Russia And Turkey

Lcrom me iew xotk inoune.j . The prospecta of war in Europe have for soine weeks been the canse of excitemeiit among American manufacturera of rraa, most of whom have their agenta in this city. " Tlie f act that in case of war Russia wil! be cut off from all armeproducing countriea, Lnd will have tó come here, will make mattere rather lively with us," eaid the repreaentative of a leading rifle-manufactory to a Tribune reporter ; " bnt as to orders alveady received or arrangement now pending for the supply of arms to either Russia or Tnrkey, I cannot give you any iníormation." The same rehcenca was observed by several manufacturera' agenta, bnt the reporter learned that there are now in New York both Rnssian and Titrkiah agente, negotiating for all sorta of arms. Five years ago Gen. Gorloft", then military attaché to the Russiau legation at Washington, made a contract with Colt's Rifle Company for 30,000 arms, for I which he paid a very liberal price. He distribnted theni to the various manufacturera and arsenals in Russia, where their mechanism was explained. Orders were then given for the machinery for the manufactnre of these gons, and over 3,C00,000of Colt's rifles bave siuce been made in Russia with American machinery. For this service Gen. Gortoff haa since been rewarded by promotion aa aidde-camp to the Emperor. W hile in thia country Gen. Gorlon períected what is now called the Rassian cartridge, and had 20,000,000 of them made in Bridgeport, Conn. He also made a set of cartridge machinery for the Russian Government, and that country is now making 400,000 onrtridgefs a day in St. Petersburg and Moscow. Notwithstanding the possession of the American machinery for the manufactnre of both guns and cartridgea, it appears that the Russians cannot complete their armaments without reoeiving constant supplies of metal from this country to make the cartridge. Tho Lake Superior capper has a tenacity uneqnaled by any other metal ín the world, and on thia account contract for 1,200 tons of the metal have lately been made by the Russian Government. These orders for cartridge-metal were considerably incroaaed still later by various Governments, in consequence of a discovery made at a survey by Prusaia, that of cartridges made of Europea metal 40 per cent, were foundworthless. Owing also to this superior American metal, the Turkish Government contracted two years ago with an arms oompany of New Haven for 200,000,000 cartridges for the Martini-Honry rifle, and 50,090,000 for the Snider gua. Most of these eartridgos have been made by thia time, and have reached their deatination. Machinery for making carlridges has also been sent from this country to Spain, and that Government now uses about 500 tons of Lake Superior metal for ita cartridge faetones at Seville, Toledo and Havana. Notwithstanding the machinery now in use in Rustii and Spain, the cartridge manufacture of the United 6tates is the largest in .the world, and is especially active at the present moment, one factory have made 600,000 a day for thirty working days, and actually made 1,000,000 a day dnring two daya of the pastj month. The different cartridge factories in the country turn out about 2,000,000 a day. Most of the arms now in use by the Turkish army came from this country. Soven years ago Blacque Bey, the Turkish Minister, bought 400,000 Spiingfleld rifles from the Government, lhese were transformed into breech-loaders on the Snider principie, but since that time tho Snider principie has been condemned in all the European couutriea. Threo years ago Turkey made a contract for 200,000 on the Martini-Henry principie, aa nsed in England. Thia contract was extended to 800,000, of which 250,000 have been shipped, 100,000 are ready for shipping, and material for 100,000 ia on hand at the work. Ramittances not having come to hand promptly remntly, the American company has etoppedwork oh the remainder of the contract, wid is a wnitiug further remittances and ordera. Military men here look forward with great interest to the expected struggle. Russia has not beeu engaged iu a European conflict since the reorganization of her army in 1870. Under the old system the Rnsnian soldiery were takf n exclu8ÍvJy from the loweetclassof poasantry by a complicated plan of forcet service. The oliicurs heu were deficiënt in number, character and cducation, and there was no definite system of teservep. "But," said an oflicer at the army baadquarters in Houston street, "all this is changed now. Tlie Ruasian of to-day is not the Russian of the Crimea. Wouderful progress has been made Li military reform by Russia during the past few years, if war breaks ont the whole world will admire the genius of Gen. Milutin, the great organizer of Rusaian armiee. Their infautry regiments have no rivals on the march, the soldiers are excellent gymnasts, and their bayonet exercise is splendid." Whilo .lyicg bofore the reporter the latcst mfonnation in regard to the Rusian nvmies now in poaeession of Americ:in offleers, the same gentleman said : " The 600 mitrailleuses in use by the Ruesir.u army aro, like the Gatling, 10barrel guns, only somewhat improved in tho breeeh mechanism by Gen. Gorloff, late Russian military attaché at Washington." The entire Ruesian army is divided as follows : 1. The field army, compoaed of the standing army aad the augmentad reserves. 