GENERAL WAR. srerll HOW EUROPEAN NATIONS WOULD | BE PREPARED FOR IT. Numerical Force of the Various Armies German, French, Russian, Austrian, Italian and English-— Peace Foot- Ing and War Strength. Brooklyn Eagle] The combined armies of all time of pea ¢ number about 4,000,000 men, and in time of war ean be raised to the enormous aggregate of 12,500,000. As the population of all Europe is 850,000,000, it follows that for every eight een men able to bear arms one man serving as a soldier in time of and that in time of war one fifth of the adult male population is liable to be called into the field. If the army of this country was constituted on the same basis it would number 630,000 in time of peace and at our present rate of army i Europe in pe ice expen liture would cost annually three times the tire national revenue The strength of the French army peace footing LLODO men, of <84,000 are infa try, 000 artillery war footing 400,000 men peace 52.00) rench Algiers A French regiment line cons f (hree batta ion and numbers about time of peace and double that in the ¢. ent of war. A regiment cavalry nists of five squadrons, four in the fie at the depot, and numbers YOO men. The French artillery consists of thirty eigh regiments form ng nineteen brigades Half of the artilicry regiments have ten field batteries each, and the other ha'f six feld and four horse battery has six guns armee contains about ranks, of whom 0, combatants, with 108 Un a peace footing the total strength o the German army is 445,000 oflicers an men tn a war fooling its would be al 1 SOG 000 mer of the the ! a yet organized the number of available in of war, exclusive field reserve of 250,000 men and sturm, wou f ritlemen, field artill war with army was order plete i on July 462 000 Cerma alry and | the left 1 France 000 mea o. rison The Britis] untary enlists number ares suaily numbes men inclusive of 47,0 ritish troops i India The men are enlisted for six year aud then pass into the re 1 present strength I 40,000 men re called out 140,000 men, end United Kingdom Le inv unteers would with 15,000 ye make a total fore British regulars, mai fe nited € Xi i ve { v ary. J5,000 artille 89,000 infantry T hie pea e s:rength ris N40 O00 on a which alry, G4, . LOM) engineers tn a 8 4 OH. 0 eo } } 0 french cou « bring o the fleld of infantry of the wtive and one depot <0) men in RIS ¢ ol CO t batteries A French corps d' 10,000 men of O00 may be rated a guns ol SECON Case fey f Ary reser se of the ou a peace fo war, | The total army regi reach 2,33 large f g equip and maintain question, The Austrian- Hungarian em army of 2 ing, capable of being 000 on a war footing is forued after Prussia in sivin u liability to arms. The strength of stindi g army on a war fool ng i 785,000; the mobile mi the territorial militia, ably the first two figures wou the actual force avai'able The strength of t' e Turkish army peace footing, is [ ; ree the 75,000 men ¢ f the the sy of : about Wr 1,000, robe about 177,100 men, and on a war footing could be raised to {rom 400.000 to 500,000. Spain msintaivs a standing army of 190,000 men, capable of being increas SH), in case of wi | 74 asd to 430,000 in ea AT. render. R. M. McCENALLY, Svecial Aqt Portugal maintains an army of about 31, 00) men, which could be increased to 50,. 00) in time of war. The army of Belgium numbers 45,000 | on a peace footin footing. Holland maintales sn army of 65,000 men in time of peace, the men being partly raised Ly conscription and partly enlisted. There is also a colonial army of 3,000 men The miiitia and landstrum, which are liable 10 be called out in war time, would raise the available force of liolland to 175.000. Denmark, which has about babitanis as the state of and 110.000 on a war 50,000 in case of war, Bweden has four classes of troops, the enlisted troops, the national militia, the | privates of which are paid and kept by the landowners, the militia by the Goth land and conscription troops with a few volunteers, form a force of 196,000 men available in time of war. The | atm on a peace footing does not exceed | Is prepared to do all kinds of Fancy 41,000 men. The Norwegian army num mers 18,000 in time of peace and 10,000 in time of war. An Antidotes for Malaria. [Ecchange.} Professor Crudell, a noted eastern scientist, lays claim to having discovered an antidote for malaria He advises that a decoction of lemon be made as follows Cut up one lemon, peel and all, fato thin slices, put it into three glassfuls of water and boll itdown to one glassful. Strain the liquid through linen, s ueezing thor. oughly the remains of boiled lemon, and set ft aside to cool. Drink the whole amount when fasting, Forgiving Our Own Mistakes [Arkansaw Traveler. We ken alias furgin er nuder pusson easier den we ken furgin ourselbes. Ef I makes a mistake an’ fools roun’ de wraung man, it takes me er lsung time ter furgin myse'f fur not habin’ mo’ judgment. “Poot” and “Novelist.” [The Current.) It is curious that, in this country, nine out of ten would, in referring to Victor Hugo, describe him as “the novel. Ist,” while in France it i slwags “the poet, | . . { { pruductive condition. The day is { of keep. about | is | sheep husbandry is as profitable as at { Dlate. i proce bd U5, | ing of wool will not pay, and it | not pay, and and it will not ) Stules ns | mutton becomes | sheep product. id and one | | 1 : FR produced large quanties of fine wool. | Each | ¥ : { Fine wool is produced very c fine wool sheep Italy's 1,000, and d represent | APRIZE whole | as many in | Massachusetts, | maintains a standing army of 85,000 men | in time of peace, whch can be raised to | These, | | The Advantages of Bheep Keep- ing The New Hampshire Farmer says : | T! ousands of acres of pasture lands {are beirg overrun with and, | bushes | brieis, They are being abandoned not considered being worth re fencing [ for cattle. years they can be brought back to a By keeping sheep a few past when the flecce will pay the cost Wool is lower, but mutton is higher, than 40 years ago, when it keep Combine the two products and was considered profitable to sheep. any previous period, aud should again our the bi If the Rrow- asslme as great importance in As States grow older of agriculture must changed and improved. will in ay lands become more valuable, | fhe As takes place the breed most valuable this of wus! be changed and adapted to this | transition the sheep | new condition® England formerly | Now it can be parchased a much less | it. in | price than it costs her to produce heap | new and sparsely populated countries, England, on this account, did not | abandon sheep husbandry, but keeps as many sheep as at any former peri- iatory. She chaoged her od in Ler } y. brecds of iti. to mution England keeps a larger number sheep, according to her acres of ¢ vated land, than any section in this country. English farmers understand that it is givir g sheep this prominer that Las epabled them to their average yield of wheat pe up to 28 bushels. Our average i -> nt who alwavs had th ed and offered to settle for His cre represent them all and make arrange e reputation of being close fisted, fail- 50 cents on the dollar, litors sent a mat ments with him, Ibis h wppend 40 years ago, when what is vow a ¢ was a vil. lage with rrow planks for side- noticed that the -THE— [# ’ tional Life Insurance. w¥ MONTPELIER, Vi Fircorporated in 1848, Assets 83 000 000, Surplus 81,050 Un £1000 Bonds sold on yearly ments. 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