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good man, would you, friend K.V You see, 

 it behooves us to adhere to phiin business 

 principles, even if we are trying to serve the 

 Lord. Now, come, old friend ; will you not 

 own up that we are right about it? and that 

 there is nothing unfair in our wisliing the 

 one who receives a smoker, to be a subscrib- 

 er to GLEANIXOi.*^? 



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 I have overcome the world.— John 16: 33. 



Notice the present issue is enlarged to 53 pages 

 —16 more than the usual number. 



UNTESTED QUEENS FKO.M FLORIDA. 



The first installment has been received and ship- 

 ped. They came in excellent order. We expect now 

 to have them on our table for prompt mailing as 

 fast as they may be called for. 



T. B. terry's writings. 



A SUBSCRIBER wishes to know what paper friend 

 Terry writes for besides Gleanings. He used to 

 write regularly for the Ohio Farmer, and also for 

 the Country Qentleman; but we are sorry to see of 

 late that it is only now and then they have an 

 article from him. He has also written some recent- 

 ly for the Rural New-Yorker. 



THE IMPROVEMENT IN ROLLING FOUNDATION. 



In our remarks in regard to this device (see page 

 146, Feb. 1.5) we omit to mention that the wooden 

 roller is not used or needed on the six-inch mills, 

 for they are used only for making strips for sec- 

 tion boxes, and nothing of the kind is needed unless 

 we make large sheets. Will those who have pur- 

 chased six-inch mills take notice? 



REPORTING TO MR. NEWMAN. 



We are just in receipt of a letter from Mr. New- 

 man, to the effect that only a few have responded 

 to the call of Prof. Cook, on page 206, for reporters 

 on honey statistics. Mr. Newman suggests, as a 

 partial cause for this, that his address was omitted. 

 To those who may have been deterred from ofi'er- 

 ing their assistance in the matter for the reason 

 just given, we will say that Mr. Newman's address 

 is !t35 West Madison St., Chicago, 111. Editor New- 

 man, of the A. B.J., is so well and favorably known, 

 that no doubt Prof. Cook didn't think it was neces- 

 sary to append his address. 



BLACK AND HYBRID QUEENS. 



Please do not send us any orders for the above. 

 There are no black or hybrid queens in our vicinity, 

 and it does not pay us to raise them. By consult- 

 ing the department of each number of Gleanings, 



headed as above, you will find who has them for 

 sale. We have given prices tor them in our price 

 list, it is true; but we do it only to indicate what we 

 think a fair value for them where parties happen 

 to have them to dispose of. In localities where 

 black bees predominate there will sometimes be 

 more or less blacks or hybrids to be disposed of. 

 Our locality is not at present one of that class. He- 

 liable parties having blacks or hybrids to dispose of 

 at the prices we quote them can have them noticed 

 free of charge. 



THE STATE OF OHIO FORBIDS THE SALE OF CIGAR- 

 ETTES AND TOBACCO TO MINORS UNDER 16. 



We clip the following from the Cleveland News 

 and Herald of Friday, April 6: 



HALEY'S CIGARETTE BILL A LAW. 



The Senate this afternoon passed Mr. Haley's 

 House bill prohibiting the sale of cigarettes and 

 tobacco to minors under the age of sixteen. The 

 bill makes such a sale, if knowingly made, punish- 

 able by a $35 fine. 



The Ohio Farmer recently noticed the probable 

 passage of this bill, and remarked that a similar 

 bill in Illinois has been thoroughly enforced by the 

 superintendents of the schools. Now, then, you 

 teachers and superintendents of the schools of Ohio, 

 as well all other good men and women, let us take 

 hold of this law and see that it is speedily and thor- 

 oughly observed by every man and woman who sells 

 tobacco. 



MRS. COTTON AND HER BUSINESS. 



The Apiculturist, on page 93, takes me to task for 

 saying that I believe Mrs. Cotton does all she 

 agrees to. Perhaps in our notice of her circular we 

 were not sufficiently explicit. We are well aware 

 that Mrs. Cotton, in times past, did very badly; but 

 I am sure she is doing much better of late ; and al- 

 though she charges fearful prices for the goods 

 she offers for sale (as 1 have over and over again 

 stated), so far as I know, at the present time she 

 does send her customers what she agrees to send 

 them. Friend Alley intimates that, even when she 

 gets .f20.00 for a colony of bees, she sends only a 

 small nucleus, and oftentimes with only a queen- 

 cell instead of a queen. She used to do this, I am 

 aware; but does anybody /f?ioir that she does not 

 send out a good fair colony now? We should give 

 the woman a chance if she is trying to do better, 

 just exactly as we want God to give each and all of 

 us a chance when ire are trying to do better. 



NOTICE TO HONEY STATISTICIANS FOR GLEAN- 

 INGS. 



About a month from date, in the issue for May 

 15, we hope to get out another installment of honey 

 statistics; we trust, therefore, that our special re- 

 porters will, in the mean time, be taking observa- 

 tions. The list of questions will be very similar to 

 those sent out last time, and will be forthcoming in 

 a few days. Probably by the first of May, or a little 

 later, all bee-keepers will be able to make an accu- 

 rate statement as to how bees have wintered. We 

 would strongly urge our subscribers to preserve es- 

 pecially the copies containing the statistical re- 

 ports. A year from date it will be something of a 

 matter of interest to place the reports of one year 

 alongside of another, and compare notes. If it 

 should be found practicable to continue these re- 

 ports from year to year, we may be able to learn 

 from the direction in which the straws blow, as ob- 

 served from reports of previous years, how to 



