This may seem ordinary enough means a tremendous fillip to the raising of the position of thoneands of women in one of the most individuality of more than ordinary interest. Her feet are no bound, she is allowed to live more nataral existence than the Chinese woman, she is more a belpmeet in the home, and has a voi the al of the work in the folds women, and their peculiar dress—totally different from Chinese—i grown, pan and woren by them trol their home-grown hemp. The real among them is similar to the Sonttish kilt, and with their diamond-laped aprons at the back and front, they could be mistake for officers fairly high in the Ancient Order of Bnffaloc.
Prople interested in the tribal races of Western China may put the Miao down ax the foremost, that i+, looking at the actual progress made, although the L-bien are certainly more cate and canning in matters pertaining to what China passes as the equivalent to Tu the fature the Has Miao will be an interesting stady.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.