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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER, 



May 



"Tho M'ave WLis onlv half a luile ti*iij 

 shore, but i)otwitl)stai)flin<? its gn -.it 

 size aud velocity it never reached tlA-'io 

 The same mysterious caprice that c'ausi-(] 

 it to chfuige its course and pass harm- 

 lessly by the vissel seemed to seize it 

 once more, and it sank rapidly fronj ii ; 

 great heiglit as it aripvoached the shore 

 »ud struck the beach witli no more force 

 <)r rise of water than miglit have come 

 from the wash of a passing vessel. 



"I remember a notable swash on Lake 

 Michigan at the mouth of the Menomi- 

 nee. That one appeared iu April, 1858, 

 and rushed into the river with such 

 tremendous force and volume that it up- 

 set the ferryboat on the Menominee. 

 The recurrent oscillations of these 

 swashes are usually of decreasing size 

 and force, but this one on the Menominee 

 ■wasn't that kind. The ebb of this tide 

 ■was just as sudden as its flow, but iu a 

 few minutes it was followed by another 

 ■wave much larger than the first one, 

 and the ebb of tho second swash was 

 followed b;f a wave still larger than the 

 second. 



"That seemed to satisfy the mood of 

 the lake at Menominee that day, and, 

 v?ith the receding of the third wave, 

 calmness even unwonted prevailed on 

 its bosom TJie time betv»'eeu the com- 

 ing of the first wave and the receding of 

 the third was less than 20 minutes. 



**The curious tlnng about these lake 

 tidal waves is tliat they are entirely lo- 

 cal in' their intiueuce. A swash, even 

 of the greatest force and height, may 

 not affect more than a mile of lake 

 front, the water at either end of them 

 being undisturbed beyond that distance. 

 They always come iu fro>n tho open wa- 

 ter. " — New York Sun. 



NO MEAT FOR ARTISTS. 



Only Fruits and Vegetables Fitted to Feed 

 tlie Iiiiag^ination. 



The idea iliat people who work with the 

 brain and tho imagination ought to diet 

 themselves in accordance with the special 

 nature of their avocation seems to be of 

 tolerable antiquity. There is evidently 

 nothing new under the sun, even in the 

 way of dietary reform. 



Raphael is said to have subsisted almost 

 entirely upon bread and dried fruits, being 

 as much of a faddist" in such matters as 

 the most up to date of our modern vege- 

 tarians. 



It was his idea that a meat diet was not 

 suitable for a painter, his theory being no 

 doubt that light food was more conducive 

 to tho state of mind necessary for the pro- 

 duction of imaginative work. 



Perhaps he was right, though I fancy 

 that some of the other immortal old mas- 

 ters managed to get along without any 

 such self denying ordinance. 



As for our modern painters, even the 

 most imaginative among them do not ap- 

 pear, so far as one knows, to be converted 

 to a vegetarian regimen. 



Only imagine the irony of the situation 

 if Sir John Millais had had to paint his 

 memorahle •beef eater" ("A Yeoman of 

 the Guard") on a diet of raisins and whole 

 meal bread! — Lady's Pictorial. 



SHOWED THE ARMY HOW TO DO IT„ 



A Toung American Officer Instructs His 

 Captors In Loading Guns. 



The average wide awake, self assertive 

 American who meets in their own baili- 

 wicks Centred American officials does not, 

 it must be confessed, feel for them a pro- 

 found resppco. 



A young American officer who was 

 ashore down there once when a periodical 

 revolution was in full bloom was riding 

 jlong a street en a donkey. He wanted to 

 catch a railroad train, and he peacefully 

 eteered the donkey up to the gate of the 

 station. 



A sign there announced that donkeys, 

 wagons and other such hostiles were not 

 allowed to enter the station. The young 

 officer read tho sign and then, drawing up 

 his legs so that he could thump with bis 

 heels the donkey's sides, proceeded to guide 

 his little charge through the gates. 



One of the favorite resting places of a 

 Central American army is a railway sta- 

 tion. At this particular station was gath- 

 ered the usur.l army. 



It might have been a force of ten men 

 or even a dozen, but it was an army, lieu- 

 tenants, captains, colonels, general and 

 all. 



When the donkey and the American 

 tried to storm the railway citadel a great 

 howl went up from the army. Several 

 regiments of one man each advanced upon 

 the bold ranger and called upon him 

 to halt. Tlien they informed him that he 

 was a prisoner of war. 



The American got off the donkey and 

 went over to one of the regiments and ex- 

 plained that he wanted to board a train. 

 The regiment announced that this was im- 

 possible, as he was a prisoner. 



"All right," said the American, "good- 

 by, " and he started to walk away. 



This caused a tremendous excitement 



