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fice Of director Of the Royal College Of
Music the past and present students Of
the institution resolved to get up . tes.
timonial to their retiring chief. This. to-
gsther with an illuminated address. set
ting forth Sir Georges great services to
the cause of music. was presented to him
In the concert hall Of the college.
The baritone Of the Mains theater. Herr
Strahtmann, will appear at the Berlin
opera in autumn on q long gastspiel.
Strahtmann, like Holdack. the Mains
tenor, lately engaged for Berlin. was .
school teacher. and his voice was dis.
covered few years ago when the Han
over Teachers association sang before
the emperor. who Is said to have encour.
aged the young teacher to adopt an artis-
tic career.
Tchaikowsky's "Iolanthe" is another
Russian opera which has in recent years
been tried In various opera houses Of Ger
many and England. without securing .
permanent home. The latest attempt was
made In Leipsic a few weeks ago. The
critical verdict appears to be that its Or
chestral score IL often charming. but that
1t lacks the true operate spirit. There
was 30 little curiosity to hear the work
that the house was only half full on the
first night.
Edward Dannreuther, who has long been
associated with the Wagner movement In
London. has accepted the post of presi-
dent of the Wagner society, which has
just been vacated by the Earl OF Dysart.
Mr.. Dannreuther was, indeed, the founder
OF the original London Wagner society. in
1877 and he conducted many Of the con-
certs given under the auspices of that as.
sociatioa. 1t was also in Mr.. Dennreuth.
er's home that Wagner resided during his
visit to London, in 1877.
No fewer than sixteen compositions and
groups Of compositions are named by the
French piansts as among those present.
ing the greatest technical difficulties TO
the performer. They are as follows:
Beethoven's sonatas. opus 81 and l06:
Bach's "Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue:"
Brahms Variations on Theme OF
Paganini:" Balackireff's '.Islamey:"
Chopin's 'Balades." first. third and fourth.
and the finale of his sonata in B fat
minor; Liszts "Etudes'' and twelfth
Rhapsody" Schumann's sonata In F
sharp minor and his "Etudes Sym
phonniques;" st. Saens' ALLEGRO Appas'
sionata:" q sonata by Thalberg. and .
sonata by Won Weber.
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and came here. Why. do not knaw. All
the time kept MISUNDERSTANDING. II I
were only Napoleon. how I would try to
do great things! All. my God! How I
loved the Great Napoleon! What had the
Bonapartes done? Nothing nothing.
Everything had slipped away from them.
Not one Of them was like the emperor.
His own legitimate son was dead. None
OF the others had the Masters blood, fire,
daring In his veins. The thought grew
on me. ard used to imagine myself his
son. l loved his memory. all he did, all
he was. better than any son could do. II
had been my whole life. thinking OF him
and the empire. Why should such tastes
be given to a valet?
II really did not conceive or plan tmpos-
ture. I was only playing a comedians &
part In front Of the Louis Qu.nze, till
heard Parpon sing a verse OF 'Vive Napo-
leon! Then 1t all rushed on me, captured
me-and the rest you know. I had no
thought to 80 SO far when began. 1t was
mostly a whim. But the idea gradually
possessed me. and at last 1t seemed to me
that ! was real Napoleon. / used 10
wake from the dream for a moment, and
tried to stop. but something in my blood
drove me on-inevitably."
w. Conclusion.
This. hastily sketched, is the main
outline of the story. There are scenes
In the book fully as strong as, II not
stronger than, any we have copied. The
author has drawn some wonderful
sketches Of minor characteristics ayo-
cat. the cure. Medallion. the auctioneer,
the young seigneur. jealous Of VAL
mond's rising Importance and intrigu-
Ing toward Valmond's fall and Parpon,
who was to have been the new Napo-
Icons premler-and there are two wo-
men figures In the book, one of whom.
Madame Chalice. We have purposely
omitted to mention, that stand out with
cameo-like distinctness as triumphs of
artistic portraiture. These things We
leave to those who-as all should-wlll
read the book itself. In conclusion, we
quote from the authors epilogue,
which, in the form of q letter from
Nine. Chalice to the Cure. written two
months after Valmond's death, appro-
priately ends one of the finest and
truest romances OF the year: Dear
Cure, hearts and instincts were right in
Pontiac; our unhappy friend Valmond
was that child of Napoleon. born at
st. Helena. His mother was the Coun-
tess Of Cornstadt. At the beginning of
an illness which followed Napoleon's
death, the child was taken from her by
Prince Lucien Bonaparte. and was
brought up and educated as the son of
poor parents in Italy. No one knew OF
n 10 trtt, hn tn Is
Of the Great Emperor. All Of them,
with the exception of Count Bertrand.
believed, as Valmond said, that the
child had died in infancy at st. Helena.
'Ah, dear Cure, think of the irony
Of 1t all!-that man be driven. by the
truth in his blood, to that strangest of
all impostures,-to impersonate him.
selfw L. 8. r.
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Solved the Problem.

