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^ M Y . hnrciJ««i ** L .- *'*' RncklM.
rhe S©arCH“ljiSill'. High up on the Laramie range there
XUO 1 to a little station called Bbornmn-a
mere watering place for trains on the
BAIN BRIDGE, JUNE 1. 1®Q1. ; f n |nn Pacific railway. Nearby It is
"** > * 1 gigantic pyAtmld of atone 00 feet
<%>«*.«. •» Eb«». high and 00 feet square at the base.
Prom the remotest ages thi egg has I which was set up by the railway as n
been locked upon ns the symbol of ere- monument to Oakes Ames and Oliver
atlon. or new birth. According to the junes. ... . .
Persians the world was hatched from j in the latter eighties there arrived- nt
an egg nt that scgsoD of the year which
corresponds to the vernal equinox.
Hence the Pnrsees still exchange gifts
of colored eggs nt the new year festi
val. which they celebrate nt this date.
Among the .lews the egg entered luto
all the mysterious ceremonies clf.-hsl
apocalyptic and occupied a prominent
position on the household table during
the paschal senson. Christianity In
vested the paschal egg with a new sig
nificance—namely, that of the resur
rection of Christ, and It was colored
rt-d In allusion to his blood shed for
sinners on the cross.
A carious ettst/am In medln-vnl church
es. for priests and choristers to Join In
a game of hall nt EnstJ) Ide. took hs
rise from the Easter egg. ^riilcli was
thrown from one to the other of the
choristers In the nave of the church
whllenn anthem was being sung. As
a missed egg meant a smashed egg, the
more durable handball wn« substituted.
Bherman a shabby person of melnn
choly aspect who put up a "shnek”-
western for shanty—not far from the
monument Ostensibly, be was'pros
pecting, and he continued to prospect
for three years without accomplishing
any -results, so far ns could be ob
served. At the eud of tlint period the
management of -the Union Pacific re
ceived from him a communication de
manding the Immediate removal of the
monument from the premises, which
he claimed as bis under the homestead
law.
The matter was regarded In a hu
morous light at first, but subsequent
proceedings developed the fact that
the squatter had tvhat lawyers call a
‘•case.”
The stranger. It seemB. bad located
on a section of land which did not be
long to the Unlou Pacific—the some
scctlou on which the monument hnd.
bv an Inadvertence, been placed. II
Rut the smashing of efgs continued | knew very well what ho was about,
as a form of outdoor sport. 'Survivals i nn d the upshot of the affair was that
are to be found among all Teutonic
and Anglo-Saxon people. .A popular
game In England and Germany con
sists In hitting one egg agnlust moth
er. the egg thnt survivor uncracked
winning for Its owner the, weaker art-
tngonlst, until an entire basket of eggs
may linve changed ownership. Anoth
er game Is to trundle eggs down ft hill
or slope, those which reach the bottom
traerneked being similarly victorious
over the otters.
Tele of n Frugal Illation.
“There used to be In a city In which
I lived," said n Cleveland' muh. "a cer
tain bishop who. while possessed of the
highest principles nnd whose alms nnd
ambitions In life Were of the highest
character, nt the same time united with
these n penurlousuess In money mat
ters thnt caused Innumerable atorles
Illustrative of this fnllltlg to ,he tacked
upon hint. Ouo of these, relit ted to ft
certnln church conference which the
l,(shop nnd other dlgnftniMos of the
church nt one time attended.
“At one of the meetings the bishop
in endeavoring to open a letter nently
with his penknife was so unfortunate
ns to allow the latter to slip aud to
cut a finger severely,
member bled profusely, nnd a hasty
the railway had to pay $5,000 for the
squatter's tract' In order to rnuke Its
title good.
