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^fRsn wf^^^sB^Km ^ssssmmBBsmm I f. THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. iBttmttng Items About Our Own Coaatry, areat BrlUin, the Unlttd SUtea, and All Part* of tba aioiw, CoBden«c4 and Auortcd for Ea»y Reading. CANADA. Seeding operations have been started in Manitoba, but they aru nut general. The Hteamer Lake Superior brought 140 English tarmeis bound for Manif- toba. Lizzie Greifenbahn, a teneyear-old gu-l, wiifi killed at Guielph by a falling waJl. Two Ottawa tohacconista were fined «n Mond)ay for selling cigarettes to mi* nors. Engineer Eemp of the Winnipeg waterworks wiae killed by falling into the big flywheel. Two men were arrested at Hamilton in the act of robliing Mx. Jcuues Beatty ei that city. A Point St. Charles woman made sev- eral attem^>t» to druovn her twos-year- oJil liaby girl, but was frustrated each tune. Debentures foff new Western Fair buiM-'igH. amountioff to 125,000. have beeo a.uthorized by tne City Council of Londun. 'ITioinxus Taylor, oD« of the huuMhohl «vf the GovemoriGeneral at Otwwa, waa accidentally shot on Satunlay,and died in a short time. Col. Lake, of Ottawa, will visit Eng» land in May to suiiervise the supplies of urtus and liatleries recently voted by the Dominion Giivemnuent. On Saturday Jtr. Justice Rolwrtsou aejitencail Mi«. Bell at Ottawa to life imprisonmt^t for murderous cruelty to her two gnindchiidron. The St. George's .Society of Hamil- ton 'has accepted the prupiwiiim of Col. DavKteoo of the 48th Highlanders to visit that city on May 24th. Grand President O. K. Fraser of the. Catholic Mutual Benefit Aaaocia^ lion has iaBae<l a circular asking the memljers to exclude politics from the orgunization. A convipntion of tie Board of Trade of Quebec, meeting Ln Montreal, pa<s- ed n'Bolatiuns lavoring preferential duties throug'hout the empire, but ol* IKJsing Imperial federation. Mr. E. H. King, formerly gieneral majiager for some years president of the Bank of Montreal, died at Monte Carlo on Tutasday night, where he bad gone m search of health. A large depuution of Monlrealers in- terviewed the Government at Ottawa on Saturday, and a^ked for a grant of 9&O0,00O to as.sist in holding a great mtematioDal exhibition in that city. News amitfi from Winnipeg of the killinK by 1u<Ij<ui8 near Trout Lake of one of their iiumbekr. who was sick anil acted strangely undeir th- l«liel thai he was a "wehligo," or uuui- ealer. The Mayor of Vancouver has receiv- ed a letter from Toronto pro|Hising to open a home at Vancouver to which a portion of the i>arplus feiuile popular tu>n of Ontario may be aunt fur dia- Uibution in the districts of the North'- Wesi. where there is a demand for wives. General Superintendent Whvto, of the lanadian Fa<;ific Hailwav, left Winni- peg for Kurt William on Wediie«lay to «uperinteod final .-rraii^iuenls now U.'in<j miuh: for the opening of naviga- tion previous to the shipment of about four million bushels of grain by the luki- route east. Tb.; new loan of the citv of Montreal bought by the Baiiik of Montreal, is In fort.v-year four per cent, slock, and the pun-haae prii* is one huudreil and five pounds one shilling sterling for every buDdred pounds of stock, the most sat- isfai-lory tejms ever obtained by any Canadian city. It is proposed in London to erect a monument to the memory of G.A. Sala and to oi&ke a pecuniary provision for his widow. Israel Gollancz, a learned voun^ ,Jew. has bwn appointed to the new letture- 8hi(i of English literature in Cambridire University. The burial of I^a<ly Mouutstephen t<x)k place in Lemsford Cburchyard, adjoining Brocket Hall, Lord Mount- Stephen's Herfordsbire seat. GREAT BRITAIN. It is expected that Sir Redvers Buller will be sevnt to B^ypt in June. It is n"iiorte<l that ten thousand Bri- tiMh troops will be 8e.nt to the Soudan in the 'Lutumn. Mr. James Payn, the novelist, baa re- tirwl from the editorship of the famous Cornhill Magazine. Lor<l rjufferin, the British Amlwssa- dor to Paris, will retire from diploma- tic life about the middle of July. Major -GeJieral Sir Frederick Car- riiigton h;u4 been af^Hiinted couimander- m-chief of the Mataijcle campaign. It is not ©xpec<tcd that the bill pro- hibiting the importation of live cattle into Britain will be iKissed this year. There have been 201 fresh oases of smallpox at Gloucester, England, mak- ing a totaJ of 6,302 since the epidemic broke out. The ten thousand British troops that will be sent to the Soudan in the autumn will include three tattaliona of the Household troops. Out of respect for the memory u- i tiorxl Leightou, the council of the Roy- I al Academy has decided not to bold 'a I iKuiquet this year. It is rumoured ir Aldershot camp that ' the Ninth Lancers have been or<lered to get ready (x> .start for E^ypt to take I part in the Sou<lan campai]m. Sir Chiixles Rivers Wilaon, president of the Grand Trunk railway, will sail for America on the 25th insl. He will make a tour of insijcctiou ovei' the r'^id. A beautiful window will shortly be de- dicated in St. George's cathedral. South- wark, to the memory of Mr. Oxenford, the I/utdon Times' dramatic critic of i many yejirs ago. The remarkable expaii^iion of the Anglo-Canadian trade is shown by the impogrts from Canada into Great Brit- ain, which increased by seventy-one per cent, during March, and by ninety per cent, during 'Jie first quarter of the year. Tlie cxvotUi to Canada increa^aed seven ptv cent, during March, and twelve per cent, for the three months. UNITED STATES. President Cleveland has offered his servicea as mediator between Spain and Cuba. The Lexow Greater New "Vork bill has passed the New York State Senate by 34 to 14. Karl Matbias. of Toledo, Ohio, claims to have discovered the Egyptian process of mummificatiou. The United States Senate in Execu- tive .session on Thursday ratified the Behring Sea arbitration treaty. Four life-saving stations, on Lake Ontario, situated at Fort Niagara. Charlotte, Big Sands, and Oswego, were openeci Thursday. The elwtro-lherapeutist and the Imic- teriologist of Bennett Medical College, Chicago, claim that by the application nf the Rontgen rays epidemics of all kinds will lie impossible in the future. Inspector Fitzpatrick of the Chicago police, does not believe Holmes commit- ted twenty-seven murders. Some of those whom be said he killed are alive. He prolwbly murdered ten persons. George G. Jacoby and Moritz Nicho- als, wholesale liquor de:ilers, of Minnea- polis, Minn., have been arrested, charg- ed with counterfeiting the labels of Hi- ram Walker's Club whiskey. The old Pennsylvania Railwav depot in Philadelphia was burned, with the c«u--8heds .Tnd a numlier of passenger cixiches. Two firemen were killed by falling walla and a numbej- of men in- jiued. The United States Senate has at last ratified the treaty with Great Britain providing fcr the appointment of !i comnii-^iou to assess dam.-iges fcr the seizures of Canadian aeijers in Bering Sea. GENERAL. Spaniards and Cubans have begun killing their prison«^rs of war Egyptian troops and frU-ndly Arabs have deieated the forces of Osman Digna. An official denial has l>een published in St. Petersljurg of the alleged Rua-u- Chinese secret treaty. The Ameer of Afghanisian has order- ed suppyl of bicycles for the women of his harem. It is reported that Emperor William has accepteKt an invitation to visit the tiueen at Osborne in August. A despatch from Cairo says that sev- eral men of the Staffordshire Regiment, now at Wady-iHalfa. are invalided by The prefect of Police in Paris has de- cidtMl thit in unintirri.'d woman thirty yrars of age is an old maid. A largo luajoritv of the Volksraad will oppose lh«; visit of President Kru- ger of the rransvaal to London. It is amiouuoed that Evince Ferdin- and of Bulgaria will shortly visit Ber- lin as the guet«t of the Emperor. A despatch from Venice say;! that Em- lieror William and King IluoiUTt have decided to prolong the I>reibund until IvOm. Ihe Iraiwrial crown and regalia were removed from St. Petersburg ol Moscow on Wcdjitaday to W ready for the ap- proiu'bing coronation. Rejjorls are in circulation that the condition of the Czajewitch. who is vis- iting Nice for the lienefit of hiit health, has iN-couie seriously worse. Il is lb ught thit Ihi- r.oenl fatal duel Iwtwien Count vou Kotze and Baron von SchradL>r will rt-ault in the pasoage of Mtringont anti-duel laws. Prince Ferdinand of Bulguxia has ar- rive<l in St. I'olersburg from Constan- tinople. The Czaj gave a I anquet in his honor at the Winter PaUut:. The hiuiaiion in South Afriivj is very serious, ami it ie f«'ured Lba! I'uluwayo may U- csipiured by Lb.