Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-02

priceless gift of his red haired love, hoping
that some fortunate day he might return
to claim it and hera Or was the maiden
false, and did the cavalier, unwilling to
destroy the ruddy tress that he had worn
next bis own heart. in passion of grief
and renunciation, bury it 30 out of his
sights
In the trystiDg tree, hoping that Sir Adel-
bert would find it-and understands And
why did he not CONF? And did either,
neither, or both of them, die of the sorrow
Of ila Or did the years oyerlay their heart
wounds with interests and occupations
until all was healed, or at least hidden9
These questions return with annoy ing
psrsistency. One of the story-writers of
New Haven, and our wood must be full of
'em. for We have lately been assured that a
vast array of literary talent has been
"turned suddenly loose upon the public"
ought to be able to use this quaint and
suggestive story to good advantage. 1t
would form most beautiful little ''no.
dule" for novel, and make the writer
famous.
THE TRANSPORTATION OF PINS.
"What becomes of the pint" This is an
old and puzzltng problem to which no sat-
isfactory solution has ever been offered,
until some unknown scientist of the pres
ent day came forward with a very ingen-
ious theory.
They seem to have the power of vanish
ing at will and at the most inoppo.tune
moments. There is something weird as
well as annoying in the manner in which
they
''Swifly and silently vanish away,
And never are heard of again."
A few stray specimens are gathered up
by the carpet sweeper, and the house
maids pin cushion offers q temporary
Home for Little Wanderers to a goodly
number, yet even these soon join the
"csrsvan that moves'-whithera
The fate of needles is somewhat more
definite. They "orip" their points, or
split out at the eye, or break in pieces;
then they are carefully placed in the FIRE
lest they should do untold damage. Oc-
casionally, as we are told, they
imbed themselves in the flesh Of
human beings and start upon tours
of Investigation and exploration, coming
to the surface, after months, or years Of
journeyipg, at point as far as possible
from that at which they entered. Thus
we can account for the needles fairly we'll.
There Is In an Enalish museum of natural
history bone needle, used by some dame
of ancient times, and found hidden away
in a cavern by the sea. A woman's work
basket was also found in an Aztec mum
my's tomb, with needles and all the imple-
ments of hsndiwork-sven the bit of cloth
upon which the hands long turned to i'm
pslable dust had busted themselves-all
dropping to pieces with age. There were
even pins in this basket, which possibly
goes to prove that there is one place from
which pin cannot escape.
There is new theory anent the mysteri
GUS vanishings of pins. and 1t may be the
correct one. 1t seems quite plausible at
least, and we would be glad to know to
whom it should be credited. Here it is:
"Pins and needles, being small, sharp
and of metal. probably get swept out of
doors, sink into the ground, work their
way through drains and river channels
into the sea, where they nest together in
masses, drive a path to the center of the
earth, where, melting with the central heat
of that locality, they are fused into nodules
of metal, which will doubtless in turn re-
appear, puzzle the learned for awhile, and
then be made into pins and needles again"
This is the doctrine of transmigration as
applied to pins. They are to reappear at
last upon the scene of their former useful
ness, perhaps with their wandering pro-
pensities, their uncanny vanishing power,
all refined away. But would not that be
too much to expect-of pina 1t is more
probable that they would seek again and
again the soil from which they sprang, to
be "rolled round in earth's diurnal course,
with rocks, and stones, and trees This rev.
olutionary idea is certainly most encour-
aging to manufacturers, and the puzzling
question "What becomes of the pins?"may
be answered by-''gone to form a nodule." !"
Stick pin in this theory, for 1t may posi-
bly, be the correct one. HILARY.