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Brown Eggs.

From the London Chronicle
Many of us will prefer to breakfast of q
brown egg rather than a white one tomor-
row, and be unable to say why. 1t is one Of
the unreasoning preferences of the table
The story is told of lady who
would never eat white-sheled egg. When
the pantry failed of the real article her
resourceful maid just dipped white egg
into basin of cold coffee. The brown
blush deceived, and no one was the worse
A French exporter lately resorted to a
similar expedient on large scale but our
traders found him out. Even unreasoning
preferences, however. have usually SOM
sort OF foundation. 1t happens that the
hens that lay brown-sheled eggs are also
those that lay best In the winter season,
and there is always a chance that I'm winter
a brown egg is more likely to be fresh than
a white one would be.
And what is fresh egg? It seems Curl
GUS to the ordinary consumer to think Of a
distinction between "new-laid" and fresh
But fresh is only equivalent to edible"
and still fresh II YOU buy eggs which
possibly have come from six or seven hun
dred miles beyond these shores, and are
labeled fresh" you are not being de-
frauded. If however. those foreign eggs are
labeled English 1t is a fraud-and this trick
is sometimes played by the sort Of mer-
chant who would adulterate eggs If it were
possible to do so.
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tracing more and more attention. AL
though 1t hung on the wall of a rude
cabin among the North Carolina hills for
considered the most valuable clue in ex
the time of her disappearance there WAS
no woman In America more widely known
and admired than the beautiful and sc
complished daughter of Aaron Burr. AT
fourteen years of age she had entertained
her fathers distinguished guests at Rich
mond Hill. AT an early age she had trans
lated the Declaration OF Independence into
french. The wife of Gov Aston of South
Carolina, the daughter Of the Vice Presi
dent who came within one vote OF being
elected the chief executive of this great
nation; the very flower and perfection of
American womanhood was Theodosia
Burr
This old portrait found at Nays Head
conJures up the days Of thrilling inter.st
and pathos, when Aaron Burr was ons op
the most prominent figures in America. The
story of the traitor whose daring and
splendid scheme to place himself on the
throne of the Montezumas had made the
whole country hold its breath with amaze
ment and CONSERVATION, his sensational,
trlal IN Richmond for treason, his long
years of exile in Europe, where he wa.
oiten the guest Of princes and kings; the
sad homecoming, the loss of his daughter
his hearts idol; his old age spent in poy-
erty and disgrace; is there a more brilliant.
tragic, pathetic chapter In American his
tory than the story of Aaron Burr and his
daughter?
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quired great nerve. Charles Theodore
Murray, novelist and special writer spent
a week with the show In England, riding
with the performers in parades and In tho
ring. In Connecticut town he was made
up as clown and appeared In the ring az
such throughout the evening performance
without the knowledge of the 10000 people
in the audience. He gave his interesting
experience in a full page illustrated article
A woman went into the lions cage with
the king of beasts and lived to write
good story of her sensations. New York
newspaper man spent a morning with
eleven leopards. among them a black one
fierce that II had to be forced into
corner of the cage at frequent intervals by
men stationed outside with poles and
hooks
At the close of one season | organized
a troup OF Rough Riders" thus antici-
pating the famous organization with which
Roosevelt was identified in later years.
My company was composed wholly OF
newspaper men. They rode across the
Brooklyn bridge with the show one Sat
urday night. The main point. however.
was the crossing of Jumbo. The man who
rode him afterward became the Sunday
editor Of one of New York's largest papers,
ana sun chuckleS over the sensation that
was created by the proposition to take the
mighty beast over the suspension bridge.
Jumbo's successful passage, a matter
of fact, was hailed by the public as the best
indication of the safety of the great span.
These matters may seem trivial now,
far in the background of events. but In that
day they were the prominent subjects OF
general discussion in the newspapers as
well as in private circles. II was my first
business to keep them alive as long as pos
sible. Nothing. big or little, was neglected
to produce this result.
