—A scientific French mission at Thebes has discovered recently 36 sarcophagi of kings and queens inclosing mummies, rolls of papyrus, thousands of jewels and talismans, from which much may be learned of importance in the history of ancient Egypt. —M. Ledoux, Consul-General of France at Zanzibar, reports a great famine in equatorial Africa. The tribes, in despair, have pillaged the caravans. —M. Succi, delegate of the Italian Society of Commerce with Africa, has returned to Milan after a voyage to Madagascar and the Comores. The sovereign of one of these islands has granted to him a concession very advantageous for the Italian Society. —In an exploration of Quango three great cascades have been discovered, to which the names of the emperors of Germany and Austria and the king of Portugal have been given. —The military French administration has placed forty kilometres of railroading of the Decanville system from Sousse in the direction of Kaironan. —After having been dangerously ill of bilious fever, Stanley has recovered sufficiently to go to Manyanga, and from there to Stanley Pool. * * * * * THE CHINESE. —The American Board has rendered good service to the cause of missions by issuing a large map of China, suitable for use at monthly concerts and other meetings. —The Chinese merchants of San Francisco have received from the Emperor of China an elaborate and beautiful scroll, in recognition of their liberal gifts for the relief of sufferers from the famine in China three years ago. —“I love money first and God second,” was the confession of a Chinaman in Boston, who was quite ready to argue that his was the best way, as he was giving an account of his nephew’s preparation for a public profession of religion. —The Chinese Sunday-school, held in the chapel of the Mount Vernon Church, Boston, had an average attendance last year of 48 pupils, the largest number present at any one time being 71. The total number of Chinese in Boston is said to be about 300. TRAINING GIRLS FOR HOME LIFE. BY MISS MARY L. SAWYER, BOXFORD, MASS. At our annual meeting at Worcester, a part of Thursday afternoon was devoted to the reading of papers and to the delivery of addresses on Women’s Work for Women. We gave in our last issue some brief extracts of the addresses on that occasion by Rev. A. H. Plumb and Rev. E. N. Packard. In this number we publish portions of the papers read by Miss Sawyer and Miss Emery, which our readers will find to be interesting, pertinent and profitable.