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' TH E Ev E'iviuG PIG A] ZE T-‘TE .
ME MORY’S MYSTERY-
Francisque Sarcey Writes Entertaining];
of Those He Has Observed.
Francisque Sarcey wrote, the follow-
ing for a recent number ,of the Paris
Figaro:
“Who in conversation, when seeking
a name, a date, or any detail that the:
before the memory and escapes, has not
cried out in a tone of impatience, ‘l
have it on the tip of my tongue?’ and,
true enough, that name, that date, or
that detail is on the tip. of the tongue.
It seems as if the slightest effort would
suffice to formulate it; but by what
strange phenomenon does it refuse to
allow itself to be. captured? The more
you follow it the more it runs back into
the depths of the mind.
And what is more extraordinary is
the fact that, if the name conceals it-
self, you have present in your mind all
the circumstances which accompany it,
which distinguish it, and make it
known.
The thing is a sort of malady of the
memory which is often very painful.
What ,is the cause of it? That is a
question which I have often asked my-
self, and many others must have asked
themselves the same question; because
in reality this disease is very common,
and the theatre continually draws comi-
cal scenes out of it. I have just read
an article in the Revue des Revues
which throws some curious light upon
this defect of the memory. It is by
Alfred Binet, and gives an account of
the investigations that have been made
in this matter by some learned English-
men. _ The author tells us that, in the
"Laboratory of Psychology in Paris, he
made some interesting experiments.
For example, a list of fifty words was
read to a patient or subject, and he was
asked to repeat them. He discovered
about ten in his memory; it was rarely
that anybody could repeat twenty. The
thirty others were gone. But were they
gone forever, destroyed? Not at all.
uThe person who heard them retained
them in his memory, but could not
grasp them; and here is the proof of it.
A list of sixty words was made, among
which were thrown in the thirty words
already read. This new list was read
to the subject, with the request that he
would 7 indicate the ‘words previously
read, if he could discover any. He was
rarely deceived, and generally pointed
out the thirty words that he had forgot-
ten. Now, if he recognized them, it is
plain that he must have remembered
them.
What are we to conclude from this,
if not that of all the recollections that
are stored in our mind, about one-third
are constantly at our disposal for our
daily use, while the other two-thirds
are put away in drawers, whose keys
we have lost? We are like those women
who know well that they have, some-
wherein the house, choice laces care-
fully put away, but can‘t tell where
they are. They ought to be in this or
that wardrobe, but the lock can’t be
opened. Sometimes the good woman
even forgets that she ever possessed
such laces until some fine day, when the
old wardrobe is opened by chance, she
utters a cry of surprise: ‘Why, my
laces 1’
"It is the same wi th the recollection.
One is often astonished at discovering
the sudden resurrection of long-buried
memories. We often fancy that there
is mystery surrounding the thing, but
nothing is more simple. The fact is
that in reality those memories were not
buried or destroyed. Without our
knowledge they remained preserved in
the archives of the mind, but we could
not bring them out. '
ASSORTED SMILES.
Edison has discovered a way of look-
ing through a hand fifteen feet away.—
Cleveland World. What a snap for the
poker players.—Brocton Times.
“There will be one advantage about
the horseless carriage,” said Maud
Ethel. “It won’t mistake the sound of
a kiss for a chirrup to go faster, and
compel the man to grab the reins with
both hands—Cincinnati Enquirer.-
A.——Our friend Gustavus fell to day
from a ladder 16 feet high, and is none
the worse. ,
’B.—You don’t mean it!
A.—It’s a fact. You see he dropped
from the bottom rungl—Unsere Gesell-
.schaft.
3500 Worth of Ducks at a Shot.
A writer for the American Field tells
of a shot made from a big gun “which
“SW
of keenest satisfaction comes with
every glass, of Williams’ Root Beer. ,
Keep it in the house ready to quench
your thirst. Your whole family will
'enjoy it. It is a temperance drink,
clear, bright and sparkling. You
are drinking to your own health
when you drink '
WILLIAMS a CARLETON 00.. MFRS.
Hartford. Conn. _
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* ARIZONA’S MOUNTAIN PUZZLE.