The monument, by the way. Is dis
tant only about 100 yards from tho
station, nnd It Is n favorite trick of ex
perienced persons to Induce green
travelers to attempt a run to the pyra
mid and bnck during the two minutes
of the train’s wait. In nine cases out
of ten they fall on the way back,
Steallna ■ Court #«««*•
Once when Justice W. of the United
Stntes supreme court' ranched Pitts
burg on circuit a Mr. Wright enter
tained him. There was a case peudltig
then In the supreme court which in
volved the values of two stocks. The
decision was certain to make one of
tho stocks valueless and the other val
uable. It was considered an even
chance which way the decision would
go. The lawyers In the-case hnd set
tled It In their minds that it Justice B.
were to write the decision It would be
In tlielr favor. The Justice was noted
for writing long dedslobs. The ma
jority of the men on the bench at that
time wrote briefly. Justice W- was en
tertained at dinner at Mr. W right s
house. After the dinner Justice W. be
came companionable and good natured.
In the midst of conversation about
the court and Its work Mr. Wright
said to Justice W.. mentioning the case
In which be was Interested. "I suppose
that the decision lu that cose will be a
long one. there being so many points
Involved ” "As long os the moral law.
mv boy.” snld tbe old Justice ns he
smiled benevolently Upon his host.
That was all that he said upon the sub-
Ject. Mr. Wright, however, knew rrom
this remark that It was the particular
Justice who wrote long decisions who
was preparing the one In this case.
This gave him the cue for the deci
sion. nnd he bought stock based upon
this Judgment. It proved correct, nnd
he gained exactly $200,000 from this
careless remark of the toe amiable Jus
tice.
Nassau's Lake of Fire. Wtty Baehanaa Neve,
“l doubt If many- persons realize" (be | “MS. ituchaoaa, who 1 * at
fascination to be derived from a whiter , bachelor elected tv fbe pt«w.
Musa
years of age when- elects
spent In tbe Babr.tnUS,” said ft vlaUor
just returned from there the other day. | deliberately given* himself
••Down near Nassau, for exsstfple, | ceHbacy.” writes Wllfiffnrf,
there Is a curious sheet Of water Uftswe j The Ladies' Home- Journal,
as the Lake of Fire thnt Is worth going
It Is simply a pbospftof-
far to see. .
escent lake, but Its weird effects cUfig
to one’s recollection In u\ uncafray
way. It Is about three miles from the
hotel. You drive through quaint sen<S
narrow streets, with only here and
there a lamppost shedding a dim itghf.
and past the open doors of huts whose
uccupants seem to fill every space la
the abodes to overflowing.
“The gates of the old estate of WH
terloo have tong since disappeared, tad
the house Is in ruimr, but you drive be
tween the posts which still mark the
entrance down a grass grown roadway
to the edge of this Wonderful pond.
The water Is only * few feet deep, and
the pond Is scarcely a quarter of a tale
long. We stepped Into a rowboat by
the dim light of a lantern, and In a mo
ment, as the boat pltelied off aud the
oars broke the water into ripples, we
were surrounded by tt sen of flame. The
divers who swam about seemed literal
ly-merged Ih blue smoke, for the effect
of this phosphorescence Is more like
smoke than water. It reminds one of
the butterfly dance seen on the stage.
The form of the diver Is surrounded by
a luminous glow, and the fishes take
fright and dart away like little flames
Into the dark and quiet waters. It Is a
beautiful sight.”—New York Sun.
Wot Fordable*
During one of bis expeditions In the
Philippines General Lawton came
across the trail of a party of Filipinos,
which be followed for several days
with n small body of troops. One day
he and his staff reached the top of a
bleeding at tbe nose, the air being so Bma n eminence and saw a river stretch-
rnrefled at that elevation of 8.300 feet j n g below them but a short distance
ns to forbid sucb exercise.—Saturday
Evening Post
ahead. Turning to one of his aids, the
general said, “Lieutenant, ride ahead
and see If that river Is fordable."
The lieutenant put spurs to his horse
and soon entered the river. A few feet
from the shore the bottom shelved off
Scutari. By now he Is -gnyly trotting
over the hills far from tbe sacred pre-
The Injured j clnctsof Stamboul.”