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Wind Among the Most I'M
portant Factors to Be
Reckoned With.

incidentals in an Office. The law, however
provides that the engineer shall allow a
hXed figure for every square foot of live
weight SO that here again his task is a
matter Of multiplication. This, however,
must be figured on floor by floor, and in
a thirty-two-story skyscraper with 500, COO
square feet of rentable area it is apparent
that considerable multiplication can be in
dulged in this matter alone.
The wind pressure however, Is the most
difficult thing to figure on and the height
OF the skyscraper, it's shape and the area
exposed to the wind are all factors in a
matter of most delicate calculation.
Even with this the weigher's task is not
over. In figuring costs he must ascertain
how deep below the surface of the ground
where the building is to be erected New
Yorks rocky backbone lies. Borings must
be made to determine the character of the
ground, for an SO,O00-ton skyscraper can
not rest on loose gravel. Fortunately, New
York Is built on solid granite, though in
the downtown district this Is often found
as far as 100 feet below the surface If
the granite Is too deep for foundations,
however, the engineer is certain to find
hard pan of a sufficiently tough quality
to bear up the enormous weight.
Having determined all these preliminary
facts, involving an infinity of details. the
skyscraper weigher is ready to give his
estimates on the work, and as soon as the
prospective owner gives the word an army
of men will be gathered, great cranes and
derricks and machines that would make
the builder of half a century ago open his
eyes in amazement will be brought upon
the ground and the dirt will soon begin
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REMARKABLE


different animals, lions. tigers, leopards,
bears, hyenas, etc, carefully recording the
number of volts received by each before
showing symptoms of succumbing to the
unusual treatment Naturally enough some
of these animals vigorously resisted the ex-
pertinent. But it was good for column or
more in the morning press. Two days later
the Legislature passed the present law of
electrocution.
The effect of music upon wild animals
was another interesting experiment. What
was learned by it has affected the opera
tons of keepers and trainers all over the
world. Besides the reporters present there
was a swarm of keepers and trainers, who
are rather incredulous of any influence
upon wild beasts other than the whip and
iron.
violin played softly and slowly would
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Witches Still Believed In.

Andrew Lang in the London Post.
Neglected by the powers. witches ceased
to be so notorious, but the belief continued
to exist, and does exist now, In rural parts
of Scotland and England; and In England
and France, even in the towns, fortune
tellers. whether they charge a guinea or
q shilling for their advice, are witches un-
der the terms of the old statutes, and -four
ish abundantly, but as they are not burned
they are supposed by superficial observers
to have been exterminated by school boards
and electric lighting. The blacker sort of
witch who "overlooks" and casts spells on
man and beast may be found in many rural
regions north and south. One of them was
brought before a squire. One of them was
acquaintance a dangerous nuisance. He
said to her. solemnly: You know. Betty.
the Bible says Thou shalt not suffer
witch to live in the parish" and she mi
grated under certain conditions of compen-
sation to another parish.
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the hangman's rope was pending in New
York state. the subject was being widely
discussed in the newspapers throughout
the state. In the heat Of the debate pro
and con 1 conceived the idea of testing the
effect of electricity on certain beasts-of
ascertaining how many volts of the electric
current might be administered with safety.
1t was not only interesting as an expert
ment, but apropos-two valuable eonsidera-
TONS mark you, in reaching for a free ad-
vertisement.
! took with me certain learned scientist
in electrical affairs, who brought with him
the necessary instruments, and the usual
carload of frst-class reporters from the big
dailies. By arrangement with the local
electric company at Bridgeport We got the
necessary force. made the connections, etc
We tried the current upon some twenty
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IF there was no such thing as wind about
New York the task of the builder and
particularly the man who figures on
weight would be greatly simplified. But
we have to figure on wind up to a hundred
miles an hour. If we didn't blow might
strike Manhattan some day that would
level our tallest buildings like many
dominos in a row. So we builders of tail
buildings are always worrying about the
wind, like so many sailors, and in all our
calculations it cuts big figure. If it were
not for the wind New York would have
1OO-story Office buildings today"
Having taken the important element of
wind into consideration, the structural en-
gineer begins actual weighing operations,
and, according to ground area and height,
determines the strength of his steel frame.
