The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 16, 1897, Page 9

THE SAN FRAN CISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 16, 1897. 9 DANCED TQ THE BAGPIPES' TONE X St. Andrew’s Society Holds Its Annual Reunion and Games. El Campo’s Weoded Hills Yes- terday the Scene of Merry-Making. Prizes by the Score Won by Athletes of Every Age—Men, and Children Contested. Wom-n The musical drone the laughter of p woodea hills of the bagpipe and ickners echoed in the mpo yesterday from early morning to the setting of the sur St. Andrew's Soc amily reunion and day of games was the occasion thatdrew the unusually large crowd to the bay.side pleasure prounds, and not an accident or nlooked-for occurrence marred the enjoy- ment of the day. The ascension of a small batloon at 12:30 ®. M. annou games. C d the commencement of A race for boy i 100 yards, handicap of vards for each year, was the initial event. The youngsters struggled hard for the laurels ©f the race, bat the many who toed the scratch were led to the goal by Al R He carried away a football, Etder Webster and James Web ter wer both awarded a ize for the resultof their efforia. Isabell Wilkie was t race—100-yard h s and M Becond and t Gertie Herri McGilvray nder 15 yea three the winner of the dicap—and Arnie 3 Wilkins passed the g Mary Sotler and Marion u the orde third race, in which only 2 who v followed by E rand James Webste ere declared \ the 15 yes made b the winne e for members' e and Grace Webs er 15 years—J. D. McLaren and Na -oared boatrace and James 1 Nattie Wi for 1mn membt egged race, 150 yi d Ross; second, Wiliilam Nichol e and D. Moran F. McDer- Jr.; third, James Artie and W. C. D. McGilvr: (memb 33 X Ross; Lawson ab and J ¢ ed boatrace (single) James Rolp lads and lassie cond, Clarice Coo: | gition to the i jor unmarried , Mabel Webster: seco third, Annie McLea Ros: Grab bag for members’ daughters ov Mrs. George Davidson; sec s race—First, Sam Irving; second, am Nicoll; third, John M. Duncan. ce—First, Jol ie; second, John Park Music To-Day. Following is the attractive programme ar- 1 Golden Grand selection, “Traviata™...... Verd “The Celebrated Minue .3 J. Paderewski Keview of Popuiar Songs”.....J. k Crown Diamonds”...... by M. E. Schiotd, overtn Bolo ior Frei Ver Tolly aroline” , “El Capitun” State song, *Huil, Californ 2 —— Board of Pharma A new Board of Pharmscy has been ap- y Governor Budd, composed of the d gentleme: w. L. Waller, San F H. M. Sa Auber “Lorenz Vollstedt sobnson Sousa Seerby is the only member of appointed. The board elected W. sident and John Caivert secreta ¢ is 400 Sutter street. The nex 1 be held July 14, at 113 Francisco, G ———— Endeavorers’ hehearsal. Atthe First Congregational Church, corner Mason and Post streets, will be held at 3 P. to-day the first mass rehearsal of Endeavorers and their friends from ail the City churches for the study of Christian Endeavor Conven- don hymns. The rehearsal is for those who will it in the audience during_the meetings as well 88 fhose in the choir. ~Members of sc- cieties huving copies of the book “Christian eavor Hymns' are requested to bring them. ——— McDonald’s Delinquent Taxes. M. J. McDonald has been sued by the City County of San Fran 583 75, due on account of tax:s levied on 000 worth of El Dorado County bonds $224,000 worth of Sonoma County bonds. tiorney William Willett, representing plaintifi, asserts that because of delinguency the part of the defendant 20 per cent addi tional has been imposed as penaity. phipsmaa e i Held for Burglary. W. H. Van Pelt, alias S. W. Private, was yes- held to aoswer before the Superior rtby Judge Joachimsen on the charge of relary in entering the residence of E. A ke, 1000 Mason street, last Wednesday. preliminary examinatfon on a simiiar ge for breaking into the house of Rober wood on Nob Hill last Monday will be =eld to-morrow. ——— Insolvency of Briare & Kenny. i e creditors of Richard M. Briare and John ny, doing business as Briare & Kenn, filed & petition to have the said firm de- ed insolvent. The properiy of the firw remained unéer attachment for more Uiree days, and furthermore 1t has been sued o others. - —————— Accident to a Painter. George Henry Dunhsm, a painter residing at Libery strot, fell from a scaffold yester- | dey afternoon while painting his own house, w1t broke s left coliar bone and left thigh lio was taken to the City and County | e 's Cafe (under the