Is it a, Hole Through a Lofty Peak, pr
Only a. Natural Mirror? '
For the last half century the Ameri-
can residents of Tucson. Ariz., have
been trying to solve a mystery in the
shgpa of what appears to be a hole
through a. mountain peak in plain
sight of the town. In the rarefied air
it looks to be only a short distance
away, when in reality it is at least
forty miles. The earliest residents no-
ticed the phenomenon, and the only
difl‘iculty that lay in the way of finding
out just what it was was the fact that
it was inaccessible, and when they
came anywhere near the spot the hole
disappeared from sight. In fact, it can
onlybe seen from within a few miles of
Tucson, and this has led many people
to believe that it is not a hole at all.
By the aid of a good marine telescope
the mountain can be brought to within
a few miles, but not near enough to
tell the exact nature of the rock forma
tion. An astronomical telescope can
not be focused on it, as the mountain is
so near. A first peep through the glass
would lead one to believe that there
was no mystery about it. The hole
appears as plain as possible, but several
days’ study of the spot will develop the
fact that the hole does not always look
the same.
- Many days when the sky is dark be
hind the mountain the hole will appear
a brilliant white, like a snowdrift, and
on days when the sky is blue it will
”often look so dark as to be almost in-
visible. These facts have led‘ many to
think that it is an immense pie cc of
mica, lying with its polished surface
toward the sky and reflecting the cloud
formations of another part of the hori-
zon instead of being the light seer
through a hole. Viewed with the
naked eye, the hole simply appears as a
white spot, but the telescope reveal.c
pine trees and other details, although
very indistinctly.
The range of mountains in which flu;-
strange peak can be seen is known as
the Catalinas, and numerous parties
have made the attempt to climb it, but
all have failed on account of the steep
and rugged precipices in the vicinity.
The peak is a high one, and can be seen
from any point in the journey toward
it, but when ten miles out of Tucson the
hole can no longer be seen, even with
the aid of a glass. This can be ex
plained on the mica theory, as a sur
face of that material would not reflect
a ray of light toward .a person’s eyc
after they got out of its angle of pro-
jection—San Francisco Call.
Depew’s Advice to Californians.
Naturally Mr. Depew had something
to say about California wines while he
was on the Pacific Coast. and this is
how he said it, according to the Sm-
Francisco Call:
“The Californian who makes a light
dry wine such as will meet the prevail
ing and rapidly growing demand wil.
make the greatest Californian fortune
a greater fortune than any one ye:
made, and limited only by the
sources of his vineyards.
“There is too much alcohol in Cali
fornia wine. The soil is so rich that it
makes sugar in the grapes, and lln
sugar makes alcohol. The earlier slzi {-
ments of wine were especially faulty 1
this regard. Now, this man whom
speak of, who is to make the greates
California fortune, will go a littl
higher up on the hillsides than tl:
vineyards of the present are to be found
he will not cultivate so deeply, and b
will not be in such a hurry to get hi
wine upon the market—he will give i
time. When he does this his name wil
after awhile be known everywhere
and only the capacity of his vineyard
will set the limit to his income.
“This is exactly what I believe.
have made a study of these things. 1
go about with my eyes open, and I haw
been brought in touch with more wine,
drinkers and wine-drinking than mos.
men. I am hail fellow well met as wel
on the Bowery as in the uptown duh
and I know something about them
things. It is not because a wine i-
made in France that it is called for
but because the French wines are win.
the California wines might be made.”
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Mrs. Tom Thumb Rides a Wheel,
It seems a long way back to the day
of Gen. Tom Thumb, the celebrated
dwarf, and it is interesting to lean
from America that his wife, Mrs. Tom,
whom I recollect as a most engaging
little lady, not much taller than he)
diminutive husband, is alive and very
well indeed. Moreover, I understand
she has taken to bicycling. Her present
husband, Count Magre, who is only at
inches high, is an enthusiastic cyclist.
He rides a machine which, of course,
had to be especially made for him, and
cost 60 guineas. It is probably the
smallest bicycle in the world, for the
wheels are only fourteen inches, and the
frame twelve. Its weight is about nine
and a half pounds.—St. Paul’s.
Strangest ln-tho World.
