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FACTS 114 FEW LINES
Great Britain's revenues from the
Chinese opium trade amount to $lO,-
000,000.
Tho average price received by nil the
gas companies in Massachusetts is
n.lO per 1,000.
The German city of Cnssel will cele
brate the thousandth anniversary of its
foundation in 1013.
Paraguay is to be added soon to the
list of coflee growing countries. There
are now übout 1,000,000 plants in the
nurseries.
Nearly all the kitchens of the better
class of restaurants in Sydney are 011
tlie top floor, and the clothes are dried
on the roof.
An almanac 234 years old lias just
been sold in Boston for $155. It wns
printed for tlie year 1007 by Samuel
Ureen in Cambridge.
Nearly 14 per eont of the total num
ber of wage earners in Minnesota arc
women; according to the report of the
state labor department.
Forty-four years ago the Kansas
Kaw river was navigated from its
mouth up as far as Lawrence. Now
railroads do the business.
Two hundred and thirty thousand
eight hundred and twenty-one women
are employed in English cotton facto
ries and only 147,245 men.
The Actors' club at Budapest lias
held a demonstration in favor of pro
hibiting plays being performed in Hun
gary in a foreign language.
A year ago there were 3,025 public
schools in Cuba, with 125,000 children.
Now there are 150,000 school children,
nnd new schools are being built.
A new census has just been made of
tlie American buffalo, which gives the
total number as 1,024. of which GS4 are
in captivity and 340 in a wild state.
Japan has a cooks' guild, and the ex
acting housewife who discharges her
cook without reasons that satisfy that
guild will llually be effectually boy
cotted.
Considering what a wet place Eng
land Is, the country Is singularly 111
supplied with water powers. There is
water everywhere, but hardly a drop
for driving.
Cork intends to follow Glasgow with
an Industrial exhibition in 1002. Lord
Cadogan lias signified his Intention of
subscribing £250 toward tho fund,
which lias already reached £5,000.
One of tlie smallest parishes in Wales
is tlie historic parish of Slier, in the
Bridgend Union. It lias only a popu
lation of eight or nine souls. Nash and
Stombrldge, two other parishes, only
number 14 inhabitant's between them.
People give more time to recreation
than they did years ago, and tlie world
is the better for It. Occasional out
ings, railroad journeys, visits to Inter
esting points both at home and abroad,
have greatly swollen the tide of travel.
India nnd Ceylon have competed so
successfully with China in the produc
tion of tea that whereas in 1880 2,100,-
000 huhdrcdweiglit of the leaf were
exported from China only 1,031,000
hundredweight left the country iu 1800.
At the Paris exposition tlie United"
States weather bureau was awarded a
grand prix. Gold medals were also
awarded to Professor C. F. Marvin for
instruments, apparatus aud appliances
nnd to Professor A. J. Henry for cloud
photographs.
Tlie art gallery of Washington and
Lee university, which was opened to
tlie public recently, contains 70 paint
ings, all of which were bequeathed to
tlie library liy tlie late Vincent L. Brad
ford. Tlie collection contains many
famous works of art.
At least one co-operative colony, that
located in Dickinson county, Kan.,
seems to be thriving. It was formed
three years ago and lias made money
from the start, clearing $1,842 last
year. The colony lias a ranch, u gener
al store, a bank and an insurance fea
ture.
"The Doctors told too my cough was
Incurable. One Minute Cough Cure made
me a well man." Norris Silver. North
Stratford, N. li.—Bocuiiro you've not
found relief fretn a stubborn cough, don't
despair. One Minute Cough Cure has
cored thousands and It will cure you.
Safe and sure. Graver's City drug store.
OASTOniA.
Bears the yf The Kind Vim Have Always Bought
OASTOniA.
Beare the Boijghl
I AFTER THE BATTLE.
| A VETERAN'S STORY OF A TASSELED
TURKISH FEZ.
