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TALKS FOR BOYS.
XIV.
By Colonel Thomas ". Knox.

An Important Function of the British
Court.
In the minds of great numbers of young
women, and elderly ones, too, the British
court exists mainly that the individual
aforesaid may be presented to the sovereign
at the royal drawing rooms" To be pre-
sented to the Queen is diploma of respect
ability, as the list of persons to be pre-
sented is scanned with the utmost care. and
the slightest objection of any kind will ex-
clude the applicant. At least two full days
beforehand the names of the candidates
must be sent to the Lord Chamberlain, and
q presentation can only be made by some
one who has already been presented. or who
=" attends court" The name is supposed
to be submitted to her Majesty. and her
sanction must be obtained before the cards
of invitation are sent out, accompanied by
certain printed rules for the guidance Of
the individual who is to be presented. The
dress for the presentation ceremony is pre-
scribed with great minuteness The lady.
Young or old, who Is to appear before the
Queen, must have her dress cut low in the
neck, and with short sleeves, and she must
wear long train and have her head deco
rated With ostrich feathers. The feathers
are three in number, and must be worn so
that one will droop at the side and two will
curl over toward the face. They must be
white. except in cases of deep mourning,
when black is used. Gloves must be white,
except when the conrt is in mourning when
black is the rule. The dress and train are
white, and so are the lappets and lace veil,
and altogether it costs a considerable sum
of money to be presented ut court. Ladies
are rarely presented more than twice during
their lives. ONE before marriage and once
afterward, unless they belong to the nobility
rr oh oIn ltrt1 r-in It,hn Irnn
and no lady is allowed TO attend more than
one court reception in single year.
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A TEXAN DEMOSTHENES.
He Expatiates on the Dangers of n SOci

He EXpatiates on the Dangers of n Social
Revolution.
The following are extracts from speech
delivered before the Texas Legislature by
Representative Gerald:
80 long as history lives men will read
the grafton of Cicero. portrayng the rob-
berries Of the infamous Verres, while pro-
consul OF Sicily, and until the English Ian
guage dies men will hang upon the words of
Burke that told Of the wrongs done to the
people of India under the rule of Warren
Hastings. Yet Verres robbed lot of soul
less pagans, and Hastings robbed cruel In
dian princes and gOuged the diamond eyes
and deSpOiled the leweled robes Of hldeouS
Indian gods.
The ship Of state is riding on the angry
waves that roll between Scylla and Charyb-
dis. On Scylla stands aggregated capital
with protruded tongue and Briarean arms
to lick up the wealth and crush out the lib
critics OF the land, and from Charybdis
comes the low growl of the Commune wait
! SDg and watching for the hour to strike and
battle Its fangs i'll blood. Between them is
the middle class, which is the maiDstay and
support of all the civilized governments on
earth, no matter whether monarches or re-
pnblcs. \ ct year by year this class grows
smaller as it is ground between the upper
and the neither milestone. Where one from
it finds Judgment on the rocks of Scylla
100000 land on Charybdis, and this must
stop or the end will come in twenty-five
years, and IL may come Ill five.
LAS We sow so shall We reap and we are
sowing to reap the bloody harvest of a
social revolution, and when it comes all the
patriotism. all the heroism of the land of
Washington and jefferson. of Lincoln ard
OF Grant, of Davis and OF Lee, cannot sur
vive the shock. From the war between the
States liberty came forth, with her garments
torn and her bosom bleeding, her fair form
bruised and battered, and it was years be-
fore it was known whether she would live
or die. But let this other come and liberty
will suffer the fate of the brilliant Hypatia,
who was dragged from her chariot in the
streets of Alexandria, and by bigoted priests
torn limb from limb"
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ton occurred so late in the eighteenth GEN.
iury, when Benjamin franklin was a man
of middle age and George Washington had
attained his majority. Oar great-grand-
fathers so far relented that the cxecutioner
fastened cord about the neck of the
woman, pulled it tightly the moment the
torch was applied and continued to strain
till life was extinct, $50 that she did not suf-
fer much from the intensity of the flames"
Yesterday were executed on Cambridge
Common, pursuant to their sentence, Mark
and Phyllis, negro servants of Captain
John Russell Of Charlestown, for poison
ing their said master. They were both
drawn to the place OF execution, attended
by the greatest number Of spectators ever
known on such an occasion, where the
former was hanged by the neck till he was
dead, and the latter was harmed at the
stake"
Marks body was hung on gibbet in
Charlestown after the execution, ana swung
many year in windeHnd weather, till the
place became landmark for the traveller.
Twenty years later Paul Revere passed the
place on his way to Cambridge, and in his
account of that famous ride notes "the place
where Marks body was hung in chains. =
From "a Story of Old Charlestown." by
John Goldman, I'd, in New England Maya
zine for February.
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His Evening Out.