Baldwin) has the = ——————— :m;nu‘ Programme at Sutro Baths *'T¢ 8t Sutro Baths Sunday afternoon ! | spentin enjoying the interesting programme. aamed in | three | viere | co for the co.lection | the | The Lamont family will appear in their very daring pertormance from the high trapeze, | which was very warmiy applauded lastSun- | day, 150 numerous swimming races and high | as The Sutro Baths orchestra will render special selections. = - Young Men’s Meeting Rev. J. P. Dickson w 11 address a meeting for young men at the Young Men's Christian As- sociation, Mason and E lis streets, this after- noon at 3 o His subjeet Wil be *A | Goud Investment,” and will be of speeial in- terest. All young men cordially invited to at- | | | 1 | | | jA WOMAN AMONG OANNIBALS. | Miss Kingsley Returns After a Year's | Journey in the Cameroons. | Miss Kingsley, who returned to England lin the fall of 1895, alter a journey of nearly a yearin the Cameroons, collecting fishes, relates stories of thrilling adven- tures, particularly among the Fangwe cannibals, ng between the Ogowe and Rembwe rivers. These people are always | at war with one another, and are one of | the few tribes in Africa that eat their own | dead. As her little band of three Fangwe | “‘elephant men” and four Djuma men ap- | proached each Fangwe town it was found | 10 be in a state of defense, and the leader } of the band invariably fell into some trap | which the inhabitants had laid outside | | the town for the enem | | At almost every fown the Fangwe stopred the expedition and wanted to eat | the Fangwe elephant men, who were of a nostile section. Miss Kingsley had gnar- aniced the elephant men safety, and | somelimes by persuasion, sometimes by | threats of punishment and sometimes by a litile present they were saved. Not one burial-place was found in tLe country, but Pieces of human bodies are kept 1n most | of the native mudhute, just as civilized | people keep eatables in’ their larders. The Adjumas, on the other hard, bury their dead in the forest. Miss Kingsley | mbed the Cameron Peak, 13,700 feet | high. Atan altitude near 10,000 feet she came across the great crater. There are about | i ¢ craters in the Cameroons Mount- | ains, and from the largest of these the ak shools up almost perpenaicularly | on thesea side; hence it has to ba reached | from the other side. Inland from the | Cameroons the Rubi Mountains are in- | | habited up to about 700 feet, and Miss | Kingsley found shelter in native huts. | In the higher ascent she had to sleep on the ground in the open air, and was fre- | quently drenched by the Leavy rains, but | suffered no injury to health thereby.—| Popular Science Monthly. - BIRDS AND KITES. Feathered Creatures Cannot stand the Strange Fliers. Many amusing experiences have been the lot of the scientists who have been manipulating kites for scientific purposes, Large oiras are always interested in the strange devices floating in the air and can | not quite make out what they are. Prompted by sharp curiosity they hover | around the floating kites' and subject themselves to the danger of becominz en- | tangled in the silken string and being dragged down to earth. No bird, however, has ever alighted on a kite or attacked one. Whileone scientist was flving a train of five kites a counle of vears ago a large silver-tipped eagle came udden:y out of the higher air and swooped round and round the first kite, looking | against the sunset sky like a huge silver pall. Asthe train of kites was pulled in the eagle followed, visiting one kite and | then another, seeming uncertain just whatto do. In a few minutes, when he seemed to have decided that they were not good to eat and he knew nothing about them, anyway, he indignantly flew off and was lost 10 view. other experience was had with a hat carae from the New Jersey side of the Hudson and flew straight for the t in the air. He apparentiy up his mind to go straight | | through it, but changed and dove under- neath. He went around and above it, and through a glass it could b2 seen that he cocked hiseye at the intruder in a most al manner. He started away a few hundred feet, changed his mind and came swooping back. He finally reluctantly went away, mystified over this queer ad- habitants of the air. While kites were high in the air one March flocks of‘ceese flying in the B- wedge flew over. They invariably stopped, broke up, hovered above the queer object, and at last slowly re formed and flew away. | While the larger virds all co)me down from | heights above the kites the small birds of | the air will slight on the string holding | the kite and sway to and fro.