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Tex I,ovxLx MAN,
There are 1,490,000,009 people living on
the planet whioh we now inhabit, And yet
there is now and then O. Man who wonders
what the rest of me will do when he dies.
There are people in "society" who honest-
ly think that all the world closes its eyes
when wo lie Flown to sleep. There are men
who for to not according to their own con-
victions, because, perhaps, ten persons it a
crowd. of 1,400,000,000 will laugh at them.
Whys if a man could only realize every mo.
went what a bustling, busy, fuesy important
little .atom he is in all this great ant hill of
important, fussy little atoms, every day he
would regard himself less, and think still
Jess of the other molecules in the corral.
ROBERT J. BURDETT%
A Buffalo doctor says that the street oars
of that city, which are unwarmed, are re-
sponsible for many cases of pneumonia.
Celluloid has recently been used as a sub-
stitute for copper in sheathing the hulls of
vessels, and has been found to answer the
purpose admirably.
That unsightly excrescence commonly
called a wart can be removed by touching it
several tines a day with castor oil. This is
the simplest known remedy.
The Traneatlentio Steamship Company
(French) has equipped all its vessels with
apparatus for spreading oil on the waved
during storms, having thoroughly tested its
eslloaoy.
Dr. Gross, of Geneva, has lately experi-
mented with himself in hanging. His ex-
periments established that the sensations
were only warmth and a burning in the head,
without. convulsions.
Anew musical instrument, the Calvi harp,
the invention of M. Dietz, of Brussels, has
passed a successful private trial. It has a
keyboard like a piano, but the mechanism
plucks the strings like a harp instead of
striking them. ' Any pianist can play it.
Ice can be so secured that it will not lose
25 per cent. of its weight in six days, even
in a room the temperature of whioh is 80 °.
This can be done by placing the piece of ice
in a bag, and then in a box containing enough
barley.chaff to surround it with a layer five
or six mopes thick. s
Prof. Elisha Gray's new telantograph is
said to produce at one end of the wire an
exact fac-simile of the writing of the message
solider at the other end. An artist may draw
a picture with the pencil in Chicagoand it
will be reproduced synchronously by the
pencil in New York.
Instead. of weighing in pounds and ounces
a newly -invented scale indicates the value of
articles weighed. For example, if a man buys
butter at 40 cents a pound an indicator is
planed at 30. This so adjusts the scale that
the lower indicator shows the value of any
'weight of butter at that price that is put on
the scales.. •
To remove a foreign body from the eye,
wrap dry white silk waste around and thor-
oughly over the end of a wooden toothpick,
brush with this carefully over the part of the
eye where the substance is lodged, and it
will become entangled in the silk. Bits of
steel or any other sharp substance which
may bepome imbedded in the eye -bell may
be removed by this means.
Herr Karelin made sonde interesting. and
valuable experiments during the calipse at
Jurjewitz. Ho found that one -sixtieth of a
second was long enough for a plate to be ex-
posed during a solar eclipse in order to ob-
tain a good negative. He also obtained a
photographic landscape during the eclipse,
and from a comparison with the time requir-
ed to obtain a similar result during the full
moon he ooncluded that the light during the
solar eclipse was fifty. six times as bright as
at full moon.
A simple method of accurately cutting a.
bottle is to place it upon some level founda-
tion and fill it with linseed oil to the point
at which you desire the line of separation
to occur. Then take an iron rod of as great
a diameter as will pass into the bottle make
it almost white hot and dip it into the oil.
After the lapse of a few moments a sharp
orack is heard, and the bottle is found to
be as neatly cut as if with a diamond. If
the bottle is very thick, and the cracking
sound not heard in a few seconds, a little
cold water thrown on the outside will ac-
complishthe desired result.
The other day an old lady came to me
with the request to saw a ring from one of
her fingers. It was her wedding ring,
which she had never had off sinceshe was
married forty -fits years before, and she was
delighted to hear that I could remove it
without cutting it. I wound the finger
round from the top downward with fiat
rubber braid, whioh seemed to push the
flesh down almost to the bone. Her hand
was then held above her head for a few
moments. Then the bandage was quickly
taken off and re -wound on the finger. After
repeating this operation three times I was
able to remove the ring with ease.
