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Examinations for Princeton.

Examinations for entrance to Princeton
University will be held in West Nottingham
Academy. Colora, June II and ID. For further
information address the Principal of the
Academy
JOHN G. CONNER, A. NJ.
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n delivery being extended the farmers Repu
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ELKToN, MARYLAND, MAY 19. 1900.

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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-27

Jsfferson's pet Institution, With notes des-i
cr;ptiye of the Buildings, etc. Not the
least interesting OF the pages are tnoss
devoted to historical facts In connectioh
with the literary societies. complete lists
of the orators. debaters, medallsts ana
final presidents The many and excellent
illustrations, including cuts OF every mem
Der Of the present faculty as well as the
officers, make the book extremely atuac-
tive. and the alumnus, who cares to nave
by him reminder Of his alma mater, VIII
find it all that he could desire in that
respect.
The introduction is by Dr.. Barrinser,
the chairman of the faculty. The book is
sent by mall for one dollar.
Address either Miss boswell or MIR. Pat
ton at the University Of Virginia.
The Magazines.
General Charles King, who as Carta!n
King is known as one OF the most popu-
lar novelists of the day, has achieved
a new success in the Complete Novel.
published in the June NEW LIPPINCOTT.
Pays Daughter; u Story OF Mania,
is second to none that he has written. The
heroine is the daughter of Billy Kay,
famous among Captain Kings past crea-
tons. Stephen Cranes crisp. distinctive
descrintion of THE Battle of Bunker
II3lI.' is q masterpiece. elizabeth Pat
terson" CAIadame Jerome Bonapartel, by
Virginia Tatpall Peacock, is anecdouc and
entertaining reading, and promises well
for the Forthcoming volume, entitled
"Pelles of America" of which this is
CHAPTER. a curious custom among Nor
mon ..old folks is an annual dance. OF
this we get a good idea IN Mrs. j. ~
Hudson's last Mormon story caheo Oile
of the Lords People I. Zangwll las
;r,,I f,,rjc
and there are also contributions IN verse
by Albert W. Barker, Alice Van Nliet,
John Ford. and Anna Aathewson. Inc
Swiss Passion Play by Christine Iernune
Herrick, closes an unusually ateracti'e
summer contents.
Ex-President Grover Cleveland opens
the June ATLANTIC with the first OF MS
recent princeton addresses on Inc lnde-
pendence OF the Executive. Mrs Wlssih
in Tnppennv Travels in London relates
amusingly the delights and beauties OF me
explora ton of London by BUS C. A.
C,onant writes of Recent Economic Ten
denotes The subject of Gerald Stanley
T 4ee.s Poetry Of a Machine Age is mot
..n1achine-poetry. but the poetical feel
ing which is evoked by the grand meciran-
zeal developrnents of the day. Mrs '-andace
wheeler contributes the first of short
series of articles. Content in Garden.
In which she describes with the tonch OF
an artist The succession CT the flowers
and tells now to beautify. summer nome.
Edwin Burritt Smith contributes Gear
and animated account of The Munlcioai
Voters League of Chicago. Proiessor
Eohraim Emerton laments the disappear
ance of the old-tme combination of Cen
tle1nen and Scholar.
w. ]. Siilman in his autobiography once
more crosses the ocean to paint and study
abroad. hrqon~ OTHER, brisht and rea7abie
stories and sketches are On the Night
Train. Mary Tracy Earle: The Citizen OF
the Republic. by F. ]. Turner; and IN
Alpine Posting Inn by Edith Wharton.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-27
the leading choral work.

