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hated him wife beat The‘bandaging of the feet of Chinese girls to stop their growth was a horrible evil, and one that the missionaries had striven hard, and with some success to check. The prac- tice dated back 900 years. A very brutal man once told Miss Fields that if the women were not thus crippled they would be as strong as the men, and the latter would no longer be able to beat them. There is very little marital felicity in China. The girl has no voice in the choice of a husband. She was simplv carried to her intended father-iu-law's house and there introduced to the bridegroom. “ What did you think of him when you first saw him '3” was a question Miss Fields had often asked. and the reply almost invariably was, “ I Crime. Tyrannyfand Small Feet in China: A large proportion of the throng at the Baptist minister’s meeting recently were women assembled to hear Miss Adele Fields, for eighteen years a missionary in or near Swatow, (Shim, speak of her experience among the Chinese Women. Miss Fields said the progress of Christianity among the women of China. had been slow, but the dif- ficulties encountered at every step were en- mous. Infanticide was a. terribly common crime among them, and it was very hard to persuade them that it was sinful to kill a girl baby. One women, long after she had become a Christian and a zealous worker for the church, was smitten with the conviction of her guilt in having destroyed her five daughters within an hour of the birth of each. She went to Miss Fields and asked if shenmight hope to be forgiven. pathwiy; 1 am sure he wiilcbe‘ééntené I often think of this when I call upon a neighbor who does her owu work with the assistance of a char-woman, and is a. most excellent cook. If I go to visit her on any ordinary occasion and remain to dinner (for I live too far away to return between meals) I find everything periect. She has a small family, her children are at school, the din- ner is choice and well appointed. But if my call happens to be when the husband is from home, we sit down to a cozy cup of tea for our mid-day meal, with bread and but:- ter, and any confection, or cold meat, that is handy. “John is away,” she says, “ and I don’t take the trouble to get dinner ; and I know you don’t care ; " and I don’t, but if I did. that: sigh of relief would c0mpen- sate me for the loss. Of course, there is a great deal of manage~ ment, and it is every woman’s duty who has to do her own work, to save trouble to her- self as much as possible. Train up the children to eat fresh fruit for dessertinstead of pie, and to be satisfied with plain and simple food. Have a. regular written rou- tine as far as possible. and crass out of it by degrees all cooking that rrquires backach- izg service ; and if he loves you and wishes to Ihelp you over the rough places of your three mealsâ€"the ever recurring demand. “What shall we have for breakfast, and dinner. and tea ?” “ If one could only cook enough today to last a. week,” I heard a tired matron sigh ; and she would try to ac- complish that desirable condition of the larder only to find that her bread became hard and stale, her pies mouldy, and meat not presentable before the thire or fourth day. “Cold mutton," said a gentleman, when it came on the table the second time. “ It is enough to drive a. man to a hotel. As hotels are not considered beneficial for do. meatic husbands Whose homes are within a stone’s throw, the wife, whether ill or well, makes the preparation of these her chief care and anxiety. “He can live without loveâ€"what is passion but pining _ But where is the man who can hve without dining !" I think the principal strain upon a; l keeper of moderate means is the nece three mealsâ€"471m ever recurring dez “What shall we have for breakfast dinner. and tea. ?” ” If one could only enough today to last a. week,” I be tired matron sigh ; and she would try ‘ complish that desirable condition 0 larder only to find that her bread 1x dress 15 cut out )n leat pox tabs, and the planing that skirt is sewed beneath. A v cufis add to the beauty of th but for flannel some rows 0 braid are more suitable trimrr Bazar. sewed in the tied in front. two double 1 heads in two dress is cut The they a with a. glve a nice 5} wide are dov double row 0 dress, and th zuimpe (l. Hubbards with shor Plnin Wool Dresses. For evexy-day dresses dark cashmere, plaid woola, and flannels or cloth dresses are made in the ways just noted for richer fabrics, and many mothers who ofject to the use of velvets and satins for children's dresses find these soft wool stuffs nice enough for all Occasions. \Vhite wool, either of cashmere or nuua‘ veil‘ng, trimm- ing-schm otherwis‘ waist of Wen very s hme are lot :i km. 