The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1891-04-18
THE CoLu.aslAN gGG.
mother Theory oT How the r.at Was Ac
camp i.hod.

Ahother Theory ~ How the Isat MAS hc
camp ..hod.
The Columbian Exposition has broug',
he egg story into prominence nggiu
and In order that II may not eHl!rlY oh
vert public attention from the Elail o3
icct OF the worlds fair, and a. an act o.
Justice to the memory OF Columbus hitl-
self, | think IL II time to give the story
an eternal rest, writes NJ, NJ. Trumbuii,
in Opera Court. III. fable runs that
the problem Of standing an cgS ON end
having been submitted as puzzle to
Columbus, h. solved IL instantly by tap
ping the egg on the table, and breaking
the end Of IL just enough To make a hat
basis On which 1t stood firm, without
qulver. According 10 the legend, the
philosophers who thought to confound
the great mathematician by such u slim
pie question, accepted the solution nE
sorroet, acknowledged themselves de-
tca,cd, and II there WAS u bct upon Il,
n suppose thcr. was, gave up the
money. II In not grateful duty to
abolish popular myths, but this, like 10
many better ones. must 90.
Evidently, the Columbian cgp story Us
a fiction, because II true, Columbus
must have bc-n u clumsy iugRlcr, and
the breaking of the .FI, confession ui
!rfcat, nn acknowledgment that the
problem could not L. solved without vi.
llaiing itn lint Implied condition, name
iy, that the egg, uninJur,d, should stand
alone and unsupported On a Lowell Eur-
face. iin,alEinR the egg, 10 Ear from
nlying the problem, was an evasion oi
u, terms, like uniying the Ionlian knot
i,y cutting Il into pieces. which was moi
aniying II ai all. Columbus might lubi
a. we'll have stuck the @rt' up.
right into the salt upon the table,
nj called that solution 81 the
puzzle. To make an rsP stand upright
"a plane surface h not difficult feat;
I have known how t1 dn I, fur mnrr
year. than ! carr 10 mrnt!1n, but
nave nI; revealed the frcusi, fearing
that unprinciplrd men might usr Il 'ug
hgiiing purp1-rs aud win Enrlt f1FilH.
with Il; bat Ia the Chicago TrihEnr l
iind the anrlrn, Action arrvrd up nrHin
Tor ths hrnril, II a euFTUspuudl ~ siU,
being La Pu.-rsslDn "f print ~ ilu-
'aFth's picture u Columbus aud the
rsg, wanted - know the meaning sEi
hss' HAsftA - Wv IiNAAAA AAAhAfF hAAH
'ninn' This amy iongrr will now g.vc
the Columbian seenrt away.
one dBy wh-n was boy al school
wr hal fug F,'.iiiiss irssIn the st1rN ~
CniHmhus and tho ~ In my ella NfH4
iii;lr iFish hoy nisIui say own Hrr
wl,u~r nHtHr was Jerry Grady. hEd
when s.'lnIl wHl out far nnun igFrg
aAil L. mr. "nii So mlHi that rilury
ahua, Columbus and tho vFsT SURF
that's NJ; tho way thr thFicl was dHHr
At Ill, a, ali, ,1rn- wil tie ani III chow
So how ciunhna d1nr IL. Now !, -
hapfrnSd thH, i-rTy's mother L"is
chickens. and wis-n w. rvarlrd the
iiuuar he had ~ trouble in tnhiuf'
fN'sis seFs iira, putiinr a clean plate
On .th- taiti-. derry ta.sig tie ca. anil
-s~-sN "a .rs-.si, ,.r ssan. .-'ss..ss,. .ss
until the y-lis and the whii- w-r' ,iiHs'
pus;,,iy mis-'i. like c"a,r-,sni - miii,
an.i water. Than. after holding The
rt'l' upriFh, an the plate until the miss
,ur- iusisir II !; had ar,,irt quietly iHi"
'lss' broad iasr "' u, hr Nitl'iNrtF h's
hand ani l"t, The -s'g' standing upright
anil siuar. ''IhrSrs" saii he. ''th=''a
Tho way Calnn,has ,i1nr L., hnL iAvr
~ sinub, !, was, ,nT I have often iDn' .t
mysrlf tha' way, ani anybody cl'' can
~ L. Ny ahi-,, Ia correcting ih.a biz
- his'"ry is e. ss' 'nlumtls right H..
fuFu ibr wpfii ani e. rrs~ur him fun
tho suspicion that b. was ignorant ~
ii.r Easy. scientific ani pur,iy mrshahis
cal solution ~ the -Fg' rr1birB, ThU
rrasun why an "sr viii uu' stand on
rfgi is that, IT, cpuiSu's arv NJ, BALANCED
either In weight 1r piac~. Iut ai'gs
they arr thoroughly mixed tho yfT' will
rasiiy recognize It. own cvu,-r Il rtays
iiy sni stand upFiFh, like Toy soldier
which is maslr on the same principle