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Show bride that WAS HYPNOTIZED. aTm use of E possibility or the a hypnotism in conducting this mysterious courtship; a shrewd power wielded by nan to win a beautiful bride; of the wife nibsequent guidance S . continued practice of this magic form the basis of a most JJUcstory that U claimed to have enactea in real life. held by the fix 18 the theory Sbonfeldt of of ' Miss who recently married Philip Watkins, formerly of Boston. must 2vL possibility the reader The story as it comes West, is as follows: telllng of the strange romance, the fact of their marriage and their destination. The next appearance of this tall "re i3S coach attached to a train i Pullman from Omaha fur- i westward the first scene of this strange It was during the first of Miss Maud Shonfeldt, the Lighter of Henry Shonfeldt, one of story. wealthiest and most respect-cltirenbad started on the train 2th the Intention of visiting her sls-Mrs. A. L. Ball of Ogden. Utah. Wjhe young woman, who was prominent in Omaha society, was a modest, and extremely beautiful girl. Oma-- h Sereral of the best young men in bad sought her hand in marriage, case she had told her jnd in each at the same time tether, declaring too young to think of tint she was s, Z getting married. The other principal The largest Protestant church In the church, and Its the United States, so far as numbers 000, standingis next worth $60,000. It has go is The Baptist Temple," of Phila- equipment been conferring college since delphia. The Temples present membership Is 2,728, and its congregations twice each Sunday in the year excepting In the summer months average over 6,000 with many clamoring in vain for entrance. Its Sunday school has a membership of nearly 2,000, its fourteen Christian Endeavor societies have ,000 names on their rolls, and the aggregate membership of the dozen other minor societies is close on 600. It has 1,000 members actively interested in missionary work, it supports a half dozen foreign missionaries,and it has given half a hundred ministers to the Baptist church. It supports three city missions, located in the slums, besides a Chinese mission, and it has been the parent of three prosperous Baptist churches young man and his beautiful bride was on June 22 at Santa Monica, near Los Angeles, Cal. They were registered at Hotel Arcadia. Watkins readily became popular among society people, and was soon a leader in golf, tennis and ping pong. They visited other points in California, making only brief stops, and finally have disappeared so that Henry Shonfeldt of Omaha has not the slightest knowledge of his daughters whereabouts. Detectives have been employed to search for the couple. The young brides father recently received the following letter: Why do you not answer my letters? I have not heard a word from you. He had been sending telegrams to her every day. Another letter received on the followSend me ing day read as follows: 11200. You are lucky to get oft so easily. From his childhood young Watkins degrees 1892. Another big Institution that is dependent upon the Temple for its existence is Samaritan hospital. It opened in 1893 with five patients, one doctor and one nurse. It occupied a it occupies private dwelling. and owns not only the house where it started, but the adjoining one, and Is erecting at a cost of $35,000 an administration and a private ward building. During June of this year it received 122 cases, and at the dispensary 313 persons who made 1,282 visits. The staff now consists of ten physicians, three resident physicians and sixteen nurses. The Temple congregation has raised $100,000 for the hospitals support. The state, recognizing the good work of the institution, last year appropriated $45.-00- 0 towards its maintenance. To-da- y yea that would grace any face, an axpression of dignity and decision of Character, and a charming smile, in which the loving kindness of her heart is plainly reflected. She cornea from one of the most ancient and honorable families in the Flowery Kingdom, and has the further distinction of pure Chinese blood. Her high rank an origin is indicated in her costuma, the gorgeous eagle embroidered on her breast being one of its most important features, r v it indicates that she is of equal rank with her husband, privileged to enter and leave a room at hia side, instead of being compelled to meekly trot behind him, as would be tne case were she of lower caste. The beads around her neck have also special significance, and are worn by both men and women in the celestial land to show their station.' These necklaces vary with the seasons, jade and coral being adopted for winter and sandal wood fer summer. As is supposed to befit her rank, Mrs. Wus feet are about the size of a year old babys, and are clad in the marvelous little shoes that are seldom seen In this part of the world, except in museum cases. She dresses very handsomely, being rich in her own right and having brought to her husband a generous dowry. Her wonderful