The Grewaomc Incident In Wlilck lie
Participated at the Second ilnttle
of MiuiiiKMftN—A Brave Hoy and lli*
I)yinK llequeat.
"Whenever I see a tasseled Turkish
fez," said a Confederate veteran whose
attention had been attracted by a
smoking cap of that pattern in a Canal
street window, "I am reminded of a
curious and rather grewsome incident
of my campaigning days. It was on
! t lie morning after the second battle of
, Manassas," he continued In response to
a request for tlie story, "and several of
us from my compauy had gone over to
the field in the hope of picking up a
few things that we badly needed and
j for which the dead had no further use
; —waterproofs, for instance, and sound
I canteens.
"During the previous day's engage
ment you xuay remember that a regi
ment of freshly recruited New York
zouaves held the crest of a hill and
were charged and almost annihilated
by Hood's brigade. They were mowed
j down like ripened grain and fell so
thickly that their corpses literally car
i peted the earth. I dare say it was as
awful a slaughter, considering the
j number engaged, as occurred anywhere
i in the course of the^war.
I "Well, we hadn't gone very far when
! we came to this hill and began to get
among the dead men. The poor fellows
had been mustered into service less
than a week before, ami they were said
to be the most gorgeously uniformed
military troop ever organized. They
wore scarlet Turkish trousers, blue
jackets embroidered with gold bullion
braid and purple fezes with long pend
ent tassels.
"Being just from tlio outfitters, all
this fine regalia was perfectly fresh
and new, and somehow or other it
added to the gliastliuess of the specta
cle on the hillside. The corpses were
in all sorts of strange postures, and
their fantastic costumes gave them an
air of horrible grotesqueness that I
couldn't begin to describe In words.
"However, to come to my point, I
had picked up a fez to carry away as a
i relic and was about to leave the spot
! when I happened to notice a much
I handsomer specimen on the head of a
little zouave stretched out, stiff and
i stark, a few yards away, with a hand
kerchief over his face. 1 stepped up to
I make a 'swap,' but had barely touched
the tassel when a low, sweet toned
j voice under the handkerchief said,
'Please don't!'
I "For a moment," continued the veter
an, "that unpleasant protest, coming
| from what 1 had supposed to be a
! corpse, made my hair bristle on my
! head. Then I lifted the handkerchief
| and was shocked to see the delicate,
j refined features of a boy not over 15.
j He was pale as death and evidently
i desperately wounded, but he looked at
,me calmly. 'My God,' I exclaimed,
I 'what a lad you are to be here!' 'l'm
afraid I'm dying unless 1 have help,'
! he replied. *I)o you think the surgeons
j will be around pretty soonV 'The Lord
knows!' 1 groaned, for the boy's cour
age touched me to the heart. 'Your
surgeons have all run away, and wo
only have a few, with more wounded
than they can attend to.' 'Then 1 guess
all I can do is to lie here quietly and
die,' he said in the same gentle voice.
'Can you get me a little water before
you go?'
"I took his canteen and hurried down
; to a branch at the foot of the hill,
| where the first thing I saw, by the
j way, was the corpse of a zouave float
ing in a pool. I went up the stream far
j enough to get out of the horrible death
! zone, filled the canteen with pure wa
ter and was soon back at the boy's side.
1 gave him a drink, and he thanked me.
'ls there nothing else I can do?' I .asked
awkwardly, because 1 knew our com
pany was under early marching orders
that morning and that it would be im
possible for me to linger much longer.
'Nothing at til, thank you,' he replied.
'No message to anybody?' 'No; noth
ing, thanks.'
"I turned away most reluctantly and
had gone only a few yards when I
lieai'd his thin voice calling me back.
'Excuse me,' he sajd, 'but 1 want you
to accept this as a present,' and he
handed me his fine purple fez. 'No, no,'
1 exclaimed, greatly embarrassed; 'I
couldn't think of taking it. When I
started to a little while ago, I thought
you—you'— 'Thought I was dead, of
course,' he Interrupted. 'Well, I soon
will be, and that other fez will do me
just as well. Please put It on my head
and take mind.' 1 saw that he would
be hurt unless 1 did as he desired, so 1
took the fez and went away.