_ Just ns Ismail finished his speech a
search for court plaster ensued. There | donkey’s loud bray was heard In the
Mnklnu It Rother Personal.
This Is credited ns one of General
Lew Wallace’s Turkish Jokes: There
lived lu Stamboul. Turkey, a well to do suddenly, and the horse was soon floun
Turk name Ismnd Ismail llassam. derlng In deep water. The lieutenant
He wns.eodowed with oriental wit that disengaged himself and swam to the
stood him well in hand when he was In shore, which the horse nlso reached In
a tight plnce. A neighbor called on Is- ft short time. After a brief ebase, to
moll one day and wanted to borrow bis tbe amusement of tbe general nnd the
donkey to use an hour. Ismail made a staff, the horse was recaptured, and,
low salaam and said: mounting him. the lieutenant rode back.
“Neighbor. 1 am sorry, but my boy His khaki uniform was soaked and
started on i lie donkey an hour ago to
being none forthcoming, a clergytnnn
standing by fished out Ill's cnrdcase
and, extracting from It a 5 cent stump,
the smallest priced stamp be hnd. of
fered It to the bishop to use ns ft sub
stitute for the much needed court plas
ter.
"The blahop accepted It gratefully
nr.d In his turn took out Ills own eurd-
case. In It he placed the 5 cent stump
nnd then, producing a 1 cent specimen
of his owu, he pasted It over the still
bleeding wouud.”—New York Tribune.
Mulct tun Wnguer,
Wagner when u young man wrote u
sonata which hnd a fair success, bur In
nfter life be made every effort to sup
press It. Going to tbe publisher, he
snld. “Have you any copies of that mis
erable thing still unsold?” "Yes," was
the reply: "l have qulte a number of
them Iti stock.”
stable, which was under the same roof
hs Ismail’s house, but In tbe-rear. The
neighbor said:
"Ah. I hear your donkey bray.” 1
Ismail protested that Ills neighbor’s
enrs were deceived and that tbe noise
was not a donkey’s bray. Then the
donkey, whldb was supposed to be Jog- |
glng along toward Scutari, brayed
twice loudly. It was too much, and
the neighbor cried:
"Ob. that is your donkey. Ismail. Al- !
lab help me. I can now borrow him.” I
Then Ismail said:
“Which d- you believe Is lying, the
doukey or ui •?"
The nelghoor hnd to give Ismail the
benefit of tbe doubt nnd went away.
bedraggled, and the water spurted
from the tops of Ills military boots nt
every Jump of his horse. Hiding up to
the general, he gravely saluted nnd
said, “1 have the honor to report, sir,
■that the river Is not fordable.”
Lawton looked at him a moment try
ing to maintain the diguity of his posi
tion. hut the situation was too ludi
crous for hi in. He hurst Into a hearty
lpugb. In which the staff joined at the
expense of the young lieutenant, who.
however, tells the story on himself.
An Early Ceorgta Monster.
In the fore part of August. 1812, a
party of hunters round In a mountain
ous region now known as Rabun coun
ty. Ga.. a being nearly eight feet high
covered with bluish hair and having u
human face adorned with Immense
ears resembling those of an ass. The
creature was stone deaf and on thnt
account seemed wholly unconscious of
the approach of the meh. This mon
ster seems, from old accounts, to have
been seen upon several occasions dur
ing the next four years.
In 1S1G a number of adventurers
from Virginia, most or them surveyors
working Up the unexplored portlous of
Georgia nnd the Carollnas. formed
themselves Into a party for tbe express
purpose of capturing tbe uncanny be
ing if possible. They scoured the hills
and valleys for several days and at Inst
returned unsuccessful to the starting
point.
The many tales told of this extraordi
nary being seem to bate created quite
a stir all along the Atlantic coast. A
printed circular Issued by a land com
pany In 1815 says, “Tbe climate of
Georgia Is exceedingly mild, tbe soil
productive, and the danger of attack
from uncouth beasts which are repre
sented ns being half lieast and half
man are fairy tales not worthy of con
sideration.”