The nature of the occupations of the ten
ants has first to be taken into consdera-
ton, for If the occupants are to use heavy
machinery in their work it means much
more strength necessary for the structure.
~
The job of weighing the body of the
building, however, is to the expert ap-
parently very simple. He knows how much
a foot of wall weighs, and figures the
whole. But as the well of a thirty-story
skyscraper is thirty-tw,o inches thick at
the bottom and twelve inches thick at the
top story, with gradually decreasing thick
nesses between as one goes up. this task
Is also one that calls for figuring In
weighing the steel frame the task is also
comparatively simple--for the expert. He
finds out how much steel he will require
for the whole, and then to get the total
weight he simply multiplies the weight of
known steel unit. similar process
gives him his foundation weight and his
weight of flooring.
But every bolt and bar and beam and
window sash has to be summed up in the
reckoning, and then there is the problem
of live weight, including desks, chairs,
books, safes, human beings and the other
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| are really afraid of mice was practically
| demonstrated at one of my seances at
| Bridgeport We had-severai mice and rats
| In a basket. A mouse was secured by q
| string and permitted to run near the head
| of the paChyderms tethered by chains in a
| long line in the elephant house. The mo-
| ment the nearest beast got eyes on the
I.diminutive chap he trumpeted loudly and
began Juggling al his chain to get away, all
the time holding his trunk curled UP well
out OF reach. Finding his efforts to free
himself vain, the elephant turned around
and with his head furthest away from his
enemy began to stamp and kick his hind
feet.
His terror was communicated to the en-
tire herd of twenty-four, all of whom
were soon trumpeting, stamping and rat
ting their chains. This became violent
that the elephant keepers were afraid to
permit any further test.
In the meantime some Of the visitors
became dubious about the interest OF
the experiment that they went away sud-
denly. One found safety on top of some
bales of hay. Another never stopped till
he was secure among the rafters of the
building. There was some danger of i
breakaway and stampede. So con-
tented ourselves by turning the rats loose
among the lions and tigers. Both of these
big cat species behaved much as ladies
would. They jumped out of the way and
looked at the vermin with absolutely CONT
cal expression of disgust and horror. The
more agile leopards, however, pounced
upon the rodents like house cats and de-
voured them in twinklng.
On nearly every Sunday while the show
was at Madison Square Garden I presented
some similar kind of q novel entertainment
that would make legitimate news for next
days papers. The Monday papers are less
crowded with news matter, and any fairly
good press matter of this character will
find tender consideration. One of the most
meritorious of these Sunday entertain
ments was test of strength of various
animals. registering machine was fast
ened to heavy, deep driven stakes. To
this machine elephants were attached by
stout ropes and set to pulling with all
their titanic strength. Then horses were
tried, singly, in pairs, and finally in teams
Of six, eight and ten. Camels were tested
and sacred oxen, zebras and other
beasts.
For the first time in history a careful
record was made Of the pulling strength of
each. Then the pulling power of 100 men
was tested and found below that of single
elephant.
On another occasion I had tug of war
between medium-sized elephant and 100
men skilled at the rope. The big beast
simply walked away with the men, and
without apparent effort.
~
One of the most successful means Of
making circus news is through the report
ers themselves; that is, to make the news
paper man the medium. One New York
reporter made a most thrilling article by
standing up against a board and letting
the knife-thrower hurl hatchets and toma-
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! rouse the kangaroo to an attention and
! swaying movement almost pathetic in its
! intensity. When the vlolinist struck up a
| rollicking Irish jig all the animals leaped
| to their feet and began to hop around then
| cages in the liveliest manner, Il trying
| to keep time to the tune set them.