'Except amqng the'Chrisiians: eating was earned on in every FOR THE LADIES. ll ie mi About the House 1 pre 9e. Four tucks each an incl the fronts, turned toward 2 mall buttons the color of th 5 is a. satin or velvet ribbm ill thr in leaf p0 ,iting tha midd .e marital felicity in no voice in the choice as simply carried to -la.w‘s house and there ‘irl :. The 6ng points or m hat represents t A velvet collar 3 velv wais :Ioth dresse flack moha z.â€"-Harpew he top ix the cash The loom re in tin line anc‘ ITO It “if a rfian had been shipwreck ed on some hi the islands of the Pacific, he would have been killed, cooked, and eaten,- wlxereas, if a. man were shipwrecked there now, he would receive Christian hospitality. Miss Gordon Cumming, Who is not a missionary, and who did not write for the purpose of crying up missions. declared that, While in cnere are now 400 churches and 1,400 schools there. Lady Brassey writes that anybody who wants to see the last traces of heathenism in Japan had better go soon, as they are rapidly giving place to Christian- Destroying Cannibalism. “Fifty years ago,” said Earl Cairns, at a ngetihg of th_q Churgl} Missionary Society! Owing to tho peculiarity of the Chinese characters, each of whlch represents a word, not a letter, as in our western tongues. the Danish Telegraph Comrany (the Great Northern) working the new Chinese lines have adopted the following device. There are from five to six thousand characters on words in ordinary Chinese language, and the company have provided a. wooden block of type for each of these. On one end of this block the character is cut or stamped out, and on the other end is a. number rep- presenting the character. The clerk re- ceives a message in numbers, and takes the block of each number transmitted and stamps with the opposite end the proper Chinese character on the message form. Thus a. Chinese message sent in figures is translated in Chinese characters again and forwarded to its destination. The sending clerk, of course, requires to know the numer- ical equivalent of the characters or have them found for him. 1838 it Four men are employed regularly the year round to keep the ranch in order and to look after the sheep, and during shearing time fifty or more shearers are employed. These men secure forty or fifty days’ work, and the average number of sheep sheared a. day is about ninety, for which five cents a clip is paid, thus $4.50 a. day being made by each man, or something over $200 a. day for the season, or over $400 for ninety days out of the year. Although the shearing of ninety sheep a. day is the average, a great many will go as high a! 110, and one man has been known to shear 125. Of course every man tries to shear as many as he can, and owing to haste frequently the animals are severely cut by the sharp shears. If the wound is serious the sheep immediately has his throat cut, and is turned into mutton and disposed of to the butchers, and the shearer, if he is in the habit of frequently inflicting such wounds, is immediately dis- charged. In the shearing of these 80,000 sheep a hundred or mr-re are injured to such an extent as to necessitate their being, kill- ed, but the wool and meat are of course turned into profit.â€"San Francisco Cull. and is twefity~four miles in length and six- teen in breadth, and contains about 74,000 acres of land, which are admirably adapted to sheep-raising. List year Moore clipped 1,014 sacks of wool from these sheep, each sack containing an average of 410 pounds of wool, making a total of 415,740 pounds, which he sold at twenty-seven cents a pound bringing him in $112,499 80, or a clear pro- E'a of over $80,000. This is said to be a. low yield, so it is evident that sheep raising there, when taken into consideration that shearing takes place twice a. year, and that a profit is made off the sale of mutton, etc., is very profitable. The island is divided in- to four quarters by fences running clear across at right: angles, and the sheep have not to be herded like those ranging about the foothills. aoouu tmny mues and is twenty~fonr teen in breadth, z acres of land, Whi to sheep-raising. 