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(JLEA^N'INGS IxN liEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 



foot of the hill a large turbine water-wheel 

 might be located, to oe propelled by a large 

 stream of water coming from this reservoir 

 above. These windmills could pump water 

 periodically, and are supposed to keep this 

 reservoir on the average pretty nearly full. 

 It is also to be assumed, that the mills would 

 pump the water just as fast periodically as 

 tlie turbine could use the water when the 

 wiieel is running the year round, propelling 

 the machinery in an iuunense factory. Now, 

 I declare," said Mr. Green, •'•Jam afraid 

 that my additions to your scheme would be 

 pretty nearly as wild as your line of wind- 

 mills. It seems too bad tiuit we are not yet 

 able to utilize the immense power we have 

 ill the wind during fall weather and spring. 

 But inventive genius has never yet come 

 anywhere near it. The one you propose, 

 Sam, might be possible; but it would in- 

 volve an enormous expense to get every 

 thing ready, and the tirst cost would be 

 rather more than would cover the expense 

 of purchasing a steam-engine and running 

 it every day for several years." 



''But, pa, my windmill wouldn't cost any 

 thing after it" got a going. The windmills 

 would board themselves and work for no- 

 thing." 



•' The reservoir would need to be kept in 

 repair, so also would the windmills: I doubt 

 if they would quite board themselves." 



Sani was not yet quite ready to give up 

 his pet scheme. As it was getting late Mrs. 

 Green reminded Sam and Jinnnie that it 

 was their bed time. They all left the porch, 

 and .limmie started for home. 



JaVENIIiE Iietter-Bb^. 



FKOM ONE WHOSE PAPA DOES NOT KEEP BEES. 



My pa does not keop bees, but my uncle has some. 

 I like to see bees swarm. It is a nice thing- to keep 

 bees. My brother helped a nia:i take care of bees 

 last summer. I have seen them extract honey. I 

 have a sister who weighs 300 lbs. She is JSyeais 



old. MlIiTitE SWAUTWOOI). 



Tracy Creek, N. Y. 



KATIE'S LETTER. 



I received Ten Nights in a Bar-Koom, and have 

 read ittliroiigh. One of my neigh l)()r8 hasaliitle 

 l)aby boy with blue eyes. I should like veiy much 

 to see Huber and your carp-pond. My father has 

 about 300 bushels of apples. J go to school. Our 

 schoolhouse is the nearest house to my home. On 

 the^Gth of August, at night, I milked 16 cows— the 

 most I ever milked at ouce. Don't you think that 

 is pretty well for a girl 13 years old? I have a pet 

 sheep. Her name is Nanny. I have five hens and 

 chickens. Katie Briqgs. 



Deposit, N. Y. 



To be sure. Katie, KJ cows is a pretty big 

 task for a girl 18 years old. But are you 

 sure that the cows were all milked ^vellf It 

 St;ems to me it would require more strength 

 than such a child usually possesses ; and if 

 I were your papa I dont believe I would al- 

 low my little girl to work so hard, even if 

 she were ambitious enough to want to. I 



am very glad you love the cows and the 

 sheep and the chickens, Katie. 



a LITTLE GIKL TELLS HOW HEI{ MAMMA MANAGES 

 BEES. 



We have 30 hives of bees. Mamma woi'ks in them 

 all by herself, with a boy to carry the heavy frames 

 of honey and hee-boxes. We have our bees three 

 and four story high in the sunuucr, and in the win- 

 ter mamma puts them down to one bo.\ ; if they are 

 very strong, two bo.ves. By the last of January the 

 strong hives will have l)rood, then we build them 

 up again. Mamuia raised ten queens, but they all 

 turned out to be h.v brids except two. She sold 

 three to a gentleman in the counti-y, who keeps 

 bees. When she opened the hive to cage them, one 

 queen flew out in the air. She Hew about a little 

 while, then she came right back to the hive. About 

 two weeks ago I went into the garden and found a 

 swarm of bees hanging on a low bush. Mamma 

 put some frames of honey in a box, and shook them 

 in it; but they came out and tiew all around the 

 other hives, and were killed. 



Ernestine Plettinger, age 8. 



Bayou Sara, La. 



THE jeweler's TR.\DE. 



1 am a boy just commenced in bee-keeping. I 

 ordered one of your ABC books not long since, 

 and I like it very much; but as my bees require but 

 little time, I want to learn how to repair watches. 

 Understanding from one of your catalogues that 

 you arc a jeweler, please answer the following 

 questions: 



Is there any book on the subject that I could 

 nearly learn the trade from by careful study? I 

 am attlicted with rheumatism so I can get from 

 home but very little, and I can work only with light 

 work. Where can I get such a book? where could I 

 get tools and supplies? and what would they cost, 

 the fewest needed? 1 have had some experience 

 in clockwork. I made one, calendar and all, com- 

 plete. J. W. House. 



Mountain Meadow, Ala., Sept. 8, 1887. 



My young friend, I am .sorry you didn't 

 tell me your age, for then I should have 

 known better what advice to give you. 

 There are books published on clock and 

 watch making, but [ don't remember any of 

 them now that I think would be of very 

 much advantage to you. There are two or 

 three monthly joiunals that would be quite 

 a help. The Jewelei's Circular, published in 

 New York, is perhaps as good as any of 

 them. I would advise you to visit the best 

 jeweler's establishment in your nearestgood- 

 sized city. They will be glad to furnish you 

 with tools and supplies, and you can proba- 

 bly make arrangements with them to do 

 very difficult jobs that you can not do very 

 well at home, if you have made a calendar 

 clock, I should say you are pretty well ad- 

 vanced already. A love of machinery, and 

 natural skill and tact, are the great essen- 

 tials toward becoming an expert watch and 

 clock repairer ; but, my dear young friend, I 

 have found that strict honesty and integrity 

 are worth more than even skill and ingenuity, 

 especially as there is so great a chance in 

 this business to be tricky and dishonest. 

 Try to do your work right in God's sight, 

 and you will meet with abundant success 

 and favor in the sight of man. 



