, 1866-11-09
FACTS AND SCRAPS.

mCUEhN DAIILESs-A pdLlpitl6L VII liz
needle-gun by General de Condrecourt
contests the idea that battles of the pre-
sent day are more s%anguinary than those
of former periods. The writer says:-
SAT Borodino the combatants lost a
quarter of their effective ; at Magenta
and Solferino an eighth at the battle of
Senef, fought between the Prince de
Condo and the Prince of Orange, the
two armies lost a third of their number,
and Condo had three horses killed under
him by the rude muskets, old halberts,
and clumsy pistols of that time, so far
behind the present epoch Of the needle
gun. Lastly, at the battle of Sadowa
the Prussians and Austrians lost an eighth
of the troops engaged, and yet fought
with obstinacy." The inference which
the General draws is that the new arms
kill more quickly, but the battle is of
shorter duration. The net result is that
there are less victims. Besides, although
it may be imprudent not to possess the
new engines Of war, they do not suffice
alone to insure the victory. That de-
ponds above all on the genius of the gen.
eral and firmness of the soldiers.
PUNCTUALITY.-A p~unctual man is rare
ly a poor man, and never a man of doubt
ful credit. His small accounts are FREE
quently settled, and he never meets with
difficulty in raising money to pay large
demands. Small debts neglected ruin
credit, and when a man has lost that he
will find himself at the bottom of a hill he
cannot ascend.
AMERICAN YIELD OF PETROLEUM AT
the recent meeting of the British Associa-
ton, Professor Hitchcock contributed a
paper on the geological distribution of
petroleum in North America. From
$4,000, 900 gallons in 1861, when the oil
was not worth so much as the barrels it
was stored in, the yield had risen to
81 900 gallons in 1865, when the
supply was not equal to the demand.
This was exclusive of the produce of Ca
NADIA West. The value of 95, 1000, 900 gal
Ions was about $4,000, 900. The wells,
he thought, lay in geological cavities.
In some cases the supply was continuous,
in others intermittent, and in some cases
it was necessary to pump the oil. In
one instance 5000 barrels a day came up
through a cavity 24 inches in diameter,
AS many as 25 wells were at work on one
acre.
A LOCK OF HA1R.-Hair is at once the
most delicate and lasting of our materials,
and survives us like love. 1t is so light,
SO gentle, so escaping from the idea of
death, that with the lock of hair belong
ing to a child or a friend, we may almost
look up to heaven and compare notes
with the angelic nature; nay almost say:
81 have a piece of thee here, not unwor-
thy Of thy being now."
How BEAUTIFUL is SLEEP !"-It is diff
fcult to see persons one has ever loved
asleep, and yet retain anger towards them.
They look so helpless, SO innocent, so
free from all that could have ever moved
our spleen, that not the most eloquent
defence that language ever framed could
plead their cause as we'll as that mute
slumber.
The new. constitution of Denmark,
granting fun liberty Of worship, provides
that no one is TO be compelled to contri-
butte to the support Of D Church of
which he d~isapproyes ; but that every
individual who d6ez not show that he is
the member Of sonae religious commune