1,014 sacks of W( sack containing an wool, making a t which he sold attv bringing him in S] thin; we have we bow ourae San day‘ sheep ’that about thirtj with yellow damn. figure. in a white 1 Sun family. A friend of Miss Fields who had gained the affections of a. Chinese wife, was approached by the latter. who whispered in he: ear: “Does your husband often‘ben you?" “ I am sorrow: he is dead," said a. widow, referring to her deceased husband. “He was very good to me. He seldom bum me." Their standard of happiness Wm not to be beaten often. None had 3.1 idea of what It The litt \Vi How 80,000 Sheep are Berded and Shenred. e little Frliooner Santa Rosa. arrived in Francis I» frcm Santa. Barbara. a few go. S“; comes up to that city twice a to secure provisions, clothing, lumber, for use on the Santa Rosa Island, being :d by the great sheep raiser, A. P. re, who owns the land and the 80,000 3 that exist upon it. The island is I: thirty miles south of Santa. erbara. mg .6 people of Fejee were 'cannibala. ‘re now 400 churches and 1,400 .een'a 317 GREAT SHEEP RANGE to be beaten at 3.1 Chinese Telegraph The Siamese Queen. owfis the exist upon miles sout} s, and seems pleased when we lves much entertained with all sem in Bingkok, after which Ives out of the royal presence. ,ender littl l year-old-s children. us is so tin ire pal cut stand: 51in jm ‘ purpl leaths x at! be ‘11 th little :ely fine .‘he hand W and fragile gilt and lined v a slight girlish chat and bright e skirt, mauve shozs with high quiet dignity of mug to convince brown fairy cm ereign and the ma from t1 ublic oc r. Altc little any an numt of brim. moment when we ’ of ti thou; :casiona ’gether, Idea. of ‘reatu re )t to be what 11: w York EH] 59. During the year of 1880 no fewer than 81 decrees were granted ; but there was a. decrease in the two following years, the number being 78 for 1881, and 63 in 1882. The number for 1883 was 71. In 1881 de. crees were granted in 36 cases in which the wife was pursuer. In 1882 the female pur- suers were 34 and the husbands ‘29. In 1883 decrees were given in 34 cases at the It appears from statistics just issued that divorce is slightly on the increase in Scot- land. Last year the decrees granted in the court of session showed an increase of eight over the previous year. During the ten years subsequent to 1864 the average num- ber of decrees granted was 35. In the five year ending 1879 there was an average of There seems to be some more tolenble god in Australia. since Mr. Forrest reports, the result of his exploration of the Kim- berly district, north-west Australia, that there is abundance of timber, coarse grass and water, and that it is well adapted for cattle and horses, but not for sheep, accli- mated merinoes excepted. The timberâ€" eucalpytus, cajeput, baobab, palms and fernsâ€"is scarcely fit for building. The natural yield of grass on the extensive plains near the Meda. could not be be less than three tons to the acre. The Lennard rises in the Leopold ranges, and about thirty miles from the sea forms a delta, the northern branch of which is called the Meda, and the southern the May. On taking his seat in the Mansion House, two weeks ago, the Lord Mayor of London read a letter from Sir Moses Montefiore in- closing a check for £99 as a contribution to the funds of the poor-box. The letter is as follows: “Very many, I fear, are the cases of destitution which, as chief magistrate of the City of London, come before your Lmd- ship, and knowrng the kindly feeling which you ever evinced toward those who are in need, I am induced to trouble you with the inclosed check for £99 which I beg you will do me the iavor to add to the funds of the Mansion House poor-box. Permit me to avail myself of this opportunity to render to your Lordship my heartfelt ielioitations and good wishes for the year 1884, and to express the hope that health. happiness, and every blessing may attend your es- teemed lady mayoress and your family." A St. Petersbug telegram to the London Times says zâ€"Tnere is no truth whatever in the sensational reports, published abroad, that Gen. Grosser, prefect of St. Peters- burg. has been shot at; that the assassins of Col. Soudaikin have been captured ; that Co]. Soudaikin’s murder has caused any great alarm in St. Petersburg,-â€"-for society here has become quite apathetic in regard to such Nihilistic feats,â€"or that the emperor was about to appoint a commission for the elaboration of certain reforms, when the re- appearance of the revolutionists on the scene caused him to change his mind. There is surely sensation enough in the real state of affairs in Russia without any exercise of the imagination. Another family tragedy has taken place in the Margarethen suburb of Vienna,a shoemaker having killed his son in a fit of passion. It appears that the lather is an honest man, and generally respected in the neighborhood, while the son was most dissi- pated and universally disliked. owing to his brutality and roughness. Recently he returned home late at night and demanded money, which his father refused. He then became so