—Chicago | News. Under- | il B The ‘““Judge”’ Won the Bet. | A driver of a track was in great distress | in iront of the Judge building triday be- Lcau-e his horse balked crostwize of the | street and caused not ooly aloss of his | time, but also blocked traffic. All the usual devices to get the stubborn animal to move were unavailing, and a crowd had gathered of considerable size to watch the proceedines, W. J. Arkell, proprietor of Judze, was atiracted to the scene, and he said to his brother, Bartlett, who <at in the office: “I will bét $100 to | 10 cents tha I can goout and start that horse in two minutes.” Bartlett imme- | diately took the bet, the money was placed | n the hands of the private secretary, W. | J. Merrill, and the two Arkells started | | for the street. W. J. Arkell picked up two handfuls of sand and asked the driver to | hoid the horse’s head still. Then he | | packed each of the horse’s nostrils fall of | the sand, and almost instantly the horse egan to sneeze and start with a rush, to | the great delight of the driver. amid the shouts of te bystanders. Mr. Arkell, the winner, says he doesn’t read the Lon. don Lancet for nothing.—New York Tribune. i | ——————— The Swedes find relief from sleeplessness | by laying over the eyes a cloth wet with | coid water. | | have been CLAUS SPRECKELS SENDS A CHECK Gingerbread Fete Managers Surprised by a Gen- erous Donation. On Behalf of Mrs. Sprecke's $5000 Is Contributed for the Children's Sake. To-Day Rosenth:I's F.mcus Picture, “ The Cardinal,” Will B: cn View at the Crocker Residence. Although Toby Rosenthal's celebrated picture “‘The Cardinal” will be on view to-day from 10 A. x. to 10 P. M., the bril- liant gingerbread fete at the Clark Crocker residence virtually closed last night. The management could congratulate itself on its decided social success, but was somewhat doubtful as to what the finan- cial outcome would be. But yesterday this element of doubt was practically removed by a generous donation received by the ladies from Claus Spreckels. 1t was in the form of a check for $5000 and was accompanied by a note stating that the money was intended for the benefit of the Children’s Hospital and Training School for Nurses and that it was sent with the ‘‘best wishes of Mr. and Mrs. Claus Spreckels.” Cheered by this gift, which at once put | the balance of the fete on the right mde, the management proceeded to see that the afternoon and evening entertainments were fully up to the standard. Certainly the sociely crowds seemed fully to enjoy the ‘‘children’s afternoon,’” with its shows and songs. In the evening the Stanford Glee and Mandolin Club and soloists were appreciated. To-day the *The Carnival” will be on view, as etated. and it is expected that many people who bad no onportunity of seeing the famous picture during the week will avail themselves of this opportunity. PSEUDO-MEMORY. Manifestations and Its Curious Illustrations. An Irishman once referred to what has been called psendo-memory as the mem- ory that he had of things that never hap- pened to him; but a more exact definition telis us that it consists in the belief thata new state has been previously experienced, 50 that when the state is produced for the first time it seems familiar. Or, as Wendell Holmes says, “all at once a conviction flashes upon us that we in the same precise circum- stances as at the present instant once or many times before” —a sort of feeling that makes some people think they are ghosts. He added jocularly that the feeling can not be the memory of a previous state of existence, for he gives the case of a stu- dent, who, when blacking his shoes. had | the conviction that he had often done 50 | before, and he men‘ions as an explanation the fact of the brain beinga double organ. One side of the brain receives the impres- | sion pefore the other, and in the second | case there is the memory of the | first impression. But to this view it may be objected that there is a convie- tion that the former state was experienced 8 long time before, sometimes, too, with the belief that it occured in a remote and | otherwise forgotten past. Sometimes no | doubt there is an actual memory of cir- cumstances nearly resembling the