\
Henry Edward KrehbeiI has osen APP
pointed TO membership in the international
jury OF awards on music at the Paris
Exposition.
In France society called The Soda
Cartorum'' has recently been formed
with the object OF reviving the ancient
forms OF church music, and for the study
OF the plain song, Gregorian chant and :
organ music.
A new Bach Society has been formed IN
Leipsic, and Americans are invited to JOIN
it. The original society was formed Id
1850, century after Bach's death, and one
OF its founders was Schumann. The OBJECT
of this society waste secure the ouoiica-
ton OF all the extant works OF Bach.
These were printed at the rate OF vol
une a year, and the work is now COM
plete, wherefore the old society has ceased
to exist The new Bach Society will en-
deavor to make the public acquainted with
the treasures embodied in the printed vol
unes for which purpose concerts are 10
be given at various places. Members pay
$3.50 a year, for which Breitkopt and Har-
tel will send them free, every year. two
volumes, one containing vocal, the other
instrumental, works of Bacn-
The List scholarship at the Royal Aca-
denny OF Music. London. is worth s1,f5o
The competition, which will be open to
candidates Of any nationality. will take
place in September
At Wieshaden active preparations are on
foot for the special performances, during
the summer, of Webey's ''oberon, with
completely revised libretto. written at the
lnstigation of the Emperor by Herr Joseph
Lauff. and with recitatives. modelled on
Weberan themes. by Herr Schlar. me
work is being sunptuously mounted. with
new scenery and costumes designed by the
well-known artist Herr Salanann.
The expenses of this magnificent specta-
Gle, amounting to over $4,000. will come
out of tue kaisers privy purse
MAJ is & musical month in London Ac-
cording to the Telegraph. sixteen concerts
are booked in ST. James Hall for Gle
month of May. while at Queens Hall the
entries are nineteen. The aggregate or
thirty-tive includes such features as MI
Rosenthars and Mr.. Dawson's cianoforte
recItaIs Richter concert the oerto:-
nance given under the name of London
Musical Festival Philharm onic concert,
and those identified with the name OF MI
weave. The Stefnwav Hall list for the
Same month shows twenty-five entries, 50
that. war or no war. depression or no
depression. one need not perish for lack
of music during this merry Maytime-
Nine. Gadski is enjoying a brief rest at
tha Isle of Man, before commencing the
London operate season with the Grau
Companv.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-27

TOwARDS PRETORIA A Record of the
War Between Briton and Boer TO the
Relief OF Kimberley. by Julian Ralph.
New York; Frederick "A. Stokes Com
91,any-
Sdr. Julian Ralph went to South Africa
a: the beginning Of the war as the repre-
sentative of the London Daily Mail.
Towards Pretoria Is the result OF mis-
experiences and observations, and is of
special Importance. as it is written from
the American point of view. However.
the Boer sympathiZers in America take
exception at some of Mr. Rafph's state
iHnentS. and declare that since his employ
sInent by London newspaper he has
become entirely AnglIczed, and views
things. and especially South African
faifairs, from the standpoint of a loyal
SBriton. BE this as 1t may, Mr. Ralph
7s1as certainly succeeded IN writing most
stnteresting book. and one which seems
TO give a faithful and accurate account
bf conditions as they now exist.
II is true that he does not waste many
Expressions of sympathy the Beers.
but there are many citizens of this
E-epubi.c Of America who are ardent par
f1isans OF Great Britain. Julian Ralph
tsErites: THE effor: to compare them
&d:be Beers with the founders of the
fsCNorsh American Republic is to belittle
5fne intelligence Of every American who
aalas informed himself upon the Beers
sSllSloTy- Inc petty, Squalid record OF
s-the Boer leaders no more matches the
.5aaeroic course Of the American patriots
than the life of Stephen j ohm Paul Kruger
RDarallels that OF George Washington.
s1ndeed. whoever would spare himself all
tagreater trouble, ana sti!l ~sach the same
5sresllt, can simply contrast the portraits
==S,of the two Fathers Of their Countries.
s5and feel secure in what conclusion he
-5k1nay draw from this comparison He
Stcharacterizes the Beers as soldiers by
.@instinct, siayers by training, and farmers
ss<or cattle-raisers for a livelihood
lie is very happy in his description of
tsSouth Africa, which. he says. Clocks as
ssaf it were the dust-bin of creation"
: The book is divided into three parts
s first. Historical Foreword,' which is a
gconcise, dignif1ed sketch of the early his
Jsfory of the Dutch in South Africa, and the
s.causes and conditions which led up to
ssthe declaration of war; second, Towards
fSsI'retor1a. the war as it appeared 10 a
S.1lewspaper-man- the account closing with
,sthe relief Of Kimberley; third, brief
s summary of subsequent events to the
S{raising of the British flag AT Bloemfon-
Stein. and numerous appendices contain
585ng interesting statistics, copies of State
sdocuments, &c. &c.
One of the most interesting chapters is
Chat describing the battle of Maghers-
fontein. with its fearful disaster TO the
tHghland Brigade. Mr.. Ralph does not
undertake to discuss the question as TO
gwho was responsible for this fearful
catastrophe.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-27

