. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 293 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. October ITufc ;.s 10 Uji; solemn reticence of these killers when touched on as to their bloody deeds Basket ?^ is and has been for .vears the manager of a resort iu Kansas City. One winter night Bassett and several others were standing near the big stove, drink- ing and defying the weather. The talk had drifted to the winter days of Dodge City, Jack Nuckols, then city editor of the K-msas City Times, suddenly spoke up with: "By the way, Charlie, you killed sever- al men at Dodge City, didn't you?" A loo
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 293 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. October ITufc ;.s 10 Uji; solemn reticence of these killers when touched on as to their bloody deeds Basket ?^ is and has been for .vears the manager of a resort iu Kansas City. One winter night Bassett and several others were standing near the big stove, drink- ing and defying the weather. The talk had drifted to the winter days of Dodge City, Jack Nuckols, then city editor of the K-msas City Times, suddenly spoke up with: "By the way, Charlie, you killed sever- al men at Dodge City, didn't you?" A look of pain and uneasiness came across 'tt's face like a cloud. He was staggeri^d and worried, and showed it. A profound silence fell upon the several men presiuit, and Nuckols began to grow embari'asscd. For full half a minute Bas- sett looked at th(^ questioner without say- ing a word; then, as if a thought had come to him that he knew was safe to act on, he helped hijnself to a drink of whisky all alone. When he returnet , he backed np to the stove, and, surveying Nuckols, said in a mild, inquiring tone: "Well, if I did, it was ; I^uckols hastened to assure him that no one harbored a doubt on that point, and the subject was politely changed. After- ward one of the onlookers remarked: "You can bet it bothered Bassett when it drove him to drinking whisky by him- self. I'll bet 3 to 1 that's the first drink Bassett's taken alone iu 20 ;—Wash- ington Post. RUDY'S PILE SUPPOSITORY is guaranteed to cure Piles and Constipation, or money refunded. W cents per box. Send two stamps for circulnr and Free Sample to MARTIN E,UDY, Registered Piiarmacist, Lancaster. Pa. No Postals Answerkd. For sale by all first- class druggists everywhere, and in Jamestown. N. Y., by FRANK W. PALMETER. 4 12 (wlio cannot get a bed in an overcrowded village hostelry) — Haven't you at least a bundle of hay to give me? Landlady (out of temper)—There's noth-
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