TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, NOVEMBER
I
THE PYGMY EARTH,
Going Up In a Balloon and Com
ing Down In a Parachute.
THE AGONY OF A FIRST TRIP
Experience »nd Eensationa cf an Ac
rebat Who Took the Place of a Pro
fessional Aeronaut In an emergency.
The Dash Through Space.
I once went up In a balloon nml
came down l.i a parachute. Something
went wrong, and all the mouey In the
world doubled would not Induce me to
make the experiment again.
One grows strangely accustomed to
dangers as an ucrobat, and when It
was suggested that I should earn |23
In as many minutes by taking the place
of a parachutist who had fallen ill at
the Inst minute 1 Jumped at the chance.
It was at a large country fair. The
laughing crowd bad probably never
seen a balloon go up. As the great
silk big gradually swelled u silence
fell upon tile onlookers.
The sick parachutist*» manager pat
ted me on the back and said It was
money easily earned. I agreed—then.
“Keep cool. " be said, “and. whatever
you do, don’t look down except to
judge your distance from the earth.
You see that tower? It Is about n
thousand yards away. When you are
that dlstauce up pull the check string
and shut your eyes."
A dull murmur rose as the ropes were
cast off and I felt my feet leave the
ground. The upward movement was
gentle, and a great cheer came up to
me until the band drowned It.
I hardly heard the cheering or the
band. The Involuntary murmur still
rang In m.v ears Perhaps my nerve:
were upset, possibly It was Intuition
but from the moment I was drawn up
from the ground I felt the conviction
that grim trouble lay ahead.
ignoring the oft repeated Instruc
tions, I looked down How slowly the
balloon went up! Could It be possible
that 1 had not gone more than a bun
dred yards? The giant overhead be
came a living thing. Intent on tortur
ing the puny mortal who had trusted
his life to it. I knew I dared unt leap
before I was h!;;h enough, for the par
achute takes 100 feet sometimes to
open.
I shut my eyes and tried to count to
kill time, but the figures beanie Jum
bled. and I looked down again A
swallow skimmed past underneath
Far below there was a sea of upturned
faces. and the music floated up dis
tlnctly. The balloon seemed to have
stopped rising, and for un eternity I
tried to gauge the height.
Again the band stopped, mil 1 was
In a allent world
The crowd ol
breathless specks far beneath was get
ting full value for Its mouey. Tin-
only noise I heard was the beating oi
the blood through my head. I wn
afraid. It was the first real fear I hart
ever felt lu my work
When the supreme moment came I
pulled the string without realizing
what I was dolug.
What years I lived lu those next
few seconds. An appalling nausea and
a wild desire to lhe came with the
first terrible rush, mid my heart stood
still as I looked eagerly aloft. The
ropes of the parachute had twisted,
and 1 was falling to Instant dea.li
Grasping the ropes lu a clutch of
steel. 1 shook them frantically Half
the huge parachute bellied out with a
noise like a pistol shot, and the speed
of the fall was lessened with a Jar
Again I shook the death trap, The
ropes were sliding at a snail s pace,
and bit by bit the parachute was open-
Ing. Still I fell far too fast. I could
not breathe, and my hands seemed to
be refusing to hold on
Rang! The last fold had opened out.
and I was saved. Dizzy and uumb
with fear. I belli on tightly, wonder
ing whether 1 should faint before I
touched the ground. That, and that
only, was m.v thought a« I Railed
through the space. I had almost lost
consciousness when my feet touched
the ground gently. And then I col
lapsed- Buffalo Times.
i
A Drawback.
"My!" exclaimed little Billy as he
gazed at the lithograph. "I'd like to
be a giraffe Just think how easily
you could 'rubber’ over the basebail
fence."
"That’s all right." replied Tommy,
"but there Is another time when you
wouldn't want to have a neck like «
giraffe."
“When la that?"
"Why, In the mornings when your
ma begins to scrub your ne<’li with
soap and water."—Chicago News.
Objaetionabla.
"I don't see why Goodley should be
so unpopular with you all He never
«peaks III of any one."
"No, but he'» one of those very smug
tallows who can say 'Oh. yes Jones
seemed very happy when I saw him
last.' and say It In such a way as to
give the Impression that Jones was
horribly drunk."-Philadelphia Pres»
A Spoiled Compliment.
I Ittle Elmer Mamma says you are a
duck of a do'tor Pompous M D
'greatly pleased Indeed! How did
«he come to sa.v that? Little Elmer-
Oh, she didn't say It Just that way,
but I beard her tell pap» yon were ■
quack.-Chicago News
Ruskin's Injunction to bls servants.
Call me from my study whenever
there Is a beautiful sunset or any un-
nstial appearance tn the rky or land
scape
Vast Dimensions of the Sun as Com
pared With the World.
