1895. 



TUE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



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tsirougnonr mo regiuifnt, wnicii inimccli- 

 ately set to work to load its gun, while 

 another rogiment tlircatened to prod the 

 American with a bayonet. 



The regiment wliieli was trying to load 

 its gun ?eeij)ctl to afford a great deal of 

 amusement to the American. The regi- 

 ment was fumbling with the cartridge 

 and vainly trying to throw open the breech 

 of the rifle, while the American watched 

 the proceeding for a time with a good na- 

 tured smile. Tlien he stepped close up to 

 the regiment 



"Here, ' he said, snatching the gun 

 away and taking a cartridge from tlie belt 

 which encircled the gallant regiment, "let 

 me show you how to do it." 



He threw ^"pen the breech quickly and 

 deftly, slip;ic(l in a cai'tridge, snapped the 

 breech back into place, and holding out 

 the gun to t!ie regiment made a low bow. 



"Tliere!" Le said, "that's the way to do 

 it. You see, it s very easy when you know 

 how." 



And then bowing agaia "Good day" he 

 sauntered inlo the station with a careless 

 smile on his face, while tlie army stoud 

 dumfoundi'd and then retreated. — New 

 York Tribune 



The new sliip was called the Dolphin, 

 but the Concord appeared after General 

 Arthur had ceased to have influence in 

 naming the ships of the navy. — New Y'ork 

 Times. 



The Naming of the Dolphin. 



An old story, but not a bad one, was 

 told tlie other day by an officer of the 

 navy who heard the argument repeated in 

 it. While General Arthur was president, 

 and during one of the summers of his ad- 

 ministration, he was on board of the Dis- 

 patch at Newport, and Secretary of the 

 Navy Cliandler was pestering him to con- 

 sent to naming the new dispatch boat, 

 afterward X,h'-. Dolphin, the Concord, after 

 the first Ijattleof the Revolution. General 

 Arthur was disposed to quiz Chandler 

 about his proposed name. He preferred 

 the name Dolphin as being more suggest- 

 tive of speed at sea. When Chandler ar- 

 gued the importance of keeping in mind 

 the heroic resistance of the colonial mill 

 tia and the brilliant opposition offered to 

 Pitcairn's men. General Arthur asked 

 him: 



"What is it that you propose to call this 

 ship?" 



"The Con'jord," answered Chandler, 

 giving the approved New Hampshire pro- 

 nunciation. 



"There," retorted Arthur, inviting the 

 attention of Captain Reeder. "Do you 

 hear that? Conquered. Do you think that 

 a good name to give a ship-of-war? Then 

 suppose you change the pronunciation 

 and call it Concoi'd, just as spelled. Does 

 it not strike you, Chandler, that there is a 

 degree of Concord in the presence of a ves 

 sel of war?' 



Jeau Antoinette Polsson. 



In reply to the question, "Whatman or 

 woman, not monarch or ficknowledged 

 ruler, has wieldnd the most despotic pow- 

 er?" a writer says no single individual has 

 ever equaled or even approached Jean An- 

 toinette Poisson, the most famous among 

 the train of Louis XV of France, who was 

 created Marquise de Pompadour and for 

 20 years swayed the whole policy of 

 France. She tilled all public offices with 

 her own nominees and made her own 

 creatures ministers of France. She it was 

 who brought Belle Isle into office, with 

 his vigorous policy, and introduced the 

 Abbe de Bern is into office to work her 

 own pleasure. Previous to 175fi the policy 

 of France had been to weaken Austria by 

 alliance with Germany 



This she arbitrarily changed because 

 Frederick the Great lampooned her, and 

 because Maria Theresa wrote lier a cour- 

 teous letter entered into an alliance with 

 Austria, ulti'jiating, as it turned out, in 

 the Seven Years' vfar. She, moreover, 

 corresponded with the generals in the 

 field, prepared all business for the king's 

 eye and daily examined the letters sent 

 through the post. The king was a mere 

 puppet, who assisted at tlie spectacle of 

 his own reign, and the people for the time 

 being "bowed down and worshiped" her. 

 — Chicago Tribune. 



Maternal Love. 



The devoted attachment of the mother 

 to her young is known to exist in every 

 range of life, a fact which proves that 

 "self preservation is not the first law of 

 nature," for even the most fragile being 

 which flees from man and other enenues 

 disregards personal safety and will fight 

 until death when the safety of its helpless 

 offspring is concerned. An adder would 

 hardly be selected a.? a type of loving af- 

 fection, yet we hear a story of one which, 

 when approaclied, gave a fearful hiss, and 

 at this signal four little adders instantly 

 glided down her throat for protection. 

 Waiting to shelter them from the menac- 

 ing danger, !-he lost time in getting away, 

 and the narrator of the story was able to 

 kill her. — Philadelphia Times. 



A Serious Purpose. 



Flypps — Do you suppose Scribble gets 

 paid for his jokes? 



Flopps — he certainly must. They show 

 of them.selves that they can't be written 

 for fun. — Buffalo Courier. 



