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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June L 



Donations for the Sbawneetown Sufferer. 



Please send $1.00 to Thos. McDonald and charge to 

 mv account. R. Wilkin. 



Newhall, Cal , May 12. 



I send 2.5 cts. for Mr. Thos. McDonald, Shawcee- 

 tovn, 111. lean send him lots of queens. If he can 

 get bees near home, hy the u.se of laying queens he 

 can increase very fa^t. L,. I,. SkaggS. 



Click, Tex., May 10. 



Mr. A. I. Root: — I desire to express my appreciation 

 of Gleanings. I am not up in the bee-line, therefore 

 I speak only of the editorial part, and particularly of 

 the .^pril number, in which you quote I^uke ():38. I 

 thank yi.u for the article, which is really a good spir- 

 itual breakfast on a suburban train. I do not under- 

 .stand that j'our appeal for Thos. McDonald, of the 

 Shawneetown disa.ster, is extended only to bee-people; 

 therefore I hand vou herewith one dollar for him. 



Chicago, 111., April 22. L. H. Nelson. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



I think Gleanings improves with age. There is 

 quite a difference since I began first to take it, nearly 

 20 vears ago. J.as Btorer. 



Lindsay, Ont., Feb. 28. 



All the garden .=eed I got of you last year did finely, 

 especially the cauliflower — 199 heads out of 200 plants 

 set. " F. P. Clark. 



Parkman. O , Feb. 10. 



Gleanings is a visitor at my hou.=e every two 

 weeks. I have not missed a number in seven or eight 

 years. It is the best journal I take. 



Rhinelander, Wis., July 13. Chas Brooks. 



I am very glad that you received my order and gave 

 it such prompt attention. The goods came in pood 

 shape. Foundati<jn and sections are very nice. I am 

 well pleased. My bees are all .strong this spring. 



Defiance, Ohio, May 5. Wesley Kencig. 



The sections are very nice, and the wax is all one 

 can expect it to be. Plea.se accept my thank.; for your 

 promptness, and the nice goods you .sent me. You 

 saved me quite a speck in shipping the goods by 

 freight. W. Z. Ferguson. 



Plea.sant Ridge, N. C, May 3. 



Please allow me to express my thanks for the finely 

 illu.strated circulars you printed for me. Persons who 

 see them .say that The A. I. Root Co. shall have their 

 job work in the printing line hereafter. 



Scio, O., Apr. 17. T. H. Cook, M. D. 



I received your notice the 11th and the freight the 

 17th. It was in good condition, and exactly as I or- 

 dered: in fact, it was as sati-.factorj' as if I had been 

 at the factoiy mjs. If. Your hives and equipments are 

 as complete and perfect as any that I have .seen any- 

 where, and I shall not hesitate to recommend them. 



O.xen Hill, Md., Feb. 18. S. B. Cox. 



Yours of the 22d, stating goods would be delayed 

 from one to two weeks, is received. I will say it won't 

 inconvenience me verj' much so long as I get A. I. 

 Root's goods. 1 appreciate your difficulty in being 

 behind with your orders, and will wait patiently till 

 my turn. W. E. Dages. 



Morris, 111.. April 26. 



[We in turn appreciate mo.st thoroughly the spirit 

 of this letter. — Ed.] 



Order 02,220 cinie in on the eve of the ISth. I .set 

 every thing up and painted it yesterday. I want to 

 say that every thing checked out exactly. Thanks for 

 your care and promptness. So accurately are the 

 pieces cut, and .so explicit are the directions, a way- 

 faring man though a fool need not have any trouble 

 in putting thing.-, together. If I can drop a biig in my 

 neighbor's ear in your favor, I will gladly do ro, know- 

 ing that you will treat them rii^ht. 



Palmy, Texas, Mar. 20. W. B. Barbee. 



CIGARETTES, OPIUM, ETC. 



I wish to say one thing about cigarettes and the 

 opium contained in them — page 20. I am sorry to .say 

 that I for about five years used them, and think the 

 opium is not in the tobacco itself, but in the paper 

 that the cigarette is made with, .so the smoker gets the 

 opium just the .same. I thank God, my good wife, and 

 Mr. A. I Root, that they have caused me to give up 

 the u.se of the weed. Will A. Shields. 



