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THE CBITICS CORNER. TTIiSAM'CiiiT REOARIHX} ITXlT BBB ASD HOOKS. Vlr?lala Medical Mont!ily-The Jul? "Cot tn >polltau"-,,frltlcl?mf on Content porary 1 li,.unlit and Thinkers." TUP. VIRGINIA MEDICAL HOJTTHlaT; July. Landon II Edwards, M. D., WI areal 'iran- street, Richmond, Va., Bo> itor and Proprietor. |3 per annum. For sale by Weet, Johni lon I ' '"? The contributors to the July number of the "Virginia Medical Monthly," repre? sent, ns usual, widely ssparated of Ute country, north, south, and as L The gentlemen who rf'-ni orlglnnl i"in munlcatiotis are Pr. John B. Ali" <>'"", of Marion, Va.; brs. Thoa J. Kelly, Jr., and J. C. McGuire, of WMhlngton, D. C- Dr N l>. Holes, ,,f Meridian, Hiss., !>r SVnlt.r P. Chappell, M. R. <? ?< (Eng.), of New v,,rk: lu. Lawrence (Turn? bull, "f Philadelphia; Ur. A. J. tiara, ol Lynchburg; Hrs. a. K. Bon 1, and b.u L'rne la. i iiitrhii, ld, ,-f Baltimore, vt. Ben Broadna*, of Broadnax, Ls.; ano lir. J. M. Musters, ol Knoxville, fenn. Pr. Hollins, of Pocahontas, \ a ? i ":' tributea the one clinical report whien ine Julv issue contains, and iii the uepari nu'fit devoted to correspondence i s let? ter over ii"' signature "M. D, ,;nI,ll1? nubject "Proprletarj Medicines and now Par i 'un 'Hies Be H.< oi:nlz. d." Seven pages ;ir>- devoted t" proceedinga of iocietlei, hoards, etc, tort to hoon aotices, four to edit,dials, and two IO obituary record (of Dr. Wm. Middleton Michel, Dr. Wm. T. Briggs, and Dr. wm. ,;. Austin.) , , _, The papers contributed to the depart? ment d.s-ot.'d thi original communica? tion! ar,- ably and clearly written, and ,1,-al ssitii BUbJe. ts ol special Inti re I to ru, robers ol the medical prof* sslon. Kari, : th< ?'? Il ' ?'?:"' observa? tion or experience In ti"- prai th e ol i n: si liins ssh., are ambitious ai l earnest in ti,, ir pn fenelon, and who wish to j.I,i<-. the ri ill of their expt i the medical frail rnlty In g< m i il, hoping that it mar aid ? ? In the satlsfactorj treatment of disease nnd lae alleviation of pain. THE PRISONER OF ZENDA. By An? thony ll";"-, li' ni ? H"1' * ''" ? New s orlt . by u est, Johnston A Co. it is not often, cays the "Alhenaeum," that such s delightful lovel falls Into the re\|, ar, pi 1 andi as thia fantastically amusing tale ?y At il ny M. pe, of n thi,-.- months' adv, ntun I iken "i'? ll la dill.mit to put it di "ii before thi end. f,.r it ls told with all that swish "f unlnt. rrupted motion i hi. ii n< ? ounts for nearly all the sui ct ss ol thi | i story-tellers, like Bcotl ind Pumas. Th. idea of the story, * hh h hangi on th-- close resemblance between the Km of a Central European state and an -, tourist, i- ii,., novel; bul the turn which k siren lo Ihe Btory, '.is lum,o'ous pr, -? tit - ... and Ihe iii.ir,,, t.i ,-i the Incidents, are auilicienl t-. vlndi atc the authoi ? lity Not thi lc. i h. ?"? ' for gratitude In thia hook ill- i -ii ipll Hy of th, characters; tl, hero is an honest, albeit slightly ' : :.i al, stamp, \i ho j erfoi ms ; i if vaioi and behat es like a g. ntleman t" h.. much tried heroine; the villlan is one ol th,- black, al dye; the ladli s think i ..i ? of love, and and the stolidly faithful Colonel Bapl contrasts excellent!} ssnh ihe tricky and impudent ruffian, Rupert Hentzan. In a word ;i la a ? loy t" all true lovel ol U imai. ., race thal atlll thrive of many adverse clrcumi tam THE COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE: ? : ii Weat, Jo Three short si i Hag one ol apt .t and adventure, tv.-, tra I ai and other Ji,-ht mattel make up one Inn,died and twenty-eight psgea ol plea Bant summei r. idlng, WAS THE APOSTLE PETER i;\ BR VT ROME? By the Rei D. i?., ii ..'it an i Eati n, Nea i'ork IL Fi i, Jonnston l>r. John Hall contributes the Inti Hon t" thia volume, ai i we .-? ? sith Mm that the ??????]