AN EXTINCT MONSTER OF THE DEEP.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 27, 14 January 1911, Page 2 (Supplement)

AN EXTINCT MONSTER OF THE DEEP.

During some dragging operations at New Orleans there was found the hull of nn ancient submarine, about 16 feet long, five feet deep, and four feet.w.ide. It had two openings, the larger big enough to admit a man, a jpropeller shaft at the narrow end, ana the re-

mains of two fins, but the propeller blades and the motive machinery had disappeared. It probably dates from •the time of the American Civil War, for the Confederates are known to have had two submarines. Some have suggested that it dat.s from the AngloFrench war, 1815.

HUMOUR AS A WORRY CURE. It is asserted by one who claims to know what he is talking about that a keen sense of humour will cure any ordinary case of worry. Look at a common hous’ fly through a microscope and it assumes horrible proportions; magnify your troubles and what huge dimensions they assume. There is almost always something funny in every serious situation. A sister sent her brother the following lines, recently, which, she guaranteed, heartily repeated three times, would conquer any sort of domestic difficulty:— The dog is in the pantry, The cat is in the lake : The cow is in the hammock—> Whit difference decs it make? The best wai- to overcome worry is to attack it indirectly. You may not b’ able to conquer worry absolutely, but, yon can “think thoughts” that will relegate worry renrwnrd. A WISE CHILD. Lord Crewe, nt an educational meeting at Liverpool lecentlv, told an amus'ng story of the little son of a. friend of his who refused to say his lesson to his governess. He admitted that he knew it well, but. said he:—“lf I say my lesson, what's the use? You will only make* mo ’earn something else.” That child will probably be heard of again.