clothes are made in the legation by a Chinese taiior, who is a member of the ministers suite, and are all of magnificent silk and satin, the very richest that money can buy, and gorgeously embroidered. But alas! there can never be any change of fashion for a ChinHer es lady of the upper crust (Special Correspondence.) IDMLRAL and Mrs. Dewey, who for the last three months have been enjoying the quiet of their country home in Woodley Lane,' near Washington, have gone to Mount Pocono, Pa. They have secured retired quarters at the Hotel Montanesca away up on the side of Bonsall Mountain, a mile from the railway nation. The wife of Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, who left Washington the first of April and went to Japan via San Francisco, is now at Hoyo Kwan, sridzura, Japan. She sailed from San Francisco on the Gaelic, and stopped a few days at Honolulu. Mrs. Evans is accompanied by her two daughters, Mrs. C. C. Marsh and Miss Virginia Evans, and also by a niece, and the wife of her son, Lieutenant Frank T. Evans. At Yokohama the party found the battleship Kentucky Admiral EvLieuans flagship. The tenant Commander Marsh, .s on duty in the East and has a home at Yokohama. During a months stay in Tokio Mrs. Evans and her party were presented to the empress, as was also Admiral Evans and his staff, his son being one of the number. Considerable surprise was expressed in Washington ever the selection of a young lady to christen the warship Pennsylvania. It had been confidently expected that the pretty young daughter of Governor Stone would be chosen, hut Instead the honor was con ferred upon Miss Susan Quay, only daughter of Senator and Mrs. Matthew Quay of Pennsylvania. Miss Quay t son-in-la- character in this coach, so far as the story is Wat-jmconcerned, was Philip Doremus He is tall, standing two Inches crer iix feet in height; has an athletic smooth-shaveface, wavy Jgnre, a and blonde hair, dresses exquisitely Pullman n. n a distinguished appearance of a French count however, a discriminating person might notice in this In the glance of his eye 24. youth of there is something more commanding, more convincing more persuading, than in all the rest of his external Here is the secret of his in this the nagnetic qualities, and friends of Miss Shonfeldt find what they believe is the hypnotic power of Svengaii, to whicn power Miss Shonfeldt acted the part of Trilby. Speeding along in the luxurious car the young maa "Watkins noticed pretty Miss Shonfeldt, and became iq :er- - QUIET AT CAPITAL IN SUMMER MONTHS. combines with the manners One thing more, tg which were once Temple missions the Tioga church, with a membership of 1,000; the Philmont, with a membership of 600, and the Logan, which has about 400 communicants. It is the most earnest and largest contributor to the Baptist Homo for Old Ladies and Baptist Orphanage. The Sunday Breakfast association, a unique Philadelphia organization, which feeds thousands of poor every year; the Life Line League and. the Point Breeze Mission, whose object is to look after sailors, and the Open Door Mission, for the aid of fallen women each a large charity in itself are largely supported by Temple funds and workers. The Temple has a chorus of 200 voices for ten months in the year. It gives an annual fair, preparations for which are begun months in advance, and which is attended by at least 20,000 persons. On an average twenty-fiv- e religious meetings of various kinds are held in the Temple weekly. This does not include meetings of trustees and business meetings of the various societies. Theres something going on in It is a the Temple all the time. church that is. never closed. It contains reading and lounging rooms, Maud Shonfeldt. has been a social lion. He is well educated and has been in the habit of spending much money in the pursuit of pleasure. The Ping Pong Champion. She was one of Fortunes favorites rich, talented, beautiful, and young and as she walked down the aisle to the strains of the Wedding March some marvelled at , her wondrous beauty, while a few worldly-mindewhispered, What a shocking match! The bridegroom was handsome, hut comparatively poor. For his sake she had rejected a duke, two earls, and a host of lesser lights in the way of bankers and diplomats; for had he not the met and defeated single-hande- d finest exponents of the game and now rejoiced in the proud title of Champlayer of the state?" pion ping-pond g Lunatics Wonderful Escape. An extraordinary adventure befell a Enlunatic near effected other the Having day. gland, a midnight escape from four attendants, the search after him was fruitless until his father, a gamekeeper, noticed some tracks in a field. These Streatley-on-Thame- s, Electricity to Promote Rainfall. of prominent Japanese scientists are at present engaged upon a series of experiments for the artificial production of rain by means of electricity. The first trial was made in the Fukushima prefecture, and the results obtained were very satisfactory. Operations were begun