Show EUROPEAN mcf at api J CAN C f AN ar ON C L A D S sir archibald allison in a recent speech dell deil delivered in glasgow ledged thee rapid advance of tle the the united states as a naval power compared with Efi england gland giand he remarked as follows and here an observation of the thai utmost importance occurs to which gentlemen I 1 earnestly request your particular part attention itis it is that the application of iron to the tile plaiting of vessel vessels 8 f and casting of all ships in armor which is impervious save to two hundred ar or three hundred has not only made a change in the art of naval war but as ato at nellow de deprived J prayed us ps so fanu ava available ships go gd of lif ri arity three Trafalgar a won doiy woo by the from french or eur Eus russians the Germans or americans could not do this as effectually aix nix as the iron vessels have done our great wooden aliet fleet so so loii long iong the pride of britain t the tha terror of the tle world lies stored up in in portsmouth harbor of no earthly use in maintaining any mari maril time contest those noble three deck deek ers such as the duke of wellington would be brought to the bottom by a single gun carry carrying ings a three hundred pound ball we have at one blow biow virtually lost the ayleet chichi bad had lileen grow ingup foi for two hundred y 1 e a is tor for the construction of a new fleet of ironclad mush must us twala oney just jus as all ali ai lother iother other othen powers powers must do we have lost our star start in the race we ehu nhu must 1 4 all set off anew and abreast this i is the real redl secret of the vast su sums gums ns annually for th the navy and na the gheral general complaint that we wp have bavero so little to show for por them we bave have been laying the foundations of a fleet which gail pail can be as yet only iii in its inanc infancy Y other othen nations are j as fur far on as we are it is doubt ful whether our royal rovil navy nav y as yet ye t equals that of Amei amel america jk i 1 w r united totham to that of russia the iatter latter is decidedly superior to anything we could brid brin bring forward if a fore forest A of or hostile iran appear off oft Spi thead or plymouth t vain will be ie the fort forty or fifty noble sail all of odthe the line lin lying in our h har ar bors everything will wilf depend not qu the fifty old wooden iane of battleships but on the el eight ellit lit or tent liV ltv ironclad irmi iron clad this great change has entirely alere alciel al eiel i our relative position iu fu any future naval tarl var and unless steps arm art anil alid that speed speedily i ato to couii its iu effects it may I 1 garely rarely be predicted eliat evil days are coming 11 upon pon pou irs its stid d that the day of our national 1 independence dence deuce are numbered OF CB fit the increase in pranee prance and especially in paris ri is still a subject of discussion the govern government ment went which wants soldiers the manufacturers who hand band the farmer farmers sj who want laborers laborg rs and east fast but bilt not least the wo wol 1 men mentho who want husbands ak everybody ei or Y ask each other ask in per perplexity I 1 q af y and consternation why dont tre the men marry pere hyacinth Jr preaches eaches again against st celibacy eeli cell hacy bacy at notre kotre N ote dame the newspapers preach against it atthe autho at the street corners yet as one of theme tes daringly parin gly remarks in an hours walk valk from the madeline to the bastile batile one may now meet bachelors bachelor st in former times gimesi cop con continues tin ues aes this writer an S unmarried manawas man was obliged to exhaust his ingenuity in framing excuses for his condition alas I 1 am yet the victim of betrayed affection 11 lain of a notary has made away with arith all my fortune 11 alas 1 I am lm i like werther worther I 1 am in love with a woman who is already married alas I 1 have P ave slit stif suffered T ered much alas I 1 amlice am like ilke anton antony I 1 dare not mention the name of other her alove I 1 love iove 11 but no one ono ever dared to avow his final impenitence he 16 appealed to the compassion compassi oan oln of bis his friends ora or a temporary misfortune and they credulous were yere willing to exclaim the the poor fellow he is a bachelor in spite of himself but all that is changed now from the top to the bottoff botto hotto mf the social scale comes the unblushing g as 1 I am a fil fri mave wave been a bachelor and I 1 alws will will be a bachelor and reasons reason ak are h I 1 lher lehr tiie tle tie tile as formerly excuses 1 in marry rry because I 1 wish to extend my 1 lyo yo ath t to my last days 1 I will liot lint not pot marry dar dat rj because in 1867 d it costs two much which to t our dress ess a wife 11 1 I will not marty because a iise ilse I 1 r want vant to have peace at lt hemmet hornet 11 will not marry because I 1 want f i the evening without beier elp obliged oblige tJ tp to spott r I 1 in y el I 1 1 I will vil linot i not marry because J dr r a ad h mother lu luciw inlew