1897. 



THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. 



151 



He Woaia Not Be Undersold. 



Colouel James Tampliu, a veteran of 

 the Mexican and civil wars, is a veri- 

 table walliiug histoiy of the wars, in 

 which he bore himself with much honor. 

 Colouel Tampliu was reading a paper 

 recently, when he saw a mention of the 

 president of one of the great railroads 

 centering in Chicago. "I'll tell you a 

 story about that man, " he said. "When 

 we were hanging toound Vick.sburg 

 looking for trouble with the 'Johnnies,' 

 there was more or less foraging. I re- 

 member this man, then a private in our 

 company, while nosing about the ad- 

 joining farms ran across a barrel of 

 prime cider. Being a good soldier, he 

 promptly confiscated the cider and em- 

 ployed an aged darky to tote it into 

 camp. 



' 'Cider was scarce in those days, and 

 he rigged up a temporary bar and was 

 Boon doing a lively business retailing it 

 at 10 cents a cup. The barrel stood well 

 back in his tent, and for a time he was 

 so busy filling orders that he paid no at- 

 tention to a disturbance in the rear of 

 the tent. Then the crowd began to 

 dwindle and he realized that something 

 was wrong. He importuned a passing 

 soldier to sample his wares, but the fel- 

 low shook hid head and said the price 

 was too high. 'There's a fellow around 

 here selling cider at 5 cents a glass, ' he 

 said. 



"The owner of the barrel took a turn 

 around his tent and found a great crowd 

 gathered in the rear. Another member 

 of the company had driven a spigot into 

 the other end of the barrel and was do- 

 ing a land office business. "Well, he saw 

 the game was up, and rather than be 

 outdone he invited the whole crowd 

 around in front and told them to pitch 

 in. He was willing to meet competi- 

 tion, and rather than be undersold on 

 his own goods he would ladle out the 

 cider free. 



"I reckon, however," added Colonel 

 Tamplin, "that he had made enough 

 before the trick was discovered to give 

 him a start in the railroad business, for 

 I see he has been doing quite well ever 

 since. " — Chicago Times-Herald. 



customed to spend his summers at Mont- 

 real Beach, N. J. Near his cottage was 

 that of Hon. George M. Robeson, secre- 

 tary of the navy, whose family consist- 

 ed of his wife, his 4-year-old daughter 

 Ethel, and his 8-year-old stepson, Rich- 

 ard Aulick, whose father had been a 

 commander in the navy. 



It was the custom of all war vessels 

 to fire a series of salutes as they passed 

 the secretary's cottage. These were con- 

 scientiously returned by young Aulick, 

 who had mounted a toy cannon at the 

 foot of the flagstaff in front of the house. 



One morning while the children were 

 playing with some companions they 

 were startled by the booming of guns, 

 and rushing to the front yard they be- 

 held great smoke wreaths drifting away 

 from the United States ship Tallapoosa. 

 Without further ado Richard applied 

 the fuse to his gun and acknow^ledged 

 the salutation. While thus employed the 

 kneeling boy suddenly felt three light 

 blows on his back, and looking up be- 

 held the figure of the president standing 

 beside him. In one hand the nation's 

 chief held a lighted cigar, while in the 

 other the astonished boy saw a toy 

 sword belonging to his sister Ethel. 



"Rise, Richard; I dub thee knight," 

 said the rugged old warrior, amid the 

 laughter of several friends who attended 

 him. 



Then, returning his cigar to his lips, 

 he smiled grimly and resumed his way. 

 — Atlanta Constitution. 



Grant's Patent of Nobility. 



During the years of his second ad- 

 ministration President Grant was ac- 



Defects oi Women's Beauty. 



"Defects of Women's Beauty" is the 

 title of a book by Baron Rudolf von 

 Larisch, in which the author agrees 

 with Schopenhauer in his denunciation 

 of those who find comeliness in the 

 "undergrown, small shouldered, big 

 hipped and short legged sex. ' ' How 

 much more grateful to the clear eye of 

 art should be the noble proportions of 

 the properly developed man, argues the 

 baron. By numerous measurements he 

 proves to his own satisiaction mac, geo- 

 paetrically, the female form is a failure 

 and that the male form is a success. 

 Women themselves have shown since 

 the days of Eve in the garden, the baron 

 says, that they appreciate their inferior- 

 ity in this respect. They have concealed 

 their limbs in flowing garments, reach- 

 ing sometimes to the knee, sometimes 

 to the ankles, sometimes to the feet. 



