An Extraordinary Wager

i uu oerjttt! ui uravaao uers wmcn nave I been so frequent in Paris reached a j maïwlien a shopassistant, nanied Alexj ander lsid a wager of 500 francs that he wo-Jdwallow a yard of galvanizad irou sfve pipiiig. ïhe bet was I j ed and witnesses and referee appointed. Aiexandor and oce of the witnesses went to buy the piping, wbioh was about oue-sixteeuth of an inch iu thickness aud flve inches in diameter. Alexander took it to a whitesinith and requesied him to file it down into a powder in the presenoe of the wituess, who subseqneutjy carried it to a cafe in the. Rue do la GhapellG, wbere the oporation of swailowiug the filiugs was carried out Quite 3 00 persons attended as spectators. Aloxaudcr divided the filings into flve portions, placed them in five glasses of beer and tossed them off at intervals of ten minutes. He played cards during the process of drinking, and when the last glass of beer and its metallic additiou had been eonsurued the bet was declared won and the 500 francs handed over to him. He stated afterward that he feit no incouvenience whatever from tbe feat. -