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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 290, 9 December 1870, Page 2

■•Father," said a lad, "I often read of people being poor but honest ; why don't they sometimes say, 'Rich but honest? 5 " "Tut, tut, my son," replied the father ; " nobody would believe them." A correspondent of theLondon Times mentions that the wild boars and wolves who have taken refuge in the Ardennes are Baid to have been driven there from the forests near the German and French horder by disgust at the amount of musketry and artillery firing tbat has been lately going on at Woerth, Saarbruck, and < other places in the vicinity. Riches. — The man with good firm health is rich. So is the man with a clear concience. So is the parent of vigorous, happy children. So is the wife who has the whole heart of a good husband. So is the maiden whose horizon is not bounded by the " coming man," but who has a purpose in life, whether she ever met him or not. So is the young man who, laying his hand on his heart, can say, "I have treated every woman I ever saw as I should wish my sister treated by other men." Naval Steam Ram; — There is but little doubt (says the Echo, Aug. 9th) that modern warfare will revert to the ancient type. The Athenian trireme fought with her prow. Two vessels would often manoeuvre for hours ; but when one had once caught the other amidships, the fight was over. And so Mr. E. J. Reed, ' writing to Captain Sherard Osborne, expresses his opinion that the naval ram will be tbe war vessel of the future. If so, we have only to go back to our Thucydides to find what is wanted. We want a strong prow, and a vessel which is not only sufficiently heavy to strike her opponent with great momentum, but is also well hung in the stays to answer in a second to her helm, and to turn, as it is said upon a crown piece. Such a vessel could afford to stand her chance against the heaviest guns, and to steam straight at her antagonist. Tf built in watertight compartments, she could receive a shot or two and be none the worse ; while one stroke of her prow would decide the fight. Mr. Reed is great in theory, Admiral Sartorius is great in practice ; and both are agreed that the naval ram will be the vessel that will determine the issue of the next naval war.