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â- :si- i V '! ••' •,' I A OHIflESE FLOOD, I*)!* TnllMT Itivi-r Otg^rllo-M* aiiU Iniin- •* Tcnibl* T.iiHH of Life uad ProiMCty »ml »««>- Ureifti toull'i-rlujc. A Han Francisco despatch simi : The 8lttiim!ihi|) City of H)diiry arrived to day from HuuK Koii); and Yokohama, ('hiiiete papirB ti'ive detniix uf a disaHttsr uocasioiied ' ^ ey the Yeilow UiVfr ovurtlowin:; its bauku in thu Pfoviiico o( iluiiKii «nd ilesoribe it an oiiH of ihu inoHt a|>|>aUiii){ <ji;tiirreiici-«' in loss of life and proiwrty recordt d in recent tiuus. The river broke ila banks on the evening; of Ke^itunibcr 'JHtli. buiithWLut of the city of Chint; Chow, and not only com- pletely itundattil tlmt city, but aUo ten otiier po|iuluub cities. The whole arna ia ft... now a rii|4int< nea, ten to thirty f^et deep, \ wliioh was oncfl a deiiBely ]iopiilated ami * rich plain. The former bed of the Yellow Uiver is now dry, and the prentnt lake was the bed of the river centuries a)>o. The loss of life is incalcuable and the statement is made by misBionarieH that niillions of ('hiiiese are honielesB and starvint;. Thos. Tatoii, one of the Amoii- can miBsionaries, writing fruin ilonan Pro- vince, under date of (October liMth, says : "The newly ^iithered crops, houses and trees are all swept away, involvinfi; a fear- ful loss of life. The country was covereil with a fine winter braidy, whi<:h is gone and implies uuinplete destriicti'in of iie.\t year's crop. •' liread, bread," is the cry of thouBands who are on the river bank, liencvolent p<'uplo i;o in boats and throw bri-ad anioii){ tne masses here and there, but a is i.oiliii;;^; compared with thertijuire- Dieiit. The iiiasB uf people is still beiiit{ inortatied by continual arrivals even more hunijry than the last. There they sit stunned, huni^ry and ^dejrcted, without a rag to wear or a morsel of food. Huts are b«iu|{ erected for them. What it will be in two months 1 cannot conceive.' 'The misery is increased owin^ to the bitter i;oId â- weather." Yil.uw Uiver haB lon^ been known as China's sorrow, and the presfiit disaster has served to reassert its right lothe terrible title. As yet details of the disaster are very meagre. It has occurred in a district Ahere but few foreigners are, and the re- porlB furnished by the oHicialB and pub- Usluil in the I'ekin (iazetlr convey a very inade<juate account of the extent of the loss uf life and proixirty and the sufferings of the survivors TheCiovernor in Honan re- ports to the throne that " nearly all the |><x>pl* have been drowned in the district reached by the water, the survivors biing those who i-scaped to the high ground or took refuge in the trees, where they re- mained till they were rescued." This gives but little impression as to what the extent of the disaster really is. The Chinese Timet, in the I'rovlrce of <;hihli, where disaslrous inundations have also occurreil, says then' are 'J70 i»-<iple homeless, r< presenting those whose lives were destroyed, and adds tjiat the misery In that Province i« trifling as iMimpared with that causea by lluaiigo llu, or the Yellow lliver. Theextent of liroiind swtpt over by the uverwhelming flood given in Engfinh figures is over 7.000 square mil- s, and Ine land thus submerged formed a part o! one of the richest and most dansily jtupulaled plains in Nortlurii China. , 'The lieoessity for liberni aid Diay th(ra> fore tw imagined. Already ooimnlliralds suiiiH have 1)1*11 contributi fl towarriB the relief of the sufferers The Kmporor of C!hina has given two millioiiH of tm Is ami the Chinese have started siibscripuon lints in Khaiigai, to which fDreigmrs liav'e lilnrally lonlrihiited. MillioiiH luive been rendered housidess and eiitinly d- piived of all ohances '>f earning their livelihood, for their tiel. Is will either Ix-coine pt riuaneiit iakea or uninhabitable swamps. It latsaM't that the distress which will be fell during the coming winter will v<)ual in intoiisity the famine of ten years ago, when obarit able donations contributed from all parts of the world were utterly inadequate. It is stated that owing to the action taken by the Yellow Uiver, it no longer Hows to wards the sea, but seems content in con verting i'iastern Honan and Northern Nganwhui into a lake. It may ultimately flow into Ih" Bea through the Kiangun, or it may even poi-sibly join the Vangtse. \ FHYMICIAN'K rATAI. ltI.I;NUKK. He liitr<Mlui'«>« Ulpluhf-rlw Oeriiiii Iti HI* â- ''aiiiily Three Ueuths llesult. A Wellsville (O.) despatch says: Diph thuria is epideinic here. After a post- niortem examination ou one of the victims, Dr. ('. N Kale took a portion of the diseased mi mlirane of the throat to hia home for niicmscopic investigation. His research was .