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A rather severe lesson in manners and hospitality was given by Sig. Macchi, commissioner-peneral of the midwinter fair for Italy, to the twen ty or thirty stenoffrapliers who assem bled in an office of the Mills building the other evening to listen to the views of Prof. Ifuz2oni, a teacher of shorthand in one of the leading insti tutions of Italy, says the San Francis co Examiner. The object of the meeting was to take steps toward an exhibit of the different systems of stenography in this country at the fair, the ul timate aim being the perfecting of the system embodying the best ele ments of the leading systems now in vogue. Prof. Buzzoni, who speaks very little English, began rending an address. but was from time to time Interrupted by the younger female portion of his audience, who were unable to suppress a desire to laugh outright. Sig. JIacelii at last asked the speaker to desist and, calling attention to the professor's lack of proficiency in the English language, spoke of America's boasted hospitality and generosity to strangers, and so shamed his listeners that quiet was restored. But his treatment had been too much for the teacher of stenography, who had been growing paler with anger as he proceeded and who at the conclu siosion of his compatriot's words swooned outright. A doctor was hastily summoned and restoratives were administered, but it was over an hour before the patient recovered sufBciently to be conveyed to his hotel. Much to the regret and mortification of the few who listened attentively to the professor's address, the meeting was adjourned indefinitely. "The outrage that has been commit ted to-night," said Sig. Macchi, "and the lack of manner and breeding shown would be hard to find in all of Italy and I am afraid that this pro posed movement inaugurated by one of my country's most prominent teach ers has received a death blow, as Prof. Buzzoni is of a high-strung, nervous disposition and must feel deeply the laughter and disorder that greeted his efforts, "y. FIRST SIGHT OF RED HAIR. How It Aroused the Wonder of Colorado IndUn. Year. Afro. "I was in Colorado in 1875," said a resident of Canon City, Col., to a re porter for the Washington Post, "be fore the influence of the white man was utterly dominant. The Indians around what is now Meeker had seen but little of the white man and knew comparatively nothing of him or his ways or habits except from hearsay and tradition. I mean to say that there were many of them to whom the white man was as much a curiosity as an In dian would be to a New York Bowery boy. As you see, nature saw fit to give me a shock of carmine colored hair. When I first went amonT the Indians they all thought it was painted, just as they universally paint their own bodies and faces and heads. An old chief came up to me one day and looked at my hair very carefully. Ugh,' said he, and then turning to the guide who had our party in charge, he asked him to ask me when; I got the kind of paint that would color and not be greasy or look dauby. The guide told him that my hair wasn't painted but he wouldn't believe him. He came over and once more closely scrutinized my locks, running his hand over them and then looking at his fingers. I didn't know what he was after. I had an idea that he was calculating how nice my red scalp would look hung about hiB dirty old body, and was in' clined to resent it. Our guide, how ever, laughingly told me what the old chief had said. Two or three more of the bucks gathered about us, and they and the guide had a powwow. Finally the guide asked me if I would object to putting water on my hair. He said the Indians wouldn't believe it wasn't painted until they saw that water wouldn't wash the color out. Of course, I took some water and rubbed it on my hair and then showed my hands to them. It took four or five days of won dering examination to convince them that I hadn't found some particular fine paint and got myself up in a bright suit of hair." TWO ROYAL DIAMOND FLUSHES. Held at tbe Bame Time in One Room and Secured In the Kuin. U ay. All the San Francisco men about town who play cards are talking about the two remarkable hands held a few evenings ago at the Pacific-Union club, and the doctrine of chances is being calculated to ascertain how soon such a coincidence might be expected to happen again. The general belief, ac cording to the Examiner, is that no such hands were ever held simultan eously before since poker was first played, and that no one now living will ever see them so held again. For the benefit of the truly good it may be titrf that a rnvii Hush is the ti I'licst hand in poker. It consists of quence of ace, king, queen, knave and ten in any one suit. As may be sup posed, the appearances of this hand are like the visits of angels and not much more frequent than dentition in hells. Considerable poker is played ut the Pacific-Union, but a royal flush had not been seen in months until the oc currence of