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room. by which prodted much. We did it
very simply with towel and whatever flow
ers were left over from dinner the
night before. I would pin the towel
to my dress behind and hold the
flowers and advance from the other end of
the room to Lady Torquilin, who represented
her Majesty, and gave me her hand to kiss
I found the courtesy difficult at first. espe-
cially the getting up part OF it. and Lady
Torguilin was obliged to give me great
deal of practice. "RememDer one ulin !;
about the Queens hand absolutely. child,
said she, you're not, under any cicum
stances whatever, to help yourself up by 1t:
And then l would be the Queen. and Lady
Torquilin. just to get IN the way OF IL again,
would pin on the towel and carry the roses
and courtesy to me.
At last the day came. 1t seems to me,
looking back upon 1t, that we began to go
very early in the morning. l remember
vision of long white boxes piled up at the
end of the room through the gray of dawn
and a very short nap afterward before the
maid came knocking with Lady Torquilin's
inquiries as to how l had slept, and did l re-
member that the hair-dresser was coming at
9 o'clock sharp. 1t was gentle knock, but
it seemed to bri>tle with portent as l heard
it, and brought with il the swift realization
that this was Friday ut last-thc Friday on
which l should see Queen Victoria. And
yet, of course, to be quite candid, that was
only half the excitement the knock brought,
the other half was that Queen Victoria
should see me for AN instant, and as an indi-
yidual. There was very gratifying fiutter
in that.
THE HAIR-DREssER WAS PROMPT.
Pm glad to see you've been able to take
a good breakfast, Miss" she said. as she
pulled and curled me. THAT'S 'alf the
batte!" She was sorry that she had to
come to us SO early. but not until o'clock,
Miss do l expect 10 be for one moment off
my feet. What with Ontry ladies who don't
wish to be done till they'r just getting into
their carriages. though for that | DON'T
blame them. Miss, and nobody could. Pm
afraid you'll find these lappits very wearing
on the nerves before the day is out. But
I'll just pin them up so, Miss -, and of
course you must do as best pleases you. but
my advice would be, don't let them down for
anYbOdy, Miss, till you start"
Perhaps you VIII find it difficult TO under
stand the interest with which l watched my
own development into a lady dressed for
court. Even the most familiar detail of cos
tune seemed to acquire new meaning
and importance while those OF special rele-
vance had the charm that might arise from
the mingling of very august occasion
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Position OF the hand in striking common chord
to execute pianoforte music properly. The
hands have to become adapted to the posi-
ton of the keys. Herr Janko studied to
adapt the keys to the hand. The sensible
idea, 1t would seem, should have been one of
the first considerations of early instrument
makers, but in the beginning of keyed in
struments the main considerations were ac-
ton and tone. The possibilities in the oe-
velopment OF composition were not dreamed
of, and ever since then the composers have
kept ahead of the instruments of their time.
Action and tons have remained tho chief
considerations of the manufacturers, for as
long as performers made no protest against
having to train their hands to unnatural posi-
tions and movements, there was no incentive
to Improvement on the arrangement.
Herr Janko asserts that his invention
does away wholly with the necessity for
forcing the hand to acquire unnatural pow
ers. Flexibillty must be attained, of course,
else the greater part of music in existence
could not be performed. The point of de-
partare in the Janko invention is the indi.
vidual key. AS shown in the illustration.
1t consists of three sections, or steps. pres.
sure on any one of which will produce the
same tone. A row of such keys. placed side
by side. would make keyboard OF three
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COULDN'T FOOL HIM.