From the New York Weekly.
Tired Housekeeper I'm Employment
agency)-"Oh. dear. I wonder II there'Il
ever be any solution to the servant girl
problem?'
Employment Agent-"Oh, yes, mum. My
wife solved II long ago"
Tired Housekeeper-"Well, we'll! How"
Employment Agent-"She got rid Of the
hull gang an did the work herself"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-03

There came to Pontiac one July might
a generation ago . young man who
was destined to make history for the
little village. He first appears on the
veranda-stoop Of the Hotel Louis
Quinze.
When you came to study him closely
come sense Of time and experience in his
look told you that he might be thirty-eight,
although his few gray hairs seemed but TO
emphasize a certain youthfulEess in him.
His eye was full, singularly clear almost
benign; at one moment 1t gave the impress
sion Of resolution, at another II suggested
the wayward abstraction of the dreamy
He was well-hgured, with o hand Of sim
gular wh.teness. suggesting In its breadth
more the man of action than of medita-
ton. But 1t was a contradiction, for as
you saw 1t rise and fall, you were struck
By Its dramatic delicacy; as II rested on
the railing of the veranda by its latent
power. You faced incongruity every
where. His dress was bizarre. his face al
most classical, the brow clear and strong
the profile good to the mouth, where there
showed a combination Of sensuousness
and adventure. Yet In the face there was
an elusive sadness. strangly out Of keep
ing with the long linen coat fr.lled shirt
'"'e""e' uouSers,
M pUo.s Q, enamened ieatner ana straw hat
WIN wh!'e men s'reamers. II was a
whimsical picture
This singular parsonage amuses him.
self for time by tossing hot pennies
into the street, for the children to
scramble for; and then, when Parpon,
a dwarf. by accident sings a song the
chorus Of which ends with the exclama-
fion "Vive le roi, la reine! Vive Ma
poleonv' ne suddenly draws himself I'D
with an involuntary gesture of pride
and soon makes the children this
speech.
1 .,,..
u.i-..a' NJ nc s sau. my. my name ian 70.
t. su" wen, ie' US 10
~ nae come .solh aLar
on, 70 oe one OF you, 70 stay WIN you TOT
~ Anows how ,UhsEnvw 'ohS
@ @e p'aceu nnser v neai.a,'vev on ms
ps' senus -sv.ol mys'ery i"lo ms iooN
'u Dearns' lou are rrehch, anu 50 an
lou are piayins on ,he snores OF ire,
Fno ~ aH !. 10" arc Desihihs 70 th,nk
~ unean' anu 30 am we are oh,y chIl-
oen un", we Oes'h 70 make our creams
our ms % xm one win you, ior only
Sogs,her vs u,ii sn,v ,hn ny .aaS 30 o..;on @
ana reap the grain: we win make n hannv
garden Of flowers, and violets shall bloom
everywhere out Of our dream,-eyery-
where. Nolets. my children. pluck the
Wild v'olets. and bring them to me. and
VII give you silver Tor them and will
Wse You Never forget, ne added with q
S'.Y e,"ns =, ,,s voice. ,s ina. you owe you first
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Gizm0ye's aromatic Wine

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Mothers, use it for your
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Meanwhile, the Century maintains
the even tenor Of tts ,thirty-five cent
way, printing excellent literature. and
also good cuts made to ft the articles.
and not written around. The August
number. we observe. cOntains q gener.
ous, proportion Of half tonsA but since
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-03
Ilr.-vaimond's identity oo,,,.d.

N1.-Va1mondPs Identify Guessed.
Thanks to the superior intuition Of
tee sex Y was q woman who first iden-
tined the mysterious but all-captiva&-
ing strangef. When and how are
charmingiy narrated below:
one eay vaimend sprang over fence,
teok from the hands Of coquetlsh Elise
nalDesr - 49, ~ ippiit ~ kaet which
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-03
A LOST NAPOLEON.
0ilbsrt parkcr's Best Novel.