at 11 in the evening, but no change was noted until 9 the next morning, when clouds began to gather in the vicinity of the place where the experiments were being held. Rain soon began to fall over an area several miles in extent, and continued .without Intermission for twelve hours. cere- mony he seated himself beside the young woman and with melll fluous voice strove to y IN FOUR TONGUES. Four hitherto unknown tongues so far as print is concerned are now being added to the list of languages in which the British and Foreign Bible Society prints the Gospels, and of these three are for the benefit of The New subjects of his Majesty. Testament is to be turned into Nyan-ja-, for the tribes of the Shire river bank, Nyassaland, and in this work the Livlngstonia Mission of the United Free Church of Scotland, the Blan-tyr-e Mission of the Established Church of Scotland, and the Myera Mission of the Dutch Reformed Church a are collaborating. A version in is nearly ready for natives of the Falaba district of Sierra Leone, and in Bugotu for the Inhabitants of Ysabel Island one of the Solomon Ya-lunk- orni IliTtPIOR tpftWE . THf 5CAT8 ARC AnfiiiUO Us$a Thcatsc A very precocious child is Wilhel-- , her mina McIntyre, of Bethlehem, Ky. who Is 12 years old,, became then led a bride April 2, marrying a farmer; 45 her to dinow she has brought and of sclose her years age, the annul to marriage. The doaction Identity, her of couple the bliss mestic. d estinatlon the husband abusher fortune, was early disturbed, bride, so she claims, and she gradually on ing the for asks $2,500 damages in addition to to love topics. S4 skill- the annulment The ceremony uniting to the farmer ed was he, the child in marriage consent of the was with .performed and so com her parents and they are the moving s i h plete effort to annul the mar-m astery, spirits in the rtage. that within an hour after she had met him Holophane Glass, f the girl had' admitted her love and Holophane glass is a pressed glass had consented to marry him. cut glass, having vertical To her it was like a dream; to Phil- resembling the inside for diffusing on ip D. Watkins it was reality. Not- prisms horizontal prisms on the and light, withstanding the fact that he posed as a wealthy man, he had very little outside for directing the light ready cash, and, so far as known, no Etiquette in Japan. established resources. He had noth' haw heavy the rain, it la matter No tog to risk in an immediate marriage. according to Japdisrespectful, most The beautiful face of this young girl to raise an for anyone anese etiquette, pleased him, her complete surrender a member of in presence the umbrella flattered him, and he loved her, at household. least he tod her so, better than any of the Imperial other girl in the wide world, To Teach Journalism In College. At Ogden they alighted from the Lectures on the editing and publishtotln, and were quickly wedded. The of newspapers will be given at the ing ceremony was of the simplest nature. la Miss Shonfeldt did not see her sister High School for Journalists, which to that city, as she Intended, sought to be opened in the - autumn at the advice from friends, but blindly University of Berne. followed the will of this stranger. There was no church wedding with Parle Hospitals Behind the Tlmea. As many of the Paris hospitals are the attendant ceremonies which it Is ually delight the feminine heart not up to modern requirements, build down and them to d which, pull proposed it would have seemed, dght have been according to the new ones. The cost, would ho ; tostes of- such a social favorite as is Shonfeldt The was legal form sufficient to unite thfem in wedlock, Speak the Gaelic Language. totf thus Mr. Watkins was able to Gaelic is the only language spoken 2,458 of old publicity In Ogden, whore the by 9,442 Inhabitants 2 Galway, 18 and years between are Wends of the bride whom might have caused of wsme embarrassment old. The knot tied they boarded a west-bound train on their way to San In the rattle of money one hears the Francisco, and while en route to the rustle of silk, the clatter of silver Fsciflc coast, Mrs. Watkins sent a service containing rich viands and melodies. rial note to her sister at Ogden, many other delightful a, He . m . which are open to.any one, whether a member or not, and on winter evenings hundreds of persons may sometimes be found enjojring themselves socially. Then there is the Temple college, a unique church annex, which Temple church money has largely supported. Since its Inception in 1884 the college has taught 45.424 students, the total for 1901 being 4,238, while during the same year over 5,000 attended the lectures. There are sixty officers and courses Instructors and thirty-nin- e of study, many of which are on a par with similar courses In the noted universities of the land. When the college started its sessions were held in the basement of the Temples predecessor, the Grace church building. Now the schooloccupies a building Which cost $100,- group. Lastly, a