Violent that his father, in a mo- ment of excitement, seized a. stick and struck his son, injuring him so severely that he had to be transported to the hospi- tal, where he died. A determined case of suicide by drown- ing recently occun‘ad off the Semaphore, Australia. A passenger on the steamer “Tiverton,” named James Byrns, said "goodbye" to some fellow-passengers, and jumped overboard near the bell-buoy. A life-buoy was thrown to his assistance, but he made no effort to gain it. A boat: was lowered and pulled to the spot where the man was last seen, but the body had. disap- peared. His luggage was overhauled, and as no money was found it is thought the rash act may have been committed owing to pecuniary dxfliculties. tered three time have been repeate where, and the I( and sealed. china walls. reasonable and rarrow-mmded outbursts that have of late stamped this journal as the chief anti-Semitic organ in Russia. The most curious part of it is that several of the best writers on this newspaper are Jews, who are often the writers or its most violent anti-Jewish articles. among the lowet cl supernatural occurre western suburb the with those of 183-2. ha ~ an increa‘se of ‘218, and, compared with the average of the past ten years, an increase of 446. The number of lives lost by fires during the year was 39. The number of actual fires was 2,144, of which 18-! resulted in serious damage, and 1,960 in slight damage. Much sensation has been caused at Vienna. among the lower classes by some alleged Richard C. Hewitt, t} a well-known Aus- tralian cricketer, was rrcently sentenced to four years penal servitude at Adelaide, Australia, for uttering a. forged check. In England two weeks ago buttexfiies were numerous, peas were above ground, and fuchias and roses were in leaf, some of the former having made vigorous shoots from four to six inches long. Anothér trial of three members of the commissariat service for offenses committed during the Turkish war is about to begin at Sn. Peteraburg. The fires of ith those 0 An e1 ls, tables fall unseen agenc d three time brc FOREIGN ECHOES. Nylon 11) pictures and lam: TY ea. In a. house in a. :n'niture flies about, urea drop from the camps are broken, all z disappears h the objecl at in the cit 1 hearing 1;} suicide by drown- if the Semaphore, - on the steamer mes Byrns, said sw-paasengera, and the bell-buoy. A his assistance. but is- the o‘ min has with SDPE lY ‘Ilce 3061] those un- outbursts ournal as l inter- rrences kc mpared ease of s of the tak eI (idle the There is much complaining that it is not pronounced in character, and that seems to have a somewhat fair show of reason in it. There are real trials and disappomtments. vexations and failures, which often appear to us to warrant open complaint or silent depression, and there are seasons when gloom seems to overwhelm us like a thick clond, which all our powers fail to penetrate or chase away. One idea however that is common to all complaints, whether small or great, reasonable or unreasonable, is that something or some one else is to blame for our unhappiness. If we could be con- vinced that we ourselves were the chief authors of it;that it sprang not from out- ward events or from the conduct of others so much as from something within our own breasts; that it was, in fact. chiefly our own fault, and not other people’s, and was what we brought to the world instead of what the world brought to us, our complaints would have but little force, and would soon give place to self-ex Iinitiation and self-discip- line. It is a. well-known fact; among horologists, that no watch will keep the sams time with two people. The cause has not yet been definitely ascertained, butih would seem that in some mysterious way a. Watch is affected by the temperammt of the wearer. The mere phyical difference in gait and move~ merit between different. people is not sufficient to account for all the variations that have been observed. This phenomenon alavmed and puzzled Captain Smith not a little. At length he re~ called his visit to the dynamo machine. and the true solution of the eccentric behavior of the needle flished upon him. His watch had become magnetized. “Then he removed it the needle assumed its constancy to the polar star. ()n his return to New York he took the watch to Mathey Brothers & Mathey, who demagnetized it for him. This firm has invented some machine, the mechanism of which is a. secret. by which they can demag~ nebiza a magnetized watch speedily and en fectually. \Vatc'bes frequently get magnetized in iron mines or machine shops, where they are incautiously brought near swiftly running belts. There are occasions when it