It has long boon a question with soientists
whether flying fish actually fly, or are only
carried forward through the air by the im•
pulse whioh they gave to their bodies while
still in the water. Prof. Mobins expressed
an authoritative opinion and claims that they
fire totally, unable to fly, for the reason that
the musoles which move the pectoral fins are
not sufficiently large to bear the weight of
their bodies in the air. In birds the aver-
age weightof the muscles whioh are con-
cerned in the movement of the wings is one-
sixth that of the entire body ; in bats one
thirteenth, while in the flying fish it is only
one thirty-fifth. He affirms, therefore, that
the impulse to the propulsion of the fish in
the air is delivered while they. are still in.
the water.
It appears that professor Plateau, of the
University of Ghent, while trying to observe
the effects of the irritation of the retina
gazed steadily at the sunfor twenty seconds,
the result being that Atonic irfdechoroidf-
tis developed, ending eventually in total
blindness, A number of cams are known in
which ohoroiditis and retinitis occurred in
persons who had observed an eclipse of the
sun. The single flash of a sun refleotur has
been known to cause retinitis, and other
temporary visual ditturbanceb of afilm ;ion -
al character have been frequently noted. M.
Reich has described a curious epidemic of
snow blindness, which 000urred among a
body of laborers engaged in cleaning a way
through the masses of snow whioh obstruot.
ed the road between Passanaur and Mtoti,
In the Caucasus ; the rays of the sun reflect-
ed from the vast stretches of anew en every
side, produoed an intense glare of light,
Which the unacouetomed eye could not
support without the protection of dark
glasses, A few of the sturdiest among the
laborers were able to wok with impunity,
but the majority suffered so much that
among seventy strongly marked gapes,
thirty were No severe that the men were
absolutely unable to' continue work or to
&rad their way home, and lay prone on their
fades, striviug to hide their faxes from the
light and prying out from pain, Recovery
was gradual but complete..
A writer in chambers' ,Tournal desoribes a
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curious new industry, the possibilities of
which cannot at preeent be estimated. It is
nothing more nor less than tho manufacture
from air of oxygen for application to various
uses, Methods of extracting oxygen from
the atmosphere have long been known, but
they pave not been sufiioiently practical to
make it an article of commercial value. By
what is known as the Brin process, however,
oxygen is now being made at a shop rate
and in large quantities, and,, we are told, it
is oertain to have a great commercial future,
It can be used ae an illuminator, and it is
expected that it will prove of immense value
to physicians, as it already stands high as a
remedial agent. The Brin Oxyen Company
have a system by which milk can be charged
with oxygen as it Domes from the cow, be-
fore it starts on its travels, and its benefit
to children and invalids under such applica•
tion is incalculable. Milk treated in this
way, it is olaimed, is rendered not only free
from disease, but richer and improved in
taste. It will also when oxygenated remain
fresh and pure for a fortnight. The new in-
dustry is still only in its infancy, and it may
be that the' extent of its possible develop-
ment is not yet even dreamed of. It may
be even possible some day to apply it praoti•
oallyto dilatory legislators.. An oxygenat-
ed Senate, for instance, would be a pleasing
novelty, provided its artificial activity did
not all run to talk.
TWO BACKWOODS BOYS.
They Stand Their Ground Against Two
Catamounts, and Hail Them Both.
PINE CREEK, Pa., April 12.—Two boys,
Willie Chambers and Frank Weston, have
been trapping akunk ,during the winter for
a furrier in Philadelphia. They have caught
and shipped over two hundred since the first
of January. On Friday they were going to a
trap of them on Trout Run, when they have
were confronted by an enormous catamount
that sprang out of the bushes and crouched
down in front of them a few feet away. The
boys had a single -barrelled shotgun, and
Weston fired at the. catamount, lodging the
°barge ofshot in its body. The animal jumped
up and ran away for a short distance ; and
then turned and made a dash at the boys.