The total expenses of the season of the
Chicago Orchestra, Theodore Thomas
conductor, were $4,000 and the receipts
s106. OGo-leaving deficit OF $1,000, which
the guarantors will pay.
Cincinnati's music festival appears to
nave been. as usual, an artistic and hnan-
cial success, a tribute to Theodore Thomas
good taste in programme making and skill
In handling chorus. as well as an orches-
ira The leading so!oists were: Mines
Semhrlch and Schumann-He!nk, NM.
Ben Davis and Bispaam. and the chorus
was highly praised.
Louisville, KY, has just enjoyed
musical festival of three days duration.
beginning May 1ith. It was held in the
Auditorium. Nine. Sembrich. Nine. Isa-
belle Bouton. Miss Sara Anderson, Mr..
Ben Davies, Evan Williams and Gwilym
Miles being the solosts. Emil Mollenhaler
directed the Boston Festival Orchestra of
fifty pieces and a local chorus OF go
voices.
Memberships Hymn of Praise" was
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-27

Those who read Towards Pretoria
tHili eagerly await another volume, since
Sit is the authors purpos6 to continue the
story CT the war between Brlton and Boer.
sJNIJgAyF5SIID BREAD. BY Robert
Grant author of 1.-THE Bachelors Christ
mas etc New York: Charles Serb
to1er's Sons. For sale by the Bell Book
and Stationery Company, Richmond.
Bound in cloth; i mo-, 4al pages. Price,
sl.5o.
Unleavened Bread is q book which NIL
provoke much criticism me Boston
transcript classes ii as "a severe satire on
sTbe social and intellectual attempts of
aarnerican women. on women's CLUBS, on
sthe doctrine that the American thing in
ssife in ideas IN material development,
IN social arrangements and moral progress
4ss essentially different from ana better
than the Old World thing.
II is The history of the successful lie
4Sor a selfish woman, one WAo, from lie
first. was thoroughly wrapped up IN he'
.,w,, ideas. and VINO could never anpre-
,ciat,. that title and education gave
,,,arsor mower which could be obtained
in mo other way, yet who throuSh
},,r,nhar ,,F successful marriages and by the
grace OF an nypr0cisy i.f1t deceived even
herself. rose from the opsc0s2'S Oh a
country scAooI-teacher TO be the VIE OF
e United States senator,
Judge Grant uses plain words. ana does
y,,o- f,1sitytn Il, call a spade q spade. The
n,eroinf Selma White, is supposed 10 be
IN t,-,s of American woInannooa. nut we
do MOI believe that she is falr represent
sative of any class of American "oil' I'll
hood There doubtless are lf'iinld :" iii'eS
as there are occasional Becky 9tiait's,
but il would be sad thought 10 tiii'lh
mat thew are sufficiently numerous 10
at no
Woman
If Judge Grants story is a true story
of American life. then American women
must hang tslefr f,eaiis in shame.
Again. ike Vanity Fair" 1t has no
hero, as the heroine rises on Stepping
stones 10 herd cad husbands TO hlsher
so,i1t ,i,sitsol. With a face like mat
az IN arcl,anre,.', prating of "woman's
l,lty fn ,r,erself.' fun OF envy, malice,
devoid of good impulses lacking even IN
maternal affection, can tins be type
of any class of womanhood in America
1t Is u very strong story, written With
dramatic power anu fnll Of fisos.
UNIVERSITY OF. VIRGINIA; GLtsTPs-
ES or ITS FAST AND PRESENT.
BY John s. Potion and Sall;e j. Dos
wei. j. p. Bell. Company publishers
AL who are interested IN the university
must be pleased with this little Nolane.
The 4,aper on which the book IS printed
Is u high grade of enamel stock. and tax IS
Che many excellent ililistra tions in style
which all lovers OF good book-maksng viii
approve. Tbs binding Is especially 10 De
commended for its good taste and beauty
II 80 in light gray cloth, and carries, in
orange and blue, toe emblem Of the Gal-
verstty. while she title line appears III
gold 5nss above the deeign. The text is an
tnteresiins account OF the founding OF
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-27

