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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



June 



GALLANTRY COST A SHIRT. 



Disastrous Results Followed a Scheme too 

 Hide a Cigar From a Lady. 



Oae of the most popular meu iu the 

 down towu produce district is G. W. 

 Christie. His temper, however, has been 

 sorely tried of late, and there is a wick- 

 ed gleam in his eyes when anybody ut- 

 ters the word "Fire" in his presence. 



"Chris," as his friends call him, 

 owns more truck horses than any other 

 man in the city. He also owns a stock 

 farm in Poughkeepsie. He recently in- 

 vited one of his friends, Fred Gebney, 

 a banana importer, to visit his country 

 place. Mr. Gebuey accepted, and both 

 men started for the Grand Central sta- 

 tion in a but:!gy. Chris drove. 



Chris, be it said, sported an immacu- 

 late shirt front, in which glittered a 

 large diamond. The friends were bowl- 

 ing along Fifth avenue when Chris, 

 who was smoking a cigar, suddenly 

 started. He had seen a lady friend, and 

 the impropriety of saluting her with a 

 cigar in his mouth caused him to let the 

 weed drop, as he thought, to the bottom 

 of the bugs:y. 



They had proceeded a block or so 

 when Ed remurked: 



"Something's on fire." 



"That's so, " replied Chris, looking 

 around. "I can smell smoke. Maybe 

 it's in one of these buildings, and — 



"Great Scott! Wow!" he yelled. 

 "It's me. Caesar's ghost! It's burning 

 me up!" 



"Have you got 'em?" inquired Ed. 

 "Suppose I turn in a fire alarm. " 



Before he could make any further 

 comment Chris had stopped his horse, 

 jumped from the buggy and was execu- 

 ting a war dance on the sidwealk. 

 Smoke was rising from beneath his 

 waistcoat, and the cigar, the cause of it 

 all, dropped to the ground. 



"Well, I'll be jiggered, " exclaimed 

 Chris. His spotless shirt front was dis- 

 colored and burned in places. 



"Perhaps it was the diamond," sug- 

 gested Ed. 



"Diamonds be blowed!" retorted 

 Chris. "Say, " he added, "I can't go to 

 the farm looking like this." 



"Oh, that's soon remedied, " replied 

 Ed. "Get a celluloid shirt front. If 

 you're careful, it won't take fire, but 

 you mustn't smoke, and don't put the 



sparKJer in eitJier. 



Ed's suggestion was carried out. The 

 journey was resumed, and when the 

 meu returned to the city the story leak- 

 ed out. That is why many down town 

 produce merchants take down their fire 

 extinguishers when Chris happens along. 



Chris says he appreciates a joke, but 

 when he is invited to a business men's 

 dinner and receives a miniature fire- 

 man's cap and red lantern as souvenirs 

 "the thing's going too far." — New 

 York Herald. 



Fashionable Philanthrophy. 



Englishman — Why is it you Hamericans 

 copy the Hinglish? 



American — Wo are in hopes you Eng- 

 lishmen will see how it looks and get dis- 

 gu.sted with yourselves. — ' 



The first bits of india rubber that were 

 sold In London for erasers brought about 

 75 cents a culnc inch. 



Loaves of bread charred to a mass ol 

 black coal have been taken from the Pom- 

 peiian ovens. 



Coffeepots are an oriental invention 

 and are supposed to have come from Arabia 

 in A D. 1400 About the same time they 

 were used in Persia, but they did not 

 come to France until 1(502 and made tlieir 

 appearance in England with coffee in 1650. 



RUDY'S PILE SUPPOSITORY 



is guaranteed to cure Piles and Constipation, or 

 money refunded. TiO cents per box. Send two 

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 RUDY. Registered Pharmacist, Lancaster, Pa. 

 No Postals Answered. For sale by all flrst- 

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 N. Y., by FRANK W. PALMETER. 4 12 



Honey and Beeswax Market Report. 



Below we give the latest and most authen- 

 tic report of the Honey and Beeswax market 

 in different trade centers : 



Boston. Mass., May 20. 1895.— Fair demand 

 for honey. Light .'upply. f'rice of comb 13 to 

 14 cents per lb. !■ xtracted 5 to (Scpe-jb. Have 

 but litile inquiry for Beeswax. Very light supply. 

 I'rice :iO cents per lb. 



K. E. Bi.AKE k Co., 75 Chatham St. 



Kansas City, Mo.. May 21. 1895. — Poor demand 

 for honey. Light supply. Price of comb. 12J^c, 

 Extracted ; none, (iood deu.and for beeswax. 

 No Supiily. i^rice 25. Old crop of honey about 

 cleared up. 



Hamblin & Bearss, 514 Walnut St. 



Di'TROiT, Mich.. May 20. 1895.— Slow demand 

 forhoney. Low supply. Price of best white c^mb 

 13 to 14c per lb. Extracted to 7c per lb. (iood 

 demand for beeswax. Fair supply. Prices 28 to 

 29e prr lb Beeswax has come in better of late 

 and prices have declined 



M. H. Hunt, Bell Branch, Mich. 



