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Oloar Wilde has in the press a volume of five {airy “In. The King of Spain can now walk, with the assistance of his nurse. Kin 0tho, the mad king of Bavaria. in nation; y ill with plenflay and his death mny occur at any time. Mu. Hicks-Lord, who was one of Monsig- nor Capel’s great friends, gives large sums of money to Cntholio chm-ides. 'lf‘henledical attendant of the Queen of Corea is an American lady physician, who receives a salary of 815,000 a year. Lady Colin Campbell has been ofi'ered $5000 for two lectures in America, whleh, on the advice 0! Mafithew Arnold, she has declined. The Princess of Wales writing to Mrs. Mechy to thank her (or her silver wedding ‘gift ex reeled her deep gratification at the ‘ exqu site mirror.” King Humbert of Italy has grown very my of late. He much prefer: civilian teen and is something of an Anglomeniac as regards hie attire. Emperor Dom Pedro. of Brazil, who is now in F1 name, has had several long chain with Queen Victoria. They are both re- reading George Eliot's novel “ Romola.” M. Leconte do Lisle, the French poet, says that Shakespeare never wrote a. play. “ He was,” says de Lisle. “an uneducated and uncultivated butcher-boy, who died young, with a great weakness for the bettle.’ Letters numbering 132, written by Car. dinal Richelieu, were put up for sale at the Hotel Dronot, Paris, recently, but nobody would bid £800, which was the reserve price. They were all in excellent preservation. Meissonier, the famous French pointer, is a. very small men with a very large head, and a long white heard that sweeps over his chest. He lives in a gorgeous house in Paris, but he is said to be discontented because, weglthy no he is, he is. not wealthier. “-4 L-.. L--.. ‘n-‘n Nowlthat Gen. Boulanger has been turn- ed out of the army, he is entitled to a pen- sion of 10,000 francs a year, and 2,000 francs additional as a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor. His parliamentary salary will be 9,000 francs, leaving him 21,000 francs in Immediately after Emperor Frederick left San Remo the Sultan sent him a collar, consisting of nine hazeLnutswith inscriptions from the Koran, over which the Dervishea and Sheik: of th_e palace hartprayedrz and mu uuvun -- -_ , ,,,,,, which, as the Sultan assured the Crown Prince, would cure him as if by magic. The Queen of Servia is described as a tall, handsome woman about twenty-nine years of age. Her features are very regular, and her complexion very white. Her eyes are dark, and so is her hair. She may be seen on any fair day driving through the fashion- able streets of Florence, accompanied by her little son, dressed in a sailor suit, and by his governess. The young Queen has the reyntstion of being clever and talented. The British Dairy Farmers’ Association have invited Mr. W. H. Lynch, who is at resent in Ottawa. to address them at wich on “ Butter-Making" on the 22nd 0 May. Mr. Lynch, who is an authority on dairying. has accepted the invitation. and will sail for England early in May. While abroad Mr. Lynch will study the European system of dairying, visiting Don- mark, France and other countries for that purpose. _ _. . Albert \\ 0111‘ says in Le Figaro : Army officers were not allowed to amble at Baden- Baden. One evening the ing was visiting the tables when he noticed a subordinate in civilian dress trying his luck at trente-et- quarante. He had placed two or three louis on the table and had won a nice little sum, when he saw the King opposite. He turned pale, trembled, and hesitated to take poe- aeasion of his money. Thereupon King “’illiam approached and whispered in his ear: “ Don’t be afraid. Take in your money, but don’t do it again." At Ahmedabad it is the custom that when netive Government officers have to present themselves before their European superiors they remove their country shoes before en- tering the house or office. If they, how- ever, have a pair of English boots on they can approach without being put to any trouble. Recently some Hindoo officials, to avoid the indignity of presenting them- selves in their bare feet, bought a pair of English boots, and each wore the boots in turn as he went up to be presented to the Governor st 3. levee. There was great fun caused by the officials running hither and thither to take their turn with the pair of boots, and_oi_l39n they put on the right and l-e'f; vgaggsiihdiacrimihaiely. A senmtionul trial began recently at the Vienns Criminal