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Mroie at G:BJ| Bucephalus CHA1TERI. It csn hardly be said thatCreat Bucepha lua, n American frontier 'city' well known a gi m ration back, was founded with greater pretensions and boosting than any other pc.-ulation of the kind, as nearly all Hucb places are premised to do imjiossiblu things, ait unheard -of profits fur all tlioe es are pi to n-iili. and who joined in tho undertaking ; but it weut ahead pretty considerable smart in that connection, ai some of the more a.slute i in u n had aid, in reference to the scheme. Mining was to make ita fortune, and so would trailing with the farmer* who sent in their produce to supply the miners ; so the store- keepers, the hotel-keepers, and the cattle- dealers could not avoid making money so it seemed even if they w'shed to do so. And it wm> strange, or would have been strange but that the incident was common, to see how those who had already been de ceived, or at least disappointed in similar ventures, were ready to believe in this new speculation, and eager to try their furluues in it. Amor.); others, Mr. George Kit ran, an Englishman, had been early in the field, anJ had opened a store, managed principally by himself and his wife ; and so great was the rush or " boom," aa it is now the fashion to call it while Great Bucephalus was developing, and the miners were prospect- ing, i :..it the speculation appeared likely to real i/ r a great deal even of the enormous success predicted. This was cheering to Kltran, who had had his share of heart- breaking struggles ; but he was also delight- ed to think that here was now an opening for Ins best and oldest friend, Mr. John though he expected to hear her express the strongi'iii disapproval of this idea ; but the lady met his glance with a very different one. " I'oor child I " she exclaimed. " How dreadful for her to be suffering here alone, with only' .She paused, and AiloUe. Rube, who had caught the words, smiled gravely, and said. ' With only such a father 10 nurse anil look after tier. It is true, madam, we are hun- ned by all ; and to she suffers for my faults; but 1 havu jone-my boat. " " I feel sure yn have, Rube, and I will help the poor girl if I can," returned Mrs. Kltr.in, somewhat nmorseful at having al- luwod the man todivim-hcr thoughts; "and if I can send her anything likely to do her good, she shall have it." Saying this, she descended from the vehicle, anil followed Kube into the hut. Kltran shook hit head, but ventured upon no open protest against the proceeding. After a short interval, during which he could distinctly hear th feeble voice of the sick child miiigliuK with theulhrri, his wife came to the door, and said : " (icorge ! Tin poor little girl is sadly ill. She seems only weak and very low Hpirited ; but she is cer- tainly pining away; and if left here, the will die. pini I ha ve told llube wo will drive her into the city, where she can have one of our rooms fora while; and with cheerfulness and society she will iielstrongdiroclly. Spread out the buffalo robe so that she ran lie upon it, for she is too weak to sit up. " " What ! Take her to Bucephalus with us ? Take her in noir/" exclaimed the amaz- ed husband. " Don't you think it would lie- better to send her out some wine, and to ask Dr. I'ranrc to call ; and then" - " No, no !" cried his wife impatiently. " The poor child will be d.-ad while we tire thinking of helping her ; an'! shu looks so pretty and speak:. s mildly. That will do \\t-\\t II, of London " Jack Boytell," to all ! nicely," she added, as her husband, seeing who knew him. This friend was somewhat Kltran'i junior ; but they had been school- fellows, and Jack had married Kllriin's sister, and was liked all round for his good- humour, his straightforward style of speech, and Ins unflagging cheerfulness of manner all capital qualities ; and, as just intimated, there was no escape, adjusted the butialo robe ' Kulx) will bring herout." The father, concealed from Kltran by the idisilc of the low doorway, had beon listening to this conversation, and watching the speakers