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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 1. 



Tobacco Column. 



Bpfore giving the following brief extract from 

 a letter just received, we wish to say that 

 Gleanings does not propose to open its columns 

 to discuss politics. I am sure it would not be 

 wise nor well. But where two political parties 

 are alluded to in the following, we wish it un- 

 derstood that their names are mentioned solely 

 because of their bearing on the question of the 

 use of tobacco. If our good brother's state- 

 ments are not true, we may give place to some- 

 thing very brief, showing wherein they are not 

 true. You will notice that he and I evidently 

 do not quite agree in politics. I am glad, how- 

 ever, that we agree perfectly on the tobacco 

 question. Here is the extract: 



I do not know how much you have associated 

 with Prohibitionists— whether you ever attend- 

 ed any of their conventions, or have read their 

 side of the question or not; but I will tell you 

 just what kind of a "crowd" they have. I 

 never saw a delegate smoking a cigar. Neither 

 did I ever hear a profane word used by one of 

 the delegates. Neither did I ever see a stub of 

 a cigar, nor a chew of tobacco, nor a particle of 

 tobacco-spit on the floor when they had finish- 

 ed, and I should have seen it if there had been 

 any. I have seen in our own county court- 

 house, before the Republican Coiuity Conven- 

 tion adjourned, a new carpet completely satu- 

 rated with tobacco- juice, with quids of tobacco 

 and stubs of cigars covering it, while the room 

 was blue with cigar-smoke. Voi.ney White. 



Findley's Lake, N. Y., April 11. 



Please send to George Bates a smoker. His 

 address is Davis City. Iowa. He has quit using 

 tobacco, and I think he is safe. If he ever uses 

 it again I will jjay for the smoker. He is rais- 

 ing a family of boys, and his influence on them 

 will be better. A. S. Ross. 



Decatur, la., Feb. 25. 



Mr. Andrew Hudsi)eth has, through reading 

 Gleanings, discarded the use of tobacco, and 

 says he has quit for good. If you feel so inclin- 

 ed you can send him a smoker; if he ever begins 

 the vile habit again I will pay you for the smok- 

 er if sent. M. F. Ragsdale. 



Collinsville, Texas. 



I think I may lay claim to one of your smok- 

 ers that you offer to all readers of Gleanings 

 who quit the tobacco habit. This I have resolv- 

 ed to do. I have not used any for two and a half 

 months, and do not intend to again. If I do, I 

 will pay for the smoker. I have been a user for 

 about 23 years. J. M. Campbell. 



Glidden, la., Feb. Ifi. 



Mr. Lafayette DeVVitt, of Sunny Side, Md., 

 has stopped the use of tobacco, and he agrees to 

 pay you 75 cts. for it if yon will send him a 

 smoker and if he uses tobacco again. Also Mr. 

 F. B. DeWitt has stopped the use of tobacco, and 

 he agrees to pay you for the smoker if he ever 

 uses tobacco again. His address is Sunny Side, 

 Md. M. H. DeWitt. 



Sunny Side, Md., Jan. 4. 



According to the terms of the Tobacco Column 

 I believe that I am entitled to a smoker. I have 

 been using tobacco for upward of thirty years, 

 and through the influence of some friends and 

 Gleanings I have given uj) the filthy habit. 



So if you will send me a smoker I will agree to 

 pay for the same, if I ever use the weed again 

 in any form. Frederick Miti,son. 



Baldwin. Kan., Feb. 10. 



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If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your 

 children, liow much more shall your heavenly Father give the 

 Holy Spirit to them that ask him?— Luke 11 : 13. 



All photographs designed for half-tone re- 

 production should be made with a llyht back- 

 ground; and especially is this true for portrait 

 work. Half-tone work, while so beautiful, and 

 admired by many, has a tendency to obliterate 

 lines, and therefore the contrast between ob- 

 jects should be strong. 



A GOOD many are now receiving consignments 

 of hives in the flat. After they are unpacked 

 there is a liability that some of the boards will 

 warp a little. Do not try to spring them into 

 shape by nailing the hives or by putting cleats 

 on the covers. First wet the concave side of the 

 boards and lay them on the floor, wet side down. 

 In a few hours they will be straight, and then 

 they can be nailed together. 



We desire to call special attention to Prof. 

 Cook's able article on page 322 of the present 

 issue. It is one that should be copied widely; 

 and bee-keepers should take pains to see that 

 their fruit neighbors are properly informed; 

 for we feel very sure that no fruit-man wants 

 to do any thing that will work damage to his 

 bee-keeping neighbor. All he needs is the 

 knowledge of it'7(e?i and how to spray, in order 

 to kill c6dling-moths and yet not destroy bees. 



The Leahy Manufacturing Co., of Higgins- 

 vllle, Mo., seems to be booming things. Glean- 

 ings wishes them success, even if they enter 

 Into competition in the supply business. We 

 have a good big country, and there is plenty of 

 room for all; and although we employ every 

 legitimate means to stimulate trade, we do not 

 want the " whole loaf." and therefore welcome 

 new business enterprises in the bee-keepers' 

 supply line. 



Almost every mail brings a letter offering 

 either to sell bees to us outright or to give them 

 in exchange for goods. We are obliged to say 

 to one and all that it is not profitable for us to 

 buy bees from a distance, as the express would 

 cost more than they are worth. Another thing, 

 the bees are not in such frames, nor such stock, 

 as a rule, as we care to send out again to our 

 customers. If you wish to reduce your stock of 

 bees, the better way is to offer them for sale in 

 your local paper first; i. e., sell 'em around 

 home. If that does not dispose of them, try the 

 bee-journals. 



As we have said several times before, we re- 

 peat again: If you differ from the position taken 

 by the editor— that is. if you are sure he is 

 wrong, and that, if such position is not correct- 

 ed, it will work damage to the industry, be free 

 to correct him; but for goodness' sake, do it in 

 a gentlemanly and courteous manner. We have 

 not time to bother with unkind flings. Time is 

 too precious to waste in following up and an- 

 swering such attacks; but we do desire to be on 

 the right side; but if on the wrong side we are 



