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EOCENE CITY GUARD. I. 1 CAM r BELL, rrrltr. EUGENE CITY OREOOS Precious beyond price are good reso lutions. Valuable beyond price ure good fcellllgS. L I Why I It that women think It neces sary lo form a club before they are willing to appear In sensible clothe? It la to be hoped that Alfred Aimttn. who li only a Imireate, will not write on ode to the memory of William Mor rls, who wim a poet. j Rome fanners In Jersey are making money by raising piimpklni at five dol Jars n ton. Anybody can now nee how popular the pumpkin pie ban become. It la wild nt Madrid that Weyler tin been ordered to 'bring the rebellion to a decisive Issue." He has received these orders ninny time, but be tins not carried them out, because be can not. All quarrels, mischiefs, hotred. and destruction, arlso from unadvised speech, and lu inucb speech there are many errors, out of which thy ene- mles shall ever take the most danger ous advantage. i . 8 No one can witness the life of a great and good man from day to day wltb out Imbibing something of Us flavor, No one cau hear the records of bis life without venerating goodness more than ever before. Ad English steamer has left Galves ton for Liverpool with a cargo worth one million dollars-the largest load, It Is said, that ever left an American port. The freight list was over seventy thousand dollars. Youths are often can-fully taught now to perform the various duties of their occupations, but seldom how to secure their performance by other peo ple; yet In most of tho pursuits of life tho one knowledge Is as requisite as the other. If the Emperor of Russia and the German Emperor really believed In the divine right of kings, they ought to unite to put upon the throno of Con stantinople the rightful heir thereto. Bitch an heir exists, In the person of a direct descendant of Constantlue, and of the Comneims, Nlcephorus and I'ul icologus families uniting In one In dividual the claims of all three dyn- sties. Surely, from tho old-fashioned point of view, the title of such a claimant should be deemed valid. In spite of prohibitory laws, duelling Is still much In vogue lu Italy, so as, Indeed, actually to flguro In the vital statistic as a cause of death. Be tween 1S70 and 1',,1 no less than 3,4-11 duels were fought, 3,070 of them bit ing with sabers. A total of 4,47.1 wouuds were Inflicted, no less than 70 of them causing, death. It Is slgnlfl rant that the greatest number take place lu hot wc.it her, and the least In winter. There Is evidently some rela tionship between tho state of tho weather and that of the blood, or the temper. The statesmen of Spain are virtual (y conceding that their nation Is groan lug under a weight that must ultl Diately ruin It. During September 90..VJ.1 men wore drawn throughout Rpnln for military service. These con-n-rlptlons have given rise to much discontent and open opposition. It Is charged by the opposition press that discrimination ha been shown against republicans.. The exempts ore higher In some districts than In others, and it every turn of the conscription, rack tho Internal feeling In Spain takes on more ami more tho character of civil revolt. If tho present drift con tinues Spain seems certain to lose her dependencies, and under an "exten llon" of her creditors linger along for a while as a bankrupt and ultimately die of exhaustion. The marriage of Miss Virginia House (0 Mr. I hi v hi I.ee, the secretary of her father, was solemnized secretly In New V'ork, then the forgiveness of Mr. Itouse was speedily obtained, and the episode brought up to tho real point of Interest, the breaking of tho news lo Mrs. House. It Is most unfortunate that a time was chosen for this ordeal when Mrs. Itouse was standing close to 1 quantity of brlc-a-brae. It Is true that she gavo all this portable prop erty, or at least as much as she could reach, to Mr. I.ee, but It camo so fast that Its value as a wedding gift con ilderably and rapidly depreciated. Mr. I.ee appears to have been much truck by the rare generosity of his aiother-ln-law and a few more rare rases which be had been unable to lodge. Hut as Mm. House finally add ed h-r reluctant blessing It turned out that family harmony was about the July thing In the house that rcmalucd unbroken. A traveler tells a funny story nbout the neat capture of two thieves which be and his companions effecve.l In n imnll town near the City of Mexico. They had one of tho wing rooms of the Inn, Into which doors opened from the patio and the yard. The upper part of each door was arranged Vcno-tlan-bllud fashion, for transom venti lation. Early In tho 