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A chronicle. " It always *emi to m* that when a true woman issues from the repoee and seclusion of ' the sabbath monlh' she brings back into the busy world with her an added woman- liness, a purer, sweeter atmospben shining in her face and softening bar tone*. " These line* from a recent writer recalled incident* In the live* of two women which illustrate) the absolute necessity of rest during " the sabbath month," so beautifully referred to. Two brothers lived on adjoining farm*. The one married a practical and healthy Eastern girl who knew what hard work meant, bat who also knew the value of net. The other married a rugged Western girl who looked upon rest a* a symptom of in- dolence. The) tirst. wife was too discreet to lift a weight beyond her strength. The second was proud to load a wagon with fill- ed sack* of grain. Th* tirst would rot, when the need was urgent, even though it seemed difficult to find the time. The sec- ond even begrudged her husband his half- hoar nap at noon. The first said, " I owe consideration to the family of healthy chil- dren which I hope to rear." The second considered such talk as theory. A daughter came to each to prove the truth or falsity of this theory. Both were fair{and through- out childhood seemed to run an equal race with health. But in maturity the differ- ences appeared . The on* was fitted to en- dure, and many were the trials of her strength. The other was a fragile girl, unable to enjoythe wide advantages made possible by a wealthy father. The tirst mother believed implicitly in the value of the "sabbath month, "and when bar child was born she would not sacrifice a tithe of that needed period of rest. "Thi* month," sh 5 said, " is for myself, that I may have health to enjoy my children." The second mother agaic differed from the tirst, and disregarded such a thought. The first filled her home with ruued children, and she herself was hsle and happy. The second nlied upon the one to charm her yean of life, but they were yean of broken health and aurtering. Hints for the Toilet, etc , If jou wish to get rid of wrinkle*, black- heads, and pimples, bathe the face in hot (not warm) water for five minute* every night before retiring. Any one troubled with pimple* should avoid bathing in cold water. Take, plenty of hot bath* and give the eruption* a chance to come ont oa tb* body, if they must come at all. Wash th* face in hot water, wiping it very gently. For pimples oa the face, bathe it occa- sionally in a soothing lotion composed of a weak solution of borax and warm water. ight use very wsrm water on the face; id rub into the poree an oint- t madV of flowen of sulphur aad lard- 'o remoV'e offending nain, take equal t* of chlAroform and aconite and moist- .he spot iXwith a pair of tweezen th* id ing haitV c * n tD * e removed with with no redness to speak little pain of. \Vhxn the f< walking, take a five or six drops and pat in a shi enough to cover t 1 ore, as from long ipoonfnl of Epsom salts, if tincture of capsicum, ow basin of water just sole* of the feet and < .lorn, in* Ce*laas*-The Wmm- lesl WesMlac I* a (eaierwtoMcer A i * Alalaaia-Mew ike Jap SrMe Weels. A sight which comparatively few people even in London hsve witnessed i* a coster- monger'* wedding. A* withtheir social bet- ten, the worthy folk make the day one ot Festivity and rejoicing. In this respect the affair differs lit'Je from an ordinary holiday, on which they bedeck themselves in all their best, and eat, drink and generally make merry. The novelty of the thing i* the conduct of affair* at the altar. Bridegroom and inde have spared no resource of alleydom to injure the most presentable appearance XMsible. Hi* billycock hat i* turned well down at the end* of the brim and well up at the side* ; be wean a velveteen coat with oak them twenti minutes. One will be surprised at the relief this will give. It will also cure bunftng of the feet, that so many an troubled is^th in the summer. Vaseline will increase the growth of the hair. A cloth wet in coldVea aad laid across the eyes will allay inflanimation. To 'car* a felon, wrap the part affected in a cloth drenched in tincture of lobelia. Cold cream is said to make pimple*, while vaaeline used oa tli* face will cause a dis- tigttring growth of hair. Equal part* of lemon juice, rose water, * mi glycerin* will whiten and soften th* hand*. Dandruff can b* removed by shampooing scalp with borax and water, using