THE EGGS THAT NEVER
HATCH.
There's a young man on the corner,
Looking far beyond the present,
With the whole world in his scope.
He is grasping at to-morrow,
That phantom none can catch;
To-day is lost. He's waiting
For the eggs that never hatch.
There's an old man over yonder,
With a worn and weary face
With searching, anxious features,
And weak,
He is living in the future,
With no desire to catch
The golden now, He's waiting
For the eggs that never hatch.
uncertain pace.
There's a world of men and women,
With their life's work vet undone,
Who are sitting, standing, moving,
Beneath the same grea’ sun;
Ever eager for the future,
But not content to snatch
Tue present. They are waiting
For the eggs that never hatch
Leisure H
AT NNETEER AND TWENTY-
SEVEN
EMMA M.
urs
WISE.
rt f
Sorts of
maay of
some editor’
greatness v
sessed
But somehow he
of the
fell short mars
which h
ny tears
for all
interature
ulneteen ther
positor
4
shrine of
IT more
1 that f
INSUrance man issue
xtra hazardous risk, and
his shrewdness
comment
hat came
all the more
cluded to
sie them
unknown
protege ind warn her against certain
which 1 t be
author's first
ped § o>
peated,
advancement in her
migh
pardoned in
story, but which,
i
wouig
if often re.
De Serious
art.
80, she sent him
written sto and a
strange jumble
bringing her
ness that she
and unstinted
belief was fairly launched on a
gea of su where wrecks and disasters
were an impossibility. In conclusion she
hinted that he ought to be eternally grate.
ful to her for allowing him to print a story
which would, in all probability, shed lustre
round his own reputation as well as her
own.
That evening he wrote the contemplated
letter
“You are in danger of being spoiled,”
he said in part. “You need advice and |
feel that I have the right to address you
in the capacity of censor. Remember
that you are in an up-to.date world and
the literature that will live will be the very
essence, the embodiment of that world,
Visionary, idealistic sketches such as yours
may make very good reading, but they are
uot the true stuff. You have unquestioned
ability, but if you wish to succeed you
must turn it to the portrayal of living men
and women, not the imaginary puppets
that you have manipulated for the most
part in your ‘Story of the Steamer Ken-
rick.”
may be quite comforting for a time to
come in contact, through the medium of
printer's ink and paper, with an Apollo, a
mental Hercules, a spiritual god and a
financial Croesus, all combined in one
American man, and a New Yorker at that,
drawback to her
efore he d
however,
another hastily
letter which
him for
thankful.
received,
steadfast
was a
of gratitude to
before the publie,
been so well
of a
had
expressions
she
Psa
acquaintance with him; he would be apt
to prove unpalatable. Besides, he would be
imperfections if need be—and let the gods
take care of themselves.”
Esther Lindsay read and reread the edi.
tor's letter. He had not intended to make
it unnecessarily pointed or critical, but of
her last hero had been the object of her
most sincere admiration
tion to shun him and his ilk touched her in
thie most vulnerable spot.
“1 want that man to understand me.”
said to mother, after having
dreamed over the contents of the letter for
a couple of nights, ‘*and in order to bring
that about I am going down to Ironton to
gee him, for it would be utterly useless for
me to attempt to explain in writing just
what stand I have taken on this subject.’
Her family knew her too well to remon
she het
next morning she took the early train tor
rout It was in the afternoon when
she reachad the office of the Ironton Inland
Arnold
office and met him just
¥
door. She tnquired {
nn. late
his
the
wr him and he stepped
Jesse was closing
she outside
‘I am Jesse Arnold,” he id,
i hal adopted
What is it
TUar
He ex
ed and deple
'
IY As though
day
when some Mm roiled M-IUCK ner
despair of trying to push on further in the
f
fe
n one
made
}
course she had mapped ir herself he
capped the climax of his sympathy and
interest by asking her to marry him.
twas a surprise to her and she promptly
refused him.
‘] never expected {
this from vou,” she
gaid, trying to temper his dismissal with a
kind an apology, ‘you know me so well.
You may call me a dreamer, an idiot, if
vou like, but I have my ideal still, and un.
less 1 fiad him in real life I shell never
marry.”
