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1 Cvttino Through Tobpkdo Ssts. —lt seems not unuiteiy that torpedo nets may soon be relegated to the limbo of superanimated contrivances. Hitherto it has been considered that when a ship at anchor nad its steel crinoline distended arooad it, there was nothing to be feared from the insidious and terrible Whitehead torpedo. However, it is now reported that Captain ■ Wilson, of the Yernon, has invented a sort of scissors appendage wh.eh can b« fixe 4to the aoae of the torpedo, and which : will enable it to cat through the steel rings of the protecting net. According to the accounts given of a trial of the device, . the weapons passed through the act so , easily that their speed was scarcely re- > duced. Offence has outpaced defence, and 1 ingenuity most devise some other mean 9 of stepping those terrible engines of destruction. Tα Cohe Skis Dxskasm.—Saipfaaltne Lotion quickly drives away fcraptieos, Pimples, Bletehes, Bedness, Keeema, Acne, Disfigurements, jßoughns** auU Scarf, Sue,, a eiear, spuiless Sidu 1 and beautiful Complexion. Salnhelin* is a aeeesaity ij* «v« Skin, especially Iα hot climate*. Made in Luadou. Svld everywhere.—(Advt 1 ParOsslarlr active jut now ar« th« attomsta to palsa Q& pui*Mu»Bjß U«a«r tot Waue'a Scaa&pp*. Live* Coiax&iNTe.— Dr. Slag's Dandt lion and Quinine Liver Pills, witfceai ( Mercury, are a potenc remedy; remeve all Uv« aad Stemaeh Cosmelalats, Bill«a»- 1 o«ee, Headache, Siokaee»,Baeuliler F&ias; Hsartbara, Indigeetiear' CoastiMliea. < Jtfade ouly in Loadoo. Sold everywhere.— ' VDVT.I When parehaoiap Schnapps, specify Wolfe's. There are frauds 1 Wolfe's Schnapps is tbe moscpepoler liquor in Australia hence the imitations j use year intelligence, and use only Wolfe's Schnapps. 4 " Honesty is the beet policy. If every I body thought so, Wolfe's Schnapps would J not be imitated as it is. , It is said Hut some people Suit* b , eoneeieaee it must be tone or Welle, i Schnapps eoeld not be isaitafted. |«

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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8044, 12 December 1891, Page 6

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Untitled Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8044, 12 December 1891, Page 6

Untitled Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8044, 12 December 1891, Page 6