- Ala..iiH;les be- fore reinForcement can reach that place. A mounted British force had a brush with th<> Mauilieles near Buluwayo, killing lifty of tiie ejiumy and driving thom I lack with only one trooper wounded. The recent defeat of the dervitthes in the vicinity ol Siuikim bus had a very salutary effect u|xm the trilx's who were vvavering Ixtweeii supporting the Kha- lifa and ih»' British power, the extreme heat and the hard marcb- ^ Li-Uung -Chang, the distinguished Chinew siaie.sman, baa arrived at Cey- lon, on bis way to Moscow, whur« be will repr^» nt China at the coronlzatlon of the Czar. A nurse who bed been one of the pal- ace attendants sinpe the jirth of the Crown Prince of Greece in 1808 died on Monday, and the King and Royal Princes attended her funeral on Wed- nesday. It is learned in Paris that in view of possible events in the Soudan orders have been issued to increa«ie the sup- plies and armBment.s of tl:'. Fr-ach mil- itary posts in South Africa. The Uniud Sta.te« Charge d'Affaires al ConstiLUtinople has been informed by the Tuikish Government that the trade ex|.>> lling Christian missionaries from Aisia Minor has be«n repealed. There .are rumours in Rome to the effect that Fninoe and Russia are or- ganizing the barbaroiui mountain tribes in Africa to jiour I hem down upon the adjacent posaesHioas of European na- tions. An official dee^tcb from Buluwiayo says il is Impossible to estimate the numliere ol the enemy. The whole country is now in the luuids of the re- bellious Hiitives it will require a large force of troops to dislodge them. A lot of dynamite left at Gwtelow l»y the South Africa Comptuiy's miners fell into the hands of the ftlatialwles. They did not know its properties and maniiged to explode it,tbe result being that about 200 savages were killed. The owners of the British steamer Cratbic tiave been ooDdemaed by the Rotterdam Court to pay 585,500 florins damages to the North German Lloyd Company, for tjie siiiiking of the steamer Eilie liy collision in January of last year. CONSUMPTION OF WHEAT. Th'<>. cousumptiou c^ wheat in Brit), ain is reckoned at six bushels ^r bead per annum, which, on the t»Bin ot an estimated population of 38,900,000, mak- es a total oonsumptlon of 2S3,4OD,0OU buHbels. USELESS QUESTION, Wifeâ€" I dreamed last night that you gave me a lot of money. Husbandâ€" Did you have any obang* left! â-  n 1 s 11 ITEMS OP INTEREST ABOUT THE BUSY YANKEE. Neighborly Intarest In HU Doing*â€" Matters of Moment and nirth Oatkered (rem His Dally Record. Denver lx»sta a, worm farm. A law suit to recover i»ew rent was brought last week by a church in Saco, Maine. OjmIs of fine quality and in consider- ahli- numbi-rs have recently been discov- ered near Genesee, Idaiio. Calvin Flint, of Williamstown, Vt., who was 88 years old last January, has split 40 cords of tough firewood this winter. Two Mount Vernon, N. Y., policeman had a running fight with revolvers.each mistaking the other for a burglar. Nei^ ther waq hurt. Columlus, Ga., has broken the record. A man waa convicted and fined the oth- er day before the recorder for not re- turning an umbrella. Th-;re died in Philadelphia last week tyvevle persons more than 80 years old, eight men and four women, and of i hese three were more than 90 years old,one being 98. A Moman working in a factory at Colina, Mich., for seventy-five cents a day, last week fell heir to a fortune of 902,000 through the death of an uncle in Germany. Tin- only rojking chair in the neigh- borhood of IVIarcellufl, Mich., (jO years ago was owned by Eli Ridgly. it was loaned