“I'm afraid you will always stay single
then,” he rej i, sharply. *‘I thought,
by your that you
judging latter
: Common sense
ined,
x i writing,
had commenced to hold
views on some things, but I snppose | am
mistaken, You may change your mind
vet.”
© You shall never know it if I do.” she
flared out, sngrily, and that ended the
first chapter of their own romance.
The outcome of his pre.matrimonial
venture hud been a bitter disappointment
to Jesse Arnold. He
office of the Ironton Inland Weekly aad
responsibilities devolving upon the editor
him
ergy. Gradually her stories took on a
tone of reality and broad sympathy with
humanity, and gradually her merit began
She never
sent any of her work to the Inland Week.
Iy for publication after that one unhappy
incident which left the friendship that had
ecsted between her and its editor partial.
| evolution of the character of her heroes.
| The June issue of a well known monthy
| contained a story that made his pulses
| throb and quiver with hope and joy. He
{ left the Inland Weekly in charge of a sub
| ordinate for a few days, and went down
| to see Lsther Lindsay,
“When you wrote your ‘story of the
Steamer Kendrick’ your hero was the ide i
of mankind, was he not?” he asked as soon
as he could spenk to her alone.
“Yes,” she said, softly.
“And you were determined that if you
failed to find
you would never mu
“Yes,” again,
“When you this last st
hal experienced
heart aud mind.”
Acain the monosyll
‘Would vou mind tell
your idea of the ma:
scribed?
No.” ahie ald.
[ painted my
[ remembered you
in your
such a creation in real ile
Arey?’
wrote ry §
evidently change
rot sil
defiantly
imag
thin
oii
Ai
least,
ecognize nin
same crooked ' game
RANE sun
Lhe
the same smile
vour back “ou told me
of imperfe
and make him
A FLOATING THEATER.
Russia Has One, and the United
States May Follow Suit.
tl »
The Washington Post is authorit
for the statement that a number «
theatrical ladies and gent
this country contempiate
theater
time the
ing
SAMO
of
tl
Lille ¢
it Tagged
IT made
the fare of ind
iotels,
I+ a boat were bui
this ¢
would necessarily be
ountry its con
based
nents of ti
requires
Mi 10
iarge
the starn paddie
noe
'-
y bie to
4%
$ suggested that
York, such a vessel ¢
y along the north shore
ound
‘onnecticut
stopping at the towns
and Rhode ls-
land o« : thence back to New York
and after doing New Jersey towns up
the Hudson, stopping at the various
places up to Albany and Troy. From
Albany to Bu¥alo the Erie Canal
can be used, and in the lakes
a cracking business would lie open to
the adventurous thespians
yast
once
Homer and Carrier Pigeons.
The homer and the carrier are both
brilliant fliers, but the homer is the
speedier bird and better fitted for
long distances, The homer has the
widest spread wings of all pigeons,
and can sail for an enormous distance
through midair. It is also consider-
ably lighter than the carrier
and is possessed of more phenomenal
powers of endurance, having been
known to fly 800 miles without
alighting. On a clear day, with a
good sky and favorable wind, 40
miles is an admirable record, al-
though 500 miles a day is the goal
of every pigeon-flier's ambition. A
bird that can perform this remarka-
ble feat is worth at leas $100, and
may be valued at $500 if it is capable
| of a better record. The bird's game-
ness, stamina, and speed reach their
highest point of excellence at three
and four years of sage, which is the
natural prime of life for a flier. After
they have passed their prime they
deteriorate in a scarcely noticeable
degree, and at ten or twelve years of
age are still good for the shorter
distances.
————
YOUNG AMERICA.