"In less than half an hour our com
pany was on the march, and, needless
to say, I never heard anything more of
the little child zouave. He was badly
Wt/unded and undoubtedly died where
I loft him. I kept the fez a long time,"
added the veteran, "but it was finally
| lost, with other odds and ends, in the
j general confusion following tiie war.
I'd give some money for it today."—
Now Orleans Times-Democrat.
Tlie C.ood kffcvlN of Apple lOatliiK*
The apple Is such common fruit that
few aiv? familiar with Its remarkable
j efficacious properties. Everybody ought
to know that the very best tiling tliey
can do is to eat apples just before rc
! tiring fpr the night. The apple is an
excellent brain food, because it lias
more ( *nsplioric acid In easily digested
shape f> m any other vegetable known.
II cxcit s the action of the liver, pro
motes sound and healthy sleep and
thoroughly disinfects the mouth. That
Is not all The apple agglutinates the
surplus acids of the stomach, helps ttie
kidney secretions and Is one of the best
preventives known of diseases of the
throat.-Journal of Agriculture.
I
TIMING YOUR TRAIN.
XVny* In Which to I.ctirn llow Fast
You Arc Traveling.
"There has been some picturesque
fiction written about the ease with
which railroad men and drummers are
supposed to tick off tlie miles ns the
train speeds along from things they
can sec from the car windows," said a
railroad conductor to a reporter.
"There Is only one strictly accurate
way, and that Is to seat yourself on the
side of the train from which may be
observed the white mile posts that line
the road and hold your watch on them.
| If you have a split second watch, it
will prove Interesting to note that
while you made one mile in GO seconds
the next wns covered In 53 and the
third in 70 seconds, and so on, as the
speed of the train increases or slack
ens. You may also follow around the
little second hand on an ordinary
watch. It kills time.
"Some pretend to say that they can
i toll the speed of the train by counting
| the telegraph poles. If there were an
exact number of telegraph poles to ev
ery mile, this might be done by a little
figuring, but there Is a difference. The
number of telegraph* poles to a mile
vary from 33 to 40, depending upon tlie
straight stretches and the curves In the
track, the latter having more poles
than the former. So, you see, it Is not
as easy as the drummer would have
j the other passengers believe.
"If llio poles are planted 33 to the
| mile, they are IGO feet opart, and every
14 passed represents a third of a mile.
If placed 40 to a mile, they are 132 feet
apart, and every 20 represents half a
mile.
"These are easy figures to remember,
and by applying them on a Journey a
passenger may obtain an Idea more or
less accurate of the speed of the train.
! "Another way is to attempt to count
1 tlie clicks of the wheels of the truck of
; your car as they pass over the rails
where joined. Tlie rails of the roads ns
placed today are too evenly joined to
arrive at an exact determination by
this method, because if you miss two or
three joints your calculations are
thrown out ns to accuracy,
j "However, there are railroad men
I who cannot tell you the number of rails
to tlip mile of their own roads, and
rails vary In length, the average being
30 feet, some 33 feet and some GO feet.
At 30 feet there are 17G rails to the
mile, and if you can count 17G consecu
tive clinks ns your train flies along you
may determine Its speed and not other
wise."—Washington Star.
,
THREE SIMPLE QUESTIONS.
And tlie Librarian Could Not Answer
One of Them.
One day two well dressed young wo
men approached tlie desk of the read
ing room of a big library. One of them
took a memorandum from her pocket
; book.
i "Can you tell me bow many yards—
oh, that's the wrong list!" she said,
hastily bringing forth another slip of
paper. "Here it is. Will you please
tell me who is Uudyard Kipling's fa
j vorite author?"
i "I am unable to tell you, never hav
ing beard that he had one," admitted
one of the librarians,
i "Dear me!" said the young woman
Irritably. "It Is oue of the questions
for our next club meeting. Well, which
one of Thackeray'B books brought him
the most Income?"