“I* tbe days wbetr h e wa, ,
lftwyc# of Lancaster. p«. t J*J
Jdlsff Coleman, a betfatifcit
a cltkcen of that town; They £
engaged to be married* when ^
he was surprised to receive
request to release bet frost (L *
ise: According to* Mr. Georili
nor can la. the separation origin‘
a mlsanderstending on the p
tody, who was unusually
over some small matter exagg.
giddy add Indiscreet tongue*"
after the estrangement she
to Philadelphia and there
denly. 1
•-Throughout tbe rest of ]
nearly half a century, Mr. Bu
te not known to have 1 revealed uj
body the circumstances of 1
mantle tragedy. He would i
that If had changed bis he
plans' and bad led him toor<
than* ever Into polities ns- a-dlsi
from- hfe* grief. In his old' i
after he had retired peru»ao^ B ,
private Hfe. be called Mtemiw*
-package containing, he said,
pers and relics which would i
the causes of bts youthful sorrow']
which he preserved evidowlj *|J{|
Idea of revealing them before I
death: But when he died and w, J
was rend It was found that he |
reded fhat the package should J
burned without being opened, nud|
Injunction was obeyed,”
Why IpMtn Are Not Insects.
Tbe spider Is not an insect, though
probably nine people out of ten would
Send them to me at class It under this term. With scor-
onee, with a bill,” snld the composer
A thousand copies were soon after
ward delivered nt his door. The bill
was a big one, but It was paid, some
what grudgingly, and Wagner thought
he hnd done with the thing. What
was his surprise, then, ut receiving two
or three months later on another con
signment. this time of 500 copies.
. "1 thought you had ouly a thousand
of Micro things." he protested. "That
was all 1 had hi stock,” explained the
dealer, "but these have been returned
by my agents, to whom 1 wrote that
yon wished to have the sonata sup
pressed." Wagner winced, but there
was nothing for It but io pay the hill.
Ami thereafter whenever business was
dull with this crafty publisher a few
hundred copies of the sonata would be
struck off on slop worn paper and de
livered'at the composer’s door, with n
memorandum to the effect that they
hnd Just conic back from remote places
where they had beeu sent for sale.
Jobs Allen’s Pair.
When the bouse voted to prohibit liq
uor selling lu army canteens. John Al- i
len of Mississippi wi.n not recorded, j
Some good women of Mississippi noted |
the fact that he did . not vote and •
called on him for an explanation
knowing that Mr Allen bad been at
otic time quite active In the Congres- j
slonal Temperance society Mr. Allen 1
replied that he was paired on the can- j
teen question. "You see. ladies." lie *
said, "the si uatiott was tills: My wife j
thinks very much as you ilo about this
legislation In regard to the -Hiit-eu. I
have some doubts as to whether con
gress will really promote temperance
among soldiers In tills way. So I pair- ,
etl my Judgment with my wife's ton
science and decided uot to vote.'-St
Louts Globe-Democrat.
pious and uiltes spiders form a class Iti
tbe animal kingdom kuowu as Arach
nids. This name Is derived from a
mythical personage called Adeline,
the daughter of u purple dyer of Lydia,
who was fabled to have challenged
Minerva to a trial of skill lu splnuing.
So Indignant was the goddess at this
act of boldness ttiut she forthwith
transformed the hapless chnllpnger
Into a spider, presumably In order thnt
she might have the best possible op
portunity of practicing the art on
which she prilled herself so much.
Spiders differ from Insects In five
main particulars. Tlielr eyes are sim
ple Instead of compound, they have
eight legs in plnce of six, they do not
puss through the metamorphoses
which are characteristic of Insects,
they have no untenuie and tlielr
breathing Is accomplished by means of
orguus which combine tbe functions of
lungs and gills. Instead of by tubes
1 pervading tlielr bodies. These points
; of distinction are sufficient to deter-
, mine the fact that It Is Impossible to
class spiders as Insects.
