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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*