i of borax about as big a* a marble to ^qnart of water. Tired Feet ["No, I don't get very tire! when I said aa experienced laundress to a who was expressing sympathy at her ! work. "At lea*t it's only my arm* and ders that get tired. I don't mind j if I can have thing* my own way. ays have a cushion for my feet when ad at the ironing board. It i* mad* of thickness** of old carpet lining nvered with drugget. The lining i* ont i *qnantand very loeeely tacked together kith long stitches. Ths drugget is cut of lie required sue, the edge* are turned in I ml overhanded, then strong stitches are Jewed through about every two inches sver ths surface of the cover. I have a ttl* loop on two corners of th* rag and ' aang it up by both loops. In this way it t^loes not curl up and get ont of shape, as it wuld if it were hung by one corner. \ Useful Recipes. Shaker Indian Pudding. Bring one quart of sweet milk to a boil; to on* half pint of cornmeal add cold milk to mix smooth, turu into the hot milk and 1st it thicken a little. Let this cool, then add a little salt, molasses and ginger to suit the taste and turn into a two quart dish and fill up with cold milk; bake two hours. Brown Bread. One pint sour milk, two cups indian meal, two cups rye meal, two thirds cup molasses and one-third cup hot water. A'M a leaipoonful each *oda and alt aad steam three hours, then bake one- alf hour Squash Biscuit. This recipe i* sure to please \fce men. One pint of stewed squash, on? pint of homemade yeast, one- half cup of sugar, one half cup of batter; mix with flour like raised bisjcuit, adding a little *o,la. Creanu ke. TWJ eggs, on* cup sugar, on* cap i WM t cream, two aad a half cap* ' of dear, two teacpoonfuls cream tartar, oa* l*asua(a| oda and a pinch ot salt. Flavor! with i^an. BEAUTIFUL BRIDES, SOME ARE BESOUGHT AND OTHERS STOLEN. 'IRT AND 'ARRIET. numerous pearl buttons, flannel shut and gorgeous necktie, and trousers which fit closely about the thighs, and from the knee downward an suggestive of a giant candle- extinguisher. She wean a Urge hat with over-absorbed in a cnnsci>usoss of his own importance. in barbarous or semi- barbarous lands capture is seen in more or less serious form, A 50N-.VICIAN DAUGHTER OF HTM IS. and hsre th* bridegroom doe* not actually use brute force, the bride is yst afforded an opportunity ot escaping a hated union by outdistancing hni in a race, in which she i* ,'iven a (tan that insure* her winning if she cares to. An s musing variant on tke story of Hippomenee and Atalanta i* to be found in tne neighborhood of Singapore. Marriage thn i* a very easy afur.dependmg almoet entinly on the arrangement made with the parents of the girl- If the tribe lives on the bank of a lake or stream, she is placed in a canoe and started off some time before the would-be husband is allowed to enter another. Thee* contests must often b* very axciung. If the girl is anxioui not to be caught ah* need not be. If. oa the other band, ah* wishes to be married, she may yet give her lover a smart run, and only slow down sufficiently lo let nun overtake her in the end. When no stream is near, Mr. J. Cameron, in his account of Malayan India, says that the race is run on land, under the same condition*, but in this there is nothing exceptional. W* have seen how, in some rasss, brides have to be captured by simulated assault. and in others by racing. In the Malay Archipelago there is another very curious custom. In Sumatra, the large island which lies to the northwest of Java and th* southwest of Singapore, the bride- farmer fattens his pigs and his poultry with a view to fair day. The preliminaries observed in Japan resemble those which obtain in Franc*. A go-between selects, in a general way, the bride or bridegroom, ae the case may be, and arranges for an interview at his own DOOM, or some friend'*, or at a picnic or a theatre. Thi* mutual inspection, a* it is called,)* th* only opportunity the two have uf knowing whether then is any chance of their liking each otbr. If either does not approve of the other's bearing or appear- j ance, tb* negotiations are supposed to cease j forthwith As a matter of fact, tb* girl ha* little or n voice in the affair. She ha* to tak* whoever may b* found for her. The mar- riage ceremony is simplicity itself. There are no bridesmaids, the only persons pres- en t being the go-between* and a young girl, i Th* latter hands the bride and bridegroom ROUND THE WHOLE WORLD WHAT IS GOING OH III THE FOOH CORNERS OF THE GLOBE. 