translation Into spoken by some two million persons in the Philippine archipelago, is being undertaken. All are enterprises. of great interest to philologists. London Telegraph. A New York Ghost 8tory. An artist deserting his studio in street, left behind East Forty-seconhim a plaster statue the tall white Rofigure of a woman draped In a man gpwn. Neighbors, lacking In artistic perception, hut possessing a belief in tne supernatface through the white saw the ural, once by Instinct at knew window and and by the traditionary sensations that It waa a ghost The proper procedure when found, oeing to lay a ghost stones and and bricks with laid it they house a left the and missiles other World. . York wreck. New Beer Magnified. Blindness Is Decreasing. The proportion of sightless to seeing persons has been watched with especial interest in Great Britain and the latest statistics indicate that it has fallen in a half century from about 1,020 in the million to some 870, or more than 14 per cent This decline has been so timed as to show pretty conclusively that it is the result of better conditions of living, improved surgery and doubtless a decrease in the ratio of perilous to employments for the masses of the people. non-perilo- two-third- pi lit I: Mta 1 iim -- Rochefoulc&ulL A drop of beer under a microscope. n . Nobody has ever left the diplomatic c rcle who will be so greatly missed as the wife jf Mr. Wu Ting-FanMany oriental women have resided hers for a time and are pleasantly remembered; but none made such an impression on society and so man genuine friends" as has tiny Mrs. Wu. Since her husband was accredited here in 1897 she has been a central figure In official life. Very small of stature, with the flat nose, broad cheeks and thin lips of the Mongolian, she is not handsome, according to Western standards, thongh doubtless in the East she is considered a beauty of the first water. She has soft brown -- German Uniforms to Be Gray. Gray has been decided on by the Kaiser as the color of the German army war uniforms. HOME. gowns muse all be cut from the same model that her ancestors used, with scant skirt, tunic and Jackst, in accordance with royal decree. Her black hair heavy, shining, is always dressed according to the Canton mode; and her ordinary headdress,- in doors and out, consists of a band of black velvet adorned with a land some jewel. ' On ceremonious occasions the hair Is built up into a regular Chinese pagoda, with jewels galore all over it, and pineapple shaped bunches of artificial flowers behind each ear. She has been an industrious student of it pr.etty English and understands well, though she rarely attempts to converse in any language but her own, depending upon her husband to translate. As Mrs. Wus little feet preclude her from walking, her dally exercise Is taken m an invalids chair, pushed by a Chinees servant, or in the gorgeous automobile, propelled by the minister himself, who has become an adept chaffeur. When Mr.'Wu and his wife go spinning along the street in their striking turnout, every head is turned, you may be sure. Sometimes cameras are leveled at them, muh to the ministers disgust. He does object to sit for his picture in a proper way, but is very averse to bjin& "caught" off his guard by an amateur. The personnel of the Chinese embassy it larger than that of any ether, not even excepting Great Britain, and numbers more than fifty persons, Including, besides secretaries and attaches, a doctor, tailor, shoemaker, barbers, valets and cooks. Mrs. Wu has the direction of this large menage, and is a model mistress, exercising an authority and fol lowing a system that not only keeps the domestic wheels going smoothly, but maintains harmony . among the staff. well-grease- ut Leghorns for Meat It has been generally supposed that Leghorns are of value only for .the eggs they lay and not for the meaL Yet some markets take Leghorn broilers in large numbers. An Indiana breeder told the writer that he was shipping Leghorn broilers to New large numbers. He said he had experimented with about all the leading breeds to find one that would suit the market and make money for the producer.. Finally he settled down to the- - Leghorn. The bird is plump and has a large proportion of meat on its breast. Probably the Leghorn will never be a favorite bird for the common trade in poultry flesh, but Queer Treatment for Epilepsy. Diseases have been treated in many it has a better chance with the fancy odd ways in the hope of cure. One of trade and with the trade In broilers. the oddest and most grewsome 1b al luded to by an English vicar in his acAge of Breeding Males. count of his walk to Rome.; On the How old should a male fowl be to way he came across' a German who give the best results as a breeder? mentioned, rather mysteriously,- the We ask the question of our readers, Hanoverian method of execution by hoping to hear from them on the matdecapitation. , Being further question' ter. There are a great many opined he said that at one of these execu- ions, but