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THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. 



June 



lady bicyclist of the world, but a Hue 

 of soldiers barred the way, aud ouly 

 fell back to let the crown prince and 

 his retinue gallop past. 



Aud when he got to the door, ever so 

 much before his followers, he found the 

 mother standing and watching. She 

 saw at a glance that he was the smart 

 young soldier who had met them in the 

 morning, but she pretended not to know 

 him. Little he cared as, leaping from 

 his horse, he rushed into the room, 

 ■where he found the girl dressed in her 

 ordinary clothes and looking more beau- 

 tiful than ever. 



The retinue crowded in and stood by 

 the door, but the prince ran up to her 

 and, opening his arms, cried: "Dearest, 

 I have loved you ever since we met in 

 the forest. Will you be my bride?" 

 The girl hung her head, for she was 

 frightened when she saw all this gran- 

 deur and knew that her lover was a 

 prince. But her mother said, "Kings 

 always caress. " "I never thought of 

 that," said the girl, and fell into the 

 prince's embrace. 



So they were married, and of course 

 the three uncles were asked to the feast, 

 and then for the first time the prince 

 looked away from his bride and saw 

 how odd looking they were, and he 

 asked the first uncle, "How did you get 

 such projecting eyes and that hard, 

 fixed gaze?" And the first uncle an- 

 swered, "By skimming, by skimming, 

 by skimniiGg. " Then the prince asked 

 the second uncle, "How did you get 

 that monstrous fiat foot?" And the sec- 

 ond uncle replied, "By scorching, by 

 scorching, by scorching." Then the 

 prince asked the third uncle, "How did 

 yoia get that hideous, huge hand?" 

 And the third uncle answered, "By 

 skopping, by skopping, by skopping." 

 "Skimming, scorching, skopping!" said 

 the prince. "I don't know what you 

 mean." 



Then the mother explained: "May it 

 please your royal highness, my eldest 

 brother has^ the cycle eye, that conies 

 from always looking miles ahead, whicli 

 is called skimniing; my second brother 

 has the cycle foot, which comes from al- 

 ways pedaling as hard as he can, which 

 is callctl scorciiing, aud my youngest 

 brother has ihe cycle hand, which comes 

 of always sleauyiug the machine over 

 ups aud downs, v. hich. as it is some- 



thing between skipping and noppmg, is 

 called skopping. Some people who bi- 

 cycle a very great deal have all these 

 three peculiarities." "I never thought 

 of that," said the prince, and, turning 

 to his bride and seeing how beautiful 

 she was, he cried, "You shall never 

 ride a bicycle again." 



And they lived happy ever after. — St. 

 James Budget. 



British Modesty. 



The Duke of Teck having asked the 

 Canadian government to allow him and 

 his chartered company to govern the 

 Canadian gold regions in the Yukon river 

 territory, The British Columbian Press 

 say£, "This is the most paralyzing 

 proposition ever presented to any mod- 

 ern government — to hand the govern- 

 ment of Canadians aud Americans over 

 to a chartered company, as if they were 

 so many Hottentots." 



At the Back Door. 



Tramp — Have you anything, madam, 

 to spare for a poor wayfarer this morn- 



Madam— Yes. You can go right 

 out to the wood shed and indulge in 

 cold chops and cuts to your heart's con- 

 tent. — Boston Courier. 



Easy Proof. 



Prospective Purchaser — You say he's 

 a savage watchdog? 



Owner — Yes, indeed. 



"But how am I to know that?" 

 'Try 'im. Jes' go outside with me 

 and climb in at that winder."— Chicago 

 Record. 



£iiuui. 



"We have found out why Nora breaks 

 so much china. " 



•'Why is it?" 



"She says she gets so dead tired 

 washing tiie same old dishes over and 

 over and over." — Detroit Free Press. 



Knights' Chargers. 



During the middle ages so heavily 

 burdened were the horses of the knights 

 with their own armor and that of theii 

 riders that only the largest and strongest 

 animals coukf be employed. Froissavt 

 says that between 600 and 700 pounas 

 weight was carried by a knight's 

 charger. 