The reporters were astonished, for they
saw that the elephant quadrilles in the
| ring, the horses Waiting 10 the music of
the band during the performance We're
traits not artiffcially acquired, but a true
effort of nature under the spell of music.
The assembled animal men were still more
surprised For their benefit the thing was
tried over and over again. The effect was
the most marked upon the Australian
kangaroo, this animal apparently having
the most correct ear for music.
In the nature of the case, all of these
experiments were given by me without
any previous knowledge of how they would
turn out ! had to chance it, as to
whether the result would be interesting or
a fasco. In this way l went into a trial
of liquors different animals.
Lord Bryon said that man differs from
the lower animals in his ability to get
drunk but that great poet, like the great
est this country ever produced who de-
scribed herd of cattle tapping the cool
waters of the brook, didn't know much
about it. Most animals other than the
carnivori~ will take to whisky as duck
swims, by nature.
1t was my experiment that showed the
carnivori exceptional. The elephant need
ed coaching to drink whisky by the
pailful. monkey got as drunk as a lord,
and had no objection TO mixing drinks. 1t
was the same way with bears. In my
youth I once saw lot of hogs having a
high old time a gallon of whisky, cut
ting as many antics as the most befuddled
human creature. Quails, geese. fowls and
birds of all kinds VIII get las full as
goat" while the latter animal is an adept
at all the vices of Misunderstanding to-
bacco and drinking liquor inclusive. Only
the carnvori SO far as 1 know, and as we
learned that day by test, are teetotalers
by nature.
In the experiment of mirrors pre-
scented a big plate glass mirror at the side
of the lions cage. The animals bristled
all over at their dreadful counterfeit pre-
sentiment and, backing away, uttered q
series of growls that were much like barks
of an angry dog, while they half crouched
for a spring at the intruders. The tigers
would back away, put back their ears
and hiss like house cats
Catnip has the same soothing effect upon
tigers and leopards as upon the domestic
cat One of our experiments was success
full In producing most amusing antics. They
will smell of it, roll over it on their backs.
taste 1t and in various other ways show
their pleasure at its presence. One of our
party who had penchant for independent
experiments, fed whole pound Of catnip
to a big elephant and then. as he said
afterward, waited breathlessly to see him
act like cat" But to his disappointment
the elephant swallowed the catnip and
never even shifted or winked.
The truth Of the old story that elephants
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sengers and crew have been made to walk
the plank.
On the wall of the cabin of this pilot
boat hung the portrait which has since
aroused SO much interest and comment.
There were also in the cabin several hand
some silk dresses, a vase of wax flowers,
with a glass covering, and nautilus shell
beautifully carved.
The bankers took possession OF this boat
and everything of value it contained, equal
ly dividing the spoils among themselves
as was their custom when wreck oc
CURED. The picture, silk dresses. wax
flowers and nautilus shell fell into the pos
session of a Mr.. Tillett. He gave them to
his future wife, who after his death be-
came Mrs. Mann.
In return for his services, for which ow-
ing TO her destitute condition, he had made
no charge, DR.. Pool received from Mrs.
Mann the gift of the portrait in which he
seemed so much Interested. Or to be
more accurate the picture was given to
Anna Pool. the little daughter of the doc
tor, who frequently accompanied her
father to the cabin of the banker woman.
Anna Pool, now Mrs John P. Overman
of this city, is the proud possessor of one
of the most interesting and valuable pic
lures in the United States.
DR.. VIM. 6. Pool was a man of marked
individuality, literary. cultured and an
antiquarian in his tastes. The picture and
its romantic history was subject of alb
sorbing interest to him. One day, CHANGING
to pick up a magazine in which appeared
| a picture of Aaron Burr, he was suddenly
and forcibly struck by the likeness between
this face and the face of the portrait on his
wall. Like flash came the thought that
this was the picture of the ILL ated daugh-
ter of Aaron Burr. With this idea in his
mind he eagerly compared dates and facts
until there was not tn shadow of a doub,
I That he had found a clue TO the fate of
Theodosia Burr
Photographs of this portrait were sent
to various members of the Burr and Ed
wards families and almost without ex.
ception the likeness was pronounced to be
| that of Theodosia Burr. Charles Burr Todd
and Mrs. Stella Drake Knoppn, descend
ents. respectively, of the Burr and Edwards
families, visited the country home OF DR..
