A Louisville Slander

Not long ago there was put in at the Louisville telephone exchange a switch board run entirely by a battery, so that the amount of calis was defiuitely indicated by expenditure of force. The chart showed correct business conditions up to 10 a. in., and then there came a most unaccountable drop. The electrician was bothered. There must be a leakage, a weakness, somewhere. Again and again the same remarkable and instantaneous drop showed on the chart, and the perplexed telephone eugineer went from Chicago to Louisville to investígate. He was with a group of anxious managers and directors waiting for the significant hour to approach, when suddenly some one looked at his watch and called, "Gentlemen, we are losing time, " whereupon one and all arose and passed to the nearest buffet. That was crowded, and they tried another, only to find it also thronged. Then the electriciau looked at the hour. It was just past 10 o'clock, and a daily scène was being enacted. All Louisville was out taking a drink