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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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of bromide, made expressly to cover up or con- 

 ceal the nauseating taste of the drug, and I felt 

 encouraged to think that 1 was not the imly 

 one vviio pronounced it nasty. One ti'oublein 

 making it easier to take is, that a suthcient 

 dose, to produce a desired etfect, makes nearly 

 half- a teacupful, with water enough to dissolve 

 it. Let me now suggest a way in which you 

 can work in harmoiuj with your physician. 

 Night after night I slept with such unusual 

 soundness that my wife said it almost frighten- 

 ed her to see me lie so still and hear me 

 "snore." as the latter was very unusual for me; 

 and as it was still quite a punishment to take 

 the medicine. I begged to try half a dose. 



" All right," said the doctor; " try half a 

 dose; and then, if you wake up and can't sleep, 

 take the other half." 



This I did; and when I found that half & 

 dose answered every purpose, then we tried a 

 quarter of a dose. This answered generally; 

 but once in a while I had to have the other 

 quarter before morning. Sure enough, the chills 

 began to let go. Quieting the nerves, keeping 

 away visitors, in connection with the other 

 treatment, was beginning to tell favorably. 

 Soon the chills came only twice a day — at 

 about 11 o'clock in the forenoon, and between 

 4 and 5 in the afternoon. Now, a (jood doctor 

 is constantly hard at work, like a detective. 

 He began searching and questioning as to why 

 these chills should come at these queer hours 

 of the day. My wife was finally called in. 



" Mrs. Root, at what hour during the fore- 

 noon has your husband been in the habit of 

 getting most used up by nervous prostration ?" 



'■ Why, he always comes over to get his fore- 

 noon nap at about U o'clock." 



The doctor's eyes t\vinkled. 



" Now, then, when in the afternoon does he 

 get most used up in the same way '?" 



My wife responded. •' Why, he has been foi' 

 some time insisting on his supper at half-past 

 four, so he would not be so used up in reading 

 the mails that must be put on the train at a 

 quarter after five." 



" There we have it," said the doctor. " And 

 your feverish excitement and talk about the 

 ■ piles of letters ' to read gives us another clew. 

 That letter-reading must be given up. If no 

 one else can do it as well as you do, somebody 

 else must do it as well as he can." 



Before long I had the good news to tell the 

 ■doctoi', when he came at night, that I had got 

 through that one tvhole day and " nary a chill." 

 For a while they came ever-y other day; and 

 then they, with the fever, skipped entirely. 



Now, my fi'iends, haven't I gi /en you reason 

 enough for the employment of a family physi- 

 cian when one is needed — a physician whom 

 you can respect and trust as yoii do the rest of 

 your neighbors '' and why, having once em- 

 jjloyed him, you should not hamper nor hinder 

 nor thwart his faithful work for your best good 

 by thinking you know as much or more than 

 he does, about his own legitimate business ? 



Mind you, I do not mean to recommend any 

 special school or line of practice among physi- 

 cians. Our medical men, like our bee-keepers, 

 have different ways of working, but they are 

 often quite successful in their different ways. 

 Faith in God Includes faith in our " neighbors;" 

 and, if you choose, a physician from among 

 your neighbors— a man whom you can respect 

 and trust, and feel sure he will serve you well 

 and faithfully. ___ aaa: 



And now, friends, a word in conclusion in re- 

 gard to our text — especially the latter part of 

 it, where we read, " He shall never suffer the 

 righteous to be moved." When sickness, fever, 

 and delirium come, how far are we responsible? 

 I suppose there is, of course, a limit to human 



responsibility. A point comes in diseases of the 

 mind and diseases of the body, where the in- 

 dividual is responsible no further. Now, then, 

 how far or to what extent does God permit the 

 prince of darkness to tempt and try his chil- 

 dren? Our text answers it— " Cast thy buiden 

 upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee." If 

 you do this, the matter is in God's hands. And 

 during my recent sickness, once or twice I came 

 to a point where I felt like saying. "It is God's 

 affair and not my own. I am perfectly willing 

 to trust the outcome afl to him." Then came 

 help. Then my overstrained nerves began to 

 get quiet and I began to mend. I tholight I 

 had learned tlie lesson— "Thy will, not mine, 

 be done." But I found there was still more to 

 learn in that line. Some of you may think I 

 am a little visionary in believiiig that the ad- 

 versary follows one, even to a sick-bed. Alex- 

 ander McClaren says, in a recent number of the 

 Sunday-school Times, "Thei'e are whole packs 

 of wolves snuffing at every fold." This he said 

 in discussing the lesson about the good shep- 

 hei'd. Do you think it is overdrawn? Well, 

 let us turn to God's own word. In the first 

 place, we find, in I. Peter 5:7, something re- 

 markably like our text — "Casting all your care 

 upon him, for he careth for you." The verse 

 following is as follows: "Be sober, be diligent; 

 for your adversary the devil as a roaring lion 

 walketh about seeking whom he may devour." 

 Now, is it not likely that this same adversary 

 should follow us. even when we are sorely tried 

 by sickness, suffering, and pain ? But, may the 

 Lord be praised, we have the plain pi'omise 

 still in the words of our text. 



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OONDITIONh UNDER WHICH WE GIVE SMOKERS TO PERSONS WHO 

 STOP USING TOBACCO. 

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

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

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

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 Gleanings. Any subscriber may, however, have smokers sent 

 to neighbors or personal acquaintances whom he has labored 

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

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 one who receives the smoker in this ease need not be a sulj- 

 scriber to Glf.anings. though we greatly prefer that he be one, 

 because we think he would be strengthened by reading the 

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

 full name and address of every one who makes the promise 

 must be furnished for publication. 



Since reading Gleanings I have quit using 

 tobacco. Please send a smoker; and if I ever 

 use tobacco again I will pay for the same. 



Bradford, Pa., .June 4. E. M. Miller. 



My brother has quit the use of tobacco; and 

 I promi.se. if you will send him a smoker, to pay 

 for it if he ever uses tobacco again. 



Eupora, Miss.. June 2.5. . W. B. Enoch. 



You may send a smoker to Jos. Stull, North 

 Webster, Ind. If he uses tobacco again I will 

 see you get your pay. I. R. Good. 



Vawter Park, Ind., May 37. 



Send Mr. W. F. Howard, Lovelace, N. C, a 

 smoker for quitting tobacco; and if he ever 

 uses any more I will pay the 70 cts. my.self. 



Lovelace, N. C. June 9. D. C. Jakvis. 



A friend of mine has given up the use of to- 

 bacco, and says if you will send him a smoker 

 he will pay for it in case he ever uses tobacco 

 again. I will go his security. 



Altona, Col., June 12. Ellen Stewart. 