â- oiidueted with the iitmnsl carelnssneHs, even some of his children oring allowed to view the germs. I'wo died on Mondav. >ind yesterday the doctor himself BUc(:iiml>e(l to the disease, while live remaining i.hildren are at the point of death To add to the misery of the situ- ation, some time ago Kale became insanely jealous of hiB wife and drove her from his home. Hhe sought refuge in Pittsburg, and ii ontirel) ignorant of her loss. Pinno-Plajing I.eil Ki the Miirdgr. An Knterprise, I''la., despatch say b : At Titusville, Aug. 'i(Uh,C.H . Cook walked up to a man on the street and asked him if his namo wns II. It. Iloyt. On receiving tin afliriiiativfi reply. Cook told him that Mrs. Hoyt kept him awake the night before by playing on the piano at her house iinlil an unBeasonable hour. lie finished his oim- plaint by telling Hoyt that he would kill him if the occurren<o was repeated. Hoyt A WIDOW AMONG TUE FAKMKR8. Slin Ooi I'leilKri t<> Save the Sodk Itlrcls, and .Mittfe |'rc>BiW"r3r lli>ie» i>rTli«iu. A SeneOft I'ttlls, ^ V, despatch says: Two weelii ago • little woman, about H."; years oi age, arrived iu Heneca Falls. She was ill mourning. Hhe iinil an unuaually fair complexion, dark blue eyes and brown hair, and her face was attractive and ex pressive of modesty and retinemeut. tihe said she was Mrs Until AriiiBtrong, of New York, and was one of twelve agents whom the Kociety for the Prevention of Killing Song Uirds in Now York had sent out into the rural districts of tliia State for the pur. pose of getting pledges from influential people that they would do all in their power to supprt SB the slaying of the birds. She obtained Bt-veral pledges from people in Seneca Falls, and on the next day drove over ti, the hamlet of Kaat Varick, Beneca county, where she went to ii^ldar Colton, a 1 llUr in the church there, and the richest farimr in the town. She stated her errand to the elder, and was invited to his house to spend the night. The (,'olton fami'.y were delighted with her, and KIder Colton not only s.gned a pledge, wliich Mrs. Armstrong presented, but pre- sented the lady with three SlU bills for the treasury of the society in New York. Deauon Skinner, of Lodi, was also visited and niovrd by the fair lady's words to sign a plolge for checking the slaughte' of song birds. He/.eKiah Bishop, liutico of the Peace m West Varick, and I)ai..ei Simpson and Peter HeiiBon, of Tyre, also gladly signed. Next day the pntty wnlow re ceived a telegram from Aitiany, and with tearh in lier eyes she liaBtily packed her trunk at her boarding hi>UHe in Seneca Falls. Her only brother was dying in Albany, she said, and she took the first train for that city. Several ^days later there were some pretty mad men in Seneca county. The pretty little widow's bird pledges all turned U|) as promissory notes. Albert Hall, a banker ami rnercliant at Sheldrake, bought the notes to tiie amount of S'.)40, which purported to have been given by KIder Colton and Hi/.ekiah Hisliop. Mr. Hall bought them of a middle-aged â- nan, who pretended to have solil farm machinery in this region, and thus to have obtained the notes. They hail been ingeni ously constructed from the pledges to pro tect the birds. Similar notes, varying in amount from 81 fiO to }30U each, have been sold by the man in other parts of the county during the past five days, and it is reckoned that the total amount of notes •constructed from the song bird pleiiges and sol 1 III this region is Sl,r>t)0 or 81,(100. To day it has been learned that a woman exactly answering the description of Mrs. Armstrong, worke<l the song bir<t-pledgo swindle in Genesee and Livingston counties several months ago. The result of the work at that time was over i'l 700- An old gray haired man negotiated the promis- sory notes then. TWO KKM.illKAIII.K JVSTiCKS. (Hie AwarilM lllnii»«ir UamaKes, the Olber HelteveHM Wllrli atury. A ViiuMnnes (Ind ) despatch says: At MtirphreysbOro', in JaoKson oonnt). 