Los Angeles, Cal., Apr. 25. 



Inclosed please find 81.00 to pay for the .")()0 cards. 

 They we e O. K. We appreciate your interest in our 

 church work in doing it with such promptne.ss, and at 

 such satisfactorv prices. W. A. Leary. 



Grafton, O., March 22. 



[Perhaps I might say, by way of explanation that 

 we are doing quite a little work in the above line for 

 pastors and .Sunday-schools, etc. With the facilities 

 we have, very likelj- our prices, postage included, are 

 le.ss than those given by ordinary local printers.] 



Gleanings is surely worth many times its price for 

 its safe guide and guard again.st so many cunning 

 frauds and swindles that are getting so many dimes 

 and dollars they ought not to have. I would ahvays 

 be a friend to Gleanings for this one thing if no 

 other. By the way. I got caught on the electropoise 

 hook, and lost just S8.00. It was really an injury to 

 my health, and I wish you would .say in Gleanings. 

 that, if any one of its readers contemplates trying one 

 of them, " Don t do it, >n'Tei\ whatever }'ou do; have 

 nothing to do with the concern." All they want is 

 your money, and they will get it if you fool with them. 

 James L. Arnold. 



Cumberland, Miss., March 10. 



My. .-i. I. Root:— I am not taking Gleanings for 

 bee culture, as I am satisfied I am not on that line; 

 but the Hometalk is worth that much to me and my 

 family, if you are not a Christian, you are certain. y 

 the veriest hypociite I ever read after. Excuse me for 

 using such an expression, a.^ I have so often been de- 

 ceived that I hardly tru-t anybody until tested thor- 

 oughly. Many are called, but few are cho.sen. Of 

 course, j'ou indorse the sentiment expre.ssed in the 

 tract you copy in March 1.") Gleanings, from A. F. 

 Cowles; and, if you do, you do not visit the oath-bound 

 lodges where I have heard the name of Jesus forbid- 

 den to be used. Every thing for Christ is tny senti- 

 ment, whether I meet it or not. R. I. Evans. 



Elberton, Wash., Mar. 24. 



My good friend, you judge correctly. Like j'ourself 

 I try to lielong to Chri.st Jesus and to him only ; and as 

 he once .said, " In secret have I done nothing," I nev- 

 er could see my way clear to un:tii!g with any organi- 

 zation where a promise of seerecy is required. .Since 

 I have been trying to lead a Christian life I have had 

 no secrets, and nothing to conceal. 



Reading GLE.A.NINGS with the "ABC" has interest- 

 ed me greatly in the " Home of the Honey-liees" and 

 all the Roots', especially the father and grandfather, 

 Mr. A. I. Root. 



By the way, why are all bee keepers Christians? I 

 gather from" their'writings they are. All dentists are 

 not. 



One question, please : My bees build hexagonal 

 cells on round broid foundation. Do they all do that? 

 I am a novice at beekeeping, also at tvpewriting, 

 which voir will leadilj' perceive. H. W. Ewing. 



lola, Kan., May 9. 



[Perhaps I should explain that our friend who 

 writes the above is a dentist. I suppose, Bro. E., bee- 

 keepers are not all professing Christians bj' a consid- 

 eralile nvimber; but I do hope — nay, I believe — that by 

 far the greater part of them are Christians in all their 

 dealings and in all their intercourse with their fellow- 

 men. Perhaps one reason for the impression you 

 have received in regard to bee keepers is that our bee- 

 jotrrnals as a rule have taken a decided stand for the 

 kingdom of ilod and his righteousness. 



Bees will always build hexagonal cells, even though 

 the basis of their work be laid out in circles. In nij' 

 early experiments on ioundation I drove some small 

 rouiid-headed tacks into a board, just the right dis- 

 tance apart for the cells of the honej'-coml). Sheets 

 of wax pressed between two such boards were readily 

 worked out bv the liees into beautiful-looking honey- 

 comb.— A. I. R.] 