11101 nlug they were awakened by slight noises, and saw, nt each door, a dirty, yellow band ou a long arm searching downward for the lock. His companion bit upon the plan of trapping the kniivci with in old lariat lying ou n table. They looped each end of It and Mlontly snir cd the two wrists; then pulled tho rope taut, knotted It, and left the thieves dangling outside the doors. The stoi cal fellows uttered no sound, strug gling vainly to sever their hon Is with long, ugly knives The travelers en joyed the situation, nnd went back to bed. At daybreak the litidloiil found the rascal and set up a howl that brought the whole town lu nn uproar to see t ho Indians, flattened against the doors, utterly unable to get loose. A comparison of the muscular strength of woman with that of man, lucltuUng every Important croup of muscles from toe to crown, bas hero mads by means of an Improved dyna mometer by Dr. J. II. Kellogg, of Cat tle Creek, Mich. The doctor concludes a paper containing elaborate tables of sclent I lie measurements, with tho fol lowing summary: 1. The stn-n;;th id the average woman, lu comparison with her weight. Is less than two thirds that of the average man, as compared with his weight. 2. The strength of the average woman, lu comparison with her height. Is only four-fifths that of the average man. 3. Tho tol.'il strength of the average woman, ns compared with the total strength of the average man, Is .M. The weight of the avernge woman, as compared with that of the average man, Is .VI. The height of the average woman, as com pared with' that of the avenge man, Is .02. It thus uppcars that the average woman, while less than the average man In height, Is still more Inferior 'u weight, and presents a still higher do gree of Inferiority In strength. A com parative study of men and women lie tween 40 and 50 years of ngj would poKslMy show women to be somewbol Inferior In weight. - i One of the most curious results of the craze for bicycling Is to be ob served lu the ancient city of Coventry. It Is, as Is well known, the center of tho bicycle manufacturing Industry of England. There has cons-quentIy been a great rush of mechanics thither, to meet the demand of the workshops, and the city Is unable to accommodate properly this addition to lu popula tion. Every available bouse Is tilled! with tenants, and yet there are borne-j less men on tne streets industrious worklngmen, with money In their pock ets, but unable to find vacant lodg ings. The health officer reports that more than 3,'s) bouses are so over crowded as to be In an unsanitary condition, whllo tho vaccination law bas become practically a dead letter from the physical Impossibility of exe cuting It. Hundreds of new bouses are going up as rapidly as carpenters and masons can build them, but they are only a small fraction of what Is really needed, and In the meantime worklngmen are camping out In tents and Improvised sheds. And all because of a style of riding which good Lady Godlva never so much as dreamed of. It Is reported from New York that the I'rotcstant Episcopal Church has decided to Invade the evangelical Held now occupied exclusively by the Sal vation Army and the Volunteers. The new army, It Is said, will be under the same form of military dlsclpllno and will seek to make converts In the same way from the streets. It will Include tho best features of the Salvation Army and Church Army of England, from which the Church Army sprung. The conspicuous success of tho older or ganizations bespeaks a similar suc cess for this new venture If It follows the same lines. Tho Sulvatlon Army has done nil the hard work In this country of fighting and conquering prejudice nnd retaining general re spect, and It has made the way easy fur any other similar organization to follow In Its footsteps. It has been conceded that the people reached by these evangelical armies are of a kind who are beyond the pale of ordinary church Influences, nnd certainly It Is a wholesome religious movement that proposes to swell the number of these evangelical agencies. If the Episcopa lians tlud their object as successful as It ought to be It may not be long be fore nil the denominations will have similar representatives lu tho Held. In 1S34 there was probably not even a semi millionaire 111 .ww i.nginiKi. There were but thirty-live persons In Boston whoso property was nshessed at $1.10,000, and they wero regarded ns rich men. At that time, by a rich man was meant 11 man worth $10,000. How great Is the change In private fortunes since then Is shown by the classlllca- Hon of "the classes and the musses" recently made by one of the lending