"That you can probably find out by
consulting a book, the umber of which
I will give you," said the official.
"Oh, I can't stop to look it up!" she
said hurriedly. "I thought you could
tell me at once. Well, there's one more
thing. Bessie Cummock, uiy cousin in
Manchester, had a splendid book when
1 was there last year for anecdotes of
famous people. I can't remember the
name of It or who wrote it, but it was
about so big"—illustrating with oue lin
ger on the desk—"and it has a dark
green cover. Now, can you tell me
what it is? Some day when 1 have
time I would like to get it out. Of
1 course you must have it in the libra
ry?"
For the third time the official was
obliged to confess bis iuability to give
her direct information. She looked at
him with a piercing gaze and turned
away, saying audibly to her compan
ion:
| "There, that just shows what all this
talk about their being examined for
positions in libraries amounts tol Three
perfectly simple questions, all on liter
ary subjects, and be couldn't answer
one of them I"—Savings Journal.
The Toothpick Habit.
"I'd like to know what my custom
ers do with all the toothpicks they car
ry away," remarked a restaurant pro
prietor the other day. "Few men take
a single toothpick. Most of them take
half a dozen and many a whole hand
ful, and when they come in here again
for the next meal they take as many
over again. They don't need them. It's
all due to the toothpick chewing habit,
which seems to be growing. There
isn't anything particularly pleasant
übout chewing a wooden toothpick, and
it may be injurious if a piece of the
wood lodges In the throat or gets down
into the stomach, as it is very apt to.
But the toothpick chewing habit is be
coming a rival to the gum and tobacco
habits. The only reason I can give for
it is that the toothpicks arc free and
gum uud tobacco are not."—New York
Sun.
SnofTcri Ont.
Friend—What became of your poem
called "Light, Beautiful Light?"
I'oet (sadly)— The editor turned It
down.—Philadelphia Record.
Don't wait until your friends are
dead to give them flowers.—Atchison
Globe.
• When you can get a hearse at a bnr
i gaiu, drive the bargain.—Chicago New*.
PEOPLE OF THE DAY
Senator PetllKrew'B I.nck.
It is reported that ex-Senator Rich
ard F. Petti grow had a great piece of
luck In the New York stock market,
lie Is said to have made at least $300,-
HOO during the recent boom in which
Northern Pacific cut such high jiuks.
James J. Ilill and Mr. Pettigrcw are
old friends, and this friendship is cred
ited with being responsible for the lat
tor's good luck. Tlie story goes that
Mr. Hill loaned ills friend Pettigrcw
money with which to buy stocks und
RICHARD F. rETTIGREW.
also gave him the benefit of experience
and inside knowledge. It turned out
when Hill and Morgan began to bunt
tip Northern Pacific shares that Petti
grcw had 2,000 shares which lie had
purchased at par. Mr. Pettigrcw Is just
now deeply interested in Wyoming oil
fields, and it is said he is in a fair way
to join the millionaires' ranks in a short
time.
Slionld Have I *el State Coach.
According to gossip straight from
The Hague, the husband of Queen WII
- has made himself unpopular
by not driving out in state tlie first
time he appeared in The Hague after
the honeymoon. The people feJt lie
wasn't living up to royal traditions,
and they didn't like it.
It seems that when the royal couple
settled in The Hague the duke went
out to drive. Rut hi stead of using the
state coach lie appeared tooling an
English drag, handling tlie ribbons
himself. It was such a shock to the
stolid Hollanders that they stood ami
stared at the sight, and then they made
up their minds they didn't like it. It
might be all right for him to do that in
Germany, where lie was only a duke,
hut a queen's husband ought to live up
to his position. And, as the story is
told by a Dutch nobleman visiting in
New York, not a Dutch head was bared
as the duke drove by, nor have the peo
ple yet recovered from their disapprov
al. It will take ninny rides of penance
in the state coach to make them do
that
A Street Inspector.