A Special Agent Discovered q Postal
Job Lot.
One Of the best raconteurs in the city,
when he gets warmed up with his subject,
Is ex-Postmaster-General James. He was
discussing postal service with New York
World representative the other day.
One objection to there being single
head over the New York City, Brooklyn
and Jersey City Postoffices." he remarked
is that all the supervisional business
would have to be done in Washington, as it
is now. and that. consequently, that man
should reside in Washington"
Mr.. James laughed. "That is nonsense. -
he went on. His place will be in this city,
where he ought to know and be daily at his
ing necessarily resident Of Washington
because he would be head Of the three offices
reminds me of special agents New York
doings. OF course he lived in Washington.
just Imagine man from Oshkosh coming
to New York to see if the Postmaster of this
great city really stood in need of what he
had. over his signature, asked fur!
One day myself and Colonel Gayler
were 81 eatly taken aback BY receiving a,cer-
tilted copy of report made to the Postfnas-
ter-General by an agent who had been in
this city investigating the Postoffice wants
that had been specified in the official CON-
muncation sent to the Postmaster General
from this city. tell you We looked at one
another and scratched our heads and Won
dered what had struck US.
What was it? Well, the special charged
US with asking, among other things, for a
drop-box to be placed on a certain street
corner when we already had one there. 1t
was only little item of 81 or SIS, but the
agent took up whole page Of his report to
show how loosely we did business here.
Il got my breath finally, and so did Col
onel Gayler, and we determined to look into
matters personally, although we Thought we
had done so before we had specified that
drop-box among our other wants. We went
to that street corner. As sure as you are
New Yorker" exclaimed Mr. James. 81
could see a box on the corner when I was
within half. block of it. So could Colonel
Gayler. Could it be possible that so watch
fui an eye for the public good as Colonel
Gayler's had missed that box and we had
deliberately asked for what we really had?
felt sick at my stomach"
.Well?"
"The special agent was right. There was
box there as We found out when we came
to close quarters with the laup-post'
That put you and Colonel Gayler in
"Oh, no; the special agent who had
known more about New York's postal
wants than we did got into one soon after"
Swell. the box on that lamp-post was
fre-alarm box"
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but te,reach them calls for back-breaking

but tosreach them calls for ack-breaking
climb.
One of the first things, writes correspon-
deEt of the St Louis Globe Democrat,
catching the eve of an American visitor as
novelty is the double-decked street-car with
women conductors. The enlistment of all
the able-boded men for the war with Peru
made the employment of the other sex for
duties to which they had before been
strangers necessity, and SO well did
they succeed that no change has
since been made. They are. for the
most part, young and good-looking, and
in blue flannel uniforms look very catchy.
Passengers pay their fare as they enter
the car. receiving paper slip in return
that is destroyed or thrown away when
leaving. The Chilean women, as whole,
are not as good-looking as those of Peru.
They are more of the Saxon type, with larger
features. and lack the grace of the bellies of
Lima. The modern American dress, with
bOnnets after the Partisan fashions, is
much worn, although the black head mantle
with lace fringe is not lost sight Of. This is
q most becoming bit of feminine toilet as
defects are covered ana beauties enhanced.
In Chile. head-mantles of white flannel
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banks, but between two such KEYS MS ara
shown here there is another, also with three
steps, and each step rests in the space be-
tween the steps of the first key, making.
therefore, succession of six Surfaces. or
banks, In all. The surfaces to be struck nv
the fingers are almost as wide as the stan.
dard key. but instead Of being fiat they are
rounded at the edges, and there is no differ
ence in the sizes of white and black keys.
The next radical departure is in the order
in which the keys succeed one another.
The black keys extend to an edge even with
the white keys, instead of being set two or
more inches within, as in the standard kew
board. The keys are also SO arranged that
every bank contains succession Of whole
tones; as in the lower, C. d, e, F sharp. a
sharp, A sharp. c. d, etc.; and the next
bank above, c sharp, D sharp, F. q. A. B'
sharp. etc. 1t is therefore impossible to
play the common chord of any kew in any
one bank. In fact, three banks are re-.
quired, and an accompanying Illustration
shows the position of the right hand in
striking the common chord OF G.
The thumb is on in the lowest bank
the forefinger on E In the third bank
the middle finger on G In the fourth bank
and the, little finger on the upper
G in the third bank. The little finger Is
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DOWN IN AFRICA.
The Dangers Of Drinking Liquor
and Over. Feeding There.

