The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-11


There are 22.5oS66i pupils enrolled in the
sunday schools of the World.
Trinity Church. New York city. now
has nine churches under its control
In the year 1900 the Jews propose 10 hold
an international Jewish gathering at
Jerusalem.
out OF $1,000 Sioux. over 1000 are now
members of Episcopal. Presbyterian or
Congregational churches.
Rider Haggard has taken 10 farm
ing in the Waveney Valley. England. and
he is said TO be so scientific that his crops
are worth about One-quarter of what they
cost him.
II is reported that Mr. AIoody's health
Is SiViHg way under his continued evan
geuSuc work. and that a heart trouble
htcessitates a suSpei sion of his labors.
ms London engagements have been can
ceiled, and he is commanded by his ply
sicians 10 seek needed rest
The oxford University Press has pro-
duced Bible printed from the type called
brilliant. which is the smallest size used
In English printing. 1t contains l PIC pag-
es' with maps. and measures ; IL by > Is
inches' and Is 5-s Of an inch thick Bound
IN limp morocco. IL weighs not quite three
ounces.
me news from Lenox. Mass, that 'the
little red house" in which Hawthorne
wrote The House Of the Seven Gables
and "Tangiewood Tales is TO be restored.
BEFORE 1t was destroyed by fire (only the
foundations now remain) 1t was open to
the public. and was visited by a great
many admirers of Hawthorne
At a recent sale OF Dickens relics i'm
London the despatch box which the novel
list carried during his tour of the United
states was disposed of for ten Cuineas
@cD. Three OF his celebrated toddy ladies
brought eighty-four guineaS The prices
frar ..1x Ht..h
and this is taken to mean that there IS
no diminution in the noveist's popularity
Matthew Arnold's earliest piece of verse
the prize poem entitled "Alaric at Rome"
Is about TO be reprinted In a private edi-
ton limited TO thirty copes. 1t was orig
inaliy brought out at Rugby in 1S40 and
only -FOUR copies are known to exist. The
poem has never been reprinted either
separately or with Arnold's works The
present edition viii be type fac-simile
OF the first.
DR.. Thomas W. Evans has given to
American girl students in Paris beau
tiful home there. Ii Is located in the
most desirable part of the CITY. Mrs
Walden Pell has literally supplemented
this generous gift with donations of mon
ey and with artistic furnishings. The
nome Is non-sectarian and in no sense a |
charity- The students are charged from
three 10 five francs a day
religious journalism in London reaches |
us. The Church Family Newspaper is |
intended 10 occupy a distinct position, |
and. like every new venture. to meet |
a felt want. 1t Is. first and foremost. a |
Church Of England newspaper, devoted
not to any particular section OF that
church. but TO the church as a whole
1t will open its columns impartially to |
reports Of all true church work. from |
section of the church it may
proceed.
King Oscar has composed a fine ode to
the memory of the late NJ. Gounod, whose |
works he greatly admired. his majesty |
being himself composer and distin- |
suished musician. King Oscar. by the |
way, possesses one OF the finest musical |
libraries in the world. mostly OF his own
with musical librarian to
superintend It, Ii is one OF the sights in
the Royal Palace at Stockholm. His
Majesty, as Prince Oscar was the first
10 introduce church music into Sweden |
some twenty years ago. till then I'M
known.