GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



June, 1919 



various transfers, looking after mishaps 

 that ahnost invariably occur, and got us 

 home in such good shape that Mrs. Root 

 never had a bit of car sickness — something 

 she is greatly subject to ; and I think it was 

 perhaps the first tiip she ever made between 

 Florida and Ohio without more or less of 

 it. 



Now, my friend — yes, all who see these 

 pages, again I say to you personally, no 

 matter who you are, where you are, how 

 old or how young, if you are not already a 

 follower of the Lamb of God who taketh 

 away the sin of the world, make it your 

 veiy first duty to commence now, this very 

 minute, by acknowledging the great Creator 

 who made you in his own image — com- 

 mence right now to acknowledge him as 

 your heavenly Father, and put your trust 

 in that " Son of God," of whom He said 

 from the heavens, "This is my beloved Son 

 in whom I am well pleased." Make this 

 Son your daily confidant, your guide, and 

 yoviY friend. 



In regard to the second, I have been cau- 

 tioned about advising everybodi/ to get 

 married. Of course, it will be taken for 

 granted that such advice is to people of 

 suitable age to be married. As a rule I 

 would suggest that both should be very 

 close to or past twenty ; and I do not be- 

 lieve, while I think of it, that I would 

 advise a good Christian woman to marry 

 an intemperate man with the view of mak- 

 ing him better. Let him get " better " first, 

 and let sufficient length of time elapse so 

 that he can prove that he really is better. 

 Let him lay his intemperate habits at the 

 feet of the dear Savior " who taketh away 

 the sin of the woiid." Perhaps something 

 should be said about marrying a man or 

 Avoman whom you do not love. I would 

 suggest it is safer to marry a good profes- 

 sing Christian whom you think you do not 

 love than to marry an unchristian man 

 that you think you love. And here is a 

 point : One of Satan's great schemes is to 

 persuade those already married, that they 

 do not love each other. This is not only 

 humbug and nonsense, but it is criminal. I 

 think I am safe in saying you can love the 

 companion you already have if you will 

 only set about it. Do not ever let Satan 

 even u^iisper to the contrary. By the laAvs 

 of God and man you are bound to stick 

 fast to your oath taken before God and 

 men, when you two were united. Do not 

 let such a thouglit of divorce even get in 

 sight. 



Lastly, be fruitful and multiply. Do not 

 be satisfied with one child or two. Give 

 to the world men and women who fear 

 God and who will be a blessing to humani- 



ty. Your old friend, A. I. Root, not only 

 did find his burdens lifted by his grandson 

 Howard, but our long trip together, gave 

 me a chance of becoming better acquainted 

 with him than I had ever been before. To 

 give you a little glimpse of him I give be- 

 low a clipping from the Hummer, a little 

 periodical of whicli he is the editor : 



At last we are glad to be able to say that we have 

 seen A. I. Root's electric windmill. We saw it at 

 midnight for the first time down in Bradentown, 

 Florida, and it was faithfully turning the little elec- 

 tric generator, storing up juice in the electric auto- 

 mobile battery, and converting wasted energy into 

 useful power, light, and heat — another case of a 

 dream come true! The vision of the man who has 

 persisted in making his dream come true is a pro- 

 phecy of the future, a solution to the problem which 

 future generations will have to face when the coal 

 supply is used up in this country, when the gas sup- 

 ply is exhausted, and when the great oil wells have 

 been pumped di-y. 



Then, when these are all consumed, humanity will 

 look to powers in the air, the gentle breezes, and 

 the mighty trade winds. God has alwajs provided, 

 and he always will provide as long as the world 

 lasts. By utilizing these forces which have been 

 ever present but which have been but little used, 

 save for pumping water, we shall be able with but 

 small initial outlay to have our own private power 

 plants in our own back yards. We then can get our 

 lights and heat from the air, run our automobiles 

 from wind-made electricity, and probably do many 

 other things just as A. I. Root is doing with his 

 electric windmill in Florida. As he predicted the 

 success of the Wright Brothers' airplanes several 

 years before aviation was perfected, so will the suc- 

 cess of his prephecy regarding wind power be as- 

 sured in years to come — just how many years we 

 will not venture to say. But as on that balmy Flor- 

 ida midnight we looked up at the big wheel, turn- 

 ing, turning, ever turning, generating electricity 

 enough to light several lights, and yet turning with 

 such a slight breeze stirring that it was scarcely 

 perceptible where we stood on- the ground, we knew 

 then that the electric windmill was a success. The 

 voice of the night told us, and that voice never is 

 vsTong. 



FROM SAN DIEGO^ CAL., TO JACKSONVILLE, 

 FLA., IN 19 HOURS AND 15 MINUTES. 



I have mentioned one or more times that 

 it was my great privilege to be with the 

 Wright brothers when they first made their 

 flying machine start out and turn around 

 and come back to the starting place. There- 

 fore you can realize Avith what interest I 

 note progress in flying as the years go by. 

 While flying machines were first used for 

 war purposes, somehow I did not feel like 

 keeping track of them as much as I do 

 now when Avar is at an end. Below is a 

 clipi>ing from the Cleveland Plain Dealer, 

 dated from Fort Worth, Texas, April 18: 



Maj. T. C. McAiaJey, commander nf Taliaferro 

 field, who has flown from coast to coast in 20 hours 

 at an average speed of 137 miles an hour., arrived 

 here safely this morning from Jackson. Miss., where 

 he spent last night. He landed in his plane at 

 11 :30 a. m. 



Maj. MacAuley flew 5,500 miles in 44 hours and 

 15 minutes. His flying time across the continent 



