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THE AMEliJCAN BEE-KEEPER. 



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overheard, that her heart is still mine 

 in secret. Of course she could not admit 

 it, not knowing I returned the senti- 

 ment. But when I remember liow much 

 we were together I feel sure it must be 

 so, and that two he;xrts were broken. 

 Quit<? a romantic story mine. Don't 

 you think so? — Exchange. 



A Prison Designed by a Convict, 



Perhaps the most interesting fact 

 about the building of Wormwood Scrubs 

 prison is that the plans for its construc- 

 tion were drawn out by a convict in his 

 cell while undergoing the probationary 

 nine ruonths to a long term of imprison- 

 ment. 



The man W' as originally an architect, 

 and among the foremost of his profes- 

 sion. He was a gentleman by bh-th and 

 education, but in early life began to 

 abuse his natural gifts, and at the time 

 was undergoing his second tei-m of im- 

 prisonment for forgery. The completion 

 of the work occupied him for nearly six 

 months and was effected under great 

 disadvantages. In place of a table, for 

 instance, he had to pin his paper to the 

 wall of his cell, moving it round with 

 the sun in order to obtain the best light. 



The prison authorities consider this 

 marvelous specimen of architectui'al 

 drawing the finest piece of work ever 

 done by an English convict. It measures 

 in size 5 feet (5 inches, being di"awn to 

 the scale of a hmidredth part of an inch. 



The convict displayed the greatest in- 

 terest and pride in the erection and com- 

 pletion of the prison, which was built 

 entirely by convict labor. It contains 

 1,381 separate cells for prisoners, which 

 cost on an average £70 7s. each, besides 

 hospital wai'ds and a chapel. 



The total number of bricks required 

 was 35,000,000, each one being made 

 by the convicts on the premises, or on 

 some adjoining land leased for the pur- 

 pose. The iron castings were obtained 

 from Portland or Chatham prison, the 

 granite from Dartmoor and the Portland 

 stone from Portland. The total cost of 

 the prison was more than £97,000. — 

 London Letter. 



an employer in dismissing a sen'ant. 

 An east end shopkeeper discharged his 

 errand boy, who sued him for a week's 

 wages in lieu of notice. The man justi- 

 fied himself by saying that he fomid 

 that the boy told lies. 



"Nonsense!" remarked Judge Bacon, 

 "All boys tell lies, more or less. It is a 

 habit tiiat is not confijied to them. " 



"But it is wicked, " pleaded the shop- 

 keeper. 



"Judgment for the plaintiff, with 

 costs, " replied the judge. — New York 

 Sun's London Letter. 



Boys' Lies. 



It has remained for an English judge 

 to of i' -T.lly and legally establish the 

 ruling that lying is not wrong, . at least 

 it is not sufficiently immoral to justify 



■^ — '-Jlnerable, 



The girl confrv^n-j^d si ti s ithout fal- 

 tering. In her defiance-, she'ivas magnifi- 

 cent. 



"Do your v\'crst, " he cried "lam 

 not a new womun. I am neKher mar- 

 ried nor engaged. I do nothing to con- 

 ceal my age. I never bathe in the surf. 

 I do not shop. I haven't the remotest 

 idea if I cau cook or not. ' ' 



With a snort of baffled ra£B the hu- 

 morist fled. — Detroit Tribune 



How Fast Does Electricity Travel? 



The above question is frequently 

 Rsked in every day conversations, but is 

 seldom answered to the satisfaction of 

 the querist. Wheatstone says that the 

 speed of electricity from point to point 

 along a proper conductor is practically 

 instantaneous. Various attempts have 

 been made to ascertain the exact num- 

 ber of miles which the current will 

 travel in a given length of time. Ac- 

 cording to the most reliable estimates 

 which such experimenters have made 

 its speed is not less than 114,000 miles 

 per second. The writer adds: "Such 

 speed is inconceivably great. The mind 

 cannot contemplate it without stagger- 

 ing. ' ' — St. L( uis Republic. 



Did You Ever Malse Money Easy ? 



M !!. Editor.— I have ivad how Mr. C. E. B. made 

 .«<i iDuch iiii'Tipy in the Dish Washer busine.'-s, and 

 thiuli I have bett him. I aui very young yet and 

 havo ha'^ little e.xppriem'e in ?(>lling goods, but 

 have made over eight hundred dollars in ten weeks 

 selling Dish \\ a her>. It is simply ^yot derfulhow 

 ea-y it is to sell them. All you have to do is to 

 show' the ladie.s how they work and they eanrot 

 help but buy one. For the benefit of others I will 

 state that 1 got my start from the Mound (^ity Dish 

 Washer Oo.. St. Louis, Mo. Write to them and 

 the.\ will send you full particulars 



I ihink I can clear over S3. 000 the coming year, 

 and 1 am not going to let the opportunity pass. 

 Tvv it and publish your success for tlie benefit of 

 others. J- F. C. 



