Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-09-14


ssagis fxiiso -tsssesss, Wbe bed paiA az
thassasd francs fus the psisiseee Of place
, ~ the side Il the celebrated serosaut. Tss
weather 80 splsadid end the bsllsss
had reached considerable heixht- .
-wsss eject hss IL 90 700 = is9sised
u GODDARD Il HE csWpsaisa-
-Nooe vhs;ever.- go the curt reply
Il mast ooapliaent yoz.- said y
GODDARD -Yoa are the srss saafurs I have
ever knssn % reach this altitude with
cat experiencing ssae cnotsoa-
60 higheg, saii the smsfure cooly
n G~si.rd threw oat some ballast. and
the BALBOA Geo sp souc SIXTY yards
higher.
Nos, ho. d. yos feel e
rather . ps,alsnt tose-
by Jove.- exclaimed u Go.iard, ~ q
are . born seronsai, cir.
The bsllooa kept 30 risiag. and, when .
fec hundred y.ris higher. N. G-I.rd for
the thiri time qu1stisnei hrs conp.nioa
IS tn HE emoii.sas-
-Eaoiioas MT . tr.ce of emotion. -
replied he. ~Ita the tone of . man xhO
fccls tina; he hos been taken in.
We'll, much the worse" sAid the
aerunsui. II se- I shall not be able 10
alarm you; we have risen high enough,
and &c shall nov descend
descend g.
YES, certainly; Ii would he danger
Gus To go higher"
II don't care about the danger, and
don't choose to descend. I'm going high
or, am. paid thousand francs To ex.
pcrience some emotions, and emotions I'll
have before going down again"
N. GODDARD burst out laughing. lie
thought the msn was joking.
Are you going up higher or not y
said the companion, at the same time
grssping NJ. GODDARD by the throat and
shaking him violently. ~ intend to
have my emotions"
N. GODDARD saw at a glance that he had
to do with a mailman. The dilated eyes,
the furious grasp, the very tone of his
voice left no doubt about that.
But what was to be done 2 They were
some three thousand feet high among the
clouds; a struggle was out of the ques-
ton, as one violent motion Of the mad
man would DO enough to upset the car.
All these thoughts passed through M.
Godard's mind in less than second. His
adversary was powerful man, and with.
out loosening his grasp, he called out:
''Ah, my fine fellow, you have been play
ing the fool with me. You have made
me pay one thousand francs and not give
en- me q single emotion"
"Well, but what would you have me
do Z" asked NJ. GODDARD, camly and
smoothly.
"I'm going to throw you over" said
the mailman with a wild laugh; "but
first an idea strikes me; I'll go up to the
top of the balloon" and suiting the &C
ton to the word, he jumped into the rig
cling of the car.
'.But, my poor FRIEND" said the aero
naut, "you'll kill yourself like that"-
The mailman uttered q threat. "At
least" said NJ. GODDARD, "let me- put a
rope around your waist to prevent an &C
cident."
..Well, be it So" said the mailman,
Who seemed to see the necessity of some
precaution, and the rope having been at
tached he recommended climbing the
rigging of the balloon with the agility Of
asquirrel, and in few moments was seat
ed on the apex, clapping his hands and
shouting for joy. All at once he takes
out Of his pocket a large clasp knife,
brandishing it above his head, yells out,
"Now, you rascal! you wanted to de-
scend, did you Z So you shall, with u
vengeance!" And before NJ. GODDARD can
utter word, four out of the six ropes at
tsching the car to the balloon are cut,
and the car itself swinging helplessly out
side. The madman's knife is now touch.
ing the other two, when the aeronaut
calls out to him, "Stop, one word!'
me, no; down you CO."
"But let mo tell you something, my
friend; we are now three thousand feet
high, it is true, but that is not high
enough for thoroughly good fall"
"What do you mean 7" asked the mad
man, confusedly.
III mean this, that fall of only three
thousand feet might not kill me, and l
prefer to being killed to being crippled.
Oblige me, therefore, by waiting until
we rise three or four thousand feet high
err"
"Aqreedp' said the mailman, who
seemed to enjoy the idea of SO prodigious
a fall.
The aeronaut keeps to his word; he
throws out nearly the whole of his bal
last, and the balloon shoots up rapidly.
But while the mailman is attentively
watching the operation, NJ. GODDARD OBJ
serves that among the cordsge q yet un-
touched 10 the pully of the gas escape.
He gently draws the cord, and the gas
begins to escape Immediately under the
spot where the lunatic is percbcd. In a
few moments the combined effects of the
gas and the now intensely rarified air are
apparent, and the mailman sinks into u
state Of lethargy. The aeronaut cautious
ly brings down his balloon, and the terri
BILE crisis 10 ended.-Paris Cor. London
Tvmss.
MACMAHoS's ADvIcE.-PresidentM Mac
Nahon has not the reputation Of being 9
brilliant spesker, neither Is he considered
To pnsssss the Happy knsck Of saying the
right thing n the right time He wcnt
the other day tn the military college If
81 Cyr, where they ksppen 20 have .
studens Of unmissskable colorsa bloed
Being reqoexs~d by the kind-hearted