You who send out men to Africa, and you
who are DESTROYS of succeeding there when
sent, should remember that Europeans ought
not to be younger than 81 nor older than 30
when commencing their first term of serv-
ice in the Dark Continent. As rule, mid
dle-aged thin men succeed best in maintain
ing their health and yigor, but a hard
and fast rule as TO physique cannot
be laid down. / hold 1t as general princi-
pie that short, spare men succeed best, but
l have known tall men and fat men who
have occasionally done surprisingly well.
Nevertheless, think all who have had
mu CHI experience in Africa will agree with
me that the greatest number of deaths and
the greatest amount of i'll health have &C.
Cured among the bulky and the tall.
Sobriety Of life is an absolute necessity If
you wish to live long and we'll in Africa.
In fact, the safest general rule would be to
abandon the consumption of all forms of
alcohol whatever from the day that YOU
land on African soil, unless wines, spirits
or beer are actually forced on you by
II you are really i'll and are positively or
dered to drink some form of alcohol 1t
should not be drunk until after shutdown.
Alcohol during the daytime in Africa is
simply poison to white man-an nsidious
poison II you like, and one that often dis
gulses Its effects, so that careless observer
might attribute them to other causes-but
deadly poison all the same, and perhaps the
more deadly because the punishment it in
hicts is not readily recognizable. Unfor-
tunately. especially among the British,
alcoholic excess is terribly prevalent:
! mean what may be called excess
in Africa, but what in England would
be looked upon as the allowance of tenn
perate, sober man. And that is where so
many good men go wrong. They cannot be
brought to understand that because they
do not drink till they get drunk, and be-
cause what they are taking for their daily
consumi ton in Africa is not drop more
than they consumed in England, they are
nevertheless exceeding aud piling up in
their systems a store of poison which will
either result in terribly sudden death or
the shattering of their health.
Next to alcoholic excess in danger comes
gluttony in feeding. This, especially among
teetotalers, is constant source of malady.
Ihey, the teetolarS. seem to imagine that
because they abstain from alcohol they NAV
gobble as much food as possible; they gen.
orally have an inordinate craving for fat,
oily substances and sweet things, In all of
which they are prone to indulge to sub ex-
cess that they are rapidly stricken down
with bad form of bilious fever, and then
they turn around and ask what you can ex-
pect from such beastly climate as this p"
Here am l." they say. "who have not for
years taken anything stronger than tea, and
yet l am as bad as poor So-and-so, who
drinks champagne and gin cocktails daily."-
II. ii. Johnston in the Fortnightly Review.
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An american Girl Writes i'm q
New and Original Way on
an Old Subject.
THE DAYS OF PREPARATION
How Mamie Wick of Chicago Con-
promised the Republican Princi-
pies of Her FamiIy-The Dress
She Had to Wear Had to Be
EngIish-PIacing American Lips
Upon a Gracious Little English
Hand.
Special TO THE SUNDAY CALL.

This graphic account OF court presentation to
the Queen of England and the preparations Of
etiquette and toilet, is from the pen of American
girl. who depicts merely her own experience The
illustration Is elaborated from original sketch by
the young lady.
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Araucanlans had a stronghod mere before
stairways, parapets and balconies, grottoes
and fower-beds, groves of trees and vine
hung arbors, follow one another from the
base to the summit, while upon the west, at
the edge of a precipice 500 feet high. is a
miniature castle and little chapel. Below
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rings automatically, take the infant to the
nursery. Santiago's climate is about like
that of st. Louis, but few houses have any
means OF heating. fires being regarded as
unhealthy. In the coolest weather the
richest natives will SILVER through the days
are worn at meals. but at swell social gath
erings the ladies appear with bare arms and
low-necked dresses, while the temperature
may not be over 40o
The stores 10 not open until 9 or 10
O'clock in the morning, and close from to
o'clock in the evening, to allow the proprie-
tors and clerks to dine. They then open
again until midnight as between and IL
most Of the retail trading is done. The
ladies gather around the goods and the Dons
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A Hot Potato,

large dinner party. He inadvertently
placed in his mouth hot potato, but, sud-
denly ejectng it, he turned to the hostess
with this remark: Madam, fool would
have burned himself v'-Notes and Queries.
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"With on"