with a painful interest. He drew hack into tho house, where Mrs. Kitran fol- Rnylrll was much liked on account of them ; lowed him ; and in a few minutes they re but, unfortunately, even a cheerful an. I pleasant manner does not always of itself turned, Kube carrying much too light burden a girl of some ten years old, pretty secure- success in business, and Hoytell had , in features, and with soft curling hair ; but inarV more than one experiment which had ' pretty as was her faca, it was far t-xi pinch- n. Inl in undoubted failure; his capital j e d and drawn for youth, and her blue eyca would nut allow ol many such trials, and in were too large and too eaver. he had a wife and a couple of chiUren. the The hur , miner e-i , , jflcd , h() ,, lght outlook rew serious. , figllre JnU) the wniolet | )Cnt ovor all ,i k, we <l Kltran w is delighted at being able tosend ),er face with some words of farewell and his friend a letter containing a glowing ao I hope ; then brushing something away from count of tin- new city and its prospects, with a strong recommendation for him to try Ins fortune in the West, where, he somewhat raahly declared, such a man as i.yte!| was sure in make his fortune. Tins insinuation and this invitation were special lus eyes and clnaring his throat, he drew small leather hag from hii nockit, and handing it to Kltran, said : "There i not mucn there, squire not more than a liltlo dust. In bettor times it should have been doubled and trfl>!cd ; tint it will help to ly welcome to I is friend, who was really, as | py little Minnie's board aud for the trouble he i.e.l, almost at the end of his tetlu*r : and K.ttran noon riveived a letter in reply, hear til) thanking him, ami announcing tho wiiler'smU ntnm of einluirlniig almost im- mediately. I'ollyiMr. BoytelKs wife) was, he averied, quite as much pleased at him- self ; and so was Agatha, Kllrat/a unmarried sistrr, who would .i'<-om|miiy them. Km events move very i|uickly in such i miiiii >i iii'D its iire.it liii' cphalus, and of all S|u-i illations, mines ate perli|>n the least to your helps. " "No, 'Dnliy - not a rent !" cried Kltran. " If we give your child a homo for a whilf, we do not wish for any money in return. Do we Kate?" " Nn," replied his wife, emphatically. " \Ve will not take money for anything we i in do for the sickly girl ; for any help we can render to " " To tin' innocent child who has no friends," said liube, with the same promises. (!ood-l>ye. 1 wish you tin- greatcht tu In- ilrprndid upon, lloj toll's letter had j uucheery smile as b'foie. "Well, I will uuly In'rii received a day or two, ami the not press you. Your good il. ed nh.ill e.l" of pleasure with whn h Kltran and his j stand by itself; and if ever the day wife boil learned his resolve had not di'.d should come when even such a man as 'IM.y sway, when suddenly and from all quarters , Kube ean show that he is grateful Yet tin ii,.,,' i,niini.ii9 rum. "i m sprung up; a gen- I must not keep you here, listening to my era) stampede from the mines was mum, on- ly s|K.ken of, and it was certain that iu some quarters the diggers or, as was more ott. n the c.isr i line, the gold-washers were leaving their claims, (Sold assuredly was to IM- lound in the ilittri. t, nut so irregular- ly ami in su. -li limited quantities, that ilwas soon seen that foi such a " IMM.HI " us iiad taken place tho enterprise wns wholly l.o|.i- - less. \Vlieii once su. h a l>el;ef liecomes prosperity ; but >ye. 1 wi I tall yr in straight I don't reckon that you will find it at Croat Ituce current, the speculation which has up phalus. " The strangers drove ofT with their charge, after this not ton exhilarating farewell ; ami thus the only child ot A. I.. IN- Uulie, the liar- di'iii-d liomii i.lf. and lar wor in Wi'itrrn eye* white Indian, rainn to lie for a few weeks an inmate uf the Kllran storo ; and a lili the rocket, does indeed come down like iU stick. Tins disapiM.intinenl would as a matter of course IM Bullion nt to stamp the gold >" I'l* and their dependent town as a failure ; but even worse than mining losses was tho rumour, only too well founded, that the Indian* had iMTuken from tln-ir reservation - bail already ounimilUMl, aftei then \\.uit, some awful outrages, ami hail declared their inlentum of burning i.reii ltii<v|>li*- lus. That the savages bail been gt.n.l.