1*1 "Jew WerM ' Breeal i !. Is -Isurretilac D.lr Ma*v income o( a two-spouted cup containing native wine. One drinks from this and hands it to the other, the inarm? of the wine out of the same veseel being hold to lymbolue the readiness of the couple to share Ufa* joy* "~ sorrows. THE WORLDS CARRYING TRADE. The links of Norfolk baa aa 3OT.OOO a year. English peonies) are cuiced yearly to the) xt. m i of $30,000. Every animal kept by man, except ta cat, i* tsxed in Austria. Knglan4 has 9,000 mounted costing $430,000 per year. Livs fish have been lately transmitted by poet from India to London. yeomanry, CAT'llIM: l 5I>V.APOR BRIM. a feather or combination of leathers which [or size a Duchess of Gsmaborough might envy, a long black jacket, a bright, red drees and a whit* kerchief round her neck. With the swinging gait characteristic of coetermongerian.l. the pair make their way up the church, followed by their friends. tree IP is expected to give evidence of hi* intention to be generous to hi* wife. I This is supplied by means uf a giant balance ' placed in front of the bride's house One scale belongs If the bridegroom \nd the other to the bribe's parent*. On the wed- ding day the latter put their presents into their scale. The bridegroom brings his later. His fiancee is said to watch the scale* from a place of concealment, nd only MM him when his gift* outweigh her parents'. His good nature is universally spplaodsd, and the onion of the happy pair is celebrated with feasting and dancing. In Java the marriage cenmony is short, txit '.he feasting long. The explanation of this is thatths msrriage with the Javanese is only the equivalent of sn . engagement with us. After the ceremony bride and Bridegroom do no* live together for three months, during which they hve the amplest opportunities of learning whether A BIACTY OF TCMS. most of whom take their place* in ths pew*. The one feature then wanting in usually solemn ceremony is solemnity. Ths bride especially seem* to regard the affair as a grand joke, and in the middle of it all thinks nothing of turning round and giving her friend* behind tne most knowing of winks. They in their tarn do not wait for the conclusion ot the ceremony tocommenon A JAPAN**! BRIDB'S LAST LOOK AT tlKMILT. pelting the bridal pair with rice. l>i*mi*sed by the. clergyman after a while, the bride- groom march** off, leaving his bride to follow. They both give and receive coarse tut good-natured chaff, though the bride- groom seem* for ih* moment somewhat A JAVANESE BRIDB. they care for each other. If either side can advano* any good reason why they should not continue their union, a divorce i* granted, the bride returning all the preeent* she has received from the bride- groom. In Tunic no woman vho is not fat is considered good- looking, and it i* recorded that a lady who weighed twenty-five stone was regarded aa having attained perfec- tion. In order to reach the neeeeaary standard of adiposity the maid will put bangles round her arm and feed herself up until they an tight to the fleih. Her hus- band does not. see her till after the marriage ceremony, which is purely official ; and if the go-between were desirous of giving the poor young man a great shock, or sending him into a serious rage she could probably not take a better coun* than to arrange that the face he should look upon when hie bride uncover* contains only the amount nf flesh seen MI thai of a Euro- pean girl. The Tunisian maiden, ic a word, fattens herself up for the matrimoni- al market precisely in the st.ne way M a The British Herehaal *Jartae i. Thai ef AH vXher .'tries < .n Mr. M. G. Muihall. a well-known statistician, ha* compiled for the December number of the Contemporary Review some instinctive data about the world's carrying trade, confining himself to seagoing, and excluding coasting vessels. The principal conclusion* to which tne fact* brought ont by Mr. Mnlhall's point are these : That Great Britain posse* 36 per cenc. ot th* carrying power of the world ; that the tradt between Great Britain and her olonie* is growing much more rapidly than the general seagoing trade of '.he world ; that the seamen of Great Britain carry more merchandise per man than thnee of other nations, and four time* a* much a* British carried in 1860 ; aad, lastly, that Gnat Britain's annual loss of tonnag* by hipwreck.as compared wi-.h tonnage alloatt * only half th* annual low of other na- tion*. Not only doe* th* British flag now