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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUKE. 



Nov. 15. 



" No doubt he wanted it bad; but what as- 

 surance had he that he would find water to 

 come even to the toj) of tlic ground, on such a 

 great bluff as this— moi'c tiian KM) feet above 

 the waters of the Mississij)!)! Riv(M'?" 



" Why, Mr. Hubinger he got to have it; and 

 when he got to have a thing it rmist come, so 

 he kept on drilling." 



We soon came' to one of the wells. There 

 were three in all, and each one of them was 

 sending out its treasures of water into beauti- 

 fully paved and cemented reservoirs at our 

 feet. One of the wells was in i)rocess of drill- 

 ing: and as I api^roachi'd the di'iller I asked. 

 " How much water comes out of the top of tliis 

 well in a minute ?" 

 " About 900 gallons." 

 " How far down are you?" 

 " About 1820 feet." 



I felt anxious to see what sort of rock came 

 up, so I asked. " How often do you \ise the sand- 

 pump?" thinking we might wait and see the 

 operation, and see wliat would come out. To 

 my surprise, however, he replied, "Why, we 

 don't sand-pump at all. The stream of water 

 which you see washes out all the sand and 

 pounded rock; so all we have to do is to keep 

 right on drilling until the drill is pulled up to 

 sharpen it." 



Now, friends, here is something intensely 

 interesting. These vast streams of water that 

 come out with such force as to go to the top of 

 this bluff come constantly from fissures in the 

 rock they are drilling, and these fissures are so 

 frequent that all debris is washed out. We 

 descended a bank, so steep that it made Dr. 

 Miller puff' and blow, and found, many feet be- 

 low, almost on a level with the river, a Imndredr- 

 horse- power turbine water-wheel. Another 

 new water-motor was being put in place to give 

 additional power. These water-motors carried 

 the latest improved dynamos, and great wires 

 ran up to the city to furnish electric lights. 

 The ai'tesian wells spout forth their treasures 

 through the day-time, which is stored up in 

 those large reservoirs, or miniature lakes, they 

 might be called. When it gets dusk, the great 

 valves are opened, and the turbines with their 

 immense power propel the dynamos that send 

 the stream of electricity up through the town.* 

 Is it not wonderful ? and does it not verify the 

 promise of our text? 



The next day we visited the Dad ants, and 

 saw their factory for the production of the 

 beaTitiful foundation that rivals any thing else 

 made in the world, and I liad anotlier treat. 

 The Dadants have perhaps the finest factory 

 for foundation in the world. Their output 

 during 18S)0 was something like 8.5,000 lbs., wliile 

 our own was only about 30,000 lbs. 



"But why in tlie world, friends, do you not 

 use steam power when you are doing so large a 

 business?" 

 Our good friend C. P. replied: 

 " Mr. Root, there is just one thing that makes 

 us hold on. A company is already organized, 

 with a capital of two millions of dollars, to take 

 the Mississippi River at the rapids you ob- 

 served, and make it turn water-motors that 

 shall move dynamos to send electricity all over 

 tlie surrounding country, to furnish power 

 wherever it is needed; and we would rather 

 have a big wire, and have tlie power, rather 



* Out on the hill before me, our big' windmill is 

 standing- idle. It has filled its tank, and has been 

 days and weeks waiting- for a, job. Well, ail that is 

 needed tn let this windmill use its sui])lus jiowerfor 

 lig-hting (HH' house is a little water-motor and a dy- 

 namo to match. It will easily pump water enoug-h 

 during the day to run dynamos enough to light all 

 the private dwellings in " Kootville." 



than to have a steam-engine and be obliged to 

 haul coal away out here." 



So you see, dear friends, what there is before 

 us in the future. 



You may perhaps know that a company has 

 been incor-porated under the laws of New York, 

 and they have already begun the woi'k of dig- 

 ging a vei y drep canal parallel with the rapids 

 of llie Niagara River, for the purpose of taking 

 advantage of the great descent of the river liere 

 for about half a mile al)ove the falls, and end- 

 ing near the base of the cataract. When tlie 

 full capacity of the fall is employed it is be- 

 lieved that it will be equivalent toToo.ooo horse- 

 power, and this at no expense save for repairs, 

 as the supply is perfectly uniform the year 

 round. To do these great things, liowever. we 

 must worlv together. No man can accomplish 

 any thing by being a Robinson Crusoe. All 

 these great projects and movements are the re- 

 sult of the combined efforts of great numbers of 

 earnest thinkers and \\'orkers. P"'riend \Yeyend 

 gave us a liright illustration of his friend 

 Hubinger, the starch-man. I do not know 

 whether he is a Christian or not; but he shows 

 an element of Clu'istianity, in one sense at least. 

 He goes down into those steep bluffs a quarter 

 of a mile or more in pursuit of Nature's pent-up 

 waters. They liave utilized them by the most 

 efficient water-motors known, and finally they 

 set the water-motors to driving these wonderful 

 dynamos, a project which is a result of the 

 thinking and stirring brains of the present dec- 

 ade. Friend Weyend's comical "got to have 

 it" expresses tlie energy and determination of 

 the man. And is not the tliouglit on a line witli 

 the Bible promise, " Seelv, and ye shall find; 

 knock, and it shall be opened unto you"? But 

 to do this we must be in intimate partnersliip 

 with our fellow-men. Conventions made up of 

 people interested in special pursuits are on the 

 highway to these attainments, especially where 

 these conventions are opened with prayer, and 

 interspersed with songs and liymns, as was 

 every session of the convention at Keokuk. 



Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show 

 thee great and mighty things which thou knowest 

 not. 



SPECIAL DEPARTMENT FOR A. I. ROOT, AND HIS 

 FRIENDS WHO LOVE TO RAISE CROPS. 



That art on which a thousand minions of men are dependent 

 for their sustenance, and two hundred millions of men expend 

 their dally toll, must be the most Important of all— the parent 

 and precursor of all other arts. In every country, then, and at 

 every period, the Investigation of the principles on which the 

 rational practice of this art Is founded ought to have command- 

 ed the principal attention of the greatest minds. 



James F. W. Johnston. 



XIIE OHIO EXPERIMP^NT - .STATION KEPOKT ON 

 STKAWBEKRIES. 



This is sent free to every resident of the 

 State of Ohio on application. Address Experi- 

 ment Station. Columbus, O. We presume it 

 will be sent to otliers for a couple of stamps, al- 

 though we do not know. If any of you wish a 

 report by disinterested parties in regard to all 

 new strawberries offered during the past year 

 or two, you want this report. Not only does it 

 chronicle the tests on the Experiment tTi-ounds 

 at Columbus, but Prof. Green visited many of 

 the leading strawberry -growers of the State, 

 while the berries were fruiting. You will re- 

 member that he had just left Matthew Craw- 

 ford's at the time I came on the grounds. It 

 almost makes one smile to see how nearly their 

 decision agrees witli mine. For instance, in 

 their Summary No. 2, we read: 



The following varieties have been thoroughly 

 tested, and are suited to the wants of those who 



