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England In the Nineteenth Century.

Messrs. A. G.. McClurG Of Chicago have pub
lshed an extremely entertaining and withal ute-
ful book under the title Of EnVdnd IN the NiEc-
tcenth Century. The author, Mrs. ELIZABETH
WoRMELEY LATIMER. has herself spanned the
greater part Of the period which she describes.
having been born In 1929. She was the grand
daughter Of James wormeley of Virginia. who
became a Captain in the British army. and
whose only son. her father Ralph Randolph
Wormeley. entered the British navy. and was
made Rear Admiral In 1si9. What dstin-
guishes this book from other volumes which deal
with the same subject, from Justin Mccarthy
History Of Our Own Times" for instance,
is the great amount OF anecdotes which It con-
tains. 1t is, therefore. more readable. but we
are bound to say that 1t is less accurate. We
have marked a number Of errors which ought
to be corrected In a second edition. and some OF
these we will proceed to mention.
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v.

Another creditable feature Of this book is the
clearness with which the author recognizes the
difference between the ways In which Harvard
and Oxford use the funds ut their disposal for
the encouragement of learning. At Harvard
the feilowships which the university offers TO
graduates are not prizes for what they have
slready learnt, but means OF support while they
learn more. No young Bachelor of Arts is splen-
didly rewarded for his success In examination by
an annual allowance OF two hundred pounds for
the next seven years. There is no Derby scholar
ship that adds one hundred and fifty-seven
pounds 10 the youth who in ali probability, has
won more money prizes than any man Of his
standing. All the money that is given
at Harvard is given not to reward stu
dents, but TO support them in further
study. They either go to work in
foreign university, or more commonly stay
TO work in the graduate school, where the pick
OF Harvard students not only gather knowledge
but help TO increase it, Here 10 is that is done
the work which is the highest duty OF every
university, without which no institution has
ever been called a university by men who weigh
their words with full intelligence the work of
advancing the boundaries of knowledge BY the
original researches and the Joint labOrs of its
professors aud its students" The rapid growth
OF this school is attested by the fact that while
in Ss6 II had but sixty-four resident students
II now has two hundred and forty-hve
Besides these, It las eleven non-resi-
dent fellows, of whom eight are study
ing in Germany and two in France. To the
Harvard Graduate School, however, one thing is
wanting as the author of this volume has not
failed 10 perceive II has none OF the social life
that not only throws a charm over the years
spent in great university, but that teaches
lesson which cannot be got out of books The
statement of an instructor IN philosophy Is
quoted 10 the effect that the majority OF the
students in the Graduate School are forlorn
atoms, aud their cOncOurss Is too fOTtuitous
ever to make world. A man who has been
only at the Graduate School is not Harvard
man" The hope is expressed that one day, In
some separate and suitable building. the mem
bers OF the Graduate School may share in a
common life.
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Al.

The authors sketch of Canning. viewed as
whole, is one of the most interesting things in
this volume. She notes that his bearing IN sOci-
ETY. Was not calculated to favor his political ad-
vancement, and quotes the comment OF another
writer that +" Pitt, cold, austere, and proud, dis
armed the sense of rivalry. Canning. ON the
contrary, gay. easy, and elegant, the very life Of
society, provoked animadversion. The aris-
tOcracy Of those times was apt TO believe it
ought 10 have monopoly of these gifts. and To
stare at the display OF them in others as a spe-
cies OF impertinence" Canning either did not
see this or contenptuouslY ignored It. Mrs.
Latimer also recalls the fact that Canning's
resignation OF his place in Lord LiveTDOol's Cab
met, at the time OF Queen Caroline's trial,
caused George ~. 10 bear him for long time a
personal grudge. Nevertheless. when the death
OF Lord CastleEe&gh brought about change in
the Ministry. the Duke OF Wellington propOs ed
Canning to his Majesty as Minister for Foreign
Affairs. A curious conversation is then said TO
have taken place. Good heavens, Arthur"
said the King. you don't mean TO propose
that fellow 10 me as Secretary for For
eign AffAirsT Il is impossible | said on
my word OF honor a gentleman he
should never be one OF my Ministers again. Do
you hear, Arthur On my word OF honor as a
gentleman! l am sure you will agree with
me. l can't do what l said on my word
of honor | would mol do" Pardon me, sir.
don't agree with you at all. Your Majesty Is
MT gentleman" The King started. 4" Your
Majesty, l say" continued the imperturbabls
soldier, " is not gentleman, but the sovereign
Of EDglAnd. with duties 20 your people far
above any TO yourself, and these duties make It
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The Reiie,or or the sem,te-.