Court. The facts of the case are not devoid of interest to psycholo- 5 In December last a commercial traveller named Alfred Frankenstein induced Julie Kunerth, a housemaid, to steal some dia- monds from her mistress, replacing them by imitation stones. In January Frankenstein declared to his accomplice that the theft Would robably be discovered during the carniva , and that therefore it would be advisable to abstract all the jewelry and to feign arobbery, for which purpose he would discharge a revolver into the upper part of her arm. The girl consented, but when the appoian day came, Frankenstein, after ‘ havin taken all the valuables upon which be con d lay his hands, shot straight into the woman’s breast, and left her for dead in the room. She was found shortly afterward 1 ing in a pool of blood, and was considered the victim of a daring robbery. A series of accidents, however, soon revealed the true state oi affairs, though the woman, after her recovery, tried hard to exculpate the man who had acted so treacherously toward mnrtfor. Tâ€"lr-ejglirilvl'nerself was condemno'd to two and; halt years hard labo as an ac- oompllco. Mrs. Kass-4‘ You seemed rest! ohan ' ed and improved since you Eetunfiad frog: )nropo, Mr. Thomson." Mr. Thomsonâ€"- “ Oh, vastly, I assure: you. Why, I'ma different man alto other.” Mrs. Kassâ€"- “Indeed! How p eassnt that must be for Mrs. Thomson.” A saloon keeper wanted the motto “ Y - urdsy, To-ds snd Forever" pointed, .331 when the pa ntor resented the work It md " Yostsrdsy, odd, sud Forever." ‘ DIV-v Frankenstein was sentenced to aevenyear penal servitude. The jury found him not guilty on the major count of attempted nu. _ _!._l L---..It ....... -A...I..........ul on her. A Sensational Trial. PERSONAL. Madame Boucicaut and the Ben Marche. When this century was in its first ner- ter. Marguerite Guerin, a peasant girl. lved in Verjuxâ€"a small village in the depart‘ ment of the Seone-etLeire in eastern France. Her arents were very poor. l‘hey led the aim a life of the French peasantry, working her , earning little. and concerning them- selves not at all about metters outside of their own and their neighbore’ liven. OLA vuvu ku cum. -â€"--- ___, Marguerite was not sent to school. She had to help her mother with the work, and to pull weeds in the turnip-patch behind the house, and she hardly guesses that the world was not embraced in the hamlet be- yond which she had never travelled. As she grew up, it was necessary to do somethln to earn her living, and the only opportun ty open to her was to becomes washerwoman. The washing of Verjux was done on the banks of the Saone. There Mar- uerite Guerin stood, on her floating plat- orm, and dig ed her pile oi linen clothes in the river. on she spread them on the platform, and rubbed them with a scrubbing- brnsh. When they were scrubbed, and ‘ rinsed quite clean, she carried themâ€"her- self scarcely less wet than theyâ€"to the fields and spread them on the grass to dry I in the sun. . -â€" --_._ .. a...‘ “-1 lu uuv nun. At this time, there was a young travel- ing merchant, or pedlar, who drove a cart from village to village, selling linen at the fairs or fates. Every French place has its annual fete, or outdoor festival, made by people who travel from town to town in a sort of car, and set u their tents, booths, l and merry-go roundsa ongthe villagestreets, l or on some public square, or common. Among the shownien and venders of trinkets are some pedlars with more useful wares. Aristide Boucicaut was one of these. In time he arrived with his stock of linen at the fete of Vcrjux. He became acquainted with the Guerins, and, after a little, pro- proscd to them for their dau hter Marguer- ite. The parents were wel pleased; for young Boucicaut bore a good character, and besides was the owner ot a horse and cart which helped him to an honest living. So they were married, and Marguerite rose a step in the world. She now travelled in her husband’s cart. Although they only met f their expenses with the sales they made from } day to day, they were content. ,, ,! 1.....- In. nunnnmh’n :n n U", \U u'IJ’ uuyl -.