?. i. both i . Roman Catho) I- an li' testunts, I atv Imp .ri in ' with di md >r. Ats an ? rh ,ns. |. mari lo, , ? , sn arid.- the Roman As. umptlo i . unworthy of - xnm Inath ti, but ..ii ? ntrarj ? r-^|. ? rfu! n ,,,; His . that the ..nlv tsvo ?. . ulam, til, ? ' ? tiny, fi, rm i : . ! i nothing whatt-ver : potei r.resa ire li while, in the .. nturj f .Bowing, Polycarp, Pan...la... I . |jr, ah,| ,i, | j I ol evidence that ted ll New I .;,. , , Th . i lemenun . are n< tiona, [na toe ian i stan - m.-nts ,i , i..,t I eai . > iminatlon, while J ' I' "hnr Improbal Ililli s In I i Ile heavily again*l ti, aasumptl m. It. ' ? wi rk i d.. . I ''is. and In a too . i which commands conti lent ?-. Jl DA ISM AT THE WORLD'S PARLIA? MENT OF RELIGION: By Robert 1 jsrka ftC Clm nani. For sale by West, Johnston a Co. No religious denomination entered nure earnestly into tba plan of a Worlds Pu? ll i'm-nt than th- Jewish. The present vol,mi,, of over four han? dr d i i.-.-- ls a . ompilatlon ol the p u rs Trad Bt that meetlag bj their most hni li..iit icholara ar. i abb I i The papers sr, able and scbolarly, and almost totallj free from thal spirit of Intolerance and narrowness which often marka discussions of a theological c-liur b ti r. Theology, .-thi. s. history. Suite and so? ciety, organised forces In their relation to th,- Jewish nation, are taken nj, in auc ceaalon, and then are considered s,.me . r the more general contributions of Juda? ism lo the ss,,ri.;, a prominent place is aaalgned to the emphatic dental by a prominent Catholic archbishop, ,,r tl.,?'.',? lief current among the Ignorant m..'s,.-; Of thc Past, that the Jews USC for imr t.oses ,,f religious rites, thc blood of Christian children. Taken altogether, the pxpiTi pi Judaism past and present, in a sew and taetructlvi light. Ll I KU A RT URBYiElEB, Short Notes Bealing Upon the World of Letters. Mrs. Plalrmonte, who has recently be? come a person of note bathe literary world lintier her pen name, Georg" Eger? ton, lives in the country, probably not far from London, though as yet sh" has succeeded in keeping the place of ber ree id. n. i secret, owing, it ls sat'l. to her sb horrence of "lion hunters." She is fond Of fishing and out-door sports, is at home in five or six languages, and has trav? eled a areal deal, but, afu-r England, prefera Norway to all other countries. Her husband is an enthusiastic lover ol angling, and Mrs. Ctolrmonte has been wdth him several liases to Norway on fishing tours, sh" is "a little slip of a woman," reminding one of ber own heroines A correspondent <>( the Boston Trsscript, who visited the novelist at bar hom", thus describes ber: Sh.- is a woman between thirty ami thir? ty-four, i should think, from h.-r appear? ance, wit* a Blender, not particularly well-developed figure, graceful, pretty hands, and a delightful way of using them when sh" talks, she ls not pretty, hut her face is wonderfully mobile and sym? pathetic, being bo changeful In express? ion that lt teems always as though un? wonted Ughta and shadows played nt fully over lt. She has pretty, soft hair, not thiek, and though her -yes aro not lar^'e and sh" is ho near-slgted that sh" is never without glasses, they are ea tremely fascinating. Bbs seems a woman who would draw strangers to confide in her, and it ls evident from her mininer iiiai st," finds no one dull or depressing, hut takes the keenest interest in humani? ty at large Bhe has a wonderfully Bweet, sympathetic voice, and though Bhe dress? es simply, her gowns and hats her very - i and boots s.-em to mean some? thing more than those of ordinary wo ? ? ? ? Th- Comtesse dc Montebello, wife of the French Ambassador at st. peters? burg, has sent to Mme. Carnot aa the representative "f French women a i"""k containing portraits in water colon ol twenty-l mr groups of Russian women, 5,000 autograph signatures, end a ,lraft tor lAOOOf. to found a scholarship In a lr-, i.. h college for girls. The volume ls sumptuously bound, and its corners of gold ar.