lor miles around to sick neigh- bore. The chair is still in use. In (he United S'.atce there are 13,176 milts o stnet railroad lines. Alxiut 10,- 238 miles are operated by electricity, 5*78 by cable, 409 by steam dummy en- gines, and 1,951 by horse or mule power. Seven brothers, the youngest t)5 years old, and the eldest Hi, recently had a re-onion in Fresno, Cal. They are mem- bers ol the Funck family, and have three sisters between tiO and 70 yeara of age. Thomas Huey, of Bloomington, III., stole a stove, fire and all, from a neigh- bor's kitchen, empiH-d the fire out, sold the stove for old iron, and bought whis- key with the proceeds. He is now in jail for a montn. Th- US' ol nets ui fi.-.hing for sturgeon i» rapidly supplant ini{ olbr met ho is of liiking the big fish in the Upper Colum- bia and Snake rivers. The nets are from 000 to 90U feet long, and the mesiieit vary in size between 12 and 10 inches. The Western Packing Company, which woe started at Portland, Oie.gon, speci- ally for the slaughter of range burses and their conversion into meat, baa ceased operations after killing 7,000 horses, rhey oould not sell itae meat. A good example lo refer to of the negro's capacity lor eating watermelons is that of a Dalton, Ga., negro, who last wcA'k ate, at one silting, oa a wager, a 55 ix>uud watermelon of last season's crop th^ut had been preserved in col ton seed. A colored man living near Mason's Orange County, Va.. is gradually turn- ing white. Uis body is covered with patx'be.s of clear white akin, which are gradually gio,>iag largir. .Similar casea have been ouled, but they are not com- mon. At Batosvillc, Ind., Clitrence Gn«man, aged 7, was ridin|( a tricycle to \,hich a large dog was lul^hed. The dog saw a oat across the street and started after it, the tricycle struck a stone, threw the lad against a tree, and crushed his skull. JulLiu Pauncefote, lh>' British Amlas- eodor has been more conspicuous social- ly since the Venezuelan dispute arose than ever before. He entertains Uivish- ly, bis manners are delightful, and be is one of the most if not actually the most, (lopular diplomat at the capital. It is said that Denmark wauls to sell tx> the United Stales the three islands in the West Indies whuh she ownsâ€" St. Croix, St. Tbouias and .St. John. These islands have an area of 118 square miles, and a |X}puiation of 32,000, mostly negroes. '£b<ur trade is very small. Mary L. Donahue, niece of President Luke of Buibngixiu, Iowa, College, after suffering for years as the result of an accident, ,and undergoing surgical oper- ations for alisccss, claims to have been cured by Cbrirtian science treat ment.aU though all the physicians bad said she must die. Two farmers met on the highway in Gibson county, Tenn., the other day, and, after the custom of the region, slopped to swap horses. The trade was agreed on finally by one farmer receiv- ing the other's horse, and a shepherd dog, a rooster, fifty cents, and a, pint of whiskey to lxx>t. A new sea anchor has been invented by Michael MiCarthy, of Middlelown, Conn. The anchor is filled with oil in such a way that the oil is diffused over the waves as the anchor is tossed up and down, and so a comparative calm is created in which the vessel may ride out a storm in safety. Amon^ Americans who have made a distinguished success in LuroiN! lately is the artist Edwin A. Abbey. He has been exhibiting a collection of puiniiiigs at the rooms of the Fine Arts Associa.- tion in London, and omloLy flo(^ks to see and admire them. Mr. Abbey him- self is much sought after socially. Lexington, Ky., has an old people's olub, of which the youngest member is eighty-nine years old. 