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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 15. 



greatly complimented at this; but if you will follow his 

 instructions you certainly can grow strawberries al- 

 most as cheaply as you can grow potatoes. It may 

 cost a little more to harvest them, but the children 

 around almost any home will look after that part of 

 it. We can mai. the book from this office for 10 cents; 

 or anybody who s-ends us a dollar for Gleanings can 

 have the little book free of charge if he Will just say 

 so when he sends the dollar. 



LEAFLETS ON GROWING CERTAIN CROPS. 



Where a great many people are asking the same 

 questions about different things, say sweet clover, cow 

 peas, soja beans, etc., we have been in the habit of 

 having ltaflets printed in order to answer questions. 

 About this season of the year there is always a great 

 demand for these leaflets. I find we have at present 

 in stock leaflets or circulars in regard to alfalfa, crim- 

 son clover, sweet clover, dwarf Essex rape, soja 

 beans, coffee-berry, the new onion culture, or starting 

 onions under glass. We have also a little book on Jap- 

 anese buckwheat, price 5 cents, or sent free to every 

 one who purchases seed. We have also " Forty Years 

 in Growing Sweet Potatoes," by Waldo F. Brown, 

 price 10 cents only ; or sent free to every purchaser of 

 sweet potatoes or plants, or to any one who sends a 

 dollar for Gleanings, mentioning at the same time 

 that he would like the sweet-potato book. If you 

 want larger books on growing crops, look over our 

 book-list in our seed catalog. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



Iam glad ;ou did not stop my paper, as I like it 

 very much, i believe the millennium would not be so 

 far'off as it is now if there were more such clean and 

 nice papers as yours. Thanks for the stand you are 

 taking against tobacco, and also the humbug medi- 

 cines, ana all sorts of swindles. H. J. Bromwich. 



Angola, N. Y., Feb. 24. 



Inclosed find order for Gleanings and Farm Jour- 

 nal. Continue subscription from date of (^cpiratioii of 

 last subscription. Although 1 can ii**e clas-ed as a 

 veteran, yet I have not missed a single issue since I 

 first learned of Gleanings. To say that I appreciate 

 it is but to sav that I have all the volumes bound in half 

 morocco. H. C. Klinger. 



Oriental, Pa., Feb. 14. 



Your notice is at hand in regard to advance sub- 

 scription lor Gleanings. I can not afford to lose it, 

 so I am going to make sure of it for three years, so 

 please find inclosed money order. I may say that I 

 like Gleanings very much; and, although so far 

 away, it conies to hand very regularly. I oi ten wish 

 The A. I. Root Co. were not so far away. 



Herbert Smith. 



Moss Glen, Recherche Bay, Tasmania, Nov. 12, 1808. 



I like your article on 

 money to the neeay or 

 ticed here that those 

 those who play or dri 

 and make no effort to 

 rainy days. With the 

 almost a waste of time 

 for they soon come to 

 time of need. 



Murfreesboro, Tenn. 



giving employment instead of 

 improvident. I have often no- 

 who are needy are generally 



nk during the" sunshiny days. 



lay up a few dollais for cold or 

 exception of sick people, it is 

 to extend help to the " drones," 



look to you for assistance in 

 Chip Henderson. 



THE NEW FENCE SUPER. 



In regard to those fences bought of you last year 

 for 100 hives, it is one of the best improvements since 

 I began the bee business, fifty years ago. Last year 

 I had the best comb honey I ever raised. I think bees 

 will commence in sections quicker, work the outsides 

 of the crate just as well as the middle, and, best of all, 

 bees do not travel-stain the combs. Make me enough 

 for fifty hives more, about 400. C. M. Lincoln. 



Rupert, Vt., Dec. 18. 



DIVINE HEALING ; MORE ABOUT DR. DOWIE. 



