The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-03-05
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 ln room of one of the dorml' tories, among them a single freshman. He walked about as lf treading on eggshells. and If there was one thing he dreaded 1t was being made game of. The senior and the junior treated him as unworthy of any especial notice. the sophomore as an inferior order of ani- nal.
 Talking of surprises" said the Jun for, "I met with one this summer that knocked me cold"
 Let's have t." said the senior.
 You know that was chosen to rep resent our class in the university expe' dltion to the Yellowstone park this summerT"
 "You? Yellowstone parkf Oh, yes! Now 1 remember. had forgotten that you took every scientific prize last term" He removed his pipe from hls 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 sillceous matter"
 "Calcareous and sillceous matter IS good" said the sophomore, with mock reverence.
 Don't interrupt the speaker" Inter posed the senior severely. "rhls eXpe- dltlon has brought about some remark able discoveries. and we want 10 hear about them"
 This calcareous and slllceous mat ter" resumed the narrator, instantly incrustates whatever 1t falls upon. We found any quantity of things from which. when we knocked on the coat 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 live lizard"
 'I didn't know" sald the freshman in astonishment that life could exist Inside of stone"
 "Shut up. freshman" said the sopho- more. What do you know about sci- enceT'
 life may exist inside of Ice" said the senior by way of explanation. "why not Inside of stone as wellT'
 'Tt occurred to me" the narrator went on, ito separate from the rest Of the party and look for other live speci' mems, so l took my outfit and went on a still hunt. l spent ten days picking up different articles without finding. anything better than a chlpmunk and began to get discouraged. was stand ing one day by one of the biggest gey' sers, admirlng the way it shot up Into the air, and was so intent upon it that I didn't notice that was gradually be- ing covered with its spray. lt occurred to me that if l stood there long enough | would become incrusted and turn out a living statue. so l moved farther away. Just above was another geyser. spoutlng for all lt was worth. went to it and leaned against stone. 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 began to chop at the thing with my ax. The first thing knew broke of a big chunk and laid bare a piece of gray cloth. Examining it. found it to be a mans coattail."
 "I can hardly believe that" said the freshman. with increasing surprise.
 ."Go on," said the senior. with with ering glance at the doubter
 "I went round to the opposite side of the stone and after hammerlng awhile exposed bit Of light summer silk. I began to get interested. There was an eminence-or. rather. one of those terraces they have In the park-beside the big stone, and, mounting lt, swung the ax over my head. just as 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 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 pair of lovers can spend in that enjoyable posi- ton. They had stood together by the geySer. admiring It and each other and were SO Intent upon their spoonlng that they didn't realize they were becoming lncrusted till lt was too late"
 "You don't mean it" cried the fresh man. "Pshaw! It's ridlculousv
 "Freshman. said the senior sternly' you are doubtlng the word of the sci' entific prodigy of this college"
 What did they doT asked the soph' omore.
 'Dop The girl blushed rosy red at being caught ln such a position. and the fellow marched her of, remarking that they must hurry or their 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 guying him, but dared not question the story. He was no sooner out of ear