Weston clubbed his gun and hit the cata-
mount with the stook as itleaped toward hint
The blow stunned the animal for a moment,
when it renewed the attack. Young Chem -
'ben had in the mean time procured a heavy
club, and the two boys pitched in, and aftera
severe fight, in whioh the clothing was torn
from both of them by the sharp claws of
the catamount, they succeeded in killing it.
They shouldered their trophy and went on
to their trap, where they were surprised to
find another catamount, this one fast by one
leg in the trap. It was ferooious, and sprang
forward to attack the boys, hampered as it
was 'ay the trap. The force of the jump
snapped the chain by whioh the trap was
fastened to a sapling; find before the boys
had recovered from their astonishment the
catamount sprang on young Weston and fas-
tened its claws in his shoulder. Before it
could seize him by the throat Chambers
struck it a blow w ith the butt of the gun,
knocking it loose and breaking the gun.,
The catamount then turned on Chambers.
The flesh was stripped from the Weston
boy's shoulder, but he went to his compan-
ion's aid. With the club and the gun barrel
the two boys killed the second catamount,
but not until they were both badly hurt.
They started home with the two big animals
they had killed, but became so weak from
loss of blood that but for the appearance of
a peddler, who was driving in the direction
of the boys' home, and who took the boys in
his wagon, they would not have been able to
get there, and would doubtless have perished
in the road. Tho boys are i2 and 14 years
old.
The same day, in the same locality, Henry
Clapham killed two catamounts within a
mile of the plaoe the boys had their fight
with their second one.
Against Trusts.
The New York Herald says :—The bill
prepared by the Trust Investigating Com-
mittee and introduced in the Senate at Al-
bany is a sweeping measure. It declares
that it shall be unlawful for any person,
company or corporation to enter into a com-
bination or agreement to limit the produo-
tion or raise the price of any necessary of
life, or to establish a monopoly or prevent
competition in the case of such a commodi-
ty. It further deolares that it shall be un-
lawful to put the management or control of
a corporation in the hands of trustees for
such purpose. A violation of the Act by a
person is a misdemeanour. A corporation
that violates it is liable to forfeit its fran-
chises in this State. \.
Twelve hundred immigrants arrived in
Winnipeg last week.
We fear that agriculturists, or anybody
else, who look for an advance in the price
of wheat are doomed to disappointment.
Manitoba, the Western States, India, Rus-
sia, in faot all the sections of the world that
share our markets, report immense stocks
in store that are rather increasing than
diminishing. The trouble is that in Russia
and in India tho cot of growth is so low
that their prices rule the market and make
the production of wheat in America much
less profitable than is warranted by the
amount of capital inveated and labor be-
stowed. In five Rttsaian ports alone two
million quarters are in stook, so that with
this year's crops there will be unprecedented
quantities for shipment. Townspeople, of
course, glory in the markets, but what slo
our farming friends say? In the House
of Lords the other day Earl de la Warr,
speakingon the existing agriottltural de-
pression, drove a desperate pioture of
things. He declared that the farmers of
Great Britain had to it £600,000,000 in ten
years ; that 40 to 50 per oent. of the land-
owners of the kingdom were unable to live
in their own houses; and that nearly a mil-
lion of agricultural laborers were out of Mi.
ployment. All this was due, he hinted, to
the fact that foreign wheat -growers were
able to take their produce duty free into
English Market+t.
SCIENCE AND ItEL'HCI4N.
Jlsx a.►II, eAkili.T4ii.
Popular books regarding the spiritual
world have not generally professed to bo
anything but works of the imagination, and,
of course, have no more than a literary
value, The latest book, "Light en the
Hidden Way," professes to deal with facto.
In assuring ue of the truthfulness of the
writer, Rev. James Freeman Clarke has
done all that can be done, all that is noes-
soy to do in that direction. What remains
is, to judge from the narrative itself of its
reasonableness.