1t appears that for some years before his
death the late Prof. W. l,oBERTsoN SMITH was
engaged in preparing for embodiment In new
edition OF his Religion Of the Scmhes the results
of further reading and reflection. as well as OF
criticsms from other workers in the same field.
Only a fortnight before his decease he handed
over 20 friend the manuscript compilation OF
new materials with the remark that he believed
the revision practically complete. The volume.
OF some 900 octave pages, now published In
London by Messrs. Adam and Charles Black.
represents the outcome Of the revision.
II will be recalled that this book, as originally
printed comprised eleven lectures nine Of
which had been delivered in Marlschnl College
Aberdeen, while the last two were added to
complete the discussion of sacrifciel ritual.
Their collective purpose was to examine the
primitive religions ofthc Semitic peoples. viewed
In relation TO other ancient religions and to the
spiritual religions of the Old Testament and
Christianity. IL was pointed out in the preface
that the first conditions of an effective compari-
son Of tho Hebrew religion with the religions Of
the other Semites were lacking so long as tie
historical order Of the Old Testament docu-
ments, and especially of the documents of which
the Pentnteuch is made up, was ascertalned OF
wrongly apprehended. Thanks, however, to
the labors of n series Of scholars. OF whom It is
sufficient to name Kuenen md wellhausen, the
growth Of the Old Testament religion can now
he followed from stage to stage in way that
Is hardly possible with any other religion of
antiquity. So IL Is now not only possible, but
most necessary for further progress, to institute
fair comparison between the Hebrew religion
in It's various stages and the religions Of the
races with which the Hebrews were cognate by
natural descent, and with which. also. they
were historically ia constant touch.
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| thata religious meal must be understood. In
| this case. the accounts do not connect tho rite
| with any particular deity 20 whom
| tho dog was sacred. but we know
from Al-NardIm, that the dog was sacred
among the Semitic Harranians They offered
sacrihcisl gifts 20 II, and, In certain mys-
terics. dogs were solemnly declared to be the
brothers Of the mystae. Prof Smith thinks
that hint as to the identity Of the God to whom
the dog was sacred may perhaps he got from
Jacob Of Sarug who mentions the lord with the
dogs" ns one OF the deitics OF Carrhac. This dog
is compared by the author OF these lectures with
the huntsman Ieracles OF the Assyrians mem
toned by Tacilus The Tyrian Heracles. or Mel
earth. also appears, accompanied by dog. in
the legend Of the invention Of the purple dive.
which has come down to us In Moham m edan
traditions demonaic character is nscrioed to
black dogs. which probably implies that, in
hcathenism, they had certain sanctty. In
Moslem countries dogs are still regarded with
a curious mixture of respect and contempt
They are unclean, yet IL IL an act NJ plety to
feed them, and especially TO give them drink,
and to kill dog, as Prof Smith personally OBJ
served at Jcddah, Is an act that exctes good
deal Of feeling
We may mention finally that milk. though
one Of the commonest articles OF food among
the 1sraelites, had no place in Hebrew sacrifice,
although libations Of milk were offered by the
Arabs and also at Carthage. Their absence
among the Hebrews may, perhaps be explained
by the rule laid down in Exodus and repeated in
Leviticus, which excludes all ferments from
presentation at the altar, for. in hot climates
milk ferments rapidly, and Is generally eaten
sour The same principle would cover the pro-
hibition Of honey, which term. like the modern
Arabic dibs. seems to include fruit Juice in
spissated by boiling. q very important article of
food In modern and presumably in ancient Pal
estine. Fruit in It's natural state, however. was
offered at Carthage, and was probably admitted
by the Hebrews in ancient times. We observe,
by way OF conclusion, that the only positive law
against the eacrihcal use OF milk ls that quoted
by Prof. Smith In foot note: Thou shalt not
seethe the kid in his mothers milk" By moth
ers milk, of course. should be understood goats
milk generally, which was the milk commonly
used. Flesh seethed in milk Is still . common
Arabian dish, and, in an extant document, sour
milk Is specified as the kind employed. sacri-
ficial gift sodden In sour milk would evidently
be Of the nature Of fermented food. but our au-
thor does not feel that this goes 10 the root
of the matter. Many primitive peoples regard
milk q kind of equivalent for blood. and thus,
TO eat kid seethed In its mothers milk might
be taken as an equivalent to eating with the
blood," and be forbidden to the Hebrews along
with the bloody sacraments OF the heather.
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imperative that you should At this time employ
the abilities Of Mr. Canning" well" replied
the King, drawing q long breath, III must,
must" George W, in truth. had always to be
managed by HE Ministers and II soon appeared
that Canning wns exceptionally skilful in such
management Mrs. Latimer gives an amusing
proof OF this. In pursuance Of his South Ameri-
can policy, Canning found IL desirable To send
ENJOYS to the newly acknowledged little re-
public While he was considering how the
King might be induced favorably to consider
this matter. Lord Ponsonby returned from
mission to the Ionian Isles, very desirous OF
procuring promotion rs n diplomatiet. Some
years before there had been an early love
affair between him and Lady Conyngham,
the reigning favorlte OF George Nv. at
this period. Lady Conyngham, ON beholding
her old lover unexpectedly at party, was
overcome with emotion and tainted away. At
this the King grew jealous, and, es he always
dil In any love trouble took to his bed. All bust
ness was stopped. The King would see none Of
his Ministers. At length. however, Canning
succeeded In obtaining an audience. George
". received him ly ing on his bed in n darkencd
room, the light being b.rely sufficient to read n
paper. WHATS the matterr lie asked
peevishly. I" 7 nm very III, Mr.. Canning" II
shall not occupy your MnJesty's attention more
than flve minutes. II is very desirable TO send
onvOys to the states or south America thnt arc
about to be recognized" The King Eroancd and
moved impatientiy. Canning went on ~ have
been thinking, SIR. that It would be most desira-
BILE TO select mnn of rank for one of these
posts" Another gruan. And thought OF
proposing Lord Ponsonby to your Majesty for
Burnus Ayres." " PonSunhy :" SAID tho King
rising q little from his reclining position. A
capital appointment A clever fellow, though
nn lille one. Eny ask you TO pull back that
curtain. A very good appointment indeed. Is
there anything else, Canning, that you would
wish me to attend to?" From that moment.
says the chronirler. from whom Mrs. T.ntincr has
cullcd this nnecGotc, Cannings favor rose
moro and moro rapidly nj court.
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and the snow several feet deep on the Eround, and
the weather piercing cold. IL was my habit u
rose at 4 o'clock, when had done my mornings 5
writing, 10 go out At break OF day and take
walk on hill. at tho foot Of which our barracks
stood. II was hardly light but she was out in
the snow scrubbing out a washing tub. That's
the girl for me- I said, when was out OF her
hearing" They became engaged, but her
fathers regiment soon after was ordered to
England. Cobbett gave her the $3.50 he had
saved desiring her not TO spare the money, but
TO get herself good clothes, and live without
hard work. II was four years before he again
saw her, "and them" he says, II found my lit
tie girl servant OF all work (and hard work 1t
wasj at s25 year. in the house of Capt. Bris-
sac, snd without hardly saying word about
the matter she put into my hands the whole OF
my $500 unbrOken."
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a. o,o,,.,.s Accoyp, or Harvard