-l t.. ill. - deeds mid threats by a long peiiod of injustii e, fraud, and ill usage, was undeiii- ai I" ; but mode it no l>etter for I he unf ir- t in. ate residents who w-ie likely to sutler ; and, moreover,, ' out West' nearly all the whites held that such treatment, eveu if earned to extermiiialii.n, ilid not matter so loug as II was only pi a lined on Injuns. Relabalion was of nmr-e, a very dilfi n ut , aim a must brutal and barbarous affair. '. el I'vou iu this nuininiiiiity, some t very few were suspected of lieing in sympathy and even in confederacy with the tribes ; ami if this were proved, uliort uik .. . likely to be made, with the renegades. One notoi inns character, a ' de*perado,' and what would elsewhere be ailed an outlaw, was A'tuln- more i omii-i.iily 'Doby HuU-, lied from his having woike.il soino time at nuking 'he adobes r.r large unhiirnt I. n In ..! I h- West and of Mexico ; and this man was strongly suspected of treachery but be lived a mile or two out, and rarely eame into the town, where, in its early history, he had been enxaged in two or i line sanguinary broils Quoting snaps would b 'tier rentier the vernacular of (ireut Bucephalus thus, being sldom scn, and tli" iliitrii't growing depleted, he had hither- to escaped the lynching of which ha ran daily risk. Kltran knew but little of the man, d:,l not even know where he lived ; but one afternoon, when he was driving home w' ' his wife from a visit they had paid !.. - ram h a few miles out, a man came to tin door of a inisrrabls hut and hailed them. K'lram at once rccognired Adobe Itul.e, and, reining up, aske.l him what he re- i)iiiii,l. "Seeing niadiini with >ou," re- lumed the outlaw, " I thought niuhhe* she would look at my Minnie, who is si k. It is no fever or mnallpox, nindiitn," lie tun tinue.l, lifting his slouch-bat as be spoke, ' ur 1 would not ask you to see her. She is a Uii. d of weak ami pining ; perhaps she rants Dome wine ; peibap.* some .J stuff. You will he able to tell when you have seen her and then I hope that even foribe daughter of 'Ili.by Ruin . | child who lives aJnne and solitary witli l.,-i hunted father, yon will send out wlmt shn needs Kllruu 'naked doub'.'ully it liis wife, a. wonderful impriiM 'iiient in the v'ii I was the iiniiii .li.tte result. Shu iiu;iiiv'il iu her liMiks so rapidly, and was sin )i a gentle afTer- t mil. tie child, tlmt those who had at Kist ii. .n Jl pi'-.'.l In irn^uii the Klti.u.s tor taking an inlerrst in the daughter of such a si-sllywng t '1'iil'v Kiil>.', not only sur- inunntcd their idije>'tiuiiH, but came to see tin; u-ul uecaniiiually, nearly always bi inging her little pteiciitB. This short visit was probably the very happiest time which Minnie's life had yet seen ; but she was removed loo early, as the Kltrans j.nl^eil, Unix* expressing bis regret for the change, which was, ho naiil, tiom some reason unavoidable. He did not say wh.it Ills reasons was; but he was profuse, and IP). u< M l\ Binceie, in his thanks to the umlly rouple, and reiterated his assurances : 1,1. lying tho good turn should it ever be n his power. It xei'ined an though Kltran would need a ioil tuinpretty snunfroni ni>me'|iiarter, as, while Minino bad luun staying at b:s house, he Plate of afluirs in and about lire.it Itii' ep'i tin* had leiched something like a Tlsi. Thetjolil tinldl were almost deseitetl ; trade, as a mallei of consequence, was al most extinct ; while the report* from tin- Indians grew more terrible were indeetl worsn day by day and the calam riend Ttoytell and family to nm into such anger ; so, awkward and expensive as a t.iy in New V r ork would lie, Kitran w.i.