Of all pretended communications from the
spiritual or unseen world this is the only one
I have seen which carries moral force enough
to account for itself. The assumed spirits
which, it describes dwell entirely on charac-
ter. Whatever their source, this woman,
whose days are filled to overflowing with
practical duties and common round of cares,
has given us ideas of duty and truth which
are harmonious with the latest conclusion
of the deepest thinkers, and which seem to
me to be far in advance of popular spiritual
belief, perhaps because they touch the very
basis of morality,
When the author was a girl of 10 years
she had set her room in order one Saturday
morning, and, being in haste for her Flay,
had sw.pt and dusted around the rug. As
she started to go she saw her father stand-
ing on the rug and looking down on ib in-
tently. Raising his solemn eyes to hers, he
told her to lift one end of it. And then, in
her mortification, he charged her to remem-
ber that no aot or thought is hidden, and
that every slighted duty is a sin against the
ideal life.
THERE ARE NO TRIFLES IN CONDUCT,
"Pretty small doings for an angel i" is
the general if not universal verdict. That
is because our moral perspective is not cor-
rectly adjusted. Nothing is small that bears
on obaraoter. Fidelity to duty, irrespective
of the size of the duty, is fit work for all
worlds. If we suppose that the relations of
earth are continued beyond earth, that
fatherly love exists beyond the grave, what
more natural than that a father, keenly dis-
cerning right and wrong, as the unblinded
spiritual eyes must, should attend his little
fatherless and motherless earth -child to
guide her tender feet in the right path l The
only probability against it is that it is sel-
dom seen. I should far sooner expect that
it would always occur than that it would
never occur. There are a thousand indica-
tions that the presence of a pure departed
spirit maybe felt by a spirit still involved
in matter. There is no inherent probability
that the pure spirit is incapable of discern-
ing or influencing the spirit not yet cleared
from matter.
It might require soma courage to give so
simple a narrative to a world that demands
from the unseen universe impossible tidings.
We forgot that we are yet in a stage of ex-
istence in which knowledge is communicat-
ed only through the senses. In a certain
way, therefore, wo can learn only what we
knew before. Spirits themselves can not,
on any conceivable theory, communicate to
us what is not recognizable through the
physical senses. ]n every attempt by any
revelation no one has gone beyond the sym-
bolism of this world. Imagination :can create
new combinations. It never creates material.
All, therefore, which any revelation can do
is to use this world in its best types as in-
dicative of the other, and elucidate moral
truth which is eternal, that is, which has no
relation to time. This modest seer touches
with firm hand a groat truth, without mis•
givings, without even self-consciousness,
Another principle of the widest scope is
presented with the same light, firm touch;
the light, passing touch of ono to ' whom it
has been given, and not the easer grasp of
one who has found it after extraordinary,
life-long seeking- When asked what seem-
ed to her the most impressive fact disclosed
by the unseen life she hesitates a little, in
certain childlike fashion, and then says per-
haps it is the perfect order of the universe.
Under this order each soul finds its exact
level and place by as unfailing a law as that
which crystalizes the snow and paints the
rose and holds the stars in their orbits. Thus
she discerns the unity of moral and material
law.
THE LIFE AFTER DEATH.
Following this line, of law, her friends of
the 'unseen world teach what the highest
reason we can exercise seems to teach, that
there is nothing in death to change a sinner
into a saint except that the clear spiritual
eye, "the unclothed soul," is forced to see
its own condition and pass judgmenton it-
self. The stain of sensual life shows in-
stantly all its blackness in the white light of
the spiritual atmosphere. A reaction from
the belief in a literal hell to a comfortable
but deadening assurance that death will
make all right receives from these spiritual
advisers no countenance. "Hell -fire" hard•
ly is too strong a ward for them to use for
the light of heaven, only that it is a purify-
ing rather than a punitive flame, but it
brings an almost intolerable pain to him
who has loved and lived in darkness. And
it brings an unexpected joy to the soul
which has gone further than it knew in the
attainment of noble character.