- ornamented with rare gems, New Y"rk Times. ? ? ? Til" Publli hers' ''rc ular rep..its the i de .it nu m..n, ai Berlin, on M i a holograph letti r from Raphal i to .Kilian.. Leno, the Tn asurei of St I dated January 16, i ?l ?, never yel printed, and, li deed, pn ilously unknoa ? companied by a legal -l rumen! referring lt feb lied 3.500 marks i^T.'.i. The only known n Ile of tie me r< elpts for mom > s paid tn lum, and a few lines cn tl of his sk. i. I,, preaervi l In the Mus.nm at I ? ? ? Miss E telle Hatch Merrill hos assumed ment of the new magazine called rh" New En [land Kitchen, lt is published directly in ti.- Inti n-i of the ll old i: nomic Asi oclatlon, al? though financially, it ls totally distinct from that or any other organization. ? ? ? Mi: -. 11-I. ri M. Wintlow, v. I poems of New England ar,- amoi best of their kind, is winning gri .? as a reader of hei own productions. Bhe ; as a readei bul a quaint way ol giving tins,, bits ol cation that la very tell ? seek he h read H ll nnd in Medfield. ?_laa Winslow has on, which will in ? dly be ful as waa ">' lome Shepard, Iteformi r." . . ? Some lists ..r l popular In ? ted, from which ii appears thal Charl. IH ken ' ? ? ? it bi Imore is a i Iht ini" name of lin- novel? ia! wi, ' tl r ol "A ' I Music," Georgina Dunn, the wife ol lui is-t, r, i 'olni'ir.' I lunn, who llvi She ls desi ribed as to mukle ..', | Ul r ,: rr ih" > treal o t a Kr bleat, When men t u. h i u li other * touch "i i; -I, .m.i love ? i ii other a [God and serve each oth the sacrilit I ti h- .tit .,f God, then the rat ?? i I mt f imiiy, i love ol i ,'. Herron. .'Inin-ir s ir's Whit" Elephsi t. Al the recenl mei ting of the Manchesl r tits ..un ii su- J, Harw.I, deputy chair- I \ "i the snip ran.d boai I, p | i Ak wai I financial fi ts, He said t that by th, en I of,next yea bly earlier, there would i?- nothing l< fl ol i itlon I-, in to t!i?' mil, ai I thal they might ? \p,. i a di I k-ncy of f,'-. in Dec ml., r, 1896. ll- said that uni) - ? action "f a vei > drai w.-r-- taki I. Un- corp ?ratl -ri woul i In iv- i have to lind mon. i for the interest on .1"- . bentures. This ?,. - .-nts for "v-ry p. There I I" -ti no itlsfa iplan itlon, he said Increase of the ? ttim ites i between January and September WW an t of ji..;i ..,,,) Th. i had tx for cei tain works, which w.-r,- taken al a lump " for ? luipmi nt for In \ sun e, Instead of !.. lng $175,000 Bn ubi ? have been 12,36,360 \ .. | u WOrks e near Runcorn which was Interfered with t ? cost of whit a was estimated at : ,i ? ?)..,,..?.. The Parting! ? coaling tips and . i nnecting bran hi a to a railways were to eosl f.......... Tins had already cost 1180.000 arvl it was estlmat. i I tl. .1 ir would take another I ?? ? om. I pete the scheme. The Ar- M lows t inversion at Warrington w ia - itlmated it , 112.500 bul lt had cost 160.000 and would i, absorb another 150,000. ,\s to estuary ' ?> dredging, 1150.000 was Included in the est I- t mate, bul already 1380,000 bad been spent ' v ii d more would have to be sp. Ilf. ??h,.n I * lhere tlom under various b :,r pa lila men! m..r.- Important than any? thing yet m nt li ned. the real meaning or which hs I inly just been brought to light ind Involved a star,- .,f things m lout to the prospects ,.f tbe undi , I riie fulfillment of these obligations would ur.-iv drain the resources even of th Manchester corporation. Inn* r.-nt n fr> g Iredellt*. Jay Oreen (back for .. eity>__ have j h ny doubts ai...ut theta , itv d I .Mrs. i;r .-ii How BO, Ja) T f< .lav Why. thea s.