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THE A3IERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



Noveinher 



As he sat down his thoughts reverted 

 to the past. 



"Ha!" he muttered. "That young 

 Bcamp Hilter will uo longer trouble 

 these regions! It" — 



"Think so, father?" interrupted a 

 sepulchral voice at his side. 



Lord Hurdron turned his eyes to 

 /whence proceeded the voice. As he did 

 BO he beheld the dripping apparition of 

 Lady Ella leaning on her lover's arm. 



"By my troth!" cried the astonished 

 lord. "So you've returned, you base 

 scoundrel? Death be upon you!" 



As he spoke he drew a pistol and fired 

 at the spectral form. "When the smoke 

 cleared away, no one save Lord HurdroJi 

 remained in the room. 



For a moment he hardly stirred. 

 Then his head dropped on his breast, 

 and his eyes put on a glazed appearance. 

 When the servants entered, only th^ 

 dead body of Lord Hurdron remained ir 

 the room. 



The physicians pronounced his death 

 as the result of heart disease, but they 

 knew not what was its rightful cause. 



The bodies of Rupert, Roland Hiltei 

 and Lady Ella were never recovered. 

 The sea refused them to mortal man. 



For years the red room of Isfodel's 

 castle was haunted. It is said that the 

 pale form of Lady Ella often appeared 

 at the window, as if in waiting for some 

 one. The castle has long since been de- 

 stroyed, but the strange story connected 

 with it is still fresh in the minds of 

 many persons in England. — Exchange. 



The Age of Rush. 



Americans take too little rest. They 

 concentrate all their strength upon a 

 few years' struggle for wealth, and 

 ■when they have attained success they 

 find that they have exhausted their vi- 

 tality. They have been prodigal of their 

 energy, their endurance and all the 

 splendid powers of youth and prime. 

 When it is too late, they discover that 

 they have risked health tor what is no 

 recompense, and that they have really 

 thrown away the opportunity of enjoy 

 ing a long existence. But the fault is 

 not all that of individuals. The exac- 

 tions of these latter days make men 

 slaves. They have so many things to 

 do and they have to do thtm iii such a 

 rush that they have no chance to re- 

 cuperate. They are victims of condi- 



tions that, are undermining the nation. 

 —Omaha- World-Herald. ' 



-' I,ord Cadogan. 



Lord Cadogan is said to be tired of 

 his post of viceroy of Ireland. Of him 

 the London Truth says: "To be a rich 

 peer is popularly supposed to be a great 

 thing; to be a viceroy greater still, and 

 greatf!st of all to be a cabinet minister. 

 No wonder if the burden of three such 

 honors' laid on him at once should prove 

 too much for one man, especially for 

 one to whom, if heredity had not given 

 the first honor, the other two would, in 

 nil probability, never have come." 



Phenoiiieual Kaiufall In Australia. 



January and February, 1893, will 

 long be remehibered in Australia as the 

 months of the most phenomenal rain- 

 fall ever known, not in Australia alone, 

 but in any country in the world sinc6 

 the dawn of history. The point of great- 

 est downpour was at Brisbane, which 

 was very fortunate for science, as it is 

 at that place where the government 

 meteorological instruments are kept. 

 On the last day of January the rain 

 gauge recorded lOfg inches of rainfall. 

 The next day, Feb. 1, it showed a fall 

 of over 20 inches, and on the 3d a little 

 over 35 inches of water fell. All to- 

 gether 77 inches of water fell in font 

 days. — St. Louis Republic. 



No Man's Heath. , 



The locality termed No Man's heath 

 is situated in four counties — Warwick- 

 shire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire and 

 Leicestershire. It contains but nine 

 acres of land and was formerly renown- 

 ed as a favorite rendezvous of prize 

 fighters, because the police of one coun- 

 ty were unable to make an arrest in an- 

 other. 



Practical. 



Chawley (iotrooks — My dearest Mar- 

 garet, I love you tenderly, devotedly. 

 Your smiles would shed — 



Margaret — Never mind the wood- 

 shed. How about a residence built for 

 two. — Washintiton Times. 



Encouraging. 



She — Will you tell me a secret? 

 He— Wliy? 



She — They say I can't keep one, and I 

 \vant to try. — Pick Me Up. 



