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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



May 



3nd,^:o yjais'L',- say v.hat be pleased, but 

 until the i'.rs'stant ecllector came the 

 telcgi'aph s r -jalcr v,"as the government 

 of India in TibnKii, and the elders of 

 t]ie town vv! uld be li^ld accountable fcr 

 further rict'ng. Then they bowled their 

 heads and said, "Show mercy!" or 

 words to that effect, and vent back in 

 great fear, each accusing the other cf 

 having bcgiui the rioting. 



Early in the dawn, after a night's 

 patrol -svith his seven policemen, Michele 

 went down the road, musket in hand, 

 to meet the assistant collector who had 

 ridden in to cjuell Tibasu. But in tlie 

 presence of this young Englishman Mi- 

 chele felt himself slipping back mere 

 and more into the native, and the tale 

 of the Tibasu riots ended, with the 

 strain on the teller, in a hysterical cut- 

 burst of tears, bred by sorrow that he 

 had killed a man, shame that he could 

 not feel as uplifted as he had felt 

 through the night, and childish anger 

 that his tongue could not do justice to 

 his great deeds. It was the white drop 

 in Michele's veins dying out, though he 

 did not know it. 



But the Englishman understood, and 

 after he had schooled those men of Ti- 

 basu and hfid conferred with the sub- 

 judge till that excellent official turned 

 green, he found time to draft an official 

 letter describing the conduct of Michele, 

 which letter filtered through the proper 

 channels, and ended in the transfer of 

 Michele up country once more on the 

 imperial salary of 66 rupees a month. 



So he and Miss Yezzis were married 

 with great state and ancientry, and now 

 there are several little D'Cruzes sprawl- 

 ing about the verandas of the central 

 telegraph office. 



But if the Vv'hole revenue of the de- 

 partment he r.erves were to be his re- 

 ward, Michele could never, never repeat 

 vv^hat he did at Tibasu for the sake of 

 Miss Vezzis lijeniu'segirl. Which proves 

 that, when a ma.u does gcod work out 

 of all proportion to his pay, in seven 

 cases out of nine there is a woman at 

 the back of the virtue. 



The two exceptions must hav« r,Til'- 

 fered from sunstroke. — Rudyard Kip- 

 ling- 



Judg:e« of the Olympic Games. 



The hellancdcas, or judges, were ten 

 in number, selected bv lot frnin the 1 en 



tribes of Elis. They entered upon their 

 office ten months before the festival. 

 They were first schooled in the tradi- 

 tions and regulations of the games, 

 then studied the cai^acities of the ath- 

 letes while they were still in training. 

 They had to decide upon the qualifica- 

 tions of the contestants, make up the 

 programme of the games, supervise the 

 preparation of the scene of contest, act 

 as judges in the games, and distribute 

 the prizes. It was a position of honor 

 and distinction. They came to the con- 

 e©Bt«lad in purple robes, and sat in a 

 tribune opposite the finish of the races 

 in the stadium or hippodrome. They 

 seem to have subdivided the function of 

 judging, but at least three were present 

 to judge in every contest. Their deci- 

 sions were usually final, but an appeal 

 might be carried to the Olympic senate. 

 They were assisted in the execution of 

 their commands by a large and well 

 organized body cf police. — Professor 

 Allan Marquand in Century. 



Independence of Janitors. 



The young man in dinner jacket has 

 forgotten his keys — left them in the 

 pockets of his afternoon dress. He is 

 pulling with all his might the bellknob 

 in the midnight air, saturated by rain. 

 In the basement drawing room the jani- 

 tor is surrounded by blue spirals from 

 his cigar, as blond as the hair of a fairy 

 princess. The janitor's wife is reading 

 The North American Review. Their 

 daughter, Ada, whose neck is swanlike, 

 is playing a "Reverie" by Chopin on the 

 grand piano, painted in delicate repre- 

 sentations of roses on a light green back- 

 ground. 



In time the young man will break 

 the bellrope. — Exchange. 



The Lone Juryman Not Unanimous. 



In the trial of a case in Powell coun- 

 ty not long ago the attorneys objected 

 to all the jurors who had been sum- 

 moned s«ve one. As no others were at 

 hand, it was agreed that the action 

 ehouJd be tried by the one remaining 

 juryman. After the evidence was heard 

 the judge told the lone ji>ror to retire 

 end mnk« up a verdict. He retired, and, 

 after staying out for over an hour, came 

 back and reported solemnly that the 

 jury had failed to agree upon a yerdict. 

 — LeuisTiDc Courier-Journal. 