111, Willum llonuer, a jiislue of the peace, brou^^ht a suit agaiiiHl his sun-in Uw, Hanititl Ilernngtoii, for slander. Iloiiiter and his regular constable served the pnpers ami brought the case inti^is own court. At the trial Iliiniier heard lA the eviilence, and then oalitBl Oinstable VVoolsev to the chair. Th-t latter adtiiiniHtt red iIih ottlti, and the justice took tlu^ witness stand to testify in his own behalf h<^fere bin own court. He then reHiiined his Jiidiiial chair ami heard with patience the arguments of the attorneys on Isith sides, lie finsll)' summed up the evnleix^e and rendered a deci'iuii against Derrington, his snn-in law. allowing himself damages in the sum of tri.OOO. A Vincennes (Ind.) despatch says: A most remarkable case incurred in a jus- tice's court in Mitllin townnhip, whi< li ib attracting very general attention. Mrs. Heiler sue<l John Wahl f<>r assault and battery, claiming that he knockiHl her do'tn. The defendant set up as his de fenoe that the woman was a kviich, and by her machinations had caused sickness and death in his family. In order to kwp her away from his premises he had, in the name of the Uoly Trinity, hung a cross on the gate through which she was to enter, and the holy power thus exerted h knocked her down when Hhe attemptinl to pass the gate. No other witnesses were examined, and the defendant was dismiBsed though the plaiiitifT was badly hurt. Nuvel Coiitehl. Another hair dressing competition took place last night in Paris, says a telegram of a re<:ent date, Thirty young women with blonde troBses Bat down ill the hall of the Urand Uriont, and for the space of about forty -live minutes the fingers and hands of the |H'rru(|uierB wore biiBV among their locks. The first pri/e of i"20 and a cross for professors wiis awarded to a M. Nessi. while a pupil won a gold medal and tl'-' for turning out the best cnitfiiro in the shorlest space of time. After the compolition â- ' fantasias ' in hair dressing were executed, old styles being temporarily revived or new ones exhibited to the di lighted gaze of a crowd of coilfiurB and their friends. The proceedings were terminated by a ball, in which the victorious barbers selected the prettiest of the danisels who had been operated upon, and danced away with them until the Binali hours of the morning. Not a4 8lruiiKe as it .Mlifht Have lleen. The wife of one of X's friends, having lo9» her 'hnsband, wrote him a detailed replied that the piano was the pro|»'rly "of .agcount olilho melancholy event, hii" wife's sister and that he could not con ! " I^'V po<ir I'.dwiird had three attacks '* the last that carried him.off." trol it. Cook tlew into a rage, said he could was t not have any more piano playing and shot (â-  " i' wotild )iavo been still more remark- Ilovtdead. He barely escaped lynching. ; »hle," thought X to himself "it it had been A oliange of venue was obtained and he wan the first " tried hero to day and convii^led, with a re- I , ., ,„ , i",""""* j, l- commendation to mercj. A plea of alco- | ^ ^^"^ I'.htU'nd parson announced to his holism was his only defence. The people <"'.nK;-''K»l""' '>" » recent Sunday, '• ^ ou of Titusville are indiguatit that he should willbe sorrj, to hear that the little churcl- have been rocommendcd to tneroy. " Ah, sir," exclaimed a (Hootch elder, in a tone of pathetic recollection, " our late minister was the man ! He was a pvwt.rfi,' preacher , for, i' the short time he delivered at JonesviliH is once more tossed upon the waves, a sheep without a shepherd." â€" Chrixtiiiii Ailvocdie. A little child, eating her breakfast, aake^ heri mother to remove the "bark" frorn her sausage. She hinted at a great canine truth very cloBcly. AN H£I££88 BTSANOflLT DIBAFFEARS, After Twenty Team' Ahswnce She Keturus iuid Claims Her Kstate, A Sharon (Pa.) despatch says: Dr. Edgar and his wife were among the wealthioBt people of the county twenty yearB ago and lavished great affection on 1^11 only daughter, about IH jears old Suddenly, to the astouishuient of the fashionable circle in which she moved, the girl left the parental mansion, saying her father or mother would never see her again. True to her word, they did not. The parents succumbed to their great blow without over permitting the community to know the nature of the family skeleton which caused the mytoriouB separation. Death soon removed from