The strangest clock in the world It
owned by a Hindu Prince. Here an or
dinary clock dial is a huge gong. Be-
neath, scattered on the ground, are
heaps of artificial skulls and the various
bones of human beings, twelve in all.
When the hands mark the hour of one
the number of bones necessary to a hu
man figure come together with a snap.
the skeleton, by invisible mechanism.
springs to its feet, seizes a mallet.
strikes the gong one blow, and then
returns to its pile and falls to pieces
At noon or midnight the spectacle pre
sented by the bones uniting to form 1
skeletons is described as very i‘HVv
Inspiring. ‘ '
The Cycle Girl’s Whim.
The latest whim of women cyclists '1
to have their wheels painted to melt.
their dress. In the London streets ..r
seen cycles in various shades of grew.
brown and terra cotta. The iashim
was started by Lady Warwick. who in
summer had her wheel painted white.
and who dressed in white from head to
foot.
rebels :.
AN ARCHDUKE'S VIEWS OF US.
'Some Things in Our Scenery and Charac.
ter that Do Not lIIeet His Approving.
Some very frank opinions of America
and Americans by an imperial globe
trotter are found in the second volume
of Archduke Francis Ferdinand’s diary
of his voyage round the world in 1893.
The Austrian Prince admits that his
observations may be somewhat super-
ficial, but as the views of a member oi
the reigning house of an efi‘ete, Old
World monarchy, they are rather inter-
esting. The Prince says:
“All I saw of the landscapes of North
America were mighty mountains, deep
valleys, endless plains, enormous
streams and waterfalls, lakes that re-
semble seas, and immeasurable dis
tances. All this bears an indescribable
stamp of grandeur, but it is not gran-
deur glorified by poetry that a 'son of
old Europe is accustomed to see, and by
which nature touches the tenderesi
chords in the human heart. It is a
grandeur coupled with a proud self-
consciousness of power which seems tc
defend the uncounted treasures againsl
the hand greedy to seize them. and
thereby challenges man to battle.”
Further on the Prince says that
though the forefathers ’of the Ameri-
cans “were flesh of our flesh and blood
of our blood, yet the Americans of to
day are estranged from us. They have
assimilated themselves with the coun-
try they conquered. There is an unde
niable element of grandeur in their
character, though it is often grotesque
and even outrageous.”
The'Archduke‘thinks there is a dispo-
sition on the part of a citizen of, the
United States to be more than life size,
to be more than man, and that he has
caught the infeétion from the nature
that surrounds him. But just as an
American landscape lacks poetic beauty
so does the American lack the intimate
charms of personality and warmth ol
character and disposition.
“After all,” says the author, “the pee-
ples of the Old World also fought the
battle for existence, and yet they did
not lose their hearts or their souls.
which are such softening and beneficent
factors side by side with reason and
energy. ”—New York Sun.
A TRUE Love STORY.
A Couple Ike-United and Married After
Twenty-Two Years.
The wedding of Miss Armenia Stev-
enson, of Hoboken, to Louis D. Ryno,
of 79 Prince street, Brooklyn, not long
ago, was the closing czapter in a re-
mance that stretches over a period of 22
years.
Twenty-two years ago the couple,who
were then engaged, quarrelled and sep-
arated. Ryno married another girl,
while Miss Stevenson twice became en-
gaged. Both her fiancee died and she
remained single.
Two ye {1's ago Byno‘s wife died.
A few months ago the long parted.
couple nz~t by chance in the street. The
former courtship was renewed, and
marriage was the result.
Edison in Oblivion.
The great story of Edison’s discovery
of a method of enabling the human eye
to see through solid wood, called atten-
tion to the inventor’s complete isolation
from the things of the world while he
is at work.
Of this fact Mrs.- Edison herself once
had a strong proof. The inventor’s
wife left home for an absence of two
weeks, and said good by to her husband
in his laboratory. .Two weeks Edis0n
plodded on, turning night into day and
day into night. sleepless, tireless, lost
in the mystery of nature’s great won-
ders.
