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[JT OUT OF THE BALLOON
" the JUMP ROUTE.
V. He Told the r.iiB-
Met What lie Hud Hone
toasMerutely CWrljd tmtiu
iu:ie AeFlnau
u ,, m a bn lloon once. and I
|nt to make such o trip again.'’
A. Noel Blakeman. "My
L, nP no aeronaut was in Lou-
c*itiulied, "and It would
e occurred but for a friend I
|to meet there. He was going
I «a ascent. and be persuaded
•otupany him.
Lllcon was a feature of bo me
■hition. aud every day It was
tnd made an ascent, with four
fcsseujtere. lu charge of nu ex-
aeroTiaut. There Were about
L party the day I took the trip.
] into the hasket. Which was
quite high, then let the rope
■ shot up about 3,000 feet It
Lrestlng to look down on the
r j hear the noises of London
tting from'so far below. The
Lahad along smoothly, and we
fir about eight miles.
s —vr. we tried to descend
trouble began. The method
Itlisovr cut anchors os the bol-
ili-l toward the earth. The
aid mat when one of these
[ caught firmly he would haul
flown to 'he tree lu which,
■hor war expected to become
V This would be done by wind-
}, e rope on a winch In the ear.
|ld be expected to climb out of
into the tree, he said, and
Id then take hold of the valve
Id. standing a safe distance
Ipen the valve, let the gas es-
lii the big affair would collapse
Ik. He Informed us that we
|t clear of the sinking folds, us
bold come down fast, and if
light an I covered us we would
i atmosphere of most poisonous
his was very Interesting, but
uot seem to be making very
ogress toward the point "Where
Id have to look out for the de
folds of ihe collapsing bai
lie anchors caught In a whole
os. but they did uot hold. One
et tangled lu a tree, ntid then
loon iv.: I way far over, tilt-
basket ia which we were until
:1 that v.e would Ik* spilled out.
|lie and a- would break loose,
would shoot up again.
-ame very tired of this and told
iiiaut that 1 thought it was time
ig the voyage to a conclusion.
me If 1 did not like It I could
mt. At first I thought he was
resentful of my remark, but he
meant what he said,
en the car tilts over again, you
lit on the edge.’ he said, "and let
will probat-ly be a plowed field
■ath ns. and you won't get hurt.’
. 1 did as he suggested. Wlie.n
bor caught again. 1 climbed out
:ig to the edge of the car. When
but the car was us low as It was
o get. I let go. i dropped about
|. and. us he expected, a plowed
below us.
won as i dropped out the hal-
■lieved of tn.v weight, shot up In
again and %jared off. 1 walked
leafest rend nud continued along
1 came to an inn.
ked tb. landlord how far It was
dot:, ltiii lie dd me It was eight
I ordered ••• carriage to take file
bbd ' 'lb was waiting the
tl asked me where I had come
>ots him to the door of the Inn.
tinting to the balloon, which was
oiling along about a quarter of a
Dove the ground, 1 said, ‘1 jurnp-
of that.’
man looked at me lu alarmed
i. and after 1 had returned to the
room 1 noticed that several pro-
fed through the window at me.
"Hy my tour wheeler was ready,
hw otf for London. After we had
along for half aa hour or so the
■an suddenly turned the horse In
II a gate, and we drove Into a big
ard. | yelled to him and askrd
hat be meant, that 1 wanted to
Igbt to London, but he paid no
°h and slowly circled the court,
he stopped on the other side, a
raring glasses stuck his head In
triage, scrutinizing me closely,
hack, said somubiug to the
3MI1, and v.v drove on to London,
'ally we reached my lodgings,
'ben vre did so the coaclicnau
, iff the box. ran up the steps
tcon us his'knock was answered
lf Mr. Hlakeman Jived Vhere.
■mid was Just answering that 1
"'n I reached the top of the steps
Hared t*:„ fellow.
hat was that place yon drove me
a oor way to London 7 I asked
, w f 9 . a hinsane hasylnm, eir.’ be-
' heu you said you had Jump-
„ 0 that balloon, we thought you
b-zy nod maybe you was a es-
patient from the basylum.’”—
Hbgtoa Post
f r9 ‘ d'en of stamps Is In the
ct tl. • old Bishop S.vneslus of
f Greek coast of Africa,
Ws after the Christian era.
STANDARD TIME.
