Absence Of Mind

As a proof of the prevalence of absent-mindedness, a visit to the depot for articles lost on the elevated railway trains is convincing. Of umbrellas, over 1,000 were stowed away. Parasols and canes were also numerous. Several shelves were íilled with pareéis which had doubtless caused much vexation to women just returned from sliopping. Some dinner-pails, shovels and mechanics' tools were reminders of the hardworking men who could ill affoid their loss. Careless school childreu have nearly a shelf full oí books lo vvitness against them; though there are also novéis, scientifle works, and one handsome, new Bible. Lunch baskets are left behind. There are a few big, black bottles, probably not much more lost than their owners were when they left them behind. Two large baskets are full of pocket-books containing various sums of money. They are mostly women's porte-monnaies, as rhe shopping sex have the exclusive right, apparently, to carry purses iu their hands, and consequently to lose them. There are several bushels of travelling-bags, which probably were lost by persons passing through the city. One day a big bass drum came to the property clerk. A cornet was also sent in, a.yf to support the drum. One day a rabbit was left in a car, cosily tucked up in a basket. The property clerk also had the company of a poodle dog for a while. A woman telegraphed in great haste one day inquiring for a basket full of jewels she had brought in from the country; when she had identified the jewels, she did not reward the ueedy man who had been so honest as to return them, nor did she condescend to say "thank you," as she swept down the stairs. '4ie clerk says that not one in ten pareéis has the owner's name on it. If they were marked, they would be more apt to be returned when found by fellow-passengers, many of whom do not know of the