-.._ -,,, . The French know how to economize in a thousand ways that Americans as yet are ignorant of. And by dint of contrivmg and saving a few sous at one time, and a few more at another, they at length accumulated a sum which served in these days to take them with their little boy to Paris. . In 1848 they had saved enough to make a venture of their own, and they bought a small place on the corner of the Rue du Bee and the Rue de Sevres, which they opened as a variety shop. They called it the “ Bon Marche,” which means literally “cheap market,”â€"a place where bargains, are found. Madame Boucicaut assisted her husband. She made change and kept the books. Together they originated the happy system of “ fixing prices.” At that time, the prices in Paris stores were very elastic, vary- ing according to the merchant’s guess as to the size of his customer’s purse. The Bouci- cauts saw that it was not agreeable to cus- tomers to pay uncertain values. According- ly they attached “etiquettes,” or price- tags, to their articles, which served the double purpose of determining the price and saving time in mixing it. I. n... n atrnaalé. at first to sustain their and savitng time in ayking it. ’ It was a struggle at first to sustain their humble beginning ; but they were so cour- ageous, and took so much pains to please, that their patronage increased. Presently they added the adjoining store to their own ; - _- n ,L _.___ L:.nl--ln. nnvm:un=hn uuv “uuvwâ€" v--- v and M. Bouciceut gave his clerks permission to invest their money in the business, with a. return of six per cent. interest. Gradually the Bon Marche absorbed the _ adjacent shops, until it had crept over the whole greet block, and risen to the height of five stories. Its trade. too, was not confined to Paris, but extended over France entire, then to the other European countries, and finally east and west to China, Japan and America. 7 - c u 1 ‘77? (LI-av. nvw When her husband died, ten years 0, Madame Boucicaut became the head (if a business worth twenty millions of francs, with an income of from sixty thousand to two hundred thousand francs per day. She continued the business with eminent success, sustaining relations to finance unparalleled in the history of woman. Her store is one of the sights of Paris. Ever thing is sold there, from a pocket- handfiercbief to a Persian rug. There is something, too, to suit the purse of every purchaser; and the clerks are as attentive in doing up for one a box of notepaper at thirteen sous, as they are in taking one's order for a seal-skin sacque. But there is another aide to the Bon Marehe which is not known to most of its customers. If it is so pleasant for those who buy, it is not less so to those who sell, There are more than thirty-two hundred employees, and they resemble an immense family. Madame Boucicaut felt gravely the responsibility of her position as mother to n LAMA Ah.-- I“... Lucknow-"n so ”than children. ‘After her husband’s death, s e divided one-half of the business in shares among the employees, and estab. lished pensions for those who had served in the store more than twelve yeers. She took out core of aged and infirm employees, ndlng light work for them when they were no longer able to do their full share. Only lest summer, she gave five million francs as the foundation of a fund to support snperen- nueted clerks. Another iine idea was the erection of kitchens and dining-rooms in the to of the store, where the entire force of cler s have their meals without ex ense. She also built a private infirmary .or the employees, and engaged a doctor, who comes every day to investigate cases of sickness. But remembering her own and M. Bouci- caut’s struggles for an education, Madame Boucicaut provided food for their minds as well as their bodies. She hired teachers of music and languages to give evening lessons to all who were anxious to learn. As a re~ suit, therBon hiarche has organized one of uulu, Ill“? uvu A'-‘~----v â€"â€"~â€" â€"â€"°â€"Vvv_, , , the best brass bands in Paris ; while many of tho clerks are excellent linguists, inter- preting nix or seven languages with facility. This makes the Bon Mnrche the most con- venient store in I’Miq i'or foreigners. Vvulvuv wvv. Thoro is a gymnasium and fencing-room for the men. And the hundred and twenty- five young Women who serve in the ready- made department are lodged in Madame’a own house, opposite the shore. Each has her no state room, with golished walnut flogr, ainty white. b051,. an fresh curtains. -- - ,,._‘ A_L --_n..