American .newspapers. According to this, the "upper class" In American so ciety consists of those whose Income Is above $100,000; the "upper middle" of Incomes from $0,000 to $100,000; the "lower middle" from $1,000 to $0,- 000; while the "lower class" consists of thos" whose whole Income Is below one thousand. As applied (writes Thomas W. lllggliisou lu the Bazar), this practically keeps farmers, me chanics, and nil day laborers In the lower class; ordinary professional men, shop keepers, bead clerks. Judges, and Congressmen In the lower middle; the best paid men of these pursuits In the upier middle; while the higher class Includes only great speculators, or mine-owners, or owners of real es tate, or employers of labor on n large scale or else the children and heirs of these large classes. Of course the whole cl.-issllleatlon Is frankly based on wealth alone, leaving birth, educa tion, or character out of sight, except. perhaps, ns recognizing that brains nt least have some share In money-making. 1'ollllcul hupport. An old chronicler telto of a pretty In cident connected with lien. Washing ton and the old-time election days Washington voted at all the Fairfax elections until the close of his life, uni formly supporting the Federal candi dates. Although he lived at a distance from the court house nt the Alexandria mar ket, he generally voted early In the day. The polls were reached by a flight of steps outside the building, which lu 1711 had become, very shaky from old age. When Gen. Washington reached these steps, he placed one foot uihui them, and shook the crazy ascent, as If to discover how much strength was left In It. Instantly twenty brawny arms. one above the other, grasped the rickety stairway, and a dozen men's shoulders braced It firmly. Nor did a single man move from bis itiou until the veil- erable chief bad deposited his vote and descended the stairway. "I saw the general's last bow," said one of those supporters half a century after that day, "and It was more than kingly." An Easy Living. "Where are you working now, MaryY" "Ain't working now bores. 1 am In bnslnes for my self. I got a couple dose a ladles that pays me a quarter a week to come around nnd ask 'em for a place, and It make the blrvd gtrl they got mad and he won't leave." Cincinnati Enquirer. THE t TvfSclKfcfcnfr. TKAR. MAKKRS fF lMT.',,liU II. I.I Oil. It. JHHJ ,UtllP4 K Ktvnn 1SM7- K. I. lUipnr, i t. JbUO -JIck)-l UiuJ 1S'8-B. P. Hutchinson, recent WHAT ! -zz$Ss$xx&jEte ' 1 r - mm eyes of the American and foreign specu lators on this country's greatest cereal. Everybody has been talking about wheat. Slid Unit talk naturally drifts back to the corners In wheat that made all day Illuck Krid-iys for the men who engi neered tie in. If all the wheut cornered In America were loaded into freight cars It would miike a solid truin that would reach from New York to Ilnltlniore, or if piled Into one pile It would be four times ss high ns the statue of liberty in New York harbor. It is a curious fact that never in the history of speculation, with one or two rare exceptions, litis a big corner lu wheat resulted lu oilier than utter ruin for the men who nlanned it anj & r, carried out their great corner in wluut was in 1"7'J. It was engineer by Ira Y. M111111, J. H. dia mond snd John IS. I. von Sc Co.. Slid the . . . . 7 neiu 01 operations ' gan lu February, and . Hit end until August. It was in Mar wheat, and the price run from $1.15 la February up to $1.01 in August. Then it dropped, at first, 30 enls a bushel, and before the results of Unit corner were over, wheat was selling at 50 cents. Then there be gun to lie stories shout deception, and In vestigation proved that there were false bends in the elevators, as well as false bottoms. There were 10,0ni,ooo bushels 7 1 -, 1 of wheat involved in fDWVVL -M,"fcf value of which, at I 1 1 ...1 . lUllllll'U lij WHI-ni. nni c 10. n-r.m.i. lir value of this wheat, when prices struck bottom, was $.'i.l)0.iMXl, milking t lie total loss to those who took part in the comer $1 I.ihsi.isni. Of course there were nu merous little corners after this one. Just ss there are every year. People are ruined or made millionaires by wheat every season. It was not, however, until fully twenty years afterward Unit there was s corner in wheut of suflieient size MOTTOES ON CHICKENS bona Island Farmer PrniU Ilia Nelah bor'a Fowls Home for Their Feed. A good farmer near Sayvllle, L. I.. kf grciit pride In his barnyard and n the chickens that feed therein. Of late he bas been ,, . sorely distressed . 