MEMORY OF ANIMALS. A FRENCH WRITER DRAWS SOME CONCLUSIONS. tVlilcli Go to Show That the Lower Order* Ain ay* Kemembrr Thins* That Ileeiiuea Habit w ith Them—A Cavalry Horae That Liked Evolution*. Monsieur Henri de Parvllle.a French writer, has collected Instances of an imal intelligence, many of which are of a character to indicate that animals always remember things which have become habitual with them. In many cases thpy remember a single kindness or a single unklmlness, and treat the author of it accordingly; but the habit ual thing may be said to be always re membered, and the unaccustomed thing only occasionally. Monsieur De Par ville gives an amusing account of the performances of six coach horses which wore regularly driven on the dil igence between Herne and Gurnigel, Switzerland. They reac-hpd Gurnigel each day after a long and hard Journey, and at the Inn were detached from the vehicle and allowed to find their own way to the stable. Before going to the stable they invariably set out on a little tour through the hotel grounds, where the guests were In the habit of giving them lumps of sugar. March ing from one guest to another, the horses gently demanded their sugar. - This was an established custom at the place, and although newly arrived guests sometimes objected to It, they soon fell Into the way of liking it, and frequented the grounds for the sake of meeting the horses. The diligence plied only four months of the year, and the horses were employed elsewhere during the other eight months; but on the resumption of the trips in summer, these horses, who were used from year to year in the diligence, eagerly re sumed their tour through the hotel gardens, showing on the very first trip the greatest haste to go the familiar round of the year before In quest of sugar. Monsieur De Parvllle also tells of a cavalry horse named Menclas, be longing to the Tenth regiment of Chas seurs, who, after being ridden in the cavalry maneuvers In the ring at the barracks, became so fond of the evo lutions that be would manage to es cape from his stall at night, betake bimself to the ring, and go through the required movements alone. His nocturnal performance became known, and the officers and men frequently went to watch it. Menelas would be left unhitched In his stall, and when all became quiet, would go out, find his way to the ring, and solemnly but briskly go through the whole drill, ap parently remembering every detail of It in the proper order. The writer of this witnessed a curious demonstration of the excellence of a dog’s memory. He possessed a collie, who, at the age of about one year, had an attack of dis temper, and was sent from Boston to a farm In Vermont, where be remained several months. While there he spent a good deal of time In digging out woodchucks and barking at their bur rows, all over the large farm. He was sent back to Boston. Some five years afterward he was taken by his mas ter on a visit to the same farm In Ver mont, and he had no sooner arrived than he started out on a tour of the old familiar woodchuck holes. The farmer, who had been very familiar with his ways, said that he did not omit a single spot where the wood chucks’ burrows had existed during his previous sojourn, and went straight to them without any search. The dog also fell Instantly into all the old rou tine of the farm, and kept the dish out of which he ate in the spot where he had formerly kept it. He showed that he had forgotten no detail of his hab its on the place five years before. It Pays to Ite Cheerful. A manufacturer of Kensington tells this true tale: “Fifteen years ago I was very rich, but ten years ago there came a time when it seemed that I'd surely fall. One day when a smash appeared a certainty I walked down Chestnut street toward the wool ware houses. blue, blue as indigo. On a cor ner I went In and hit one. It was a big drink to take, but 1 needed It. It cheered me up. Just then a man I knew came In and said: ‘Say, Dill,what makes you alw'avs look so cheerful? Don’t you ever have any trouble at all?* ‘Oh, yes.’ said I, Jollying a little, ‘but to look blue doesn't do any good,' etc. ‘Well,' this fellow said, I tell you what I'm going to do. I've got (25,000 lying Idle and I'm going to get you to Inveat It for me. You're so well off, so lucky In business always and so blamed cheerful I'm sure nothing ever Tails with ymi, and 1 want you to In vest this money any way you please, and 1 won't even ask you how you In teat it.' Well, I took this man's atone/. It was Just the amount my tottering biiaturaa needed. A year later times and prices were vastly better, and i paid the (25.otto bark with Interest at — what do you think? p per cent,"-— Philadelphia Itevord. —■ f Wfcteb M T»t» «<* «*r^ aoi.img t kwl«t Wkat »n >«« 4«l*« TuMatyf fu»ai Takl*' Ik* *!