Thirty years ago hut few oxford undergradu-
ates were aware OF the existence Of Harvard
University. md when they heard II mentioned
for the fits; time supposed that the then extinct
Hertforl college. oxford. was intended. Such
Ignorance is no longer possible sincc Harvard
challenged Oxford to a boating contest on the
Thames, and since Prof. Goodwin's Greek
M,rris and lenses " was made a text book At tho
English university. II Is still doubtful. how
ever, whether to most OSford men Harvard
studs for more than name. nrd it Is
10 an attempt to enlighten them fully on
the subject that we owe n book lately pub
l'shed NY the Macmlllans called Harvard CIT
NE. b. an Oronidn. II seems that the author,
Mr. GEORGE BtRKBEcK Hit. m Honorary Fell
low Of Pembroke College, Oxford. and ID. G.
L.. spent nearly two months IN Cambridge dur
ing tho summer and early autumn Of last year
He wGs present during commencement week,
he male the acquaintance OF number OF tho
officers and students. and lie has read n great
deal ot the historical and biographical literature
relating To tho college. On the whole,
his book must be pronounced u remark
ably effective. II not altogether satisfac-
tory. treatment OF the subject. lie has
what Is obtained by so few Eng
lshmen, n perfectly cienr conception OF the
essential differences between Harvard end an
English university. And although. when he
comes 70 details, there are some errors OF COM
mission and omission, these are much fewer than
one would naturally expect. His book will also
have the effect of disspatlng some OF the con-
fused and mistaken notions of an English uni
versity current among educated Americans, and
which are continually finding expression in coll
lego magazines and newspapers.
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u.

