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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 61, 12 March 1879, Page 4

Anew invention, which it ia confidently anticipated by many who have witnessed the prelirniu&ry trials made with it will altogether supersede the use of torpedoes, is, it is stated by theSt-Eetavsbnrg^orrespondctiC; of the Cologne -'Ga&rtte, beinV much dis-" cussed at the present time by Russian naval men. During the late war tbe torpedo attacks undertaken byVtfae Russians were for the most part carried out by torpedo boats, and notoriously very few of them were successful. Of. late ala^def ensive arrangement* against torpedoes- have beeit organized inevery navy, which render it very doubtful whether in future there will be much chance of similar, attacks succeeding;, and- oonse- ' quently much^ottentioo has beefr given < in Kusaia since the conclusion of the war to devising some plan for bringing explosive charges into contact with hostile vessels without employing torpedo boats. The result of a number of experiments which have been made with this object in view is that a ■ dynamite- shell has been invented, which, it is stated, can be projected agaiuat a hostile . man-of-war from a distance of 200 paces, and which, falling upon the hull of the vessel, or into the water near it, will explode and ao destroy, or at all events seriously damage, the ship. The firing of thosß shells is said to be attended with far less danger than is incurred iv making ao attack with torpedo boats, and as a greater effect is produced by a smaller charge^ they are also, it is asserted, • cheaper than any kind of torpedo at present in use. A young negro bootblack observed a neighbor poring, wisely over a newspaper, whereupon he addressed him thus: "Julius, what are you looking at dat paper for? You can't i read." "Go away," cried the other indignantly , "guess I can read; Fae big enuff for dat." •• Big enuff," retorted tbe other scornfully, " dat ain't nuffiV. A cow's big enough to catch mice, but she can't. At a mansion notorious a for its scanty fare, a gentleman was inquiring of the gardener about a dog he had lately given to the laird. The gardener showed him a lank' greyhound, on which the gentleman said, "No, no; the dog I gave vpur master was a mastiff, not a -greyhound;" to which the gardener quietly replied, " Indeed, ony dog might stfne become a greyhound by stoppiu' here." '