An acquaintance who is kept pretty busy
with matters social, political aud literary.
ran down the stairs of the elevated station
at Park place the other morning with such a
blithe and cherry expression on his face that
L could not help asking him if he had heard
good news.
" Not exactly" he replied, "but had such
plea SAINT time last evening that the mem-
Ory has lasted. took lady, of whom i am
rather fond, to reception. TWAS quite a
distance and we had good long talk on the
way. When we got to the house 1t was one
of those brushes where you can do about as
you please. We knew but few people and
naturally saw a great deal OF each other and
had another long tete-a-tete on the way
home. 1t was delightful gossip and |
think / made distinct impression, my boy"
But isn't this most remarkable"
ooh, it's all right" said the busy man,
hastily "The lady was my wife. Only
we're both so busy. and in such different
ways, and see SO little OF each other as a
rule, that such an evening as l enjoyed
seems almost like going counting again. l
wouldn't have missed it for good deal.
And the man in love with his wife trotted
off toward the pOstoffiee, making ridicu-
lous attempt to whistle Annie Laurie"
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THINKERS BILL OF FARE.
A Proper Diet for sedentary People is
Now Explained.

A Proper Diet for sedentary People is
Now Explained.
The intellectual worker needs plenty Of
light, digestible food, such as fish, poultry,
eggs, game, fruit and the succulent vegeta-
bles.
The proper diet for all sedentary people is
an early and entire supply of digestible
food, including plenty of cereals and fruit
A cup of some warm drink should be
taken just before rising, or as soon as it can
be prepared, aud positively no work should
be done until after breakfast.
As the digestive organs are most active
early in the day, a second hearty but d.
gestible meal can be eaten at noon if an
hours rest intervenes before continued labor
or exercise.
The afternoon work should be light and
part of the time passed out of doors. A
light, digestibe dinner may follow about
nightfall, ami the evening be devoted to re-
creation or social relaxation.
When any night work is contemplated
food should be taken about midnight and
again at dawn, wher the vital forces fail
That sad. still hour before the dawn,
When old men lie and babes are born.
Special care should be taken to insure
plenty OF pure air and light; strong meats
and drinks should be avoided, and abund-
anre Of milk used, with eggs, fruit and fresh
vegetables and saiads.--Harper's Bazaar.
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He Cave I'm n s25. 600 job.

Here is picture Of a man who gave up
salary of $4,000 year and an honorable
and influential post because he didn't want
TO be bothered with the work. He is about
five feet two or three inches high. stont
rather than fat of build, energetic in move
ment. His head is large and we'll developed;
his close-cropped hair is gray, his eye
keen, twinkiing and blue, his face I'M
wrinkled and innocent of beard except for a
small Barbwelf Slote chin tuft. This IS MIR.
Alfred 9. Cheney, until recently President
of the Nicaragua Canal Construction Com
pany, with the control OF the expenditure OF
a hundred millions in prospect. He resigned
the place because as President of the Gar
field National Bank he had enough to do
already, which is very good reason.
Mr.. Warner Miller. the present President,
by the way, assured me on the day he
started on his Nicaraguan exploration tour
that tho canal could be finished in six YEATS.
The morning call., 1891-04-05
WOODBURYS
FACIAL SOAP
For the Skin and Scalp.