& Table of the Hoar Reckoning* of
All Nations,
The difficulty of appreciating the dif
ference in time that prevails between
different countries Is very general, aud
the following list Is printed tor the pur
pose of a ready reference guide by
which to calculate the time of any oc
currence in another country. All na
tions except Spain. Portugal and Rus
sia calculate tlielr time from the meri
dian of Greenwich, accepting ns stand
ard some even hour meridian east or
west of Greenwich. For instance:
Western Karo pern time, or that of
the meridian of Greenwich. Is legal In
England. Belgium. Holland and Lux
emburg.
Cent nil European time, or one hour
east of Greenwich, Is legal In Germany,
Austria-Hungary, Bosnia and Herzego
vina. the Kongo Free State. Denmark,
Italy. Servln, Sweden. Norway aud
Switzerland.
Eastern European time, or two hours
east of Greenwich. Is adopted by Bul
garia. Roumanla, Natal and Turkey lu
Europe.
Eight hours east of Greenwich ap
plies to the Philippines.
Nine hours enst or Greenwich Is
adopted by centra' Australia aud Ja
pan.
Ten hours enst of Greenwich Is offi
cial In Victoria, Queensland and Tas
mania.
Eleven and a half hours east has
been adopted by New Zealand.
The United States, Canada and Mexi
co have adopted the fifth, sixth, sev
enth and eighth hours west of Green
wich.
The Hawaiian Islands adopt the me
ridian of lOVj hours west.
In Spain the meridian of Madrid. 14
minutes 43 seconds west of Green
wich. is legal; In Portugal, thnt of Lis
bon, or 3(1 minutes 31) seconds west,
and in Russia, that of St. Petersburg,
or 2 hours. 1 minute anil 13 seconds
east of Greenwich.—Detroit Free Press-
Two Anecdotes of Colonel tnsrersoll..
Senators Morrill. Voorliees uud Gor
man were conversing together outside
the seuate chamber. Colonel Ingersoll
chanced to pass by. Mr. Voorliees
greeted him and said: “We are discuss
ing the meaning of improbable.’ What
Is your definition of the word If"
Promptly Colonel Ingersoll replied. "It
Is a negro going In nn opposite direc
tion from a brass band.”
Colonel Ingersoll was a temperate
man, but not a teetotaler. One day
Mrs. .lames G. Blaine was passing
through Fifteenth street opposite the
treasury department, when out from a
liquid refreshment saloon came Colonel
Ingersoll nud a friend. “My dear colo
nel," said she. “yon would not be seen
coming out of such a place, would
you')” "My dear inndatn,’’ reptled he,
“would you expect me to stay there all
the time?”—Washington Times.
WITHOUT TURNING A HAIR.
A Londoner Calmly Returned Slone/
Liven tit Itliu by Mimaki!,
A gentleman bf my acquaintance had
a curious experience of manners and
customs or modern England a few
nights ago at Ihe I heater, tie had
taken four stalls, but at the lust nto-
hieut found two of ins party unable to
come. Ott Ills arrival ot the theater he
left the two spare tickets at the has of
fice. the clerk promising to sell them lf
he could aud Solid the cash to him
when they Were sold. He took his
place and soon afterword was gratified
to see Ills two surplus seats 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 eoficosslonualre entered,
passed down the row of seats and ad
dressed one of the two newcomers. My
friend noticed that the cotntnlssiommlre
passed something to one of the gentle
men. who put It Into bla pocket with
out a Word.
A sense of uneaslhess stole over my
friend with regard to the 15 shillings
that was due to him, nhd os the even
ing was getting on he thought he
would go and make an inquiry At the
box office. His suspicions were veri
fied, The clerk had sent In the money
by a cotmnlsslonnalre. The commission-
nalre was called from the door and on
seeing my friend at once realised that
he had given the money to the wrong
man. He promptly went hack to the
theater, my friend following to see the
fun. The eommlsslonunlre went straight
to the pnrty to whom he.had handed
the mouey und 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 aud returned It to the eom-
uilsslonnulre. "He showed no trace of
embarrassment." says my friend. “He
handed hack the mouey. ns be bad
pocketed It. without turning a hair.”
1 always like to think the best of peo
ple. and possibly this Individual, being
a stranger to music balls, was under
the Impression that It Is the practice of
the proprietors of such establishments
to send a coramlsslonnalre around from
time to time to distribute cash bonuses
among the audience.—Loudon Truth.