-.y thal they r.in un- ! h. lerstanri each other, but darned if l be- ti ie\e it. Life. ti FOOD FOR REFLECTION. gah i: nan from iib bm na iota ASnOBSKRAI. PBBMA Words of Wisdom on Religious and Moral hnl.jTt. Which Are Worthy of At. t, nt hm From thaThoaghtful. "A Lamp to Hit Feet." A Lamp to Thy fect-not a splendor Lighting the nilli afar; Not radi.in-, sol.'tun and tender of moonlight or glimm, i of star; All around mas- w shrouded in shadow And dimness and mist ,?f the Bight, Hut be lt o'er mountain or meadow, BEFORE US the path shall be I Not light with th,- glow of the morning Flooded with flunahlne iweet, Not e'en the faint gleams of the dawning But only a Lamp to the feel '? --.Siller 1'ross. run he nus of sins Created By God They t.un Only lie Killed by Hun. Men's hearts uro the sam" non the days ol King Solomon. Their designs, pursuits, and complaints are parallel. They sci up for themselves and worship false gods money, fame, genius, world Iv prosperity. And these ere cxi.tea to bring peace and happiness; bul alas! like the great kim; they Bnd them tobi only vanity and vexation of spirit. I his is th,- wrong was ,,f seeking Mere earthlj nain li painful in Its con vs,, bj no means: lind thal the mora things se., know, the more things we have, Increases our happiness. The sim? ple i.-ison ts that all mk Ii Seeking has h. abode In the understanding, while true knowledge and true wisdom has its place in tie- heart, in a word happ n.-ss is a .state In which sse are all ly concern! 1 to attain: bul wealth and knowledge 11 we only to a few. is its seat In the ' i art, but wealth and knowledge are ? fy our affections; therefore aealth owledge cannot be supp constitute the proper happii i ? ol man, ss Kl'..mt Wi ? ". <?? made in sam.' Bays Ruskin In regard to this theme: "lt must be felt at "i"" that the to? ot knowledge merelj a i... . not make the soul lan - i or thai In the sigh! ol Ood aH the edge mau can gain i ti .,i t1... -".ai for which iii-- gre il ,,f redemption was laid, be it if i ,,r be it ssis,-, is all In all; ind In .n activity, strength, health, an of thia il the main dlffi n . ? ' '.,,.? man and ai ind I at which is all in ill In God ? est I rn it.- Iii also all In all In ma i bor; and to have the heart open and the ar, arid th.- emotions and th warra and quick, and not th,- knowing .,f Hus or ti.ther tad state neede I foi all mighty doing In tak. no i : ? I. Kn..s\ 1.-^ ,-. WY may iii a ceri be proud of being Immortal; ?.- may be proud "i being God's children; sse may - thinking, seeii ..f ah that we ai?' by no In.man t, i but not of what .s ? I. .? b by rote With respect to knowledge we are to ind ict exactly as with i to food. We i ?'? to know than we ii ??? to eat. We live to , lore; and sw maj kn that i- to be known in this world and . tan know s in t.r,. ,,i ftei, bel nu able to do anj ? ? sim; le, not artificial and -.-? ondlj. boa much of ii ssiii enable us i "ni work, u i li i..I hearts ? .ir.' The i.- ht .-. aj.' | ("in is not bj la. lng ii|, for ourselv, a reasurea upon th ?erpi lually for greater . Intel ? ? t. or talent, bul by openln* our hearts o the '? if divine lo tim waa made for God can led h itb the thi ni mist be allowed to entei an I take up its abode there I hen I love ve may attain iii.- i .-ii.-, t wi : ..ii whit li s far i ? ttei than ill ? u thlj kn i ?r .ns bent ? foi iii hese ia away, bul the ... ? ? lan Wuik. iiu.ii 111 is ni LIOIOS, rbi .Vue Wenry ot M,..n,? un.I Spero.-. !l?na. What the a vrlter, is reality. U is iii . p culall 'nu. lt demands tlrm ts bell tl,,,-. Jillet! appeal to tie ithei than lo ? '.'-ii mental s, I n. ?. ., .Hum, must be pla, ed on a m ? l< n '? th kn '. u lng inti r< st In I md in expi Min. ni i which la i"u for a rational psychology, Faith rest on ,ii hl I, appeals t.> the . ban to that nhl, h la ld al an I , t ss.- follow tba drift of the tin. '- ?? r I., be ni atheist, an i naterlali t or a pot Itlvl | than ., theist r a believer in a living, p.-r ional Hod. ?or th.