present, atother times there isa memory of dreams. Its Causes, | The Iatter is most often the case when some incident during the day recalls a dream of the previous night that had been forgotton on awaking in the moraing. Another explanation, founded on the theory of hereditary memory, is not im- possible. This would inciude the case or the student who blacked his shoes. From | & scientific point of view this explanation is perfecily rational A memory of things that our ancestors have done is consistent with strict reason- ing, and we have something aimost | amounting to memory of this kind in the case of animats. Darwin tells of dogs that were taken to Central America and taught to hunt deer in a particular way; 2d the progeny of these dogs, when they were taken out without their parents, hunted at once according to the partical method without being trained. This kind of memory occurs in different forms. A sudden turn of the road in a strange country brings us face to face with a landscape that seems familiar. Meeting a person for the first time, wa feel as if we had aiready scen him. Readinga book that we have never seen before, the thoughts or the language or both seem as if they had already been presentea to the mind. Again, when we are witnessing some ceremony, a funeral service, a pro. cassion or some pageant, all at once the whole scene seems familiar. Many remarkable cases of this kind of memory are told. An inhabitant of New England, when on a visit to England, went to see the home of his ancestors. He thought he recognized the village churen and the landscape, but he believed he must have seen a picture of them be- | indicated by fore. However, on passing through the churchyard, his attention was especially attracted by a tombstone on which the name inscribed seemed familiar. On in- quiry he discovered that the young girl who was buried there had. been engaged te one of his ancestors, who, accurding to an account given in a book written on the family, used often to pay visits to the tombof his loved one. Hereditary mem- ory is the only clew in this case, if we ex- cept a vivid imagination. A similar story is told of a Yorkshire- man who went on & visit to Somerset, and there recognized and remembered well hunting the red deer. He had never done so himself before, but his father had hunted the red deer in Somerset for sev- eral years in the early part of his life. A Celebrated artist telis a story of how, tvhen he was playing with J)oncil and paper, he suddenly bezan to draw a por- trait of a fuce that he seemed to remem- ber. But he never discovered the original until when, on a visit to 8 country house, he discovered the face among the por- traits of the ancestors of the family. On inquiry he found that nis grandfather had once been engaged to Ye married to the girl, but hed been obliged to give her up on the pressure of her relatives. Of a dif- ferent kind is the story told of the late Dr. Butckler of Dublin, the eminent surgeon. His fellow students used to say that when he commenced work in the dissecting- room he seemed to show A memory of similar processes used by an ancestor.— New York Evening Pos e WAITING FOR 1T TO EXPLOED. Rosse Astonished Engineer. Hon. Charles Algernon Parsons, who has just come before the public as the inventor of # new marine motur, which is destined to revolutionize steam naviga- tion (the motor being an adaptation of the tarbine system, and having attained the enormous speed of thirty-four miles an hour for the first-class torpedo-boat to which it has been fitted), is the younger brother of that extremely clever peer, the Earl of Rosse. Indeed, it would be diffi- cult to find a more useful trio of citizens than these three Parsons brothers, who are descended in a direct line from one of the principal statesmen of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Their father was celebrated throughout the civilized world as one of the leading astronomers of the day and his name wi'l ever be identified with the wonderful tale- scope he erected on his estate at Parsons- town in Ireland. Richard, the second of the brothers, is a partner of Sir James Kitson in his famous engineering works at Leeds, while Charles is likewise con- nected with a great engineering firm in the north of England, which has sufficient confidence in his new invention to have embarked a considerable amount of money therein. As for the Earl himself he is a