1896 



77/ A' AM Hill a AN BEE-KEEPER. 



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set. aud the gray scroll of inoruiug un- 

 rolled aorosa liio uight. Still sho sat 

 there, her eyes Used ou the erupty wiu- 

 dow space. 



yuuiieuly .she stood up, and she felt 

 old aud dizzy aud laiue. She reached 

 out and picked up the cauvas hag the 

 man had given her. She shook it, aud 

 there roiled out ou the '■ahle a great 

 haudful of unset ruhies. Auu Quinn 

 stood sruriugat them until the fir.sl suu- 

 beani came sjf ting through the darkne.s.s, 

 liglitiug them iuto a thousand crimson 

 sparkles. 



There was a rap at the door, aud she 

 thrust the jewels from sight. It was 

 only the miikman, aud he looked at the 

 woman's face in disappoiutmeut. "So 

 you've heard the news already?" he 

 asked. 



"What news?" 



"Why, didn't you kuow they've found 

 the body of Ellis Price, the milliouairo, 

 drowned not a hundred yards from this 

 very spot?" 



"No," said Ann Quinu. 



"Yes, aud they think he must have 

 beeu murdered. He left home to go to 

 the bank with some rubies he had for 

 his uicce's wedding, aud they weren't 

 on the body anywhere. " 



"Muruered — murdered 1 What would 

 they do if they found — some one with 

 them rubies?" Ann Quinu asked thickly. 



"Why, haug him high as he'd 

 swiug, " answered the milkmau. 



Ten minutes later Auu Quiuu stole 

 down to the riverside. She reached over 

 and dropped a haudful of stones into the 

 water — a haudful of stones that shone 

 like blood drops. Down they sauk into 

 the gray river slime. But on the ripples 

 above them huug sumethiug too light to 

 sink, for it was only a dried stem of 

 lilies of the valley. 



Ann Quinu watched it drift out of 

 sight. Then .-he turned back to the house 

 to get breakfj.-jt. — Julie Closson Kenly 

 in San Francisco Argonaut. 



Mr Switterda's Sehool. 



Early in the eighteenth century a Mr. 

 Switterda announces that ladie.s and 

 gentlemeu who desire in a very short 

 time to speak Latin, French or High 

 Dutch tiueutly, and can spare but two 

 hours a %\eek. will be faithfully taughc 

 by him accordiiig to a very easy and de- 

 lightful method, full, plain, most expe- 



ditious and effectual. "Every oue, " he 

 coutiuues, "is to pay according to his 

 quality from 1 to 4 guineas a month, 

 but he (Mr. Switterda) will readier 

 agree by the great. " A good contrast to 

 the above is the plain aud homely de- 

 Ecription of "a school about 40 miles 

 from Londou. The master has had much 

 success with boys, as there are almost 40 

 ministers and masters that were his 

 scholars. His wife also teaches girls 

 lacemaking, plain work, raising paste, 

 sauces and cookiug to a degree of exact- 

 cess. His price is £10 or £11 the year, 

 with a pair of sheets and one spoon, to 

 be returned if desired. " — Cornhill Mag- 

 azine. 



Kissing:. 



.An English journal i^rints the follow- 

 ing : "A very disagreeable habit of the 

 king of Poyrugal is that he kisses his 

 male friends. The princes of our reign- 

 ing hou.se all do this, aud of oour.se it is 

 common enough abroad ; but, thank 

 heaven, so far this nasty looking (no 

 matter how really innocent) habit has 

 never become fashionable in this coun- 

 try. It is of course all a mere question 

 of etiquette, but let us fervently pray 

 that Englishmen when they meet with 

 or part from their friends will never get 

 to think it the correct thing to kiss one 

 another. Etiquette in parting varies all 

 over the world. In America the men 

 shake hands aud the women kiss one an- 

 other and sometimes cry, for the Amer- 

 ican ladies are champion weepists. Id 

 I France and in Italy even more thewom'- 

 jen weep, while the men kiss aud hug 

 one another almost as vigorously as if 

 they were in a wrestling match. An 

 English woman shakes hands with a 

 man of her acquaintance, while in Spain 

 she always gives her hand to be kissed. 

 It makps the same seusatiou in Madrid 

 for a man to take a woman's hand and 

 shake it as it would in London for a for- 

 eiguer to seize a lady's baud aud kiss it- " 



A Grave Mistake. 



Music Piiblislier (to song writer) 

 — You have made an error in this 

 duet which would hurt its sale with 

 our lady customers if published. 



Song Writer — Why, what is it? 



Music Publisher — You have given 

 the last word to the man. — New 

 Y'ork Herald. 