1 IM-Clllise 01 luna tions to tho barn yard ct fowl be longing to his nelgblKirs. The tin 1 11 v I ted chickens would not only ruf fle the feathers of those that were there by right, but would feed Upon the corn that the good farmer threw to his feathered craturc with a liberal hand. Iimtondofatteiidlng meeting one Sun day recently tho aggrieved fanner re mained at home, determined to take rudlnil steps to rid himself of trouble mil bis barnyard of bis neighbors' chickens. He took a pint of corn and through the center of each kernel he tKired 11 bole. Then he took some sllkcuL thrend nnd fasten ed n short piece t each kernel. On the free ends of tin thrend be attached small slips of pa per, on which, among other sentl incuts, wns Inscrib- T,,lt cossi-ibacy. ed: "Trust Inthel-ordnnd feed your own bens," "We do not east our bread ilium the waters for broiler," "No free meal tickets," nnd "Flense keep mo nt home and I'll not get In trouble." In due time the nelgblsir's chickens gathered lu the Rood farmer's barnyard und swallowed t h e kernels t o w h I c h the sentl incuts wore a t tuched. It didn't take those chickens that drew prizes long to reach their separate roosting places, and the town of Sayvllle was aroused by the sight of fowl mak ing trucks through the byroads, while in their Immediate wake Muttered slips of white paper. The good farmer's barnyard Is now respected, but bis chickens roost high. "AIRY, FAIRY LILLIAN." Tli Operatic Ki-ynecn Who Knows Something About Matrimony. Walter Jones, a comedian of minor degree, with a keen appreciation of advertising, astonished the theatrical world the other day by aiuioinieipg that be was going to marry I.illl.iu Kusscll, as soon as she could get 'J divorce from Slgnor lVrnglul. He wns In St. Louis when be spoke and Lillian was far up In Iowa. Lillian reads the Sunday papers and before ' noon the next day she was out with !'tbe announcement that she wasn't go ing to nni try any one. Thereupon Jones declared that the whole thing wns a (treat mistake, but hinted that there would soon be a divorce. Whatever the cause or the outcome of this much circulated rumor, 0.10 thing Is certulu. Matrimonial ven tures are not novelties for Li lian. Sno i1H ,a,ie three of them and all proved failures. If she tries nno'hcr, It may be a success, for the fair sing er's star Is growing dim and her oper atic career is drawing to a close. Once off the stage she may find a charm In domestic life. Lillian Is a Western product. She wns born In Iowa In 1S01 and her real name Is Helen Louisa Leonard. Chi cago was her girlhood home and her education was obtained iu the Con vent of the Sacred Heart lu that city. As a girl she sang lu church choirs and. like so many other future stars, her first stage success was achieved In amateur productions of Pinafore. In ilf A rilOUI.KU. TU'fffft-"17. 1 1 VI HVI Lillys CORNERS IN (New FOUR BIGGEST Twenty-lhree Million Uol.sr. Propped In Trying lev Corner Wheal. COKNKH. Ml.. al... The Only Big "Old Ilu'ch,"., to make the whole world talk. This is known as the Keeno deal. There were involved in this corner il.OOO.iSiO bush els of wheat, ond when Mr. Keene had finished his costly amusement he was nut Just $7,iski,(ssi, This begun In May. lsso a, ocmtinued until December. Wheat started M Hm. ran up to H- and broke. The "esteru farmers broke Mr. Keene's corner, for they sent their wheat to market too quick for him. He found himself totally unable to handle it. In less limn two months Mr. Keene dropped $13,000,000. John W. Mackay and .lames C. Flood In 1W0 became the great operations In cu lined a tremendous coiiiinu the market, and centered the I 1 A bless. The first really I - ... . ... was i.tiusgo. 11 ue- did not come to an ALI.TUK W1IKATKVKII (OIIVKUED WOULD HfUAI. THIS I'lI.IC. this deul, the total the highest point 1,T ti.il.., 'l-t.- prime movers of a corner that lasted the longest of any in speculative history. It was two and a half years before the cor ner scheme was really ended. The total unrulier of bushels involved in the corner was ll.i HSI,( ski. The highest point in price reached during the progress of the corner was $1.0,y,. in April, !!. The lowest point touched was in October, 1111' OPVs cents. The total value of the wheat at the highest price reached was $10,- 1N70 her professlonnl enreer began In the same play under Ed Hlce. Next she scintillated ou Tony 1'astor's suil'o lu New York and her ballads made her so great a favorite that Col. Mc C1111I made a financial ten-strike when be took her Into bis company ns prima donna. I'nder him she became the nc. kiiowlcdgcd ipieeu of comic opera. Then she formed her own company, which has since continued with more or less success. Her beauty nnd