-.a floor, llllllu’ "IIIW Wu. wu‘. --'-.. But Medeme‘e charities were noe'chfihEi to the Bon Merohe. Tho or of Perle end the benevolent lnetltut one throughout France knew her as a me uifloent hilnu-‘ thropiet. She looked upon or vut ortuue an a sum eutrueted to her to use for the good of others. She did not for at the scene of her debut In the oommoroie World, as the wife of 5 poor pedlar, and, last fall, gave the communlt of her birthplace six hundred thousand runes to build a bridge across the Seone at Verjux. This is to give the former: a short route to carry their crops to market. _ . _ ‘77,_AL gnawed] vuv v nnnnnnnn I As Madame Bouoica‘mt Me none but diu- tant relatives, there was some curiosity to know what she would do with her sixty million francs. 7 _, _ _ _ mI-lnvâ€" -- ~â€"-_. Seventeen million francs are divided as legacies among the employees of the Bon Marche, in Sums varying from one thousand to ten thousand francs, according to their ears of service. She also leaves them her eautifnl obyteau and grounds at Fontenay- aux-Roses, with enough money to convert into a home tor convalescent invalid employ- ees. This makes two millions more. Sums of one hundred thousand to five hundred thousand francs are left to numberless ben- evolent associations. Homes for old women and schools for young girls are endowed. The five orders founded by Baron Taylorâ€" the associations of artists, of musicians, of dramatists, of inventors, and educational workersâ€"are each left a hundred thousand francs. Monsieur Pasteur and the arch bishop of Paris have legacies of one hundred thousand, and three hundred thousand re- spectivelx. _ ,r n__:.. -._- ___.-..‘L.n. vvw- . v- The refigious sects of Paris are remember- ed, the poor of each of the twenty arran- dissemems of Paris are to have some thou- sands. Her ioturee are given to the collec- tions of the ouvre and the Luxembourg; her linen and silverware to a house of edu~ cation for poor girls._ a ALA I-__ 15-1. A: uvnvu .v- These nthâ€"hhfyuglew of the long list of legacies. All that remains is to build hos- pital in the city. WICHITA, Kan, April 30.-Ever since last fall farmers in the counties of Texas and Kansas adjoining Indian Territory have been sorely annoyed by horse thieves, who have been unusually bold in their periodical raids. Visits from the maranders at last became so frequent that the farmers formed a vigilance committee for the purpose of exterminatlng the thieves. Some time ago the vigilantes, armed with Winchester six shooters and lariats, started on the trail ' the marauders, but it was not until they had been two weeks in the saddle that they found any tangible trace of the robbers’ camp. While the vigilantes were travelling through the western part of the Territory} 1 ten days ago they suddenly ran across the 1 thieves in a deep ravine. The outlaws were in their blankets, but not asleep. When the vigilantes rode up the crest of the ravine the thieves, who Were in command of Bill Higgins, alias “Scar-Face,” sprang on to their horses, but in mounting one of their number was shot dead. The others put spurs to their animals and were soon throw- ing dust and bullets into the eyes of their pnrsuers. The horses ridden by the vigi- lantes were fatigued and were in no con- dition to qi_ve the outlaws' horses any kind ”A“ h_.l LL- u-UIVI. IV sl'v --â€"â€" â€"â€"~~V~.V , v of a race. But the chase was begun and the trail of the thieves followed. After a furi- ous ride, lasting all day, the vigilantes suc~ seeded in driving the gang upon a butte near a small creek, where preparations were made for a desperate resistance. As the vigilantes approached they were met by a volley which brought down one of their number, Peter Aekermau, of Medicine Lodge, Kan. The thieves were surrounded as well as possible, and the fight continued. ‘Oue by one the rifles of the outlawa were silenced, until but few flashes answered the vigilantes' rifles. About dusk a. white rag was hoisted on the summit of the butte. The vigilantes greeted it with another volley and charged up the hill. Three of the out- laws escaped, but “ Scar Face,” Hank Win- dnm and “ Curly Bill" were captured. “ Curly Bill" and Windom were riddled with bullets, but " Scar Face," although nearly dead from the loss of blood, was dragged to death suspended by a lariat from the pommel of a saddle. Four other mem- bers of the gang were found dead behind their stone barriers. The stranger who first visits Victoria, the capitai of British Columbia, is struck by the great number of Indians who live in the city. hey wear clothing of the European style. The men work on the wharves and steamers, sell fishiand skins, or are occupied in differ- ent trades, particularly as car enters. The women was and work for t e whites, or stroll idly about the streets. The