- iearti!y thankful that the alarm had been early enough to enable him to send warning. It was now reported that Ophirville, a w town some forty miles south, wiu the ! '-rntre of the void ! iriinjiliati :rli, itml would be the centre also of trade auJ enter- irise. What was of exjual importance jusit low, it was below theran^c of Indian fight- ng parties, who never sought to cros llie loundary supplied by a long rani;e of low nils, loe savageii did not claim thecoun- ry beyond tlmt division, and consciiuently allowed the dwellers therein to abide in x-ace. So, after obtaining the best accounts le could, Kltran made up his mind "con- linli'd," as he had already learned to say o start afresh there, and was eoon busied n the necessary arrangement*. Yet even in the few days which were all hat these preparations required, reports of .lie Indian outbreak increased in frequency and in terror Some of them seemed almost too horrible to be true ; but those who were o'd residents on tho frontier had ot'ten had only too good reason for believing this class of report beyond all others. One unpleasant incident, which fortunately, lowcver, led to no special result, occurred n the city iUelf. A party of leading cilixens waiti-d upon Kltran, an-1 rri|iiest"d that he w i ti'il give up to theia Minnie Trant, the laughter of Keul-n Trant, otherwise Adobe KM!. Kltran informed tlicm that the child had lieen taken :iway by her father a few lays before. The deputA lion were loth to believe this; and Khr-in sVM obliged to l*Mr that it win no and tm-.\H hi wife in evidence re they would credit hint. They knew and le knew as well how tho Vigilantes treated a broken or false oath. There was hut one penalty death. ' We are going to lynch that outlaw an 1 dexperudo," anid the leader ; " wo will BO. \Ve shall string him up whenever he is caught ;but we don't li \ir r.o malice against tin* i-liild, who shall be sent live hundred mile* away, where soon forget all abottl him. Our visit here U oc t ol no ill will to you, Kltran. This deputation admires the kindness shown by your wife and your- self to this poor little girl ; and we regard you as real white citizens for sheltering aud nursing her." This last phraite may have an odd siund to iiiiai-cnsl'iniud t:\rt, especially an there tiad never been any qucatinn as to the whitu" l.lno 1 of Mr. and Mri Kltran : but it was an often-uaed form of Western speech, and wiu intended to convey a roniph The search for Adolw Kulx' wai iinvuilm^, and the store-keeper heard no more at th.it time uf him or bin child. (TO nit r THE :n rinViiiloB n Hi. Klvi-r lli.r-r h) IBP ities threatened appeared on the eve of au- iiii" of the first precautions taken by Kit ran was tu un>, warning bus friend Boytell not to come on at present, not, in- deed, until he beard from Kltran again ; for it was clear enough that the latter would have to seek another home, and that, for s'.n.o time at least, Great lluccphalua would be no eligible abiding place for such nn.ni grants as John lloytell ; und still less) would it form a resting place fur the helpless women and children dependent upon him. Kit ran Ic.uv 1 it was too late to write to Kngland, as his friend had pi ubal.ly already HUM | but he. wrote to the agents in New York upon whom Boytell would call advis iiiK him to wait in that city a while). This was all he could do at the time ; but he assured Boytell that ho would not loss a moment ill sending advice for liis guidance as soon as he bad decided for himxelf. It had now become too evident that a change would be necessary, as, apart from the ruin threatened I y Indian hostility, the failure at the gold-fiebls h id grown no complete that the trade of (ircat Bucephalus was hopelessly gone. Bui even this latter disaster did not utterly dismay the lemdcnls, who were, in many cases of roving biibits itiul looked iipui. Iha " plaviugotM " of the town as 01, lv adding one to their many removals. It ,1 i ..I 1 atotiii of the savage*' nn- slauifl'. t liich appalled them ; uxl it was out ut nil i|iii'.-tion fur Kltran to allow his I in i.i.i. I !! Hun ..