- exlsti net of the kittel n . no scientific basis. From those who are devoted to scientific i for a .s.|. ntltic proof ' the bi lng i r , lad bi not un na I ural and 11 lt la bard to understand why th. re hould be l? bb hesitancy in re ogtilzlng tl ? ? ol the emotions than of : - llect, lest re idinesa to a lu.it ti, ?-ir-.- wm h cornea through faith and .irks by love than that which reals on irationa win, h appeal only to the I ?', M un studies have ,. rom tin- eh ira t- rlstlc of | un in "tli.-r studies mar,- than p i ? been compeil, j xamlne tin- grounds of our faith, lt is o Blight thing to know that th, .'or h it .my disadvantage thal ? r ..i l de, i are al present moi toeing i to tnt genutnt i ? .Mi th in w,,td i, that the a. ?? can i i..r<- for sshat Wt BIS thin for ss-. roft aa t.> be, Why should it h.- t .. ible if .ni age which set ki tal I ty in all its studies and experiments ti".dd ask the Church t.> pr.is.- its right , ie by being what it i lalmi to be? lt is ...t a ,r>,-i in agreement with th, f the MaetiT which bsa power ss nh th tultltude. bot ti,.- lives of the men and ' iii omen who accept thal creed, lt is not a ai ' i sympathy vs iti. Christ thal ten to th- "los:, i, but the exhibit is spirit In evi i slay ? onduct. Proteatantlsm bas always i.e.-n willing ' , be tested by ti..- lives of those ssh'', ' of ave received it* principles, lt has so \ ensures of merit from which to dr.iv. tn iii mes of emergency, no body of eccleslas- <i? of ': I IO di i ' lino theS"' fr . imp,. . lng rltoal t'? charm the senses an i conscience. lt demands no more from men than lt In willing to give them. It j?k I i no r- sp.. i or confidence * (iii b ll Justify, lr tl,.- Kr ? Churchi s hsve tried to h.- rn t whs 'o I-- thal so milch, have hr..ililli BU. il uutiiltllb- | I I I Irir?. fl,.- wi ld. It l-l t they ar.- io f iii . f p.: ana wh xlously seeking t', know hos I best lii"'-t tr. ty that they submit to tlo lr -!? , |.mi,? to bon* mi.:-- r- ognltlon. Not in ? to the yalu meats "f belief, tri" Chur. ?-. ; ? ? ?' ..ti them to win men for Chris! lt t conaecrati l ? 'hrist has revealed i of glory and to w hom hi I life, lt ls be. mei tl Bai lour. ? . hsve felt, thal il pardon and Hf? l The Church will no! r. any legitimate I pleasure, or w-a 11 brim,', for it know supt. ur,- trial, v. hi n all I origin fails, i ' ? ? In th it a al UL I .1 -minn John W.s',. v In his lat "Oh, thal God m,,re, h. fore I - life UP ll inn do not ? evil ll ls Un bane of : rttua worl I in the i hui ? lt i? rn- ? the W i" . I '!".-. tua I ly ' --.an. lu th i nd Wi ? ? reward ant Bul at Must labor i 'Til ? I'in'' ls Mmri." rti ?a. ll rn..mel:! 'or life, i ? ? ? m.I td.- le-ur f" win- tl ll ' ? I 'amil'. rach bj : i il- ?( eui ?. atly. ? ni m. ? i i LOBE I , i ns m s>i it st us (egardlBg the Be>liai?ns World lo Qeaeral. ? The rear 1 ? ? v M ?' s-'i, re re |,431i ? ? ? ? ...uts f,,r tl , ?? ? . ? I I I v elvea for labor ii tin /??ban,,n, Tel ? ill mt,, line In th t ? ? Th.- hymnologj of K ?'? i iters hal ?? nol i ? ? n ., hrlHtlai i ingi lit ? f nu manifestli lon Meld. Kutti" ran World. Mohammedanism "Inrion. K, ? ? ? hom tie- s iltan of . . tinople to i" frlca are |>n : ? ? ? . Probably ti.I : orld was a is 120th year Ile nevi r left ? bleb le- was i oi n ai ' -oinptly ul :. h <r." in excellt nt ?.: lil n I . .iii. and f," never m asses. He aa ? ruin ty nine yea: s, .%', M asa .\ Dlvlnltj ii ??? i to thi r go. It i - to be fun the "I <l - ipi--, ai - ?-. of i'iii. , lt is 4 ? ganlc p.irt ,,i thi chi of self te of i ruler fs I ? ? ? esaenger. asa Phe Board of Kd t< ri.ni t burch baa del I that lt U.--1 limn l: '.-r ir- - in Arbs 'lui lng the ? nt cam ot | an rivi r,,t the \. 11 lt 1 id > apei r to bc -???:? bel the ye.tr to Incl ..tint. 1 1 ..- .... i . - tlSO.iasi, recommended I . i .1 ntemblj i> i?- unprovided for. Ni .v loik In pendent.