trouble the grief, stricken couple, and after months of adver- tising for the lost heiress the estate was put tip at adininiBtrator's sale and con- verted into cash, which, in the absence of the daughter, supposedly dead, drifted into the hands of distant relatives. The latter were astonished recently by the reappear, ance, after twenty years' absence, of a portly, middle-aged woman, who, with legal assistance, established her identity as the doctor's daughter. Her identiticatiori was placed beyond doubt by a peculiarly crippled hand. .ludge Blandin, of Cleveland, with several local attorneys, willloniorrow com mence the trial of the plaintiff's case for the recovery of the estate. the word amangus. he knocked three pul- , jy,^ Hotel Iturhide (once the palace of pits to pieces, and dang the insidei out o. Emperor Iturhide) in the city of Mexico is five Bibles I | to have an elevator and eleotric lights. The The Ontario Legislature will be called latter will be quite an adranoe from tallow together oii Wednesday, Jannsry 'Jfith. candles. A FKCULIAK STOKY. Au Old Nolilier and His Three Wives. A Detroit special to the Cincinnati EfK/iiirrr says: The Pension Department ban unearthed the following singular story : A veteran in Pennsylvania applied for a |)eiiBioii as Daniel Teuney, of the H:trd PeiinyBlvania volunteers, company F. A woman in Stanton, Mich., applied at about the same time as the widow of the same soldier. An invcBtigatioii was instituted, and resulted in showing that the woman was acting in perfect good faith and believed that she was a widow, and that, further more, she was a gwKl and honest person. Her husband was a worthleBS man, who one day starte<l out for a hunt and never cauie back. The neighbors at Stanton concluded that he had perished in the woods. When the snow went off the next spring they found the mangled boily of a man, a black bear and a cap, lying in the woods near Farwell. It was supposed Tenney had been killed by the bear. It is now found that Tenney was not killed by the bear, but had gone to Pennsylvania, where he took up life with another woman, who was his first and lawful wife, of whoso existence, it is presumed, the Michigan woman knew not. Finally the Pennsyl- vania wife went to Nebraska to get rid of him. 'Ihen he married another woman. Now the (]ue8tion arises, " Who killed that bear and the man who was found dead by the bear?" Tie man certainly had on Tenney's clothes. Suspicion looks toward Tenney, and the natural concluBion is '.hat he may know more about the matter than any one else. Meanwhile no one baa got the pension, and there are three women who think iney have an uniftvided interest in the liusbandBhip of Daniel Tenney. Mr. Tenney is in I'uiinsylvaiiia and saying nothing. . . » â-  â-  TIIK tIKKMAN MII.ITAKV IIILI.. tieriiiauy's l're|»arail«MiH fftr War anil Wish lor l'viie«. A Berlin cable says : A '.cording to the lUtclMiUirtiirr'i version of (lunural Von bchellendeifl s speech oil the Military Hill yesterday, the Minister of War said that the object of tlie Bill could be |Hirfectly summed up in the words of the I'.mperor on the opening of Parliamentâ€" that the Kinpire, by (iod's help, should become so strong that it could meet every danger with calmncBB, from whatever i|uarter it might Ihi attacked. The Minister, cuntinuiiig, said that danger threatened, not from the warlike diB|K)8ition of the allied Powers, for the (ierman people always leaned towanls peace, bst from attacks by other (K'ople. I'he Kinpire was strung aikd it had allies, but in war its might depended only ii|>oii its own strength. The Hill ainitil to increase considerably the numeri- cal strength of the army through the ex tension of the term of service in the liandHtrum. The additional strenglh given would Ih' of great value, and with the physicsl hardiness of the (jermaiiH no diliiculty will be eliierienced in giving effect to the provi-iionsof the Hill. The Oer- mons, lie felt sure, would not be sparing of their P'lWirs when the time came fur beat- ing off the enemy. After referiing to the technical military arraiigemeiitB required under the Bill, the speaker concluded by expressing the wish that the day when it would become necessary to put the measure to practical use was far cdT. Still, he said, everything must be ready, it an attack were made, for the Clerman army to enter