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  2. The Accident on Board H.M.S. Cordelia.

    We last week published a full account of the terrible accident which occurred on board H.M.S, Cordelia, and need now but to recapitulate portions of that account to explain our illustrations. The ...

    Article : 607 words
  3. Naval Costumes.

    In a very interesting "yarn" on naval costumes, in the Illustrated London News, Commander C. N. Robinson, R. N. (the writer), gives much curious information. We have not pace to reprint the whole ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 548 words
  4. The Post Office Clock and Bells.

    During the past week the bells for the Post Office tower have been hoisted to the clock chamber, and the people of Sydney will soon have an opportunity of listening to their musical chimes. There are five bells ...

    Article : 117 words
  5. The London Office OF THE Austral Banking and Land Proprietary.

    Our illustration is that of the London Office of the Austral Banking and Land Proprietary, situate at No. 1 Queen Victoria-street. We understand from the Proprietary that a considerable business has been ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 183 words
  6. A Wife's Power.

    The power of a wife for good or evil is irresistible. Home must be the seat of happiness, or it must be for ever unknown. A good wife is to a man wisdom and courage and strength and endurance. A ...

    Article : 201 words
  7. Odds and Ends.

    Bedroom carpets should be loose so that they may be often shaken. Cold-drawn linseed oil is the best mixture for polishing mahogany, especially if a dark colour is ...

    Article : 1,037 words
  8. Easy Method of Breaking Glass to any Required Figure.

    Make a small notch by means of a file on a piece of glass, then make the end of a tobacco-pipe or of a rod of iron of same size redhot in the fire, apply the hot iron to the notch, and draw it slowly along the surface ...

    Article : 79 words
  9. The Meeting of the Waters.

    There's not in this wide world a valley so sweet As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet. Oh, the last rays of feeling and life must depart Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart. ...

    Article : 219 words
  10. Cure for Toothache.

    Two or three drops of essential oil of cloves put upon a small piece of lint or cotton wool, and placed in the hollow of the tooth, will he found to hare the active power of curing the toothache without ...

    Article : 51 words
  11. Let Erin Remember the Days of Old.

    Let Erin remember the days of old Ere her faithless sons betrayed her, When Malachi wore the collar of gold Which he won from the proud invader: ...

    Article : 126 words
  12. Bad Habits.

    The surest way to get rid of a bad habit is by one decided effort. Hone, in his Everyday Book, relates an anecdote of a person who suddenly formed the determination of delivering himself from the habit of ...

    Article : 99 words
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