practieal engineer ot such skiil thaton one occasion | when going over a manufactory the manager, who was ignorant of the identity of his visitor, drew him de and offered him the position of engineer of the estab- lishment, explaining that he was just the kind of intelligent workman that the firm required. It must be explained that Lord TRosse is very careless about his dress. On another occasion, having entered the engine-room of a large manufactory, the engineer’ attention was attracted odd behavior. “‘Well, what's up now?’ he growled at the peer. “What are you shaking your head and pulling out your watch for? What have you got to find fault with, any- how 2" On,” replied Lord Rosse, “it s all the same to me. I have got no fault to find. 1 am just waiting till the boiler explodes.” “The boiler explodes? Why, you are crazy, man,” exclaimed the engineer, angrily, preparing to turn the peer out as a dangerons crank. “Well,” retorted the Earl, “if you work ten minutes longer with that loose screw there the boiler certainly will ex- plode.” The engineer, gazing in the’ direction Lord Rosse, paled and jumped to stop the engine. “Why the devil didn't you er?’ he blurted out. 'Why shouid [?’ answered the peer. I never yet have haa an opportunity of seeing a boiler explode.”’—Pittsburg Dis- patch. How Lord an say S0 0¢ ——————— SIZES. A span is 9 inches. A hand is 4 inches. A size in collars is 1 inch. The nail is 21 inches long. A nautical knot is 6100 feet. A size in cuffs is half an inch. A quarter ot cloth is 9 inches. The royal 32mo. is 5x3 inches. A royal quarto page is 12}4x10, One hundred quarts make a cask. ‘The royal 24mo. page is 54 x314, A square 16mo. page is 4}¢x51¢ The hedgehog is 10 inches in length, A royal octavo volume is 1014x614. The ordinary pin is about 1 inch long. A pace is considered tobe about 2 feet. The medium octavo is 93¢x6 inches. The 48mo. paged volume is 33/x23Z. A size in finger-rings is 1-16 of an inch. A bushel is equal to 2150.42 cubic inches, One hundred spoonfuls make one quart. A demi folio volume is 18 by 11 inches. Desks are from 26 to 30 inches in height. The ordinary human nose is 2 inches long. Knitting needles are usually 9 inches in length. The viver grows from 2 to3}4 feet in length. The double-eazle in gold is 1 7-20ths of an inch acro Globe-Democrat. ————— Two Mean Men of Kentucky, Parson Richey 1s very popular as a matrimonial mechanic, and is frequently called on for his services. One day a pretty hard-favored fellow came to him on ¥y his | a mission of this kind, and when he had told his business asked what the fee would be. “l1.do not make charge,” said the parson. y ever you like.”” “No, I want you to sa; said ‘his customer. “On, weil,” said the parson, pleasantly, st pay me accord- ing to the kind of girl you're getting.” The fellow leered toward the parson, and, with an odious expression on his counte- nance, said in a confidential tone, ““Well, I'll tefl you, Mr. Rickey, she ain’t much.’ Parson Richey did not earn any fee in that case, for he refused to tie a helpless woman to a scoundrel like that. Almost as mean was the fellow who went into a saloon and called for a half pint of whisky, at the same time laying down a dollar. When he got the bottle in his hands he asked, “What's it worth?” “Twernty-five cents,’* was the answer. “Ain’t you got anv 15-cent whisky?” “Yes,” sard the barkeeper, ‘but it isn’t good.” *It'll do,”’ said the mean man; “gi’ me that. It's just for my wife. She’s sick.”’—Owensboro Press. — - SIR WALTER AND THE POTATO. Historic Myrtle Grove and Its Literary Assoclations. Even in this prosaic end of the nine- teenth century, when it is difficult to arouse much enthusiasm over celebrations and anniversaries, says London Sketch, a good deal of attention was attracted to an announcement made some -months ago that the tercentenary of the potato was about to be celebrated in Ireland, a country in whose history, particularly during the last century, this well-known escalent has played no inconsiderable part. The idea, which originated with the Irish Gardeners’ Association, was ad- mirably carried out in Dublin last week, when an exhibition of potatoes, with & conference presided over by Viscount Powerscourt, was ovpened in the tunda, and attracted large crowds of visitors, who were not slow to express their amazement at the numerous and magniticent specimens which science and cultivation had developed