1897. 



THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. 



343 



lioi'fee M'ent i.owii, while hid rider pitch- 

 ed Iieadloug to the ground. It was with 

 the greatest (athculty that we prevent- 

 ed the genoral from doing some more 

 shooting, especially when he discovered 

 that Jim's couipaniou was Hank, whom 

 the general had done many a favor. 



"Dm-u me, if this hain't Bill Plant- 

 ers' gal!" shoiited Bud as he knelt by 

 the side of the trail. 



"Com-se it is," snorted Hank. 

 "That's her, an they won't be none of 

 you gents walkin roimd tomorrer what 

 says it hain't her. Jim Bmnper wanted 

 her fm- his wife, au she wanted him, 

 an I 'greed to see 'em through. When I 

 gins my word, there hain't notliin less 

 'an a bullet goin to make me out a liar. 

 There's goin fur to be a weddin or a 

 few 'ristocratic f imerals. ' ' 



Wlien Jim discovered that he had 

 really carried off the wrong woman, he 

 began to bluster, swear and deny, but 

 when he felt Hanks' gmi at one ear and 

 old Bud's at the other, while the latter 

 told that "me nor Hank won't see no 

 shame put 'pon a darter o' Bill Plant- 

 ers, as has alius been our pard, ' ' he 

 wilted, went meekly back with us and 

 sat dowu to breakfast a married man. 

 And a charming little wife she that 

 was Miss Planters made him. Indeed, 

 as old Bud put it, "she jist coaxed all 

 that sneakiu meanness out o' Jim an 

 made him 'bout as decent a critter as 

 you gen 'rally see in double harness. " 



When Kitty and I were married, Mr. 

 and Mrs. Jim were both at the wedding, 

 and for the first time since the "kid- 

 naping" he had a talk with Bud. 

 "Old fellow, " he said, "you rung in a 

 cold deck on me, but I w^as a winner 

 after all and there's no grudge. I git 

 even with big Bill by calling him 

 grandpa now, and Hank don't find time 

 to do much but roll around with the 

 baby. " — Detroit Free Press. 



The Value of Relics. 



We do not believe that by worship- 

 ing relics we attain Nirvana, obtain 

 any remission of our sius or gain even 

 merely any worldly benefit. These ad- 

 vantages are effected only by persever- 

 ing in the path of virtue. 



An example: During a season of 

 drought evLU the foul water is taken for 

 drinking purposes after purifying the 

 same. The purification is effected by 



removing the mud aud filth trom ilie 

 Water aud putting a kind of gem (osaka- 

 prasada) imo the water. The gem will 

 not cleause the water if it has uot been 

 first separated from the filth. In order 

 to purity our heart it must be first freed 

 from ti'jful ti^oughts. 



Ag^iu, E3 a fan helps us to feel the 

 refreshing Lreeza and a musical iustru- 

 mtLt to feed our ears with melodious 

 sour.ds, so the relics, be they of Buddha 

 c:" ot his holy disciples, give us courage 

 in oi:r atteii.pt lo alleviate our misery. 

 The n::ra keeping oi the fan without 

 fanning or the musical instrument with- 

 out playing will' give us neither the 

 breeze nor the music. — liev. Seelak- 

 khandard in Outlcck. 



It All Depends. 



She (sweetly) — Do you believe that 

 kissing is mihealthy? 



He ( cau: itaisly ) — Well, I — er — is 

 your father at home this evening? — Chi- 

 cago News. 



John Alilton's Cottag^e. 



One of the best preserved historic 

 country houses in all England is John 

 Milton's cottage at Chalfout St. Giles, 

 to which the blind aud aging poet fled 

 when the great plague swooped down on 

 London. That was in July, 1665, and 

 Milton had just finished "Paradise 

 Lost" and received a £5 note for 

 it, with a promise of three more £5 

 notes if the poem sold four editions of 

 1,300 copies each. The cottage standfe 

 at the top of the village, aud it is in 

 practically the same condition as when 

 Milton left it. Here the poet received 

 bis distinguished guests during the lat- 

 ter part of his life. It is now one ot 

 the favorite objective points of London 

 bicyclists. 



Well He Might. 



Ethel — And what did George say 

 when he proposed? 



Maud — He said nothing. He started 

 to say something, gasped, turned death- 

 ly pale and then fainted away. Of 

 course I knew what that meant; so 

 when he came to I told him he might 

 ask papa. 



Ethel— Aud then? 



Maud — Then poor George fainted 

 away again. — London Figaro. 