Through the recommendation of her
son, Ilonorc Palmer, recently elected
an alderman in Chicago. Mrs. Potter
Palmer has been tendered a position as
one of tlie city's "volunteer street in
spectors." The authorities of the city
have recently been investigating the
condition of streets and alleys and have
eoiue to tlie conclusion tlint great im
provement can lie brought about if tlie
citizens will aid. This aid is to take tlie
shape of volunteer inspectors who are
to report to tlie department of streets
MRS. POTTER PALMER.
and alleys violations of tlie new and
stringent ordinances designed to create
conditions that Chlcagoans have al
ready given the attractive title of "The
City Beautiful." Mrs. Palmer's pre
cinct, the one in which she lives, is in
the Twenty-first ward.
Mr. Metcalfe anil tlie Chancellor.
The New York university has been
directed by Justice Maddox of Brook
lyn to show cause why a writ of man
damus should uot issue commanding
its otiicers to permit Tristram W. Met
calfe to be finally examined and, if
qualified, to permit him to graduate
and receive tlie degree of bachelor of
arts.
Mr. Metcalfe says he was suspended
for one year by Dr. 11. M. MeCrncken,
chancellor of the university, and barred
from taking any examination because
as editor of The Triangle he published
a paragraph that gave offense to the
chancellor. Dr. McCracken demanded
a retraction, which was published, to
gether with the original paragraph and
appended comments.
Tlie Initial J.
Has It occurred to you that the Ini
tial letter J played a not inconspicuous
part in the recent game of pitch and
toss in Wall street? In former times
of storm and stress we had J. Gould
and J. Fisk. Now we have J. Pier
pout Morgan, J. R. Kcene, J. J. Ilill,
J. Stillman, J. Sob iff. J. 11. Moore, J.
W. Gates, J. Loeb and George J. Gould.
Put a J in jour name if you would
be a power in the street
WITHOUT TURNING A HAIR.
A Londoner Calmly Returned Money
Given*to Him by Mistake.
A gentleman of my acquaintance hail
a curious experience of manners and
customs of modern England a few
nights ago at the theater. lie liiul
taken four stalls, but at the last mo
ment found two of his party unable to
come. On Ills arrival at the theater lie
left the two spare tickets at the box of
fice, the clerk promising to sell them If
be could aud send the cash to him
when they wore sold. He took his
place anil soon afterward was gratified
to see his two surplus scats occupied.
The Individuals who took them were
attired In evening dress and bore the
outward semblance of gentlemen. My
friend began to look out for the money
which was to come from the box office.
Presently a concesslonnalre entered,
passed down the row of seats and ad
dressed one of t lie two newcomers. My
friend noticed that the commissionnaLro
passed something to one of the gentle
men. who put It into his pocket with
out a word.
A sense of uneasiness stole over my
friend with regard to the 15 shillings
that was due to him, and as the even
ing was getting on lie thought he
would go and make an inquiry at the
box office. Ills suspicions were veri
fied. The clerk had sent In the money
by a eoinnilsslonnalre. The commission
ii,lire was called from the door and on
seeing my friend at once realized that
be had given the money to flic wrong
man. lie promptly went back to the
theater, my friend following to see the
fun. The couunlsslominlrewent straight
to tlu> party to whom lie hud handed
tlie money and said. "'Ere. you've got
15 shillings that don't belong to you."
The other replied in an unconcerned
way, "Oh, yes!" took the money out of
his pocket and returned It to the com
nilsslonnalre. "He showed no trace of
embarrassment," says my friend. "He
banded back the money, as he had
pocketed it. without turning a hair."
I always like to think the best of peo
ple, and possibly this Individual, being
a stranger to music halls, was under
the Impression that It Is the practice of
the proprietors of such establishments
to send a commissionuatre around from
time to time to distribute cash bonuses
among the audience.—London Truth.
PECULIAR NAMES.