upon the war path armed in the inoBl [lerloel manner, ho that their tUga would again lead the (ieiman people to victory. ♦ Among the Ctiiirclitn. Dr. Hamilton's " History of the Presby terian Church in Inland " has been issued in a cheap ediiion. In three days frotn its issue nearly ll.OtMl copies were sold. Uev. JlotTat Jackson, of Sligo, who died on the I7ih ult., had a brilliant college career, iiiiit was among the earlii Bt aliimni of Qnsen'., Belfast, founded iu iHl'.l UliKO was lUB only charge. IU uab h man of re- tiring disposition and oi a oulturwi iniud. Hia Bon, Itiv. Win. J. Jackson, is tho sue ccssor of l>r. T. Y. Killen iu the pastorate of Uunoairii Church, Belfast. A LITTLE WIDOW'S KEAI. GKIT. Oalning Her £ud After Year* ofTolland PrIvutl.'U. An Atlanta, Ga , despatch says : A de- termined little Washington County widow named Bufford, after a ([uarterof acentury of admirable perseverance mid sacrilice, has accomplished no ordinary feat. At the breaking out of the war her hus- band, an overseer in Macon County, en- listed in a Georgia regiment and left his wife and eight small helpless children, with no funds, ou a small estate, against which there was an indebtedness of ^3,000. When her husband was killed, a year or two later, the eldest of her children was leas than I'i years of age. She realized that the respon- sibility of their maintenance and education devolved upon her, and she did not shrink from it. Thrown entirely on her own resources she applied herself to the spindle and supported her family by spinning thread and weaving cloth. This she did successfully until " store bought " goods forced her to turn her energies in a more profitable direction. Uneducated and without capital there was no opening for her but the held. She rented a mule and some neglected land and began fanning, actually doing the laborious work iucident to farm cultivation. Her children could not aid her, and for several years the brave little woman ploughed her ground, sowed her seeds and reaped her harvests. She was exceedingly energetic and economical, and dually had saved sufficient money to purchase a home. Now she has a well paying estate, mules, cattle and other Block and a comfbrtable little fortune laid aside. Her children are grown up and command the respect of the community. A few days ago the successful "farmer" made overtures to secure the ancestral plantation, and to-day the prosperous little family returned to the home of a quarter of a century since. L»t«Hit 8' uttisli NewH. The City Parochial Board of Glasgow has resolved, by a large majority, to send 'J3 Irish-born paupers oack to their native country. The existing Old Kirk at Montrose was built in 17'.)1. but it stands ou the ruins of one built early in the l.Uh century, of which the spire is intact, but built at a later date, about 1(>4L Mr. Archibald, senior pastor of IMny church, where he was settled in 1843. is dead When still a probationer he took part with Dr. ('Maimers in the great ser- vice at Banchoiy House before the Dis- ruption. He was buried on the 21st ult. The late Miss Jane Jeffrey, Portobello, bequeathed 16,000 to the I'niversity for founding two bursaries or scholarships for young ni'-u attending the University of Kiliuburgh, and studying for the ministry in connection with the Church of Scotland. The Coinmisaion of Assembly has deposed Hev. Mr. McUae. Cross parish, Lewis, who was found guilty at last Assembly of slander, falsehoml, the uie of profane lan- guage, and scandalously inefficient and irregular conduct of the services of the sanctuary. Ou the night of the 1st inst. Alexander Hubertsou, belter known as " Dundonna- ehie," began a lecture in the lesser of the N itional Halls, Glasgow, on " The Absurd!