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cii tliiit it will «ct sirU : l>ui ilini' il siiiiuls at 

 its i>(»st. (lay ami iii^iit. icady to tal<i' (iowii 

 mcssajics w lii-ncvcr its o\\ ner sliall fcfl like ^m\ 

 iiijr tiiciii. 'riic motiM' piiwcr ihiM runs tiir ma- 

 fliiiKMS one of the Mittcd staniiic lidttcrics; ami 

 wliat a woiulfrl'iil tliiiiir is iliis storasic l)attciy: 

 Ours. aliluMiiili it cost only $i.'>.()(). will run llic 

 iiiai'iiiiir TO lioiirs : and wlicii it is run liowii (or 

 ciiiptiiMl I it (.-an tlit'U Im' r(|il(>uislic(l liy our dy- 

 namo, and it is ready lor TO lioio's more. Tlic 

 world si-aii'cly yet dreams what is fortlu-oming 

 from storajje liatterics. 1 am told already that 

 an eleetrie railway ear is heing run in tlie city 

 of rieveland by aid of the storage battery. 

 Tims these overhead wires that have been mak- 

 ing so much trouble, and have been the cause of 

 the loss of lives, are to be dispensed witii. Our 

 storage battery weighs ■.'."> lbs., and occn|iies 

 comparativelv" little spac. When the machine 

 is to be used we lirst start the electro-motor run 

 by the storage battery: llnMi when tlii' operator 

 is" ready to si)eal<. lie sin\ply turns the lever 

 liiat sets the recording point to work. .\. 1. !!. 



Tobacco Column. 



CONDITIONS VNDKR WHICH VTE GIVE SMOKERi: TO PBBSONS WHO 

 STOP USING TOBACCO. 

 Kirst. the candiiiate must be one of those who have Kiven up 

 tobacco in consequence ot what )ie has seen and reaa in this 

 department. Second, he promi.-es to pay for the smolier 

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

 receiving the smoker. Third, he nmst be a subscriber to 

 Qlka.vixgs. Any subscriber may. however, have smokers sent 

 to neifrhbors orpersonal acquaintances whom he has labored 

 with on the 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 forthe .smoker. The 

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

 scriber to Gl.KANlXGS, though we greatly prefer that he be one, 

 becau.se 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 



If yoii wish to add one more to your tobacco 

 list, you may send me a smokor and I will live 

 lip to the requirements. R. M. I^ewis. 



Omalia. Neb.. Oct. 17. 



IMease send a smoker to H. B. Itobinson. He 

 says if you do he will not use any more tobac- 

 co: if he does I will pay for the smoker. 



Tracy Creek. N. Y. Mrs H. B. Robinsox. 



Please forward to my addri'ss one smoker for 

 Oeo. \V. Crist, who has (|uit the use of tobacco. 

 partly through the iiiHiience of < i.KAMNiis. If 

 he should relapse I will see that you are paid 

 for the smoker. .loiix Xkwso.mk. 



Woodburn. la.. Oct. i-'il. 



often make myself sick. I d(»n"l knov. how the 

 poor bees feel: but I gi\(' you ni> ple<lge to (juil 

 using toliacco in all its forms, w il h ilie Lord's 

 help, or 1 will pay for the smoker. 

 Siif.iiin-. 111., (id. 7. Tiio.s. B. I'^kiku'son. 



Since I have subscribed for(;i,K.\ m.N(;s 1 have 

 re.solved to <|uit the use of tobacco foi' ever. 

 Please send ine a smokei-. I will pay for it if I 

 use it again. L. C. Woirni. 



Loyd. Wis.. .Ian. :*9. 



I have another convert to report. Please send 

 a smoker to W. H. Hughe-. .Sonoraville. Oa. If 

 I ever know him to use the weed again I will 

 pay for the smoker. R. W. Stkw aht. 



Sonoraville. (la., .Ian. I'l. 



Please .send a smoker to R. L. Benford. Hamj)- 

 den Sidney. Virginia. He stopped the ii.se of 

 tobacco two months ago. after using it ten 

 years, and if he ever uses it again I will pay for 

 the smoker. Lirv E. Martin. 