Tlie Queer XVny Ten Million Children
Were llenlgiiated.
"In a long experience In the treasury
department I have come ncross a very
large number of names, many of which
are rather peculiar," explained an old
official, "but I think the list of names
In connection with the subscription to
the 3 per cent bonds surpasses any
thing In Ihe way of peculiarity that 1
have ever observed. Of these the one
that struck me most was a man who
signed himself Ten Million and who re
sides out in Oregon. We thought the
name was an imaginative one and
wrote the man that It was desired that
the bonds should be registered In real
names only aud that no further atten
tion would lie paid to Ills subscription
until he was beard from. lie replied
that Ids name was Ten Million. Ills
letter was written on the printed letter
head of tlie firm of Million & Million,
two brothers.
"Then followed an explanation that
Ills father and mother were unable to
select natnes for their children that
were mutually satisfactory and that as
a result, though tlicy had had ten chil
dren. none or them was ever christened
formally. The first child was a girl,
and she was known only as One Mil
lion. The second child, also a girl, was
known as Two Million. Tims they ran
along until Ten Million was reached,
and he was the writer of the letter, the
oilier member of the firm being n
brother whose only name, as far as the
family was concerned, was Seven Mil
lion. the seventh child. He added that
One Million had afterward called her
self Una Million, that the third girl was
known nfter she had grown up as Trio
Million. Tlie others had taken on addi
tions to their names, and he had adopt
ed the name of Tenia Million, hut his
real name was Ten Million and nothing
else. The bonds were Issued to hint
and on the books of the department
were registered In the name of Ten
Million."—Washington Star.
When Mnleliea Were Intrndnecd.
The Atlas, a Loudon newspaper, pub
lished on Jan. 10, 1830, the following
paragraph under the head of "Instan
taneous Light: "Amoug the different
methods Invented for obtaining light
instantaneously ought certainly to he
recorded that of Mr. Walker, chemist,
Stockton-on-Tees. lie supplies the pur
chaser with prepared mutches, which
are put Into boxes, but are not liable
to change in the atmosphere, and also
with a piece of fine glass paper folded
in two. Even n strong blow will not
inflame the matches, because of the
softness of the wood underneath, nor
does rubbing upon wood or any com
mon substance produce any effect ex
cept that of spoiling tlie match. But
when one is pinched between the folds
of the glass paper and suddenly drawn
out it is instantly inflamed. Mr. Walk
er does not make them for extensive
sale, but only to supply the small de
maud In his own neighborhood."—New
castle (England) Chronicle.
Her Version of It.
A young girl In a class preparing for
admission Into tlie church was asked
by the pastor how she ought to obey
the fifth commandment, to honor her
father aud mother. She answered
promptly. "1 ought to take them out
for walks on Sundays, and I ought not
to let them see how much more I know
than they do." She expressed an opin
ion probably quite current among
young people concerning the prepon
derance of knowledge in the rising gen
eration.— Congregatlonalißt.
TIRED OE THE TRIP.
SO HE GOT OUT OF THE BALLOON
BY THE JUMP ROUTE.
And Then When lie Told the Ellß
llaliineii He Met Whnt He llnd Hone
They Conalderutely Carried 111 m
OB to an Innnne Aaylnm.
"I went up in a balloon once, and I
never want to make such a trip again,"
said Colonel A. Noel Blnkeman. "My
experience as an aeronaut was in Lon
don," lie continued, "and it would
never have occurred but for a friend I
chanced to meet there. He was going
to make an nscent, and he persuaded
me to accompany him.
"The balloon was a feature of some
big exhibition, and every day it was
inflated and made an ascent, with four
or five passengers, in charge of an ex
perienced aeronaut. There were about
fire in the party the day 1 took the trip.
We got Into the basket, which was
boxed in quite high, then let the rope
go, and we shot up about 3,000 feet. It
was interesting to look down on the
world and hear the noises of London
streets coming from so far below. The
balloon sailed along smoothly, and we
drifted for about eight miles.