Fontenelle preferred his asparagus dressed
with oil; but his friend, the Able Terrasson,
liked 1t with butter. The latter coming to
ishly ordered that half the asparagus
should be dressed his way and the other
half Terrasson's. just before sitting down
to table the Able was struck down by APO
plexy. whereupon Fontenelle rushed out of
the room and shouted to his cook:
"All with oil All Of it with oilP,-All
the Year Round.
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ONDON, Dec. l." What
will they say at home in
America" l thought, 'if
they knew l was going
TO be presented to the
Queen, Mamie Wick
of Chicago? Would they
consider that I had COM
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promised the strict republican principles of
the family?" After all, being presented
was only way Of being introduced to Mrs.
The morning call., 1890-12-14

A child without eyes or eye-sockets has
been born in Dubuque.
The morning call., 1890-12-14

pet coyote. belonging to st. Joseph
man, celebrated Thanksgiving by breaking
into neighboring hen-house and dispatch
ing twenty-five blooded chickens.
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disgrace the hands Of so-cslled honor
able members, not only Of the moro
popular branch. but also Of the high
grave and dignified body, the Senate
Of the United States. Not when sordid
ambition. political knayery, swindling
and governmental sock jobbing have
grown grey IN service, aud where the
eessPool OF political pollution sends
forth its foul streams Of stencil and
corrupt the fAires. domain, the richest
heritage ever vOuchsafed to man"
Then came a paragraph which
exhibited the character Of this sec
ton before the hand OF intelligent
industry, aided by the blessing Of
God, caused II to blossom a. the
rose:''
''The country suits Us because no
other well informed people can covet
our possessions. n they do ii is be-
cause they grudse usan existence up
on any part Of Gods foo;stool. There
Is nothing here, except what Is pro-
iuced by the mos; arduous toll, and
that often unrequiied, to tempt the
avarice or cuPidity Of any reasonable
creature. Il j. useless, therefore, for
any official cliques, who never have
identified their interests with the
welfare Of this Territory, and who
never intend 70, TO seek to dictate,
govern and control Us. In view Of
these facts We fondly anticipate seeing
the day, when, in accordance with the
spirit aud intent Of our republican
government, we shall be blessed with
the full enjoyment Of our rights and
have the privilege Of electing officers
Of our owe choice, and be free from
the imPositions Of those known TO be
unsolicited and unsought upon our
Part. and who feel no interest in our
prosperity, but would much rath r
see us languish and come 10 naught"
Then follows a sentiment worthy
Of great statesman and patriot:
"Let not the Federal Government
presume upon the same suicidal
policy, but rather by taking an honor
able, Just and upright course. con-
ciliaie the people and extend TO them
the rich blessings % free govern
meni."
Our readers have the enunciations |
Of by our cotemponry /
before them. They must admit that
no one but a sophistical misanthrope I
who makes a business Of seeking 10
cause virtae TO take on the appear
ance Of vice would attempt 10 draw
from them an evil inference. The
quoted simply give evil
ience Of the greatness Of the man
who uttered them. They embody
forcible plea for the principles Of
right, and Of free civil government.
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Clear Through His Head.

