The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-12-29

whom they wsh to nave them nav 49,, 49,
OF type for the Record costs ia round ec,,'o'
S73.OQD. Many paper IN tho country gs,q
new dress from the old one Of the Cone-es
slot'ai record; ~ y remarkable journal
indeed u may be said 10 be UNIQUE Il never
has any fiction in its columns. II never er
presses an opinion. it sometimes has senee-
IONS, but they are strictly accurate. and l,.t
u never has 10 retrect o statement which, ~
once made.
AT the suggestion Of President Diaz Uu-
rert ii. bancroft has undertaken T. wri.a -
oo)k on TIE Resources and Development NJ
Mexico TO be published in Spanish and In
tngiish. IN separate volumes. Mr.. anoroft
VINO is now IN Tho city OF Mexico with h.s
FAMILY. has his secretaries out in yariOus p.rts
Oh the republic. Working in con Junction with
the governors OF the several States. and SEMI
ins to him daily material tor this work He IL
IN constant communication with General
Jiaz ana Dis ministers. the purpose on all
sides beng 10 make tins book a true and VIVID
representation OF industrial Mexico a. it
t eNls1s Io-Iay primarily Tor presentation 70
the Columbian Exposition az Chicago.
Noyosti Of st. Petersburg report, that tbo
hunger troubles have produced a nee uliar III
foot ID the book trade. Tho Russian peop'e
seem 20 have srriyed at the conclusion fiaf
the principal cause OF tho trouble is the lax
Of information and skill among tie farmers
The demand for farming and agricultural pgH.
locations las become SO great that tAe Lool
stores OF the met OpOlle are hardly ahiefofr
oil the orders they receive There is a se-.@.
comic side, however. o. this national av.<-
ening 20 the necessity 81 education for ..
farmer Publications which have long cea.sI
to exist amt books of ant'guated informant,
on farming are now sought for This shows
that the farmers. who had once upon "A t.ne
~ NaI.HH 9
interest 90 them. have not followed up ther
pursuit If knowledge for many years. and Ina
al present ignorant If the changes which
have taken piace in their profession.
The friends q Wo.cott Balestier. MS well e,
the general public. were shocked no the news
of his death. which took place at DraaI.,
December 9TH. housh Oi Mts d resident of
London he was born Ina Rochester N. =
thirty years ago. end be resided also M Raifi
more. Washington, New York. Vermont AMI
Denver Ills college IS Cornell and he
studied law at tns University of Virginia. liz
was az one time 90 tie edu0ra. sflf of tre
Rochester POst-NXpress. Balestor was "A
wrter of promise and an indeftpqflo
worker. lie wrote the camnaign lite odd Il.ne
IN lssl, and had contributed % several m.es-
zines Besides. he was uuOr member off fIs
firm Of Heinemann &c Ba'estier. az Io.usc
aud had charge OF The London house of tas
United States Book Company
There is a touching interest attached 30 tho
volume, "A Ir9uslt )n oi lantes Eleven
Letters Just coming from the pres, of
IoughtOn g. Ali IN. 10 won the prize offered
by the Dante Society ior the best translation
OF certain works Of Dante. bur the young
translator Charles Sterret Latham. d.el be-
fore the yerilCt OF tic committee was ar.
nounced. Mr. Latham, young man ot rars
promise. became while q student 40 Harvard
q confirmed invalid and this tran, aIon wag
done 80 the intervals of severe and hratev
borne suffering.
Corn bread has various names in different
localities. The general name of tle altc8
is Indian bread I'm Delaware grild.e cakes
made of Indian meal are called corn cakes.
In Maryland Trey are called coOties. loae. ID
the name tor iidian bread an incl or more .u
thickness and baked 20 a crisp crust 60 and
bottom. n pats Of New England corn meal.
baked into a .hick crisp cake Is caleb d.
dian bannock. The url,ans 10 is supposed
learned TIE ar o. making that bread roam
the Bannock inlaus.
Mississippi is 80 have q long rest from local
politics has ust elected State officer, vino
will hold office lntli 1922 the new coast tg-
ton providing for State elections but once 90
four years. A number of States have changed
10 biennial elections, and regard the result a5
highly satisfactory lf belnia. elections are
80 satisfactory this Southern State can ey.-
IDENTIFY see no reason Whv cuadrennial would
not prove still more acceptable. 10 WI. taka
some time to test the natter but tho results
are worth 1t.
The fifth volume of GiOte3 History Of tho
World" comprising the events between ths
years 76S and 200, mas ISL appeared IN Ger.
many This colossal wOik. which is now ape
preaching its completion. is edited by Thee.
dor rlathe. Gustav UeTt2Mrg, Ferdinand
JUST, J. Won Pilugk-Hnttme. Hans rutz
and Martin Philppson. When completed
the work will consist of twelve volumes and
will contain more than 100 maps and 3.01D
A General Encyclopedia Of the History
and Science Of tho Jews h.s been under
taken by j. Singer. in Paris md will COM
prise twelve large volumes Tho author
hopes TO present the main fscts of Jewish
history. aud to show tie effects OF the jewish
race upon the various factors * ciYllzN10 p,
science. literature, commerce, industry. etc.
The work will not be finished br some time.
Biornstierne Biornson. who las been called
Norways greatest writer. Is the son of
Lutheran pastor. and WIS bora at Quiheu.
lie assumed the direct0rship # the theatre
10 Bergen at the age OF tWentysiS. lii5 best
known novels 10 Englisl speaking people aro
probably "Arne" and In Gods Way
Among the periodicals now published by
he Johns Hopkins University IN baltimore
are the American tnrnlcal V'ulhhls Alto
American journal of Mathematics and tho
American journal of Phholgy. large
number Of the professors of The university arc
contributors 10 these periodicals.
NJ Renan. while hard OF wolk in his study
ip0n his History of the Poole OF iffaet
yas asked for his opinion OF modern French
writer's. His answer was ters and vigorous.
These symbOlists. naturalist psychologists.
Il hoe genus Omne. are Ake $50 many nasty
title children sitting sucking Their thumbs.
Mr. Thomas Wright. Who ispreparing Cow
,ers letters for pm llcatlon. 1ys that he gas
n his possession about 400 Of the poet lei-
ers TINT are not in SOutley collection, OF ot
which Southey gives only soaps. he intend,
o publish them in pathological order
To testify how faithfully they bad studied
,ir Edwin ArnOld's work some people ~hr
ave him a reception nCh.ago recently hal
mt one book in the com aud mat was
oume Of bis poems. And the leaves were
ucut.
Mr. John Fske's work on The Discovery
( America will be published early do i'
{ has involved vast amount of research
nd Mr.. Fiske is reported 20 regard tnfs- l"D
olumes rs his most important contribution
o American history.
Professor A. J.. Rockingham. Jr.. *
Princeton College IS PREPARING for pHn....i,e.'-
ion the Syriac text of anysticN WORK i"'
,ook OF Hicr0theos which VIII cast ligA. on
be views Of both 6n0st.cs anu Neo-i '"'
onisis.
II is ANNOUNCED that with tho close Of ihe
car MIR " d. UOwfLs VIII termilnte Ari