Mr. Root :— Several years ago I lived in Chicago and 

 attended Dr. Dowie's church, ana was employed by 

 him to finish his Tabernacle Ziou No. 2. As he em- 

 ploys no person who is not a Christian, and no one 

 who uses tobacco, I had not much competition, and 

 was with him a long time. Being desirous at the time 

 you should be healed (for I had been benefited so 



much by Our Homes). I sent you some copies of Leaves 

 of Healing. As I never heard any thing from you in 

 Gleanings on the subject I supposed you were oppos- 

 ed to divine healing (as many good Christians are). 

 But on receipt of Gleanings this week, and reading 

 Our Homes, I find you occupy the right grounds ; that 

 is, you are willing to be led by the Spirit. Now, Bro. 

 R., I have prayed that the Spirit might direct me to 

 say the right things to you. 



I shall answer your article, but not in the order it is 

 written. First, you say no person ever told you that 

 all are not healed. Dear Bro. Root, from my own 

 personal observation there is not one in ten healed, if 

 the proportion is even that ; but that does not prove 

 any thing against divine healing. Not one in ten who 

 hear the gospel of salvation is saved. I agree with 

 you, Bro. R. I can not indorse Dr. Dowie in many 

 things. The gift of divine healing was not transmit- 

 ted from the apostles from age to age until it rested 

 on Dr. Dowie, but is for every child of God who by 

 fail h is filled with the .Spirit lean not indorse him 

 in dispensing with means in every case, such as hot or 

 cold water. When we have some simple aid that God 

 has provided, let us use it; but no drugs. Dr. Dowie 

 should not abuse the churches as he does. Christ 

 would not do that. One great secret of success in heal- 

 ing is to get the sufferer to accept the Bible truth that 

 all sickness is inflicted by Satan, and that it is the will 

 of God that we should be well ; that whatsoever we 

 ask in his name, the Father will give. Thus by call- 

 ing to mind the promises, and believing it is Christ's 

 will that we should be made whole, our faih should 

 be strong before we pray. Expect the healing. You 

 spokeofa " glimmer " of faith aftet praying; it should 

 come before praying ; then pray definitely ; don't say, 

 " If it is thy will," for in so doing we waver, and fail 

 of healing. Dowie always lays on hands; but it is our 

 privilege to live so close to God, by being filled with 

 the Spirit, that he will heal any time. 



Muncie, Ind. J. M. Fletcher. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The next convention of the U. S. B'e-keepers' Asso- 

 ciation will be he d in Philadelphia, Pa., commencing 

 Tuesday evening, Sept oth, and closing Thursday 

 evening. Sept. 7th. Particulars in regard to railroad 

 rates, etc . will be given in time. A. B. Mason, Sec. 



Sta. B, Toledo, O., Feb. 27. 



Blackberry = plants for Sale. 



Snyder and Taylor's Prolific. The two 

 most hardy and productive blackber- 

 ries for the North. Plants from young 

 and healthy plantations. Plants for 

 freight shipments carefully packed. 

 Price, $7.00 per 1000; $1.00 per 100; 1 doz- 

 en, by mail, 25 cts. 



CHARLES L. TODD, 

 Hartwick Seminary, . - = Otsego Co., N. Y. 



DO YOU WANT EARLY QUEENS? 



We can supply vou with the choicest of 

 Tested Italian "Queens for $1.00 each. 

 Orders filled by return mail. Safe ar- 

 rival and satisfaction guaranteed. 



SEND FOR PRICE LIST. 



J. W. K. SHAW & CO., - LOREAUViLLE, LA. 



CASH FOR BEESWAX. 



Will pay 26 cents per pound cash, or 28 cents in 

 trade, for any quantity of good, fair, average beeswax, 

 delivered at our railroad station. The same will be 

 sold to those who wish to purchase, at 33 cents for best 

 selected wax. Old combs ivill not be accepted under any 

 consideration. 



Unless you put your name on the box, and notify us 

 by mail of amount sent, we can not hold ourselves 

 responsible for mistakes. It will not pay as a general 

 thing to send wax by express. 



THE A. I. ROOT CO., Medina, Ohio. 