w rilan aman hydrophobia earthquaKe and T rv fl s tue wod woodpeckers JP ECKE R k FORESIGHT R besign T tho tev woodpecker int lna in california is ii the he storer of acorns the tree he selects is invariably of the pine tribe he bores several holes boles differing sli sil slightly atly in seize at thy th fai dallof fal fill lof of the mhd ar aitio anu and then fla flies ila iia away in many instances to a long ds dis tance and returns with an acorn which he immediately sets about ad adjusting justina to one of the holes prepared for its recep tion but he does dods abt eat the acorn or for 1 as a rule he is not a vegetarian his object storing stori ng away thae licon exhibits aate Tore foresight sight and knowledge mord mora more akan aeto ato reason reasor than thail to instinct the tho suo suc the acorn remains rena rera ains lini tiri tact b buu buc u becoming saturated with rafn rain ainis ls decay when it is attacked by maggo maggots tg which seem to deligh delight tin in this specia food itis it is then that the woodae woodpecker rea harvest hartest his wisdom has pro aided vided dp ea at ht a time when the ground giolindo berig covered cove refa real with snow he would ex experience arlove a difficulty otherwise in obtaining obtaining bif ulf ableon palatable pal pai food tisa sublett subject of speculation redwood de eed ced at aror or affe tri pine isa iSi invariably var van ably selected 1 it that the insect the most 0 dainty to the wood woodpeckers eakers taste tast fac f fuents gny only ah the a outsize outside of wet t trees ree s W bufi so it is that in calaveras talaveras Cala veras mariposa and other districts california trees of alii this kind may be 66 frequently teen cov red all over their trunks with cieli acorns v hen akere there thero ia Is not nob an oak tree eral awata t R barton borton 7 U CLASTIC ANATOMY M the projector in france of classie classic anath di by which sceau sm nean ean eau specimens of hu nan man and vegetable aap 1 es fal heully r pro d sliced each part of though g oln oin po posed d of a solid material may easily be tal tai taken en to pieces and put to together ethe again bas has jupen pro d uc eions at the paris pans exhibition e among these is a chasle classic horse this horse separates into two hundred petit pieces wll wil ich take one over oyer the other as sao jn dissection from the external sul sui 1611 the thet bones of the skeleton eve every rye cavity vi U y af of the chest pest and ab 0 m eu or gani gant contained Lital ned ca e A separately taken ou t tand tana ea costs coss no less jess than francs yet every cavalry regiment in france possesses one for the instruction of the men the anatomical preparations of M baysa saysa correspondent ara are admitted by all gai eai sai vans as beina the most complete and perfect the student to acquire the science oY anatomy and physiology which can th be attained w without hout passing through agh the bloody ordell ordeal of the dis dissecting secal 0 room 0 hospital br of 1 aari biri wa wis als 6 ao I 1 j 1 rt theion a IMMENSE emigration the journals nal nai of italy are calling the attention f I 1 e gium ef or em emigrants 4 at tta ngo kahat country farj brouth ath alvr ica f an d c compla lui iri that durinka lie lle I 1 leyy for t t arn aru army hot sIngle individual capable of bear bean ing rig jig al ihl s W wm ath towns y 1 SYO 0 P ai b his is new navel th grard guard ankel angela abgel 1 rifle b ont ong in ill th G atlantic mo L wy V Y ha hat tha tho following 0 to ler lef e a minister mini young or still in hower flower is in paths dhere ue ar an two h comparison om parison between bet veen which wilL give as jn fallible a cretu rn as theory and wet ret bulbs bulba loethe of the ingenious 1 ja thel finst first is 01 tbt black blaek laak wa broad roa cleth clde forsting the tile f his hig pantaloons the second the fhe paw pau of f carpet before his mirror ift if the firsts and the second fr frayed ay e and thread bear eai eal pray ray for hll bli him I 1 if f mhd th f first r is worn and arid shiny wiy philp chife the them s second cond k keeps beeps its and texture get him bilm to P ray rny J J la s lent elij ellb two things to paris which has not usually been clasa f ed among objects for exhibition the observance of sunday and a whole regi jentof ment went bof pick pockets the par Pari part parisians sinns are in intensely t ei isely infused with the olp and veery efery ar y m much uch disgusted with thel ther french fie n ch the side of the light fingered gentry from over the channel teak tear deau DEAK the hungarian states statesman man mad has ari ali an ifo afo ott more than 1 a ft year and hend yet he has invariably refused to acceptant accept any office of emolument ar q r any material lesti testimonial of the gratitude of his countrymen during the t e parliamentary pan par dia jia session he be lodges efriom cally eally I 1 tah tat ia bho bno bhe of the h helela idak dve t abd a und nud rid d ring thea eche deess Ss be II 11 1 tiye i mahs count country rv he devotes d a large J arge sh re rb of his income to charity |