Among the essays and reviews are Avian
f. Sanborn's A Letter from France: Dante.
Message, by c. A. pinsmore, serious and
high-minded study of the meaning and
value of Dang poems; Hutchins Hap
goods Realism on the Ghetto Stage, and
the notice of the late Bernard Quaritch
by Dean Sage.
The opening article in MCLURE'S
MAGAZINE for June is a story OF the Chi
nese-Japanese war, written in English by
Adaelie Kinnosuke, a japanese. ]. Lincoln
Stffens, of the New York Commercial Ad-
vertiser, tells the story of some of the
more important conflicts that have arisen
during his term of office between Cover
nor Roosevelt and the organization poll
uciarS.
William j. Hampton writes of the Care
Nome gold fields, giving much practical
information as TO how TO reach them,
how they ara worked. what they produced
last season. all about them in fact.
r Edmund Garrett, a personal friend Of
President Kruger, contributes character
sketch of that celebrity.
Scientists, especially will be interested
in Mr.. o. Chanute's account of his own
inventions and adventures in the matter
of flying machines.
Rev c.. T. Brady tells the story of Cap
tain Samuel Chester Reeds historic fight
In the General Armstrong against a
whole fleet of British.
The sixth install-,ent of DR.. Watson's
Life of the Master and number of ex-
cellent short stories complete the num-
Der.
In THE, COSMOPOLITAN for June c.
Theodore Murray most happily contrasts
the present day circus with the circus Of
q genera ton ago. and tells some inter-
esting facts about the management and
daily life of those who travel with the
Big Show
Marguerite de Foutenoy writes of Beau
ties of Blood Royai'' and the illustra atoms
are indeed beautiful. Under the heading
THE Modern Chariot" john Gin er Speed
traces the development Of the automobile
and this article is illustrated from photo
graphs taken at the Newport Automobile
Flower Parade. Camille Flanomarion traces
the progress in optical instruments and
describes the great telescope of the Paris
Exposition Senator Thurston. of Nebras-
ka describes the workings of a national
convention, under the title, How presi-
dents are Nomina tee" William T. Stead.
editor of the Review of Reviews" an
Swers the question What Kind Of a
Sovereign is Queen Victorian and Stephen
Crane describes the Great Boer Trek. .
The first installment of serial story
by Francis Willing Wharton: short stor-
les by Frank Stockton. Frank H. Spear
man and Warren B. Hutchinson, and
short poems by Edwin s. Potter and How
ard Chandler Robbins, complete the
table Of contents.
Among the recent gifts to the st. Louis
Museum of Fine Arts are the Head or
Christ, by Naudin, the gift of Mr. John g,
.yfSt SfvsrY1 Srf n
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-27

Among the recent gifts to the st. Louis
Museum Of Fine Arts are the Head OF
Christ. by NauGlin, the gift of Mr.. John
Scui'tn. and THE Tower OF Strength.
by Kuehl the gift of ar. Adolphus Busch.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-27

Those who read Towards Pretoria"
twill eagerly await another volume, since
Sit is the authors purpos6 to continue the
story CT the war between Briton and Boer.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-27

TowAIDs PRETORIA A Record of the
* War Between Briton and Boer TO the
~ Relief OF Kimberley. BY Julian Ralph.
New York; Frederick "A. Stokes Com
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-27

On Wednesday afternoon, at the meeting
of the Milton C. Work Whist Club, at
the residence of Mrs. Bryan. No. 3l6 West
Franklin Street. Mrs. Bland Smith and
Miss Helen Montague won the highest
points north and south, and Misses Mat
tie Harris and Florence Tyler. east and
The true northerner., 1900-03-15
The Land of the Guitar.

In Portugal men play upon the gui-
tar as naturally as Yankees whistle.
The peasants are universally given TO
the instrument, chiefly as an accom-
paniment to the voice. In towns and
villages the artisans are often expert
guitar players and walk In groups to
and from their work, enlivening the
journey with music and song. The
carpenter who comes TO your house to
execute a small job brings his guitar
with his tools. and the blacksmith is a
far better performer on the guitar than
the anvil
When the Portuguese day laborer or
workman has finished his long days
toll, he does not HE him TO wineshop
to squander the few cents he has earn
ed; he does not even lean against a
post and smoke or whittle a stick
while swapping yarns with his fellows.
If he did not bring his guitar with him,
he goes straight home and gets IL, rests
and comforts himself with the music
while supper is being prepared. After
ward he spends the evening singing
doggerel songs TO strumping accom-
paniment, tilted back in a chair against
his own house or on the doorstep of a
neighbor.-Philadelph Record.
The true northerner., 1900-03-15
His Paraphrase.