■A Fish With Teeth on Ills Tonune,
The biggest of fresh water fishes, the
"arnpalma" of the Amazon, lu South
America, which grows to six feet In
length, lias teeth on Its tongue, so that
the latter resembles the file and Is used
as such. Some kinds of trout also have
the same peculiarity. Fishes thnt swnl-
low their prey entire have their teeth
so supported on flexible bases ns to
beud backward, but uot forward, in
order that their victims shall Dot es
cape after they have been ouce seized.
In ages gone by there were ferocious
sharks, such as would make a mouth
ful of you without bllnkiug. TO feet In
length.
Plenty of their teeth have been found
which are five tnches long, whereas the
biggest of the teeth belonging to sharks
that exist at the present day are Iti,
Inches long. Speaking of extinct crea
tures reminds me to say that all of the
early birds—those of hnrly geological
times, that Is—had teeth, with which
they captured the early worms of the
same period. Being descendant from
reptiles. It Is natural that they should
! possess a dental equipment, but when
they ceased to be carnivorous they had
; no teeth any longer.
Barrymore and Modjeska.
Maurice Barrymore earned a reputa
tion ns a wit and really deserved It.
HIs style could be less successfully
transferred io tbe stage, as bis efforts
at comic writing showed, hut In Its
spontaneous phases Its effect always
told One of the stories told was about
his experiences with Mme. Modjeska,
with whom he acted for several years.
He had been as careless us be often
was oti tbe stage, and Mme. Modjeska.
with all the conscientiousness of a
great artist, protested that be had no
frtstr Lacemafct'ag.
After the famine of 18-17 ItwnnHi
was revived la- Ireland. Linrerli-k. g
most successful Irish lace, is not ?
ly a lace at alk It te tambour work j
on net and muslin.
The Irish point, so' called, Is tbeJ
clcnt cut work, being made la quite j
same wny.
Net was first made by macbtnerji
1708. The machine was an tidai*tu(
of tbe stocking loom to hweiulii
nnd was cumbrous and not veryelsj
Ive. In ISO!) John Henthcote. a for
er’s son. evolved from eonsc-lousa
and experience tbe first maeblisj
make true bobblnet with perfect I
sided boles. It brought a great but a
cry about his ears from lacwoi
who fancied they saw themselvesflj
reduced to beggary.
The Luddites broke luto the fat
where the machines were first stf
and made scrap Iron and kindling wool
Of them. The only result was lodit*
the new manufacture to other
safer quarters. For long the tew
the machine's construction was
Jealously guarded by English imiuil
turers. Not satisfied with letters)
eut they kept up a const patrol to a
sure that nobody took model or dra*|
lngs to France.
At last, though, they were outwitntj
A discharged workman who hail t'
plan of It In his mind managed to g
safe over sea and build a tuai-blmI
France.
Sort of a Cannibal.
An old farmer for many years got I
dinner on market days at a small l
kept by a widow.
She Imd long suspected that bf i
more than the price (Is. lid.* warrant!
so she determined to test him. Sbr«*
cordlngly arranged matters
right to take his calling so lightly and | there was no room for him at tal'te.I
that If he did uot owe It to bis reputa
tion to do bla best be at least owed It to
her, because she bad doue so much In
his behalf and bad put bltn before the
public In a dignified and serious line of
parts.
"Why. madam,” be said, “It Is not
you who brought me before tbe public
and made me known. People had
heard of me nil over the United States
when they thought that Modjeska was
only the name of a tooth wash.” \
Remarknhle Caves.
M. P. Chaudoir In the Mouvemont
Geogruphlque describes a visit to the
remarkable stalagmite caves within
two hours' walk from Tanga, In cast- 1 ,Vy
ern Africa. Passing through several
ehumbers rising to a height of from
100 to 250 feet, he reached a vast sa
loon covering an area of 5.000 square |
yards. Millions of hats covered the
A Crushed Lawyer.
