Casualties To Superior Officers

Many witticisms have been lavished Dn the great loss of Russian offieers in this oampaign, and we have been tokl that the Turks liad in conseqnence even been instructed by their superiors never to fire on a liussian General lest he should unfortunately be replaced by a man of sonie military capaeity. It appears, however, from a very elabórate return compiled by the Germans of their losses in the Franco-Gerrnan war, that very nearly as large a proportion of the Generáis were killed and wounded as of the non-commissioned offieers and privates, and a very much larger proportion of staff offieers. Thus 2.56 per cent. of the Generala were killed, and only 2.60 per cent. of the non-commissioned offieers and privates, while 8.72 percent, of the Generáis were wounded, and only 9.98 per cent. of the non-commissioned offieers and privates. Of the staff officers, however, no less than 8.67 per cent. were killed, and as many as 18.22 per cent. were wounded. Thus, even in an army so admirably disciplined as the Gorman army, it is obvious that the staff officers run a very much bigher proportionate risk than any private soldier. How excellent was the discipline is to be gathered from the f act that while the total number of killed, wounded, and missing was about 14 per cent., decidedly less than 2 per cent. (to speak precisely, 1.68 per cent.) were missing and in every grade above that of non commissioned effleers and privates the number of missing was hardly more than i per cent. The exceptional risks run by high officers, then, does not seem to be peculiar to the Kussian army. - London Spectator. It is cornputed that the grain used f o liquors in a year in the Umted State reaehes 70,000,000 bushels, which wouM make 1,050,000,000 four-pound loaves o bread. Great Britain uses 80,000,00 bushels of grain yearly for the same pur pose, and amiually importa f ocfj ty'th value of nearly JáOO.OOO.fKX).