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dropping from a balloon.
A. Canadian Aeronant Describes the Sensa*
tions of His First Effort.
Professor Pierre Lo Londe, the
famous Canadian aeronaut of Mont
real, is perhaps the most daring
balloonist of his time, if Sam Raid
van of this city, who introduced the
parachute in 1875, is excepted.
“I have boon 18 years in the busi
ness,” said Professor Lo Londe,
'‘having made my initial ascension
and parachute dosceut when a boy
of 17 at Wausoon, 0., under the di
rection of Professor Brady of Cleve
land. The district fair was in full
blast, and at the appointed hour of
ascension thousands of visitors to
the exhibition congregated. Tho
regular aeronaut’s heart failed him
when the monster balloon was
bounding about inflated for tho trip.
I was summoned and promised $35
and anew suit of clothes if I would
mako the drop. Thinking only of
the reward on my descent, I con
sented.
“A moment after I was securely
fastened to the trapezo ring and
loop. I hoard the manager call out,
‘Everybody let go!’ and in less time
than it takes to tell it I was soaring
far above tho crowd. At the first
bound tho guy ropes loosoned and
the people rushed back liko cattle.
My first sensation was dizziness, the
earth seemed receding from me and
the cheering and. huzzas of the spec
tators resembled tho swarming of
bees.
“Up I soared, tbo largo fields be
neath me appearing no larger than
the palm of the hand, the city like
planks laid side by side, large for
ests appeared like clusters of grape
„ vines and tbo river beneath like a
silver tube. Tbo earth did not ap
pear spherical, but seemed more
liko a basin.
“Presently all was fog and my
clothes wero soon soaking wot. Then
came sunshine, and, remembering
my instructions, I reached for tho
cutaway lino. I shut my eyes, closed
my mouth and jerked the lino.
Thoro was no response. I took a
deep breath and tugged again. Still
no result. Again (using both hands
this time) I grasped the life cord,
and, eh—that moment I shall never
forget! I was flying with lightning
speed downward through midair,
my eyes closed and head reeling.
“Then came a pause in the mad
race—a terrible jerk, so sudden was
tho chock of speed. My trusty shoot
had opened. I felt I had anew lease
on life, and looked beneath to pick
my descent. Swaying to and fro, I
alighted in a corn patch three miles
from the city, none the worse for
journey, and surrounded by
thousands of tho curious people who
had paid 50 cents expeoting to see
a man killed.
“This was back in the seventies,
when an aeronaut often received
S4OO a drop, and when parachute air
kings wero in the acme of glory.
Thera is no longer so sensational a
' demand.”
Professor Le Londe could tell
many more interesting balloon ex
periences. During liis daring aero
nautical career ho has made 400 as
pensions, tho avorago height attain
ed being about 4,000 foot, —San Fran
cisco Examiner.
Habitually Forgot to Wind Hi3 Watch.
Among the absentminded nota
bles whose memories furnish a fund
for the story tellers is recalled the
lato Jame3 S. Wiley, for many years
a distinguished lawyer in Piscata
quis county, and once a member of
congress from the Fourth district,
yytio used to have much trouble with
his watch. It had a habit of stop
ping several times a week, and in
every caso it had run down. His
dealer would wind it and suggest to
Mr. Wiley that the next time it
Stopped he should adopt that simple
method of starting it. But in a few
days Mr. Wiley would appear again
with that timepiece silent, and be
fore ho had tried to set it in motion
by winding it. And it is related that
he would ho just as surprised as if
the same thing had never before oc
curred when shown that a limp
spring was responsible for all the
trouble. Wehavo no doubtthe story
is true, for we have known of equal
ly incredible lapses—such as that of
the Maine professor who got into
his bathtub with his clothes on.—
Lewiston Journal.
Might Be Either.
“ Junkloy has gotten some queer
ideas since he went into public life, ”
gaid ono friend,
‘ I hadn’t noticed the fact."
“Yes. He said the other day that
ho didn’t care what the newspapers
said about him so long as it wasn’t
nothing.”
“That sounds a little twisted.”
“It did tome. I can’t makeup
my mind whether he is a bad gram
marian or a good advertiser.”—
Washington Star.
It May Be.
Lawyer (a few years hence) —Make
your mind easy. The jury will dis
agree.
Prisoner—Sure?
Lawyer—l know it. Two of the
members are man and wife. —Pear-
Boa'a Weekly, .
~ INDIAN PLEASANTRIES.
How a Single Fiegftu Passed For Seventy
anti a Ree Fooled a Trader,
“A member of the Canadian
| mounted police, Lieutenant McDon
ough, told me,” said Captain Par
! tello, at the Officers’ club, “the fol
( lowing incident of a band of Crees
| and a solitary Piegan Indian, which
is novel and interesting. It occurred
: about 100 miles from Fort Walsh.
