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Show lie Taw yf "'Twos kind, good String," the Top exrliilined, "Of you to set mo spinning. I'm full of movement and of life My travels are beginning. "I aklp with ease from place to place, Now that your colls are undone. I ought to see the world, and so I'll Journey up to l-ondon. "Oood-by, old String! That you can't come With me aeems quite a pity. 1 It would be nice If you could share My visit to the city. "Ah, well, descriptions you shall hiiro; il'll not return without Vm. The Tower, tho Zoo, tho Monument I'll tell you all about 'em, J "I mean lo 'do' the wan works, too," The Top waa henrd to mutter, j And then ho staggered, ceased to twirl, J And tumbled In the gutter! it' flee Collars for Hoy. Eltber boys or girls may undertake bee culture with pleasure and profit I It your home Is In tbe suburbs or Dear a park the bees will speedily And their (own pasture, and do aa well as If located lo-cated In the country. Oct one swarm I this spring, and it will send out prob- ably two awarms during the season, f Tbe following spring you will thsn have three swarms to start with and will end tbe season with, say, nlns. An ' average swarm will gather 200 pounds ; of boney. This at 20 cents a pound i means $10 taken In from each swarm. J First year, 40; second year, $120: third year, $360; fourth year, $1,080. By the ( tlfth year you will have, vey likely, J at least seventy-five swarm, . ringing ! 1 $3,000. This will be the be: I place t stop the growth of your apiary, sev- r enty-flve swarms being about all you could well manage. Amartoaa Ammanlllon. , Oon. Chaffee was not long In proving beyond any doubt that the Cuban could j never be at match for the ordlnnry j American soldier. This was strikingly 5 Illustrated In the following Incident: I When Chaffee was advancing on El I Cauey be sent a Cuban ofllcer with I some Cuban soldiers over to u..o a I certain Spanish blockhouse. Tbey j n J ' . mnrrhe.l swat triumphantly and took a position sirer.il miles distant on a convenient and comfortable hill. Hero they rested, the mlliers and men shoot mg In the direction of the blockhouse, but. of course, not reaching anywhere nenr It. An American scout, thinking think-ing the blockhouse hsd been taken, went around It, and to his surprint discovered that It waa filled with Span Isli soldiers u II sound asleep. He went away and reported to Chaffee. Soon afterward the Cuban officer rode up with much excitement and said: "Wo are all out of ammunition. Olve us more." "The kind of ammunition you are out nf." replied Chaffee. "Is brains, sir, and the kind we hnve got would not fit your heads." Towel I'seit at Vlckshar;. Ileccntly the commltteo beaded by Gen. Hlgby of Iowa, to erect a monument monu-ment on the Vlcksburg battlefield commemorating com-memorating the slego of Vlcksburg. addressed den. Mctllnnls and other surviving members of tho Eleventh Indiana In-diana Infantry, which bore a conspicuous conspicu-ous part In that siege, for duia about the "square fort," which was an objective ob-jective point for the division with which the Eleventh waa associated. The fort waa known to the assailants aa Kort i.ee. and was sometimes designated des-ignated as tho "(Ireen fort," because of Its well-sodded condition. The inquiry disclosed Hint the dnmimk towel which was exhibited on the morning of the surrender In lieu of the traditionary white (lag, was cut down ifter the surrender sur-render by ono of the Eleventh, and wbllo a portion of It wax divided with bis romrades as a souvenir, the greater part Is still In possession of Will C. I'lilpps of Clnclllliutl and Is Inscribed, "Piece of the ling that surrendered Kort l.oe, Vlckslmig. July 4. loG3." Mr. Mnrgsa's Liberality. Kvery New Year J. I'lirpont Morgan Mor-gan gives to every one of his employes In the great banking II rm a certain bonus In proportion to the salary they are drawing. This year tho highest sum was an even IJu.OUU to one mini. The lowest was $.'i0. to a new messenger, who also got his pay raised tut) a year. Wall street figures tbnt evury year Mr-Morgan Mr-Morgan gives to his employes one-twentieth one-twentieth of tbe net enrnlugs of tbe bank for the year. If Wall street Is right, the bank mnde $r,.iHio,ooO clear last year. How much Mr. Murgau himself niade.wltb bis leorganlzalloua. tueigers and special fcos for Uuunclal work, no man could tell. Value of Tim. The value of odd minutes Is Illustrated Illus-trated by a stury told In a curious little lit-tle volumo. recently published, of advice ad-vice to a young draper. A large firm reunited a manager for one of Its departments, de-partments, and appointed 12 o'clock for arraugement of terms with the selected applicant, 'Ie arrived at five minutes past 12, to llnd a dosen directors direct-ors waiting, the chalrmun watch la hand. The chulriuan announced that they could not engage a subordinate who bad wasted an hour of his employers' em-ployers' time. And on the applicant deprecating such exaggeration the chairman explained that each director had wasted five minutes, and tbat made an bour In all. Ku.paml OI.Ji.eM In Midair, Hero Is a very surprising trick, and It Is calculated lo create much astonishment. aston-ishment. Ilefore tho company assembles assem-bles place a flue black silk thread from one side of the room to the other, about six feet from the floor. Do sot havo too much light. First wave a handkerchief through tho air and drop It gently on the Hue, continuing to make mysterious passes, llorrow a fun and fan the kaiulkercblef until It fulls to the ground. You next suspend a light cane In the same munncr. After performing the last trlrk be sure to break tho thread, so that tho company com-pany will not detect your hidden power. Was at the llatlla of Waterloo. Gradually curb, year the circle nf "eye wltnessee' of famous battles grows smaller, and especially Is tbls so of the circle of those who can remember remem-ber Waterloo. In the little village of Rolnenden, In England, Uvea a Mrs. Barbara Moon, who was present as a child at tbe battle bat-tle of Waterloo. Although about $0 years of age she distinctly remembers being on the battlefield In a baggage-wagon baggage-wagon and tages great pride In referring refer-ring to that memorable time. Her father was a color sergeant In the Third Ilattallon Rifle Brigade, and she was born at Gibraltar In 1811. Prolan Boap Ilahblas. Many Interesting experiments can be iiisdo with soap bubbles blown from a mixture of caatllo soap and glue. It Is not generally known, however, that bubbles can be frozen, though It Is very easily done. Ulow a bubble of moderate alto and carry It to tbe door or put It out of an open window on a winter day. Tbe bubble will freeze Instantly, retaining Its shape, but forming most beautiful crystals. If you try this little experiment on a clear day when there Is little wind, you will be delighUxi with tbe result. wpaisk by UuclnrM. Far aw. y fumi civilization geaturo-langiiiiKO geaturo-langiiiiKO la still extant In Australia, rune if the tribes possess an excellent excel-lent code tbat Is almost as efficient aa the spoken langurge. |