Pool on Pasquotank river for the purpose
OF examining this portrait. They were both
convinced that il was a likeness of Theo-
dosia Burr.
The wife of Col. Wheeler. the historian,
| without knowing anything OF its history,
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Al another time l had arranged to Illus
trate how wild animals seize their living
prey. Two big tigers were deprived of
their meals for twenty-four hours; then a
full grown but most innocent looking sheep
was placed in the empty compartment of
their cage. The crowd of interested re-
porters and animal men filled the space in
front, while the growing beasts anxious
to get at the unfortunate sheep. reused
the whole animal house to loud curiosity
At signal from me keeper threw down
| the Intervening gate and in the next in
slant the larger OF the tigers bounded
through the opening. But whether the gen
tie eve was paralyzed with fear or simply
stumped by curiosity. she confronted the
savage beast with steady frame and look
| Their noses We're not six inches apart.
And the big tiger was scared.
He leaped back into the other compart-
ment to his mate and glared through the
grating at this contemptuous defy while
the boys set up a shout. They said the
poor sheep deserved life. But the noise
they made was fatal to the innocent for 1t
attracted her attention a moment and in
that moment the Wild beast was on her
back and his terrible yellow fangs were
deep in her throat.
While the bill substituting electricity for
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Aaron Burr Aston, and this, together with
her deep grief over her fathers disgrace
and exile, had completely shattered her
health. She set sail from Georgetown,
S. c., December 80, 1912, on the Patriot
small pilot boat, accompanied by her maid
and her physician, a DR.. Green.
Weeks passed away and Aaron Burr
waited in vain for the arrival Of his daugh-
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exclaimed upon seeing a photograph Of
this portrait:
Ihat lisa picture of Theodosia Burr
Mrs. Wheeler is daughter of Sully, the
celebrated portrait painter, and is herself
an artist of considerable talent. She
should, therefore, be well qualified to judge
In this matter. especially as she had an
authentic picture of Theodosia Burr in her
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possession, with which she compared the
Mays Head portrait.
1t will be remembered that when Aaron
Burr on his return from exile sent for his
daughter to visit him in New York a sea
voyage was decided upon. She had re-
Gently lost by death her only child, young
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After the inspection of the new outfit of
rolling stock. the ring barn, where riders,
male or female, might be practicing, and
Witnessing whatever new 1 had to offer,
we were driven to hotel where dinner was
served.
At these banquets the mayor Of Bridge
port usually presided. and among the
guests were the local newspaper editors,
visiting scientists. animal experts and
other prominent men. who thus had the
opportunity of meeting the New York re-
porters. Immediately after dinner the lat
ter men get out copy, which done and
the stuff dispatched by special messenger.
the gang accepts the freedom of the
city. And we have always had a first rate
sociable time
Once l arranged TO have luncheon served
in the big circular den OF trained animals.
The hrutes were loose and were posed by
the trainer. permitted to roam at will
about the arena. The reporters entered
through the empty animal cages connected
with the steel training Enclosure. Only a
few of the holder ones could be prevailed
upon to accept the invitation to lunch. My
duty is to my paper said one man. I'm
be out here to write a thrilling account
of it if they eat YOU
There were two big lions. two Royal
Bengal tigers, two black leopards and two
spotted ones, two pumas. two great bears
and other beasts. Barring the jumping
into the middle of the table of a black
leopard just as three or four men got seat
ed, there was no accident.
In justice to the reporters it must be
added that none of them f1inched.
Take this beast away said one man.
calmly pouring his glass to an even brlm
hes got a foot in our beer
And amid roars of laughter from those
outside the trainer took the animal in his
arms and unceremoniously threw him
aside.