graceful manner have not only mnde her a successful uctrcsB, but have also attracted lov ers by the seme. Mnuy a heart has been shnttered by her frown. Some have found favor, but her affectum has never rested long on nny one. Harry ltrahnui, her musician, was tho first man who led her to the nltur. Wedded bliss was of short duration, and they separated. Teddy Solomon, the orchestra leader, next vowed eter 1111 1 love to her nt the altar, and for a time It looked like a happy match. Hut It was not, and they separated. Two years ago Slgnor IVruglnl. once common Jack Chatterton. married her, but again there was a separation, though no divorce has ever been ob tained. QUEER KIND OF BUNNIES. They Inhabit the Lonely Farollone Islands. A peculiar rabbit Inhabits the Faral lone Islands. The material difference Is that the bunnies of the islands eat raw fish and crabs, and have no spe cial desire for green things. However, RABUIY CAT1XO A CRAB. they do eat greens when they happen to tlud some. When the rabbits are eat ing the fish they look very much as they do when they ar eating cabbage, and nibble It In the same way. They LlLLIAy KI'SSELL. mm MEN WHO WHEAT COST Tork Journal.) THE lo.ouo.000 i,rVooo 2S.ooo.ooO yi'nno'ooB 10 000.0,10 H.OliO.OOU Sioouiooo 10.060.000 Corner Thst Won. 6,000,000 1 10,000,000 " ' w-riMOI?&--1 i-'johiii n.,n,l Indues ulnce at $L lioo.ooo. In all the history of Amer ican speculation lu the cereals, there never has been au instance where a cor ner brought ruin to so many P'""0" at the now famous corner 'n which the prime mover was I'-d w " Harper, of Cincinnati, then the president "he Fidelity Hank. The flrs. effort to form the comer was made Man b lSh7. Wheat at that time was selling at 70. and within the t ninety days steadily advanced until it reached W 4 c ,,U. June M came the break, nnd In almost the turn of a die. wheat dropped to 73. Aa Idea of the tremendous ex Htcnent this occasioned n.ny be formed from the fact that the total trading on the Chicago board that day amounted to 111000.000 bushels of wheat. The trail ing in New York the same day was .10. 110.000 bushels. The total loss t the Harper clioue by the collapse of th comer was lu round numbers $.l..iiK).0OO. The total amount of wheat Involved was 10 000,000 bushels. The sequel of tins corner, so fur as Harper is concerned. Is u matter of crlminul history. The ruin thus forced uisin him disclosed the fact that he nnd one of his relatives had hy pothecated the securities of the Fidelity Hank and robbed the depositors right and left. For this Harper was sent to the penitentiury. One of the most unusual comers was "Old Hutch's" Inst flurry on the Chicago board. It was not a precon ceived affair. There was no more system in his speculations than there is ice in a great tire. His deals were the results of reckless plunges. His comers were formed on the impulse of the mo ment. That is just the way it was with his last corner, that of 1SSS, when he ran wheat up from Wi-"-. cents to (2, and cleared $3,0IN),000, dled about .1,000,000 Old Hutch is one of very few, men who made a cent out of lar as to the condition of the fish they are eating, and will make a meal off one that has lulu on the rocks a week Just as soon as from one that has Just been washed ashore. It Is Interesting to know that the rabbits that live on the Fnrallones have contracted their pres ent mode of living within the last thir ty years, ns they ore thedesceudants of tame rabbits that were brought there by the first lighthouse-keepers. They are not as pretty as their ances tors. In fact, they have become very lean and haggard looking, and have much the appearance of a half-starved coyote. But the fact that they have adapted themselves to their new con ditions Is only another example to show that there is some foundation for the Darwinian theory. A Fatal Omelette. Ignorance of cooking is not often the direct cause of a man's death, but such an Instance Is related by Miss Edith mmmM a. lVnj Llehel, In a recent volume entitled, "The Story of Two Salons." In the time of the French Hevolntlon, one Monsieur Condorcet, upon whose head, as an aristocrat, a price was set, sought refuge with a friend. Monsieur Suard, w ho bade him return at nightfall, when means of escaiie would lie provided. I'nhnpplly Condorcet, being unable to exist without tobacco, went Into a tav ern to buy some. Still prostrate from fatigue, be thought be would take ad vantage of this opportunity to get some diuner, and ordered an omelette.' "How many eggs do you wish to be used?" Inquired the landlord, who had beeu eying him suspiciously. The In nocent Condorcet wns at his wits' ends; be reflected on the slie of the ordinary omelette. "Twelve," he boldly replied. His fate w as sealed; none but an aris tocrat could he so Ignorant or so ex trnvagaut He wna arrested and led away to prison, from which be never emerged. A-My wife boa given me a birthday present of a keyring. B-Well, If were you. on my next birthday I'd see to it that she gave me the house key! Fllegende Blaetter. A woman will Ob any day to pay a compliment and tint Mn.i.u. .v... -1.