*• 4*i«t «»»t «*' ar«* aia'a «**•* w aka «** m k*u*f, Wv«kly i*. A FIRE IN JAPAN. The Peoplo In a Tumult and Evcryltedy Currying a Lighted Lantern. At Kyoto, among hundreds of queer sights waa that of a fire at night, says a writer in the Baltimore Sun. All Japs who have friends within a ra dius of half a mile must present them selves or their representatives at their friend's house during or immediately after the fire to inquire if they can be of any assistance. The result Is that thousands turn out at every lire. The almost deserted streets were quickly crowded by thousands of Japs, each carrying a paper lantern. They came racing down every street and rushing In a confused muss. Some of the paper lanterns were four feet long and as big as a barrel, carried high ubove the crowd at the end of a bamboo and fol lowed by a dozen lanterns half so large, such special delegation repre senting some rich family or a prom inent firm. Our hotel was out in full force, all the guests with their lan terns, and made visits of condolence to friends in the vicinity of the fire. The firemen upon the roofs of houses car ried paper lanterns and fought the fire with water forced by a hand pump through a few lengths of bamboo poles, answering for hose. To gaze from more elevated heights dowm upon the scene, whither your jinrlklsha was swiftly carrying you, waa a glittering, weird panorama, a unique spectacle not soon forgotten. In some respects it was a sort of pandemonium; the noise of the rrowd, the frightful calls and chattering of thousands of running Japs, each with a paper lantern, the yells of hundreds of Jinrlklsha coolies shouting for gangway as they sped along, the clatter of the wooden shoes of the multitude afoot, resounding upon the stone-paved streets, the dart ing of lanterns to and fro and the con fusion at the fire were all very, very strange indeed. Japanese newspapers the next day contained entire pages of cards of thanks of those who re ceived visits of condolence due to the fire. In winter there are on the average three fires per day In the large cities, resulting In plenty of advertisements for newspapers and work for carpen ters. Carpenters are often accused of practicing incendiarism to secure work. Fire Insurance Is very rare and ex pensive. Business firms endeavor to build fireproof shops. Usually mud plaster Is used for the walls and tiles for the roofs. The openings which an swer for windows are closed with doors a foot thick. Block after block of such shops, all painted a solid black, line the chief streets of Japanese cities, giving a very somber look to the thoroughfares. OVERRUN BY RATS. Enforced (.'losing of the 1 t It ’etc It office In London. Something like twelve months ago an important district postofllce in Lon don was closed. It had been opened for stamps, money orders and post office orders and telegrams till mid night, and it was in the center of a thickly populated district. One day, without any previous notire, the doors were closed and a card affixed stating that it was closed for repairs. Weeks passed and it was not reopened. The postmaster-general received com plaints by the score. But the weeks became months, and still the doors re mained closed. And the people around wondeied why. The murder Is at last out, and some of the families residing near know it to their cost. The post office in question had to be closed be cause it had become the happy hunt ing ground of vast hordes of rats who consumed letters by the bagful, and many postal orders, money order forms and other official papers. The rats forced the postofflee to be closed, and after numerous attempts to rid the place of the rodents it was found pos sible to do so only by putting down en tirely new cement foundations and en tirely retimbering the place. As nearly as possible the postoffic-e had, but for its mere shell, to be rebuilt. That done, the troubles of the Immediate neigh borhood became accentuated. Driven from the postoffice, the rats have Jour neyed to the surrounding houses, which are now Infested with them. The correspondent from whom this Infor mation comes has had several cats In his place, aud they have done some thing to keep things down, but, to use his words, “to go home Is to ttnd the wife and the maids with flying petti coats rushing up the stairs; servants won’t stay In the house except for a very short time; mats and pictures, some of the Intter several feet up the wall*. have been consumed. My wife Is terror-stricken, and when 1 reach borne at night I often And her locked half starved, in an upper room afraid to move about and too nervous even to go near where the food U kept until | come In." The luforuiaut statee j that his experience it similar to that } of many residing near him.—London ■ Dally New*. £ A tml. A little girl who wet bring taken Into the country for • day'* outing by the Chicago vacation echool commit tee wit obeerved to be very eedate ae tbe ant in the «»t»u aireet car, aaya the Yuuth'a Companion ‘ Have you ever had n ride on the aura before?’* the teacher naked. * Y*a. I've ktlrked, but | never «al up etreigkt like IkU he* fore.” »he aa«wer*d. way Me »o ko A pracitaul matter of-faet young *wnken a* trying to da*-, rtbe a certain unpopular man that »he knew **H« ta the nut of pnreun." the aald.after ;am ful thought, who goee to Parle twice a year, but never aah* you what star al. *• * u a«ar N«« V ta C«n»J' i clot Au» iftl*er. Financier* Fnnil of Funny Stuff. The man whose daily life runs In the channel of finance frequently resorts to diversions which are antipodal to his business. The head of the finance of the nation, Secretary Gage, Is fond jf humorous literature after he has quit his office. The writings of several of the more prominent authors of this class are marked as they appear in the daily prints and are laid upon the sec retary’s desk. The work of the clever cartoonists of the day are also clipped, credited to the paper in which it ap pears, and put under the proper paper weight on his desk. JASON CHOW. OSCARVILLE. GA. Writes us, May 31, 1699: "I feel it my duty to write and let you know what your medicine, ‘5 Drops,’ has done for me. 1 have had rheumatism about eighteen years, but was able to be up most of the time until a year ago last May, when 1 was taken down and not able to move about. About six weeks ago I saw your advertisement and wrote for a sample bottlq. After tak ing a few doses it did me so much good that I ordered some more for myself and friends, and in every case It has done wondprg and given perfect satisfaction. “Dr. Woodliff, n y family physician, who has* had rhoiroatism for fifteen years. 