Two of these stn prised spiritual sufferers,
who learned their evil deeds only after they
had passed from earth, were men who bad
left ample endowments to public institu-
tions, but
WHOSE RELATIVES WERE ABANDONED
to need and distress Most miserable of all
who name to this seer were each as these—
self-constrained to watch constantly the
hardships and anxieties which they them-
selves might have averted, unreconciled to
their own helplessness to aid where once aid
was in their power; held back from progress
by unavailing regret and remorse, driven
into a hell of unrest,
The communication of these assumed
spiritual beings teach a God of science, of
logic, of the devoutest religion; teach a
gospel of purity,of human service, of stern
fidelity to truth and duty. They are in per-
fect and impressive accord with tho highest
conclusions of the intellect, the tenderest
aspirations of the heart, the sternest dic-
tates of the conscience. To this extent they
demand recognition.
What in the history of the visible world
forever bars it from conscious oonneotien
with the invisible world Y Progress has al.
ways been in that direotien, The eple of
civilization is the epic of aplritualleation.
The mass of rough stone hat become artistic
beauty, family oonseorationr religious wor-
ship, Space has been overcome by spirit'
upon the earth.
It is but a single step outward, onward,
to annihilate apace beyond the earth, to
Penetrate the earth, quality itself, We
hold lin our grasp that most subtle and
strong of forces, electricity, utilizing, but
in nowise comprehending It, There to a
spiritual body as a natural body. The mu-
tual relations of the two aro but dimly dia.
corned, but slightly understood, There is.
nothing In the past to demonstrateor to in.
climate that the world of matter has, reached
Its utmost refinement, or thatits relations
with the world of apirit have attained their
closest intimacy.
Pronogating Case and Trays,
One of the chief difficulties that the ama-
teur propagator meets with in rooting out.
tinge of many kinds of planta is a look of
bottom heat Top heat he can get easily
enough ; but bottom heat is the key to sue
COW in propagating plantsby outtinga, as
every gardener and fioriet well knows:
I represent atFig. 79 a sketch of a "prop, -
gating case" that, judging from my own ex
perienoe with ii, will meet all the require.
ments of the amateur florist, and enablehim t o
compete successfully with the best appointed
greenhouse in the world in rooting a limited
number of roses and other favorite or high-
priced plants. It is simply a box 10 inches
deep, and as long and wide as may be de-
sired. The box is made of inch think stuff,
and in it is placed a galvanized iron or tin
tank 10 inches deep, and three inches less
in diameter than the inside of the box. The
one and a half inch of space between the
tank and the sides of the box should be
packed with sawdust. At one side is a fill-
ing tube, as shown in the sketch, and a faucet
for drawing off the water. A few plant
trays, four inches deep and large enough to
closely fit inside the upper part of the case
over the tank, are needed. They should be
made of half-inch stuff. If desired they
may be made one or two inches deeper and
have a glass cover to fit over the top.
Put about three inches of sand, or fine -
friable soil in one of these trays, set the cut,
tinge in it, fill the tank with hot water, and
keep it hot, or quite warm, by drawing off a
portion daily and replacing with more that
is boiling. In a few days the plants in the
tray will be rooted and it can be taken out
and another filled with cuttings put in its
place. After the plants in the first tray
have hardened off a few days they may be
potted, or transplanted to the open border.
If it is desired to root the plants in thumb
pots, set the pots close together in the tray
and pack with sand or moss, and they will
root quite as readily as on the greenhouse
bench.
With a small propagating case like this
and a few plant trays to match, an immense
number of cuttings can he rooted for the
house or borders. It is also well adapted
to starting plants of all kinds from seed,
especially those of a delicate nature. In
starting seeds it is best to have a glass cover
on the tray arranged so it can be drawn
aside a little at a time as the plants come
up. All seedling plants must have abun-
dance of light and air to prevent them from
becoming drawn, or damping off.
Will There be Trouble ?