Gilbert Parker. now a familiar name
10 the up-to-date reader OF DOCKS. was
lees than three years ago practicaly
unknown to the great majority OF pa
irons OF the libraries ana che oook
stalls. Canadian born. he set out, how
ever. to depict in fitting colors the
picturesque and many-sided life Of the
Euglish-and French colonists of Bri-
tish North America. and in ''Pisr,e and
His People" succeeded so we'll that the
effort made him famous. He Is yet
Young: he Is possessed Of the syunpa-
thetic interest and senN-co-operation Of
q continually widening circle of ad-
msrers. who recognize at once the possl-
bilHies OF his field and Of his pen: and
It is therefore natural that book COM
posed in the kindly light Of these newly
won advantages should be his best. II
did not need the ponderous verdict Of
the London Athenaeum to convince the
reader OF "whem Valmcnd Came to
Pontiac" (Which is delightfully."- put be-
tween boards by Stone 4 Kimball. Chi
cago) that in this artistic utilization Of
the tradition OF q lost Napoison. extra
nuptial offspring OF Bonapar,e at st.
Helcna. Mr.. Parker has done work that
projects out far and clear above any Of
its kind in the passing year.
IA Typical Canadian village.
In his very first chapter. our author
reveals with fine deftness Of touch his
s&iR in word-e,ching. The picture Is
That of the little villige of Pontiac.
type forever Of all the villages of the
queens dominion; and it stands forth.
clear and quaint:
On one corner stood the house OF Mon
s.eur Garon, the avocat: on another. the
shop Of the Little Chemist; on another, the
ONCE OF Medallion. the auctioneer; and on
the last. the Hotel Louis Quinze. The chief
characteristics Of Monsieur Garon's house
were its brass doorknobs and the verdant
luxur.ance Of the vines that climbed It's
sides; Of the Little Chemists shop, the per-
feet whiteness OF the building, the rolls Of
sober wall paper. and the bottles of col
ored water In the windows; Of Medallion's,
the stoop that surrounded three sides Of
tha building and the notices OF sales
tackled up. pasted up, on the front; of the
Hotel Louis Quinze, the deep dormer VIM
dows, the solid timbers and the veranda
that gave its front d.stinction-for this
veranda had been the pride of several gen.
erations Of landlords, and its heavy carv-
1ngs and bulky grace were worth even
more admiration than Pontiac gave to 1t.
The square which the two roads and the
four corners made was, on week days, the
rendezvous of Pontiac, and the whole
parish; on Sunday mornings the rendez-
vous was shifted to the large church on
the hillside, beside which was the house
IF he I,,l. lin
toward the south out of the silken haze
Of a midsummer day. you would come in
time to the hills of Maine; north, to the
city of Quebec and the river st. Lawrence;
east. to the ocean. and west, to the Great
Lakes and the land Of the English. Over
this bright province Britain raised her
flag. but only Medallion and few others
loved 1t for ITS own sake, or saluted 1t in
the English language.
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THE MAGAZINES.

