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THE AMERICAN BEE- KEEPER. 



295 



fomeniiug move ou ti:e side oi tiie roari 

 and within the circle of light. A stal- 

 wart, unkempt tramp, who had been 

 making the roadside his bedroom, rose 

 up on his elbow and said menacingly : 



"Say, marster, can you oblige me 

 with a match?' 



"Yes, lean," I paid climbing upon 

 my machine and putting the wheels in 

 motion. "Get on your bicycle and we'll 

 have a match. Come along!" He mere- 

 ly stood up and cursed me in loud and 

 forcible language. 



I thought my troubles well over on 

 comiijg to the street lamps. I was bowl- 

 ing along within half a mile of my own 

 house when suddenly a policeman step- 

 ped out into the middle of the road. 



"Stop!" he cried, and having a re- 

 spect for tho law I stopped and got off 

 the machine. "What are you doing, " 

 he demanded, "traveling with your 

 lamp out?" 



"Good gracious, " I said, "my lamp 

 isn't out!" but on looking around I 

 found, alas, it was, and I had not no- 

 ticed the fact, so well was the street 

 lighted. I assured him that it had been 

 lighted a moment before, and that it 

 must have jogged out. 



"If you will put your hand on the 

 lamp," I said, "you will find it is quite 

 hot." 



He did so and shook his head. I 

 touched the lamp myself, for it, when 

 lighted, becomes uncomfortably hot (it 

 smokes worse than I do), and, would 

 you believe it, it was as cold as a rich 

 relation from whom you want to borrow 

 money. 



"You will have to come with me," 

 he said. 



"Won't a cash payment down save me 

 the trouble of appearing before a magis- 

 trate ': ' ' 



"No, it won't," said the policeman. 

 "I must do my duty. " 



I detest a policeman who has to do 

 his duty, .so I said : 



"Oh, very well ! I joggled some mon- 

 ey out of my pocket as I dropped off. 

 You. took me so by surprise. I'm going 

 to light my lamp and look for it." 



I lit the lamp and backed the machine 

 up a bit. The policeman kindly helped 

 me to look for the coins, but when his 

 back was bent I pushed my machine 

 forward a bit and sprang on it. My 

 lamp was lit. He blew his whistle, but 



1 iii;;n:iLi'( (1 iii turn down a side street, 

 then down another, and so ij;anaged to 

 get safely liome. But, much as I 1 ke 

 the bicycle, J liave made up n)y mind 

 thii ujglit rides are (oo exciting for me 

 unt;l I get a lajiip that, like that police- 

 man, will do Its duty. — New York Ad- 

 verti.'-er. 



Canaries. 



Sometii:'C:S acauaiy'.s coat gets a pale, 

 sickly yeiiovv'. G<ve hnu half an ounce 

 of ground red pepper such as is used ou 

 yonr table, and let the bird, eat if as he 

 liki's. In a week he'll tuiu a beautiful 

 orange coloi:. B rd lice are troublesome 

 at times. A p. nth of pow.lered satt'rou 

 put under the w^ngs wiil drive away the 

 pests. Gravel in the cage every day and 

 a dish of tepid water f(jr a bath every 

 (Jther day ure indispensable to the sing- 

 er's health and happiness. — Boston Ad- 

 vert iser. 



A WESTERN MAl'l t^LLER. 



He AVas Fnined by a Kpfi-rence to Hii 

 Prowess at Dodge City. 



It has often been noted by those favored 

 men, who, in traveling about the we>,r, 

 made the acquaintance of famous kill 

 ers, that tlie l.i'Iur was always qiiie, ly and 

 soljerly reseiMul about the homicides he 

 had coinnutted and ne\cT cared to talk 

 Tibout them. Charles liasst^tt, who has 

 wreat renown in the soul I; west as a go a 

 figliter and a gai'.ie man, is no except ion to 

 the rule. It cLuiif ed that all of B,\s. etfs 

 "killiiigs" were on the side of public oi-- 

 dor and occui'ved wl iie he was an officer of 

 the l;iw. For sever:d years Lassett wr.s 

 niarsiial cf Do;Iji;e City. Bat Master.son 

 was I., i-tt's c\-..nty. 



It L.:, !■: cd I'love than onoa in strai":h"- 

 ening o'li i 'Mlc;Uinies of D.idge tluit i . ■ 

 sett was called on to .shoot, a cere;:; ;iy 

 wherein ; o was always carei'rl to ai . l'...v, 

 with grati.,.'ing results. \VI:c u Luke; ;-liurt, 

 who aft e.' ward killed Jiin Courtvvri iit, a 

 Texas dcerado, was run out of D. ■(>, 

 Bassett s, s tin- (..'fit uain 1 (i came i i in 

 .-eckiiv. i I '.\j to ; ■■■\ liini bark. Havi: ■ : e- 

 lUirei) i^..r::;ett, : !.e iSI.ort ,' ■:i-. hered alio" t 

 him an array \v., It'll had a ri;c:i)rd fore-. 1 

 nerve and qoicU, sure v.'ovk' witli a Cui's 

 pistol that would be Ii.arii to duidicate. 

 Short v.'as escorted hack to Ihn]: • l\v i>as- 

 sctt. Eat I aslerson, \Vy;:.tt ii.. .i), Ldl 

 Eai'p, Virgil i;:!i'ii, Doo Iic.iklay, Curly 

 Bill, Fhot.-iun Collins and ot' (v.-s, who, !:s 

 ■stark, iiidon;it::))le fifrhlers, liad a.-; r.inch 

 fame in tl;eir '■' ,'..;ry as (^ver 1 ;;:! tiii>Llack 

 Dcjii^las or I_.-\!( e ir WallwCe in Lis. 



