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THE AMEBIGAN BEE-KEEPKB. 



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How Tom Scott Iteeame Rich. 



An iuterestjng stuij is tuld by T. O. 

 Curtis of Lowville, Columbia couuty, 

 iibnut Tom ycott, x\w milliouaire Jum- 

 beimau, who died some years ago. Mr. 

 Curtis came to Wisconsin iu the forties 

 and eugafred iu hauling goods from Mil- 

 waukee to the pineries. While iu Mil- 

 waukee he uiet a young man who had 

 fallen into ill luck. He had a few hind 

 warrants, Innvever, from which he 

 hoped to realize a few hundred dollars. 

 These warrants were given to Mr. Cur- 

 tis to sell. He afterward disposed of 

 them for several times the amount the 

 young man had expected to receive for 

 them. 



In the meantime the young fellow had 

 gone to New York city. The money was 

 forwarded to him and reached him in a 

 very opportune time, being the means 

 of placing him iu a position where he 

 became, later, tie bead of one of the lar- 

 gest dry goods firms iu the great metrop- 

 olis. 



Some years afterward Mr. Curtis vis 

 Ited New York, where be was joyously 

 received and royally entertained by the 

 merchant prince whom he had "placed 

 on his feet," as he himself expressed it, 

 a few years before. Tom Scott at this 

 time bad a sort of store at "the Rap- 

 ids," but bis stock had so dwindled 

 down that he remarked to Curtis that be 

 would have to do some hard scratching 

 iu order to obtain a new stock. Curtis, 

 remembering his New York friend, 

 signed a joint note with Scott and ob- 

 tained from the gentleman the desired 

 goods. "That," says Mr. Curtis, "was 

 Tom Scott's starter in life." — Milwau- 

 kee Wisconsin. 



\Vorkinff Under Pressure. 



It is said that the liighest recorded air 

 pressure under which men have worked is 

 50 pounds to the square inch. Forty-five 

 pounds has boon found about as much as 

 the averape workman can stand. When 

 it is ueoc^sary, in such as sinking cais- 

 sons, to work under such pressure as this, 

 the men are changed frequently. If the 

 charactor of the excavation is such as to 

 allow considerable leakage, the men can 

 work nmch longer than otherwise, owing 

 to the ccnstant change of air. The neces- 

 sity of breathing the same air over and 

 over again, is said to bo productive of 

 worse results than the high pressure. — 

 Baltimore American. 



ini) Came Hard. 



In Fr-.»uce, as in most other countries, 

 It is necessary to give one's age when 

 making a statement in a court of justice, 

 as well as in many other official pro- 

 ceedings. But Frenchwomen of mature 

 years are noted above all other women 

 for tlieir unwillingness to stale their age. 



On one occasion a lady who had to 

 testify was accompanied to the court by 

 a numerous company of her friends, and 

 when the magistrate asked, "How old 

 are you?" there was such a coughing 

 and clearing of throats, as of people suf- 

 fering from severe colds, that all that 

 could b9 beard in the courtroom was 

 " ty years!" 



Through the amiability of the magis- 

 trate, this more than half .suppressed re- 

 sponse was allowed to stand, but the 

 tribunals are not always so lenient. On 

 another occasion a magistrate asked a 

 woman : 



"What is your age, madam?" 



"Whatever you choose, sir," an- 

 swered the lady. She was under oath. 



"Yoii may put down 45 years, then," 

 said the magistrate to the clerk. "What 

 .is your occupation, madam?" 



"Sir," said the witness, "you have 

 made a mistake of ten yearsinmy age. " 



"Put down 55 years, then," said the 

 magistrate. "Your residence" — 



"Sir," exclaimed the lady, "my age 

 is 35 years, not 55 !" 



"At last we have your statement," 

 said the magistrate, and be proceeded 

 with the examination. — Youth's Com- 

 Daniou. 



Why Hnnt For It? 



Tommy's Mother— Did you hear 

 about poor Mrs. Jones? She ran a 

 needle into her hand. The doctors 

 had to open every finger trying to 

 find it. 



Tommy— What made 'em do that, 

 mammaV Why didn't they get the 

 lady another needle?- ^ = -* 



Were Not In Her Set Anyhow. 



The teacher of the infant class at the 

 Sunday school, to interest the little ones, 

 had begun to tell them the story of the 

 fall of man, when a mite of a girl was 

 heard to exclaim half aloud, "Oh, I'm 

 BO tired (if that story about the Ad- 