( Astralla. Sir Henry P.u kcs. who was recently com- lulled to leii^n ,i Premier of New South Wales in consequence of the dtfi-at of the liovrruinent, is the (irand Old M.ui of Aus- tralia, Until a lilllu more than a year ago he was aver) vigi irous man, with a profusion if white hair and beard, ot remarkable height, active, robust, anil wuh a i(reat capacity for hard work ; Imt in the spring of !VK> hu wa* thrown from lintar rili^r and had both bones of one leg brukcn. The shock fun! confinement arli-i'tnl I.M tirilth and constitution, and a wound in bis leg did not heal lor several months. !! ! lie carried to the legislative Assembly, and from hi* bed, or couth, at Ilitniptmi \ill.i, Halni.iin, he presiiled over the ilulibeiations of the I'.ilunei I 'ouii' il He has pu<cd oii^h many contrcvcmies without losing his grip, bill il is believed tliat owmi; to his ailvanced n^c ho will retire pcrmaiienlle. II. \t . t.oi n 111 Stunelenjli, \\ ai wi. khhiro, on M iv -7, I >!.".. .iii.l lieeinigr.i.i'dtiiSy'lmv in l^.'i'.l. lliip.iii-nt* wi rt- IMIOI, ;tn,l be luid ^-i to some plai:u where labor rount ri' tl.an it did in a rural |.iti.-li. llr worked as a clerk in tx hardware store, as a laborer in a foundry, and as) a maker of toys iiili'hraiinen. Iu Ihu course of time he peiied a store 111 Sydney for the sale of toys. He was always ready to discuss social and |Hiliti>al i|iiealioiis t and some uf his spare time ho gave to compoaili'.n.* and |MMttii-al elluaiona. In IS4S he found more congenial employment, enured the political held, uinl agitated thu abolili.'ii .1 the transportation of Knglisli criminals. Two years afterwards h founded the A'iM/'ire for the promulgation of Ins >!.*, wul i ontiniHil it without much profit for seven yearn. He was a capable, con, Ixitivo, and volublo S|ieaker on public tlVair*, and he entered the !,>;. i|;iti\u A.nrinti'.y in IHA6. For many } cars t here were stirring times in the colony, and I'.irke* increased thodisctisfiun of colusial allim l.y I-IMIIM 1'iitions to the columns of the Mcnnii'j //.in /. Iu l-i.ii lii- Iwosmo Colnni.il Se, ! tary, and in 1S70 he was s< nt f->r by Sir Alfred Stephen to form In* tint Ministry. He In lil the 1'ivmieiahip several timea after- ward, and he had 1 . n .n tl.o office practi- cally since ls*7. In his speeches he ire ijuenlly periniiti il his utterances to over- step judicious bounds. He was a hot-tum- peied but fi|i i ifn. eil loader. I'areless in monetary affairs, he has been, it is said, actually forced into retirement at times, and when he took otlice in I.SS7 ho was obliged to inuke a satisfactory reltlement with his creditors, but it ia .\id that he never enriched himself at the expense of the colony. In his home life he is ijuiet and retired, delighting in talking to hi* parrots and watching kangaroos hop about. He ha* been tho most widely caricatured man in tho colony, nd bis poetical efforts, mostly of his youthful days, have beeu uacd as weapons against him. One of the circus companies now traveling in thid country is in the habit, during the performance, of turning iuimmensu hippopo- out of Us cage and the unwieldy ani mal lolluw.4 iia master around the hippo- .li'.nie track with a* mu"h docility ai a pet dog could exhibit. It is evident that in captivity the hippopotamus is anything l.ul a ferocious animal and the story thai the late (.'apt. Francois, the Congo traveler, told of him as he splashes about his native waters or suns himself on the san.ll.anks indicates that the hippopotamus, though not a lieAutiful Ix^st, null has bin lovable trails. Von Francois wa* aiiurm in explorer, whose observations for altitude* aid geographical positions in the part of the Congo banm he visited were long the most reliable dau ol thai sort the ir.ai. makers could get. " I am not sorry." he said, " that 1 have not taXen part ill hippopotamus hunts. It seems a pity without any gooil reason to shoot those harmless beasts) as they huddle together on the sandbanks. These animals are almost incredibly innocent and unsus- picious, and they aeldom take the trouble to move when they see a hunter-canoe ap- proaching. Though great numbers of them have been shot the idea that the hunting < l.rtng dinner never seems to dawn upon them. Unless some restriction be noon planed upon the hunters of the hippo- potami in those waters