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THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER, 



23; 



Jlow. aid he made tilings migJjty 

 easaur for me in Pocat llo," be rea- ; 

 ued, "and it would have been no more " 

 lau white f r me to call on that friend 

 bis at firkt, but I ve got so blamed 

 ?el;- red of the very mention of the name 

 lat it fills me witb luatbiug. I believe 

 lat if I w^ere to meet tbat pirate of a 

 alker I'd A/aut to (.brow bricks at bim. 

 tbougbt tbe first lie I told about bim 

 ould let me out, but the falsehoods 

 we multiplied upon themselves until " 

 don't remember half tbe facts I have 

 iported concerning that outlaw wbom 

 have never seen. " 



Two weeks ago Ferguson and Walker 

 let. Ferguson, entering tbe library of 

 is club, was accosted by a fellow mem- 

 jr, who introduced bis visiting friend, 

 /■alker. The two glared at each other, 

 id Ferguson hurried into the billiard 

 )om. 



"I have changed my mind about pre- 

 mting an application for member- 

 lip, " said Walker to tbe man who was 

 scortiug Lim. The next day Ferguson 

 let the member who bad introduced 

 V^'alker and said, "I'm sorry, old man, 

 ut if it is your intention to offer that 

 3llow's name for membership I'll cer- 

 iinly do my best to get him black- 

 ailed. " 

 And this was the consummation of 

 larry Howard's kindly designs of re- 

 iving Damon and Pythias. — Chicago 

 lecord. 



Spain and a Conquered Race. 



The idea of conquered races enjoying 

 he most minute liberty of action by nat- 

 iral birthright was regarded in Spain 

 s absurd. Little by little pressure was 

 irought to bear on tbe king and his 

 lounselors, producing a gradual relasa- 

 ion of the fetters which bound tbe new 

 ubjects to their forced allegiance. 

 Crade, created by the Spaniards, which 

 inally extended to half castes, was con- 

 ined exclusively to commerce with 

 Spain. Botli in tbe far east and the far 

 WQ&t the exa'^t size and number of pack- 

 iges shipped, the number of voyages per 



Emnum to and fro of the Naos (govern- 

 nent trading galleons), contents of 



• jales, etc., were all regulated, and no 

 me could ship without a boleto or pub- 

 ic permit, which could only be obtained 

 :rom the unscrupulous officials who bad 

 jorrie to fill their pockets by t he mos t 



corrupt meaiis. Permission had to be so- 

 licited again and again to perfi.rm al- 

 most any act beyond liie comniou ueces- " 

 sities of life. One could neither travel, . 

 quit or enter the country, read, write, 

 assemble in a group, build a house 

 nor plant a field without license 



In the I'hilippiuc i.-lands tbe natives, 

 were forced to think like their masters, 

 to dress as they were told and to adopt 

 the religion of their conquerors under, 

 tbe severest penalties of torture and fre- 

 quently of death In Mexico official ap- 

 pointments to tbe Manilla dependency . 

 were publicly sold. Until the American 

 colonies were lost to Spain hardly one 

 Spaniard in a gent^ ration carried capita^ 

 to these nev/ possessions to develop their 

 natural re;-ources. Foreigners wiere jeal- 

 ously treated as intruders, and the Eu- 

 ropean influx sprang generally from the 

 lowest soinal ordrrs, who acted like 

 wolves \&i loose among a fold of sheep. 

 — We tminster Review. 



Columbus and the Timid Sailor. 



It was on the forty-seventh day out " 

 W'hen some of the crew began to mur- 

 mur, and one of them, more outspoken- 

 than the rest, walking into Columbus' 

 cabin, implored him not to go farther. 



"Why?" asked Columbus. "What's, 

 the use of turning back, now that we're, 

 nearly half way there?" 



"We are afraid we'll never get back, " 

 said the sailor. "You'll lose your way 

 before long." 



"Not at all," said Columbus, point- 

 ing through the stern window of his 

 ship. "We can't lose ourselves. Do you 

 see the wake of this ship?" 



"Yes," said the sailor, "I see. It's 

 my own waie I'm thinking of, your 

 honor." 



"Well, never fear," said Columbus 

 calmly. "When we decide to return, 

 all we have to do is to follow that wake 

 back to Gibraltar, and from there the 

 way is easy." 



The sailor departed satisfied. — Har- 

 per's Bazar. 



When the Duke of Monmouth was 

 executed in the reign of James II for 

 treason, his duchess ordered every oak 

 in the park to be cut on the fateful 

 morning. The new growth, belonging 

 to Lord Ebury, is one of the finest for- ■ 

 ests in Britain. 