from the origi- nal small, waxy, and, if history speaks truly, somewhat tasteless tuber which Sir {anl!r Raleigh brougat from Amer- icaand caused to bs planted in the gar- dens of Myrtle Grove just 300 years ago. Tradition says that his servan gathered the apple off the plants, cooked them and pronounced them a failure, and only discovered the veritable pommes terre when lling the ground later o but apparently Sir Walter was better ac- quainted with the vegetable, as 8 quaint old etching on the staircase at Myrtle Grove represents him instructing two Irish peasant women how to cook pota- toes, which was the Celtic pronunciation of the Spanish term batata, by which the tuber was known in the New World. En passant, it may be mentioned that Myrtle Grove has other claims to recoz- nition. The house, the most perfect ex- ample of Elizbethan architecture extant in Ireland, was erected by Sir Walter about 1585, close to the town of Youghal, on some property that had been confisca~ ted from the celebrated Earl of Desmond, whom the English general defeated a few years previously. Here it was that Edmund Spenser joined his friend, and in this peaceful, picturesque retreat wrote most cf his | masterpiece, “The Faery Queen,” a first room, where it lies, in company with one of Sir Walter’s literary efforts, on his old carved table. Indeed, it is the desire of the present owner, Sir Henry Blake, Gov- ernor of Jamaica, to preserve as far as possible the historic associations of the house, in which he hopes to place an in- teresting collection of relics. Careful in- vestigation has discovered that the house is lined with beautiful oak paneling,which for many years has been concealed b: neath a coating of plaster and wallpaper, evidently an effort on the part of some Philistine inhabitants to bring the man- sion ‘“‘up to date.” Tobacco as well as potatoes found the soil and climate of the County Cork congenial, and the big yew tree still flourishes, under whose branches Sir Walter used to it and enjoy the frag- rant weed which he cultivated so success- fully. St gt BELIEFS ABOUT WALNOTS. Wanuts are supposed to cure rheuma- tism and toothache and for this plirpose should be carried iu the pocket. In some European countries there is a firm belief among the peasantry that a dream of walnuts will be followed by mis- fortune. In Italy the walnuttree has a bad name, untry people call it the *‘witches’ and are afraid to sleep under its branches. The Romans looked upon the walnut as a symbol of fruitfulness. It was con- secrated to Venus and Roman weddings were often celebrated uuder walnut trees. Nuis were banded to the bride ana groom and afterward to the guests. day brings to the churchyard fire a walnut branch, which, after burned, ‘'is carried home to be laid on the hearth durins tempesis as a protection against lightning.”” In Lithuanian folk-lore a walnut shell plays the part of Noah’s ark. Once the great god Pramzimas, while eating wal- nuts, looked down from his castle in the sky and the two giants, Wind and Water. wers having a high old time. Pramzimas saw that if the floods continued the peo- ple would be drowned, so he was kind enough to throw the half of a walnut sheil, which he had in his hand, into the floed, and it floated to the mountain peak where the people had gathered for refuge. Now, this walnut shell was larze enough to hold all the people and to fioat them safely till the deluge haa subsided. ———————— Some idea of the magnitude of the great Bibsrian struction by the Russian Government, may ba gathered from the fact that by c:\nnginf the route a thousand miles were aved. 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Try our Fine Tea served free every day. it convenient to chicok packages here. bay towns supplied free of coat for freight. ‘r&ckln( and shipping goods everywhers, it pays 1o work on cash basis. THE HAMILTON DECALOGUE. Some Terse Sayings Attributed to su 01d-Time Buffalo Physician. The following terse sayings are attrib- uted to the late Dr. Frank H. Hamilton: “1. The best thing for the insides of a man is the vutside of a horse. 2. Blessed is he who invented sleep, but thrice blessed the man who will invent a cure for thinking. 3. Lizht gives a bronze or tan color to the skin, but where it up- roots the lily it plants the rose. 4. The | lives of most men are in their own hands, | and, asa rale, the just verdict after death would be—felo de se. 5. Health must be earned—it can seldom be bought. 