In spite of the proclamation of the Lieu-
tenant -Governor of British Columbia, warn-
ing the seal fishers of that province to main-
tain the peace in Behrings straits, there is
grave cause for apprehension that trouble
will arise if the huge monopoly, at present
protected by the United States government,
attempts to interfere with the operations of
Canadian boats as it did last year. A num-
ber of sealing vessels are reported to have
started out from British Columbia and
Nova Scotia, all manned by men determined
to resist seizure by American cutters plying
in the interest of the fur company that rules
everything in that region with an iron
hand. The Governor of Alaska has de-
nounced this monopoly in the most un-
measured terms for its treatment of people
who make the slightest attempt to thwart
its purposes ; and what he says only con-
firms the opinion that has prevailed for
some years as to the outrages committed by
this corporation, which pretends to be act-
ing under the laws of the United States and
with the sanction of .the authorities at
Washington. Americans, .lanadians and
Indians have suffered too many indignities
at the hands of the Alaska Fur Company,
and it seems hard to blame any of the suffer-
ers if they now take the law into their own
hands. Phis the Canadian victims of the
monopoly, it is said, propose to do, and they
have put for the grounds prepared to con-
test the claims of their oppressor. The
State Department at Washington should
take notice and put a veto upon the
measures taken in Bahringe Sea to look up
the treasures of those waters for the benefit
of a corporation that has seized upon pro-
perty that is not owned by the United
States. If the Governor of Alaska is to be
believed, no time should be lost in stripping
the pirates oomposing the fur oompany of
the power oonferred upon them, under a
misapprehension, by the United States. No
Amertean statesman can honestly defend the
teaks pursued in Behring's Sea to exclude
Canadians from the sealing grounds, and
po one competent to form an unbiased
opinion has visited Alaska and Come away
without deciding that the Alaska Fur Com.
pang, conducted as it is, is in the highest
degree :aimioal to the welfare of that Ter-
ritory.
One hundred years ago the town of Wit-
ton, N. H,,passedthe following vote: That
the town provide one barrel West India rani,
five barrels New England runt, one barrel
good brown anger, half a box of good lemon'
two loaves of loaf sugar, for framing and
rafting laid Meeting home."
In Cage or Warr
Therobability of war breaking out 1o„
ween Canada and the United SU* la,
oourae, very remote, but this fact does not
prevent the discussion lu military elneles,
aoross the border of the bearing upon such
an event of the relative position, of the two
countries. The March number of the Jour.
nala p mMilieary $errice las ffota oontalui
a p by Lieut. F. M. Woodruff, of the
United States regular army, dealing With
" Our Northern Frontier," and dieoussing
the preeent and potential military strength
of this country, As the paper rec'ived first
prize in a competition at the institution, ib
may be accepted as a fairly aoourate state.
ment of the views of the military authorities
at Washington: on the subject,
Lieut. Woodruff states that the pgsiible
arms -bearing force of the Dominion oonsiste
of militia, which, if turned out to the last
man, would produoe "`about 900,000 effeo.
tives for active service," though it would be
practically impossible to plane so great a
number under arms. After giving some de-
tails respecting the organized militia force,
and calling attention to the insufficiency of
its training, he says ths?the weakest point•
in the organizatiop is its lack of a "nucleus
of a transport system." He admits, how-
ever that during the recent outbreak in the
Noah -West the troops were moved to the
front with remarkable rapidity, .Canada',:
chief advantage, our writer nays, lies in the
possession of admirable railway and inland'
navigation systems. By means of these
-English troops, sent out by steamers of the
Cunard, Guion, White Star and Inman lino:,,
could be quickly distributed at important
points throughout the country. The part:
which the English fleet of gun -boats and
cruisers would play is thus described :
"Forty-three of these vesselsdraw less
than seven feet of water, and some would
immediately pass through the Richelieu
River and Chambly canal to Lake Cham-
plain ; this naval force would be auxiliary
to a land force that would approach the
frontier of New York from Montreal. From
Halifax and St. John, N. B., a strong naval
force would threaten the important cities.
from Eastport, Me., to Hampton Roads, and
so absolutely defenceless are all these cities,
that they would bo placed under tribute.