suburbs of Victoria are almost exclusively inhabited by Indians. There they live in miserable, filthy shanties and sheds, or even in thin canvas tents. The city has about thirteen thousand inhabitants, and of these about two thousand are Indians who stay there over summer. Besides these, about three thousand Chinese, man Sandwich Islanders, a few negroes, and a w ite population com- ing from all parts of Europe and America, live in the city. The internationality of the population and its easy-going ways give it a peculiar character. Bloody Battle With Outlaws. That she in In love. That she ever flirted. That she laces tight. That she {a tired8 at a ball. That she is found of scandal. That her shoes are too small. That she cannot keep a secret. That it takes her long to dress. That she has hop 1; pgnng waiting. That she uses anyt in but now-“del- That she ea awhat she 8deem t mean. That ahe dashed “hen you mentioned a particular gentleman' a name When somoloving lrlqnqghlgka his bu rden of care. Thu. you muy fine double to may ; When some othu fellow ll ringing me hand 0! hot whom you wunicd to mnriy. Your principlol ms not perm" u: 1 won“, But don‘t much N: up who you fool nary. What Wtfimm Never Admffs. A Glimpse of Victoria. One of the darkest teatures of farm liie is the hard lot imposed on the wife and mother. Country customs have made the farmer‘s wife a slave to work, and it willbe a blessed era in countr homes when this hard work ing\mertyr w ll throw off the bondage en- tar ed upon her h her female ancestry, and through the privi eges thus secured rile to 3 a higher place amon women. ‘ There isa prevail ug idea that has dee~ cended from eneration to generation that the farmer’s w to, in order to be a true help- ‘ meet, must bear afar heavier responsibility than is expected of any other woman. In almost all other avocatlons of men the wives are relieved of any financial obligation. But the average farmer’s wife not only periorms the work ot the house, endures all the suffer- ings and anxieties of maternity. but also assists largel in the family’s support. For the body an mind to be under such con- stant pressure from work and care must in- evitably work .degeneraey to both. Edi-..’ -l _.a.... 1...! have UVIWUI’ "VI- “Vowâ€"v- v Some time since a {:10an of mine had been visiting one oi his aunts, a farmer's wlie. When speaking to me of her, he said -. “ If m aunt were made oi cast iron and ever{ jomt in her body of the hardest steel. should think she would have worn out long ago." And when he told of her rising be- fore daybreak, and of her constant labors that never ceased until ata late hour of night, why it iairly made my own body ache. As facts are more powerful than fancy, I am going to relate an instance of one farm- er’s wife’s work : and I want to preface it by saying that as highly colored as it may a:em it is not in the least overt'rewn. I chanced to become acquainted with the family a few ears ago, and the memory of that woman’s ife, the human machine that she was, will ever linger in m mind. 11'“ “Anna. nnmn um.“ good for fiftv UVUI' Ill-l OI lu III I: uuuuu Her usbandfs name was good for fifty thousand dollars. His property consisted of many rich, valuable acres, herds of fine cattle, spans of beautiful horses, and a heavy bank account. Two men were constantly employed on the farm, and extra hands in the busy seasons. There were four child~ ren in the family, the eldest a girl of twelve. All the domestic labor on this farm home, even to the knittin and sewing for the family, and washing or the hired men, was done by this farmer's wife, her only help being what her little daughter gave her when out of school. Dairying was a prom inent feature of the iarm, and every year hundreds of pounds of butter was made by her. It is needless to say that this woman was a slaveâ€"worse. evenâ€"for had she possessed nothing there would have seemed more rea- son in such hard work. I do not believe she ever spent one moment inrest and recreation, for when the housework was over she always had knitting or sewing in hand. She gave no time to reading, no time to home or social pleasures. Her children were all supplied with food and clothes, but as to spending any time with them in that sweet intercourse which is fraught with so much pleasure and benefit to both mother and ‘ children, it was something outside of her i thoughts. - - - 1, 9"; ~‘_" UIIURKIIW. I always compared her to amachine. And alas, for the thought! when, like the ma- chine, hard usage has exhausted her capacity for work, there will he nothing leit. as a monument for her labor but some soulless dollars. ‘ ‘ - “' ,, LL- L..