A company of glass-workers have discovered that ordinary plate-glass will make" a more durable monument than the hardest marble or granite, for glass is practically indestructible. Wind, rain, heat, or cold will' eventually crumble the hardest rock and one can seldom read the inscription on a E^'iTi fif ? y yea J s °I d ' bat a B ,ass moment will look as fresh after the lapse of centuries as on the day of its erection, and the inscription can be made ineffaceable. lne thick plate-glass used to the portnoles of steamers will resist the stormiest sea, and is practically unbreakable. An inmate of the Parkside Asylum, Adelaide, named Lydia Pound, committed suicide by drinking methylated spirits, which she obtained by forcing open a cup. board with, a pair of scissors. j 250 large reading lamp?, 2s 4Jd each, at I etc., wul be cleared ont at any price.—[AdvtJ
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Evening Star, Issue 10394, 16 August 1897, Page 2
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148Page 2 Advertisements Column 7 Evening Star, Issue 10394, 16 August 1897, Page 2
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