we lack verification of those tions he was in charge of an epileptic opinions. If any of our readers have who was brought to drink the warm an opinion that they can back up with blood of the executed criminal, as it statistical or other facts let us hear was considered an infallible cure for from them. fits. This took place in 1857,. and thu man had In his possession an' illus8weet Potatoes. trated paper of that date which picThe sweet potato ia a native of tured the incident ' ; southern Asia and was formerly considered an exclusively southern prodSome Boys Deflations. ' : uct, but repeated experiments demon- Here is a list of definitions given strated that it might be grown id th by various boys recently in a litera- North with perfect success. It is now ture paper, and they are guaranteed quite commonly cultivated In many sections of the North, although th . Coin of genuine ; and home-madvantage usury; a valuable- - coin; a quality of th product grown iq. th bad coin. Cabal istic pertaining to North ia not considered equal to that cables; Ilk a cab. Paradox opposite grown in th South. Northern grow- ers are obliged to takj. better car of ' to orthodox; opposite to anthadox; a heavenly story; a humorous poem; their sweet potato crop than are according to strict rules, as a paradox tho8 In th south In order to insure success and to have the tubers mature church. Apocryphal pertaining to doctors business; pertaining to the before the advent of frost The seiebeg of the lower limbs. Prevail-cat- sweet potato la propagate! from either to think a long time before tubers or prouta,. but the latter la the? speaking. There is a delightful sug- more common and better , method.. gestion about that last definition that They may be grown upon any variety a hoy tells the truth only when he Is of soil, bnt one that to dry warm and flustered. sandy .will give a produo: of the beat quality. A sandy lc- - will give very good results In both quality and quanHigh Price for Bronze 8tatuette. ,7 7 , ? Thirty thousand dollars was paid re- tity. cently for a bronze statuette of HerLearn to laugh. A good laugh la cules at the concluding sale of the Bardini collection in London. The better than medicine. Learn to attend to your own buei-e- ss total amount realized by the entire a collection was $228,640. y Important poinL York In . Patent Office. merchant of Portland, Ore., who lived but a short time after the marriage. Mr. .Griffin is a prominent lawyer of New York, to which city he will take his bride after the wedding journey. She is 811 on the sunny side of middle aga- a woman of rare personal and mental charm, and a great favorite in Washington society, as whan she queened it here, a belie in her teens in the 80s. She has two sons by her first marriage, who are now at school in Europe, under the persona care of their aunt, the famous beauty who was formerly Mat-ti- e Mitchell, now the Countess de Temperature of the Moon. It is probable that the temperature of the moons surface at its midday is he Expressed President Roosevelts 750 degrees Fahrenheit The drop at the to dedicated hanks for a poem is probably 1,000 degrees, to 250 night Baa von Teln, president by Ester " degrees below sera note. some of varian poet Italys Manufacture of Sugar. ' The manufacture of sugar In Italy s of the nanow suffices for tional consumption. SOLDIERS resembles ' her Illustrious sire too closeiy to ly many claims to beauty; but she is nevertheless a most attractive girl, bright vivacious and Extremely popular in the younger senatorial circle. The Washington home of the Quays, in fashionable K street is the center of gayety for young people from the great state of Pennsylvania. Just now the family is at Lake Placid, in the Adirond&cks, where the senator owns a cottage. It is announced that Justice and Mrs. Horace Gray will not return to Washington to resume their permanent residence, but will in future reside in the Gray homestead, in Mount Vernon street, Boston. The historic old mansion is now undergoing repairs, including the putting in of a passenger elevator. At present the Grays are at Nahant, where the judge has been improving in health and now goes driving dvery day, while Mrs. Gray makes frequent visits to the Hub, to superintend the renovation of her home. They are eminently Bostonians of the Bostonians, of the most conservative type, and naturally they found the Bohemian life of the national capital not all to their liking. Mrs. Maggie Mitchell Helmbold, eldest daughter of Senator Mitchell of Oregon, and Mr. . Francis Griffin of New York were quietly married in SL Pauls Episcopal church of this city one morning last week. . Senator Mitchell gave the bride away, and Immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Griffin started on a northern tour, intending To spend most of their honeymoon in Nova Scotia. This is Mrs. Griffins third matrimonial venture. Her first husband was Mr. Handy, a wealthy young Washingtonian, who died about ten years ago. The second was Mr. Heimbold, a