Chips for August is chiefly notable
for half-dozen satiricaa paragraphs
by the Literary Cynic," Of which two
specimens are appended. and not bad
poem by George Lasher Taylor:
Now that dear Mrs. Frank Leslie IL safe
ly landed upon foreign shores, let US ell
unite in a prayer that she will remain
there.
Some mischievous small boys have re-
Gently annoyed the conductor of Har-
per's Magazine by filling the editors
drawer with chestnuts.
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n,. enS aoyeu ,ne oV"uu'tUr VI nu,
5rawsr ,,,th nhe,,n,,,s ''
A.,
"r' iaS'ors poem Is ehtitieo
REGENERATlON.
He 5ourneyed far-and late did say
Ihere !s no Joy In earthly things,
Fragile eacn TOY that passion brings
WV, 90 "aS ,",Io ~ neau. ne h"eit 10 pray
shaw n,. 49,, ,o .,an o." lay s,ay, .,
Past gnashinp teeth M at sash,ne WINS.
He heard n voice e,en stara oha,,
1t said: Awaken! Thou cans;t law
Each sense aside when seeing springs.
1t Is through being men are kings,
The soul alone may Joy survey"
He hearkened. Where but late, the day
Comes ,irht S,',,. va us way
things ''s" 'oi"'''o'
II n n
r,a
come, - 49,, 80" "u'auq
f,rst insto,rant -. 'on.n WIN ene
an excead,no,,, n,o p'oi"'ses u oe
A n whoa,o, 49, al s'ory py
dr,n na.,o -, D Nnowh 10 'ne
4. ont,t,oa ..r,. Go I'm SAe.
A n,,,.a ooe, @ a.o Ia ushters'
dosorin.,ou -. es.ss .sn al'eit succlhc.
r,,,r,aa - "a" oisn' scope anu
sxnns,,,o, @ .ol .".uHs ,'nn A.,ahta
StauSora 20 I..lp ~" ine L"uiVioua'
.hon a.a,o ns' ~ whicn .he au-
a .-, e uIr''''s' , Nd o'e ten
ho,,..haia S or.-a .ow"'u personal anu
.,o,a "I,r Sane, anu al ar.
shnu,,rr .ho .n...,. ~ .me nsnsn io"sue,
,,sh ,anna "o s'ow."s ,osue .! tne Eng
t,,ro, hn.,. s ae o'"ei "o'aoie iea-
n,horo - ~, ., anu instructive
-, t,,,ai,, ~ u.,,,, an .''es wuue o'versity
ons .ha ,,,u. s .n ,ne Ihau'auauah'
hna. VIC e"' """'oei 10 o"e VI 'he
~ -
u
Inc race Tor favor among the ten
cent magazines gains In interest and In
.ens''y' ~ is particularly interesting
between those wonders OF cheapness
comoined with undiminished quality,
McClure's and the Cosmopolitan, for
tnese TWO are bold rivals In a common
neid. 1t VIII probably be noticed by
regular readers or these magazines that
whiie the latter maintains diversity
OK well-conducted departments. cover
ing noteworthy novelties In the worlds
OF art, science and letters, the former
relies AMIDST wholly upon prominent
single features. With the exception Of
an Egyptian story by Sir Edwin Arnold,
chiefly notable because OF the reputa-
tion OF Its author. there is nothing at
all striking In the August Cosmopoll-
tan, although a wide variety Of good
contents makes 1t well worth Its trivial
cost. Turning to the current McClure's,
we see no departments wnatever; out
conspncuousiy dispiayea jungle story
py hipihg-which' by rhe way is IN
mis- pest vein-together win snort
stories py Anthony HOPE, Bert Harte
and Stanley Weyman. Prussian war
paper by Archibald Forbes ana a we'll
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-03
v.-Th. Bubble Prickcd.

N.-Th, Bubblc Pftckcd.
Need It be added that q man capable
of winning to his standard even a hos
tile veteran NJ tho OLD Guard soon had
on uon.a,o h., th, ha.,,s~hos son ,,,ar
Ill. LII. .'',,,.. ~ =. s.,S,s.,e" Wv .'e.
uii"s a. aims =" a"'i. 'pa'io''
Oh the ume Wnen' AT s'gnal IRON
France. this liftle army should set sail
and become the nucleus around which
should rally the armed battalions of the
restoration? Nor is II necessary to fol-
low in detail the bursting OF this ab-
surd huhb,a NJ r,,ng,od emh.,,nn q ,,d
,ra.. r,.s.,.,. .n.. - -. ..,o,. -
, 'oop' eI .", .uoN oos
lh.ahce VI the upris"s, saihhoi'u
hckie Following look 10 us neels, ana
only few faithful ones. at their front
being General Lagroin, remained to
meet them. Lagroin bravely refuses to
surrender. and falls at yalmond's side.
sbot tbro,pb tbe beam Vain,opd %
nor,, I,,, ,uo,,rd.a ona ,r t,s a,,,nn ~
"o .u ,..,I u nu.m,..,y ~ I nv
,neh's, III .ne 1sut'e cheni's's mousse
ne makes TINS confession:
The very first thing ] remember was
sitting on the SANDS OF the seashore. near
some woman. VINO put her arms around
me ana drew me TO her heart. l never
saw her again. l was brought up by my
parents. who were humble peasants, on
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1895-08-03
Stabbed to Death.
New Orleans. La. Rescue. ]