hold th* same preponderance at sea which the Phoenician* enjoyed in early time*, aad the Italians in the middle age*, but the prepon- derance i* increasing. Since 1440 the oceangoing tonnage under the British ensign haa trebleo", while the aggregate ton nag* of all other nation* ha* only doubled. To give the exact figure*, in* nominal tonnag* of Great Britain row between 1840 and ivrj from 3,310,000 to "if/frltf* tons, hil* tiie total nominal tonnage under all other flags increased only from 6,070,000 to 12.670.UOO. Bat even this eihibit give* an inadequate idea of th growth of British shipping, owing to the larger proportion of steam vessels in Gnat Britain's merchant navy. Allowing for the fact that a steamer, being ablr to make so many mire trip* a year, is held to possess four limes ihe carry- ing power of a sailing vessel of equal ton- nag*, Mr. .Muihall compute* that th* carrying power of the British merchant fleet m 149-J was .7,7 1 Ji.OUO tons.as against a total carrying pownr under other flagt of J 1,1 'JO, OIK t tons. That is to say, it amount- ed to "Hi per cent, of the whole. Next to t.rral Britain, but at a vast interval, cam* Scandinavia with a carrying pcwsr of .'".' *> tons : nstt Germany, witn .>, TO, (X 1 * i tons i then France with 'J.410,000 ton* ; then Spain, with 'J.O*Jl),000 tons ; then the United Mate*, v.-ith I.I'.MMHH . and, finally, Italy, with 1,410,000 toer. In th* case of the United State* it should b* noted that the figures show a shrinkage in the carrying power at sea of ^i.i>0 tons dnnng th* decade preceding 1VJ. \Ve should also remark that the increase of French carrying power during the ame decade was very slight, notwithstanding the fact thai Francs pays about SJ ',000,000 annually in bounties on her seagoing ship- ping It is estimated that England ha* 1,237,38 union men in good standing. The sum of $320,000 is now what the Prince of Waleo is insured for . Sir Arthur Sullivan writes most of hi* music between midnight and 4 a. m. The average weekly loss of veseeis oa | the sea* ihrougnoni tb* world is twelve. The gross value of British maritim* inter- ests amoont* to slightly over |lij,oou,i'U, 000. In Russia you may marry before eighty or not at all, and you may marry oaly fivsj Cripples are seldom seen in China. VY hea a deformed child is born it is at oace put to death. Mis* Helen Gladstone has been made on* of the governor* ot the Fif*shire county schools. The Hebrew emigration from Russia thi* year will anvooat to about a quarter of a million. Nearly 13,000 agricultural laborers went from Ireland last year to assist .a the Enir- liah hwvest. On an average there an tea thousand advertisements a day in ihe eight Lendon morning papers. The "dy-eatei " of Cuba is one- third the size of the hamming bird, and is the smallest bird in the world. Mr. G sd'.oae, despite* his supposed vast weeUUi. wean hi* clothe* until they are threadbare, shiny and shabby. A French officer in Bnisaon has invented a hippon ete which sriil register ihe pace* a nd groi ad covered by a her**. Field Basks of aluminum, .ostead of the ordinary glass flasks, are beug introduced experitrentaliy into the <erman army. A firm in Palestine is engaged in auppl y- ing water from the River Jordan tocnnrcne*. It is put up in sealed bottles sad sold by too AlmaTadema gave as- wedding preeeni to the Duke and l>ucne*of York a paio'ing by himself called "GsxUpsed.' It i* being etcbe<i. Robert Louis Stevenson's estate in Samoa include* 40) acre* of forest land, aad i* sitnau d at an siev itioo ranging from ttUO to 1,500 f**U It said that there are 2.000 magazine* pnbhsned in Great Britain. The religious publication- comprise about oae- fourth of this number. Many of the people of New Zealaad an aeriouniy meditating the peusioning of ail the residents after they have attained tneir seventieth year. A London. Kuglaad. despatch say* the Queen's rheumatum is chronic and thai it is believed she will never be able to walk more '.nan a fsw steps. A Chinese paper says that Mariano San:a Ana, a native of Albany, who is 1 17 years of age, has just completed the long term of 33 years' imprisonment An inquiry instituted among ths London free linrarirs shows that Mrs. Henry V\ ood, Edna Lyall and R der Haggard are tne most pjpular writers. The Russian < ioverament intend* to con- struct a harbor solely for commerce at Pod, leaving Batoum a* a strongly fortified point tor military purpose* only. Th* charge fur a special train is 7s. per mile run. and each passenger has to lace an ordinary ticket. No special train is run un -er a minimum charge of .