1897. 



THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. 



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but every vote iu the family was given 

 to the haudsouie youug inaii who could 

 mix with the plaiu people, aud who had 

 riddeu with "dad" to the place of 

 meetiug. " — New York Tribune. 



Better Thau Orthography. 



TJie old man had given his sou a very 

 fair education and had taken him into 

 his shop. The young fellow was over- 

 nice about a great many'thing.s, but the 

 father made no comment. One day an 

 order came in from a customer. 



"I wish to f'f tidness, " exclaimed the 

 Bon, "that Gibson would learn to spell !" 



"What's the matter with it?'' in- 

 quired the father cheerfully. 



"Why, he spells coffee with a 'k. ' " 



"No, does he? I never noticed it." 



"Of course you never did," said th< 

 son pettishly. "You never notice any- 

 ■ thing like that. " 



"Perhaps not, my sou, " replied t\n 

 old man gently, "but there is one thiuj^ 

 I do notice, which you will learn by and 

 by, aud that is that Gibson iiays cash." 

 — London Tit-Bits. 



Cause For Laughter. 



First Little Boy — What are you 

 laughin at? 



Second Little Boy — Father's scoldiu 

 everybody in the house 'cause he says 

 he can't lay a thing down a miuute 

 without some one pickin it up an losiu 

 it — he, he, he! 



"What's he lost?" 



"His pencil. " 



"Where is it?" 



"Behnid his ear all the time." — San 

 Francisco Examiner. 



The Toastmaster'8 Nervousness. 



Years and years ago, when the Press 

 club, of more or less blessed memory, 

 was iu existence, a British newspaper 

 man — only they call it a journalist on 

 the other side — was at the club one 

 eveuing. He had been iu Washington 

 for some time aud was leaving next 

 day. Mr. Karl Decker made a speech to 

 him. 



"Mr. Soaudso, " he said, "you have 

 spent some time with us, aud you have 

 made many friends. We have become 

 attached to you. You are goiug away 

 tomorrow and we may never see you 

 agaiu, but in order that you may al- 

 ways have something by which to re- 



memt3er us, on aenaix ot rne nrcss cra-D 

 I present you this ring." 



And then he struck the call bell on 

 the readiug table near him. The Eng- 

 lishman looked just a trifle bewildered 

 for a bit, theu he reached out his hand, 

 thanked the club and pocketed the bell. 

 And — bless his simple English heart — 

 next morning he told auother newspaper 

 man how kind the Press club had been 

 to him aud what a lovely presentation 

 speech Mr. Decker had made. 



"Mr. Decker must have beeu awfully 

 nervous, you know," he said, "though 

 he didu't show it, for he said, 'I present 

 ycu this ring,' aud, don't ye know, it 

 wasn't a ring at all; it was a bell." — 

 Washington Post. 



Outdoor Air. 



Few persons stop to think of the 

 great difference betvteen indoor and 

 outdoor air. In every dwelling a por- 

 tion of the air has already entered the 

 lungs and is in the nature of excrement. 

 The outdoor air alone is tolerably pure, 

 but perfectly so only at high altitudes 

 and away from cities. 



We talk about climate cure, about go- 

 ing to Florida or Nice for health, but 

 we venture to a-ssert that any invalid 

 may secure a greater improvement with 

 regard to the air he breathes by proper 

 ventilation of his dwelling room and 

 by living out of doors most of the time 

 than he can by going to any new cli- 

 mate aud neglecting these conditions. 

 Many a poor invalid !s salvation might 

 be found iu his own garden, w4aile he 

 may go to the ends of the earth in 

 search of health aud die in the closed 

 room to which he has retreated in the 

 fear of outucor air. — Philadelphia Led- 



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THE PRINCE OF WALES AT SHORT RANGE. 



George W. Smalley will contribute an ar- 

 ticle on "The Personal Side of the Prince 

 of Wales'' to the July Ladies^ Home Jour- 

 nal. It is said that, Mr. Smalley gives a 

 uniquely interesting, close view of the 

 Prince, touching in' detail upon ids great 

 personal popularity in England, and the 

 reasons therefor, his love of sports, his 

 pastimes, his social duties and diversions, 

 and showing him as an affectionate son, a 

 devoted husband, a loving father and 

 brother. 