the other night. There are four tables in a row in the poker-room at the club. Four men were sitting at each of the two middle tables. At identically the same time one of the players at each of the two table held a royal flush in diamonds. And as if this coincidence were not sufficiently un usual, each of the lucky two got his hand in exactly the same way, getting the ace, king, queen and knave on the deal and the ten spot on the draw. One only won thirty-five dollars on his band, but the winning of the other wo to big that be has kept the exact OUJ3 ttciaae 0S ttO xo iU DEAD MEN'S FOOD IN YUCATAN. There Are Oocaslous When It Is Very Much Itelished bj the Living. From remote times the Mayas have been accustomed to make offerings to the souls of the departed, particularly a certain pie that they call "food for the soul," says Mrs. Le Pilongem in Popular Science Monthly. The crust must be of yellow corn; the interior, tender chicken and small pieces of pork. These pies are wrapped in leaves of the banana tree and baked under ground between hot stones. When done they are placed on the graves or hung from trees close by. Sometimes, after leaving them there for an hour or two, the living take home the pies ind enjoy them, saying that the souls have already drawn from them all the ethereal part of the substance. When among the ruins in the ancient city of Chicken Itza, we happened to be very hard pressed for food on All Saints' day, as on many other occa sions, and knowing that the "feast of the dead" would be celebrated in a not very distant village, we allowed some of our men to go there and take their chance of en joving a good meal. In that they were most successful, the natives being at all times exceed ingly hospitable, and never failing to invite those who approach their home to partake of what they have. But the men also thought of us. We had early taken to our hammocks, remembering the saying: "Qui dort, dine" (He who sleeps, eats). About two o'clock in the morning we were aroused by a man only just returned from the vil lage. He had waited there till all were asleep, then made his way to the graveyard and gathered from a tree a fine fruit In the shape of a large pie. This he brought to us, wisely arguing that the embodied needed it more than the disembodie . i LL The dead man's food was still wrapped its banana leaf, and we were not sorry to avail ourselves of this chance to breakfast at two o'clock in the , morning. No tender chicken was con- cealed within that particular crust, only a pig's foot with a few stray bristles on it, and a most lib eral dose o f red pepper, but hunger made it ex cellent. SOME FACTS AUOUT HOSE. The Different Kinds Tlint Are Required for Various 1'urposes. Rubber goods manufacturers gen erally make over a score of different grades of hose, says Hardware, some cheap, and which will satisfy certain needs, while others are more expen sive, and are really required for the purposes intended. 1 1 is not necessary, of course, to have a line of air-hose for use in the garJen, and vice versa, the article for domestic use would be of littlo value elsewhere. A conducting hose of two-ply will answer every pur pose where only a slight pressure is used; but lift that to seventy-flve poundBper square inch, and three-ply iB at once demanded. Then the en gine hose must be four, five and six ply, and, of course, much more expen sive. Then some grades are perfected by the use of superior stock, both in rubber and duck. Florists require a heavy hose, as well as do brewers, tan ners and those who force oil through it. An eight-ply is frequently used. For air drills, great care 's used in both duck and rubber, and canvas, wire or marline is wrapped around tliiB varie y. For air brakes the ge nius of the rubber trade has been at work for years, and when it is under stood that railway trains are length ened from year to year, the conclusion can readily be reached that there is room yet at the top for this, an im provement in the quality that gives strength. In suctions there are many varieties used for fire, wrecking, dredg ing sand, etc. Some of these are large enough in circumference to al low the crawling through of a full sized man. TALL kc. One Hundred and I'lfly Hollars for a Three minutes' Job. In the Bloomsbury county court, not long ago, Judge Dacon tried the case of lJrowne vs. ICarl of Annesley, which was a claim for eighteen guineas, bal ance of an account, by Dr. Lennox Browne, for an operation performed by him on Lord (ilerawley, the defendant's son. It appears that Lord lilcrawky suffered from stammering. lie was under the treatment of a Mrs. Iiakcr, who recommended that Dr. lirowne should be consulted. Lord Annesley took Lord (Jlerawley to the pluintilf, who put him under chloroform. For that two guineas wm asked and for the operation which followed a medium fee of thirty guineas was charged. Plaintiff said he was a recognized au thority on matters of thiB kind and had received as much as fifty guineas for similar operations. In cross-examination Dr. Lennox lirowne said that he never promised that Lord lile- rawley would be cured of stammering by the operation, lir. Collier and other surgeons gave evidence as to the rea sonableness of the charges. I The defense was that it was under- Bt""d that tho operation would cure uieiuw.cv u. ...o.