The White Star steamship Britannic
arrived at Quarantine a few days ago
after a passage of little more than eight
days from Queenstown. The recent
round trip of tbe Britannic from Liver
pool to New York and back again was
accomplished in nineteen days, two
hours and thirty minutes. This is said
to be the quickest round trip on record,
either from Liverpool or New York.
A remarkable accident occurred at
one of the seaside resorts on the Fourth
of July. An Italian had a handful of
toy bal’oons, and a fool with more
money than brains bought them all,
and tying the strings to the belt of a
little girl tossed tbe child into tbe air.
Much to his amazement, and to tbe
surprise and alarm of tbe bystanders,
she didn’t come down, but floated grad
ually toward the ocean, just beyond
reach. A gentleman with presence of
mind and a revolver rescued tbe child
by firing a ball through a dozen or more
of the balloons, which brought her
down.