- lies uf our Land Laws." The proceedings Wire suddenly terminated by the annoiince- ini'iit that a man nain>*d Laurence Uough, well known to many of those present, had dropped dead at the hall door. An appreheusiuu has been made by the (ilasgow police in connection with the fraud which was committed the other day on the pig iron market. George Itobertson, a young Mian employed in an iron mer- chant's office in Glssgow, was arrested charged with having forged the order on John K. Alexander, iron broker, to sell lo.OOO Scotch iron warrants on behalf of Jaini s Watson iV Co., iron merchants. The sale following upon the forge<l order de- pri BBed the market and resulted in a con- siderable loss. As a minister of a country parish was going along the road, he met the black smith ff thu village getting home pretty much under the indueiice of liquor. " An, Tain," said the minister, "it, instead of drinking your sair-won Hiller that way, ye had ta'en a giH»l drink o' milk, it would have done you more good, and saved you a bit of money." Tam drtiw hiuiBilf up to his full height as well as his unsteady legs would admit, and, with a look of supreme contempt, said : "Milk! milk! (hie) â€"ye may drink milk till ye hurst, but it will nevtr gar ye think yersi 1' a king I " ^ Martyr. " My dear," said he, retlectlvely snrvey- itig the piece of meat he had been tr^ving to mutiUte, " I can see how it iBpos.-iblu for a man to die at the steak, and surnly none more richly deserves the namootmartyr." - ItiiiiilMmtiin IlepuliliciiH. Three petrified toads wers found n t bucket ill the cellar of the Cumberland Valley Itailroad station at Chamhersburf!, Pa., recently. Tho bucket was placed it\ tho cellar last summer, when the toads are supposed to have hopped into it. Atlanta C'oH»ti(»no'i 'The sober, indus- trious yoiuirt iii'*\ "1^'' killed his wbot famUy, inuludinf! Mmself, at Lotiisvilla ^i other day, because he was afraid of |>overty, belonged to a 'Jlass daily iucreasiug iu numbers How They i>o It In Hnaton The modern girl doesn't give herself away when she allows herself to be wooed and won. Slie com|H'ls her adoring swain to Biirri'iider himself. Per example, says the Boston T''unicnpi . lie put on his hat. started slowly for the door, hesitated came back, sitihed deeply and took the lily white hand in his own and pressed it to his lips. " Katie," he luurmured, " I have waited longâ€" oh. how long !- for thisopportiinily. Will you, Katie, will you, darling, be mine?" " Henry," she replied, with a look half of sorrow and half of determination, "it can never be." " Never be ! Oh, why have you permitted me to hope V W hy have you encouraged me, only to stamp upon my bleeding heart at last ?' "I am sorry, Honry, but I oan never be yours. I have other objects iu view." "Other objects?" "Yes, Hciiiy; I cannot consent to belong to any man. I intend that you uhall be ! niiue." I Hut Nero Whs nn <IIHce-liolder. I Nero was an emperor, and yet he fiddled I for fun while Uume was burning. In these I days you can't ;;et a high toned fiddler lil'dlu fur less than #1,000 a night^ â€"lii stun Cvitricr. â-  Bronson Alcott celebrated his 80th birthday on the 'iHth uf last month. His gifted daughter, Louisa M., celebrated hei birthday the same day. I â€"The girl with the highest hat is reokoiicd at the lowest figure.â€" iVciv Haven A't'iij. â€"A sprnoe yonrg fellow is very often pop'lar with the ladies. EUROPKAN TKOOPS. Praise for the GermiuiB, Italians and Swiss, but fcluifland Has the Mudel Soldier, Col. Clark, of the 7th Uegiment, whohaa just returned frotn a three uionihs' leave in Hnglaud and the continent, had his eyes on [lungs military v\'hile across the wateoi says tho New York Herald. Soldiers are met so frequently over there as to impress him with thu magnitude of the burden their sopport must entail. The Lnglish soldier, he says, is a model in appearance. He is strong and athletic, very erect, with a most soldierly carriage, iiis uniform is clean, handBome and well- titting, and when seen otf duty, with a natty little cap perched jauntily on the side uf his bead, cane in hand and well gloved, "he is in appearance the qipst distinguished aoldier iu the world." Distinctive uni- forms add greatly to the esprit de corpt of the army, for every uniform has a history and a record that is to be maintained. While he deems the English volunteers a powerful adjunct for national defence, he thinks their organization and system in many respects inferior to our National Guard. The armies of Holland and Belgium are small and insignificant, he thinks, com- pared with those of the great poiirurs of Kurope. The soldiers of these ooantries seem to hive no prM^ in their military duties, are not very muscular or well set up, are clean but very sluuchy, and their uniform, which greatly resembies the ser- vice uniform of this State, is iu strong contrast with the handsouie and close- litting dress of thu Fuglish troops. Mr. Clark's reference to mo French