New-York tribune., 1901-07-07
BITS OF INTEREST.
SMIrSINC ANECDOTES PERSoNAL
SKETCHES. ODD FACTS AND WISE
SUGGESTIONS FROM THE
JIJIY MAGAZINES
PERSONAL,
\ STRUCTURAL WORKERS. YARN.

y, took a fresh pun of his cigar. the false
>ork suddenly gave way. The raise W"rh' you
%now'' (to mel is the temporary wood bftclhS
70 work upon wfie building The men below
could see it buclng; the fellers on top kne"
whom they started to work on 1t IN the nofi'lis
that It wasn't safe. All at once as say II
lart on. Of the fellrrs made Jump for the
gver 1t was two hundred feet down. but ne
liad ii As H.. Jumped n intcrlocked his legs
to had on big heavy boots). Those BOOTS
joeht carried him down straight. He struck
ile water on his feet and wasn't hurt at All.
days later ne was out WaiklnS' sappfI, i,, det
thrce feet and broke a Lee. lhat Iue' hhe"
the - Frank Lasiie's Popular Monthly
MANAGING \ BALLOON.
l.. four years. let me tell you. We have sent
up five hundred balloons without one accident
You should have steady pr3ctire-make an as
cent once a month. at least. \ balloon IS hke
. horse. If you ride him every day. if you
study his temper. his moods, his Pecu!iar''eS
yoJ. have him under your hand You tame anu
train him till he responds To your Will lou
must not strike spur him NAL apropps, or ne
breaks and runs away: you must not pun him
NJ, TOO short or he bolts; that is to say. you
must not throw out ballast in too great Iuan-
tty or at the wronS mon@nt-hallast IS me
spur which YOU apply to your aerial St"ed. N'r
must You let out too much gas at once, for that
j. the hit you have in his mouth. Do You kno"
how we throw out ballast? No. not by the
sackfuI. il is only the tyro VII" does thAt We
use half pint dipper, and one upper OF sdhu
Will often check the downward touiS" "t our
sjeed Letting out gas IL like taking thr me
the bottom" out Of your horse You must
watch H. treasure II every moment OF your
voyage. of course YOU must let OUT a niue gas
if YOU are rising TOO high and are IN danger
Of going exploring among other worlds thdii
ours; but the aeronAut VII" goes INTO tuhA
when ne the tree tops cor the roofs oi lil'
houses unpleaSanuy near him. ana eN'!lrht
thruWna out saCkful II sand. must 4 uttl" l"t'I
sacrifice more gas. because ne has Spufr"d has
charger too high II all comes back 70 lEt
management of the ballast and 70 sang froid.
always SANG froid,-tMcClurc's MaEazin'
THE SECRET OF RURR's HLENNERHAS-
SETT
We now come to the secret Of The Henner-
hassetts. which carefully kept from their
children. Catharine. one 81 the SISTERS "i h'ti
man RIenaerhassett. married an .Agn"w- 1t
was her daughter Margaret who married tar-
man Blennerhassctt. her mothers brother. aud
it was for this cause that she "as diSIuhefItcd
The young lady was absent at school h"r
uncle was sent to take her home. instead "i
doing h" married har But he reckon"d
without his most or perhaps ne h'd not teSN"'
at all. When he returned with ms bride. the
family affection that he thought would greet
them. the family influence that h" thought
would protect them. were wanting. The couple
were met only with reproacnes. becaus. of his
thirty-one years he Was held responsible: be-
cause of her eighteen years she Vas plt"d. hut
not the less blamed Since remaining in his own
country meant social "stracisn BlennerhaSs-tt
sold his property and brought his young wife
10 America. No political cntangicmrnts We're
about nm 10 cause htn I" come 10 tins country.
for though close observer OF current events
he took little interest in politics; his tastes
quiet-literary and musical. Nothing brought
him to America but the fact that his family
would not countenance his marriage Blen-
nerhasSett's reason for joining Burr not
love Of adventure but To remove himself further
from those who knew him -(Th- Century.
DE MOkES AND THE LYNCHING PARTY.
1t seemed as if every in the crowd had
become suddenly sober All stood with bruws
drawn and revolvcrs clutched tightly. trying t.
bore into the night ana who the intruder
was. The stranger guided his horse up to tn
fire, sprang to the ground. dropped the long
bride rens at his feet, faced the astonish i nen
and remarked:
Now. gentlemen. if you have a rope ready.
here am. l am the Marquis de Nores.'
The unsteady blaze. lcapiIs and falling
thirst the desert showed the Marquis's
strange. pale face His lips were drawn in
smile such as some OF the ruStlerS had
mems faces when they turned their backs to the
wall. after nope was gone. and fought for the
sake Of killing. In his hands two Ions
harrelled pistols upon the nickel trimmings Of
which the light scintated his sombrero was
pushed back from his forehead and his hands
were incasrd in gloves.
For u moment there not sound around
the little blaze The MarquiS's horse shook it's
head and began snutIing and nosing about in
the Shrubbery at its feet. one of the long DIS
tolls in the Marquiss hands pointed at the breast
of the leader of the gang. the other. "Gunny
Sack BIZ could see persiStently followed his
head. no matter how h turned it.
Presently the leader of the gang threw his re-
Volver down with oath which made the
Marquis's horse start. ierk"d his hat off and ad-
Vanced toward the FrenchGnan, hold ng cut his
hand.
Put 'er there. pari" he said: you got a
blanked sight more grit n l give you credit
for" Then facing his grim-ftced crew he con