'Hiere are three mt'jjiliers ninety years old, one ninety- on«!, two ninety-three, and two ninety- four. The olub meets at the house of one of the members each week for pleas- ore and mutual improvement. Florida is on the verge of a big boom in tobacco growing, according to all in- dications. There are fully 800 applica^ tioos for seed tobacco on file in the Florida State Department of Agricul- ture, and tobacco growers' associations are being formed in almost every coun- ty in tlvi' State. Both cigar and plug tobacco are to be grown. Chicago ia a great market. During ibv year past the cattle receipts aggre- gated 2,591,000 li-...i,d. HoKs received during the post year, 7,910,0()0 head, an inci-eaw of 427,000 over Uusl year. The receipts of sheep foot up for the â- yeux 3,385,000 bead, an increase of 285,000 ov.T last ypKir. The receipts of horses reached 113,000 head, on increase of IG.OUO bead over 1891. A nun« in Los Angeles, Cal., is hold- ing the L>aby she was hired to care for as surety fov the {fiyment of her wages. The mother of the child fell liehind in h'T payments to tue nurse, and finally the nurse refua«d to surrender the child until she was jjaid in full. The cas« is to come up in court on hal)eas corpus prcK-eedings. Tho nurse's lawyer claims that a human lieing can be held as ae- cuiity for a debt. There are 50,000 women and children in New York city working from ten to sixteen hours a day. In the far east and west side stores women and chil- dren are often employed until nine or ten o'clock, until after midnight on Sat- urday, and occasionally a half a day on Sunday. There are 20,0tlO children under .-ixteen employe,' frequently six- teen hours a day. The i verage wages of ca.sh girls is 9L50 a w<ek, and they are fined for alisence, tardiness, and mistikis. As a rule merchants do not allow the wages of saleswomen to ex- ceed one per cent, of their salea. PERSONAL POINTERS. Item* About Some of (he Vreat FoIIm of tke World. All the money for the beacon In memory of Tennyson bus been sub- .scritwd, the mcmolith for the sbitft ba.-i been successfully quarried in Corn- wall, and the monument will be set up in tha fall. Of the (|4.750 subscrib- ed, 81,250 came from the ( 'Uited States. President Kruger, of the Transvaal Republic, has some queer notions of freedom. To a delegation who visited him not long ago and urged compul- sory Hduisation, on the ground that it was the custom in oLI'e" countries, he said:â€" "Yos; education s compulhory in other countries, but so is military service. This is a republic, and peo- ple may keep their children in ignor- ance if they please." Talking of parliamentary success, Iheje is a story that Air. Disraeli once .said rf Sir William Harcourt. "He hits the three essential qualifications for success in imlitics â€" a fine person, a loud voice, and no principles." This .saying was repeated to Sir William Harcourt, who observed that, "leaving out the first two qualifications, it might almost be applied te 'Dizzy' himself. The Marquis di Rudini. Italy's new Premier, was born in Sicily sixty years ago. His name first became known throughout Italy through his defence as Mayor of the palace of Palermo, when the city was sacked by a mob that ruled for five days. He led the sorties on the rabble himself, and dis- played such intrepidity and good judg- ment that he f<<rced the rioters te re- tire and disband, when he soon restor- ed order. M. Faure, President of Fr;mce, is taking great interest in the welfare of the Freneb .soldiers. A. few days ago he visited the barnu'ks of some of the regiments in Paris, went to the kitch- ens, and ate some of the food which is furnisbed to the soldiers. He sum- moned on active general aod told bim the food was not good enough. The President intends to see that it is bet- ter. M. Faure is exceedingly popular in the army. One refrnshing thing about Dr. Jammon Is that lie bos no desire to court notoriety. Since he went te Eng- land to undergo trial for the Trans- vaal raid he hoM been besieged with offers of marriiifie, anil now it is re- i>orted that the publuhers axe after him to induice him to write a book. The impreHsioD gained from the ox- prnssion of his faoe duripg the trial IS that he Ls wiry much bared by the hero-worshippers. "The Gercui Empn^eB." says Lon- don Truth, "is in a vtisy unsatisfac- tory state of health, and her condition cxiuscs DHirh .