the great beasts will become so scarce as to IM curiosities there. It is to be hoped that the Congo slate will soon give it* attention to this matter. The evil would not be so groat if better uio were made of the skin of the animals. Their valuable hides are seldom taken, and their bontu), which might serve a variety of useful purposes, are left to bleach on the shores. Often too the river affords a grave for the unfortunate animal*. Tho prediction of this explorer sctms rapidly to be coming true. Letters from Leopold v i lie this yeur say that tho hippopot- amu.i hunters have now to travel many miles for iheir prey, which was formerly found in great numbers station. I illl l.li TO IIII\K A Colorado Rufflim I hooe a Terrible MeihtMl of Murderl>c a Woman. I', .i I.UKI:, Col., Nov. A terrible crime was commuted hero on Monday night. (!eo. \V; . 'leiliol.lt liK.k I), i.i Aii'lrrson, a pretty Swede girl lor a walk, and, it is alleged, forced her to tak poison against her will Shu fought strenuouHly, but lie held her ant forced her todrink a large vial of laudanum. He then threw away tho Lottie, which was found the next morning still containing sonic of the poikon. As soou u the crane was made known physicians were called, sue they worked over her from midnight unti nineoYlock the next morning, when the uu fortunate girl died, Wutdet holdl was arrest e.i and lodged Iu gaol. He denies all know ledge of tho atfair, but the evidence ia aai to be strong. toil m:cn *.tvT. ! .-.iii.ii- I...... i. ..r Hi, ftervlee lo-ni'lril ) Ike r*ai** all' h asibjrrU. Russia's volunteer navy, to which the attention of Kurope has been turned by the IB enl concessions to its ships by the Suit- v of Turkey, was founded by rich private per- sons and corporations about nine or tu year*. ago during on* of the periodical war scares. The object of the founders was to place at the 'Juverimient'a ilnposal a fleet of cruisers which were expected to be especially useful as commerce destroyers in case of war with Knglaud. .Several old and new shiua were bought at Knglish and American port-., and two or three were purchased at Hamburg. The fleet included till recently only thirteen or fourteen ships, varying in age between eleven and twenty years, in tonnage between 1,'JOUaud 3.4CO, and in speed Iwtween thir- teen and fifteen knots. The Jaroslaw, the swiftest cruiser of the fleet, mode li> 1 knots. Kach cruiser carries six or eight guns of fifteen to twenty-one centimetres calibre. Thisfleet was increased in I SStf by the launch- ing at an Knglish shipyard of the twmscrnw cruiser Orel, and this year by the launching of the Saratoir at the same yard. These new ships aru almost exactly alike. Each is 440 feet long, had .,OUU loss displacement, engines of 10.0UO nurse power, and a spoed of IS knots. Kach carries seven twelve- centimetre rapid -tire cannon, and in trans- portation service, for which each was chietly designed, can easily accommodate l,iOU troops. The rest of the deet could transport 20,000 men at once. The older ships are rather slow for commerce destroyers on the high seas, but the two new cruisers, as well H--I three more which are said to be building in Kun.pean shipyards, are up to all require- ments for boats of their clas* This volunteer navy would undoubtedly b of immense service in war between Kuasia and Kugland or the three allied powers. It could land, an army corps at Constantinople expeditious- ly, or perhaps get it to the Suez Canal. What merchantmen of enemies of the dual alliance may expect in the Mediterranean iu the next war is apparent not only from the above, but also from the fact that the mail - . . . . uu*v, uub aino nun. inw 141.1. IIMK 1110 ui.iii withio easy reach of the j . lejuns |, i()I , the Merries Maritime., comic occurrence 011 the illuntrates the remaikable Upper C de loudu was edible was secured. This means that .he-re wa* very little lift but the skeleton, or the average t'on^o native i.* not at all wrtirul.u. II eieii -it* up the thick hide .f tbe river In. i M- in Vu small bits, and, after Miilini; it a lunn tune, manages to swallow t with great upjiarent delight. Mor.