One of the most cowardly and dia-
bolical murders that ever disgraced
our city occurred on Filicity street,
this city, on Friday 18th inst.
A white thug named Mitchell, who
had previously murdered three men III
cold blood, met Mr.. Max Mullen, one
of the most peaceable and law-abiding
citizens of this community, and in
broad daylight, about 5 O'Clock, while
on his way home from his days labor,
plunged a knife into his heart, killing
him instantly without cause or provo
cation.
We are opposed to lynch law in every
form, except in IA case of this sort and
even now we would hesitate, but for
the fact, that this self-same murderer
seemed to have such a pull somewhere
that he has been permitted to walk our
streets freely, until he met Mr.. Mullen
on the street at time, when the fire
of hell was burning within him, when
i his heart was stepped in a flow OF NAL
| ice as black and damning as it was pos
sible to be; he like the coward he was
without warning, sent the good mar
into eternity.
We repeat that even in this case We
would be willing TO let the law take 1T
course, but when we see how tard,
the courts have been, how this yer,
murderer has committed murder afte
murder with impunity, and instead O
being in the penitentiary or on tn
lhangman's scaffold, he is lorded an
lcourted for his political pull, we ar
forced TO ask the people of of Few Or
leans how long will this much impose
upon community remain silent.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1895-08-03
JACKSON WARD BRBVITIES.


"RLACK BELT" july "a, '95.
Sunday was indeed dry, and only
now and then a thirsty traveller, div
ing in a bar-rOOm, or some good "sa-
maritan" vending homeward with
his groceries.
MIR Willie Williams who has been
quite sick for long time departed this
life Wednesday morning.
Miss Emma Kyles who has been
quite indisposed is out again.
The marriage of Miss Susie l.. john
son and Rev. George E. Morris was
solemnized i'm the presence OF a large
host of friends at the Ebenezer Bapt-
list Church, last TUESDAY morning at
10 O'Clock The happy couple left on
u o'clock train for Morristown, \ J
their future home. May their future
be bright and happy.
Bringing the prisoners--Mary Abern
athy. Pokey Barnes and Solomon Mar
able from Lunenburg County, 10 OuI
city for safe keeping. speaks well foI
Governor O'Ferrall. The public senti-
ment is in favor OF the women, and ev-
cry effort will be put forth co prove
| their innocence Very little or nc
sympathy expressed for Marable.
| The Y. NJ c.. A. will hold a mas
meeting at the Fifth Baptist Churcl
next Sunday morning. Rev. W. IL
Stokes will deliver a special sermon.
i The Ebenezer Baptist SUNDAY
School will give their annual picnic a
Mt Pleasant next Tuesday. A goo'
time guaranteed all who viii go.
The Moore Street Sunday School vii
give picnic on the Church ground
Monday. Come out and have a goo'
time. Admission, cents.
Cupid is Just chasing the boy
around. Wonder who will be next
May be the intelligent deacon
didn't catch.it the other night.
Il Wonder did that young married ie
low who we saw at the prayer-mee
ing the other night looking for som
one CD tell hisw wife before he left hon
that he was going TO a Society NEE
! ing?
There was nothing short about Il
= widower and that widow in their ever
ing dress last Sunday.
We would recommend that tn
eiChurch purchase at least a couple
cuspadores if they expect TO have tn
I able divine TO preach for them agai
What say ye MAGNo Duo.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1895-08-03
A Contribution Needed.
Richmond, Va, Star,-white.

The Star believes that the Negro wo-
men in the Pollard murder case were
convicted on public sentiment and not
on evidence. 1t believes the cOnvic-
ton of these women on the evidence
of the murderer and liar Marable to
be discreditable to the Commonwealth.
The Negroes of this city have raised a
fund to employ legal talent to try to
get these cases, before the appellate
court 1t would be creditable alike to
the humane and philanthropic senti-
ment and to that sense of high play
that has always characterized Virgin
ians for the white people of the city
and State to supplement this fund by
contribution.
This action will prove that there is
no feeling against the Negroes except
as criminals and that they, the white
people, are determined to uphold Their
rights before the law. Such action will
be a rebuke to those who are disposed
to use mob violence. Such action il
needed because contributions of thi
sort borne alone by the few prosperou
and liberal Negroes are a heavy drail
on them that they should not be allow
ed to bear alone. A gentleman Gale,
at our office yesterday and proposed {
head this contribution with SO. w
hope that there are ten more men i