- . . .luaiurt tufll sue bas done wrong. FORMED THEM. 1 1 uiti sv coi.i.r. a 1 i.ooo.ooi) 7,o,)0,0i M) ,f OO.oOJ 2.0 OMJO rnoriT. their loss OloHuTCH dmts C.F lofiiy although lie only han Pusliels liels of wheat. Jtj few, the very, fli say they ever 'f the can a big corner in wheat. R. l. Jefferson completed the feat of riding u bicycle a distance of 0,574 miles lu 1.10 days. ov. Itudd, of California, says be think the fraudulent coyote scalp claims will aggregate $.10,000. Every morning Mrs. John Burns, wlfo of the great labor lender, reuds for four hours before brenkfaat. Mrs. Buekner wns one of the most famous belles of Virginia before her marriage. The Sultan of Turkey of late bas been given quite a number of nicknames. The last to come to the surface hi that of "Humid the llaugmnu." Dr. Livingstone used to tell bow, whilst traveling lu Africa, be was so bard set for food that be made a meal of two mice and a light, blue-colored mole. The Queen of the Netherlands Is not aa strong as might be, and It baa been decided to take ber to Italy, nnd, per haps, to Egypt, for a good part of the winter. Czar Nicholas has become a patron of literature. He bas commissioned M. Istomlne to make a collection of the popular songs and patriotic ballads of bis empire. Mr. (Jeorge Fnudel-rhllllpa, the new lord mayor-elect of Ixiudou, Is the fourth Jew to bold that ofllce. Ills father, Sir Benjamin rhllllps, who was lord mayor In 1800, was the second. Sir Henry Irving la one of the best swordsmen lu Euglaud. He bas prac ticed scleutlllc swordsmanship for many years. One of his fenclug inns tors was I'rof. McLaren, uow of Olyui phi. The oldest living grnduute of Har vard U Dr. William Lambert Uussell, of Barre, Mass., who was In the clatis of "2i. lie Is also senior alumnus of the medical school, being In the class of '31. The Belgian Ciovernment has Just couferred the chic cross of the Qrst cliiss upon a man of the name of Achil les Yaudereninp, In recognition of his hnvlng saved the life of King Leopold. Emlle Zola speuds money with a lav ish hand. His bouse at Milan cost 1.000,000 francs, nnd the objects of art which It contains are worth 3,000,000 more. One table In bis drawing room cost $2,000. Emperor William baa sent Queen Vic toria three large photographs of him self, In the full, undress and field uni forms of the First (Royal) Dragoons, the British regiment of which he Is the honorary colonel. It Is reported that the Empress Eu genie has recently made her will, leav ing the bulk of her fortune to the Prin cess Eugenie, daughter of 1'rlucess Bea trice and granddaughter of Queen Vic ttoria. Vices and Virtues of Chinatown, If you made with me a complete tour of Chinatown, visiting every place where a Chinaman dwells, wheu you bad returned you would sum up what you had seen about as follows: I'laccs where opium was smoked by Chinese lu their own private apart ments: nbout one-fourth of the whole. I'liicea where opium was sold to white visitors who smoked and slept on the premises, and w hich Is commonly call ed an "opium Joint": possibly three In your whole tour. I'lnees wore gambling was In prog ress: about one-twentieth of the whole. liaoes where nien were pursuing the ordinary vocations of life: nearly three-fourths. Century. A committee has been appointed to raise an endowment of $10,000 for St Paul's school. Concord, N. IL, which bevame so famous under the late Rev. Dr. Colt, On. M.n H.4 ,0tt to Mcmrmbcr. Men have been known to le,T,h for a few days, commit Z 1 bBl crime and return, quit J ,,1,1w finite. Very Interesting ,! so common among tidier, WJ? fought a battle and who wll D ft over cannot recall t)le event. To'J erul hours. The same thing b.' to those who have escaped wreck and to aeronaut. wlu descended from the cloudi tm'" the temporary loss due to .iron, ta Hon. Then there are curlou '.T of temporary los, of memory o,,?'' fatigue. ""Toninjn Sir Henry Holland when down. ml In the Hnrz mountain, and from fatigue completely u,n J German and could not remeLL word of It until he bad re,t ,m ' fresbment after ascending. w,, perlence this In a less degree times It Is an Injury which blank In the backward