Distinctly Practical.

In a first class carriage in Germany an Englishman was observed to put his head out of the window. The train was going fast and a sudden gust of wind blew off his hat. He at once took his hat-box and hurled it after the hat. Then he sat down and smiled on his fellow passengers. The Germans roared with laughter and said: “You don't expect your hat-box to bring back your hat, do you?” “I do,” said the Englishman. “No name on the hat. Full name and hotel address on the box. They'll be found together, and I shall get both. Do you see now.” Then those Germans subsided and said they always had considered the English a great and practical nation.

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