The result Of 20 years practical experience.
Highly Endorsed BY the medical profession;
equaled a remedy for eczema. scald-hea1 oily
skim plmples. flesh worms, discoloratlons. ugly
plexion, etc. indispensable toilet article, and
a sure preventive of all diseases Of the skin and
scalp.
1t removes dandrur and scurf and produces
healthy action of the scalp thereby promoting the
growth of the hair and preventing its falling out.
1t is invaluable for in the nursery, in allayng
itching Inflammation and preventing milk crust,
scald- head. rashes; aeeount,of its disinfectant
properties 1t prevents and destroys all unpleasant
odors, prevents diseases etc, and may be used with
impunity on the most delicate skin.
FoB SHAyING-it prevents BARRIERS itch, eczema,
ringworm, and all 10 nammatory affections OF the
face and Is healing soothing and refreshing.
Theatrical people Will find it excellent for wash
ing of paint and makeup.
At Druggists. OF sent by mail, soc.
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create something new, which would turn
the whole world into school children.
English could be improved considerably, so
that it would be easier to learn than It now
IS" to the singular, and all verbs should
be made regular, and add led to the pres
emit to make the past tense. 1t is the irregG-
larity of the language that makes the great
stumbling-biock to the foreigner who un-
dertakes to study it; irregularity in forming
larity OF spelling. If our dictionary-makers
and srammarians would agree upon these
reforms, the spread of the Language would
be very rapid, and English would bid fair
TO become the Volapuk of the twentieth,
or, certainly. the twenty-frst century.
COpYri0hL 1891
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Training for the Ceremony.

In fashionable boarding and finishing
schools for young women in England, tie
presentation at court is part OF the educa-
ton. An English lady tells ME that at the
school she attended they had the ceremony
from two to four times a month, one of the
teachers personating the Queen, and another
the Lord Chamberlain, while some of the
pupils took turns in personating the Queens
pages and other attendants. ave used to
fasten curtains, tablecloths and sheets to
our dresses" said she, ito represent the
trains, as the proper management of the
train is a very important part of the cere
mOny. We carried our trains over our left
arms till we entered the preSence-chamb
when the attendants removed them. and as
we came into the view of her Majesty the
train swept the floor. When l lett school,
and came out into society. and was pre-
scented at court, | found the preliminary
training of considerable value, but also re-
ceived second course of instruction at the
hands of one of the royal attendants. Every
step you are to take is carefully prescribed,
and ii you keep your wits about you every
thing will go off smoothly. But it often
happens that girl becomes confused at the
critical moment, and fOrgets TO do as she
has been told. Two or three times it has
happened, so the story is whispered, that
girl has fallen in n dead faint and had TO be
carried from the room, but the incident is
not allowed to get into the papers. 1t re-
qulres good deal Of self-possession to ap-
proach the Queen in semi-circle of her
illustrious relatives and the household
standing behind You enter with glove
on your left hand, but with the right hand
bare. You place the right hand beneath the
Queens extended right, bow very low, and
kiss the back of the royal hand as you do
so. You must curtsey 10 each member of
the royal family. and side off, b-fasbion,
dragging the train after you. till the Queens
pages throw it over your left arm again, and
you make your exit from the throne-roOm
or presence-chamber. Tou must not turn
around in the royal presence. or you will
give great offense"
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An OId-Time execution.

that, turning again to the columns of the
Boston Gazette. we read. in the midst of
lamentations over the defeat Of General
Braddoek, and following long list of the
killed, scalped and wounded provincials, the
following brief communication:
1t is appalling TO consider that this execu-
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How to Tame a Grizzly.

tits queer what wonders usage will work.
Out at Medicine Hat, on the Canadian Pa
cific Railroad, the station agent has charge
OF an enormous grizzly bear-an animal
that all well-informed sportsIaen regard as
the most vicious, fearless and dangerous
wild animal ON earth. The station agent
may appreciate this fact or he may not, but
at all events he has got the grizzly to take
care of, and in a year the only harm it has
done was when it tore little girls leg most
frightfully. The agent says that grizzlies"
are easy to handle If you have the right tool
by you. The thing you want is a baseball
bat. When they get fractions you hit 'em
whack on tho skull with bat, and you can
do anything you please with them. IN. Y.
Sun.
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And Yet More New Papers.

Two new daily paaers for New York are
not enough, it seems. Colonel William
Blessed be- the Peacemakers Brown, who
acted as referee when Cleveland and Hill
shook hands, wants to run morning edi-
ton of the evening News. which enjoyed a
tremendous circulation before the evening
Sun and World were started. Aud still
fourth new paper is expected to be not two
weeks behind Colonel Browns. Can the
city support them all? OWEN LANGDoN.
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Tho BacheIor,s Room.