Hampden Sidney. Va.. Oct. I:.'. 



I read the Tobacco Column and your pi-omise 

 to give a smoker to all who would fpiit using 

 tobacco. I never smoked a pipe of tobacco in 

 my life, but I .smoke my bees with a cigar. I 



.Send .Mr. Matthew Strickland, of this place, 

 one smoker, lie has iiuit the use of tobacc-o lot- 

 ever, and promises to pay for the smokerif he 

 ever uses tobacco again. W. B. Knoiiis. 



Emporia, Miss.. Feb. r.*0. 



Mr. L. F. Clark, of this place, has used tobac- 

 co for over thirty years. Sinci; he has taken 

 Ot.KAMNos he has ([uit: and if you will send 

 him a smoker he will pay for it if he ever com- 

 mences again. I". .1. Fauk. 



Actoii. Cal.. So\)\. II. 



You will tind inclosed 70 cts. for paymenfoii 

 the smokei- you sent me for my friend Robert 

 .lones as a reward for his (|uitt,ing th(^ use of to- 

 bacco. I am very sorry he has begun the ustMif 

 toliacco again. He paid me for the smoker, and 

 r(>quested me to pay you for the same. 



Morgan. Kv., Dec. r't;. Hknry C. Ci.em(j.\s. 



I have this day received a promise from Mr. 

 Ed. Germane that he will discontinue the iiseof 

 tobacco from this date. This promise is secured 

 through the inlluence of Gekaxin^js, and by my 

 persuasion. You will please send a sruoker to 

 his address, which is Terre Haute. Tnd. In case 

 this promise is broken I am security for payment 

 of smoker. W. Shields. 



Terre Haute. Ind.. S(>pt. :.'".». 



I have been persuaded by what I have read 

 in Gi.EAXiNfis. to (|iiit the use of tobacco. 

 Please send me a smoker; and if I ever use to- 

 bacco again I will pay for the smoker. Please 

 send a smoker also to Charles Hodges, who has, 

 through the influence of reading your Tobacco 

 Column and Home Papers, in my Gleanings, 

 concluded to quit the use of tobacco. Please 

 send him a smoker ; and if he ever uses the weed 

 again I will pav for the smoker. 



Annin Creek," Pa., Oct. 10. G. F. Tt'bbs, .Jr. 



I chewed tobacco from a boy until I was .stmie 

 r.'.Tor 30, and tjuit, firmly convinced it wasclosely 

 related to the whisky habit. I have smoked 

 for over :.'.■) years. One year ago last January I 

 tirmly decidi'd never to use the weed again, and 

 havenot touched it. To many tobacco friends 

 I would i)leaflingly say: Abandon the soul-de- 

 stroying weed, and the money spent for the 

 poisonous In.xury invest in literature for the 

 family —our boys, our girls, and our neighbors. 

 If I am entitled "to a smoker, please send one to 

 mv address. W.m. H. Swigart. 



Di.xou. III.. Feb. -.in. 



Last .May we took a boy to raise. He is only 

 13 years old. and was in the habit of chewing 

 obacco. and had been for four or five years. 

 We shamed him about it. ami 1 told him that, if 

 he would quit its use, Mr. Root would give him 

 a smoker, and that we would give him a colony 

 of bees, also a nice suit of clothes at Christmas. 

 At first he thought he could not do without to- 

 bacco: and his mother, a widow, told me I would 

 have to let him u.se il. as sht; thought he could 

 not quit. Finally, in .\iigust last, he made uj) 

 his mind to quit, and has not tasted it since, sol 

 gave him th(> bees and a suit of clothes; and 

 now as he saw me writing to you he reminded 

 me about the smokei-. If you think he is entitled 

 to it you can send it. His name is Daniel Bis- 

 .sell. "^If he uses tobacco again I will see that 

 the smoker is paid for. R. J. Mathews. 



Rosedale, Miss., Feb. 1."). 



