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be furnished to their regiments, one or two guns to a regiment. 

 On one occasion one of these guns was brought to bear on a 

 squadron of cavalry at 800 yards, and it cut them to pieces ter- 

 ribly, quickly forcing them to fly. The charges are placed in 

 steel cases, which are placed in a hopper, and they are fired one 

 at a time. The arrangements are such that there is no danger 

 (»f the whole exploding at once. 



The subject selected for discussion a fortnight hence, was 

 " Soap." 



