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THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. 



A\>rember 



quarrer of a nnle lower clown, when 

 suddeuly I heard loud cheeriug and a 

 heavy musketry fire, and then I saw 

 our troops gallantly advancing across 

 the bridge to the assault. It turned out 

 to be the Fifty-third, who, tired of the 

 delay under fire, and. it was whispered, 

 hearing that tiir Colin had sent for his 

 pet Highlanders to take the bridge, 

 took their bits between their teeth and 

 without any further orders determined 

 to rush the bridge themselves — which 

 they accordingly did, and with great 

 success. The enemy, once forced out of 

 their position, shosved but a poor des- 

 ultory fight, and, as at Cawnpur, fell 

 an easy prty to the cavalry, who, hav- 

 ing crossed, some by the bridge, and 

 others, including myself, by the ford, 

 fell on them and pursued them with 

 such success that we captured every 

 gun they had. 



The Fifty-third were well pleased 

 with themselves and the result of the 

 fight they had so suddeuly initiated. 

 But we heard that Sir Colin was great- 

 ly aunoj-ed with tliem, and after the 

 action rated them soundly for their in- 

 subordination. But little did these wild 

 Irishmen care; they had had their fight, 

 and a real good one, so far as they 

 were concerned, and as Sir Colin con- 

 cluded his speech of rebuke they gave 

 him three cheers, and giving three 

 cheers more for General Mansfield, Sir 

 Colin's chief of the staff (who had for- 

 merly commanded their regiment), they 

 quite upset the chief's equanimity, but 

 at the same time cleared away his 

 wrath. — "Old Memories," by General 

 Sir Hugh Gough. 



poiiiu.i j,.i..; , i,i io I t^.ij be muue i.ujii-^t- 

 able, anil, wi t-n added, cnnvertsj a Louse 

 dress into a sti?et costume. 



Autnmu Tailor Gown. 



An autumn tailor gown of Russian 

 green English serge, says a New York 

 fashion writer, has a jacket bodice fin- 

 ished with short flat basques. It opens 

 over a vest of soft old rose colored la- 

 dies' cloth, a pale tan and gold braid- 

 ing nearly covering its surface. The 

 skirt hem is braided in the same design, 

 and the revers and standing collar are 

 made of green velvet. Another model 

 has the back of the jacket cut into short 

 postilion bascjues, the fronts in bolero 

 shape, opening on a vest of soft corded 

 silk, under the belt of which is an add- 

 ed basque cut in circular form. This 

 can be sewed permanently to a belt or 



On a Tonib.stone-. 



In a French churchyard is a monu- 

 ment bearing an inscription of wl ich 

 the follouiijg is a translation: "Here 

 lies Jean Pinto, the Spanish vocalist. 

 When he reached heaven, he united his 

 voice with the voices of the archangels. 

 As soon as he heard him the Deity cried, 

 'Keep quiet, all you fellows, and let us 

 hear alone the illustrious singer, Jean 

 Pinto.' " 



But Little Danger From Lightning. 



Wri"ting on "The Needless Fear of 

 Lightning," Edward W. Bok, in The 

 Ladies' Home Journal, says that "it 

 will doubtless surprise the timid to 

 know that only 200 deaths a year occur 

 on an average throughout this entire 

 country from lightning, or one person 

 in every 3.50, OGO people. Now, in com- 

 parison, 15 times as many people are 

 killed each year by falling out of win- 

 dows, over twice as many from being 

 bitten by rattlesnakes, while 25 per 

 cent more are killed with 'unloadeo' 

 pistols. More people are drowned 

 around New York city alone every year 

 than there are deaths from lightning all 

 over the country. In fact, more people 

 by 50 per cent are killed by being 

 kicked by horses in New York city than 

 die from lightning thoughout the whole 

 of the United States. The casualties of 

 the south show the dangers of being 

 lynched and of being killed by lightning 

 are about the same. The trolley cars of 

 our cities kill a far greater number of 

 people than do the lightning storms. 

 Now, these are facts. They are strictly 

 accurate and carefully computed." 



Long and the Short of It. 



According to an old French saying, 

 "A man's character is like his shadow, 

 which sometimes follows and sometimes 

 precedes him, and which is occasionally 

 longer, occasionally shorter than heis. " 

 — Kansas City Star. 



''The Year Book of Jews," published 

 in London, estimates that there are in 

 the world about 11,000.000 of that race, 

 more than half being under Russian 

 jurisdiction. 