In a chapter on caps and gowns the author
notes some ridiculous mistakes made By HAT-
ward men in using those articles OF apparel,
even when they believe themselves 10 be repro
ducing exactly English usages. Nothing. in
truth, is more grOtesque than the Harvard Gus
tom Of wearing the tail silk hat with the gown n.
but Mr. Hill is himself in error when he imsR-
ines that the tall silk hat Is not worn in BOston
and New York by precisely the same class Of
men who would wear Il in London. Nowhere" ("
he says mistakenly. lis This hat much seen in
New England. In the streets OF Boston doubt
whether il Is worn BY one man In a hundred. IL
is not there as Il s in the eity Of London in the
Temple, and in Lincolns Inn. the very
badge Of commercial and professional re-
spectAbility. Neither Is It seen the broad ave
nues 70 the west Of Boston, where are the
houses Of the fashionable world. On sunday.
however, am told, before and after church, IL
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On pages 80 and 20 the author evidently con-
POUNDS the French expedition against Ireland
under Gen. Hoche, which took place in 196.
with the Irish rebellion OF 1903. She says:
THE rebellion was nipped in tho bud: but had
projected French invasion under Gen. Hoche
taken place simultaneously, as was intended
the fate of England and OF Europe might have
been to be dcpored." As n matter OF fact
lIoche died a year before the rebellion broke
out. On page az we encounter an asser-
tion TO tho effect that. In the rear
rnngcment OF Europe which followed the
overthrow OF Napoleon. " Prus in huG Rhine
Prussia Che old Palatinatcl." The Rhenish
provinces which Prussia acquired at this
time represented, not the oil Palatinate. but
the old ecclesiastical electorates of Treves and
Cologne. In a sketch of the life of George Can
ming, the author says, on page 80. that he was
educated by an uncle as young aristocrat."
The generally accepted account is that his ex-
penscs at Eton and afterward at Christ Church,
Oxford. were borne by the Linen draper I'm q
country town" whom his mother haI married
for her third husband. We are also at loss to
know what the author means when she tells us
that Canning's chief friend at Oxford was Sheri-
dan. Sheridan was not Oxford man, and,
moreover he was ~ years old at the time We
should further say that n wrong impression
seems To he conveyed by an assertion made on
page 100 that "the English parliamentary idea
differs from that of the United States in sew
eral particulars The latter requires members
Of Congress Tn represent their own districts and
to take charge OF tho interests of their own
constituents" II by requires" the author
means that there Is any Federal law, constitu-
tional or statutory, providing that members of
Congress must represent particular districts,
she is mistaken. All the members allotted to a
State may be chosen on a general ticket, IL the
State prefers, and, as IA matter OF fact. the So
called members at large are thus elected. The
statement made on page l0l, that, by the Reform
act of 1872, Ireland received five members
Of the House Of Commons, in addition TO the
100 given by the act of Union." is misleading
without a recognition OF the fact that sligo and
Cashel were subsequently disfranchised, thus
leaving the number of Irish members lO3. A
much more extraordinary error will be noticed
on page 40l, where the author says that, in
1874, "Disraeli came into power and remained
Prime Minister OF England for the next ten
years" Disraeli, OF course, went out OF Office
in 1850. and never returned TO 1t. II would be
possible 10 enlarge considerably this list OF mis-
takes, but we have said enough 10 indicate the
expediency of revising this agreeable book In a
second edition, so as 10 relieve It from such
minor shortcomings
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-16
OPEN EVENINGS.
TO HOLIDAY BUYERS.

