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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 



3F0B^CC0 CdhUW- 



THIS DEl'AltTMENT MANAGED TOO LOOSELY? 



BELIEVE the tobacco question in Gleanings 

 t is becoming' obsolete. For instance, in my 

 I case my little granddaughter conceived of a 

 [ilaii to get me a smoker, and so she wrote to 

 you, and the smoker came. Now, the facts 

 are these: I never used tobacco in my life, and 

 you Avill see by her letter she did not say I would 

 (luit, but that 1 would never use it, and would 

 thrt)w all my influence against its use, which I al- 

 ways have and always will. Tn nearly all the let- 

 ters the whole drift is to get a smoker, without 

 money, and not from i)rinciplc. They nearly alt 

 state, '"If I ever use it again 1 will pay for the 

 smoker," tlius owning the object to be to get a 

 siiioki'r. Flora's object was to sec if you could not 

 be imposed upon. ] told her if you sent mc one I 

 would |iay for it. EldeiiC. K Thoimas. 



Morreltoii, Ark., Aug. :i:l, 1887. 



My sood friend T., you and your little 

 graiiddaiigliter undertook to humbug Uncle 

 Amos, and you got humbugged yourselves. 

 Do you not see itV I remember 'the letter, 

 and 1 remember thinking it was impossible 

 that a little girl should undertake to de- 

 ceive me, and so I sent the smoker, think- 

 ing 1 shouldn't lose Ijy it, ajidl didn't. A'ery 

 likely a good many are induced to come into 

 this column l)ecaiise of the chances of get- 

 ling a smoker lor nothing. Well, I think it 

 is better to give ui> toliacco in this way than 

 not to give it up at all. 



THE QUANTITY OV TOBACCO -.) UlCE THAT M.VY 

 COiME EKO.M .V CHKWEIl'S MOUTH IN 2.5 YEARS. 



]n looking over niy old scrap-book the other day I 

 came across a piece that I thought would be the 

 vovy thing for the Tobacco Column of (Jleanings. 

 1 hope you young boys who chew tobacco, and old 

 ones too, will read this and think about it until you 

 become disgusted with yourselves, and quit. The 

 selection runs as follows: 



THK Fn.TH THAT FROM A iHKWKR".S MOUTH I'KOCKEUS. 

 Two oiini-rs clicwiMl ;i (l;iv. 'lis siiid til iiroclucc 

 .\ lull liall'llilll of \ ilr t..l.aci-.i jui.r; 

 Wliich. it'ciniiil.d live and IutiiIn vfais. 

 As I'riiiii a caliiilalion il .apiirais, 

 ^\ itli this vile stulV would near live iMmshcads lill; 

 I'.rsidcs (d(l (|iiids a lai^rcr |iarrcl si ill; 

 Nor am 1 with this .•alriilatioii don,... 

 }!.■ ill that tiiiH- liascluwed full lialf ix ton; 

 A waK'ondoad id' that which would, of course. 

 Sii'kni a dou" or even kill a horse. 

 Coiilil hi- foresi'c hill a siiiKlc view 

 What he was in liis life destined to ihew. 

 And then the inoilurts of Ills wink surve.N , 

 lie would trrow siek and Ihrnw his i|iiid awav. 

 (ireonld the lass. . ri' sin- had ph-d-rd to he 

 His lovin(.c wile, hei liilnif |iios]ieit^ see; 

 Could she tint sec that throiiK'h Ids month woiikl pass 

 In this short life, this diitv loathsnme mass; 

 Would slie eonsent to take his liand for life, 

 And, wedded to his lilth, beeome his wife? 

 .\nil if she would, say, where's that pretty miss 

 That envies her the liiis she has to kiss? 



Navasota, Texas. F. I. Somekfokd. 



A good law. 



July 1, u law went into effect in Illinois' that no 

 one shall sell tobacco to boys under Iti, without a 

 written order from the parent. The world does 

 move. Tally one for rilinois! (". C. Miller. 



Marengo, 111. 



After 30 years of tobacco filth, 1 gave up the habit 

 10 years ago. It is a grc.it blessing to me to be rid 

 of a fllth.\' habit. Men worship tobacco; that is, it 

 Is their god, as you might call it. I do not think I 

 am eiititlcil to a smoker either. If ;i man lias not 



mind enough to control it, give him a smoker to as- 

 sist him. He needs one, for it was the hardest task 

 of my life. I think, " Poor Aveak man I I can't." 



Geo. a. Mathews. 

 Kalonah, N. Y.. Aug. 28, ISST. 



Gently, brotlier M. If it was the hardest 

 task of your life, is it any thing strange that 

 others with less decision of character have 

 failed in the tierce battle? If it helps a man 

 to have a reminder in the shape of a smokei- 

 constantly before him, by all means let him 

 have it ; and I don't believe it is best to call 

 him weak-minded either. 



Mr. E. Pearsy told me that he would quit the use 

 of tobacco if you would send hiui a smoker. If he 

 ever commences again I will pay for it. 



SlL.AS Thrailkill. 



Barbers Mills, Ind., Aug. II, 1887. 



Please send me a smoker, if you think 1 am en- 

 titled to one, as I quit the use of tobacco three 

 months ago, after using it ten years. I will pay 

 you for it, if I ever commence its use again. 



I. T. Talbot. 



Jonah, Wiiiiaiusou Co., Tex., Aug. 3, 1887. 



My father has used tobacco for 25 years, and has 

 now quit. He hasn't used any for four months. If 

 he is entitled to a smoker, please send it. If he 

 ever uses the weed again, I will send you the jirice 

 of the smoker. Jesse Guernsey. 



Mathciton, Ionia Co., Mich., Aug. 9, 1887. 



0([R 0WN Jinnm. 



CO.N'DUCTKl) DY KKNKST It. ROOT. 



FOUL I5ROOD, FEEDING, ETC. 



ITp T the present writing, Sept. Ii7, we 

 ^llk think we have the upper hand of 



ipK foul brood. Ever since we began iis- 

 ■*''^ ing carbolic acid, the disease has 

 spread into no other new colonies ; but 

 we lind it well nigh impossible to wipe out 

 the disease entirely with acid alone, from 

 the hives under treatment . From my pi'es- 

 ent knowledge, phenol seems to l)e a suc- 

 cess as an antiseptic ; but as an eradicatoi' 

 in the colonies where foul brood actually ex- 

 ists, so far it is apparently a failure. From 

 occasional reports in foreign journals, and 

 from now and then letters which iiass my 

 eyes, my impressions, as above stated, seem 

 to be verified. I say impressions, because 1 

 can not think it safe yet to dignify them as 

 facts indisputable. 



At the outset, I said we had the upper 

 hand of foul brood. How, then, did we be- 

 come master of the situation? As the mod- 

 ification of the .Jones plan cured the disease, 

 but did not prevent its spread in other colo- 

 nies ; and as carbolic acid apparently failed 

 to wipe out the former infection, but was a 

 good antiseptic, we combined our modifica- 

 tion of the .Jones plan with the treatment 

 by acids. The modus operandi which seems 

 to have cleaned foul brood from the apiary 

 is this: After opening an infected colony 

 we si»ray the bees thoroughly with a solu- 

 tion of carbolic acid, J)y means of our large 

 atomizer, the solution I)eiiig one part acid 

 to •")(•() parts by weiglit of water. The old 



