The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-03-25
X SCIENTIFIC 4 \ DISCOVERY


 fall term. among them the freshmen who. green from the high school. the grammar school, the farm In some cases, were unpacklng their ward robes and setting themselves for hard study. Three upper class men were as' sembled in a room of one of the dorinl' tories, among them a single freshman. He walked about as if treading on eggshells, and if there was one thing he dreaded 1t was being made game or The senior and the junior treated hlm as unworthy of any especial notice. the sophomore as an Inferior order of ani' nal
 "Talklng of surprises" said the Jun for. "I met with one this summer that knocked me cold"
 Let's have It." said the senior.
 'You know that l was chosen to rep resent our class In the university expe' ditlon to the Yellowstone park this summerT
 "Youf Yellowstone parkl Oh. yesl Now I remember had forgotten that you took every scientific prize last term" He removed his pipe from his mouth and glanced significantly at the | freshman.
 Everybody knows" the junior went on. "who knows anything, that the gey' sers out there are impregnated with calcareOus and slllceous matter"
 "Calcareous and slllccous matter Is good" said the sophomore, with mock reverence.
 Don't Interrupt the speaker" Inter posed the senior severely. "rhls cxpe' ditlon has brought about some remark able discoveries. and we want to hear about them"
 This calcareous and slllceous mat ter" resumed the narrator, instantly incrustates whatever It falls upon. We found any quantity of things from which. when we knocked on the cont ing. there was the original article, good | as ever. But we found one thing we | hadn't counted on. One of the fellows. picking up a piece of stone about ten inches long and quite slender, began to hammer lt, and after an extra hard knock the thing broke up. and or wrig- gled a live lizard"
 "I didn't knOw," said the freshman In astonlshment. that life could exist Inside of stone"
 shut up. freshman" said the sopho more. What do you know about sci' encef"
 life may exist inside of lee" said the senior by way of explanation. "Why not inside of stone as wellT'
 "It occurred to me" the narrator went on. "to separate from the rest Of the party and look for other live specl' mcus. SO l took my outfit and went on stlll hunt. l spent ten days picking up different articles without finding anything better than a chlpmunk and began Co get discouraged. was stand. ing one day by one of the biggest gey. scrs. admlrlng the way it shot up Into the nlr, and WIS so intent upon it that didn't notice that was gradually be- ing covered with It's spray. It occurred Co me that if stood there long enough ] would become lncrusted and turn out ' living statue. so l moved farther nway. Just above was another geyser, spouting for an lt was worth. l went Co lt and leaned against a stone, a sort of pillar about ten feet high, over which the spray was constantly fall ' ing. don't know what put it Into my head. but l began to chop at the thing with my ax. The first thing knew l broke or big chunk and laid bare a piece of gray cloth. Examining It. l found lt to be a mans coattall'
 "I can hardly believe that" said the freshman. with increasing surprise.
 "Go on." said the senior. with a with erlng glance at the dOubter.
 "I went round to the opposite side of the stone and after hammerlng awhile exposed a bit of light summer silk. I began to get interested. There was an emlnence-Or. rather. one of those terraces they have In the park-beside the big stone. and. mounting it, l swung the ax over my head. just as l throw the hammer at athletic shows. and. bringing the blade down on the top of the stone. cleft lt in twain.
 And found"- said both upper class men, with a fine show of Interest "I found" said the speaker impress lively. "a young man and a girl stand Ing side by side, the mans arm around the girls waist They had been there since the last party had visited the gey. sers, a week before. thus furnishing admirable data as to the time a pair Of lovers can spend In that enjoyable posi- ton. They had stood together by the geyser, admlrlng lt and each other and were so Intent upon their spOoning that they didn't realize they were becoming lncrusted till lt was too late"
 "You don't mean lt% cried the fresh. man. "Pshaw! It's ridiculous"
 "Freshmau," said the senior sternly, you are doubtlng the word of the sci- entldc prodigy of thls college"
 What did they doT" asked the soph' Omore.
 "Dof The girl blushed rosy red at being caught In such position. and the fellow marched her oT. remarking that they must hurry or thelr party would leave the park without them"
 The freshman departed more uncom' fortable than when he entered. He knew the upper class men had been guylng him, but dared not question the