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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 1. 



Mr. J. E. Dickorson. of Ozan, Ark., has quit; 

 and if you will send a smoker, and he ever uses 

 tobacco anv more, I will pay for the smoker. 



Ozan, Ark.. May 25. J. D. Bakkow. 



I am sorry to say that the writer has already 

 broken his pledge. I inclose one dollar, as 

 agreed, to pay for the smoker he got. 



Wyoming, Ont., May ^iS. Akch. Duncan. 



Please send Mr. U. G. Ballard, of Clermont, 

 Ind.. one of your smokers. Seeing your offer in 

 Gleanings he offered me his pipe, and resolved 

 never to use tobacco again. If he does I will 

 pay you for the smoker. Tinsley Tansel. 



Clermont, Ind.. June 12. 



you for it it he ever uses looacco again, r 

 has used tobacco a good many years, but he hi 

 quit, and quit for good. Chas. D. Faknkam. 

 Fleetville, Pa., June 13. 



I am glad to say that I have given up smok- 

 ing for the last six months, after using tobacco 

 for twenty vears at least. I intend to use it 

 no more: and as 1 see yon present a smoker to all 

 who do so, I hope you will be able to send me 



one. 

 Fillmore, Cal., June 24. 



Rob. Dunn. 



My husband, O. D. Draper, has been a sub- 

 scriber to Gleanings for about three years, 

 and has quit using tobacco. I have no fear he 

 will ever use it again. If he should. I will pay 

 for a smoker which I shall be thankful to re- 

 ceive. Mrs. Jane Draper. 



Ortonville, Mic h.. June 17. 



I received Gleanings, and am well pleased 

 with it. It gives me much pleasure to read it. 

 I see you still keep up the Tobacco Column. I 

 believe I am entitled to a smoker, as I have 

 quit the use of tobacco for ever. It is one of the 

 filthiest habits: it is icor.sc than whisky. 



Canton, O., June 12. Wm. A. Rohn. 



Mr. Richard Reeder is very thankful for the 

 smoker, and I don't believe I ever saw him bet- 

 ter pleased. He tells his friends how he got it, 

 and they look at him wonderingly. He says he 

 sometimes wants tobacco so bad that he takes 

 a stick in his mouth to chew, and the strong 

 desire leaves him. D. W. Rouse. 



San Jacinto, Cal.. April 23. 



The following young men, having heard me 

 tell how you would give a smoker to all who 

 would pledge themselves never to use tobacco 

 again in any form, quit about a weeK ago. and 

 request me "to go their security: W. A. Calla- 

 han, L. A. Callahan. If I ever know either of 

 them to use it again I will pay for smokers. 



R. VV. J. Stewart. 



Sonoraville, Ga ., June 4. 



Please send a smoker to John M. Ehlert. who 

 has, through the influence of reading your To- 

 bacco Column and Home talks in my Glean- 

 ings, concluded that this indulgence in tobacco 

 is a stumbling-block to him or any one else who 

 is trying to live properly and exert a salutary 

 influence over his young comrades who so gen- 

 erally use it. He is much interested in bees; 

 and if he ever uses tobacco again I will be re- 

 sponsible, and pay for the smoker. 



New Orleans, La., June 10. J. ^^ . Winder. 



Six or seven years ago I commenced to read 

 Gleanings. It 'was sent to my brother, J. A. 

 Diilashaw, and we bought an A B C book. 1 

 have read it. and I claim that Gleanings has 

 been a blessing to me. 1 love to r(>ad it. and 

 the book too. It has broken me from a bad 



habit — that is. using tobacco. I had used it for 

 1.5 years, and it did not do me any good, but it 

 did me harm. I have been converted from a 

 filthy habit, and an expensive one too. I will 

 never use another thimbleful of tobacco while 

 I live, so I claim the smoker, if you will send 

 it to me. W. A. Dillashaw. 

 Bowman. Ga.. May 25. 



Mr. J. H. Terrell came to my home to-day ta 

 learn something about bees. He is just com- 

 mencing. I asked him if he was taking any 

 bee-paper. He said no. I referred him to 

 Gleanings, also to the Tobacco Column, as he 

 was smoking all the time. I told him I thought 

 if he would subscribe for Gleanings, and 

 throw away his pipe, you would send him a 

 smoker. He seemed to be in a deep study for a 

 moment, and then took his pipe out of his 

 mouth and threw it on the ground, and said, 

 '■ That is the last for ever." Please send him a 

 smoker. If he ever uses tobacco again I will 

 pay. F. B. Jones. 



Howard Lake, Minn.. June 30. 



I love Gleanings, especially the Home pa- 

 pers that I always read with great interest and 

 joy. because they always ring of a true love of 

 Jesus. I have lived the most of my life in sin 

 (be it said to my sorrow and shame). I was 

 converted in 1889. I had been a gi-eat user of 

 tobacco, especially smoking. It had such a 

 hold on me that I had tried time and again, 

 with all my strength, to quit, only to fall deep- 

 er than ever. My doctor told me it would sure- 

 ly kill me if I continued in its use, and that he 

 thought it very doubtful whether my constitu- 

 tion would bear an entire abstinence. You see 

 what a hold it had on me. After I had been 

 converted a few days, and had resolved on 

 living a new life, I told my wife I did not be- 

 lieve I could be a Christian and be such an in- 

 temperate user of the vile weed. I prayed God 

 to give me strength to overcome, and I quit 

 from that day to this, with all ease: and to-day 

 I thank God for his grace. M. L. Bonham. 



Clinton, Mo., June 17. 



[Well, well, friends, this is encouraging. When 

 I first saw the array of names from those who 

 were giving up tobacco I concluded that Ernest 

 must have been saving them up for some 

 months back, and then put them all in at once. 

 But in looking at the dates I see that at least. 

 13 of the 17 who iiave taken the pledge are 

 dated in June, so it seems this must be a sud- 

 den start, and I confess I do not know what has 

 called it out. Another thing, almost all of 

 them have taken the pledge as the result of 

 personal work of some friend who goes security. 

 Now. this is still more encouraging. A man "is 

 much more likely to hold out where some friend 

 is watching and praying with and for him. and 

 has an interest in the matter. Why, this is 

 real Endeavor work and nothing else. I won- 

 der whether those who are doing this personal 

 work are not members of the Christian Endea- 

 vor Society. May the Lord be praised for the 

 powerful testimony in this Tobacco Column 

 this month: and may he give grace and 

 strength to those who are breaking away from 

 the habit, and new zeal and energy, and faith 

 and love, to those who ai'e doing the work. I 

 am going to pray over this, dear fi'iends, and I 

 expect and believe that we shall have a larger 

 report, as a consequence, than we have ever 

 had yet. This is the kind of fighting that I 

 really enjoy. Who can read over this list of 

 letters and pledges, without feeling that God"s 

 spirit is in it? Why, a real live battle is going 

 on against tobacco, and yet it is all being done 

 with the kindest and pleasantest feelings imag- 

 inable: but the result in the end is, plainly and 

 clearly, " Get thee behind me, Satan."'] 



