al.

Diplomatic appointments.--Ministers to Germany, Great Britain, France
and Russia, $17,500; Ministers to Brazil, China, Austria-Hungary,
Italy, Mexico, Japan and Spain, $12,000; Ministers to Chili, Peru and
Central Amer., $10,000; Ministers to Argentine Confederation, Hawaiian
Islands, Belgium, Hayti, Columbia, Netherlands, Sweden, Turkey and
Venezuela, $7,500; Ministers to Switzerland, Denmark, Paraguay,
Bolivia and Portugal, $5,000; Minister to Liberia, $4,000.

Army Officers.--General, $13,500; Lieut.-General, $11,000;
Major-General, $7,500; Brigadier-General, $5,500; Colonel, $3,500;
Lieutenant-Colonel, $3,000; Major, $2,500; Captain, mounted, $2,000;
Captain, not mounted, $1,800; Regimental Adjutant, $1,800; Regimental
Quartermaster, $1,800; 1st Lieutenant, mounted, $1,600; 1st
Lieutenant, not mounted, $1,500; 2d Lieutenant, mounted, $1,500; 2d
Lieutenant, not mounted, $1,400; Chaplain, $1,500.

Navy Officers.--Admiral, $13,000; Vice-Admiral, $9,000; Rear-Admirals,
$6,000; Commodores, $5,000; Captains, $45,000; Commanders, $3,500;
Lieut.-Commanders, $2,800; Lieutenants, $2,400; Masters, $1,800;
Ensigns, $1,200; Midshipmen, $1,000; Cadet Midshipmen, $500; Mates,
$900; Medical and Pay Directors and Medical and Pay Inspectors and
Chief Engineers, $4,400; Fleet Surgeons, Fleet Paymasters and Fleet
Engineers, $4,400; Surgeons and Paymasters, $2,800; Chaplains, $2,500.

CHRONOLOGY OF IMPORTANT EVENTS.

BEFORE CHRIST.

The Deluge: 2348
Babylon built: 2247
Birth of Abraham: 1993
Death of Joseph: 1635
Moses born: 1571
Athens founded: 1556
The Pyramids built: 1250
Solomon's Temple finished: 1004
Rome founded: 753
Jerusalem destroyed: 587
Babylon taken by Jews: 538
Death of Socrates: 400
Rome taken by the Gauls: 835
Paper invented in China: 170
Carthage destroyed: 146
Caesar landed in Britain: 55
Caesar killed: 44
Birth of Christ: 0

AFTER CHRIST.

Death of Augustus: 14
Pilate, governor of Judea: 27
Jesus Christ crucified: 33
Claudius visited Britain: 43
St. Paul put to death: 67
Death of Josephus: 93
Jerusalem rebuilt: 131
The Romans destroyed 580,000 Jews and banished the rest
from Judea: 135
The Bible in Gothic: 373
Horseshoes made of iron: 481
Latin tongue ceased to be spoken: 580
Pens made of quills: 635