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At the same sale a 15c reunion, first issue, brought £33, a 30c reunion, first issue, £46, end a pair of 2d Mauritius, £43. In a recent talk about the Algon quin language, Dr. Edward Everett Hale observed that 600 words of any language are enough for human com munication. "Six hundred words," he said, "are said to be sufficient for the couriers of Europe, and it is the outside limit of the vocabulary of Italian opera. It is true that this is the minimum of human intelligence, ir both cases, but still it auswers for the conveyance of thought. In the book of Judges, for instance, there are not 700 different w'ords. Tticre la n Claim of Teopla Who are injured by the use of coffee. Recently there has been plnced in all the grocery stores a new preparation called GRAIN-O, mude of pure grains, that takes the place of coffee. The most delicate stomach receives it without distress, and but few can tell it from coffee. It does not cost over one-fourth ns much. Children may drink It wita great benefit. 15 cents and 25 cents ! per package. Try it. Ask for URAIN-O. I New I event ions. Four hundred and ninety-six 14'Jii) Inventors received patents during the past week. Of tills number SI per cent were able to sell their Inventions be fore the satne were patent*d. Amongst the curious inven tions were found a machine for thin ning seed sprouts; a cap which can be converted into a turban; an automatic lamp extinguisher; a milk-pasteurizing apparatus; a smoke purifying tobacco pipe; a revolving shed for storing bi cycles; and an automatic roiling miter for plows. Amongst the gruesome ;ii ventlons is one for a coffin hinged in sections so that the corpse can lie rais ed into a bitting position, while an Omaha inventor obtained a patent for a trolley which cannot Jump or become detached from the trolley wire. The last named invention pate nted was pro cured through Sues & (’o„ Patent Law yers, Bee Bldg, Omaha, Neb. The only tea gardens in the tinted States are at Pinehurst, S. C. Dr. Shephard's estate comprises about 700 acres, of which between 50 and 100 acres are now planted to tea, Ilow'a Tills? Wo o(Trr Ono Hundred Dollars reward forany Case of Catarrh thut cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, a. We, the undersigned, have known F. J Cheney for the last 15 years and believe him perfectly honorable In all business transactions and tlnnnclally able to curry out any obliga tions made by their Arm. West&Truax. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0.; Wuldlng, Klnniiii & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Oaturrh Cure Is taken Internally, act ing directly upon the blood and mucous surface* of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price !5c per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Care-not Is a greater hindrance to success than cannot. THE GRIP CFRE THAT DOES CPRE. 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This Is what he pro poses doing with his "In Old New York," soon to lie published, and fur ther intends to act the resulting play when next ho comes to America. , How to Knvt' Mont*y »»ii Hhotfi Members of the United States Co-oper ative Boot A Shoe Purchasing Associa tion save 33X percent on all purchases of shoes. Mr. E. II. Tilton, Secretary of the As sociation. 105 Summer St.. Boston, will send an illustrated ItooU on shoes, in ttruetions liow to join the association and full information concerning it to auybody upon request. a in* rm On the Deadwocd, S. D., branch of the Burlington Uullroad is a gulch 700 feet wide, known as Sheeps Canyon. This was crossed, until recently, by a wooden bridge, 120 feet high, which took over 240 000 feet of lumber In the building. Recently this trestle was filled In, and the great undertaking at tracted the attention of railroad men all over the country. It took twenty weeks to accomplish the task. It was necessary to haul 2,880,000 cubic feet of earth one and one-half miles up a two per cent grade and unload off the high bridge. This required 1,486 trains of fifteen cars each; 22,000 carloads In all. It was a stupendous undertaking, hut now the bridge can’t burn, and it doesn't cost a lot of money every year for repairs and watchers. Christians are like eggs, there are no medium ones. Thick on Patented Invention#. A. C. L., Steamboat Rock, la.: Your inquiry concerning taxes due in towns, counties, cities and the stale from in ventors who make and sell their pio ductlons is received. Materials us d for manufacturing in ventions and thereby increasing tno value of such personal property is tax able. Towns and cities may therefore have ordinances to regulate sales. Pedlers are subject to a license tax. But county supervisors may remit U:e tax on articles of an educational nature or on account of the age and infirmity of the sellers. 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