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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUKE. 



Oct. 



The principal objection we have to find is 

 the bother of putting it in and taking it out. 

 All arrangements for feeding on the bottom- 

 board, wliere bees are disposed to rob, are 

 more or less risky, especially in the hands 

 of the novice. New hands at the business 

 had better practice feeding by giving a very 

 little at a time until they are siu-e they will 

 not demoralize the whole apiary, and be- 

 come disgusted with bee-keeping' by raising 

 an uproar in the neighborhood by bees 

 quarreling. 



CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH WE GIVE SMOKERS TO PERSONS WHO 

 STOP USING TOBACCO. 



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

 tobacc9 in consequence of what he has seen and read in tliis 

 department. Second, he promises to pay for tlie sniolier 

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

 receiving the smoker. Third, lie must be a subscriber to 

 Gleanings. Any subscriber may, however, have smokers sent 

 to neighbors or personal acquaintances whom he has labored 

 with on tlie matter of tobacco-using, providing he give us his 

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

 bacco again, he ( the subscriber) will pay for the smoker. The 

 one who receives the smoker in this case need not be a sub- 

 scriber to Gleanings, though we greatly prefer 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. 



fHERE is a aeighbor bee-keeper of mine by the 

 name of Luce who has used tobacco for a 

 number of years. I told him if he would 

 stop using- the weed you would send him a 

 smoker. Ho said he did not know whether 

 he could (juit or not. He said he would try, so he 

 came down to-day and told me to order him a smo- 

 ker; that he had quit the use of tobacco; and if he 

 ever uses it ag-ain he will pay up. Please send it to 

 me, and I will see that he g-ets it. 

 Utica, Pa. L. F. Cousins. 



My husband had used tobacco for fifteen years. 

 Since reading Gleanings he has quit its use alto- 

 gether. He said he would not ask for a smoker, 

 because it looked too much like imposing on good 

 nature. But if you will send him a smoker 1 tliink 

 it will encourage him never to use the weed again; 

 and if he ever uses it again I will pay for the smo- 

 ker. Mrs. E. J. Shay. 



Thornton, W. Va. 



Please send a smoker to Mr. Payton, who has quit 

 the use of tobacco. If he uses tobacco any more I 

 will pay for the smoker. He makes the same prom- 

 ise to pay you for the smoker if lie ever uses tobac- 

 co again. He is a very old man. I think he is 76 

 years old, and has used tobacco nearly all his life; 

 but he is determined to quit for the smoker, so 

 please send it. W.J.Daniel. 



Jeffersonville, Ky. 



I have been using tobacco for 1.5 years, though I 

 was not as great a slave to it as some are. 1 con- 

 cluded, after reading Gleanings, tliat I could quit. 

 I have not used any for nearly three months, and I 

 never expect to use it again. If you think I am 

 worthy of a smoker, you may send it. If I ever 

 use tobacco again I will pay for it. D. M. Swaim. 



Waveland, Ind. 



1 saw your otter in a sample copy of Gleanings, 

 about a month ago. I have subscribed since, and 

 abandoned the use of tobacco, as my wife wished 

 me to do, and now I almost hate myself for ever 



using such vile stuff. I have not touched a bit of it 

 for a month. If you think I am entitled to a smo- 

 ker, please send it along; and if I break my prom- 

 ise 1 will pay you for the smoker. 

 Carpenter, 111. Ed. E. Smith. 



This is to certify that I quit the use of tobacco in 

 and through the influence of the testimony in your 

 paper. I used it 30 years. I began in 18.58, and used 

 it until this spring, 1888, and if I ever use it again in 

 any way I will pay you for the smoker which you 

 send. Alexander Crauch. 



Pinkstaff, 111. 



Smoker is received all right. Thanks. Wife thinks 

 it a daisy. I have tried it, and it works well. Friend 

 Steinbrenner received his also, and states that if he 

 resumes the use of tobacco he will remit 75 cts. So 

 there is $1.50 due you if we break our promise. 



Hoboken, N. J. Fred'k Holtke. 



ONE reason why A TOBACCO-USER DID NOT NEED 

 A SMOKER WHEN HE QUIT. 



I have used tobacco since 1864, but have quit dur- 

 ing the last few months. I do not wish a smoker, 

 as all who quit can surely afford to buy their smok- 

 ers with what they save in quitting the weed. 



Elsinore, Utah. ^^^^^ N. B. Baldwin. 



My father has been using tobacco for 10 years, 

 and agrees to stop using it if you send him a smo- 

 ker; and if he ever uses it again, he will pay for it. 



Swaburgh, Neb. A. W. Morell. 



resumes the USE OF TOBACCO, BUT PAYS FOR 

 THE SMOKER. 



A few years ago I received a smoker, on condi- 

 tion that, if I used no more tobacco, it should cost 

 me nothing, but if at any time I took up the habit 

 again I should pay for the same. 



Long Point, 111. G. W. Billings. 



I now write you to ask you to send my neighbor 

 a smoker for his tobacco pledge; and if he ever 

 uses it in any way again I will pay for the smoker. 



Birnamwood, Wis. E. A. Eastman. 



May God bless you, one and all, friends, 

 and strengthen you in the stand you have 

 taken against tobacco. A good many have 

 found fault with our Tobacco Column, be- 

 cause in some sense it seems to be paying a 

 man for doing right. Well, even if it does 

 offer the small sum of half a dollar, as a sort 

 of reminder to tliose who give it up, that 

 they have taken a pledge to the extent of 50 

 cents, does not the above string of testimo- 

 nies carry conviction to every lover of right- 

 eousness, that this department is doing good 

 work'? Even the Judge of all the earth of- 

 fers rewards and promises to those who do 

 right, and in olden time he made his cove- 

 nant with the children of men, and this 

 covenant was nothing more than a sort of 

 bargain or a reward that was conditional. 

 If humanity does not live up to the condi- 

 tions, it forfeits the promises ; and the 

 friends who find it too tough for them to 

 give up tobacco are 50 cts. out of pocket — 

 not out of pocket exactly, for they have a 

 smoker as an equivalent for the money, and 

 what they have saved besides. I greatly 

 prefer, however, not to receive the 50 cents ; 

 but I hope that all who do break their 



fledge will remit promptly, and own up. 

 lalf a dollar is a very small equivalent for 

 a guilty conscience. 