is a. very seri- ous matter to have your watch magnetized. Captain \V. R Smith commands the steamer Delaware, which plies between New York and New London. Before putting to sea. on a recent voyage he was invited to inspect an electro dynamo machine, and examined its parts closely. SJon after getting on board the steamer, he noticed that the compass be- came strangely afiected when he apprcaihed it. \Vhether he stood on the right or the left. or immediately in front of the compass, the needle would invariably point to him. The compass was worse thanuseless when he came near it. It was dangerous, and might wreck the ship. A man who bad a. tine and valuable move- ment, which kept excellent time, transferred it from a silver case to a. second-hand gold one. Immediately it lost all its characteris- tics of steadiness and reliability; and, in fact, did not keep time at all. Then re- placed in the silver came it kept good time again. The owner, a. jeweller, puzzled him- self and experimented in vain to discover the cause of this strange partiality on the part of his watch for silver. At length he sent it to an expert. He discovered that thelifting spring of the gold case had become magnetized. 0.1 substituting another for it, the watch kept as good time in the gold came as in the silver case. It is a. fact that since the introduction of the electric light has become so general, a. large number of watches, some of them very fine ones, have become magnetized. While in this condition they are useless as time- keepers. This defect used to be considered incurable, and because of it, thousands] of watches have been thrown away, after much money had been spent on them in vain at. tempts to persuade them to keep good time. Among the methods resorted to were wash- ing the parts in garlic juice, refinishing and passing them through the fire. But all these devices were entire failures, or only in part eflective. watches Broke. This estimate is based on actual inquiries. Fine, sensitive watches are particularly liable to be affected by electrical atmospheric disturbances. Dur- ing the months of June, July, and August, when these phenomena are most frequent, there are more mainsprings broken than during all the remaining months of the year. They break in a. variety of Ways, sometimes snapping into as many as twenty- five pieces. ties 91E aurora um For instance, som g of last summel successxon of the Yll' Queer Freaks 01' Watches. edlv. watches are new queer who had a. fine and valuable move Complaining. una le fine 5 estm ty of 2 than t )untable peculiari- time about the be- wben there had ine displays of the xtxmated tha'in a. of New York. the an three thousand 1m ‘er things pcculiari I confess it is late in the day for a story about Oscar Wilde. but I think this is wgrth telling {levegyhelesp : 7 _ “I received such a. chawming present this, mavyping." “Upon my arrival here,” Oscar proceeded to explain, "1 received a. request from a tradesmen for the honor of measuring me for a pair of boots. I granted him permia. sion and he departed. Thinking it probab- ly a, vulgah trick of the fellah’s to obtain a free sight of me I supposed that was the last of it, but this mawning I actually received from him a. beautiful pair of bootsâ€"quite the 56 too. ” Then after a pause, quoth Oscar : ‘ ‘This appreciation from the lowah clawsea is very pleasant.” A good deal has been said through the paper; about the healthfulness of lemons. The latest advice is how to use them so they do the most good, as follows :â€"Most people know the benefit of lemonade before break- fast, but few people know that it is more than doubled by taking another at night al- so. The way to get the better of a oilious system without blue pills or quinine is to take the juice of one. two or three lemons, as appetite craves, in as much water as makes it pleasant to drink without sugar, before gorng to bed. In the morning, on rising, at least half an hour before break- fast, take the juice of one lemon in a gob- let of water. This will clean the system of humor and bile with efficiency, without any of the weakening etfects of calomel or con- gress n ater. People should not irritate the stomach by eatinglemons clear; the power- ful acid of the juice, which is always eon-oâ€" sive, invariably produces inflimmation after awhile. but propeer diluted. so that it does not burn or draw the throat, it does its medical work without harm, and when the stomach is clear of food has abundant oppor- tunity to work over the system thoroughly, says a. medical authority. Some timeâ€"after his arrival here Oscar said to a friend one day : The trim? naturally inquired what it was. lormer