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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUllE. 



Jan. 



T6B^CC6 C©MMN. 



TOBACCO AND HEART DISEASE. 



fHEKE is one evil, and I think one of the ^reat- 

 • est, yet I have never seen it in print. That is, 

 sudden death from heai-t disease; but I saj-, 

 tobacco disease. These deaths have increas- 

 ed a hundredfold since mj' young- days. I 

 am over 81 years old ; TO years a^o I saw but one 

 smoker, and he an old man or old woman, where we 

 now see a thousand among' the same number of 

 people. Young' men commenced smoking about ten 

 years after; and about forty years later 1 saw, for 

 ihe first time, little boys smoking. 



We had no matches nor cigars till about 1830, 

 hence smoking was more difficult. I never saw, in 

 any newspaper of that date, an account of any 

 children falling dead, although I read several week- 

 ly papers, but now I see accounts of several boys 

 and girls who dropped dead at the age of about 14 

 or 15 years old. This evil increases as smoking in- 

 creases. If the increase of smoking is as great for 

 f>(\ years to come, I believe the sudden deaths will be 

 1000 times as great. And why? Because these chil- 

 dren now smoking will raise children who will in- 

 herit the tobacco poison from them. Many infants 

 in these days inhale this poison into their tender 

 lungs the first days of their lives, from a smoking 

 father, in a tight room. Since 1830, cook-stoves 

 have been introduced; hence smoking in a shut-up 

 room is much harder on an infant in the cradle, and 

 all others, than it was when there were none but a 

 few old people who smoked, and that in a chimnej^- 

 corner, where nearly all the poison would go up 

 the chimney. 



1 find that; railroad offices are filled more with 

 tobacco poison than elsewhere, and officers fre- 

 quently drop dead, one lately in Cincinnati. No 

 railroad officer should be allowed to smoke. It di- 

 vides their attention, addles their brains, and hin- 

 ders sober thoughtfulness; hence the danger of life 

 and liml:), so frequently of late, on railroads. 

 Plainville, O. Isaac LarranEk. 



HOW THE "dose" CURED. 



T did not think to explain myself. I used tobacco 

 for about 30 years. I quit 4 years ago this fall. I 

 have "never used any since, and never e.xpect to 

 again. I am now 51 years old. 1 have read the 

 "Dose," and it is the best I have?*ver seen. I ■will 

 do all that I can to stop the use of tobacco. I will 

 lend the Dose to others to read. I have been hand- 

 ling bees for five years. I have never had more 

 than 20 colonies at one time. I have sold down to 

 four this winter. I don't think this country is very 

 good for honey. Thei-e has been but one good year 

 since I came here. Lewis N. Cooper. 



Tehama, Cherokee Co., Kansas, Dec. 24, 188.5. 



1 hereby promise to pay for the smoker, what- 

 ever the price may be, if I ever am weak enough to 

 chew or smoke any more tobacco, or use it in any 

 other form. .1. C. Parks. 



Seottsboro, Ala., Nov. 10, 1885. 



T have quit the use of tobacco, after five years' 

 use; and if you think me entitled to a smoker, send 

 me one; and if 1 ever use the weed I will pay you 

 for it. T take a deep interest in bees. 



Warren Kev. 



Victory, Carroll Co., Ga., Nov. 30, 1885. 



AN HONEST OWN-UP FROM ONE OF OUR BOYS. 



I returned home fi'om Sioux City last Monday; 

 that is why I failed to answer your letters. I was 

 gone two months. The 75 cts. is for the smoker you 

 gave me for quitting tobacco. I have broken my 

 pledge. I smoked a cigar to ease my toothache 

 Avhile in Iowa, but it makes no difference. I broke 

 my pledge. Hoivever, I have quit again. Don't put 

 me in the Tobacco Column this time until I see if [ 

 can hold out. Reese Powell. 



Mineral Point, Wis., Dec. IS, 1885. 



May God bless you, friend Reese, for your 

 truthfulness, even though you /(ace broken 

 your pledge. You have fulhlled your prom- 

 ise to the very letter, and I am very, very 

 glad to hear you say you are going to try 

 again. 1 ha-.-e disobeyed you a little in put- 

 ting this in print ; but since I do it for the 

 encouragement of lots of other boys who are 

 looking on, I am sure you will excuse me. I 

 believe if I were you 1 would bear the tooth- 

 ache rather than take the risk of starting 

 the old habit again. May God bless you, my 

 young friend, and help you to hold out. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The North-EasternOhio and North-Western Penn- 

 sylvania Bee-Keepers' Association will hold its sev- 

 enth annual convention in Meadville, Pa., Wednes- 

 day and Thursday, Jan. 20 and 21, 1886. 



New Lyme, O. C. H. Coon, Sec. 



The ne.xt meeting of the Maine Bee-keepers' As- 

 sociation will be held at Skowhegan, Maine, Jan. 19, 

 20, 21, 1886. Wm. Hoyt, Sec'y. 



Kipley, Me. 



The Bee-Keepers' Association of Hancock Co., 

 Ohio, will meet in Findlay, Sat., Jan. 2:$, 1886. 

 Stanley, Putnam Co., Ohio. S. H. Bolton, See. 



The Twelfth Annual Convention of the Cham- 

 plain Valley Bee-Keepers' Association will be held 

 in the basement of Town Hall, Middlebury, Vt., 

 Thursday, January 21, 1886. A general invitation is 

 extended to all. K. H. Holmes, Sec. 



Shoreham, Vt. 



The Indiana Bee-Keepers' Association will meet 

 in Indianapolis, Jan. 21, at 1 p. al, iii the State 

 Board of Agriculture Rooms, opposite the new 

 Statehouse. We should t)e pleased to have all meet 

 with us, and hereby send an earnest invitation to 

 come. Jonas Soholl, Pres. 



Lyons Station, Fayette Co., Ind. 



The Eastern New York Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will hold its Annual Convention In Agricultural 

 Hall, Albany, Tuesday, Wednesdaj', and Thursday, 

 January 2(ii 2V, and 28, 1886. There will be three 

 sessions each day after the first. First session 

 Tuesday, 26, at 2 o'clock p. m. All interested in 

 bee-keeping are requested to attend, and bring 

 apiarian supplies for exhibition. The programme 

 will consist of essays on important subjects, dis- 

 cussion of questions of interest, etc. 



HaUmoon, N. Y. C. VV. Philo. 



The North-Eastern Michigan Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation Avill hold its fourth annual convention, 

 Wednesday, Feb. 3, in the Council rooms at East 

 Saginaw, Mich. The Sherman House, one block 

 from place of meeting, will entertain those present, 

 at .tl.Oi) per day. Saginaw folks are working hard 

 to make every thing pleasant for those from 

 abroad. Let us tiu-n otit and show that we appre- 

 ciate their efforts. W. Z. Hutchinson, Sec. 



Rogersville, Mich^ 



The Seventeenth Annual Convention of the New 

 York State Bee-Keepers' Association (formerly 

 North-Eastern) will be held in Rochester, N. Y., on 

 16th, 17th, and 18th of Feb., 1886. This will be one of 

 the largest meetings ever held in the State. A 

 large number of our most experienced bee-masters 

 will take part in the discussions, and several essays 