sol- dier is very timely, and in view of the pre- sent couditiju of affairs they are very interesting : " French soldiers are a dis- appointment, for they seem spiritless, dull and despondent. They move about list- lessly, are slouchy in gait and appearance, are not always neat and clean, do not appear to be educated or specially intelli- gent ; in short, are not at all the ideal soldiers of the period. Their drill, as observed in and about Paris, was careless and indifferent, and their discipline is inferior." " Tho German soldier, as seen at Btraa- burg and in other parts of the empire, is the result of a most careful and thoroagh military organization for a long series of years and of a military aysten that has reached perfection. Ho is an educated man, physically and mentally, and a part of his education is aciiuired under military discipline. He is not so dashing iu his appearance as the Knglish soldier, but he shows in his fitiuru the result of thorough trainiug iu athletic and gymnastic exer- cises, and there is au air and expression of intelligeuue and mental culture about the (ierman soldier not seen in the army of any other nation. His uniform is scrupulously neat and clean ; he is sober, quiet, respect- ful and obedient : he is faithful, loyal and patriotic. My observation of the German soldier leads me tu thmk that in pnysical development, iu military education in every detail, and in general edaoation, which inuludes tho kuowledgoof several languages, the German soldier bas no superior or e>iual." i'he Swiss establishment he considers soiiiu:liing like otir National Guard. The men "are plainly but oonifortat>ly unl- form<3d, passably well , drillutl, of good physique, and are active, sprightly aud patriotic." " The Austrian army ia large and im- posing, but Its material does not compare favorably with that of tho Knglish or Ger- man ariuicb, physi'jally or intellectually, except in some favorite or select battalions. The soldiers of Austria proiieraru superior 111 app<;arauce, more elegant and cleanly iu droaw, and more soldierly in boariug than those from Boheiuia, Hungary and other ptrls of the Aus^au empire, but there is a servile manner about most of theui which must be the result of the despotic character of the Governuieiit, rather than good military disi'ipliiie. Some soldiers from the Aus- trian Provinces aro bo poorly and cheaply uniformed, so untidy in person, and so very slouchy aud unsoldierly iu carriage and bearing that 'a looker-on in Vienna' is obliged to doubt the mUitary efficiency and success of an army composed iu part of material of that character." riui Italians he likes better than the AuHtriaiis, and tbinks they will compare " favorably with those of France and Aus- tria, and, considering the brief existenceof the Kingdom, resulting from Italian unity, de serve special notice. They are active and sprigiitly, well uniformed and equipped, and appear to be in a fair state of drill and discipline. In appearance and in spirit they well repreHent a country that is rapidly iiiipruviiig and developing under its present Governmout, but why it is necessary lo burden this fair, sunny land, so very old, and yet so very young in modern civiliza tioii, with tho support of so largw an army only those wise in liUropean statesmanship can explain." - â€" ^ Htn OI>.|«ellnii to ]><•«â- â€¢ She -.\od you don't like big dogs, Mr De Garmo ? Hoâ€" No, 1 can't say 1 have very much love for them. She -But they have such large hearts. lieâ€" It isn't their hearts I object to ; it's thuir mouths. KiioukIi for tile Mtiuey. Deacon Jones (to country minister) â€" Some of tho nicmbors of tho congrega- tion, Mr. Goodman, complain that you do not speak quite loud enough. Country minister â€" I apeak as loud as I oan afford to. Deaoon, at five hundred dol- lars a year.- f.^ioc/i. A Oeutle Hint. Ho -What will you have,dear, candy or ice cream? , Hheâ€" No, Edward, getme some pop-corn, please. He -Do you like that stuff.? Sheâ€" Ves; 1 like every thing that pops. â€" //'ir/'irr'n Unzar. Tired Kii<»uj(h to Mt l>uwil. Ho had beeu out very late the uight before, and it was 10 o'clock when he came down to breakfast. Husbandâ€" What makes the ooffee so weak ? Wifeâ€" Because it has been standing so long. _ â€"From a slaepy industry the sleeping. oar bustnesa has oiadelotaof money. fei'-. i-«tiir'- :â- '