A dime held at arm's length from
the eye will much more than cover the
entire disk of the sun. If It were
placed at the exact point of colueiden -e
and Its diameter and dlstauce from the
eye accurately measured, it might be
used as a mean» of determining the
sun’s diameter, his distance being
known. The foremost philosophers of
long ago would have been appalled at
the true statement of both the sun’s
distance and Its size.
The sun's diameter is about 8B6.000
miles. It Is bewildering to be assured
that It would take 1.300.000 earth» to
equal the sun In volume. If the In
terior of that truly gigantic globe were
hollow and the earth were placed at Its
center with the moon revolving about
it at Its usual mean distance of nearly
240.000 miles, there would still exist a
vacuity tietween the moon and the In
closing shell of the sun of nearly 200.-
000 miles. This Is perhaps the most
graphic and impressive Illustration pos
sible of the sun's colossal bulk. We
must note, however, that the density
of the sun is only about one-quarter
that of the earth, so that It would
weigh only as much as 330.000 earths
In very round numbers the sun's
weight may be stated at two octillion
tons, which if expressed In figures
would require almost as many ciphers
as a newspaper line can accommodate.
A very comprehensive Illustration of
the pygmean dimensions of the earth
as compared with the sun is to repre
sent the latter by a globe two feet In
diameter and the earth by a dainty
pea. And yet the little pea weighs
more than Blx quintillion tons, As to
the solar surface, It is some 12.000
times that of our planet, Yet the sun
when compared with Its true peers,
the stars. Is not only of extraordinary
size, but In all probability is only to
be ranked among the medium self lu
minous bodies which sparkle In “heav
en's ebon vault." And because of its
spottedness It has a place, although a
bumble one. among the “variable"
stars.
FATE AND A NAME.
NOT IN A HURRY.
A Royal Funeral and an Embarrassed
Blundering Official.
Tbe Comtesse de Bolgne's memoirs
contain an Interesting account of the
departure from life of Louis XXl’.L.
an event which the king himself bad
long been anticipating:
‘ lie was a great stickler for eti
quette and gave tbe most minute In
structions about his obsequies. Ail
the ceremonials observed at the de
parture of the kings of France were to
be respected, and as be bad aa ex
traordinary memory be settle! the
procedure down to the smallest details.
At the last the royal almonei made a
mistake In reading the prayer» for
those in extremis. Louis XVIII inter
rupted him and corrected the mistake
with a presence of mind and calmness
which never left him for a moment.
The family was assembled at the end
of the room and was deeply affected
The doctors, the attendants on duty
and the clergy were around tbe bed
The first gentleman of the chamber
held the curtain. When the chief
physician gave the sign that all was
O"er. he let it fall and. turning around,
bowed to tbe princes. Monsieur left
the room sobbing, and madarne pre
pared to follow him. Hitherto she bail
always taken precedence of her hus
band as the king's daughter. When
she reached the door, she suddenly
stopped, a.nd through the heartfelt
tears with which her face was stream
ing she said with dlfliculty. 'Take pre
cedence, Dauphin!' He immediately
obeyed without any hesitation or re
mark. The first gentleman announced
‘the king.’ The courtiers repeated 'the
king,' and Charles X. reached his
rooms.
“The master of ceremonies made
some slight blunders over the royal
funeral. Cbaries X. overlooked them
and spoke kindly to the embarrassed
official. ‘Oh, sire, your majesty is
very kind, but there were many de
fects. Next time we will do better.
‘Thank you. Breze,' replied the king,
with a smile, ‘but I am not in a hur
ry.’ Thereupon M. de Breze col
lapsed”
TOMB OF THE MINGS,
It Is a Risky Place For a Traveler to
John, When Borne by Royalty, Seems
Visit Alone.
Linked With Misfortune.
Every traveler In China goes to th»
It Is Interesting and somewhat curi tomb of the Mings if he stays more
ous to note the persistence with which than a few days In Shanghai. The
misfortune has dogged the name of Chinese consider the Mings the great
“John" when borne by royal persons, est rulers of the ancient kingdom, and
although no 111 omen seems to attach they rank second only to Confucius.
to It in the case of ordinary citizens.
The tomb Is composed of two colossal
For Instance, King John of England figures facing each other and elabo
has always been regarded, whether al rately carved In the style affected by
together justly or not, as a most Infa Chinese artists centuries ago. Seen In
mous prince. John of France was
Central park or Versailles they would
taken captive by the Black Prince, and look grotesque enough, but standing as
John RalUol of Scotland was most they do among bleak and lonely hills,
thoroughly despised by his country
men on account of his fawning atti outlined against the clear blue oriental
tude toward the English. Robert III. sky. they have a rude grandeur and
of Scotland changed hfs name from Imposing simplicity which make them
John, but this did not save him from seem fit guardians of imperial dust.