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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1894-01-25
Current Notes.

The custom of shaking hands over an
imaginary barb wire fence is dying away.
Who says the world is not improving
;Was it specialist you went to to have
your lungs examined?" Il don't think
so. He couldn't find anything wrong
with them"
"Why did your novel fail, Penman!''
Cant say, exactly; publisher thinks
it was owing to its having plot and
satisfactory ending
Free lunch sa'oons find the demand
for lunch greatly lcreased by the hard
times. The increase in the case of the
smaller saloons does not come from
sudden swelling of the classes that regu-
larly live by following up lurch routes,
but from decent poor mechanics tempo
rari'y idle; men who are now at home
at the noon hour and who perhaps exc
out slim meal at their own tables with
the hot soups and stews of the saloon.
Egg dealers must soon push the Eng
fish language one step further. The dis
tinctions of eggs, fresh eggs, and strictly
fresh eggs, sometimes called ''stric lies"
have become historic, Int housewives
have disc overed this winter, perhaps as
the result of hard times, that stric'lies
are no longer to be trusted. Some of
them, indeed, are no better than fresh
egg" and others are neither more nor
less than just eggs"
Persons who believe in luck and signs
will doubtless agree that it is urlucky 10
be struck by lightning on Monday, or
take hold of a circular saw on Tuesday,
or tumble down stairs with a coal-scut
tie on Wednesday, or be hit by cable
car on Thursday, or fall overheard on
Friday, or marry on Saturday a girl who
swings ten-pound dumb bells, or be one
of thirteen at dinner on Sunday when
there is food for only ten.
Silks will be more used during the
sprirg and summer seasons for after
noon and church dresses than they have
| been for many years. This has come
about through the great reduction IN
the price of these beautiful materials,
and also by the introduction of so many
appropriate and attractive novelties in
repped silks, bengalnes, Muscovites,
files, surrahs, satins both plain and
fancy, and in tw;'led peau de soies.
! Green satins have small shell patterns in
gold, bronze, or silver. Basket patterns
are alternate blocks of brown with gold,
mauve with pale rose, or rose with reseda
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1894-01-25
Allegheny County Directory.

fsstS w. '@tsey sS'a S~~S'
We publish below the Directory of the County
as q matter OF reference to those who may have
occasion to address them.
JUDGE OF ALLBGHANY AMP CRAIG,
Lyman Chalkley, tt,ddress) Covington, Va.
COUNTY AND CIRCUIT CLERK,
j. ]. Hobbs, (Address) Covington, Va.
coMMoNwEALTH's ATTORNEY,
W. E. Allen, address, Covington, Va.
SHERIFF.,
S. G. Dyer, (address) Covinston, Va
Collector Of Revenue.
Samuel [. Fudge, Covington, Va.
COUNTY TREASURER,
Joseph Il. Fudge address, Covington, Va.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS,
s. L. Chapman. Covington Va.
COUNTY SURVEYOR,
]. A Carson. Sweet Chalypeate Va,
COUNTY PHYSICIAN,
IL. w. Anderson, Covington, Va.
COUNTY CORONER,
DR.. o. G. Rodgers, Covington, Va
DISTRICT OFFICERS
SUPERVISORS,
A. J. Accord, .Jr., Clifton Forge, Va.
Il. NJ NETTLETON. Covlngton, va.
j. NJ ARRIrrs, Arritts, Va.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
GUY r. JOHNSON, Longdale, Va.
j. L. IRBY, Low Moor, Va
ROBERT ROBINSON. Iron Gate, va.
Z. A. SNEAD, Clifton Forge, Va.
OvERSEER OF TIE POOR,
E. S. Pendleton, Iron Gate. Va.