- failureinre to bo attributed to effort mindirecled than to the want of exertion. Yon Francois described a half sivage, half Congo that ness of the natives of thai region for animal food. While lie was steaming up the river one day Mr. tirenfell shot a hippopotamus, and the ciew drew the huge animal on shore to cut work more than rive minutes liefore they , were surrounded by a great crowd of natives, ' who watched the operation with the keenest The tongue and beat part of tha flesh were reserved for the steamboat hands, who then left the animal and gave the natives a chance. wliich ply between Marseilles and the Orient, carry heavy cannon and the crews are drilled daily iu handling thorn. Tlvre is no similar- ity between the relationship of Kngland to the transatlantic mail steamships from her ports and that of Itmiia to the volunteer navy. The latter is already Government With uplifted knives the crowd rushei upon the remains and began to slash away , resembles a fleet ot meu only in the one misleading particular that its ships Hy merchantmen's dags. I r : .. . rrrparlni for War. The statesmen of France talk of nothing but peace, and yet the people are (tying to arms with feverish activity and with a pro- on all sidos. 'Scores of the na.ivea could | cuion and method iu the madness such as not get near the body, and they began to the world has never before witnessed. On [>iisli and pull their more lurtnnaie comrades i the 13th of last month the "mixed regi- with frantic eai/erneia. Thutc whose knives ' ments," as they are termed, were called were wi i Inn reach of tho coveted flesh knew J out for the first time. The creation of these Ijood thing when they had it, and they ] regiments is intended to double the first line of the French army iu the general mobiliza- tiou. The in. -ii aro taken from the territor- ial army and are now ling drilled and instructed in all the details of tho work of infantry in war time. On a peace footing, these new regiments stand for one third of the active ari.iy aud two-thirds of the ter- a good thing when they had it, and they ili.l nut propose to yield an inch of ground. 1'hey woiilil slash away fora minute, then stop to tiglr. the rear guard oil', and then renew the cutting up process. The pushing, struggling, howling uiol. ni.i le, . ( ,nie an ex- oiling scene. Then Ihe unfortunates in tho rear, unable by dint of muscle to gain access to the creature, gathered handful* of sand, I ritorial. But "on the outbreak of war Jhe which they showcied over the hippopota- | mixed character disappears and they become nus butchers, endeavoring to Mind them. I new regiments of infantry with special num- g to blind them, j new regiments of infantry with speci So the baltlii went on unlil ti:ially those | hers, so as not to confound llieni in any way who were nean.it t Im t .ircais rolled it ovor j withtheold regiments. Inaword, thcaotive mi over into the water until it was entire- I army isincreaaedby the incorporationof fully .nergfd. l ; n.in ihis vantage ground !!, ."illumed tln> work of rutting lip t lie im. i>l muter wai<T u:inl every scrap that 111 i.ui :i UF Till: WtistLD. Uon Hie llullloit le|Mll of Europe Manse. Ir'iom M.i. nn 1. in -t M.tKii/.lne.J The Bank of K'^land, which is ihn great [v.M'i.i y uf bullion in the rcalir, holds at Ordinary tunes in ita vaults $ I _'.">, (JOO.IXJO. I I li.mk of lieriM.iny holds $JOU,000,OUO of bullion iu <"M and silver. 'I lie I'.ink. of France usually holds $17.'., 100,000k The I'liiti-il Slates holds in tho Treasury and in tho \aiiuus national bank.* some- \>b ic about 700,OUO.OOO iu gold and sil- ver. The increasing wealth in the various na- .1011* n mm. ewh.it remarkable. During the tut ten years the Hank of France has more thm doubled its reserves. The Hank of i.rniany in Issl held about 1140,000.- In June, 1S7I1, the amount of gold com and bullion in tlie I'niUd States Treasury w.is only $75,OUO,UOU ; in 1880 it hail risen over ^'WO.OOO.OUO. In the various national [tanks il stood at f3,(XM>,(lOO ; it has risen to im InsiU.