In two weeks Mrs. 'Edison returned.
and not finding him in the house, sought
him in the laboratory. The inventor
expressed neither surprise nor 'interes'.
in her arrival. He did not know. in
fact, that she had been absent. He did
not come forward and greet her in a
husbandly way, but calmly motioned
her to a seat and went on experiment-
ing, oblivious even of his wife.
She learned afterward that he had
not been out of the laboratory for two
weeks and that those two weeks had
been for him one long night, of almosr
unbroken toil.
A Pleasant Story,
This pleasant story is told of the late
Frederick Leighton: A young man
without friends or money came to Lon
don to make his for‘une with his brush.
Orders for pictures were not forthcom
ing, however, and the young painter
found himself reduced to dining on sun-
set eflects. In despair he wrote to the
president of the Academy at his private
address, in Holland Park, stating his
case, and forwarding at the same time
some specimens of his work.
Within a few days he received an an
swer, asking him to call at Sir Freder
ick’s house. The president of the Acad-
emy received him kindly, advised him
to study more and gave him two letters
of introduction. As the young man was
leaving, Sir Frederick handed him an
envelope. remarking:
‘ “Here is an example of the best kind
of drawing. No doubt one of these days
you’ll be able to do as well, if not bet
ter.”
lt contained a check for £50. The re
ceipient is a long way up the ladder
now. '
JUVENILE GENIUS.
Handel had produced an opera before
he “as :ifieen.
Concille had planned a tragedy be-
fore he was ten. ~
Auber wrote an Operetta for the stage
before he was fourteen.
Pitt was Chancellor of the Exchequer
before he was twenty-five.
The Art of War in Cuba.
“I wil; issue a proclamation,” said
the S :misu commander, “giving the
teen days to surrender.”
“11:... if they won’t surrender?” in
quireo lel‘.‘ .ieutenant. ' ,
“Web,” answered the General, “if
they \x‘oc‘t well be no worse off than
we are .l... WMI we‘Z"-—Pu:k.
Did You Iver
Try Electric Bitters as a remedy for your
troubles? If not, get a bottle now and
get relief. This medicine has been par-
iicularyly adapted to the relief and cure
of all Female Complaints, exerting a
wonderful direct influence in giVmg
strength and tone to the organs. If you
have Loss of Appetite, Constipation,
Headache, Fainting Spells, or are Ner-
vous, Sleepless, Excitable, Melancholly
and are troubled with Dizzy Spells,
Electric Bitters is the medicine you need.
Health and Sireneth are guaranteed by
its use. Fifty cents and 351,00 at, E. P.
Weed’s Drug Store, Norwalk, and Men-
roe’s New Canaan.
Mrs. George B. St. John goes to
Simsbury to-duy to spend the month of
August.
Condensed Testimony.
Chas. B. Hood, Broker and Manufact-
urer’s Agent, Columbus, Ohio, certifies
that Dr. King’s New Discovefy has no
equal as a Cough remedy. J. D. Brown,
Prop. St. James Hotel, Ft. Wayne, Ind.,
testifies that he was cured of a Cough of
two years standing, caused by LaGrippe,
by Dr. Kings New Discovery. B. F.
Merrill, Baldwinsville, Mass, says that
he has used and recommended it and
never knew it to fail and would rather
it than any doctor, because it cures.
Mrs. Hemming, 122 E. 25th St. Chicago,
always keeps it at hand and has no fear
of Croup, because itinstantly gelieves.
Free Trial bottles at E. P Weed’s Drug-
Store, Norwalk and Monroe’s New Cu-
naan.
The lent- of the street railway air
motors 1.» New York yesterday Was a
comple. c ‘ success.
Relief in Six Hours,
Distressing Kidney and Bladder dise‘
eases relievedin siz hours by the “New
GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN KIDNEY
CURE.” This new remedy is a great sur-
prise on account of its exceeding pr0mpt,
ness in relieving pain in the bladder
kidneys, back and every part of the urin-
ary passages in male or female. It re-
lieves retention of water and pain in pass-
ing it almost immediately. If you want
quick relief and cure this is your remedy.
gold by E.,.P. Weed, Druggist. Norwalk,‘
onn.
