Year: 1873

BAZAINES MILITARY RECORD.


The following brief record of this
eminent soldiers military services will
be found interesting at this juncture !:
"Previous to the war so disastrous to
Franco and so destructive to the mill
tary reputation of her chiefs his record
was brilliant one. After finishing
severe course of study at the Ecole
Polytechnique he entered the army in
1881, when he was 90 years old, was
sent to Africa the year following, and in
the arduous service of the campaign
there so distinguished himself that he
was promoted to the grade of Lieu
tenant in 1886, and received the cross
of the Legion Of Honor on the battle
field for his bravery and skill. After
serving in Spain in the campaigns
against the Carlists he returned to
Algeria with the rank of Captain in
1889, and took part in all the most
notable expeditions of the war there.
When the Crimean war broke out Capt.
Bazaine was promoted to the command
Of brigade of infantry, and during the
siege of Sebastopol conducted himself
with such bravery as to merit honorable
mention in the dispatches of Marshals
Canrobert and Pelissier. He subse-
quently was made Division General,
and commanded the French portion of
the expedition which reduced Kinburn.
At the close Of the war in the East he
was appointed inspector of several ex-
petitions of infantry, and had the
dignity of Commander of the Legion of
Honor conferred on him, and subse-
quently, in 1868, received the Grand
Cross. In 1862 he took command of
the Mexican expedition, succeeding
Gen. Forey, and, so far as military force
could effect them, was successful in at
tanning the objects of that ill-starred
campaign. Marshal Bazaine commanded
one OF the main divisions of the French
army when the Franco-Prussian war
commenced. Only small portion of
his command took part in the battle of
Forbach, where Gen. Froissard was so
thoroughly defeated by the Prussian
Commander Won Cohen. One of the
charges against the General is that he
omitted to advance to Froissqrd's aid in
sufficient strength to be of any use"


TIE HABIT OF READING


81 have no time to read" is the COM
mon complaint. and especially of women,
whose occupations are such as to pre-
vent continuous book perusal. They
seem to think, because they cannot de-
vote as much attention to books as they
are compelled to devote to their avoca-
tions, that they cannot read anything.
But this is great mistake. 1t isn't the
books we finish at sitting which always
do us the most good. Those we devour
in the odd moments, half a dozen pages
at a time, often give US more satisfaction,
and are more thoroughly digested than
those we make particular effort to
read. The men who have made their
mark in the world have generally been
the men who have in boyhood formed
the habit of reading at every available
moment, whether for five minutes or
five hours.


1t is the habit of reading, rather than
the time at our command, that helps Us
on the road to learning. Many of the
most cultivated'persons, whose names
have been famous as students, haye
given only two or three hours day to
their books. If we make use Of spare
minutes in the midst of our work, and
read little, if but Il page or Il para
graph, we shall find our brains quick
ened and our toll lightened by just so
much increased satisfaction as the book
gives us. Nothing helps along the mo-
notonous daily round SO much as fresh
and striking thoughts, to be considered
while our hands are busy. A new idea
from a new volume is like oil which
reduces the friction OF the machinery of
life. What we remember from brief
glimpses into books often serves Us a
stimulus to action, and becomes one OF
most precious deposits in the treasury
of our recollection. All knowledge is
made up of small parts, which would
seem insignificant in themselves, but
which, taken together, are valuable
weapons for the mind and substantial
armor for the soul. "Read anything
continuously, says DIR. johnson, and
YOU will be learned" The odd minutes
which we are inclined to waste, if care,
fully availed of for instruction, will, il
the long run, make golden hours and
golden days that We shall be ever thank
full for. -..


THE Canon City Times tells the whole
story of Anna Dickinson's ascent of the
Rocky mountains after this fashion
GA plain, closely-ftting corsage. shor
skirt, extending just below the knee
trousers wide at bottom, few inches
longer, blue stockings, with white arrow
worked from ankle up, low quarteret
shoes, like gentleman's Oxford ties
Anna made a Government pack mule fee
that life had no further charms, for sh'
rode to the top in the same style as he
escort! Mercy! and did she? To be Ger
tainly, madam, and was none the worse