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  2. GENERAL BREVITIES

    The finest turquoise comes from Persia. The black dismond is so hard that it cannot bo pohshed. ...

    Article : 1,139 words
  3. POPULAR SCIENCE. RECENT INVENTIONS Incandescent Electric Lamp.

    One objection that has frequently been urged against the incandescent electric lamp is that it cannot be graduated, or in the language of the household, be “ turned down." ...

    Article : 228 words
  4. THE LADIES’ COLUMN

    Oh, white, white, light moon, that sailest in the sky, Long Sown upon the whirling world, for thou art np so high, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 211 words
  5. THE YOUNG FOLKS

    Said Ali Ben Hasian, a kind hearted man, "I'll treat my poor camel as well as I can. “ To temper the heat, I will shade the poor fellow ...

    Article : 91 words
  6. WIT AND HUMOUR

    Made to Order.—A waitress. “Wilhe, do you know what the Easter season is especially noted for?" “ Yes'm; its the only season ot the year when the hens ...

    Article : 1,352 words
  7. The Story of Two Tigresses.

    “ I have such a headache to-day,” said a young soldier named Percy Churchill, to his companion, James Montgomery, “ It is the heat, I suppose,” returned the other, ...

    Article : 503 words
  8. Electricity for Cooking.

    Slowly, but surely, is electricity for cooking and heating purposes finding an increased number of friends and admirers. And the bachelors’ wants, in the shape of a ...

    Article : 275 words
  9. Useful Hints.

    New wood work requires llb. of paint to the square yard for three coats. Unslaked lime cleans small articles of steel, such as buckles, etc. ...

    Article : 692 words
  10. Footpath Advertisements.

    It has frequently been seriously proposed to advertise on the clouds, but we haven’t arrived at that stage yet, though in France they hare devised a method of printing on or ...

    Article : 209 words
  11. Greatest Wheel on Earth.

    The greatest wheel on earth now exists, not in America but in England. Not but what more gigantic ones may be built in days yet to come. But at the present moment ...

    Article : 290 words
  12. Electric Plant for Wineries.

    We have to go from home to learn. But if wine producers in a benighted country like Algeria can find economy in the use of an electric light and power plant in the ...

    Article : 172 words
  13. Bold Dickie

    Dickie was a brave, bold bird; And said he one sunny day, “ Life in our small nest is dull; I shall fly far, far away.” ...

    Article : 83 words
  14. Evil Begets Evil.

    A half-starved fox, who was rambling near the seashore, happened to spy a party of young crabs just coming out of the water. “Delicious morsels! ” exclaimed Reynard, smacking his ...

    Article : 351 words
  15. Know Tour Own Mind.

    The following humorous incident was told by Mr Henry Irving last month in the course of his reply to the toast of his health:— I may mention an incident which shows ...

    Article : 497 words
  16. Overhead Letter Cars.

    An underground pipe is connected between the Melbourne Post Office and the Exchange for the conveyance between the two places of letters and telegrams, and in the future it is ...

    Article : 176 words
  17. At Death’s Door.

    Dr Praston King, in tne May number or the “Medical Magazine," gives a very interesting account of a personal experience of pneumonia, in the course of which he tells ...

    Article : 571 words
  18. Fashion Notes.

    Large crowds of shoppers anxious to secure good bargains has been the rule at some of the large Melbourne drapery establishments, and remarkable prices meet ...

    Article : 354 words
  19. Misspent Hours.

    Don't you think it a pity In our daily walk of life To spend so much of our precious time In envy, malice and strife? ...

    Article : 81 words
  20. Armor-piercing Shot.

    The penetrative power of armour-piercing shot is frequently a matter of debate or exaggeration. But some of these death-dealing instruments made by Messrs T. Frith and ...

    Article : 213 words
  21. About the Elephant.

    The elephant is the largest, strongest, and (except perhaps the dog), the most intelligent of animals. It would he very terrible if this enormous bsast fed on living creatures; but it does ...

    Article : 365 words
  22. Advertising

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    Advertising : 172 words
  23. For Street Cars.

    If it were only possible to adopt an American method in Melbourne the passengers on our street cars would have every cause to feel grateful. For its introduction would ...

    Article : 237 words
  24. A Parliament of Women.

    We are on the eve of a colossal parliament of women, remarks our London correspondent. From all quarters of the civilised globe delegates of the Women’s ...

    Article : 175 words
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