"You often see the phrase Memphis,
the Queen of the Valley. God bless
her," remarked a newspaper man the
other day. THE birth of that express
sion was the wherefore of one Of the
wittiest things Ned Carmack ever said.
"It was in the lifetime OF The Appeal
Avalanche and while Mr.. Carmack was
editor of The Commercial There was
a municipal election of minor impor-
tance on hand. and the editor of The
Avalanche was just happy enough to
do n two column editorial of gush con-
cerning the life and death issues Of the
election under the sentimental headline
Memphis. the Queen of the Valley,
God Bless Herr
'Mr. Carmack came out in the morn
ing paper with no other comment on
the all important subject under consid-
Grafton than this epigram. which COM
pletely covered the case and made the
phrase immortal. Blank. the fool Of
the Valley. God help himP memphis
Scimitar.
The true northerner., 1900-03-15
Chinese Leather.

The process by which the Chinese
leather acquires its peculiar character
istics is described as follows:
The skins are put into tubs contain
ing water. saltpeter and salt and after
80 days are taken out, the hair is shay
ed off and the skins well washed in
spring water. Each hide is then cut up
into three pieces and well steamed,
which is done by passing them several
times backward and forward over a
steaming oven. Further, each piece is
stretched out separately over a fiat
board and secured with nails, so as to
dry gradually and thoroughly in the
sun. The smoke Of the oven makes
the leather black. and If ii is desired
to have il Of yellow appearance it is
rubbed over with water in which the
fruit Of the so called wongchee tree has
been soaked.
OF the offal glue is made by heating
1t in pans for II hours over n slow fire,
and the glue so obtained is poured into
rough earthen vessels, where 1T re-
mains three days in order to coagulate.
The solid mass is cut into pieces with
sharp knives and carefully laid upon
gratinglike trays to dry, the time taken
in drying varying from 3 days, with a
northwest wind, to 80 or 40 days with
a southwest.-Boston Transcript.
The true northerner., 1900-03-15
ITO BE CONTINUED
Women In the Peerage.

1t is commonly believed that peer
ages cannot be inherited by women,
but that this is not necessarily the case
is shown by the recent succession of
the new Lady Berkeley to her mother,
the late baroness lin her own right,
who had previously succeeded her un-
Gle. The fact is that all the old Scotch
peerages and many of the old English
ones are inheritable by a daughter
when there are no sons in preference
to more distant male heirs. The daugh-
ter of the late Duke of Buckingham,
for instance, inherited his ancient bar
ony and is Lady Kinbloss in her own
right, while the more modern titles of
Earl Temple and viscount Gotham
went elsewhere. Similarly the earldom
of Moray and barony of Gray were up
to recently united, but on the death of
the last holder they were separated,
the barony going TO a lady, who Is now
Baroness Gray In her own right.
The true northerner., 1900-03-15

war with raw recruits I'm the begin
ming Is apt TO lead TO many amusing
experiences" said the old army officer
who saw service In Cuba. Now, you
couldn't ask for better soldiers than we
had IN Cuba. but large number OF
them were new 10 the business and had
much 10 learn. and. much TO their cred
IL. 1t can be said that they soon learned
IT,
IL had occasion TO leave our lines one
night soon after we arrived In Cuba,
and upon my return II suddenly struck
me that had forgotten the counter
sign. puzzled over IL for some time,
but for the life of me couldn't recall
the word that had been given out.
While | was thinking II over l heard
the command:
Halt. Who comes therer
Friend | answered. thinking that
the countersign would come 10 me in a
moment.
Advance. friend. and give the coun-
tersign.' said the sentry.
''As the countersign had slipped from
me completely | walked up TO him and
said sharply:
"'Call the corporal of the guard!
"'Gosh.' answered the sentry, L
knew 1t was something like that, but
I'm derned If | hadn't forgotten it!
Mosey onr
II 'mosied.' but | took the trouble to
look up the corporal of the guard and
have him give the sentry further in
structions regarding the duties of a
sentry."-Detroit Free Press.