Irate Father-~I can’t understand
you giving your mother s» much im-
pudence. I never dared tulk back to
QUEEN VICTORIA'S CROWN,
Many Gems Make I(t the Heaviest
Diadem in Europe,
Victoria's crown is con- |
structed from jewels taken from old |
crowns, and other stones provided by
her majesty. It emer
alds, rubies, sapphires, pearls and
diamonds. The stones which are set
in gold and silver incase o crimson
velvet cap, with a border of ermine
the whole of the interior being lined
with the finest white Above
the crimson border, on the lower edge
of the band, is a row of one hundred
and twenty nine pearls. Round the
upper part of the band is a border of
one hundred and pearis. In
the front, stationed between the two
borders of pearls
Queen
consists of
ti 1 ke
SUK
twelve
i8 a huge sapphire
purchased by George IV, set in the
center of valuable pearls. At the
in the same position is another
but smaller sapphire
The sides are ador
sapphires and between these are
emeralds. Above and below the sap-
phires extendin around the
al a four-
large dinmonds, the eight emer-
§
DACK
r
i
ervais
encircled by a cluster of
ber Between
$ iN eine
alds being
dinmonds, 128 in num
he emeralds and
rnaments
Marriage Ceremony in Sweden
ght
Kee
8 Serv
irwav t
be married last
About tim hink It's the first
offer she's hs nee | ted her
x '
108 one will interject
“I pity who will marry
her
jut doesn’t she look old though?”
ill add; and this running
is kept up for an hour or so. But
borne by the bride
Finally everyone is ordered out of the
room, and then the wedding cere~
When it is fin-
ished a tin dish is placed before the
bride, and what is known as the
cradle tax’’ is collected Her father
places a banknote and two
spoons in the dish, and the guests
all contribute money or silver gifts,
Then a procession forms, which es~
corts the bride and groom to their
home, each person carrying a lighted
candle. Then it's all over, and, like
the good old fairy tales, they live
happily ever afterwards, at least let
us hope so.
silver
Curious Wall in Michigan,
Alfred Pagett, a Michigan archaeo-
logist, has been making explorations
of un ancient wall which he discov |
a sort of aboriginal counterpart of
the great wall of China, though some
incredulous people declare that it is
nothing more nor less than a mo-
the county line between Tuscola and
Sanilac counties, near Cass City, to
a point near Lake Huron. The wall,
he thinks, makes a complete semi=~
cirgle from Saginaw Bay to Lake
Huron. In its course the wall
touches land covered with bowlders,
mass of stones, many being of gigan
tic siza. Mr. Pagett hLelieves there
is not a break in the wall anywhere.
It is remarkably even, running usu-
There
“1% tome who think the wall a
mete natural freak, but the greater
number believe it the remains of
gone ancient fortification, which per.
haps cut off the ‘Thumb’ from the
main peninsula of Michigan.
atill
The Sight of Birds.
with
vision.
to the devel-
Birds are commonly credited
extraordinary range of
Circumstances lend aid
opment of the mental fac
The usual di
terrestrial
nited by the
y Li
an
tors
at whic
use their eyes is
"But
io birds, such
Cuse
species
ground horizon
in the case of the so:
as vultures and eagles
the natural limi { ht, i8 end
ously extended.
noted that ti
orbits of g
the
the horizo!
rm ~-
ivray early
iZzh birds of préy have
eyeballs
com!
1 hunting,
parrow hawk
the vultures
ch admitted]
i
VY et
1 §
100
was
3 offal pls
Egyptian Colors
the two
“or this yell
x . ¢
0id ieal
they
WAS
used
"a nt
permanent
y madder
aiwavs
rendered adhesive by
ns It is interesting to
kn proved by inscriptions,
thut the artists regarded their colors
as imperishable.
were
{
f our
-
Of u
neans
IW, A8 18
Died For Her Young
Burton H. and
Hamden, and
Edward R. Alling, of
New Haven bovs re
of the copperhead spe
three
cently saw a snake
from a hoie
end of Wintergreen
cies emerge near the upper
’
wns
the fe.
lake. The re;
a m ile and Was sHon tollowe i by
male, with a host of little progeny by her
When the boys rushed to attack the
snake family the male reptile fled But
the female stood stock still, opened her
mouth, and her fifty three offspring raced
her throat for safety The
aide
down
death with sticks and stones, and then
took their capture to the Alling Home.
stead, in Hampden. They told the story
of their experience to a man well versed
in the knowledge of the habits of reptiles,
and be dissected the dead female snake
The result was very interesting. Out
was more than two inches long. Some
mother, but most of them
They, however, were quick.
ly dispatched, and the complete score of
the killed, including the maternal female,
made just fifty-four snakes.
