The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-04-25

with eggs, dozens upon dozens, cooke,
and raw, white and colored. The plan 81
the peculiar game which follows is tina,
one player Is pitted to run given distance
| while another safely throws the eggs from
one basket to the other. he who first com
pletes his task being, OF course, the win.
ner Accordingly, when the Young men
and maidens have arrived, two leaders draw
lots TO determine who shall run and who
shall throw. That decided. the contest.
ants are gaily decked with ribbons. a hand
strikes up . lively air, capering clown
clears the way, and the game begins. He
Who throws takes the eggs. and one after
another swiftly whiris them the length of
the course, and into the chat filed basket
which Is held in the hand Of an assistant
Occasionally he makes a diversion by
pitching hard one to be scrambled for by
the crowds Of children who have assembled
to see the sport. Meantime while wap,ers
are laid as to who will likely win, the other
contestant speeds the distance Of a mile
or two to an appointed goal, marks II. as
proof OF his having touched it, and IL be
succeeds In returning before all the eggs
are thrown the victory and the prize an
his: otherwise they belong to his opponent.
The game finished, the prize ID presented
to the victor with due ceremony and amid
the cheers Of the crowd. The hard eggs
are distributed among the company. and
the raw ones carried uproariOusly into the
neighbOring inn, there to be cooked I'm
various ways and eaten. The remainder
Of the day Is spent in dancing and merry
making, and II a wedding can possibly be
arranged to take place on that afternoon
the fun Is wilder than ever.-St Nicholas.
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All appearances Indicate that the COM
ing exhibition will equal, II itdoes not sur
pass, any that has been held. In 1867 the
number OF visitors was over 10 0O0, 900, the
exhibition being open 2l0 DAYS. At
Philadelphia there were about 300 0OO less
visitors than this, but the Centennial was
open only l59 days. making the average
SO 900 each day against ii, 200 for Paris.
But this years fair will probably far exceed
the one Of 1867. The main building is
nearly twice as large as then, and the
magnificent Palace Of the TrOcadero Is In
no way to be compared with the tame
structure Of eleven years ago. In 1867
the admissions were 5000, 900 more than at
any other worlds fair that has ever been
held except the one In Philadelphia, and
were about 4, OOO, 900 more than at Vienna |
In 1874. 1t Is an Interesting fact that when /
the nrst exhibition ever held in Paris took |
place in 1898, q small court Of the Louvre |
was sufficient for its wants. The catalogue |
comprised only twenty -four pages, and |
there were only twenty silver medals
awarded. One gold medal was offered,
and was for the man who would strike the |
most fatal blow to English industry. Times \
md sentiments have changed. One Of the |
most sympathizing friends that France had /
n her late disastrous war was England, and |
England has been one Of the most forward
nations TN responding to the Exhibition In
Germany has been slow to
'dvance. At the beginning no step was
AIKEN or promised. But finally the ad-
'ances Of the Count de ST. ValIie to the
imperial Court have been followed by ap-
'roval from the Emperor, and Germany
will be represented.