The Cossacks And Science

Au Euglish Treiter shows liow the Cossaeks may npply seienee present in thé waf, as followH : "In a belt arouud theiv waists they carry a, fow pounds of gun-cotton or dyuamite, nnd with tliis highly destmetive explosive thoy may work incalculable liiirm. A small chavgo of gunootton placed siniply opón rwuB an'i tiréd Tritiia rase spfflces to blow soveral feèt of Üie iron to the distanos ot' inauy yards, tims rendering the railway uuserviceable ou tao instant. A trooper may dismonut, pla d charge et the luise of atelgraiili pole, iire it, aud bc iu lu.s aaddle agaiu withiu xty soeonds. Wirea nmy tlm.s be ent and coinmumcatious stopped in the lieurt of au i-nomy's country by fearless riders, while lines oi' railway are eutirely at their m) v. Eveu liglit bridges aud well-built sto kades tnay be throwu dowu by violédt detonation of oompressed ytrh-ootri, aud forest roada considerftbly obstnuned by trees throwu nevosa, whioh aro in ver so mpiuly felle.! :is -wIh-ii i DÏiUtge of this explosive is (in-d at their roots." Thb laws of Massachxxsetts nllow the Govenior to pardon a eertaia nuruber of j convicta at the begiuning of (ivory year, I