1888 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



313 



A MEDLEY OF GOOD THINGS. 



Grandpa has 3a colonies, and they are doing well. 

 Two hives of bees have died this winter. We have 

 35 goats now. They are very mean. We have 101 

 chickens, one dog-, and one cat. I have caught six 

 rabbits this winter. We have nine horses and eight 

 cows. We milk two cows. Clakence Carter. 



Henry, Tenn., March 5, 1888. 



LOTS OF RAIN IN TEXAS ; DELICIOUS MEDICINE. 



It has been raining every week for about three 

 months. We have such bad weather that there is 

 scarcely any traveling. We have our bees out in 

 the country. We haven't had any honey for a long 

 time. 1 used to enjoy the trips out in the country, 

 but, most of all, the eating of honey. We fed our 

 bees on sugar last summer. I like honey so well 

 that, when I have a bad cold, I always use that as 

 medicine, because it is delicious. 



Hattie Dickson. 



Milford, Tex., March 8, 1888. 



BEEN VERY COLD. 



I live in the country. I am almost 13 years old. 

 I go to school not very far from my house. I am 

 in the last room in the third class. I shall have to 

 go four more years. I think 1 shall have to go into 

 the first class two years. My father keeps bees. It 

 has been so cold out here this winter that my fa- 

 ther has lost four hives of bees. 



Eddie W. Bennett. 



New Bedford, Mass., Mar. 4, 1888. 



GOOD prospects FOR TEXAS; PLENTY OF RAIN. 



I am a little boy 9 years old. Papa has 18 stands 

 of bees. They have plenty of honey, and are in 

 good condition. It has been dry for two years, but 

 it has been raining a great deal this winter, and 

 horsemint is coming up everywhere. They bring 

 in pollen every day when they can fly, and they are 

 getting honey from plum-blossoms. 



Charley Wright. 



Reagan, Texas, Mar. 4, 1888. 



THE CHINESE NEW YEAR'S DAY; HOW THEY MAKE 

 CANDY. 



Dear Mr. Boot;— The Chinese here in Shaowu are 

 now getting ready for their New Year's day. Eve- 

 ry family makes at least one kind of parched rice 

 and candy. To make the parched rice they take 

 the glutinous rice, soak it a day and night, then 

 steam it so that each kernel is separate. After it is 

 thoroughly dried it is parched in a teeanrj, which 

 is an iron vessel shaped like a large butter-bowl 

 with a rounding bottom, and two or more feet 

 across the top. When parching they put fine sand 

 in the teeang, heat it nearly redhot, then put in a 

 small handful of rice, cover it up with the sand till 

 it begins to pop ; then it is kept in constant motion 

 till all is popped, when it is all put into a fine bam- 

 boo sieve and the sand is sifted back. When the 

 rice is all popped they boil some molasses till it is 

 ready to candy, then pour the rice in. They have it 

 measured so that there is just enough molasses to 

 moisten the rice and make it stick together. It is 

 then put into a box aliout two inches deep (made 

 so the sides can be taken off), and is rolled down 

 hard with a rolling-pin, then cut into long strips, 

 which are cut in square and diamond shapes two or 

 three inches long. Then store it in jars, and keep 

 it in a cool place two or three months, to give to 

 every one who visits them. 



Josephine C. Walker, age 13. 



Shaowu, China, Feb. 10, 1888. 



5F6B;fl:cc0 Qdrnw- 



CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH WE GIVE SMOKERS TO PERSONS WHO 

 STOP USING TOBACCO. 



First, the candidate must be one of those who have given uj} 

 tobacco in consequence of what he has seen and read in this 

 department. Second, he promises to pay for the smoker 

 sliould he ever resume the use of tobacco in any form, after 

 receiving the smoker. Third, he must he a subscriber to 

 Gle.\nin(;s. .\n.v sulisc lilier uiuy, however, have smokers sent 

 to ncightiDrs nr per>(iiial ;oi|\iaintances whom lie has labored 

 with on the matter ol Idliacco using, providing he give us his 

 pledge that, if the one wlio receives tlic smoker ever uses to- 

 bacco again, he (tile siilp-^iiilieri will jiay for the smoker. The 

 one who receives thi" smoker in this <-ase need not lie a sub- 

 scriber to Gleanings, tliough we greatly pret'ei- that he be one, 

 because we think he would be strengthened by reading the 

 testimonials from time to time in regard to this matter. The 

 full name and address of every one who makes the promise 

 must be furnished for publication. 



A LITTLE TOBACCO STORY WITH A GOOD MORAL TO 



IT, AND ONE THAT "YOUNG AMERICA" 



SHOULD READ. 



T WANT to give you something on the tobacco 

 j^ subject that I wish you in turn to give to the 

 ^l world— not that I could give you any pointers 



■*■ on this subject, for few understand it better 

 than you; but knowing something of the 

 money and influence you are using every year to 

 " down " this evil, I thought you would gladly pub- 

 lish what I have to say. 1 learned to smoke when I 

 was about 16 years old, only an occasional cigar. 

 The habit grew on me year after year, until I got so 

 1 spent a lot of money for cigars, and I helped to 

 draw others into the habit by treating to cigars. 

 At a moderate estimate I will place the figures at 

 $30.00 per year that I spent for cigars. I finally got 

 to using a pipe. My health was poor. I was often 

 laid up from work for weeks at a time. I was con- 

 fident that smoking was an injury to my health, 

 but I thour/ht that I could not give it up. Well, in 

 the spring of 188ti my lather said to me, " If you 

 will stop smoking 1 will give you a swarm of bees." 

 I accepted the offer, and received the bees with 

 the firm determination to stick, and to keep a record 

 of the proceeds of the swarm. As a record, I am a 

 healthier and wealthier man. The result for the 

 two seasons is asfolhnvs: 



Comb honey in sections, 353 lbs., and an increase 

 to 9 swarms. 



The honey was sold for 15c per lli., $.53 96 



Placing the swarms at $8.00 per swarm, 72 00 



Tobacco for two years, 60 00 



*184 95 

 You can place better health and influence at any 

 price you have a mind to. I propose to keep a 

 record of the swarms and proceeds from the one, 

 and with a stencil plate I letter each hive with the 

 word "smoke," so that I can tell at a glance which 

 they are; and finally, with good management and 

 success, I expect to start an out-apiary with them 

 alone. 



Now, Mr. Root, the one, if any. who is entitled to 

 a smoker is Mr. .lohnson King, Eau Galle, Dunn Co., 

 Wis. He is over 70 years old, but still tends to his 

 bees. Please send my neighbor, Mr. R. B. Oaks, 

 Ellsworth, Pierce Co., Wis., a smoker. After the 

 use of tobacco for many years he stopped the use of 

 it this winter, through the influence of his good 

 wife and your efforts. If he commences the use of 

 tobacco again, I will pa.y you for the smoker. 



W. C. King. 

 Beldenville, Pierce Co , Wis., March (i. 



Friend K . you have made a good point 

 indeed ; and if ttie arguments you give are 