- “UI‘DI 5. Who was to blame ‘! No more the hue- band than the wife. There was a fast-rooted idea in the community that extra help in the farmhouse was unnecessary ; that, ex- cepting in sickness, the Woman was unthrifty who could not carry on_her housework with. There are various ways in which the coun- try housekeeper can lighten her lab' r. It is often impossible to get good, regular do- mestic help in the country ; but the washing can be hired, and a seamstress be employed at the house for a week or two each season to do the bulk of the sewing. Even this help cannot always be obtained in one'a neighborhood; but there are laboring wo- men in almost every town who are glad to receive work: . L__ I“- ..,,. I'CUBIVU wuan. When we first commenced farm life, we Were four miles from the city, with so many factories near where girls were employed, that it was impossible to get househelp. So arrangements were made with a woman in town who did our washing for three ears. Another way in which our housewor has been greatly lightened is by patronizing the ‘ ‘ ‘- I !.| .!,,A_ --_.. L-nnl‘ ‘3 hmlaht- no can gruuuy llsutvuvu w v, . baker. Much of thetime our breadb is bouh and if we are unusually busy, we buy on on, cookies and donghputo. ' I 10“-- -..- .p. A“- 000K188 uuu “Vualluuvue The conditions of people’s lives are so dif- ferent that it is impossible to make plans beneficial toall. Yet there are we s by which every over-burdened honsewi e can be relieved of some of her work. The very first step in this direction should be in fit- ting n. he honse conveniently, and with (some: unces for her labor. ldn not mean to have the radar infer from this article that all farmers’ wives suffer the martyrdom herein described. There are many country homes where the stren th of tee wife and mother is appre- ciate ; where the income from the farm is spent in advancing the home interests and leasuros as well as the interests of the \ arm. And it will be a glorious reformation 1 when they are all so. I well understand and apyreciate the scarcity of ready money on the arm. How hard is it, oftentimes, t5 touch a dolla MI is not needed. for actual necessities. Yet among the actual necessities tho guarding of the health of that central home figure, the wife and mother, should always be reckoned -â€"the entire happiness and prosperity of the The Country llousewltc. pasair farmhouse depend to much on her. Andr there is a more unprofitable end unplemnt object than a .w rnont, groaning. uervoue woman. I don”tnow what it is. Nun: Bonus. While the women lately in lnternatlonal council at Washington were exnltlng over what education ha done for their sex dur- ing the last generation, a very serious din- ouaaion was begun in England as to whether, under the existing conditions there, this ed- ucation had really been of practical advan- tage to women. ‘i‘here are now in the United Kingdom 800,000 more women than men, dr, as the London Spectator puts it, “ there are 800,000 girls who, unless we establish polygamy, never can be married at all.” The vast ma- jority of these spinsters, of whom 500,000 are 35 years of age or older, belong to the educated or partly educated classes, and the rest of them are without money. Meantime the emigration of men from the crowded islands is steadily increasing their numbers actually and proportionately, the continuous lagricultural depression is adding to their poverty, and the general diflusion of edu- cation is rapidly multiplying the ranks of those whose tastes and habits unfit them to earn their bread in the only employments in which there is a great demand for women’s labor. Even though her pay be small, an ordinary working girl can always secure a place, but these “ necessitous gentlewomen." these educated girls without money, are only competent for the light work for which the demand is comparatively small. The eons uence is that “ the great shop- keepers coul fill their establishments with the daughters oi clergyman, country solici- tor, doctors, and superior clerks, and then leave a kind cf worldful begging for admit- tance outside." These lighter situations, of one sort or another, are in so eager demand by a yearly increasing multitude of such we- men that “ the bestowal of the smallest pat- ronage of the kind becomes a heart-breaking burden.” Mr. Walter