gaze T?.' gllsb professor once n'cclved!uZ blow on the bead and at oncZ? all bis Greek and a musician ivl memory of music from the Mmec, Mr. Wbymper In bis book on iulh. tells bow be fell over a frightful pice 200 feet high, with the 3 his pnst was for a time wholly mJj out of bis memory. The most singular ntn cf owmn loss are In connection Wtn iam It Is quite common In our honplui, see n sick Gennnn unable to t. word of the English he hud thorough mustered. ' A clergyman some time ajo ton ,n recollection of words, but he could mill remember the letters of which tb, were mm posed and could expresj hit Ideas freely by spelling the words. An olllcer suffered from a slight attack of apoplexy ond ns a result forgot ill but n very few words. When ht tried to speak be merely uttered Dontfn but If a book or manuscript rn hn tided to him he rend It with rwrfm propriety. One of the most cxtraordl unry of all memory losses I. when 1 person forgets bow to write with tu right band, but still has the power U do so with bis left bund. In inch 1 case after be has written with hit left bund the desired sentence he ran topr It with his right hand. When the memory of words Is gnj. imlly lost It Invnrlubly progreMei j 011c particular order. First the pror names go, then the common noum then adjectives, and this stage U fol lowed by failure of the power to rw ollect events. Very ninny people inf. fer from the first degree; exeeulrc smokers, for Instance, It Is said, tout times find It ditlieult to recall proprt names. Drunkenness Is a well Lnoita cause and thcre's the very curlom case of a man who mislaid 1 package while drunk, forgot w here be had pat It when sober and bad to get 4rur.lt again to find It. Hen and Monkey Chnmi. rcople living at Hague, on Lite Geneva. New York State, have bfro much Interested during the put sum mer by watching a uovel friendship that boa sprung up between a uoukrj and a ben. Both belong to B. A. Clif ton, the proprietor of a hotel at the lake, the monkey having been given to blm a year ngo by a Mrs. Caldwell, of Brooklyn. The moukey wa naturally quite an attraction to the neighbors, bothold nnd young, and they bestowed upon her liberal supplies of delicacies of all kinds. The chickens about tb place were watchful of the favora Vic toria, the monkey, received, and fre quently, by being more agile than she, left the simian but little to eat. Toll situation at last became Intolerable ami Victoria took summary action. So drove all her feathered companions from her presence save one, 1 black and white speckled hen, which seem ed to have found favor In her sight. To thia ben the monkey devoted much attention. Whatever she receives for food she shares with bcr compaiilo". but drives away all Intruders wltli sticks and atones. The hen has k-ni-ed to eat from the monkey's hands. When the latter receive an ear of corn she picks the kernels from the cob one by one nnd feeds theiu to her proW Down by the rock upon which lc llghbs to sun herself, Is a hole wnet she bides tidbits which she brings form only when ber pet hen conies around. Attempt to tnke the piece of caMj from Victoria nnd she bites, cbflttering savagely. Try to chase her and she runs to the full length of wr chain, snapping and scaring the toku Dogs that are known to ic ean v proncb her pet ben, but strange P are fiercely driven off, and uc proved her tenacity by fighting 1 blooded prize English lulldo ' she stood too near the favored r When she has a choice bit M " her feathered friend and the fowl if to know the call and approaenf Equal to the Eiitergeacf. This story Is told of a well-la" gentleman of simple tastes, wni which are not shared by m' He likes to do things that lie w do when be was a happy hoy rural home. . f. One day. according to nil o count of the matter, he wns the back of bis bouse h,U'Bt, dish of peas. It was the n R work, of course, but he was doiM for pleasure, nnd lu his clothes. His wife, nicanwhl, entertaining some stylish ca He denly be beard one of the WJ ' "Ob. I must see your preW P. den. I have beard so much ahou The next Instant a nd opened, and out popped to v bonnets. The master of the was in a strait. orl' His wife would be terribly fled, he knew. If he were dl With great 'lf-P08St'8slon!'!,d W bis bead away nnd he work. His wife was not w bind him In quickness of Tatrick," she said, "you .uuftM get to mow the grass before ur conies home." beF "Yls. ma'am." answered the pea ler. with his best brogue; and the was safely passed. -the Hourly ""' Jiin. Appllcant-1 understand. that you desire to employ tw of a chaperon for your daogW Mrs. Croesus-Tes. I rid blcycl.T-Somenllle J 1