,877 men, the proportion being 1 killed to 3.44 wounded
among the officers, and 1 to 5 among the men. The infantry lost 57,943,
artillery 4,266, and cavalry 2,236. Fighting in line, and at such a
distance as modern weapons command, have made the loss by artillery a
minimum; 5,084 of the casualties being due to artillery and 55,862 to
rifle practice. One noteworthy item is the proportion--12,717 out of
the whole number--that were struck about the head and shoulders. This
is held to show that the French troops fired high, but it may also be
due to the attention now paid to field defences. It is quite possible
also that all modern rifles are sighted a trifle too high.

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A NEW TREASURY RULE.

The Secretary of the Treasury has lately issued a circular which
affects rather uncomfortably the interests of educational, scientific,
and literary institutions. They are allowed by law to import books,
instruments, and illustrative collections free of duty, and the
Secretary now says that the sale or distribution of articles imported
in this way will not be allowed. They must be retained in the
institutions that bring them into the country. It is quite probable
that advantage has sometimes been taken of the law's liberality in this
respect, but we fear this circular will really defeat the purpose of
the law. Collections of all kinds in colleges and schools are kept up
by a system of exchange, which is very necessary to them on account of
the small sums of money at their disposal. To break up this system in
the case of European specimens would be especially hard, for each
institution would then be forced to import single specimens at much
greater cost and trouble; or what is more likely, it would be found
cheaper to pay the duty; that is, purchase through a dealer. So long as
the exchange is confined to the circle of institutions which the law
was designed to benefit, we cannot see that its provisions are unduly
taken advantage of.

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A HYGIENIC SCHOOL.

Dr. Agnew, the celebrated oculist of New York, has indicated his idea
of a school for little children, in which health should be a first
consideration, as follows: "If we could effect some alterations in the
style of school architecture in our school houses, especially the
primary departments, it would be a great desideratum. One of the
greatest evils at present existing is the