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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



May, 1918 



THE ELECTRIC WINDMILL DURING A THUNDER 

 STORM. 



Yesterday (Apr. 7) we bad a thunder 

 storm with quite a gale of wind. The new 

 windmill did its work beautifully. It took 

 the whole battery of 28 cells, and at times 

 gave 25 amperes of current. As a sample 

 of the electx-ic current, a screw began to 

 work out in the " cut-out " device. Without 

 taking the trouble to cut off the current, I 

 started to turn up the screw. A blinding 

 light followed and the tempered steel of 

 the screwdriver began melting and dropping 

 off as if it was sealing wax. The mill took 

 the gale very quietly, with only about 25 

 revolutions per minute during the biggest 

 squalls. 



"on THE WINGS OF THE WIND;" WIND IN- 

 STEAD OP CORN^ OATS, AND HAY 

 FOR HORSE FEED. 



It is now April 9, and we have had a pretty 

 good wind for several days. The result is, 

 that after using the electric auto all I wish 

 during the day the windmill stands ready 

 to replace promptly the amount of current 

 used. Let us consider a moment what this 

 really amounts to as an achievement in 

 scientific invention. I ride in the easiest- 

 running carriage (the electric automobile) 

 that has ever been made, and the most 

 easily managed of any vehicle that has ever 

 been constx-ucted. I can go thru a crowd 

 so slowb- and so still that no one knows I 

 am near until I gently press against him ; or 

 with the six difl'erent speeds I can go as 

 fast as ar- one should go; and when I get 

 home I drive into a garage that can be made 

 as nice as a lady's parlor — no harness to 

 remove and no stable to clean. Neither is 

 there any corn, oats, or hay to be provided 

 for this modern steed, for he feeds on wind 

 instead of corn, oats, and hay which cost 

 money, as many of us know to our sorrow. 

 You simply dri^-e in, press a button, and 

 your horse will be both fed and watered 

 (with wind) while you do something else, 

 or-, stranger still, while you sleep. You may 

 suggest a gasoline car. But, my good friend, 

 pasoline costs money: but not so with 

 wind. Another thing, gasoline smells; and 

 the burnt gases have cost the lives of sev- 

 eral where they have been so thoughtless 

 as to run the auto in a close room, say in 

 cold weather. The modern windmill, run- 

 ning on ball bearings, can almost as well 

 be left running as to stand still. I tell 

 Mrs. Root, if she wishes to go anywhere, 

 that now is the time, for it costs no moi-e 

 to travel than to let the auto stand still. 



I have dear fi-iends, received during my 

 busy life many kind words, as most of you 

 kno\v ; but a kind word or two that pleased 



me most was reported to me by my young 

 friend Manikowske. It came from Rear 

 Admiral Garst, of the Navy (now retired), 

 who has a fine residence here, when some 

 one remarked in his hearing: 



" Is it likely that Mr. Root will ever get 

 his money back for such an investment?" 



He replied, as reported to me, as nearly 

 as I can recall, " If I understand Mr. Root, 

 he does not expect to get his money back. 

 His pay will come in the knowledge that fu- 

 ture generations (perhaps unborn) will bo 

 benefited by his experiments." 



WILT; THE WAR RESULT IN A BETTER MAN- 

 KIND, THE WORLD OVER? 



Deal- Mr. Root: — I am not an atheist, socialist, 

 anarchist, nihilist, Republican or Democrat — ari 

 not what may or might he called religious, but have 

 been a reader of your Gleanings off and on for 

 years, but have been a subscriber for only two 

 } ears. There are so many papers, etc., that one 

 cannot get them all. What use I have for your 

 magazine is your innocent, simple way that you do 

 your writings. Do I believe them? Not all, but you 

 put out soma good advice. I cannot quote exactly, 

 but in one of your papers you said something like 

 this: "God is letting this war go on to create a 

 better feeling in mankind." Do you believe it? 



There are lots of things I would like to say but 

 just this one more, was: I have read in your vrrit- 

 ing of the harmony that there is in your family; 

 altho I am not Irish, will say more power to you. 

 I have preached the bundle of sticks for years but 

 have never got a convert. It's all for themselves 

 and the deivil for the crowd. 



Cleveland, O. W. B. Kitteringham. 



Dear Friend : — I may have said, and I 

 say again, we have many evidences that 

 might indicate that God is letting the war 

 go on that the final outcome may be a better 

 mankind, the world over. I cannot name a 

 tenth part of them here. The death of the 

 liquor traffic, saving of food, the study of 

 the best and m'ost nourishing foods, gam- 

 bling on wheat, extortion in food prices, 

 better care of the babies, saving the money 



that has been wasted in folly, doing away 

 with gambling, etc. 



Now, a word about yourself, dear brother. 

 Go down on your knees, and ask God to di- 

 rect you and give you light. Go to church 

 regularly. Go to Sunday sehool. Be on hand 

 in the Bible class every Sunday. Accept 

 " the Lamb of God, who taketh away the 



sins of the world," as your helper and yo tr 

 guide. I am praying for } ou as 1 write this 

 letter. 



God permits wickedness to go on at times, 

 that indifferent people like you and I, may 

 wake up and do sometliing. Some of our 



best laws have been enacted, just because of 

 indignities perpetrated on lieli^less women 

 and children. May God guide you and give 

 you faith. 