A trip over the entire Tramway line
wilh a band of music is being talked of
by the Pioneer and Hope Hose com-
panics. ‘
Mother’s Delight With Hand’s Colic Cure
HAVERHILL, Mass, 11-30-’95.—Hand
Medicine Co.—“I Wish to say that I .vpro-
cured a sample bottle of Dr. Hand’s Colic
Cure and am delighted with it. My baby
is now four months old, and has suffered
every day of her short life with col-
ic. I have tried almost everthing ever
heard of, but can truthfully say that any-
thing I have tried cannot compare with
Dr. Hand‘s Colic Cure. Yours respect-
fully, Mrs. G. G. Miller, 38 Arch St.”
Sold by all druggists, 25c.
Adolph Levy of the firm of Fishel &
Levy,_,was the guest of Mr. R. E. Gold-
schmidt, yesterday. "Mr. Goldschmidt
has represented the firm for nearly
twenty years.
Try Allen-‘8 Foot-Ease.
A powder to be shaken into the shoes.
At this season of the year your feet feel
swollen and hot, and get tired easily. If
you have aching feet, new shoes or tight
shoes, try Allen’s Foot-Ease. It cools
the feet and makes walking easy. Cures
and prevents swollen and sweating feet,
blisters and callous spots. Relieves come
and bunions of all pain and gives rest and
comfort. Try it to-day. Sold by all
druggisls and shoe stores for 25c. Sent
by mail for 25¢ in stamps. Address,
Allen S. Olmstead, Le Roy, N. Y.
The Stamford Steamboat got caught
in the rain and wind storm coming up
last night, it is reported, 11nd for a
brief period the passengers were in
about as equally a condition as was the
weather. "
Shakelnto Iour Shoes
Allen‘s Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet.
It cures painful swellings of the joints
and instantly takes the sting out of corns
and bunions. It’s the greatest comfort
discovery of the age.. Allen’s Foot-Ease
makes tight-fitting or new shees feel
easy, It is a certain cure .for sweating,
callous and hot, tired, aching feet. Try
it to-day. Sold by 31‘; drnggists and shoe
stores, 25c. Trial package free. Ad-
dress, Allen S. Olmsread Le Roy, N. Y.
William J. Bryan still refuses to say
whether he will accept the populist
nomination for President, and may not
consider the matter all until after
notification of his nomination by th
Democratic Convention. .
Motlur’s Find Nothing to Equal_Dr. Hand 8
Colic Cure.
WATERBURY Conn, 4-2-’96—Hand
Medicine Coz—Dear Sirsz—“I am using
Dr. Hand’s Cough and Croup Medicine
and Colic Cure for my children and find
nothing to equal them. They .work
like magic. I would not be Without
them in my house. The little ones love
Dr. Hand’s Colic Cure and cry for it ; it
relieves them almost instantly. Mrs.
Frank Smith, 22 Wood St. At all drug-
gists, 25.
Col. Henry Buss is to entertain
the Mt. Vernon Board of Trade in _ a
grand Clam Bake at his charming th-
tle Shell Island home in Greens‘vich har-
bor, to-morrow.
Bucklln’s Arnlca Salve.
i‘ho Best Salvein the world for Cute
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers. Salt Rheum
Fever Sores, 'I'etter, Ghapped Hands
Chilhlaius, Corns and all Shin Erup
tinns. and positivelyoures Piles. or .no
Psyrequired. It is guaranteed to give
perfectsatisfaotion,or money refunded
Price2ficentn per box. ”rim- Sale by
E. P. Weed, Norwalk and Monroe, New
Canaan.
The people have long since learned that
the most disagreeable medicines are not nec-
essarily the best. In fact, as a rule, they are
not. \Vhat is wanted is something mild and
sure, such as Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy. That is really
pleasant to take when reduced with water
and sweetened. Then it is acknowledged
everywhere to be the most successful remedy
in the world for bowel complaints. Ask any
number of druggists for the best remedy
they have for diarrhoea and fully nine out
of ten will recommend Chamberlain’s. In
speaking of this medicine, Mr. B. B. Bufi‘um
of Friendsville, Susquehanna Co., Pa., says:
“We have used it in our family for ain in
the stomach, colic and diarrhoea an found
it to be a most effective remedy.” For sale
by E. P. Weed, druggist.
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