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Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4311, 25 October 1882, Page 2

1 Pkinting foe 1 Caeltle —rNTissi .Mais tineau tells how almost every other word was altered iv Carlyle'sjiropfs;. One day,, he went to. the office-t»;urge""oiT'*tW printer. " Why, sir," said thel»tter,!y6u are so very hard uporj uff/with-your ear* rections. They take so m«ch time, yon see !" Carlyle replied that he had been accustomed to this sort of thing—he had got works printed in Scotland, and "■> 7— " Yes, indeed, sir," interrupted Mlhe printer, "we are aware of, that. We have a man here from' Edinburgh, and when he took up a bit of your copy he dropped it as if it had burnt his fingers, and criecWmt, .' Lord have mercy! have you go^iliat - man to print for p Lord knows when we : shall get done—with all his corrections.' " —The Man and His Books, by Wylie. The coming arm seems to be mounted infantry. Recent campaigns have proved the capabilities of such a force, so that it . is not surprising to learn that the Russian Government have just .decided to trans-' " form their whole force of regular cavalry, with the exception of the Cuirassiers, Life Guards, and Cossacks'* into dragoons carrying the small bayonet rifle for the performance of infantry service. In . addition to the efficiency gained to the army by this change, it is said to be coin* mendable on aocount of its economy. The change -will lessen the enormous expense which' js totalled in a national army like that of Rusaja by too great a variety of uniform aodjiquipment. The economical simplification*is to be accompanied by a considerable increase of numbers, the complement of each regiment being raised front tour to six squadrons of 150 horses strong. The reserve .batteries of horse artillery are to be put on an active footing, and each brigade of field artillery is to be reinforced by a division of two guns*