The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16

enough to snatch hasty lunch at
loon, and filled his room with the vii
,st fumes and oders Imaginable
Toward supper time he had succeeded
n producing little heap of whitish
powder with which he seemed very
much pleased. He carefully shut and
ocked the windows and doors of his
'oom and descended to supper.
During the supper he asked Mrs.
Bright if he might use couple of her
hens to experiment on. He said that |
by feeding to them certain powder
Of his invention they might be made to
lay larger and different eggs. He laid
great stress on the word different"
She readily granted his request; and it
was decided to capture couple of the
fowls the next morning. The profess
or retired to his room and wrote a
long letter to his old friend, Professor
Wrinkle.
"My dear FRIEND" ran the letter. "In
my telegram limited to you that was
on the trail of great discovery. That
is true, and am confident that have
now completed a preparation that will
revoIutionize the commercial world.
Some chance words dropped by my
host, Mr.. Bright, the other morning set
me to thinking, Wrinkle, set me think
ing, and you know what that means.
"But let me come to the kernel of the
matter at once. AS you know, the eggs
of birds are Opaque. Well, have dis
covered a certain chemical that, when
partaken of by them will cause them
to lay transparent eggs! You will no
doubt be astonished, my dear Wrinkle;
hnt it is raafiy quite siropis- The eggs
of different species of birds vary in
color. Why this difference? Now, the
two tissues and layers of the egg-cav
ity is essentially the same in all birds.
What, then, causest he difference?
"There is only one explanation:
What they eat. Acting OH this
hypothesis, then, set to work; and L
am almost sure OF success.
"Think of what this means, my dear
Wrinkle. No more bad eggs in the
market. The hotel keeper need no
longer be afraid of losing his boarders
by serving them aged eggs. The house
keeper will receive good eggs for good
money. 1t means a saving to the
country of millions of dollars, that is
now lost in time spent in handling bad
eggs. Then look at all the annoyance
and trouble it will avert.
"Besides, just think of an incubator
full of eggs with transparent shells
The growth of the chicks may be OBJ
served from day to day, and the bad
ones culled out. The student in bi
ology may be enabled to follow the
development Of the embryo of the
chick without soiliDg his hands. Why
we can hardly realize as yet all tht
benefits the human race will derive
from my discovery. OF course Nigh
keep the secret of my preparation
screw prices up and become million
aire in no time, but [ won't. 1t can b,
manufactured very cheaply; ten cent
worth will be enough to feed twent.
chickens one year, or during the lay
ing season. You may think that tn
, farmers will not buy it; but they will
or quit raising chickens. Transporter
eggs will naturally sbe preferred t.
the common ones. I can never b
thankful enough that 1 came to Min
nesota.
Yours ETC.,
Voorhek."
The next day Jimmy made a WIZ
) netting inclosure. and with the assist
) ance of Dewey, thei dog, Speckle wa
captured and placed within it. Th
4 professor mixed some of.his powder
i together with flour and::water and sc
3 it before the speckled fowl. But sh
8 positively refused to partake of
b and no amount of coaxing on the pal
}. of the professor could induce her I
: touch it. He exercised:all his know
8 wiles to no avail. She was kept
y prisoner till late in the afternoon whe
t two younger and less arrogant birt
I. were caught and put in her plac
When the professor gave them b
g mixture they ate it greedily and he ",