1910 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



675 



this one has a very pretty top, and costs 

 only $395. The man, Mr. Jacob Gesaman, 

 of Canal Fulton, O., has had the machine 

 over a year. As he is a bee-keeper, in the 

 winter time he puts it in the shop, removes 

 one of the hind wheels, and puts in its place 

 a pulley, and runs machinery for making 

 bee-hives and doing various kindsof carpen- 

 ter work. He runs it up hill and down, 

 through mud and sand; and there a^'c some 

 hills, let me tell you, in thevicinity of Canal 

 Fulton, Stark Co., O. 



Now, one thing that commends this ma- 

 chine to me besides its cheapness is that it 

 has no water-tank and other machinery to 

 keep it cool. It is air-cooled. Secondly, 

 there is no gearing about the transmission. 

 There is not a cogwheel to rattle and get dry 

 in the whole machine. Last, but not least, 

 it has solid cushioned tires instead of pneu- 

 matic ones that have made and are making 

 so much trouble and worry by puncturing 

 and patching. .Just think of it, friends, you 

 who have had some experience with auto- 

 mobiles. No water is needed; no tire trou- 

 bles, and no gear to rattle where you can not 

 get at it. To make a good thorough test 

 of the machine, Mr. Gesaman took Huber 

 and myself (three good-sized persons) on a 

 twenty-mile trip after dark. We made this 

 trip easily inside of two hours, taking in a 

 good many quite bad hills, and passing a 

 dozen or twenty teams after dark; and as 

 the road was new to all of us, Huber had to 

 get out every little while and strike a match 

 to look at a guide-board. It is true the ma- 

 chine does not run as still as some of the 

 higher-priced ones; but we passed horses 

 and buggies with very little trouble, and 

 ran the itiachine right close to them. It is 

 true, also, that there is a little more jarring 

 with the solid tires than with the pneumatic; 

 but after riding about thirty miles the same 

 day with one of the best pneumatic, I rath- 

 er preferred my twenty-mile ride on the 

 cheaj) machine. The slight jar in running 

 rapidly gives my blood a better circulation 

 than the more luxuriant and high-priced 

 car. Last, but not least, the entire expense 

 for repairs on this $895 auto car, although 

 it has been run every day more or less, was 

 less than $10.00. The exj^ense for gasoline 

 is, as nearly as he could figure, one cent a 

 mile. 



.Just let me give you right here a sugges- 

 tion about lubricating-oil; and, by the way, 

 the air-cooled machines require rather more 

 lubricating-oil than the water-cooled ones. 

 Well, with the machine he got of Sears, 

 Roebuck & Co., five gallons of oil cost 30 cts. 

 per gallon; and this oil would run the ma- 

 cliine a month without cleaning the spark- 

 plug. After he had used up the five gallons 

 of oil he purchased some more at 50 cts. per 

 gallon near home. This last was so poor 

 thai he had to clean the spark-plug every 

 day or two; and it did not give nearly as 

 good results even then. Be careful about 

 your lubricating-oil; and perhaps it would 

 he better to get it where you get your ma- 

 chine. When he made his purchase his 



brother got a second machine just like it; 

 and his brother's machine has done just as 

 good service as his own. Both are used al- 

 most daily. I suppose I hardly need say to 

 the readers of Gleanings that any thing 

 that comes from Sears, Roebuck & Co. is 

 sure to be satisfactory. Lest you may think 

 I am interested in the sale of their machines, 

 permit me to say they know nothing about 

 what I am writing; and I can not remember 

 that I have ever given that house a single 

 order; but so many of my friends, and those 

 who write me letters, have mentioned this 

 Chicago house favorably, I know something 

 of their ways of doing business. I am so 

 well convinced that these low-priced ma- 

 chines will be a great boon to bee-keepers, 

 and hard-working people of moderate means 

 in general, that I have taken the liberty of 

 making this write-up. 



From the above you can learn something 

 about what it costs to run one of these cheap 

 automobiles. Now go to work and figure 

 up what you pay out on horse, buggy, and 

 harness, in the course of a year, counting 

 the cost of furnishing the feed and caring 

 for the horse when you do not need to use 

 it, and see if I am not right about it — that 

 the auto buggy is the cheaper of the two. 



On page 601, Sept. 15, I made mention of 

 the fact that the great establishment of 

 Sears, Roebuck & Co., is on the side of tem- 

 perance. In answer to an inquiry in regard 

 to the matter I received the following: 



The A. I. Root Co. — We do not allow liquor on 

 our premises. Our firm Is opposed to liquor In ev- 

 ery way, and it is one of the strict rules of our in- 

 stitution that our people must not enter saloons 

 any time during the twent.v-four hours, within 

 eight blocks of our plant. That makes a prohibi- 

 tion district about a mile in each direction for our 

 employees 



"We do not attempt to prescribe for our people 

 what they shall do outside of business hours; but 

 we do Insist that no one working for us shall enter 

 a saloon, day or night, within eight blocks of our 

 plant. Sears. Rokbuck & Co. 



Chicago, Sept. 30. 



FEOM CHICAGO TO SPRINGFIELD BY FLY- 

 ING-MACHINE. 



The Chicago Record- Herald for Sept. 30 

 gives a thrilling account of the above $10,000 

 tiight by Walter R. Brookins, one of the 

 Wright brothers' youngest students. The 

 Record- Her aid offered a prize of $10,000 for 

 the feat, and the 22-year-old "cloud-explor- 

 er," as they call him, fairly won it. By 

 means of telegrams, telephones, and other 

 means of communication, the whole flight 

 was heralded so the peojole might come out 

 of their homes by the thousands and tens of 

 thousands, and witness the wonderful spec- 

 tacle. Not only were the wires kept busy, 

 but the locomotives and factories blew their 

 whistles when he came in sight, so that ev- 

 erybody might get out and see him as he 

 passed overhead. If I am correct he not 

 only excels all his opponents in high flying, 

 but also in long-distance flying. A special 

 train containing Wilbur Wright and a host 

 of friends started to race with him; .but he 



