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God ; and as he trusted God, he also trusted 

 humanity. You know the result. The 

 world has poured millions of dollars Into his 

 hands, and yet he never solicited a copper. 

 God has placed us in the world. lie wishes 

 us to love the world, and trust the world — 

 recognize the world as a blessing and a great 

 gift. J'^ven though crooked, we are to take 

 it thankfully. Are we doing it, my friends V 



1 pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the 

 world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the 

 evil. 



^€ba§§€ %olmiin. 



A MINISTER TAKES A SMOKER. 



-HEN I get a smoker I shall lay away my big 

 meerschaum. To-day I was with Mr. H. 

 Waughtel, and he was smoklug. He is hale 

 and hearty. I said, "Uncle Henry, it is about time 

 to quit the pipe too." 

 " Well, 'Will, I would if it were not for my bees." 

 So I offered to furnish the smoker if he would 

 quit, and he pgreed to do so. You may accordingly 

 mail him one. I would advise you to get him to 

 write for your paper. He is competent, and an E. 

 M. minister. M. W. Murphey. 



Cuba, Fulton Co., 111., May 6, 1883. 



Thank you, friend M. May God bless you 

 in your efforts to lead men to give up the 

 bad habit. I am especially glad to hear of 

 a minister dropping it, because I know he 

 will never go back again. It is an encour- 

 aging thought, that the ministry as a body 

 have now almost entirely given up the use 

 of tobacco. Some of the old gray-headed 

 ones hold to it, of course ; but I believe it is 

 almost an unheard-of thing to find a young 

 minister using it in any shape whatever. 



Allow me to say, in all candor and truth, that, aft- 

 er using tobacco (both smoking and chewing) for 

 35 years, I left it off last August, and am no longer a 

 slave to the vile habit, and have persuaded several 

 persons to do likewise. F. W. Thompson. 



Quincy, HI., April 17, 1883. 



I have concluded to quit the use of tobacco. I was 

 2f years old yesterday, and have been a constant 

 user of the filthy weed for 14 years of time. If I 

 break over, I will send you the money to pay for the 

 smoker. Ges. A. Cater. 



Summerficld, Noble Co., Ohio, April 6, 1883. 



I see you are giving a smoker to every one who 

 will discard the use of tobacco. If you will send me 

 a smoker I pledge you my word that I will, by the 

 help of God, never use it again. If I do, I will pay 

 you for it. I do this because every time I see the 

 smoker I will think of the pledge. It Is my desire 

 to quit it, for I know it is a filthy habit. 



Salisbury, N. C, Feb. 18, 1883. L. )t. Webb. 



I noticed in Gleanings that you would send to any 

 bee-keeper (who used tobacco habitually) a smoker, 

 if he would agree to abstain from the use of tobacco ; 

 and as long as he abstained from its use, the smoker 

 should remain unpaid for; but if he resumed its use 

 again, he should pay you SI. 00 for the smoker. I 

 willingly acknowledge the above, and shall pay you 

 for the same if I resume it again. J. K. Gregory. 



Crooked Lake, Pa., Apr. 4, 1883. 



I quit the use of tobacco the first of February; and 

 if you have not withdrawn the offer, you will please 

 send me a smoker. J..H. Allender. 



TunneltoD, W. Va., March 13, 1883. 



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But whoso sliall oft'end one of these little ones whieh believe 

 in me, it were better for liini that a millstone were hanged 

 about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of 

 the sea.— Matt. 18; 6. 



Customers wanted for 30 or 40 black queens. On- 

 ly 31 cts. each. It is not often we have them, so now 

 is your chance, if you want them. 



BASSWOOD LUMBER WANTED. 



Basswood timber suitable for sections is now get- 

 ting to be scarce in our locality. Will those who 

 have such lumber for sale please tell us how much 

 they have, and how low they can furnish it by the 

 carload ? 



THE GOOD CANDY MADE OF POWDERED SUGAR. 



The Good candy made of powdered sugar stirred 

 up with honey is working nicely. The bees eat it, 

 sugar and honey both, without rattling it down or 

 wasting it. Two queens went safely to Canada. 

 Every bee was alive, and only about one-fourth of 

 the candy consumed. How long does it take to 

 learn so simple a thing? 



Please don't be in a hurry, friends, in deciding 

 that somebody has tried to "beat" you. It is a 

 comparatively rare thing among bee-men to find one 

 who deliberately and willfully decides to wrong an- 

 other. Please be slow in "thinking evil," and re- 

 member how many times j^ou have decided hastily, 

 and afterward you have found out it was only a 

 mistake or a misunderstanding. 



SHORTHAND. 



Quite a number of the friends have written to us 

 lately in short-hand. When the Munson system is 

 used, we have no trouble in reading it; but the oth- 

 er systems are practically illegible. As there are 

 but two here who can read even the Munson system, 

 perhaps it would be better, in view of future contin- 

 gencies, to write entirely in long-hand, as all busi- 

 ness letters are preserved. We have no objections, 

 however, to letters in the principal European lan- 

 guages. 



The clerk who opens the letters is again complain, 

 ing because the friends will persist in sending dead 

 queens back in letters. What in the world do you 

 suppose we want of dead queens, friends? It is 

 enough to have you write to us that they are dead, 

 without having their miserable bodies pushed under 

 our noses. Now, will you not please remember, 

 don't send back queens, or any thing else, for that 

 matter, until we tell you we want you to do so? Tell 

 us what the trouble is, in plain English, and we wil 1 

 then tell you what to do. 