It is not an easy Journey the tourist
his destiny. He himself was a cripple
and died of a broken heart, the most must take If he wishes to pay his re
tragic fates having overtaken all most spects to the stone giants, nor Is It a
trip advisable for a woman to under
dear to him.
John I. of Bohemia was blind. The take, as it Iles through a region where
Tope John I. was imprisoned by the hatred of the “white devils" Is consid
king of the Goths, and Pope John X. ered as much a part of the Chinaman’s
was driven from Rome by the Duke of religion as the worship of his ances
Tuscany. Pope John XI. was Impris tors. A donkey and a guide are neces
oned by his brother and is supposed to sary. and it is also wise to get a party
have been poisoned, a fate similar to of sightseers together for the excur
thnt of Pope John XIV. Pope John sion if possible and to go well armed,
XV. was forced to flee from Rome and for once a foolhardy traveler started
died of fever In Tuscany. John XVI.. forth alone from the hotel on the Bub
dubbed the "antipope," after a troubled bling Well road. Shanghai, to ilsit tbe
caiwr. was brutally tortured and con tomb of the Mings, and he was never
signed to a dungeon for the brief re heard of ugafn. There are many places
In the purlieus of Shanghai even where
mainder of his life.
John 1. of Constantinople was poison It is imprudent for a white man to ven
ed; John II was killed while hunting ture alone in broad daylight. An ex
wild tioar. and John III. was dethroned, tra donkey Is also needed to carry
his eyes put out and left to die In pris visions as well as the cameras,
on John I. of Castile was killed by a most tourists want a picture
towering Images which have
fall from his horse.
This is not by any means a complete eessfully withstood the wear
list of the unlucky Johns, but It serves j centuries.-New York Press.
to show the fatality which seems to
Odd North German Custom.
cling about the name In so far as roy
alty Is concerned.—Chicago Record
In northern Germany a familiar
Herald.
ure of the rural districts Is a quaint
old gentleman whose hat Is very much
decorated with flowers and particol
Dough.
Dough is made out of wheat. real ored ribbons and who carries a staff
estate, oil, literature and magazine ar to the top of which is tied a huge
ticles. But dough made of wheat la no bunch of real or artificial Bowers knot
stickler than any other Dough Is the ted to it by long streamers of similar
prior fact to bread, motor cars, steam ribbons. According to the district, his
yachts and collections of old books It costume also is old fashioned and un
Is the staff of high life It lmbltters usual In other way». He Is the “lioch-
matrimony and purveys the lovely zeltbltter," or person employed among
scandals we read about. It gets girls the country folk to go from house to
sent off to college and fitted to be bouse and Invite guests to attend u
something more spectacular than mere wedding. He delivers himself of a set
wives and mothers. It cursetb them speech In an old ‘‘Platt Deutsch"
that go In for It. but not unto tbe third rhyme when he arrives at each place,
and fourth generations. We are too accompanying It with wagging of the
good spenders for that. It Is from head and stamping of the staff, and Is
dough that the dowdy, the dull and generally In rather a Jovial condition
the dotty derive distinction otherwise by the time his day's labors are ended.
deuled—Puck
Milton's Retort.
An Orkney Prayer.
John Milton was nol a wit, yet he Is
The brevity of the Orkney »utnmer reported to have made a crushing re
precluding the raising of hardly any ply to a question from Charles II.
thing except oats ("ait»") and barley,
"Do you not think.” said the king,
the elders had requested the minister "that your blindness Is a judgment on
to pray for good harvaat weather He you for having written In Jnstiflcatlon
compiled as follows: "‘Lord, gle us of my father's murder?"
braw weather and a wea bit saugh of
"Sir," replied the poet. "It Is true I
■ breeze that will dree the straw and have lost my eyesight, but If all the
will nae harm the heads, but If ye calamitous providences are to be re
blaw us sic a bletherin', rlvln', fearin' garded as divine Judgments your maj
blast as we has been ha'ln' ye'll play esty should remember that your father
the rare ml»chl»f wl' the alts and fair lost ' hie
‘ ‘ heed.
ly »poll a'l."
All That Didn't Sink.
Ill Bred.
"I suppose yon have considerable
"Mamma, the acenery abroad must floatlug population here?" inquired the
be very ill bred ”
visitor
•'Scenery 111 bred, my child! What do
“Yep." replied the native of the little
you mean?**
river town, "specially durin’ the rainy
Thia book on Alpine climbing says, season"—Puck
A terrible abyss yawned before
them *"-London Tit Bit»
Plenty of Advice.
•Whst are you doing for your cold!”
We never find that the same soil pro.
•Nothing My friends are looting
daces dsllcadea sod bsroes Hseiod
ifter IL'*-Barper'a Weekly.
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