“A few months ago, food which I
ate for breakfast would not remain
on my stomach for half an hour, I
used one bottle of your Ivodol Dys
pepsia Cure and can now eat my
breakfast and other meats with a
relish and my food is thoroughly di
gested. Notning equals Kodol Dps-
pepsta Cure for stomach troubles’ H.
t>. Pitts, Arlington Tex. Kodol Dys
pepsia Cure digests what you eat.
K. L. Hicks.
Helping film.
Mr. P.ackwutd-Well- er—yes. since
you ask me. I was thinking of consult
ing it fortune teller.
Miss Coy—To find out whom yon will
marry, eh?
Mr. Backward—Wby-er—yes. 1—
Miss Coy—Why not ask me and save
the fortune teller’s foe toward the price
of the ring?—Philadelphia Press.
An Order Contd De Filled.
Customer (In Boston restaurant)—
Walter, have you uuy Tried eels?
Walter—We have eels, sir. and they
are susceptible of being fried.—Les
lie's Weekly.
Dyspeptics cannot be long lived
bectmse to live requires nourishment.
Food is not oWr’,shming until it si
digested. A disordered stomach can
not digpst food, it mast have assis
tance. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure di
gents all kinds of food without aid
from the stomach, allowing it to
rest and regain its natural functions.
Its elements are exactly the same as
the natural digestive fluids and its
■simply can’t help but do you good.
! R. L. Ricks.
i ■ • —
j ne— toil women nave such a rldieu-
| lqus habit of screaming “Ob!” on every
occasion.
I She—And you men have such a ridic
ulous habit of saying “I” on every oc
casion.—Indinuapolis Press.
PECULIAR NAMES.
The Queer War Ten Million Children
Were Dealitnuted,
“In a long experience In the treasury
department 1 have conm across a very
large number of name*, many of which
are rather peculiar." explained ah old
official, “but l think the list of names
lu connection with the subscription to
the 3 per cent bonds surpasses any
thing :u the way of peculiarity that 1
have ever observed. Of these the one
that struck tne most was a man who
signed himself Ten Million and who re
sides out in Oregon. We thought the
name was an Imaginative oue and
wrote the man tbut It whs desired thnt
the bonds should be registered In real
names only and that no further arten
tion would tie paid to bla subscription
until he was beard from He replied
that his name was Ton Million, His
letter was written on the printed letter
head of the firm ot Million & Million,
two brothers.
“Then followed an explanation that
his father and mother were unable to
select names for tbelr children that
wore mutually satisfactory aud that ns
a result, though they had had ten cbll
dren, none of them was ever christened
formally. The first child was a girl,
and she was known only as Ohe Mil
lion The second child, also a girl, was
known cs Two Million. Thus they ran
along until Ten Million was reached,
and he was the writer of the letter, the
other member of the firm being a
brother whose only name, as far as the
family was concerned, was Keren Mil
lion, the seventh child. He added thnt
One Million had afterward called her
self Una Million, that the third girl was
known ufter she had grown up as Trio
Million. The others bad tnken on addi
tions to tlielr names, uud he bad adopt
ed the name of Teuls Million, but bis
real name was Ten Million and uorblng
else. The bonds were Issued to him
and on the books of the department
were registered In the name of Ten
Million.”—Washington Star.
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Can be properly run without being
Advertised,
The Atlas, a London newspaper, pub
lished on Jan. 10, 1830. the following
paragraph uudur the head or "lristaUr
taneous Light; “Among the different
methods Invented for obtaining light
Instantaneously ought certainly to ba
recorded that of Mr. Walker, chemist;
8toekton-on-Tec8. He supplies the pur,
chaser with prepared matches, which
are put Into boxes, but ore not liable
to change In the atmosphere, and also
wlUi a piece of fine glass paper folded
In two. Even a strong blow will not
Inflame the matches, because ot tho
softness of the wood underneath, dot
does rubbing upon wood or auy com
mon substance produce auy effect ex«
cept that of spoiling the match. But
Lost Opportunity. | when one Is pinched between the folds
“And you didn’t hear of U?’ Inquired ot tbe g| ags paper and' suddenly drawn
Mrs. Gabble. ^ I out It Is Instantly Inflamed. Mr. Walk-
“Not one word.” ! er does not make them for exteush
“Why. I’ve known It for a week, so I but ou |y t0 8U pp]y rlje' smalt do
supposed everybody beard of It. —Pull* maD( ] In his own neighborhood/’—New-
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people and is read through, if bar
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