own: "Kingdom
Coming," or "Say, Darkey, Hab You Seen de Massa?" "Babylon is Fallen,"
"Grafted into the Army" and "Corporal Schnapps." This record would be
incomplete were we to fail to mention some of the many ringing songs
of George F. Root, songs which have made the name of Root famous in
thousands upon thousands of households in the West. Some of these
songs are: "Battle Cry of Freedom," "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp," "On, on,
on, the Boys Came Marching," "Just Before the Battle, Mother," "Just
After the Battle," "Lay Me Down and Save the Flag," "Stand Up for
Uncle Sam, My Boys." The well known song, "Wrap the Flag Around Me,
Boys," was composed by R. Stewart Taylor, and "When Johnny Cones
Marching Home" by Louis Lambert.

THE COST OF ROYALTY IN ENGLAND.--Her Majesty:

Privy purse: L60,000
Salaries of household: 131,260
Expenses of household: 172,500
Royal bounty, etc.: 13,200
Unappropriated: 8,040
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L385,000

Prince of Wales: 40,000
Princess of Wales: 10,000
Crown Princess of Prussia: 8,000
Duke of Edinburgh: 25,000
Princess Christian of
Schleswig-Holstein: 6,000
Princess Louise (Marchioness of Lome): 6,000
Duke of Connaught: 25,000
Duke of Albany: 25,000
Duchess of Cambridge: 6,000
Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz: 3,000
Duke of Cambridge: 12,000
Duchess of Teck: 5,000

SOME GREAT RIVERS.--From Haswell's little work for engineers and
mechanics the following figures are taken, showing the lengths of the
largest rivers on the various continents:

Name: Miles.

EUROPE.
Volga, Russia: 2,500
Danube: 1,800
Rhine: 840
Vistula: 700

ASIA.
Yeneisy and Selenga: 3,580
Kiang: 3,290
Hoang Ho: 3,040
Amoor: 2,500
Euphrates: 1,900
Ganges: 1,850
Tigris: 1,160

AFRICA.
Nile: 3,240
Niger: 2,400
Gambia: 1,000

SOUTH AMERICA.
Amazon and Beni: 4,000
Platte: 2,700
Rio Madeira: 2,300
Rio Negro: 1,650
Orinoco: 1,600
Uruguay: 1,100
Magdalena: 900

NORTH AMERICA.
Mississippi and Missou