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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 108, 17 January 1880, Page 2

A. Pkrsc.VN lIERO. — Stray torpedoes hare more than onco been heard of round h^uv Spithcid and m Portsmouth Harbour, but a very erratic und dangerou3 specimen seems to have been exported from these shored to Peru. A torpedo sent out from the now famous llua-»ear us Bhe was en^agiirt off Anlofogasta look it into it* head to turn rjun.l mid lui.iil straight for the turret vessel which sent it out. This certainly was and uivitvpard situation an.l the Hauscar bide fair lo be hoisted by her own petard. The feat Mien performed by a young Peruvian oificer was eertahily as hold and skilful m its way as anything we heard of ashore or afloat. He plungerl into the sea, swain towards the advancing torpedo, and guided it. by main force astern of the ffau*i:ar. If Peril numbers many such men as t'ns among her sailors it is scarcely surprising that, so far, she got the better of the Chilian fleet. I Hear HEAR. — " The exclamation hear, hear." is heard so frequently, and; m syeh j a variety of inflection m the. tone, that i^s origin, may interest our readers. A father of the Primitive Church, who was accustomed to preach m a very large basilica was wont to pause periodically m the delivery of his sqrinon and to ask the congregation at the extremity of the nave whether they could hear what lv. was saying. The reverend preacher had a very pqwerfql voice, so the faithful m t l\e back settlements were uauaally enabled to cry out \a approving , accents "Wo hear ! We hear ! " Our Parliament is daily opened with prayer, but I fancy it would wither startle Mr. Speaker if, at this stage of the proceedings, " the faithful " were to make use of the, at other times, altogether too familiar ejaculation. She Routed the Savages.- A company of^ulus— an impi, as the war correspondent would say — has come to signal grief m Dublin. Encouraged, no dqi;h.t, by the sympathising tone of the anti-English press, these hardy warriors invaded the Uluni r.f Ireland, and at one of the great public kraals, displayed themselves, thoir ox-hide shield and their terrible assegais to all persons possessed of the desirable curiosity and the necessary shilling. Business becoming dull, some of the friendly Zulus were scut out m a carriage by their, enterprising manager to beat up a public, even as Little Nell was p-iraded through the town by Mrs Jarle.v. Becoming thirsty they stopped liked mere Briton* at a beer-seller's kraal and were, practically cpmparing the stout of Dublin with the lager of then: country when along came an old woin.au whose son had been killed at the rout of the Twentyfourth Regiment. This simple minded woman gathered an apr.niful of stones from 1 the newly macadamised roadway, and as soon as the 2julu, impi dehouchud from the krnal she begun bombarding them Ayith rocks pouring m a musketry fire of cursa* at the same, time with Hibernian vigor.. The 2ulu shields thus tested proved not to b 9 made of o\ hide tough as iron, but of mere piinted canvas, \i\\d m spite of the frightful assegais which, when on exhibition, the Zulus brandished so menacingly, they were | useless. The old woman re uted the sa- | vages and them to ignominious flight, soundly ■contused and roundly cursed. If she only had been with the Piince Imperial ! A Ilqxitiu^E Stoby paoM Mexico.-- A private lc'ter fwii Oiloui'l Brin^hursb, dated at P-arral, Mexico, shows that the prepuutioiu for eUivo:uFul silver mining operations are progressim; vary satisfactorily. In the letter the e-jlouel jjivei ',he following narration : — " Laat week m ChihuiUin a won^.m went into a bjo tanker's shop m 1 front of hii dwollirig atrl wis >iieuuro:l for ; a pair of sine*. The son of Crisp. n s lid f.o tho ivmiui), "You havo a very prft'.y fi)t." "Da you think so ?" h til aha. iin r«jp,lie.l, " Yes. That, is tlio protti> a -st foot m, Mexico." The ivom '.n was to coma bu-k uuxt day and leave .ijl, wiien tha bhoes word to be commenced. Tho shoeunker's wifo ] heard all, said nothing. The uext day the I woman rt'itJU tho jurt>tty loot caUvJ ao4.vvJ-

Tog to agreement, und the wife got her into t ho baok room, and stabbed her to death. Tha woman then cut a steak out of the dead woman's leg, and packed it under ±he beij. The shoemaker came home and ate his dinner. The wife asked if he liked the meat. He answered that it wa9 the best he i had ever eaten. The wife then told him he had eaten a part of the prettiest lag m j Mexico. He asked her wnat ehe meant. Sho showed him the body under the Led, and made a dash at him with a kni£e, but lie escaped, and ran to t.biL&iJd.cko.^anvl told, the Judge what bad happened. The Judge summoned a guard of soldiers and went to the house. He asked the wife if she--com-mitted the mqrder, and when she answered yes, and attempted to justify the act, ne ordered her to be shot on the spot by the soldiers, and his orders were promptly obeyed.