2. Irregular troops, both cavalry and infantry, raised only in time of war. 3. Militia, or local forcea. The Rnseian force available for field service, omitting the militia or local ■orcea, now consista of 47 divisions of infantry, 8 brigadea of rifles, 10 divisions of cavalry, 50 brigades of field artülery, 8 brigades of horso attillery, 5 brigades of euginoers, mnking a total strength iu time of war of 43,855 officere and 1,358,672 men, with 2,304 guns. In London a Jew had been oharged with the murder of a Jew. It is said that his is the Gvst time such a thiug hns ïappened, aud thut the last Jew hanged n England was hauged 300 years ago br forgery. DrnnkennesN Cured. A correspondent sends the Ne v . ■ Times the following recipe for the t?' of intemperance : CB)i ■ In the first place, the patiënt B E hare a desire to reform, coupled wm deterniination that he will conque,?,1 enemy or perish in the strnggie, nr the physical eystemof the patiënt ah bo relieved f rom impttrities as faiast! sible by a thorough cathartic trcato -blue pills and citrate of mam? recommondod, Thon there must ha complete cessation from all aloolut drinks, even to the lightest wine8,l2j or eider. There must be no gradual sfeí page, bilt teetotal abstineace ; liereL wül-power of the patiënt will receive a severe8t test, and must prove the m! of the man. Begin at once to use 2 following prescriptions, which are rexü proenred at any flrst-ciass apothe1 store : KO. l-yOB SEBTOXJBCT8J. R. Elix. Valerisnate fc.Tnmoi iv.l Water., . .■;. (5 Mix. Tke a ti)H wineilfc.'"1' 'of n ntcciuVj! SO. 2- FOB aTBfN(kTHE1"SO. B. Cífrate iron and qninine.... itkl TinctureOentUnoomp Jrl Simple elixir ,-.... Mix. Doíp, a teanpoonf ui twico dlly, ' I HO. 3- FOB LEKPLE-iiSISl, K. Bromlde sodinm jj, Pcp'n ' - 1JÍ daïQ 4 8ub-nitrat bumuth „ , j- Tincture of capsicnm ' aií Simple elixir ', 'S Water .uificient to Ü( Mix. }.F i teaspoonful thrce tluios durj-'r day. and two tcaspoonfnlp at bedtime. ii me panent na úeen a ncavj prolonged drinker, the shock to 8 nervous system will be cctsidei dcrabt, but the antidote will snstainèiv l' the worst cases, andvery goon a restad and natural appetite, which shonld Bupplied with a generons diet ol g stantial food, and either tea or cc . will restore and build np a patjf( ' system to its natural condition. He ( tuen rejoice in the freedom of hia m life, and, like my friend, bccome impg. ' vious to all temptations to indulge i-,- more in the cup which has caxmi l and liis friends so much niisery, A Dog 1 ut Hldn't Lire u Tiii A well known Mempiiis ooal dealn. not long siuce, had a big dog of wotfc ful sagacity. He (the dog) stayed aniai tho coal yard, aud whenever a coal was hanled on the acales the dog úr?. took a stand under the wagon lifr'i coach dog. He weighed nearly one b dred pounds, and was weighed ast thousands of times, and neatly m coal connmer in the city purchased i dog at so much per barrel. The pncüij went on f or month?, end wasonhö coverod by a íunny accident, i wanted a barrel of coa! , and wbeeWi , hand-cart with coal on the weighingasa The olerk in the office -wotked at scales, and hallooed throogh the wiodR "take out a lot of ;hit coal." The nep did so, and kept on until all the cmIw out of the oart. The olerk tiiedlt scales again, but the pea indicated ík mnch. " Take ont more coal," Bhofti thecloik; "d - n it, yon have lat load of coal on that cart." " Lookim boas," replied the negro, "theccíli all out, and 111 have to teke theitó off the cart if you want to lightei k' Then the jaegro looked under the m and, seeing the big, fat dog at bk pon j exclaimed : "Lord God, ma: selling me that dog for coal." The i was missed in a few day?, and wfoci dead on the scales, tne animal lur taken some poison acoidentally, bc: : carne back to die at his post. Itwii fine example of "faithinl noto dealt.' f - Memphi Lcdger. "WHAT'syour name?" saidanoitei to a yonng colored lad who joiod b ship at the Oape. " Algoa Bay, é.' "Where were you born?" "Was: born at all." "Wasn't bornatlir "No, sir; was washed ashor e h . storm."