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Show Cartridge in Dangerous Place. A remarkablo discovery was recent )j mndo at Woolwich. Amongst tho rubbish taken to tho borough dust destructor de-structor was found a suspicious-looking packet, wrapped In canvas. On being examined It was found to contain con-tain nn explosive. It was immediate ly placed In a pnll of water. Mr Glan-vllle, Glan-vllle, Woolwich, representative for Kynoch & Co, pronounced It to bo n granlto blasting cartridge, eight Inches in length nnd four in width. On cutting It open It was found to bo composed of compressed gunpowder, through which wns a tube filled with gun-cotton. Tho cartrldgo was tho most powerful of Its kind, nnd Is supposed sup-posed to have been shipped Inadvertently Inadvert-ently with somo granite supplied to tho borough council for road repairing. repair-ing. London Telegraph. j |