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Patea Mail, Volume IV, Issue 312, 13 April 1878, Page 4

PLOUGHING WITH DYNAMITE. At the works for the Exposition buildings, now going on at Taooadero, Paris, passers by may, at cex-tain hours of the day be startled by a deep rumbling sound. This is caused by springing dynamite mines, which, without .any violent projection of materials, makes the obstacles crumble away, and breaks up the under-ground rocks, the fragments of which are used for the buildings. Now, dynamite will perform *a similar service in the fields. The Duke of Sutherland, in Scotland, and Dr Hamm, in Austria, have employed it in clearing laud and for digging much deeper than any instrument could. A certain number of dynamite cartridges are buried at regular distances in the soil, and connect together by electric wires. The explosion is simultaneous ; and tliougli nothiugis thrown up, the field is effectually ploughed.

Why is a prudent man like a pin ? Because his head prevents his going too far. Why are ■washerwomen unreasonable ? —They expect to have soft water when it rains har’d. Why are a whale and a pond-lily alike ?—They both come to the surface to blow. Why is a hansom cab a dangerous carriage to drive in ? Because the coachman always drives over your head. Juvenile thirst for knowledge.— Mamma,” asked a precocious juvenile, how can They tell a sweep among the negroes ?” The question of race — Who will win ? The sort of clothing lawyers like — Chancery suits.