Some time ago a well known San
Francisco attorney, who prides himself
upon his handling of Chinese witnesses,
was defending a railway damage case.
Instead of following the usual ques
tions as to name, residence. If the na
ture of an oath were understood, etc.,
he began: “What Is your name?” "Kee
Lung” “You live In San Francisco?"
You sabhie God?” "Mr. At
torney, If you mean ‘Do I understand
the entity of our Creator?” I will sim
ply say that Thursday evening next I
I shall address the State Ministerial as
sociation on the subject of the ’Divinity
she took him luto a private room
table of which was graced by a
lng leg of mutton. He set to In g*
earnest, and soon nothing was left
the bones.
Highly delighted with his cheap!*
on passing the bar be tendered ?
lings for his dinner aud a quart of
The widow declined to lake any
ment on the ground of having m*
veuienced him so much.
Chuckling lo himself, the farmer 1
ed dowu bis market basket tro®
hook, and, finding It rather IlglU
tore off the covering and shouted:
"Here, Mrs. Brown, where's u)J 1
o’mutton?”
"Why, ye old silly." said the ffld0 :
"ye have ate your log for yourdiMK
—London Answers.
A Literal Constrartlon.
In a school for colored children there
was a little boy who would persist In
saying "have went." says a contributor
to The Christian Endeavor World.
The teacher kept blm in oue night
and snld:
"Now while 1 am out of the room
you may write ‘have gone' 50 times."
When the teacher came hack, he
looked at tbe boy's paper aud there
was "have pone 50 times.” On the
other side was written. "I have went
home."
roofs and Interfered with the explore- | of clirlBt . nnd shall be pU , ased t0 have
tlon of tin* narrow nnssmres. fine of
you attend.
these, killed with a stick, measured 4
feet 10 inches across the wiugs.
nrnfntlnK a Reflection.
The Soprano's Maid-My mistress
had five bouquets thrown at her dur
ing the first act.
The Contralto’s Maid (disdainfully)—
Indeed! How nice! I'll bet she paid
for i hem herself."
The Soprano's Maid—Of course she
did Sin* doesn’t have to have things
cbaiged like some people | know do.—
Brooklyn Life
Needless to say. a general roar of
laughter swept over tbe courtroom at
tills clever rally, and It was some min
utes, much to the discomfiture cf the
lawyer for the defense, before order
was restored anil the examination pro
ceeded upon ordinary lines.—Argonaut
Conversion TtirontrSi Pork.
An old Cambridge friend of a> ine
bad a good deal of the wisdom o
- uls |*** r
serpent in him had a fanner in
Ish In Norfolk whom he could uo
to church. Whenever he pressed I
him his neglect or his had examp
was always met with the same cs*
"Y’ou lie too young aud do DOt ^
enough to tea^-h such ns 1.’ - u J a ^
gave up the farmer In despair ^
la 1S00 the first patent o
a woman was granted
weaving.
er issued to
-for straw
Snow falls on 15 days in the year at
Dublin. 71 at Moscow and 4ti In Ice
land.
The Worn of tils Sort.
Wlgg—Lougbow Is a hard case.
Wagg— I should say he Is. The only
i time l ever saw him embarrassed was
! ouce when he was caught telling the
truth.—Exchange.
Life and coat buttons often hang by
slender threads.
one day he happened to pas* b
farm while his parishioner
gaged lu killing a tine pig #
said: "What a plgi Why. k '"’’L j
What dost thou
1 only ■"
stone!
4.-s’*" replied the farmer. - -
• weighed as much." When ti‘|T ^
uiei. the farmer, to his
•■rise.
, n foil 3 "
my friend Hint the pig had oe*™ ^
to weight just 34 stone
nun-ti to my friend's grntili*::
ti.ou will see rm- nt church
day. parson "—Manchester <
In 179*) Pennsylvania h:
population of lu.274.
cold*