>. A tree that smike* has been discovered in the Japanese vllage of One, It i* 60 feet huh, and after sunset svsry evening smoke issues from the top of the trunk. It is eatimtt-d that if th* Chancellor of the Exchequer were to impose a tax of ."is. each on bicycle* it would bring in a revenue of something Ilk* 200,000 a year. Prof. Weinek, of th* Imperial Observa- tory at Prague, devoted 'J25 houn to his expanded within the same period from drMrlllg o f th , i^u crater Copernicu*. It J3. 7 10.000 tc 39,6a;.OUOtoa.. or by 34. 1 per j, (rom \ n , gUlT . .n^. , t u,. Lick Obeer- cent. Another table of th* entries of va . orv vessels bearing th* British ensign into port, ot the world verm., the saying that The most curious paper-weight in the irade follows the flag, by showing that j *" U ! to be ' OB * W th * k PrU>< * o< the commercial relations between Gnat ! i V ! ~- , ll .< * ^P " ; * ' Britain and her colonies grow much fatur j than cither the trad* of the ports of the Inspecting Mr. Muihall s table of port entries, we find that those of ths United States increased between 1S.V2 and ,l-*9-J from 14.WU.UOO tons to 1-.1*".''. or '.'* > percent.: those ot Continental Europe in the same decade from 67.710,UtiO ton* to 90,430.000, or 3a 6 per cent. ; those o; South America from 9,1'JO.OU.i ton* to 15,530,000, or 70.4 percent., and those of the colonies, that term comprehending all the trinsma- rine possessions of ths European power*, from 34.3SO.OOO tons to ,"> I , J:tt >, 1 1 >. 1h* port entries of the British culonies alone > port* United Kingdom or th* commerce between Grett Britain and other countries A* regards th* comparative efficiency of A ' Veeping beauty" te in the per* o of Marguerite ftouayenoal, ol Su vjuvntin, who has slept for l"j years. The sleep was Life is sustained by In the shop window of a Birmingham bsrber recently was the foilowiug nuUce to customers : "Municipal election Ail Un- ionists shaved free. Gladstoniana '-' I e*cn, British seamen, a carefully compiled table J Brought on by fright, of all the seagoing vessels of the world, in- artificial means. eluding ail steamers ovsr 100 ton* and all sailing veesel* over 30 toas, brings out the fact that m all maritime countries taken together, there ie an average of '.'S too* register to each seaman, whereas in the j owing to th* length of their f cas* of Great Britain tne average it 33 ton* per man, or 40 per cent, more than the usual proportion. Evidence) of super.or efficiency is also afforded, by a table of wrecks collected from the report* of the four countrie* which furnish distinct re- turns upon the subject. It appear) that in ratio of t the yean 13S8-S9-90 the ot the ton- na.e lost b) wreck to tonnage afloat was la the convict prison at Copenhagen mothers are allowed to have tneir he>t>ies with them till they are one year old : then they are taken to the workhouse until me mother's term of sentence has expired . A French Government official lately sent in a bill ot 14,iWO franc* for cab fare* in a single year. The bill was disallowed and for th* United States 6.8 per oent. Muihall admita, however, that the whole n! tms startling difference cannot b* as- cribed to the superiority of British sea- mansnip, for the reason that the British merchant navy ha* a larger proportion of ships propelled by steam, and it ha* been II established that sailing veeseis are more liable to lo** than sneamers, the difference being a* four to three. for Great Britain A 4 par cent, if or Germany I th* official dismissed from ths service at .VJ per cent.; for France, 4.3 per cant,; and once, and will be prosecuted in the courts ^ r - Nettle*, long used in France for edible purposes, an now being put to yet another use In Dreadtn, a firm i* manufacturing the fibre, which is both delicate and strong, into a variety of textile fabric*. So fin* is the thread produced that a length of sixty miles weigh* but two and a half pound*. A bread and butter tree from the Trench settlement on the Gaboon was recently Mat to a profeeeor at Nancy to analyse. The tne yields a fatty aubstaaoe called cay-oay, imbliag butter, aad a grain containing To prevent lamp chimneys from cracking pat them into a kettle of cold water, gradu v i pr cent, of fatty matter, from which ally beat it till it boils, aad then let it gradually as ' very nourishing bread U made. The tree ' at trvmgia.