prosperous half-grow- well-develop- kept shut up over night in laying they lay very early in the morning. Keep them in the pen until they have deposited their eggs. If pei mitted to have their liberty they sometimes drop their eggs in the grass or in the water, which then cannot b found. On the other hand geese will seek a nesting place in buildings or around stacks of straw, ine early broods of ducklings and gosling should be hatched under hen a. After they are hatched keep them In small yard in which you have placed a coop for shelter; they do much better if this is done for about two weeks than if allowed their liberty. See to it that they have plenty of water whil eating. Feed them often, four or five time a day, when young. Keep young geese and ducks from puddling or swimming In cold water. They should not be allowed on ponds until the down has changed, and even then it is not necessary they should have a pond. When hatched feed nothing for twenty-fou- r hours. Their first food should consist of bread crumbs soaked in milk. Hard boiled eggs mixed with cooked corn meaf is excellent for few days, after which feed anything hey will eat It Is conceded by those who have had the experience that ducks and geese are more easily raised than any other kind of poultry and are quite aa profitable. It Is indeed surprising that so many poultry raisers are without these profitable birds as an addition to their business. J. R. Brabrazon. season, as - d Expressed the President'll Thanks. Munich Consul General Woman of Prince was the other day received by of Bavaria, to whom Duck and Goose Culture. 28 days to hatch both geese and duck eggs. Ducks should-b- It requires Gospel Going to Tribes Hitherto Unacquainted with It. Bride Wants Separation. al-la- fears. BIBLE A number his power was further ' For the support of all these various charitable and religious enterprises Dr. Conwell and his congregation, in almost twenty years of their joint labors have raised nearly $800,000. The greater portion of this money has come in voluntarily, without the least solicitation. were followed and were found to lead to a disused well, upwards of sixty-eigh- t feet deep. The lunatic was at the bottom, and after some difficulty was dragged up by a rope. Curiously enough, he was unhurt, although he must have fallen or jumped to the bottom. He had. been In the well thirty hours. Philip Watkins. ested In her. It did not take him long to discover that she was traveling alone, and it was likewise easy for him to ascertain through the conductor that her journey was to cover considerable distance. While Miss Shonfeldt was not one who would be regarded as distinctly impressionable, she could not help noticing the refined and elegant appear ance of Mr. Watkins. The fact that he was a stranger made it not diffl cult for her to imagine him a gentleman and a hero. The glance of his eye had thrilled this modest girl, and she wondered to herself at her weakness. Her fate was sealed. No less conscious of Mr. Watkins. Without ;x-- A y. ; 1 Profit in Egg Production. writer makes the statement that the profit in egg production Ilea in the cost of the food given th fowls. If this were so the profit 18 eggs would be very easy to figure for the arithmetic of It there aro almost innumerable factors entering into the equation. One of these is the selling price of eggs. It makes all the difference in the world to the profits whether the eggs be laid principally in the early ' and middle winter or in the Bpring. In the first case they are high In price. In the second case they are low in price. In the case of winter eggs a large profit may be the result and in the case of summer eggs the balance is likely to be on the wrong side of the book. The cost of food may be approximately the same in both cases. Even it it were double in the winter what it was in the summer the profits would still be on the side of the winter eggs. The proposition may be put in this way. A man had a flock of bens that produced 100 dozeq of eggs which sold at 15 cents a dozen"; Time, spring. Cost of eggs per dozen, five cents. Another inan had a flock of hens that produced in the winter 100 dozen of eggs. They sold at 30 cents per aozen, but the food cost twice as much as did the food,; for the flock belonging to the other man. What was the difference In the profits? It may be taken for granted that a good many men will answer by saying "The eggs of the winter flock sold for twice as much as did the eggs . from the summer flock, but the feed cost twice as much. Therefore there was no difference in the profits. It is just that kind of reasoning that keeps the mortgage on the farm. Actually figuring out the problem will show that the profits from the winter laid eggs were double those of the spring laid eggs. - The question of time of year at which eggs are produced is then the first one to be considered in the matter of profits. In other words the profits in eggs come from reversing the course of nature as to the laying of eggs. Some . . e: |