England would send some of her fleet to oc-
cupy Gardiner's Bay, at the Easters' end of
Long Island, the occupation of which would'
be of the highest strategical importance, as
it would furnish the enemy with a secure•
harbor for his transports, and -it would serve
as his most important base of operations.
From St. John England would send a land
force into Maine, and thus secure control of
the railroads even as far as Portland, where
she would already have had some of her-
ironclads. From Bermuda she would send'
her vessels to lay the cities of the South
Atlantic and Gulf coast under tribute,•
and finally from Victoria she would •
send them to San Francisco and Portland,
Oregon. Oa the entire frontier the only
point at which the United States possesses -
the whole advantage is adinnosota and Da-
kota, where we could quickly send a force•
to invade Manitoba, and cub off communica•
tion with the extreme West. In addition
to the bases of operations named, Kingston,
Toronto and Hamilton would serve as bases
upon Lake Oatario for naval operations ;.
and as every effort would be made to keep
the Welland canal intact, they would also
serve as bases for operations on Lake Erie.
The ordnance stores and war material pos-
sessed by the English and at the disposal--...a--
of Canada and the perfect system of naviga-
tion and railroad communication from
Montreal which is only fifty miles from J
Rouse's Point would soon place the whole
of Northern New York under control of the ,
enemy. This would include the two frontier
railroads and the city of Ogdensburgh." f
Up to this point Lieut. Woodruff concedes.
the advantage to the enemy, but he holds
that as the United States could arm and
equip 20,000 men every week matters would,
soon be " evened up." In the meantime the,
following programme would probably be
adopted by our neighbours :
" Regular troops would be massed at four•
or five points on the frontier, viz., at St.
Vincent, Minn. ; Detroit, Mich. ; 'Buffalo,
Ogdensburg and Rouse's Point, N. Y. Up-
on the declaration of war the troops should
be ordered to occupy and hold at all hazard
Windsor, opposite Detroit; Fort Erie, oppo-
site Buffalo, and Prescott opposite 03gens-
burgh: a bold dash by some picked men
would probably give us the po§session of
the four bridges across the Niagara River.
viz., the Suspension bridge, Cantilever and
the International bridges, and the small
Suspension bridge. The troops taking
possession of Fort Erie should make a des-
perate effort to reach and destroy the Wel.
land canal, or disable it as much as possible;
and the troops from Ogdensburg should at-
tempt the destruction of the Point Iroquois
Junctien and Galops oanals ; the latter is
only seven and three -eights miles below
Prescott. That this might be done by a
fearless commander is highly prat able, for
it was along this portion of the frontier that
the Fenian raids were successfully made.
The troops from Detroit should construct
earthworks at Windsor, and also occupy
Sarnia and Courtwright, ani. the comman-
ders at these three places should be made to
understand that there was to be no snob
thing as withdrawal or surrender. The
troops from S. VIncent should wave to
Winnipeg, and hold that point to sever con-
nections by the C mediae' Pacific with the
extreme West. Troops should be sent to
Bangor, - Me., to concentrate theca a large.
portion of the National Gnard of that State,
and if any delay occurred in the operations
of the Canadians, these troop should at
once move towards Vanoeborough, and if
possible MacAdam, X. B."
The men being thus placed in position fn
this game of war, our military readers may
And. ib interesting to carry on the subse
quent moves and to endeavor' to ascertain
which side would code off victorious.
Those, however, who do not take•a pro-
fessional ,merest in snob »tatters will find
Lieut. Woodraff•spaper enlefiy suggestive
of the immense damage to the material
interests of both conntriee whiuh a war be.
tween Canada all the United Sts.tet would
entail
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trade of a gardener to 13xblin. t',ish March
he raised four pantile daily to every sq etre
foot of bed and sold thein at a gaol p,rlos.
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problem, but at last suooteded, and bite
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