Besant tells how a false report that he had established an asso- ciation for providing “ ladies” with copying work brought him an “ incredible" number of letters from writers who related “ terrible, heartrending stories of suffering." __ What is going to be the ena of all this! To the Spectator there seems to be " a genu- ine prospect” that twenty years hence it will result in “ a serious demoralization of educa- ted Women from the desperate desire for a livelihood seen to be almost unattainable.” Therefore it is “ half tempted” t) reconsider the whole question of education, and to “ doubt if the majority of gentlewomen without means Would not be better for ignor- ance, as leaving them better able to give up their grade at once," and join the class of the Working women for whose labor there is a great demand. . It is also to be borne in mind that the pro- portionate number of educated men has in- creased, and continues to increase rapidly, and that there is a great cempetition be- tween them and educated women for many of the places that do not require hard manu- al labor, or other qualification than the “ general intelligence ” which is so large a. part of what both have to offer in the mar- ket. The consequence must be a reduction in the price for the work, and, therefore, of the incomes of fathers of educated daughqrf tere who in their turn will find it the mar ‘ ‘ necefieary to enter into the competiti6n for \wor . If, then, We do not go to the extreme of the Spectator and question the advisability of education for these women, we must at least conclude: that there is something radi- cally defective about the sort of education they are receiving. Though Mr. Walter Besant takes a purely poetic view of society when he declares that “ no woman should be forced to work at all, except at such things as please her,” we cannot overlook the fact that the introduction of women in- to the labor market has been one of the chief causes of the labor disturbances of modern times. San Francisco, April 30.â€"A steamer from China brin§§ details of the earthquakes in Yunnan. rem the second day of the 12th month of last year till the third day of this year there were ten shocks of earthquake accompanied with a noise like thunder. In Ship-ping eight or nine tenths of the houses in the south are falling down and half of those in the east. In the north-west a thou- sand are cracked or beat out of the perpen- dicular. Two hundred people, men and women, old and goons, were crushed to death: of wounde_ an injured_there are over three hundred. At TungHieng over 800 were crushed to death and about 700 or 800 wounded. At Nan-Hieng there are over 200 dead end 400 injured. At Si-Hieng there are over 200 dead and over 500 injured. At Peh-Hinng about 100 killed and the same number injured. (The four places last named are suburbs). In the town and suburbs over 4,000 people are either killed or wound- ed. Eight or nine-tenths of the houses have fallen down and the rest are cracked and leaning over. At Kien-Shui in the city seven were killed and wounded ; in the north- west suburb 300 to 400 houses were over- turned, _249 people killed and 150 or 160 ivoundéd. A practical attempt to rovide super- ior agricultural education s being made in England through the medium of a bill which has been introduced into the House of Commons by Mr. Jesse Col- iings, of I swich, and others. By this measure it s proposed to utilize the public elementary schools in rural districts for the urposea of alfordin to children practical nstruction in agricu ture and horticulture and to empower School Boards and other managing bodies to purchase the land, im~ plements and buildings necessary under the circumstances. A special grant of not ex- ceeding fifty or cent. oi the expenses thus incurred will a made by the Committee of education, and certain scholarships are also VWâ€"vâ€"wâ€"v __ to be offefell for competition. Not. nl this course of technical education 01,3ng In the elementary day schools, but continu- ance and night schools may also adopt it flier: allotment holdeira and loborora will 3 vcn an op rum t of bencfitt' the toachlngo ordcd. y mg by The Women of England. In a recently published poem Jemee Russell Lowell speaks of “ champagne in the 3h." There is some disappointment felt because he did not mention the locality in which he had discovered this Inspiring st- moepherio phenomenon. Doubtlese it we! in e country where the ollmste ls extre dry. Earthquakes in China.