6. A | change of air is less valuable than a change of scene. The air is changed every time the wind is changed. 7. Mold and | decaying vegetables in a cellar weave | shrouds for the upper chambers. 8. Dirt, | debauchery, aisease and death are succes- | sive links in tbe same chain. Y. Calis- thenics may be very genteel, and romping very ungenteel, but one is the shadow, the other substance, of healthful exercise. 10 Giris need health as much—nay, more than boys. They canonly obtan it as poys do, by runnine.,tumbling—by all sorts of innocent vagrancy. At least once a day girls should have their halters taken | off, the bars let down, and be turned loose "’—Med‘cal Record. LIFE IN OLD MEXI1C0. Some of Its Features Briefly Set Forth in a String of Paragraphs. | him. American apples are retailed for §1 a dozen. The women have not yet adopted the | bicycle. | Soldiers wear a linen uniform when on | fatigue duty. | Good household servants are pald from | $4 to $8 a month. Cigarettes are made of pure tobacco and | very cheap. i You clap your hands to stop the streete | car or call a waiter. Men arrested for drunkenne: to sweep the streets. The devout Catholic always raises his | hat while passing a church. | There are free band concerts in all the cities at least once a week. | You can hire the finest cab on the street | for two silver dollars an hour. | | | are made | 1t is quite the proper thing o take a lit- | tle nap after the midday meal. The peons wear sandals made of sole | leather and prelfer them to shoes. | It never gets cold enougn to kill the | grass or the leaves on the hardier trees. | The bananas that are considered best by | | many are only about two inches iong. | The largest business houses are ciosed | for an hour and a half in the middle of the dav. H Turkeys are driven to market throngh | the main streets of the cities, just like | sheep. | The departing lady kisses her lady | friends on both cheeks at the door and on the streetcar. { The weather is nota subject of comment unless itis bad. Itis as a'rule so fine that 1t furnishes no variety of conversation. The streetcar mules make beiter time than in any other country in the world. ! About half of the time they are kept on & full gallop. Horses with tails more than 12 to 18 inches are rare exceptions, as the tails of fashionable coach horses are invariably docked. | Everybody shakes hands both at meet- ing and parting, even thousn the visit may be on the street corner and lasts only two minutes. Banks are capitalized for immense sums and have very strict regulations, and fail- ures among these institutions are practi- cally unknown. Every one is required by law to keep a bowl of water in the entry way of his house for the convenience of dogs, 80 that | they will not go mad from thirst. ! The waiter will egive yon a complete | change of plate, knife and fork, with | every s perate order of meat or vegeta- bles, and the style is to eat but one (fiing at a time. A gentleman would almost feel dis- graced to be seen carrying a two-pound | package or his satchel the public street. Servants and carriers are so cheap | that such work is always left to them. F res are aimost unknown. Cooking is done with a liitle charcoal in stoves made of masonry, and as the houses are uni- | versally built of stone and bricks and have no chimreys there is little chance for conflagrations. Gentlemen rarely drive, and Mexican ladles never do. 1f they do not hve their own carriage and coachman they hire cabs. There are very few even in the City of Mexico, that can be hired with- out a driver.—Modern Mexico. — e A novel flybrush for nse in connection with doors to prevent flies from entering | consists of a rotary drum huug on brack- ets and provided with a number of strips of cloth or paper fastened only at one | the age in the trearment of all Chronic N end, so that when the drum is rapidly revolved by means of a cord wound around the door and attached to the door the strips spread out and scare the flies from the doorway. A spring in the drum winds up the cord again, thus alsoclosing the door. —————— A farmer in Reno County, Kans., was in the habit of eating wheat grains. He lately became ill, and the discovery was made that wheat had sprouted inside of Over a quart of sprouted wheat was taken from his stomach. NEW TO-DAY. 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