The copperhead female, like all other
killed their
best she can until her little ones ace able
to care for themselves. The fact that the
few days old.
A NATURAL MISTAKE,
City man (mistaking the saw-miller
for the farmer)--What kind of board-
ing can I get at your place?
A Funny ""Wrinkie'' in Baseball.
A new and probably the funniest
wrinkle in base ball yet heard of,
presented itself at the Minneapolis-
Milwaukee game, played in the latter
city recently, says the Chicago Tri.
bune. The wrinkle, or trick, the
latter undoubtedly being the better
term, consisted of a small convex
looking glass, just large enough to
fill the palm of a man’s hand, and
operated as a flashlight. The eye
blinding device was held by a friend
of team, 80 it is said, sit-
ting on Whenever a
Minneapolis’ man came up to bat
and just as the twirier
was in the act of tossing in ball,
the
bleachers would
yw the sharp rays of ti 1 from
$e i} ”
eyes o
he
jenness
the home
the bleachers
M liwalxee
the
man on
giass ino
The sudd
iomentarily the t
he could recover
he ball would be
he hands of the catcher and a strike
1 against him. The trick
«d toa charm for seven
1a man in the grand
{ the
was directed
wou
man
before
from its effect
t in
100K
8 l he visit
lilwaukeean's
1 the glass
A Minigture Earth.
It would certainly be in
yn the wonderful m
wer the
ided
Train Derailed by a Buzzard.
tra
Division of the L
NSACOIS
yg
Nashville Railway
1g between Bonifay and
some
APlant That's An Antidote for Poison
snake catcher,
who captured six Os foot rattiers near
Pi Jarvis, two weeks ago. was bit-
t the left hand by a rattler while
removing an old stump in a i He
bound a handkerchie tly around
the wrist, and steeped
the leaves of a plant called ‘pilot
master” in water and applied poul-
tices to the wound every hour. The
arm swelled to an enormous size as
far as the shoulder, but ths weed
proved a sure cure. Lewis was able
to be about the next morning in Port
Jarvis and exhibited the curative
weed It is like a house plant,
spotted, and grows from three to four
inches high.
Lewis, the
t
{se0rge
ot.
Turkish Funerals
It helps American women to real-
the down-troddenness of their
sisters in Turkey when they are told
that Turkish widows are sometimes
denied even the moderate satisfac-
tion of following their husband's re-
mains to their last resting place
When Ismail Pasha died, SOU of his
sorrowing relicts, after sitting up for
a week at his wake, expressed their
purpose of walking barefoot in pro.
cession at his funeral at Cairo. The
authorities at the place heard of it,
snd the widows were locked up. But
what an impressive spectacle a mar
ried man’s funeral at Cairo must be
when the palace does not interfere!
ize
Odd Advertising Schemas.
A Broadway shoe dealer has hit
upon what seems a new advertising
scheme. Every day he places a fine
pair of shoes, narrow fives or sixes,
in his show window, and offers to sell
them at a price ranging from one to
twenty-five cents to any man whom
they will fit perfectly. It is a proot
that many New Yorkers have small
feet that the shoes rarely remain un-
#8 for more than a day. Though
seemingly new, this is Lut a variation
of an old and successful scheme of a
well-known Brooklyn firm of hatters
aM excrescence on the human race, and
after your second or third story the public | gress through the magazines, to which she
wild have none of him, So take warn- | aq at last become a frequent contributor.
tor. Make your hero a real man —full of | [Ia watchad v ith psriiculay interest the |
ly wrecked, and he only knew ber pro. | my mother,
Henpeck's Son (with a sneer)—No,
you would’t dare talk back to my
mother, neither !-~Pack .
of exhibiting a very large-sized hat
end offering to give it to any man
whose head it will fit.
Saw Miller (innocently)~~Mostly
weather boardin’, but there's a little
floorin’ left over, you kin hev.
scattered over areas from one to five
acres, at intervals of from five to six
miles. At Tyre it is u complete
——————————— ——