The multiplication of bachelors apart
ment-houseS is responsible for the bachelors
room. which you will find nowadays as often
out of the apartment-house as in it. The
bachelors room is not hall bedroom or a
three-Story back. 1t is q fine spacious
apartment which is supposed not only to
show at glance that its occupant is q man,
but to give some evidence of the trend of his
tastes If he is artistic, the fact is
expected to declare itself in the fine viriity
of the choice of proof etchings he has
madei waier-cnlOrs are held in more favor
by women. Ii he is musical his fiddle and
banjo, piano and flute proclaim it, Oftener
than either, however, one sees an ar
rangement like this: Above the man
tel crossed foiis with pair of fencers'
masks; upon the mantel, two pairs of box
ing gloves. On long, unbrOken side a
panel OF oars or paddles, fisfl-nets and rods,
with mounted dserS' heads as clmaxes; up
on the door a rawhide Navajo shield, hand
painted by some copper colored impression
ist with whitewash brush and pot of red
ochre; upon another wall an arrangement of
guns Of all nations, swords and pistols; a
bronze of the Louvre gladiator; a lariat in
coil, lacrosse or tennis racquet; minor
triffes of sportiye hue; no pictures except
possibly some old line engravings Of hunt
ing scenes.
The effect of all this is rather confusing
at best; il becomes comicai when the bach
elor occupant is soft-handed swell who
couldn't shoot a barn door Mt ten rods aud
never pulled stroke oar in his life.
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A Lively scotchman.

do not know any one who enjoys life
more than Andrew Carnegie. His lively de-
meanor is an exception 10 the pomposty
usual among self-made millionaires. HIS
well-wrinkled face, with its frame If gray
hair and whiskers. and its twinkling eyes,
is as CHEEKY as boy S and his wiry little body
seems to know no fatigue. He thinks moth
ing of crossing the Atlantic in midwinter to
keep an appointment in New York, Pitts
burg or Edinburgh. To the three cities he
has made gifts aggregatlng millions of do
lars. The new music hall in New York
which was built for young DamroSch's con-
certs mainly by Carnegie's. money is one of
the most splendid buildings of the sort in
the world. Mrs. Carnegie, splendid, tall,
well-rounded woman, with plenty of brains
and common sense but no pretensions to
beauty, is his constant companion upon his
travels and their fipe pride in each other
reminds one irresistibly Of the romantic
story of their unsupported wooing and the
wedding which was surprise to every
The morning call., 1891-04-05
Blue DAYS in Art.


These are blue days in art; not because
pictures are drug in the market, for that is a
plant that has been heard before. William
M Chase is not the first splendid painter
whose works have been sold for a song.
The blueness is altogether a matter of
paint. Take look at the studios and see
what a prevailing blue tone they show.
There's the clever newcomer, Aug. Fran
zen. Nearly every picture of doze he is
showing is blue; mostly light blue. In one
the centr al note is a laborer with new blue
oyerallS and an old, faded blue blouse, from
which all the other tints are shaded down.
Leonard Ochtman has land and wafer seape
In which everything, trees. sky, grass, water,
is of deep. dark color, recalling the blue
dye tub of a New England farm woodshed
George ii. B0gert effects pale greenlsh blue.
Fred koSt has round half dozen of blue
pictures. Chase paints in blues wlleg he
feels like 1t, apparently but that is not
often. His specially is the bright and vivid
green oil young, closely cropped grass and
freshly sprung. sunlghted foliage. Craziest
OF all the blue men, though, is J. H. Twacht-
man, who has been shO wing whole room
ful OF oil paintings and pastel in the weak
est, palesf, thinneSt, most watery blue, in
which everything is so haZy and indistinct
that IL is hard 10 tell a tree from a good in
tentlon without scale diagram. Twacht-
man Is very clever artist. though, and his
blue pictures are only case of Simon says
thumbs up. Being in the prevailing tone,
they nave been much admired.
The older men. who have an acquired repu-
tatl0n to sustain are above such affectations.
1t Is pleasure, after 4 surfet of light blue
and dark blue, 10 see one of Inness' splendid
Sunsets, rich in poetic effect, or careful
figure bit by Winslow Homer or De Haas
sea piece.
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A singular ruling of United States Judge

Coke at Utica, N. Y. declares that the pro-
hibition of Chinamen from crossing the
Niagara River from Canada in boat is
Unconstitutional, "because a row-b boat is not
a vessel" Wonder If the learned Judge
considers it a vehcle2
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Vincent Sehell, an army veteran Of
Buffalo, n. Y, accuses his daughter of a
propriating his $500 pension money and
kicking him out of the house.
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Prince NAPOLEON.

