Fearful Experience Of A Coroner's Juryman

The iuihnbitaiirs oí ('I.nvr Bottom, Ky., were gTeat$y excïted. Colooel Aiiiiy BiSMogB, om of thf iiofd eitizriis ui' ih.-u growUng si't tlciucnt, haA been Pomnd dcad vn kis bed. Tln colonel, alwaye good natured and jolly, liad not a known enemy In the state. Besldee, tin rt wcrc no m&rks of vioBauce anywlLcro npon üLs body. Tincase was .éi u'cnuinc ïnystn-y. A coron.T's jury w;is summoned. Eviiknce was introduced to show that the co'.oiwl liad rctired the eveninf; before in the best of hoalth and spirits. The jury rettred f room in which the colon:1! had slppt to niiikc a tJiorouüh tnvwtdgation. Nothlng waa foimd unfil, on turnlng down the he.ü covcrinns. ('oloncl Andci-son RoarCY dfsrovcred a bottk'. "It's pfeen!" lic cjatulatcd. "Tha.t teDs the tal-, gentlemen," said ('oloncl Claj'ton, the foreman, "poor Andy committed suicide." "Hotö on, mili," exclaimed Roarer; "tbta bottii'. kuIi, ses gin." "What ?" yeHed the entire jury. fuslüng en mnase upon the colonel. "Gentlemen '. Colonels ! rememliei your posfition," cried the iorenian. "Colcnifl Iloarer, give me the bottle, anb." Colcmel Clayton took the bottle into his hands and examined it critically, tlien, dra-witog the cork, he placed the phial to his lips. He took but one swallow suid then turned white. Hls baad fcrembfed, and the bottle feil to the floor wíth a crash. "Gentlemen," lie ■whi'spered, in a horï-iiicd tone, ■vlmt a terrible místate. That is not gïn. IT IS WATER !" "I told you it was pizen," remarked Roarer. "Yee, geatlemen.' 'contimicd Coloiiei Clayton, "it i.s a terrible mistake. Colonel Andy waa misled by tliat label. He died f rom the conee(juciii-cs of snch a ereat shock." Verdict