"It was when we tried to descend
that the trouble began, The method
was to throw out anchors as the bal
loon settled toward the earth. The
aeronaut said that when one of these
anchors caught firmly he would haul
the balloon down to the tree in which
the anchor was expected to become
fastened. This would be done by wind
ing in the rope on a winch in tlie car.
Ve would be expected to climb out of
the balloon into the tree, he said, and
he would then take hold of the valve
rope and, standing a safe distance
away, open the valve, let the gas es
cape, and the big afTair would collapse
and sink. lie informed us that we
must get clear of the sinking folds, as
they would come down fast, and if
they caught and covered us we would
be in an atmosphere of most poisonous
gas.
"All this was very interesting, but
we did not seem to be making very
much progress toward the point where
we would have to look out for the de
scending folds of tho collapsing bal
loon. The anchors caught in a whole
lot o< trees, but they did not hold. One
would get tangled in a tree, and then
the balloon would sway far over, tilt
ing the basket in which we were until
it seemed that we would be spilled out.
Then the anchor would break loose,
and we would shoot up again.
"I became very tired of tills and told
the aeronaut that 1 thought it was time
to bring the voyage to a conclusion.
He told tue if I did not like it I could
Jump out. At first I thought lie was
simply resentful of my remark, but he
said lie meant what lie said.
"'When the car tilts over again, you
climb out 011 the edge,' lie said, 'and let
go. It will probably be a plowed field
undertienth us, and you won't get hurt.'
"Well, 1 did as he suggested. When
the anchor caught again, 1 climbed out
and hung to the edge of the car. When
I saw that the car was as low as It was
likely to get. 1 let go. I dropped about
12 feet, and, as he expected, a plowed
field was below us.
"As soon as I dropped out the bal
loon. relieved of my weight, shot up in
the air again and soared off. I walked
to the nearest road ami continued along
it until 1 came to an inn.
"1 asked the laudlord how far It was
to (.nation, and lie told me It was eight
miles. I ordered n carriage to take mo
there, and while I was waiting the
landlord asked me where I had eonio
f"oni.
*'l took hint to the door of the Inn,
and. pointing to the balloon, which was
then sailing along about a quarter of a
mile above the ground, 1 said, '1 jump
ed out of that."
"The man looked at me in alarmed
fashion, and after I had returned to the
silting room I noticed that several peo
ple peered through the window at me.
"Finally my four wheeler was ready,
anil I set off for I.nndon. After we bad
driven along for half an hour or so the
coachman suddenly turned the horse in
through a gate, and we drove into a big
courtyard. I yelled to him and asked
him what he meant, that 1 wanted to
go straight to London, but he paid no
attention and slowly circled the court.
When he stopped on the other side, a
man wearing glasses stuck his head In
the carriage, scrutinizing me closely,
pulled back, said something to the
coachman, and we drove on to London.
"Finally we reached my lodgings,
and when we did so the coachman
jumped off the hox, ran up the steps <
and as soon ns Ids knock was answered
asked if Mr. Illakeman lived there.
The ntald was just answering that I
did when I reached the top of the steps
and collared the fellow.
" 'What was that place you drove me
Into on our way to IgjndonV' 1 asked
him.
" 'lt was a hlnsane hasylum. sir,' he
replied. 'When you said you had Jump
ed out o' that balloon, we thought you
was crazy and maybe you was a es
caped patient from the hasylum.'
Washington Post.
Realised Ills Own Madness.
"Now you are tired of me and abuse
nie," sobbed the young wife whose hus
band refused to hire another ntnld to
take care of her pet dog. "Yet," she
continued, "not two years ago you
tvere just crazy lo marry me."
"Yes," answered the complacent man
brute; "my friends told me so at the
time, but I didn't realize It imUl after
we were married."—Kansas City Star.
It Is said that some early Chinese
coins were made In the form of keys,
probably because money unlocks the
heart of the high official. Atlanta
News.