"TOu have heanl the saving. ii
one ear and out the other ." SalI .
young Boston specialist. OF c0ur,,
the adage was familiar, aud without
waiting FOR reply the doctor con
tinucd: ''l've seen many straug,
things in my practice. but the most
startling was n practical dcmlustra.
ton Of this ancient saw.
about two years ago a 10y came
10 me for treatment for a disease Of
the head. All the openings Of the
head were 81 unusual size. His
mouth and eyes were large. he had
a big nose, with wide nO,trils, and
his ears were in proportion. I PER
i0rmei the necessary operation and
cleared out the air cavity. With n
strong blast from my air pump over
there, | blew a powder into his LEFT
ear. He interrupted me in this toy sry.
ing that the medicine seemed 10 BE-
coming out on the other side. /
smiled indulgeutly at what I told
him was his Imagination, and at
inst paid no attention 10 the matter.
He persisted in his assertion, how
ever, and TO satisfy him that he was
wrong ] examined his right ear.
He was right. There Vas no doubt
OF II. The powder was going clear
through his head: IL was going In
one earand out the other.
What j. the explanation II j.
simple enough. The large openings
In the boys head permitted the
powder, driven by the powerful
blast, 20 iraveTse the channel from
his right ear TO the upper part d
his nose, through his nose, aud
thence by the corresponding chan
mel ON the right side u his ear. All
the powder did not get through, hut
considerable portion Of IL did. -
,5Os,OH Herald.
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Albuquerque, Aug. ll.-Several
weeks ago VIM. Mcintosh, the
sheep-raiser, employed several men
in this city 10 dig a well for him on
his ranch east Of the mountains, in
santa Fe County. The men were
progressing finely, doing their work
In good shape and receiving their
wages every Saturday night. One
day last week a couple Of Santa Fe
County White CAPS made their an
pesrance and threatened them that
II they did not cease work they
would b. seriously dealt with. These
santa Fe aud san Miguel County
White CAPS are known all over the
Territory for their lawlessneSs, and
the men quit work. Yesterday
they came 10 the city, and today de
Glazed they would never return 10
work, II matters not how much Nc
lntosh pays them. Thus il will h.
seen that this disgraceiul element
q northern New Mexico Is reach
ing further south.
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in the selection Of -registration and
election officers? We think every
fair man Of every party will endorse
our opinion that TO pick out inveter'
ate mormon" haters, rank parti-
EaEs, who exhibit their desire to
work the''Liberal" party into power,
and put them into places where they
violate justice and defy the Commits
sion with impunity, is not only in
very lad taste but is absolutely
wrong and contrary to the spirit Of
justice and republicanism.
II this policy i not changed, it
will bring disgrace upon all who are
implicated ia it, even though il is
directed agains. the Enormous"
whoare temporarily under the ban.
As to the libel suit, it looks 10 us
very much OF n farce 20 far as the
Ensign j. concerned, but may lie
much more serious for the complain
ant il the statement concerning his
non-residence proves 10 be correct.
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AN EXPLANATION.
Senator Quay Indignantly Complains
That His Remarks Have Been
Unsupported.
THE VICTORIA SEAL PoscHEHs'
HAUL
The British House Of Commons In
duIges In an All-Night
Session.
By Telegraph to the NEws.l
senate.

senate
WASHINGTON, Aug. Is - The
Senate met at 10 O'Clock and after
routine business took up the rivei
and hlrbor bill.
Quay made n personal explanation
as TO the remark attributed 10 hin
in the report Of the republican eau
Gus last night. He had been repre-
sented rs saying that lie did not
wish 10 have the Southern meinueI
Of the House Of Representative
yelping at his heels, urged on by
the Speaker. He had made no such
remark; he had made no reflection
on the distinguished presiding OIL
Ger OF the other branch Of Congress.
HOar expressed a hope il would
not l,eunderstOOd that because Quay
felt called upon TO contradict such a
statement that other people were also
called upon TO contradict men be-
cause Of a statement as 10 them on
similar subject. Senators knew that
statements rs 10 himself were men,
daciOus.
Frye moved To proceed TO the con-
s.der.tiou Of the river and harbor
bill.
Edmunds demaIrIed the yeas and
nays.
4 vote was taken and the motion
agreed to-yeas ~, nays ;.
The Senate therefore proceeded TO
the consideration Of the river and
hart or bill.
Hampton having asked Frye TO
allow him 10 have the hill taken up
for action. Frye excused himself
for declining TO do 81, and said that
he had asked the finance committee
% let him have two days for the
consideration Of the river and har-
Dor till, today and tomorrow. He
shOull ask the Senate 30 remain in
session tomorrow until the bill was
finished. He did not feel at liberty
therefore TO yield any time for any
other business.