-i there is a still more remarkable increase. It will be oliaerved that among the above Kngland stands the lowest on the list. This can be accounted for in two ways. There being no issue of notes under the value of it necessitates an immense quantity of gold being kept in circulation. Secondly, the commerce of (ireat ttritian with other countries being so enormous, and its lending powers so great, a perpetual ilr.un is tho inevitable result. Russia, Italy and Spain have liltle or no financial in- llucnue. They ate constant borrowers from wnl'.liy uatioua, but lenders never. trained soldicrsfrom the territorial, whilcthe latter must be filled up by uew recruits. The troops are now being exercised iu irding trains, in target practice with the .eln-1 ritle, and in all the nicderii improve- nents in the training ot soldiers. This will ontinue for two week* without interrup- tion, and with precious little time for sleep; or the men must go through the train- >oar<lint( exorcise in the night as well as by lay. Kverything is done to carry on thU igartic drill with clock-like precision, and it goes. In the si/.c of her army and the quantity of her fiuld artillery France is ahead ot (iermany, bill tho Utter is making treat spurts to catch up. And all thi* 1 1 or peace, we are told ; but when fellows take off their cults, roll up their sleeves, and pick up sticks and stones, it is hard for lonest folks to believe that they aro going o church. Astonishment ha been expressed in some quarters that a woman should havs been named as tho prolvible chief of the live-stock department of tho World's Fair at t'hicago. Objections were made to what at first sight appeared a singular appointment, but it is replied that Mrs. Virginia ('. Meredith, of Indiana, is one of the miwt successful breed- ers of live stock iu tho United States. She is furthermore described as a practical stock raiser and dealer in the highest typo of thoroughbred animals, aud thoroughly versed in the literature of stock-raining. No man in the United States is her superior as a practical stock farmer. With these qualifi- cations, tho fact of being a womau should not prevent her appointment. Equal to tba Ocasion. Office lioy : " Beg pardon, sir, but I was awful sorry to sec tho way Mrs. Jinks went or you this moruin'. It was hammer in' tongs, wasn't? " Mr. J inks (head ot firm) : "Good Heavens! [a it all over town T ' Office boy : " Oh, no, sir. No one knows t but me. " Mr. Jinks : " Hcr'* a crown to go to tho football match. Take a day ott' ami en- joy yourself, but not a word about n.e and Mrs. J., you know." Olticu lioy : "All right, sir. You kin trust me." Under clerk ( few minutes after) : "Say, Simkesey, how did you know there was a row in the old man's family this morning? " Office boy : "By the way he was i ippm' an' tarm' round at us." The unrevcaled heroism in the world is one of the chief ihiugs. All Ihe tragedies are not to be seen at the theaters, Sut often by staying at home they may bo witnessed. Some interesting experiments iu the ap- plication of electricity to the culture of vege- tables aro reported from France. It appears that a row of hemp subjected to the influence of the current, produced stalks eighteen inches higher than those not electrified. A kilogramme of potatoes yielded 21 kilos of very Urge and healthy tubers, while the unelectrined plants gave only 12) kilos ol ine.liuiii-.i/.ed roils. Klcctrilicd tomatoes ripened eight days sooner than those which were unelectrified. There experiments sup- port those conducted some time ago upon radishes, which were stated to have attained prodigious dimensions under the influence of a feeble current. The method adopted was, to bury a zinc plate at one eud of the seed bed and a copper plate at tho other, the two being connected with a copper wire. ThU arrangement is simplicity itself, and it might perhaps, bo worth '.ho while of those fanners who grow for shows to try it. What take* place is not very clear, but it is stated that the current brings about a more active dis- solution of tho organic matt or in the soil, utd the roots aro thus better fed.