again; 

 but if I do I will pay you your price in full for the 

 smoker. J. B. Mayo, M. D. 



Bear, Montgomery Co., Ark., Apr. 13, 1887. 



the boy who signed the pledge. 



I am the boy you gave the smoker to, and am 14 

 years old. I signed your pledge last fall and I have 

 kept it. I will try to get some more boys who chew 

 tobacco to sign the pledge if I can. R. Reed. 



Jolietteville, Ind.. June 3, 1887. 



I think you are the means of doing a great 

 amount of good as a reformer. My brother has 

 stopped smoking. Will you send me a smoker? He 

 desires it to be sent to me. If he ever smokes 

 again I will pay for the smoker. 



Prairie City, 111., May 7, 1887. COKA A. Castle. 



QUIT USING AT .51 YEARS OF AGE. 



You may send a smoker to Thos. Harden. He 

 has (juit using the weed, at .51 years of age, so I 

 think he deserves one to strengthen his resolu- 

 tion. If he resumes I'll see that you get your pay. 

 Our bees are storing honey rapidly. 



Mrs. Maggie Goodrich. 



Rock Falls, Tex., May 4, 1887. 



