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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 



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ITS ORIGIN, AND HOAV INTRODUCED TO CIVILIZED 



NATIONS. 



fROM one of my books I copy the following: 

 " Until the discovery of America, the tobacco- 

 plant was unknown to Europeans. The sail- 

 ors who accompanied Columbus noticed the 

 natives puffing- smoke from their mouths and 

 nostrils, and soon learned that this arose from the 

 smoking- of the dried leaves of a plant." I suppose 

 the Europeans thought that what was good for 

 Indians was good for them, so they picked up their 

 filthy habit; but they knew no better. I like the 

 description King James gave of its use; he said, 

 " It is a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the 

 nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs." 

 Think of the many thousand who will go to the 

 bottomless pit through tobacco. I wish more 

 would try to do what you arc doing, and may God 

 be with you in that work. "The poisonous nature 

 of tobacco is mainly due to one of its elements 

 called nicotine. This is a deadly poison. Experi- 

 ments show that two drops, placed on the tongue 

 of a fowl, causes death almost instantly." That 

 fact alone ought to persuade thcin to stop; but they 

 are such slaves, and their will is so weakened, they 

 don't. 



I have a neighbor who, I think, would not stop its 

 use for one hundred smokers. What we want is to 

 keep the younger ones from it. The older people 

 won't last always. 



There is not much use of repeating it, for nearly 

 every one knows that " tobacco, like alcohol, in- 

 jures the brain, deranges the entire nervous sys- 

 tem, spoils the appetite for wholesome food, low- 

 ers the life forces, injures the lungs and heart, and 

 depresses the spirit. When indulged in by young 

 persons it saps the foundation of health, and 

 dwarfs the body and mind." 



" It is rare to find an inebriate who does not use 

 tobacco; and careful inquiry will prove the state- 

 ment that, in nine cases out of ten, the tobacco 

 habit was first formed." Keep the young from it 

 if you don't want them to be drunkards. 

 Wayland, N. Y. W. A. Lawrence. 



I have quit using tobacco; and if I ever use it 

 again I will pay you in full for a smoker. 

 New Portage, O. Isaac Fuitz. 



I have(iuit using tobacco, and never intend using 

 it again. If I should 1 will pay the price of the 

 smoker. H. W. IJukkum. 



Walla Walla, Wash. Ter. 



I hereby promise to quit the use of tobacco in ev- 

 ery form; and if you send me the smoker, and I use 

 tobacco again I agree to pay you for the smoker. 



Wise, W. Va. Eli Collins. 



I have quit the use of tobacco altogether, after 

 using it for 1.5 years, and I e.xpect to stay quit. If 

 I am entitled to a smoker, send me one; and if I be- 

 gin again I will pay you in full for it. 



New Florence. Pa. Geo. K. Stewart. 



I used tobacco for twelve years, but quit about 

 two months ago. If you will be so kind as to send 

 me a smoker I shall be ever so much obliged; and if 

 I ever go to using the weed I will pay you your 

 price for the smoker. N. K. Cripe. 



Montevallo, Mo., July 20, 1887. 



Mr. W. W. Hallenberger says he will quit the use 

 of tobacco if you will send him a smoker. He will 

 pay for the same if he resumes the use of the weed. 



Sherwood, O. P. E. Kintner. 



I have quit the use of tobacco, and I should like 

 to have a smoker. If you will please send me one, 

 if I ever use tobacco again I will pay for it. 



Ambrosia, La., July 2, 188". W. A. Walters. 



I have quit using tobacco; and if you think I 

 should have a smoker, send me one; and if I ever 

 recommence the use of it I will pay you for the 

 smoker, and I will try all I can to get others to quit 

 the lilthy weed. J. Sulouff. 



Coeolamus, Pa., July 2, 1887. 



I began using tobacco three years ago, for the 

 purpose of smoking bees; but I found it injurious 

 to my health, and I quit the use of it. If I am en- 

 titled to a smoker, send it along, as I promise nev- 

 er to use tobacco again. If I do I will pay you for 

 the smoker. E. McClain. 



Potosi, Wis.; June 20, 1887. 



My uncle has been a slave to tobacco for 11 years, 

 but quit the use of it about 7 months ago, and would 

 be pleased if you would send him one of your 

 smokers; and if he again takes up the use of it he 

 will paj' you for it. His name is J. E. Ried, Green- 

 boro, Greene Co., Ga. T. E. Ried. 



Greensboro, Ga , July 2, 1887. 



I have been thinking of quitting tobacco for some 

 time, but could not get exactly ready to make the 

 commencement. Now, if you will send me a smok- 

 er I will promise faithfully to never chew any 

 more of the filthy stuff; and should I ever use any 

 more I will pay you $1.00 for the smoker. 



Luttrell, Ala., July 1, 1887. S. C. Stone. 



I quit using tobacco the 12th day of March, 1884, 

 and have not used any since, and I never intend 

 to use anymore. If you think I am entitled to a 

 smoker, I should be very glad if you would send me 

 one; and if I should ever use the weed again I will 

 send you the price of the smoker. J. Offutt. 



Derden, Tex., June 22, 1887, 



another name for the tobacco column. 



Mr. A. Y. Gulley, 60 years old last May, has been 

 using tobacco for 50 years, and he now promises to 

 quit if you will send him a smoker, and to pay for it 

 if he ever uses tobacco again. He was so unfor- 

 tunate as to have his house and nearly all it con- 

 tained burned up a short while ago; and among his 

 other losses were several colonics of bees. He 

 saved one colony only ; and as he is very fond of 

 bees he hopes to get a start again. 



Wm. E. Cunningham. 



Hartwell, Ga., June 13, 1887. 



It has been a long time since I wrote you. I 

 want you to send Ben Miller, Oakland, Colorado Co., 

 Te.x., a smoker. He promises to quit tobacco, and 

 also promises to pay if he uses it again. He can not 

 write, and therefore requests me to write for him. 

 Also please send one to uncle G. R. Berry, Lampas- 

 as, Lampasas Co., Te.x. He is an old man and well 

 to do, and says he is able to pay for a smoker; but if 

 he takes the pledge and the smoker as a reminder, 

 it will help him to fight the buttle. 



AM.\Nn.\ Atchley, 



Lampasas, Tex., July it, 1887. 