on the lrish pipes. The great. heiress of England at present is Miss Hamilton, whose mother, Lidy Nes- best Hamilton, has just died. The large estates in Haddingtonshire and Lincolnshire, the annual income of which is estimated at $620,000, have been for some years, owing to the lady’s incapacity, under the manage- ment of the Scottish courts, and an immense sum has mowed. Miss Hamilton‘s father, whose original name was Dundas. had the agreeable fortune to adopt no fewer than three additional familv namesâ€"Christopher, Nisbett, and finally Hamiltonâ€"each change bringing a. large increase of fortune. Her mother. just deceased, had been first married to the E “'1 of Elgin, father of the Eirl of Cmadian memory, and of Sir Frederick Bruce, Minister at Washington, but was di- vorced from him. in the interest of the Florida. Land Company, of which he is chairma third on the roll of English Earls, age dating from 1529, may be rega Irishman, as he was born in tha and his mother was of an old Iri He married, too, the only child 3.: of a cab brated Irish sportsman, Jack VVestenra, of Shuravogu county. of which he was M. P. The harl of Huniingdon, who, with his son, L )rd Hastings, is visitings this country in the interest of the FioridaLand Purchase Company, of which he is chairman, though third on the roll of English Earls, his peer- age dating from 1520, may be regarded as an Irishman, as he was born in that country, and his mother was of an old Irish family. He married, too, the only child and heiress of a cehbmted Irish sportsman, the Hon. Jack VVestrenra», of Sharavogue, King’s count]. of which he was M. P. for many years. He was owner of a. noted Irish race horse, Frenev, and an accomplished per- former on the Irish pipes. The Right Hon. Sir John Blmard Byles, member or the British Privy Council. and an ex-Judge of the Own; of Common Pleas, has died in the 33rd year of his age. He was the author of several works of high re- pute on legal questions. In 1857 be was made Queen’s Sergeant, and on his eleva- tion to the bench he received the honor of knighthood. Ten Prime Ministers were educated at Elton, to which L)rd Coleridge recently compared Yaleâ€"Su- R)bert Walpole. the Earl 01 Cuatham. L)rd North. Lord Gren- ville, C. J. Fox, George C mning, Earl Grey, Viscount Melbourne. the Eli-l of Derby and. Mr. Gladstone-«six Liberal and four Tories. Lesser Ministers have been contributed in about equal numbers. The barl of Huulingdon, who, with his son. L 3rd Hastings. is visitings this eouutrv Careful estimates place the value of Wil‘ liam H. Vanderbilt's outfit, when he drives. at $50,000. This includes horses, sleigh. harness, diamonds, and the sealskin gar- ments with which he envelops his whole frame. The Right Rev. Dr. Sullivan, Bishop of Algoma. was present at the consecration of Oman Barry in VVestmlnister Abbey, as the represontative of the Anglican Church. Dr. Sullivan was amongst the prelates who asâ€" sembled to receive the Primate. Eight years agoa poor New York mechanic invented the glove fastenerâ€"a piece of cord about: six inches long and a. dozen little hooks or buttcns. He now owns a block of houses that would sell for $500, 000. Oscar Wilde will not much longer caper around with a sunflower in his buiton hole. A married man geneiaily has something more on his mind, Among the stained glass windows that have arrived from France for St. John’s Church in the city of Washington, is one ordered by President Arthur as a memorial to his deceased wife. Although she had eight competitors among the most distinguished of the place. Dr. Annie Clarke was chosen for an attending physician of the Birmingham Children’s Hospital, England. the grau still belc It is a. subjeet of common remark at Cam~ bridge, it is said, that Prince Albert Victor, eldest sun of the Prince of \Vales, though a. very nice young man and very popular with the students, is very dull. The Right Rev. Dr. Sullivan. Bishou of Mrs. R. B. Hayes ia attaining new distinc- tion as the owner of the beat poultry yards west of the Alleghenies. The health of Jefferson Davis is extreme- Iy poor this winter. His eyes give him much trouble and his step is feeble. The health of Mr Bsptist preacher, is r his pulpzt minislutic d Hastings, is visici terest of the Florid 7, of which he is c the roll of English ug from 1529, may i i, as he was born nether was of an I asserted that, notwithstanding all d now telescopes, the palm for size ngs to L)rd Rosse‘s in Irelan l. Wilde will not much longer caper with a. sunflower in his buiton hole. The Lamb Clnwsesl Eating Lemons. PERSONAL. Spurg‘eon, the noted tored. He resumed ‘ep is feéble: notwithstanding all