-vnxiety. The Emtwess is to go to the battel of Kreochnnch when the season opens, and she will sjiend most of the summMr tut the islitnil of Rugen, in the Baltic. The delicate state of the Empress' health is the true reason why the intended trip of the Imperial family to the south of Europe has been aI>andoned." M. Custet, who aJwut a year ago was appointed head of the administration of the C.Tsino at Monte Carlo, in the plnoe of Count Bcrtora, bos just re- signed. The administrator at the Casino has absolute power over sev- eral thousand employejt, whom he can dismiss or promote at his pleasure. Enormous sums of money also pass through his hands. The poet is a very well paid oneâ€" £6,000 a year, a house, carriages, and various per- quisites. The London papers reported Mr. Gladstone "as bard as nails" on his return tJbe other day from the Contin- ent. As one of them expressed it, "be leaped out of the sal(K)n on the Char- ing Cross platform with the agility of a man to whom a continous journey of twenty-«Lx hours is as nothing. He grippwl Mr. Armitatead's hojiu, re- marked that be felt that he hail made an unlawful journey by traveling without him, and then .-^pent a few minutes in vigorous handshaking and vivacious convei-sation with his friends. Mrs. (ilad6too«, is looking much better than wheji she left England, and bos regained the freshness of color and cheerfulness erf manner which make her one of the most charming old ladi<» in England. A MOUSE SCARER. The latest scientific novelty is a pat- ent phosphorescent mouse frigbtener which is guaranteed to scare superflu- ous rats or mice out of the most rat- ridden bouse. It is the life-sized im- age of a cat, modeled in plaster of Paris or terra ootta, painted an<l bewhisker- e.d with realistic affect. It is made in a sitting position, its bead turned side- ways, and its eyes staring straight aJbead. These eyes are thickly coated with luminous paint, and shine grew- somely in the dark. All that is neces- sary is to place the cat on the floor near a mouse hole and wait for results. The unfortunate nibbler dares not come out while the frightful oat apparition siaoda in front of the hole, and the mouse ataxves to death. PEEILS Of BALL00ra&. EXCITING EXPERIENCES WHILE, HIGH IN THE AIR, Sam» Extremely .twkwartl PonlMons to bt Plncetl lu â€" Acronnuls Mniit be Exrced. inglr Cool-headed. One of the most successful and daring balloonists is Clarence G. Eckbart, who is at prenent ig the west,- givin|[ hot air balloon ascensions and parachute drops. I calle<l at bis tent one after* noon recently, says a newsiwiper w-it<- ei', where T found bim lying upon a cot reading. Mr. Eckhart is 24 years of age, of spare build, and weighs but 120 {wunda. He has Ijeen in the business nine years, and, as the average life of an aeronaut is said to be but two years, hie imusual good fortune is manifest. His balloon is 60 feot high, 120 feet in circiunference.and weighs 180 pounds. He is at present using hot air for in- flation, it being impossbile to obtein gaa in the smaller western towns. Tibs parachuteâ€" 18 feet in diameter when q^read â€" the trapeze and rigiging add 50 poimds. This with his own weight, 120 pounds, gives a total wei^rht of 350 pounds. As the lifting force, when the balloon is well filled,is 650 pounds,there remains an ascensional power of SUO poundsâ€" quite sufficient for exhibit^ ing purposes. THICKS OF THE TRADE. For inflating the balloon a Ions trench is dlig and the top covered over. At one end of it the fire is put in over the other is susiiended tne empty lin- en monster, the lower edges lieinfl held tightly to the ground to prevent the heat from escaping. One man stays inside to guard the slowly filling liag from sparks. Until the balloon is well filled Mr. Eckhart uses bard wood barrel stave* to fire the trench; but just before he is ready to make the asoemsion. oup after cup of gasoline is tlirown in uifon the ouoIb. This explodes and produces the Intense and quick heat da- sired for liftin(r power. It is the fear of insufficient lifting ixiwor that makes an aerr;naut nervous â€" the fear that h« may not be lifted quu^kly enough to clear the dangerous high buildings