1807 



THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. 



251 



613. 'Then I learuecl for the tirst nun ic 

 impress tlie fact upou my memory th:;l 

 Colouel Burr had killed my graudfa- 

 ther. " — l^ew York Letter. 



Pearls A-plenty. 



A curio-as effect of the plegue in ludir 

 has been a sudden increase in theajum- 

 ber of pearls reaching the Loiidon mar- 

 ket and u consequent marked fall in 

 prices. This is not due to unusual in- 

 dustry en the part of the divers, but fc 

 the fact that the native dealers lat Bom- 

 bay have been in such haste to quit the 

 stricken city that they have eagerly di'^- 

 posed of 'their wares at, far • below .Ih? 

 customary market value.- ;QHe Ei'gli-ih 

 firm of importers of Indian pearls hu* 

 accu:nuiale(t a stock . tvhichi,- if place*! 

 suddtnly en the marliet. it is estimated, 

 would send do-wn quotations fully 2i 

 per cent. . ..,•„■-. ' 



Knew HiG Place. 



"Alove forward, ' please, " said thi 

 conductor in the crowned cable^car. 



"Not cu Tcur life," replied the {r,z\\- 

 tleman addres<>;d, taking a fresh grii. 

 on the strap. 



"But there arerentlemcn on the plat- 

 form who v.ish to get in, " coil tinned 

 the cciltctor of fares. 



"Weil, they can't have ray pla; e. 

 '-This lady is my v\'ife, and I know tl:i> 

 road from ?-..tLU't to finish. If anybody i> 

 going to sit ill htr l;:p this trip, I'm 

 that per.so:;. I'm on to this' road'.i 

 curves. "— \cnkeis lr,t,;/^^('SiViLiu 



Katie's Keply, 



It was one of the days when little 

 Katie .seemed to be pcssessed by a sp.rit 

 of mischief, and before the afternccin 

 was over .she had tired herself and ex- 

 haustea her mother's patience At last 

 she did something so naughty that her 

 mother said: 



"There, Katie, I shall have to punish 

 you for thi.t. " 



The chil':^ looked at her for a moment 

 in silence, and then, without waruino, 

 burst into temptsiucus weeping. Ju: t 

 at this crisis hei' father came into tlie 

 room. 



"Why, little one, w'hat is this?" he 

 asked. "What are you crying fcr?" 



Katie though tor a moment, and then, 

 remembering that the manner of hor 

 punishment had not been anucunced, 

 the aiLSwen d ;imid her sobs : 



"1 cent know, papa. Mamma hasn't 

 told me yet. ' ' — London Answers. 



Elaborate Scheme. 



"I wish ont; word , from me would 

 strike that man blind and deaf and 

 dumb for the rest of his life." 



"What crime has he committed?" 



"None that I know of." 

 •" ♦■'What has he ever done to you?" 



"Nothing. " 

 • "Then why do you wish you had the 

 power to injure him so horribly?" 



"bo 1 could generously refrain from 

 exercising it. This would give me. a 

 Blaim on his gratitude and I could strike 

 hiiii for a loan. Isn't i't a beastly shame 

 that a 'iuaij who cau originate a scheine 

 like .that should be suftering at this 

 moment for lack of a paltrv, miseraTil^, 

 dad-uiufjed quarter of a dollar?" — Chi- 

 cago TriL/ULG. 



Not an Accident. 



Caller (on crutches and with a band- 

 age over one eye) — 1 have come, sir, to 

 make application for the ' amount due 

 me on liiya'c^bidont insurance policy. I 

 fell down a long tiigni ot steps the other 

 evening i.ni. sastaineu damages tha,t 

 wiii uisaLle me for a month to come. 



Presiaeut of the Company — Young 

 man, I have taken the trouble to in- 

 vestigate your tas'e,' and 1 find you a,re 

 not entitled to anything, it could not 

 be called an acciaent. You knew the 

 young woman's father was at home. — ► 

 London liii-ijils. 



T*^acliiug a Lost Art. 



"A Kev»- York woman," he said, 

 looking at her over the tops of his 

 glasses, "has gone into the business of 

 teaching women how to walk." 



Somthow it seemed to strike her as a, 

 joke. 



"Think of it!" she said. ""Just when 

 the price of wheels is coming (lown toot 

 I Itgan to think you ^^tie light, John, 

 when yoa suid that women hud no busi- 

 ness .sen.se. " — Li.ica^o Post. 



The He'jrew ctnistd to be a vernacu- 

 lar language at the EaLylcnum captiv- 

 ity, iu tbe fiith ctntiuy htfoie Chiist, 

 but was preserved in the sa-jied writ- 

 ings of the Jews. 



Beheaded turtles can tind their way 

 Slack to their waleiT home. 