-.i.i.r, of staoirf;ring. It had not done so. Lord Annesley paid tho two guineas for an assistant and ten guineas for the plaintiff, which brought the claim down to eighteen guineas. Sir Andrew Clarke said he would charge ten to fifteen guineas for such an operation. His honor said the evidence was en tirely against the defendant. PlaiutilT had said the operation took him three minutes, but thirty guineas was his charge. lie must have a verdict for eighteen guineas, with coats. N. Y. Journal. Accoitw.vo to the last census there are over 3.00!),000 bachelors in the Uulted States that is, 8,000,000 men over thirty yeara old who have never been married. Borg, the jeweler, is th man to fir np your watch or clock, lie keeps a full stock of everything pertaining to big bnmneai Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report Ow)! Baking Powder ABSOLUTEDf PURE A MUSICAL BEAR. The Novel Experience forma OirL of a Cali- Uer Vlano Flaying- Attract, tbe Atten tion of Bruin, and lie FalU Id Love with the Young Lady and the Instrument. Mary Carter was practicing her music i and waB all alone in the house. But for i some reason she was always alone when ' she did so. As soon aa she struck the first note of her exercises everybody went outdoors and staid there regard less of the style with which she went over the scales. Mary, according to the Elmira (N. Y.) Telegram, was a San Francisco girl who had gone to spend the summer with her sister, who mar ried a rancher that lived away up in the mountains near the headwaters of American river. Iler brothcr-ln-law, Mr. Matthews, was well-to-do and fixed the lit tle house to which ho took his bride in fine style. Things were so ele gant it was hard to imagine that the place was nearly fifty miles from civili- zation wneu ne was guying luruituro l. . , 1.. .rt ol,rt a cnlnrwlirl . . . . h in ,ae tlme nrrived .,,..r..u ,, it n ..hi. that WM pntt,ticinf. Sn0 Ud not like the u,a of 1)ei alone Bt first, but as Rhe fmlnd H impossible to p0rRllnd0 her sister to stay with her she had to make the best of a bad job. She went over the scales carefully every few minutes, taking a look out into the garden to see that her relatives did not get too far away. After finishing one piece she rested a moment, thinking of what she would play next. Suddenly sbo heard a shullling Bound, and, turning around, she saw a large, brown bear standing in the doorway lending to the back part of the house. She was paralyzed with four and could neither move from her chair nor scream. She saw the bear come nearer, and she trembled like a leaf. Oh, how she wished she could faint, lint she was a strong girl and couldn't, and the bear kept coming closer, and soon had his paws around her. She gave hersoif upfor lost as she felt the grip, which she knew was deadly, tighten around her and the warm breath of the creature on her face. Looking through the window she could see her relatives lounging around peacefully in the shade of the pines and tried to call them, but her tongue would not move and she closed her eyes, expecting to open them in that happy land of which she had been taught from childhood. Hut what was this' The bear was not hurting her. He held her gently but firmly in his paws, and was actually licking her face, like a pet dog. She opened her eyes, and the world was tho same as usual. She could not tell whether she was frightened or not, but somehow she did not try to scream. She just kept quiet, hoping something would happen to end the agony, which she did not understand. The bear did not hold her more than a second, although it seemed ages to the girl. Ho did not want to hold her, for he threw her on the floor. She was still frightened and expected tho beast to jump on her and devour lu?r at his leisure. Hut In stead he turned around, commenced to claw the piano and was evidently de lighted with his performance, for he kept time with his feet and looked around approvingly. The peoplo out side heard tho clatter but did not pay any attention to it, as they afterward said it was not unusuaL Mary has never forgiven them for this. The bear began to play furiously, and Mary, see ing a way to escape, took advantage of it und rnn away screaming from the room. Her relations at first refused to believe her story, but hearing the clat ter ran to the window and looked in. ltruin was still at It, and by this time had become so enthused thut he was performing a sort of can-can to his own accompaniment, lie was In the height of his glory and had found out where the bass keys were, and with theso he was particularly delighted. The deep, continuous rumble seemed to afford him the greatest pleasure, and he would