and church steeples. It is not thought at aoarini; alxive the clouds that causes a|v inn'henfcion. "Is not the moment that you out locse from the hut air lialloon an agon*, izing onet" "No, not if you have a well rigged parachute of proper size for your weight. A 6 foot diauitter is supposed to uarry 30 pounds. T'lte one 1 aot now using is only eieit(«ftii feet in diameter. My weight being 120, it is carrying 30 pounds more than it should. It is (MM Ihttt I uae<l in sending down a dog >vhLle with a circu.". Of course it deocends faster than p«racbutes us- ually do; but by using th i hoop I em- ploy I make it u|)en out nore quickly, giving me a aiiorter shot t, and oonse- queiiily a \esi severs jerl ." "How high dm you like to go befor* cutting looue?" PRETTY HIGH UP, THIS INCREASE OF POVERTY. Mistressâ€" 'That young maui who called to see you last night Jane, staid vary late. Janeâ€" It was my brother, mum. But Jane, I have noticed thirty-seven an different knen in your company within the post two yeaxs, and each one, you said, was your brother. Yes, mum. Poor folks aUera have large families, mum. "As high as it will rise â€" usually from 4,000 to 7.(MI0 feetâ€" unlns 1 encounter an undesirable upper current. In that c««e 1 cut the rupe immediately. It is the imdjwirable currents Ih^l raise the mischief with porchutee. It is all up with a man then; he bad just, as well say his prayers. But an experienced aeronaut can do much to avert such a catastrophe by carefully <lrawini7 down on the ropes running to the high* ebt side. I recently got into such a scrape. For a moment my parachute was within an inob of going over. With fortunate presence or mind I worked on the ropes and avoided a fall. Clutching the liar and yelling 'Oh, GodI save mel' will avail nothing when your machine striki« trouble in miilair. Tberv's but one thing to do; look altout and see what the tniuble is, and if possible correct it. Of course this re- qiiinis a cool bead, Init a man whose brain is cainized by the first threat- ening of dnnger had liett«r stay out of the lalloon business." "Have you had many accidents?" ALMOST AN ACCIDENT. "No, but I had a thrilling expenenoe one afternoon in an Iowa townâ€" one I shall never forget. I was bille<l to make a 6,0(H^foot ascension, with a parachute drop. The weat her was fine â€" a motionless atmosphere, a clear, blue sky. I had a hot fire, an<l the lialloon filled quickly. Then the gasoline was thrown in good quantities, the monst.- er tighteneMl with the intense heat, I gave the signal and we were off. I cleared tiie buildings with a Iwund, and soon was safe in the free air aljove. The balloon had good life and travelled well At alKiut S.WO feet 1 encountered a strtjng air current. To cut loose here Would have been to disappoint my audiA ence, so I determined to take my chanc- es of getting Dock through it with the pai^achule, and went on. I soon posswl into a fine, quiet atmosphere again. At about 6,300 feet the balloon oeased to rise. It Ixigan to drift slowv. ly soutbwurd toward the river, so I out loose. After a short drop down- ward the paruohute opened. All went well tmtil about half way down, when it suddenly closed. For the first time in my experience I was badly fright- ened. I had never known of sissli a, case before. I began to fall rapidiy. A few moments later, to my surprise and joy, the parachute opeueiL I landed safely in a wheat field. My first thought was to examine the parachute and find an explanation for its queer working. The rigging was all in peq- feot orilier. It had sunply shut up and then nvopened. It was puzzling. Had I been superBtitious, I might h«vo charged it to the prank of some mysk tsriouB denizen of the air. My final conclusion was that I had en(;oiuitered two opposing air currenln, whiob, with a short etWying force, had for aii in. â- tant olooecl the pai-achutc. It wes the only solution I could find." DRINKING MADE EAST. H'unker- Staggers has a pretty easy time of it." Spattftâ€" In what way ? iftmker â€" His wife drives him to drink i and a rahmaan drives him home. • Tx ' ^