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THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. 



May 



cago and New York, with a round trip 

 rate of $14 in the former case and $10 in 

 the latter, with pro rata rates from inter- 

 mediate points, all tickets good for 30 

 days. Stop overs at Chautauqua will be 

 allowed on the return half of tickets to 

 the National Encampment association 

 meeting at Milwaukee in July, and on 

 tickets to the Epworth league convention 

 at Toronto early in July, which tickets 

 will be issued at the rate of one fare for 

 the round trip, are good for 30 days and 

 can be obtained at all points in the Unit- 

 ed States and by any person desiring to 

 use them for visiting Chautauqua. One 

 feature of the rate granted for the cheap 

 30-day excursions from New York and 

 Chicago to Chautauqua that is new, is 

 the pro rata rates that will be made from 

 intermediate points. This will enable 

 people all along the trunk lines between 

 New York and Chautauqua, and Chicago 

 and Chautauqua, to get to the assembly 

 grounds for a stay of 30 days at extreme- 

 ly low rates. These excursions will be 

 run, one from New York and one from 

 Chicago, early in July and one from ea.ch 

 place early in August. 



FREE STATE SUMMER SCHOOL. 



In 1896, under the auspices of the state 

 of New Yoik, a free summer institute 

 for New York state teachers was held at 

 Chautauqua. Over 250 availed them- 

 selves of this course of instruction. An 

 appropriation was made by the state leg- 

 islature ; and, through arrangement with 

 the Chautauqua management, all New 

 York teachers who attended these cours- 

 es were exempt from the gate fee at 

 Chautauqua during the three weeks' ses- 

 sion of the school A similar appropria- 

 tion and arrangm'ent has been made for 

 the summer of 1897. 



The advantages which Chautauqua 

 offers as a summer resort for health, 

 pleasure, instruction and entertainment 

 are everywhere recognized and with 

 cheap rates and the 30-day privilege the 

 attendance during the season of '97 is 

 confidently expected to far suri)ass all 

 previous records. 



The Split Wafers. 



A man who now stands high in the 

 mercantile community related to me the 

 following little incident of his early 

 life: 



At the age of 16 I entered the store of 

 Silas Sturdevaut as a clerk. One day, 

 shortly after my installment into the 

 oflSce, I was employed in sealing and 

 superscribing a lot of business circulars 

 — several hundred of them. That -was 

 long before the day of gluten, and I 

 used small red wafers for securing the 

 missives. While I was thus busy Mr. 

 Sturdevaut came into the counting 

 room, and when I observed that he was 

 watching me I worked the best I could, 

 hoping to get a word of approbation. By 

 and by he spoke to me: 



"Young man, don't you think half a 

 wafer would secure one of those circu- 

 lars just as well as a whole one?' ' 



I looked up, probably exhibiting aa 

 much disgust as surprise. 



"If you split your wafers, " he added, 

 "you will accomplish all you desire, 

 and at the same time make a saying of 

 just one-half. " 



He turned away, and while I was 

 thinking what a mean old wafer split- 

 ter he was, a lady entered who had been 

 appointed one of a committee to obtain 

 subscriptions toward building an orphan 

 asylum. One public spirited man had 

 given the land, and now they wished to 

 raise $200,000, if possible, for the build- 

 ings and necessary endowments. Mr. 

 Sturdevaut said he had already been 

 consulted on the subject. 



"Yes," thought I, "and Iguess that's' 

 all it will amount to!" 



But he took the paper and wrote bis 

 name, and then he said: 



"I will give $5,000." 



I could hardly believe my ears. 



At that moment the merchant arose 

 to a stature of grandeur before me, and 

 in my heart I blessed him; for even 

 then I know that the lesson of the split 

 wafers, with its sequel, was to be the 

 initial cf my future success. — New 

 York Ledger. 



Oeiji-rjus. 



"You .s:ad that when we were mar- 

 ried you would refuse me nothing. ' " 



"I'll be still more generous. I'll not 

 even refuse you nothing. I'll give it to 

 you." — Cincinnati Enquirer. 