The death of Prince Jerome Napoleon, or
Plon-Plon, as he was nicknamed, reminds
me of the first time l ever saw him. 1t was
at Paris in 1867, when the empire of Louis
Napoleon was in the height of its glory and
the star of that adventurer stood at its
zenith Louis Napoleon and Prince Jerome
had been estranged from each other for
time in consequence of their differences of
opinion relative to the liberal views of the
former, and their respective claims to the
throne, and the occasion to which l refer
was the first when they had been seen
together in public for some time. They
were riding side by side in one of the i'm
perial carriages and surrounded by guard
that kept possible assassins at distance.
| had been told that Louis Napoleon dis
liked to ride in carriage with his
cousin, and when l saw them together the
reason was apparent at a glance. PlOn-
Plon bore a striking resemblance to the
great Napoleon; he was of command
ing figure, which, lowered. considerably
above that Of his cousin. who ap-
peared very much at dsadvant-
age. Plon Plon had a tendency to
StoutnesS, and as he sat in the carriage his
shoulders were thrown well back, while
these of the Emperor were not. On the
contrary. the Emperor seemed to be stoop
ing, and. furthermore, none but his most
flattering admirers could ever discover any
resemblance in his features to those of the
hero of Austerlitz and Jena. So much did
Prince Jerome resemble the founder of the
Bonaparte family. only larger in every way.
that 'Beranger called him "a Napoleon
medal dipped in fat" and somebody else
called him Napoleon souffie." He was
taller. broader, and. consequently. much
heavier than the first Napoleon. He was
physically very iHdolent, but mentally very
active. He could converse intelligently on
all sorts Of topics, and while member of
the French Senate he gained great repute
for his fuency and ability i'll debate. A
speech that he delivered at the unwilling of
the Napoleon Monument at Ajaccio in 1865
is said 10 have been a brilliant piece of
oratOry, which few of his countrymen ever
surpassed. 1t was this speech which caused
the rupture between him and his imperial
cousin. The father rebuked Jerome so
sharply that he resigned all his official
positions, and the occasion when l saw them
together was their first public temperance
side hV side
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The Language of Commerce.

A paragraph in an English newspaper
that lies before me says that the English
language is now spoken by 113.000.0G0
people who live in nations or colonies in all
the quarters of the globe. And furthermore
English has become the language of COM
merce in many parts of the world where it
is not the prevailing tongue, and the use Of
it is extending year by year in financial and
commercial transactions. French is gen.
orally conceded to be the language Of
diplomacy, and knowledge of it is
an essential requisite to any man who
would make a name in the diplomatic
world In the field OF commerce Spanish is
more prominent than French, ranking next
to English. In the various paris of the world
Spanish is spoken by more than 80, 100000
people, who are divided into a greater
number of distinct and independent gov
ernments than are the EDgliSh-Speaking
race. For instance, there are in tue West
ern Hemisphere sixteen republics whose
people speak the Spanish languse. There
is the republic of Andorra, lying in the
mountains between Saain and France. and
there is, of course. the mother country,
Spain. Spanish is also spoken in the
Canary Isles in the Atlantic, in the Philip
pine Islands to the south of Asia. and
in Northern Africa. 1t is also spoken
Jews. descendants of those who were
driven from the Spanish peninsula
some four or five hundred years ago.
They comprise many Of the wealthler In
habitants Of Jerusalem. their ancestors hav-
ing accumulated considerable fortunes be-
fore their Punishment. One may say, there
fore, that the Spanish language is spoken
from Jerusalem to the uttermost parts of
the earth, which is not exactly the case
with English. French or any other tongue
The language spoken by the greatest
number of human beings is Chinese, of
which there are many dialects and varie-
ties. But in spite of their numerical superb
ority, the Chinese people are little likely to
extend the use of their language beyond the
boarders of their own country, and the
merchants who conduct their business in
Angio-Saxon need be under no apprehen-
sion of being compelled to learn the yer
nacular of Canton and Picking.