execute a bar that sounded like the ca denza of "A Storm at Sea." I Ho howled and jumped and whined, ' and at last concluded his concert by ! getting on the piano on all fours and executing a jig. At this time Mr. Mat thews thought he hail better take a hand, and ho ran into the room with an ax, as that was the only weapon available. The bear dil not seem surprised, but got out of the way, and had there been room would have left the house. He was struck several times with the ax, but did not show fight, and the man thought he must have found a tame bear, although ho could not imagine Awarded Highest The only Pure Cream of Tartar Powder. No Ammonia, No Alum. Used in Millions of Homes 40 Years the Standi! where it came from. He then changed his tactics and tried to capture it, as it did not appear dangerous. He got hold of it and tried to tie it in the piano cover. But at this the brute's wild na ture showed itself, and it got ready to make an attack. Before the man could realize what was coming he heard a deep, angry growl, and the next mo ment was clutched angrily by the mon ster. The beast could have killed him but it did not want to. It just gave him a good squeeze and threw him vio lently against tho wall. After looking at him a moment the bear went out the door and walked leisurely into the yard. Mrs. Matthews and Mury rushed in and soon had Mr. Matthews back to consciousness. He got, up and looked out of the window and saw the bear walking quietly over the hill in the di rection of the mountain. JAPANESE PROVERBS, "i Saying, of Five Centuries Airo Which Are Like Modern Ones. The opening of Japan to the west ern nations was the means of making the world acquainted with its litera ture, which includes a large number of very interesting books, some of which have been translatad recently by trav elers and oriental scholars. Among the favorite Japanese novelists who flourished about five hundred years ago was ltakin. From one of his books, entitled "Kumono Tnyema Ama Yo No Tsuki" (meaning "the moon shining through a cloudrift on a rainy night"), the following quaint aphorisms are se 'ected to show the philosophic spirit ,hat prevailed in the Laud of the .lising Sun a hundred years before this iontinent was discovered. Tho late Mr. Edward Greey, of New York, made the trnnHlatiou of llukin's ro mance os well as of other Japanese books, and it Is from his version the selections are made. "Everything grows fat In the shadow of the temple." This is a sly allusion to the wealth of the Buddhist priests, who while ostensibly mendicants were in reality often quite wealthy. "He wholiosneithor intelligence nor mornl principles has the soul of an ox in a human body." Believing in the doctrine of tho transmigration of souls the devout Buddhist claims to observe characteristics of the lower animals in living persons, though one is at a loss to know why the ox, a very patientand good-natured beast, should be supposed to lack morality. "As long as a priest has the face of a saint his body may be as bloated as a toad's." "The hunter who Bhoots at a flock of geese seldom brings down a single bird, while he who only aims at one generally secures it." This is the same as "having too many irons in the fire." "When you come across a good tub of sake do not drink It like water." Sake, or said, is the national stimu lant distilled from rice. Tho proverb is the same as there can be too mnch of a good thing. "Do not hurry to rise early, as sleep confers many benefits." The Japanese sage did not hold to tho "early to bed and early to rise" theory of the old English proverb. "The mountain robber always ends his life where he has earned his liv ing." A modern application may be "the ruling passion strong in death." "Try a person seven times before you suspect him." A warning against rash judgment. "The mountain stream makes a great noise amid the shallow rocks, but glides without sound over the deep holes," an equivalent of "still waters run deep." The Queen's Annnal Dath. mice a year the queen of Madagascar bathes in public In the presence of as many of her subjects us can crowd into the palace courtyard. In former years she was wont to descend the uiurble steps innocent of raiment, but ,ince the advent of whites she wears a loose robe and disappears behind a screen. Here the ablutions are per formed amid much splashing. The icrecn was introduced to satisfy the missionaries. When the queen emerge? from behind the screen her complexion is at least three shades lighter than before. Then all the loyal subjects shout, and, taking it for granted that the queen has bathed, they disperse to their homes and do likewise. After the annuul bath they all feel uncom fortable, but a few days sulllue to muke them feel and look natural again, and all goes well. 1 Ciiisoao is the enterprising potato county of Minnesota. Three million bushels were raised last year, three thousund car-loads sh Ipped and the rest used in the large storch factories. Honors, World's Fair. Baking Powder.