A band of Cree Indians woke up one
j snowy morning to find that about
; one dozen of their choicest ponies
had been run oil during tlio night.
Pursuit wa3 soon organized, and
; within a few hours a fresh trail was
found in the snow. After following
tho trail some 30 miles it entered a
river bottom and headed for a wood
j ed island in the middle of the river.
“Smoke was seen rising from tho
trees, and an opening, whioh seem
ed to be the mouth of a cave, appear
ed In plain view. Presently a single
Indian, a Piegan, showed up in front
of the opening. He was in war
paint, and there was a dog at his
heels. Pretty soon the dog scented
tho Crees and began growling and
barking. Tho Piegan looked up,
glanced a moment about him and
then instantly entered tho cave. In
about ten seconds another Piegan
! came around the rocks and also
J went in, then another and another
and another, thoro being but a few
seconds between them. The Crees
lay silently in the bushes, watching
and counting, until upward of 50
Piegans had como around the rocks
and gone into the oavo, and still
they kept coming. What seemed re
markable was tbo fact that all these
Indians were, to all appearances, ex
actly tho same sizo, were dressed
and painted alike, each carried a ri
fle, and, most remarkable, each
seemed a little lame in the left foot,
limping slightly.
“They were a gaudy crowd, and
the Creos oounted 70 of them. The
superstitions Crees naturally con
cluded that the evil spirit had some
thing to do with it, for there was
no doubt that there were 70 Piegan
Indians on tho island who were ex
actly alike.
“So thoroughly were they filled
with the idea that the devil was
mixed up with the mystery that
even when the re-enforcements ar
rived, which was in a few hours,
they were reluctant to attack tho is
land. That night one Cree, less su
perstitious than tho rest, crossed
over the ice to investigate. On ap
proaching tho supposed cave he was
surprised to find it was no cave at
all, hut simply an opening leading
some ten feet into the rock, where
it made a turn and oamo out on tho
other side. It required hut a glance
to understand what had seemed so
mysterious before. There was but
the remnant of a single campfire,
the ponies wero gone, and not an
Indian was in sight. Tbo apparent
presonce of 69 other warriors was a
sharp trick on the part of tho Pio
gan warrior to deceive his enemies
and gain time for his escape, which
he accomplished in good shape.
“While it is true that most rod
men are ridiculously superstitious,
and others again so stolid and indif
ferent that you might enter their
presence with a brass band, throw
handsprings boforo them, smile,
weep, have convulsions or do some
other outrageous thing and yet they
will sit and look at you with a cold,
reserved glance and disinterested
eye, still there are more who have
the hump of humor pretty well de
veloped and are in'.ens wags in
their own way. Tho t dor at Fort
Borthold, on tho uppe • Missouri,
caught a Tartar one day.
A Bee Indian had given him con
siderable annoyance by hanging
around the store in a half drunken
condition, and was told that in oaso
he was seen again with a bottle it
would be taken away from him and
thrown into the fire. A few days
afterward the Indian appeared with
a pint flask in his blanket, as usual.
The trader was as good as bis word,
nud demanded the bottle, which was
given up without a word of protest,
and then the redskin started for tho
door. Tbo trader threw the flask in
to the stove, when, bang! went tho
stovo and out came tho windows,
tho trader following. Had he stop
ped to investigate heforo throwing,
ho would have found the flask con
tained gunpowder, not whisky.—
Buffalo Express.
Her Stylo.
Tho editor- of The New Woman
eras buying tho mechanical outfit
for her publication, the first number
of which was to be issued in about
three weeks.
“Y’ou wish to get an entire dress
for tho paper?” said tho typefound
er.
“Yes, sir.”
“Have you any preference as to,
the stylo?” he inquired.
“Yes, sir,” promptly replied the
editor. “I don’t want anything de
collete.”—Chicago Tribune.
Tho Letter of the Agreement.
Wife—This is cruel! And you told
mo I need never worry about your
coining homo late at night!
Husband—This isn’t late at night,
in’ dear; it’s early in the morning.
—Boston Transcript.
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JEWELERS
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when People briug the money.
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Dry ®oods, & Groceries
Boots and Haloes,
Ladles and Gents HATS!
Hardware, Tinware and Crockery, Saddles and Harness, Trunks
and Furniture of all kinds. I als keep a stock of
Coffins and Fine Gaskets
I can sell you a TOWN*LOT*or a FARM—My Mill grinds
every Friday, and if necessary on Saturday.
B. PETERSON,
DOUGLAS GEORGIA
M Harflwars cupy
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