1887 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUIiE. 



397 



Every boy or girl, under 15 years of age, who writes a let- 

 ter for this department, containing somk vaiaiablk fact, not 



QENKRALLV KNOWN, ON BKKS OK OTHER MATTEliS, will receive 

 one of David Cook's excellent tlve-eent Svinday-sohool buoks. 

 Many of these boots contain the same matter that you tind in 

 Sunday-school books costing from $1.00 to $1 50. If you have 

 had one or more books, ijive us the names that wt m ly not 

 send the same twice. We have now in stock six diricreiit 

 books, as follows; viz.; Sheer Otf, Silver Keys, The Giant-Kill- 

 er; or. The Roby Family, Rescued from Egypt, rilk'iim's 

 Progress, and Ten Nights in a Bar-Room. We have also Our 

 Homes, Part I., and L»ur Homes, Part II. Resides the above 

 books, you may have a photograph of our old house apiary, 

 and a photograph of our own iipiary, both taken a gre.it many 

 years ago. In the former is a picture of Novice, Blue Eyes, 

 and Caddy, and a glimpse of Ernest. We have also some pret 

 ty little colored pictures of birds, fruits, Howers, etc., suitable 

 for framing. You can have your choice of any one of the 

 above pictures or books for every letter that gives us some 

 valuable piece of information. 



CONDUCTED BY ERNEST R. ROOT. 



been 



TRYING THE WINDMILL. 



ET me see ; I believe we left Jimmy and 

 Sam starting off to school, lamenting 

 because they had to go. They argued 

 that nothing would be lost if they 

 stayed ont only one day. As they haji 

 at school so steadily they knew that 

 the tiiial examinations could not possibly 

 show it. I presume they did not think that 

 final examinations were not the only things 

 they went to school for. Mrs. Green could 

 bave told them that it is the every-day at- 

 tention to regular duties that makes success 

 in any department of life, and that boys 

 who go to school every day in the year, 

 when stihool keeps, unless sickness or some- 

 thing else of a serious nature prevents, are 

 the boys who, when grown, make the most 

 successful men, as a rule. 



Our young mechanics, however, were not 

 inclined to take a very philosophical view 

 of things. They linally reached school and 

 got into their seats just as the last tap of 

 the bell announced that school had begun. 

 They took their books out, laid them on the 

 desks and tried to study, liut their minds 

 were <m the grindstone and windmill. At 

 recess, as usual, there was more specula- 

 tion among the boys in regard to the wind- 

 mill. Jake insinuated, once or twice, tliat 

 •■ "twouldn't last long;'" but the two had 

 so much confidence that it would last, that 

 they did not pay much heed to the remarks, 

 which savored strongly of Jake's jealous dis- 

 position. 



After school was out, Jimmy and Sam 

 hastened to their windmill. On their arri- 

 val home, Mrs. Green asked Sam if he 

 \\ ould not go up town and get some tea— 

 they were entirely out, and would need 

 some for supper. Sam was not at all will- 

 inn to comply with his mother's wishes, liut 

 said they cckdd '" get along without their 

 tea." He meant no disrespect by it, but 

 said it in such away that it was evident he 

 t<hought the windniill was of vastly more 



importance than tea, supper, or any thing 

 else. Very fortunately for Sam, 'at this 

 jnn<*ture Jimmy's little brother Ted hap- 

 pened over, and the l>oys ver> speedily 

 made a bargain with him, by which thi- 

 youngster was to receive a whole cent for 

 getting the tea and bringing it home. The 

 boys then startfid triward the scene of the 

 windmill, ft was not revolving as fast as it 

 was in the morning, and it was squeaking. 

 It was but the work of a few moments to 

 get a little lard and apply it to the wooden 

 b'aring. It then i-evolved to the boys' 

 great satisfaction. After a good deal of 

 fussing they nnallvgot their grimlstone con- 

 nected with the seat of power by means of the 

 '•lothes-line. The grindstone immediately 

 commenced revolving, and a more intensely 

 pleased couple of hoys you never saw. They 

 found one trouble -that the clothes-line 

 would keep running off; and in spite of all 

 the two windmill-builders could do, thev 

 could not make it stav on. Just before 

 supy.er Mr, Green was called upon to as- 

 sist. He explained to them how the grind- 

 stone was "out of line" with the drive-wheel 

 of the windmill. A verv little adjustment 

 fixed it so that the clothes-line held its posi- 

 tion on the wheel. Mr. Green, as he wit- 

 nessed the grindstone revolving, now ex- 

 pressed some feeling of satisfaction, and 

 even became enthusiastic, .lust at this 

 moment his wife called out that supper was 

 ready, but he was so intent that he begged 

 they might be excused for just a few mo- 

 ments more. An ax was soon applied to 

 the stone, to be ground, but the mill was 

 hardly adequate to the work. On going to 

 the barn window they discovered that the 

 little bieeze was dying down, as it is apt to 

 do in the evening; but the boys said their 

 machine was'- doing well enough:'" and that, 

 when there was a good stiff breeze, thev 

 would have " lots of powei." 



That evening, after supper, Mr. Green 

 offered to purchase for the boys a light-run- 

 ni]ig saw-arbor in consideration of their 

 making the windmill run successfully. A 

 careful inspection of tlie price list from the 

 Home of the Honey-Rees showed that a 

 mandrel could be had for the small sum of 

 $2.25. Mr. Green told the boys that thev 

 would also need a couple of thin saws. The 

 order for all was duly made out and sent. 

 After Jimmy had gone home, and Sam was 

 just crawling into bed, he thought he heard 

 a noise in the back yard, out by the barn. 

 It sounded as if some one were throwing 

 stones. Sum poked his head out of the win- 

 dow, and listened; but everything seemed 

 perfectly quiet. Hemembering his previous 

 experience, and how the moon had made 

 fun of iiim the night before, he crept back 

 to bed, and knew no more till daylight. 



The next morning, just as he was going 

 toward the barn. Jimmy followed him \\\\. 

 On looking toward the" windmill the two 

 were tliiiiiderstiiick, not to s,iy amazed- 

 two of the fans of their windmill had gone, 

 and the tail was split 1 "SurelN." siid 

 Sam, "there was no heavy wind last night 

 —what could have have done it y" . 



"I know," growled Jimmy; and his face 

 began to flush with angei-; it was the work 



